The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

March 31, 1999

Craig Welcome back, my first guest has an impressive film resume that includes such critical successes as "The Big Chill", "The Fly", and 'The Right Stuff" and blockbusters such as "Jurassic Park" and "Independence Day". Please welcome the beautiful and the talented Jeff Goldblum. (the song "superfly" plays as Jeff enters) They love you, they love you, come on over here Jeff Very nice Craig What are you....What you think Jeff (under applause) Do you really make contact with them... Craig huh? Jeff Do you make contact with them, do you really kinda get to know them (points at crowd) Craig Some...uhh, as we get deeper into the show sometimes I will go and shake hands during the breaks when I’m not looking out the window..when I’m not reflecting

Jeff That’s very nice, that’s very nice..because..you know..you came from New York and so is this crowd...I know this is like the second or third show..is this crowd different from the New York crowd? Craig This is the sexiest audience I’ve ever seen (audience cheers, Jeff nods) Craig You know, just don’t look over there (points to stage right) Jeff Right, you’re looking more (waves to stage left) you’re looking more over in here Craig yeah right around.. Jeff around there Craig By the way, what are you promoting, why are you here? (audience laughs)

Jeff Well, you shouldn’t bother yourself with what the in thing to do is, certainly ... right....you should do what you feel like doing. I mean, you’ve worked out before right? Are you interested in working out? Craig Well I wanna know if I should get a personal trainer because I actually like taking a class because I like being around people...you know, I’m a people person Jeff as am I Craig and I wanna know....should I do Tae Bo (audience laughs) what about the Pulati’s (Jeff laughs) Jeff I don’t know. Should we go through it? Tae Bo..I don’t know..I see the thing..I don’t know...It looks ok...I’m very happy with my regime, I have a trainer in fact...

Craig I have another question and it’s a little embarrassing...I was going to ask you before the show, but I’ll ask you know (writes question on paper), it’s a little weird... (audience laughs, Jeff looks confused) I’m sorry.....I wanted to do this..but it’s on my mind.. Jeff All right (hands paper to Jeff, Jeff reads it and gives Craig weird look) Jeff Should I write...should I write on this? Craig Yeah, you can’t answer that out loud Jeff Ummmm (Jeff smiles and makes waving explaining motions while thinking about the answer)

Jeff It’s.... Craig It’s a simple yes or no, come on... (Jeff smiles and hands Craig the paper) Craig Wow, that very nice of you....I’m surprised Jeff Really? (laughs) Craig Now let me ask you this Jeff yes sir Craig lets say we’re talking about hair on your face now Jeff Yeah (strokes beard) you say that as if we were talking about hair on something else.... Craig I don’t know...I don’t know......

Jeff Bikini wax I think they also do that, but they get, you know, there was this old guy there who gave me a shave, but to make a long story short he shaved me and it was not that good. I decided that I probably do the best job myself it was..he gave me nicks and he didn’t get as close as I could have...when you’ve shaved for years and years and years you know which things grow which way... Craig You know your face Jeff better than other people know your face Jeff that’s what I’m trying to say Craig is that right Jeff exactly (laughs) Craig Now this is the British place, do they give you the British cuts....like do they give you the Tom Jones cut?

(Crowd hoots) Craig Is that a good thing? Jeff Yes, I think it’s a very good thing, I love this..I love these chairs Craig Is it comfortable? Jeff Yes it’s very comfortable Craig Doesn’t feel like you’re setting on a golf ball does it? Jeff Ahh, I saw last night..no prostate trouble here (reference to a joke Craig did in the previous show about prostates) I would get rid of...(plays with cushion)....this, this goes with the thing.. but I see it’s velcored on..I’m taller, I get chairs made... Craig Your a tall..6’4, 6’5, 6’6 angular Jeff As are you...what are you? What you’d say? Did you say Ann...

Craig So you like jazz? Jeff Yeah, and I kept a piano in my house ever since. Craig Did you actually play in coffee houses or bars Jeff When I was in Pittsburgh, listen to this, I got the idea in my head around 15 years old to get a job, I was very independent, it’s was an independent streak in me.. Craig it’s good to get a job..I tell the audience that they should probably at some point, come back to show from time to time, but get a job... Jeff they don’t...what are they doing now? Craig They don’t that’s the audience I reach Jeff (looks at his watch) oh no, but it’s already... Craig the unemployed..

"Craig Kilborn was Born Freaky Like Uniquey He’s he shiek of arabiky, He’s a super freak, He’s super freeeeeky He’s been passed the torch and I don’t mean tiki So that maybe you freaks can be reborn freeky

(Scat Sings) Craig I like that, I like that...I didn’t know it was about me Jeff Yes Craig Here’s the thing, so you had help writing that? Somebody wrote that with you? Just take credit for it! Jeff Well, I wrote the lyrics, Peter Harris wrote the music... Craig Oh, ok, it’s time for five questions. This is masculine, we’re setting next to each other on the piano bench....uhhh, geography, name two of the three rivers that meet at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh

Jeff OK Craig Au is the chemical symbol for what element? Jeff Gold Craig That is correct Chips and salsa or cheese and cracker? Jeff Oh baby...(thinks)...chips and salsa? (crowd cheers, Craig stays silent) also cheese and crackers is very good. Craig OK, you know what. This is a true story, I could not decide so I said they were even and I think you just said they were even, so it’s correct.

This 1972 blaxploitation film featured a soundtrack by Curtis Mayfeild..this a tough one Jeff No...it could be, is it Shaft? Craig No, we’re going to have accept that as your incorrect. This was a tough one. It was Superfly. Jeff Superfly....(audience boos) they’re on my side... I should have known that. Craig and finally, this a tough one, number five, "take five" Jeff If this is a music one, is it a music one? (turns around to piano and plays take five while scatting)

Craig That is correct. You got four out of five Jeff That’s not bad Craig now, I don’t sing but I make a joyful noise, lets just try and sing (Jeff plays and Craig sings them out to commercial they are still singing when the commercial comes back, Craig leaves and tells Jeff he can go now, Jeff leaves).