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The Tonight ShowPrince of Egpyt AppearanceDec 15, 1998[In the Monologue Jeff is mentioned and it sort of sets up the entire show]Jay We got Jeff Goldblum on the show, one of the voices in the new movie Prince of Egypt, and of course in some the biggest films of all time, and a very cool guy, this is a very cool guy Kevin kind of laid back Jay I like Jeff. He kinda plays music and I think the woman go for him, I gotta learn some of his tips. Jeff Goldblum is here. And the Star of the hit TV show, Sabrina the Teenage With, Melissa Joan-Hart will be here (to kevin) Gee, she's gonna be sitting next to Goldblum. Kevin Wait a minute, Jay (laughs) Jay She's cute. He's a charmer that Goldblum guy. Kevin Jay are you horny tonight? Jay No, I'm not horny tonight. Kevin First the guys [this refers to a comment Jay made about the band earlier] and the Goldblum Jay Why Yes, I am! (Kevin holds his hand up like a cross) Jay I was just saying, Jeff is... (fans Kevin off) and the extremely popular Goo-Goo Dolls [commercial] Jay My first guest, good friend of the show, I love this guy, great actor! He has starred in such films as The Fly, Jurassic Park, Independance Day and is now the voice of Aaron, brother of Moses (to Kevin) brother of Moses? That’s a pretty big gig Kevin Yeah Jay in the new animated film, Prince of Egypt. Ladies and Gentlemen, Jeff Goldblum (crowd cheers, Kevin and the band is playing "Egyptian music" and Jeff comes out hugs Jay and belly dances for Jay, not facing camera)
Jay Well, it’s good to see you Jeff It’s great to see you Jay Now you see you have the life everyone wants. You travel all over the world, famous actor. Now where have you been lately? Jeff I have, I have. I was in...I’ve been promoting this Prince of Egypt, so they sent us to recently Mexico City, and Brazil, Rio Jay Is that a wild town Jeff Well, I was only there a few days, but it seems pretty wild, you know the beach and... Jay Are the women...it’s topless on the beach right? Naked on the beach? Jeff Yes, yes, yes, yes, naked, and you know topless, and they do have the bottoms, I hate to be talking about this too (laughs) but they do have the thong bottoms, but they are particularly..ummm...the Brazilian women Jay Extra thongy? Jeff (smiles) Well yeah, they sort of, very nice...ummm Jay They like the full, we like the little tiny (makes hand motion) but there you get the real woman. (Jeff kind of makes a noise in objection) but it’s true, you get, I mean... Jeff I don’t want to say anything insulting Jay It’s not insulting, but it’s true. You get a nice full figured, good looking woman. Jeff Yes, yes, yes, it’s... Jaydo you prefer more the full figured or the little skinny woman? Jeff You know, I tell you, now that were talking about it, I don’t have a, it’s so wide (make wide motion with hands) Jay So you like wide? Jeff (Jeff laughs) No, no, you misunderstand, a wide variety. Of course it’s inside the person, in there intelligence and humor, BUT having said that, Jay Well of course, yes (jay laughs)
Jeff I wouldn’t call it a cartoon.... Jay well, animated Jeff yes, very sophisticated kind of thing like you never seen before Jay yeah, it looks great, but here’s the thing, you’re traveling overseas to promote this...don’t they dub your voice when you’re in a foreign language? Jeff yes, yeees, some... Jay So you’re not even in the film over there? (Jeff laughs) Jay Why you’re just going to Rio to look at those (make the wide motion) Jeff (grins) Now that you mention it...no, they have some versions that are subtitled and stuff like that Jay Oh they do? They subtitle animation Jeff Yeah, it’s true, yeah, because you know it’s an incredible cast and people wanna see, you know, everybody knows Michelle Peifer is in this and Sandra Bullock and Val Kilmer Steve Martin, Martin Short, Patrick Stewart, Ralph Finnes. You know him? He spells his name R-A-L-P-H, like Ralph. Jay If you see it you would think Ralph Finnes Jeff Yeah, but he pronounces it RAPH., yes, well you know that. Jay Yes Jeff But, I’m such an admirer of his, you know that neglected L of his, you know my name is spelled J-E-F-F, but from now on I will pronounce it JELFF. Jay I like that Jeff Yes Jay Jelff I like that, You know, that sounds actory Jeff It does, all the new kids have something like that, I guess I’ll just keep Jeff. Jay I like Jeff. That’s a nice...You know, you’re just a regular guy. Jeff I am a regular guy Jay You are a regular guy. You have a clip of yourself? Jeff Yes Jay Of your voice Jeff (Smiles) Yes, Of my voice.... Jay it’s a clip of your voice! Jeff Yes, although they videotaped while were were doing it and you know so my character looks tall and kinda lean, ugh, and my movements, some of my movements... Jay You know when I saw this, I thought you know it’s my imagination, I know your voice so well, that I’m imagining the character moves like you and looks like you, but now that you mention it, you know it really does. So they study your movements? Jeff A fabulous artist, Fabio Lingineni, from Brazil as a matter of fact, was the only guy drawing my character and while we were doing our recordings he watched me and me and videotaped my movements, I think there’s something of a.... Jay that’s a great name, what’s his name again? Jeff Fabio Lingineni Jay Now see, you walk up to a woman and say (in accent) "Hello, I am Fabio Lingineni", it’s better than Jeff. It has to work better than Jeff, right? JeffThere on guard, when you say Fabio Lingineni their already, yeah right, Rico Suave, no thank you. Jay Yeah, well it still sounds good "Fabio Lingineni" Jay You say it very nicely Jay Well, lets look at the clip, here’s a clip from Both Prince of Egypt Jeff (to the TV) That’s Sandra Bullock’s Character (Days Work Clip Plays) Jay Man that’s exciting Jeff Thank you Jay you still ummm...I know you still play in your band because some of the women on our show have come down to see you Jeff I know, they said, I know Jay What is the name of group now? You change it all the time Jeff We change the name of group, it doesn’t have a name. It used to be called...Peter Weller used to play with us he called us Three Guys From Italy. Jay Not one guy from Italy Jeff I know, none of us are from Italy. Then, a couple of weeks ago it was the Fancy Lads. (crowd snickers) No good? You don’t like that? Jay Not as many women coming up with that name Jeff It’s from...it’s from a movie....it’s a reference from a movie. You know what that...anyone know what that movie is? Fancy Lads? (looks to crowd) I’m a fancy lad he says, from ca... From crowd The Full Monty? Jeff Full Monty, no....ummmm, Cabin Boy Jay And a huge film too JeffAnd then last week..(to crowd) Thank you (to Jay)...last week I called our.. Jawbone of an Ass. Is that a good name? Jay Jawbone of an Ass? Jeff You like that? That’s no good either. What should I .....What should I call it?
Jay I know them, sure... Jeff You do, yeah? Umm, Peter Harris wrote this song and I did a little bit on it, I wrote these lyrics, and... Jay What’s the name of the song? Jeff It’s called Born Freeky-F-R-E-E-K-Y, like born free....because it’s about animals and stuff. Jeff Can you sing a little bit of it? Jeff it just goes... (to Kevin) It’s to the tune of...it’s a minor version of the...rhythm changes Kevin OK Jeff Yeah, umm, hey can you dig the rebop, I was born freeky, like uniquey, I’m the sheik of Arabicy, I’m a super freak, I’m super freeky, oh this music is sneaky, it’s almost cheeky, we’re passing the torch and I don’t mean Tiki, so that maybe you freaks can be reborn freeky. (crowd cheers) JeffYes, yes (Kevin plays tune and Jeff scats along with the melody) Jay Kind of a mellow tune, do you think you’re a mellow guy? Jeff I don’t know, do I seem mellow? Jay You do seem mellow, you seem like a very cool guy. Are you a cool guy? I don’t mean that in a conceited way, but you’re kind of a cool guy. That’s one thing, because whenever I hear your name mentioned they always go "oh, he’s kind of a cool guy" because they go down and watch you play..piano Jeff Well, when you play Jazz, people think you’re cool Jay See you have the long fingers, (Jeff holds out hands "yeah") that seems to work, see I have little stubby hands Jeff No, they’re not little stubby, they’re powerful. They look like... Jay Do you ever lose your temper? Do you get angry? Are you an angry guy? JeffWell, you know, not, the truth is..not on a daily basis, no I’m not angry a lot, in my we acting we have to.. you know..dadadada, so I have the gift of fury that can be...
Jay That’s how you get the anger out. Jeff Yes
Jeff I just met her backstage Jay Do you think she’s cute? Jeff Yes, very cute, very pretty...what are you trying to say? Jay I don’t know, you’re single, she’s single, sparks could fly. If people turned away right now, they could miss the start of something... Jeff (a little dumbfounded) ughh, if..... Jay Jeff Goldblum everyone, we’ll be right back with Melissa Joan Hart. [I’m going to transcribed the parts of Melissa’s interview that directly relate to Jeff. There are parts in-between that have been edited out] (Jay introduces Melissa, she comes out, hugs Jay and Jeff) Jay Have you met Jeff before? Melissa Yeah, backstage Jay So that’s the first time Melissa Yeah, but I’m a big fan of Jurassic Park Jeff oh, thank you Melissa actually there was a party not to long ago for the Emperors New Clothes, you did the emperors new clothes Jeff so did Jay Melissa yeah, that’s right Jay you were supposed to be there weren’t you? Melissa Yes, I was supposed to be at this party but I was shooting in Utah and I tried, I tired my hardest to get there. I like got the crew to the set early and we worked really hard and they gave me a police escort to the airport and I ran to the wrong gate. I missed the plane by like 30 seconds Jay I think Dr. Ruth took your place Jeff no Jay Yeah, I think Dr. Ruth.... Melissa read my part Jeff oh really? I didn’t know that Melissa You were at the party right? Jeff Yeah Jay and he was asking about you Melissa I heard that actually, no just kidding!
[Melissa tells a bad date story about a boy singing the lion king soundtrack and makes comments about how a guy who sings showtunes is obviously gay] Jay Is that always a sign? If they know showtunes? Melissa I think so? (to Jay) Do you... Jay I haven’t seen the Lion King Melissa You ever sing show tunes at shows? Jeff (grinning, obviously lying) I don’t know a single lyric of a show tune (rolls eyes) Jay But you see, he is very secure as a man. He even bellydances, did you see him belly dance? Melissa I did. I was kind of impressed. My mother was backstage and she just kind of looked at me like "Melissa" Jay Did your mother warn you about him? Melissa No, she didn’t warn me, she’s really cool about that. [Melissa talks about her belly button ring next. She says when she is getting sick, it aches and mentions herbal medicine while playing with it through her dress] Jay Jeff, you know a lot about herbal medicine and things, what does it mean if you’re wearing a belly button ring...what does it do, does it change colors or something? Jeff (fascinated with Melissa’s stomach) Ummm Melissa No, it just starts to ache and it gets stuck. I thought I’d share with all of you Jeff Wow, It’s in now, can you feel it now? (reaches to touch Melissa’s stomach but thinks better of it) Melissa yeah, it’s become such a part of me Jay and you feel all right? Melissa Yeah, I feel... Jay now Jeff I know you a little about these things Melissa (to Jeff) Do you have any piercings anywhere? Jeff Do you think that I do, do imagine that I do? Melissa ummmm, sure, well after that dance you don’t know Jay He’s very mysterious Melissa You’re really trying here aren’t you? [Melissa mentions a new movie she’s working on called "Jacob’s Hands" Jay replies: "Jacob’s hands, this is Mose’s brother! It’s fate!"] Back to TV Archive |
