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ELLEN CORBY IS HERE
WITH US TONIGHT.
THIS IS HER SECOND VISIT
TO THE TONIGHT SHOW.
HER FIRST VISIT WAS LAST WEEK
ON A THURSDAY EVENING,
IN WHICH THE SHOW DID NOT PLAY.
THAT WAS THE NIGHT OF
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
OF TELEVISION.
WE HAD A FEW PROBLEMS,
WE GOT THEM ALL CLEARED UP,
AND SHE IS BACK
WITH US TONIGHT.
SHE'S A FINE ACTRESS,
AND VERY SPECIAL OF COURSE,
TO HER MANY WALTON'S FANS.
SHE JUST RECEIVED HER THIRD
EMMY FOR THAT PORTRAYAL
OF GRANDMA WALTON.
WOULD YOU WELCOME, ELLEN CORBY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
YOU SEE HOW SMOOTHLY
THINGS ARE GOING TONIGHT
AFTER LAST WEEK?
>> I SAT BACK THERE,
AND WAS UNSURE I WAS
GOING TO MAKE IT.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE
TONIGHT AND CONGRATULATIONS
ON THREE TIME WINNER.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> YOU DO A REMARKABLE JOB
ON THAT SHOW.
>> WELL, I LOVE THE SHOW
AND IT'S NOT HARD.
I MEAN, I DO THE BEST I CAN.
AND IF IT COMES OUT "EMMY-WISE",
THEN I'M JUST A VERY
LUCKY PERSON.
>> YOU DON'T FIND ACTING
HARD WORK, OR IS THE SHOW
SO ENJOYABLE IT BECOMES
A PLEASURE?
HERE'S MANY PEOPLE
WHO ENJOY WHAT THEY DO.
>> IF IT WERE HARD WORK,
I WOULDN'T DO IT.
>> REALLY?
>> ABSOLUTELY, I HAVE TO LOVE
WHAT I DO OR I DON'T DO IT.
>> DON'T YOU FEEL
FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE
A JOB THAT THEY MUST GET UP
AND GO TO EVERYDAY,
AND I'M SURE THAT HAPPENS,
WHO DON'T REALLY LIKE
WHAT THEY DO AND
KIND OF GET TRAPPED
AND DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE?
>> I THINK LIFE'S TOO SHORT
TO THROW IT AWAY.
I THINK IF YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH,
WHICH APPARENTLY I HAVE,
YOU HAVE TO ENJOY IT
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE
IT'S HOW MANY TIMES AROUND,
BUT IT MIGHT BE JUST ONE,
AND, BOY, YOU BETTER ENJOY IT.
>> I THINK YOU'RE
PROBABLY RIGHT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AS FAR AS WE KNOW,
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SCIENTIST
SAY HARD EVIDENCE THAT WE
GOT ANOTHER SHOT AT IT.
WHAT WAS IT THE LATE COMEDIAN
JOE E. LEWIS USED TO SAY,
"YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, BUT IF
YOU PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT,
ONCE IS ENOUGH."
ALWAYS REMEMBERED THAT.
DID YOU HAVE AN ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH READY?
THAT'S AN OLD QUESTION.
BUT YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN TWO.
>> NO, I'M ABOUT AS PREPARED
FOR THIS AS I WAS FOR THAT.
ANYWAY, I, UH...
>> YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING
ABOUT-- I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND AT THE TIME,
ABOUT THE STOP WATCH.
>> YEAH, WELL, VERY FEW PEOPLE
GOT IT, UNLESS THEY'VE
KNOWN ME FOR YEARS.
BUT I WAS SITTING THERE
TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT TO SAY
BECAUSE MY FRIEND HAD A HUNCH
THAT I WAS GOING TO WIN,
AND THAT DAY I HAD
RECEIVED THREE LADYBUGS,
WHICH IS MY LUCKY CHARM.
AND I BEGAN TO THINK,
"WHAT WOULD I SAY?"
IF I START THANKING
PEOPLE OF 43 YEARS
IN THE PICTURE BUSINESS,
IT WOULD TAKE MUCH MORE THAN
THAT HALF HOUR, OR HALF
A MINUTE THEY ALLOTTED US.
AND I KEPT THINKING,
AND WHEN I WENT OUT,
I COULDN'T MAKE AN
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BECAUSE
I DIDN'T HAVE MY STOP WATCH.
SO, BECAUSE I HAD BEEN
A SCRIPT CLERK FOR 11 YEARS,
MY FIRST 11 YEARS
IN THE PICTURE BUSINESS,
MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST
TWO YEARS THAT I ACTED,
EVERY TIME THEY WOULD SAY
"ACTION," MY HAND WOULD
GO UP AND I WOULD DO
MORE OF THIS TYPE OF
GESTURES YOU'D EVER SEEN.
>> IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU KEPT THE STOP WATCH--
YOU KEPT THE TIME.
>> YES, I USED TO TIME SCENES
ALL THE TIME AND WHEN
I HEARD THEM SAY "ACTION,"
MY HAND WOULD GO UP
TO CLICK A WATCH.
IT WASN'T THERE YOU KNOW.
>> SO WHEN YOU SAID THE THING,
"I DON'T HAVE MY STOP WATCH,"
THAT WAS A REFERENCE FROM
BEING A SCRIPT CLERK.
>> AND I HAVE GOTTEN LETTERS
FROM SCRIPT CLERKS THAT
I KNEW MANY YEARS AGO,
AND IT TURNED OUT ALL RIGHT.
>> WAS THAT YOUR ENTRE--?
WAS THAT THE JOB YOU GOT
TO GET INTO BEING AN ACTRESS?
IN OTHER WORDS, TAKE
THAT POSITION?
>> NO, IT WAS SORT
OF THROWN AT ME.
I CAME OUT-- AND I WAS
QUITE YOUNG, AND I CAME OUT
AND I WAS ALREADY,
I WAS GOING TO BE
THE GREATEST, YOU KNOW.
WELL, IN SHORT ORDER I FOUND OUT
THAT ISN'T THE WAY IT WORKED.
SO I DID A LITTLE EXTRA WORK,
I DID THREE DOUBLE JOBS,
UNTIL THEY TOLD ME
I WASN'T A DOUBLE.
AND I SAID, "I KNOW IT,
"I'M GETTING OUT OF THIS."
SO I WENT TO A PLACE
CALLED POVERTY ROW,
WHERE THEY MAKE PICTURES
ON A SHOESTRING,
AND I GOT MYSELF A JOB ACTING
FOR NO MONEY.
AND THEY COULDN'T AFFORD
A SCRIPT CLERK,
AND I HUNG AROUND TILL THEY
GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE IT.
NOBODY BELIEVES THIS,
BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE A PICTURE,
A NEPHEW HAD TO SELL
A PAPER OUT FOR $1,500.
>> THAT WAS HOW MUCH--
>> THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE
THE PICTURE, ITS REALLY
WAS A SHOESTRING THING.
SO THEY MADE ME THE SCRIPT GIRL
AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANY IDEA
WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
AND SO, AS A MATTER OF FACT,
MY MOTHER FURNISHED THE LUNCHES.
WHEN IT WAS ALL PAID,
THE ONLY ONE WHO GOT PAID
WAS MY MOTHER.
AND THE PRODUCERS USED
TO COME TO MY APARTMENT
AT NIGHT AND FINISH UP
THE FOOD THAT WAS LEFT
FROM LUNCH TIME.
>> BUSINESS HAS CHANGED
A LITTLE BIT HASN'T IT?
>> YEAH, NOW THEY COME
FOR BREAKFAST.
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>> I NOTICED THIS
THE OTHER NIGHT, THAT YOU ARE--
I THINK THIS IS THE SAME DRESS
YOU HAD ON THE OTHER NIGHT.
WE JUST SPOKE BRIEFLY,
I UNDERSTAND--
>> YOU MEAN THE NIGHT
THE SHOW DIDN'T MAKE IT?
>> YES, THE NIGHT OF
CHRISTMAS SHOW GHOST PAST,
THE GHOST OF SHOWS PAST.
>> WELL I MADE IT,
AND THE DRESS MADE IT AGAIN.
IT'S FROM MOROCCO.
>> YEAH, SOMEBODY TOLD ME
TRAVELING IS SOMETHING
YOU ENJOY DOING.
>> I LOVE TO TRAVEL,
I'M QUITE A TRAVELER.
>> DID YOU GO BY YOURSELF?
>> OH, Y
>> JUST GET UP AND--
>> MOST OF MY TRIPS ARE ALONE,
I USED TO GO WITH MY MOTHER,
AND ONCE IN A WHILE
WITH A FRIEND, BUT, UH...
HE WHO TRAVELS ALONE,
TRAVELS THE FASTEST.
AND I DO PRETTY WELL.
>> YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, SECURE?
>> OH, YEAH, I DON'T THINK
THE OTHER WAY.
SO I'VE HAD FEW EXPERIENCES.
>> WHAT'S THE STORY-- I WANTED
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT--
SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT--
I KNOW THERE WAS A CAB DRIVER,
A TAXI DRIVER?
>> THAT WAS
A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
I WAS ON MY WAY--
WELL I WAS IN RABAT,
I WANTED TO SEE A WOMAN
I HAD MET ON A BOAT GOING
FROM TANGIERS TO GIBRALTAR.
IT'S ABOUT THE ONLY WAY YOU
CAN GET TO GIBRALTAR ANYMORE.
SLAYSYK WAS HER NAME,
I HELPED HER BUY APPLIANCES
BECAUSE SHE AND HER HUSBAND,
WHO WAS IN
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE,
WERE SETTING UP IN RABAT.
SO I WANTED TO SEE HER.
ONLY THERE TWO NIGHTS,
SO I HURRIED OUT OF
THE HOTEL THE FIRST NIGHT,
AND GRABBED A CAB,
AND TWO PEOPLE GOT OUT.
I STARTED TO GET IN
AND TWO PEOPLE RUSHED IN,
AND OFF WENT THE CAB.
AND I'M STANDING.
SO ANOTHER CAB CAME ALONG,
AND TWO PEOPLE GOT OUT
AND I GOT IN BEFORE
ANYBODY COULD DO ANYTHING.
THEN GAVE THE MAN
THE SLIP OF PAPER,
AND THERE WAS A QUICK EXCHANGE,
AND I COULD SEE HIM
BUT I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT,
BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY WANTED
HIM BACK THERE.
AND HE SAID THAT HE
WOULD BE BACK,
AND HE POINTED TO ME,
AND OFF WE WENT.
TO MAKE A LONG STORY LONGER,
WE ARRIVED AT THE APARTMENT,
AND THERE WAS A GRILL WORK UP,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW
TO GET INTO IT.
BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT HOUSE.
SO THE DRIVER HELPED ME OUT,
HE GOT A CARE TAKER
AND I GOT IN,
AND THEY WEREN'T HOME.
I LEFT A NOTE UNDER THE DOOR,
AND ON THE WAY BACK
I WAS THANKING HIM.
AND I SUDDENLY BECAME
CONSCIOUS THAT HE SPOKE
VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH.
SO I SAID, I COMPLIMENTED
HIM ON IT, AND I SAID,
"WHERE DID YOU STUDY?"
AND HE SAID, "THE SAW BONE."
I SAID, "IN PARIS?
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE
"DRIVING A CAB?"
AND HE SAID,
"LADY THIS ISN'T A CAB."
AND I, YOU KNOW,
I'M GLAD IT WAS DARK BECAUSE
I TURNED EVERY COLOR.
>> YOU JUST JUMPED INTO
SOMEBODY'S--
>> I JUMPED IN SOMEBODY'S CAR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND HANDED HIM THE PAPER.
>> AND HANDED HIM THE PAPER,
AND HE TOOK ME WHERE I WAS
GOING, AND THEN I FINALLY--
I FINALLY FOUND OUT
THAT THESE WERE HIS FRIENDS
AND THAT HE WAS GOING THERE
TO PICK UP HIS GIRLFRIEND.
SO I SAID, "BUT YOU POINTED
TO ME-- WHAT WERE YOU SAYING
WHEN YOU POINTED TO ME?"
AND HE SAYS, "WELL, I TOLD
MY FRIENDS I JUST WANTED
TO SEE WHAT THAT CRAZY
WOMAN WANTED."
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>> SO YOU JUMPED IN AND HE
TOOK-- THAT'S A NICE GUY.
>> YEAH, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT
HAPPENING HERE.
>> NO, CAN YOU SEE THAT?
OR IN NEW YORK CITY,
JUMPING INTO A PRIVATE CAR
AND GIVING HIM
A SLIP OF PAPER?
THEY'D TAKE YOU
RIGHT TO BELLEVUE.
AND LEAVE YOU IN A BASKET
ON A DOORSTEP.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL--
>> THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> YOU GOT ANOTHER TRIP PLANNED?
SOME PLACE YOU'D LIKE
TO VISIT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN?
IF YOU COULD GO ANYPLACE.
>> WELL, YES AND NO.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO INDIA
AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO
OTHER PLACES THAT I'VE BEEN.
I THINK THE SECOND TIME
AROUND IS MORE INTERESTING,
BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME
YOU DO THE TOURIST BIT,
AND THE SECOND TIME
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO CUT AWAY
HERE FOR A SECOND.
WELL BE RIGHT BACK.
STAY THERE.
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>> NICE SEEING YOU JOHN.
>> ELLEN, YOU'RE A DELIGHT,
REALLY. THE MOST FUN
HAVING YOU HERE.
>> I ENJOYED IT.
>> YOU GOING TO STAY WITH
"THE WALTON'S" AS LONG AS
"THE WALTON'S" ARE STILL AROUND?
>> THAT'S A HARD ONE TO ANSWER
BECAUSE WHO KNOWS
HOW LONG "THE WALTON'S"
ARE GOING TO BE ON.
>> WELL THEY WAY THEY'RE GOING,
THEY'RE GOING TO BE AROUND
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> IT'S A GOOD SHOW,
WE'RE STARTING OUR 5th SEASON
JUNE THE 1st.
>> GREAT, GOODNIGHT.
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