Can I fix your napkin? Is it...
00:00
You touch me
and you're in a lot of trouble.
00:01
It's so nice, believe me,
00:12
having two major stars [pfft] here.
00:14
>> How long ago did we do that thing?
>> Twenty-two years, “Casino.”
00:18
>> Is it that long?
>> Yeah.
00:21
You have to admit that
00:23
after we put you in “Casino”
your career just shot up.
00:24
>> It did? I wound up here.
>> [LAUGHTER]
00:27
What is this thing, anyway, Don?
What is this show?
00:30
>> What is this show?
>> Yeah.
00:33
This show is to keep your name alive.
[LAUGHTER]
00:35
You know, my biggest treat
was the first time they told me
00:39
that I had to go and see him first.
Him.
00:42
I walked in and I said,
"Hi, Mr. De Niro.”
00:46
Like a schmuck.
[LAUGHTER]
00:48
>> "Hi, Mr. De Niro, how are you?"
>> And he went, “Hoo, hoo.”
00:50
>> He said that?
>> That's what I think he said.
00:54
I had a typist in the other room.
[LAUGHTER]
00:58
De Niro is sitting there.
God bless you, Bob.
01:00
He's got the beard on.
01:02
To know him is a treat. He’s one
of the great actors of our time.
01:04
You ask him.
[LAUGHTER]
01:06
You ask him. He'll tell you.
[LAUGHTER]
01:08
>> By the way, how's your lovely wife?
>> She's good. Thanks. She sends her love.
01:10
>> This is your second marriage, right?
>> Well, technically, my third.
01:13
>> He married twice...
>> Yeah.
01:18
>> ...the same person.
>> Yeah.
01:20
Ah, you did?
I didn't know that.
01:21
>> You're married again, right?
>> Yeah.
01:22
>> You're happy?
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:24
>> I've been married 20 years.
>> Wow.
01:26
>> Yeah.
>> You know, I'm married to Barbara,
01:29
which is a mistake.
[LAUGHTER]
01:31
No, that's a joke. She’ll hear it,
she’ll say, "That's not funny.”
01:34
[LAUGHTER]
Fifty-one years.
01:37
>> Cheers!
>> This is great.
01:40
How did we meet? We met
in the Beverly Hills Hotel or something?
01:45
>> In a bar?
>> Well, the big guy here.
01:48
>> I set it up.
>> And I didn't realize that Billy Sherbert …
01:49
That you put me in the thing
to give it a little atmosphere. I don’t know.
01:52
>> That's what they said.
>> Yeah, but you were there.
01:57
>> Yeah.
>> See, you were there.
01:59
That's why I thought it'd be great
if you were there...
02:01
He was the man. He was
the right-hand man of Lefty.
02:03
>> Even though I argued against it,
you know, I...
02:07
>> He fought and fought.
>> OK.
02:09
[LAUGHTER]
OK. Now you need me.
02:11
That's right.
[LAUGHTER]
02:14
Really, what we grew up on was
the first days of television,
02:18
so it was really...
Sid Caesar.
02:22
>> Oh, yeah.
>> And those skits with Imogene Coca
02:24
and of course Carl Reiner.
02:27
I liked Abbott and Costello, I liked you,
02:29
you were great,
Jack E. Leonard.
02:31
Sometimes I get a little bit
emotional about it to myself.
02:33
'Cause I say, “All those good guys!"
You know?
02:37
Obviously, you must have started
doing, like, stand-up…
02:40
When you did stand-up at first,
you must have done…
02:42
I did jokes, I did, you know,
impressions.
02:44
>> Yeah.
>> And then I looked down
02:47
and see a guy with a suit,
and I’d say: "Sir, what's your name?”
02:49
>> “Louie.”
>> “Louie, get another suit.”
02:53
“The suit, Louie. It don't make it".
02:58
Well, I was aware like...
Johnny Carson...
03:01
Yeah, you know. Somebody
like Sinatra would come on
03:04
and suddenly you'd be... taking
him and wiping the floor with him.
03:06
[LAUGHTER]
>> Oh, yeah.
03:10
It was …
Did we hear that right?
03:11
>> They all recognize you, old-timer.
[LAUGHTER]
03:17
Frank either loved you
or forget about it.
03:20
>> But with you.
>> And, God, for some reason
03:22
I could say... You know,
like he’d be eating, I'd say:
03:26
"Frank, pass the olives.” And he'd say, “You know, I'm eating."
03:30
I said: “What do you want
me to do?
03:34
Drop my pants and
fire a rocket? What do I care?”
03:35
[LAUGHTER]
He'd get away with it!
03:38
He enjoyed it!
[LAUGHTER]
03:46
>> Are you still going to Vegas?
>> Yes.
03:49
When was the first time
you were in Vegas, though?
03:52
In the early ’50, mid-‘50s.
>> Yeah. Those were good days.
03:54
Yeah, I know. All the wiseguys
were great.
03:57
>> I know, I know.
>> They treated us like,
04:00
all of us as actors, with class,
you know?
04:03
It was really great
to know those guys.
04:06
>> Thank you.
>> You're welcome.
04:09
>> What is this? Dead horse?
[LAUGHTER]
04:11
Don, can I have...?
Just taste a piece of your thing there?
04:13
>>This is what he does at dinner.
>> Just a bite. I just wanna take a bite.
04:16
>> Yeah.
>> But you know, one of the reasons...
04:19
One of the things we wanted
in “Casino” was 'cause you were...
04:21
You kind of had the whole...
the look, the atmosphere,
04:24
all the sense of Vegas
and you also knew Lefty Rosenthal,
04:28
whom Bob was playing
under a different name.
04:32
What the hell is the name
again?
04:34
>> Ace, Ace Rothstein.
>> He was a big shot, you know.
04:35
>> Yeah.
>> I would spend time
04:39
with him here, in L.A...
>> Yeah.
04:41
>>...and he couldn't come to Vegas
because he was in the black book.
04:43
Yeah. Hours and hours
of talking with him, but...
04:45
You were there when he actually
ran the place, Stardust, right?
04:48
A lot of people ask me,
they say: "Who was tougher
04:51
to deal with, Bob or Don?"
[LAUGHTER]
04:54
>> And obviously...
>> It was him.
04:57
Obviously it was him.
[LAUGHTER]
05:00
'Cause one of the main things
is that he didn't have to speak.
05:02
>> Yeah.
>> So you could imagine.
05:04
You had to keep quiet
through a lot of the scenes
05:05
and it was just the looks we had,
remember?
05:07
>> Yeah. Just making a lot of faces.
>> That was funny that night you had the cigarette.
05:09
How can I let it go on so long?
05:14
>> I was staring at you.
>> Did I say something wrong?
05:17
You were supposed to say:
"I should have known better.”
05:21
>> Remember that?
>> Yes.
05:25
For the kind of money you're making,
you need the cards?
05:26
Because what happened is that
we were waiting for your line.
05:28
'Cause you were waiting for him.
05:30
Learn the thing.
You've got a pop-up trailer.
05:32
Sit in there and study!
[LAUGHTER]
05:33
And finally you had to admit
and say "Don, we were waiting for you."
05:35
And then that was it.
>> Oh, Jesus.
05:37
>> Oh! That was three hours
of abuse that we caught… [LAUGHTER]
05:39
With your method acting,
with the breathing and the bullshit,
05:43
Do the lines and let’s get out of here, for Christ's sake!
05:46
That stuff you did for me
at the Apollo...
05:52
[LAUGHTER]
...but it was funny.
05:55
When Bob De Niro and I are
on the same stage together
05:57
these days it’s usually to give
each other lifetime achievement awards.
05:59
[LAUGHTER]
So we see each other mainly
06:02
at award ceremonies and memorial
services...
06:04
...like tonight.
[LAUGHTER]
06:09
Though, if I'd be directing this,
I don't think I would have gone
06:12
for the open casket.
[LAUGHTER]
06:15
Rest in peace, old friend.
[LAUGHTER]
06:18
>> I said, "Jesus Christ!"
>> We had fun doing it.
06:22
It was good. It was hard.
I mean, the top guys were there.
06:25
Jerry Seinfield, Dave Letterman.
Everybody was there.
06:28
It was really pretty wild that night.
>> Yeah.
06:30
No, you're a great guy, Don.
You are.
06:32
Not that we give a shit.
06:36
We’ve always been talking
about comedians.
06:40
We did, years ago, "King of Comedy,”
we did the comic...
06:42
>> Yeah.
>> The whole idea of the stand-up,
06:45
and what the stand-up
has to go through.
06:46
>> Yeah.
>> In one, stand there. In one...
06:48
>> Yeah.
>> Really...
06:50
>> It's tough.
>> It’s grueling and tough.
06:52
I remember when you did
the monologue of “King of Comedy.”
06:54
He did the first take.
He did it all in one take.
06:57
Three pages. And the jokes
are good but they're not great.
06:59
>> And that was the idea.
>> We had to stop
07:02
because I didn't know it
as well as I should have.
07:04
And we did it later.
07:06
Then again he told me, he said, "This is the hardest thing I ever did.”
07:07
You've got to have a certain personality.
07:10
There are no jokes that you do,
it’s all,
07:12
it's like a jazz riff or something.
It just goes and goes...
07:15
Marty, you are the most annoying
director I ever had in my entire career.
07:18
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
07:22
When we see all the films
you did,
07:24
none of them were great.
07:26
You want to take care of this?
Or you want me to put it on the tab?
07:32
>> Put it on his tab.
>> Yeah, I'm...
07:35
>> It's always on the tab.
>> You don't have to pay. It's a joke.
07:37
>> Oh, I see. I know, I know.
[LAUGHTER]
07:40
It says "thank you,”
so I guess that's OK. This is good.
07:42
Hey! Hold on!
Quiet, quiet. Don's gonna speak!
07:47
I just want to say something, really.
07:50
There are many people
I have talked about,
07:52
people that I praise and so forth.
And sitting with Mr. Scorsese
07:55
and Mr. De Niro, really...
I am blessed and...
08:01
So nice of you to sit here
and do this for me. I appreciate it.
08:04
>> No.
>> That's all you have to say?
08:08
>> That's it?
[LAUGHTER]
08:09
>> That's all, that's all.
>> Oh, God!
08:14
Well, I remember when I would see him,
08:18
you know, on television.
I'd turn and change the channel.
08:19
>> Yes. He was always...
>> But, you know, when I had to work with him
08:23
all these years later, I’d say, "OK, Don, you’re
great, I love you, blah, blah, blah." So...
08:26
Carson had Don on a lot.
08:31
I would see Don on that show
and he would get away
08:33
with outrageous things
that had a ring of truth,
08:36
yet a lot of affection to it.
08:38
I want him to be around
for a long time.
08:40
They always joke going "Mr. Warmth,"
but he is.
08:43
It's good what you’re doing here,
because it's like an oral history
08:48
of time, of entertainment
and show business in our culture
08:50
that, of course, is waning now.
It's really, really important
08:55
that you get this recording.
08:58
Being part of “Casino”
was a great treat.
09:01
Wherever your wonderful
mother is,
09:04
who I loved and adored
as certainly you did in your family,
09:05
she's watching and smiling at you.
09:08
God give you the great strength
and courage to continue your great work.
09:10
You are special.
Never forget that. You are special.
09:14
God bless you, and I love you.
09:18
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10:02
What you waitin’ on?
10:04
What did he say?
[LAUGHTER]
10:05