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Date: February 20, 2004

Source: VRRM.COM

Posted by: Robert Sanchez

Wayne Brady had a great interview with Scott Bakula and alot of things were talked about including of course Enterprise, Quantum Leap and that Star Trek fans are cooler than Lord of the Rings fans. Great interview and here is the transcript:

Wayne: Everybody, welcome back to the show. Folks in the audience: Anyone a big "Star Trek" fan? Come on, be proud. For the last three years, our first guest has been commanding the ship as Captain Jonathan Archer on the hit series "Enterprise" on UPN. Let's take a look...

(Clip from "Doctor's Orders" is shown.)

Wayne: Folks, please welcome Scott Bakula.

(Cheers and applause.)

Wayne: It's always good to see you, man.

Scott: You, too.

Wayne: Good to see you.

Scott: You too.

Wayne: Thank you for coming back to the show. Last time I saw you was at the Kennedy Center Honors; we talked about you coming on. You did, thank you very much.

Scott: You were awesome at the Kennedy Center.

Wayne: Why thank you sir.

Scott: Did anybody see him at the Kennedy Center Honors?

Wayne: As were you! It was great.

Scott: You were, like... you were moving and... you were busting it.

Wayne: Well, when you're asked to do a tribute to James Brown, you have to work because he is the hardest-working man in show business. You have to put it down. And I tried my best.

Scott: Oh, man, you were unbelievable.

Scott (to audience): If you didn't see it, find it.

Wayne: I want to talk about that in a second, because I love what you guys did. But, I want to ask you about that clip, because I've told you before, and even personally you know, that I'm a big fan of the show. Now, what's happening in that episode is that, uh, you guys are in some type of cryogenic sleep?

Scott: Yes, we have to go to sleep and the only guy who can stay awake to run the ship is Doctor Phlox, because he's not human.

Wayne: But he's going a little coo-coo.

Scott: Well, he goes a lot coo-coo, yeah. But we... you can't say much about it. Everybody's asleep. He's... we're going through this anomaly...

Wayne: Right.

Scott: ...in space.

Wayne: In search of a Xindi.

Scott: And, uh, we have to get... we can't go around it; we have to go through it. So, it's up to him to get us through and fly the ship, and take care of everything for like three days; and, he has some trouble.

Wayne: Because it's the first time, because Archer is normally... you know, you're the heroic, really nice guy, "That's right, I'll get it". You look like you're about to slap him. "Why don't you go to your quarters. You'd better go to your quarters!"

Scott: (Laughing) I've been wanting to slap him for three years.

(Audience laughs)

Wayne: Now, I've got a question to ask you, because I've always wondered this. You're part of the "Star Trek" franchise now; you are Captain Archer. So, in my mind, and I know this probably wrong, you and all the other Captains, and all the other cast members, you guys meet like, weekly, for poker games and hang out. Tell me that you hang out and you've met those guys.

Scott: A couple, but, basically, that's not true. That's not true. Actually, life has become kind of a "Six Degrees of William Shatner" kind of thing; because, all of a sudden, everybody knows William Shatner now, except me.

Wayne: Really? You don't know him?

Scott: It's like, "I saw Bill Shatner, he was driving in his car with his dog, yesterday, next to me." "Really?" "Yeah, I had Superbowl Sunday over at Bill Shatner's."

Wayne: Well, I know him, too.

Scott: You...

Wayne: Seriously. I was invited to his house a few weeks ago.

Scott: Were you really?

Wayne: Yeah.

Scott: You're kidding me.

Wayne: Ha-ha, you don't know Mr. Shatner! You can't go on Priceline! No, but he's a really nice guy.

Scott: Yeah, I hear that from everybody. My wife's dad, years ago, sold him a horse.

Wayne: So, that's the closest that you've gotten.

Scott: That's the closest, yeah... a horse.

Wayne: Wow.

Scott: Kind of, like, you know, the horse's tail.

Wayne: So, do you know Leonard Nimoy?

Scott: Nope.

Wayne: You don't know Nimoy?

Scott: Nope.

Wayne: Oh, but, but...

Scott: You do, I'm sure.

Wayne: No, I've never met him.

Scott: You don't know Leonard Nimoy?

Wayne: But, I'm stalking him.

Scott: (Laughs)

Wayne: Because it's my life's mission that I'm going to meet every one of the original "Star Trek" cast members. I'm going to meet them all. And then my geekdom will be fully realized. I'm going to meet them all. And then I move on to the "Next Generation."

Scott: Yeah.

Wayne: And then I move on to your cast.

Scott: We had a lot of the "Next Generation" guys; we see them periodically. They shot their movie while we were shooting. And now I find out from my 8-year-old son... I came home the other night, and he says, you know, "Dad, dad, I saw the old 'Star Trek' on TV. A rerun. I loved it". I said, "Really?" He said, "Yeah, could you get me some copies of it?" I said, "The original 'Star Trek'?" He said, "No, no, the one with... they got the little thing on their shirt, like that."

Wayne: "Make it so, Number One."

Scott: "And LeVar's on it. That's my favorite 'Star Trek.'" I said, "Oh, thanks, Will". So, of course, I go -- LeVar's directing -- and I go and tell him; and he's like, "I love that boy, Will. Where's that boy Will? I love that kid."

Wayne: Oh, man.

Scott: Yeah. Not crazy about my show, but that's all right.

Wayne: It's okay, because I will make up for his lack of enthusiasm about your show. "My dad's Captain Archer... blah, blah, blah". That's okay because I love Archer. It's cool.

Scott: Thank you. I talked to the producers today, on the way in. I told them that you were interested in coming to join us at some point.

Wayne: Oh, yeah?

Scott: They said, "Please tell him he's welcome any time". And they also asked -- and I wasn't sure how to take this -- how you'd feel about playing the Captain. So, uh...

Wayne: Really?

Scott: Yeah. Yeah.

Wayne: You know, I think there needs to be a brother as a Captain in outer space. That hasn't happened yet. That hasn't happened yet.

(Audience cheers and applauds)

Wayne: I would gladly be the captain of one of the ships.

Scott: No, they were talking about replacing me.

Wayne: Oh!

Scott: Yeah!

Wayne: Oh, wow. I'm so sorry. Hey, producers, call me!

Scott: (Laughs)

Wayne: Big, big fan of the show. So, you folks, if you're not really a sci-fi person, check out the show because the stories are really good. I love the fact that you guys... because they complain, I think, recently, among... you know, I hear the murmurings of the other fans -- I mean the guys that dress up as you guys -- that maybe the show hasn't had enough action. This season, you guys are taking the fight into outer space, to the Xindi. And the Xindi, they wrecked a portion of the Earth, and we're stopping them from building this super weapon. I really know a little too much, don't I?

Scott: (Laughs)

Wayne: See, your eyes just glazed over.

Scott: No, no. I'm like, "Man, this is more free ad time, which is more than we get on UPN!" So, this is good!

Wayne: I'll make up for all of their lack of it. Folks, we have a lot more with Mr. Scott Bakula, when we return.

(Cheers and applause. Commercial break.)

Wayne: Welcome back to the show. I'm here with Scott Bakula. Now, a question that, uh... there's another rabid group of fans that, besides the "Star Trek" fans... I am also a "Quantum Leap" fan.

(Audience cheers)

Wayne: Did you know that "Quantum Leap" has... you have websites dedicated to you, fan fiction dedicated to you. And the big question is: Is "Quantum Leap" going to become a movie or not?

Scott: Who knows?

Wayne: So, you really can't just slip a little hint?

Scott: Oh, no, if I knew anything I'd be happy tell you. I've joked... you know, you should be careful what you talk about. You know, "Thoughts are things", kind of thing. I've joked for years that when eventually Universal gets around to making it, it'll be with, you know, Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson.

(Audience laughs)

Scott: And it's looking more and more like that maybe, you know, what it is.

Wayne: It'll probably be Ashton Kutcher.

Scott: Well, there you go.

(Audience laughs)

Wayne: I'm just saying that...

Scott: I'm not sure if that's, uh... well, anyway.

Wayne: (using a "Wayne's World" dude accent) "Whoa, I just jumped back in time". I love that show.

Scott: You can do it too, you know.

Wayne: Don't joke!

Scott: I'm not joking!

Wayne: Because I've watched you doing your show.

Scott: I'm offering all my stuff today.

Wayne: You are! You're basically giving me your life. Thanks. I'm Scott Bakula! So, no, uh...

Scott: No.

Wayne: You don't know yet.

Scott: The last time Don went and talked to Universal -- I'm just going to slam everybody today, since I'm sitting here -- the wizards at Universal marketing said that "Quantum Leap" was not a marketable name.

Wayne: What?!

Scott: So. You know. You can't fight that. Because, obviously, they "know."

Wayne: What I love is that things like that are always made by some guy who would be better off as an accountant; but something happened, some genie granted his wish, and like, "I'm in control of a studio."

Scott: You know that. And, yeah, well, I won't say anymore.

Wayne: No, because you and I will be tap dancing in front of 7-11. (plays an air harmonica) "Remember when you's on TV, Scott?"

Scott: (Laughs) "No... Pass the bottle!"

Wayne: Give me that ripple!

Scott: Yeah, and I know what that is. That dates me.

Wayne: See? Night Train. Um, I would love to do something with you called "Celebrity Sound-off". You game?

Scott: Sure.

Wayne: Ladies and gentlemen, "Celebrity Sound-off". Here we go. I'm going to ask you these questions. We're going to see how many of the, I think 12, questions you can answer, in about a minute and a half.

Scott: Okay.

Wayne: Are you ready, sir?

Scott: Uh, let's... we hope.

Wayne: Question number one: "Would you allow your daughter to marry a Trekkie?"

Scott: Yes.

Wayne: Good answer, because they're at home going, "Okay, good, I got a chance!"

Scott: (Laughs)

Wayne: "Do you return your used soda bottles to get the deposit back?"

Scott: I recycle everything.

Wayne: Very nice. "If you could choose to launch anyone into outer space, who would you choose?" You'd better not answer that! So, I'll skip over that one. "Are there any songs that make you cry?"

Scott: Music makes me cry. But, I don't know if particular... I can't think of any lyrical songs that make me cry.

Wayne: Okay. Music in general?

Scott: Bad music?

Wayne: Yeah.

Scott: No. I think... when you hear beautiful music... that's what moves me.

Wayne: Okay. "Which is cooler, 'Star Trek' fans, or 'Lord of the Ring' fans?"

Scott: 'Star Trek' fans.

Wayne: (mimicking Gollum's voice) "Is that true, my precious?"

(Audience laughs)

Wayne: "Have you ever checked the going rate of your action figure on eBay?"

Scott: No.

Wayne: Do you want to guess how much your action figure is going for? Make a guess.

Scott: $20.

Wayne: $27.99. Good. "Would you ever show your booby on live TV for publicity?"

Scott: I think I've already done that!

Wayne: "Have you ever purposely double-dipped at a party of people you didn't like?"

Scott: No.

Wayne: "Charlie's Angels the movie, or Charlie's Angels the TV series?"

Scott: TV series.

Wayne: Good. "If you could quantum leap, if you could quantum leap, what time would you leap to?"

Scott: Um, September the 10th.

Wayne: September the 10th. Okay. "What's the most important thing to bring with you on deep space travel."

Scott: Toilet paper.

Wayne: And, folks, that's it for "Celebrity Sound-off". Let's hear it for Scott Bakula. Now, you have to be sure to watch "Enterprise", Wednesdays at 8:00, on UPN. Take it from me, it's a great show, with Mr. Scott Bakula.