BARBARA WALTERS SPECIAL, THE {WILL SMITH, JIM CARREY, KIM BASINGER} (TV)
Summary
One in this occasional series of interview specials, hosted by Barbara Walters. On this program, Walters's guests are funnyman Jim Carrey, actress Kim Basinger, and actor/rap singer Will Smith. The first guest, Jim Carrey, discusses the following topics, among others: his funny father; being a janitor as a teen; at one time living in a Volkswagen camper with his entire family; trying out funny faces and voices in his bedroom as a youth; performing at a comedy club for the first time at age 15; moving from Canada to Los Angeles to pursue his comedy career; a few of his better impressions including Bruce Dern, Sylvester Stallone, and Clint Eastwood; writing a check to himself for $10 million many years ago as inspiration; his father's death; and why his life is a "fairy tale." The second guest, Kim Basinger, discusses the following topics, among others: why she almost turned down her Oscar-winning role in "L.A. Confidential"; what she was like as a child; her determination to beat the fears in her life; winning beauty pageants as a young teen; anxiety attacks early in her acting career; why she purchased a small Georgia town; getting sued for backing out of the film "Boxing Helena"; meeting and falling in love with her husband Alec Baldwin; her 2-year-old daughter Ireland; whether she still has fears in her life; and whether she's happy with her life. The last guest, Will Smith discusses the following topics, among others: the contents of letters he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith (who joins him briefly) read to each other at their wedding ceremony; the high points of his year; his parents' divorce and thoughts on his own divorce from his first wife; the first rap song he wrote; thoughts on expletives in rap songs; what "gettin' jiggy wit it" means; his feelings on African-Americans intentionally using poor grammar; whether he worries that the black community will think he's "acting white" for being well-spoken; trends he looks for in choosing movies; the importance of "creatures" in movies; his thoughts on alien life; believing in government conspiracies such as the spread of the AIDS virus; and whether he could compose an impromptu rap about Walters. Includes commercials. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: September 19, 1998 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:56:57
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:54605
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: She Made It Collection (Barbara Walters)
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1976-
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Beloved" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Enemy of the State" motion picture
- TV - Commercials - "Lady and the Tramp" home video
- TV - Commercials - Allstate insurance
- TV - Commercials - Carnival cruise lines
- TV - Commercials - Clairol hair coloring
- TV - Commercials - Claritin allergy medication
- TV - Commercials - Ethan Allen furniture
- TV - Commercials - Excederin migraine relief
- TV - Commercials - Ford automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Ford automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Honey Nut Shredded Wheat cereal
- TV - Commercials - Kinko's copy centers
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's fast food restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Ocean Spray fruit juices
- TV - Commercials - Office of National Drug Control Policy: Partnership for a Drug-Free America
- TV - Commercials - U.S. Department of Transportation drunk-driving awareness
- TV - Commercials - Visa credit cards
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "Cupid"
- TV - Promos - "Fantasy Island"
- TV - Promos - "Monday Night Football"
- TV - Promos - "Sex with Cindy Crawford"
- TV - Promos - "Spin City"
- TV - Promos - "The 78th Annual Miss America Pageant"
- TV - Promos - "The Practice"
CREDITS
- Brad LaRosa … Coordinating Producer
- Bill Geddie … Producer, Writer
- Mary Frances Celenza … Associate Producer
- Jessica Stedman Guff … Associate Producer
- Russ Petranto … Director
- Barbara Walters … Writer
- Patrick O'Hearn … Music by
- Barbara Walters … Host, Interviewer
- Joel Fabiani … Announcer
- Will Smith … Guest
- Jada Pinkett Smith … Guest
- Jim Carrey … Guest
- Kim Basinger … Guest
- Alec Baldwin
- Ireland Baldwin
- Bruce Dern
- Clint Eastwood
- Sylvester Stallone