Regis: All right, he’s certainty young, hot and hip-the host of MTV’s popular Total
Request Live show, here’s Carson Daly.
(Carson walks in waving)
R: Hey Carson, how are you? Nice to see you, pal!
Kathie: Nice to meet you.
Carson: Hey! Kenny Rogers is in the building!
K: Can you believe it? He’s coming back to sing for us at the end of the show.
C: Maybe I should put this on... (He is missing his microphone)
R: Let me get this for you... (They are playing around with his mic trying to get it to
work)
C: I’m in television. You’d think I’d know how to do it.
R: You’re the sexiest broadcaster in America!
C: Yeah, right.
R: What do you think of that? You’re the sexiest, are you really?
K: Who votes for this?
C: My mom apparently! (laughter)
K: Was there a panel of people?
C: I have no idea. I didn’t believe it when they called me and did the photo shoot and
the interview. When it comes out, that’s when I’ll believe it. And though, I know they’re
going to call me the day it comes out and go... you know, it was a hoax. It was real,
and you....
K: And you fell for it!
C: ....We’re going to go with sexiest mailman-not you! (laughter) And I couldn’t believe
it when I saw it.
R: You got a lot of publicity out of this. Boy, oh boy, and everyone heard about your
life. You wanted to be a priest when you were younger?
C: Yep.
R: What were you-Navy or Notre Dame?
C: Notre Dame, baby. I’m a huge Notre Dame fan.
R: Yeah, so am I. So, uh, what happened with that? You decided against that and
you wanted to be a...
K: Did that happen in a moment, where you decided, "that’s not for me"? Or is that
sort of a... a process?
C: You know, it is a process. And I was young and it was something I felt really
strongly about, and it wasn’t up to me at that point. It was like, I’m a moral and ethical
guy, and it was a lifestyle I contemplated doing. But, you know, if I felt the "calling"....
K: ....uh huh....
C: I know is sounds a little freaky....
K: Not at all.
C: I would go do that.
K: But you’re still a very spiritual guy?
C: Yeah.... But why can’t I just..
(A new, hand-held mic is handed to Carson)
R: Here, broadcaster, hold that.
C: And they haven’t heard one word I’ve said. Here, let me start from the beginning...
Kenny Rogers is in the building!
R: No, no, no, they heard that.
K: So, I find that fascinating-we hear about what’s young and what’s hot and what’s
hip, and rarely does the word "spirituality" be included in a sentence like that. But
that’s really refreshing to hear.
C: Well, I think that a lot of people look at me ‘cause I work at MTV and I interview
Marilyn Manson and all these crazy people...
K: A REAL spiritual guy! (laughter)
C: Yeah! But they think that we’re just young and out of control, but that’s not true. I
think there’s a large part of our generation that really have their act together. You
know, appreciate their jobs, appreciate their parents, appreciate their life. Especially if
they're young and making it.
R: That’s good to hear.
C: And I’m apparently the spokesman for all those people! (laughter)
K: Finally! Cody (her son) can have a role model! (laughter)
R: Then you went into.... You wanted to be a golfer at one point, and the you were a
disc jockey, and now you’re on MTV. Did you have to audition at all to be on MTV?
C: No, that’s the crazy thing. I wanted to be a professional golfer-could I be more of a
geek right now? (laughter) Priest and golf-but it happened really fast, I kind of burnt
out. I grew up playing with Tiger Woods in Southern California.
R: Did you know Tiger as a young kid?
C: Yeah, yeah... And he was like, 8, and I was like, 17, and he was still beating me!
(laughter)
K: So you know even then that....
C: Yeah, it was like, who’s this young punk Tiger? He’s like, shooting 68 and beating
us all! Come on guys, let’s get him and put him in a locker or something! (laughter)
But it happened really fast. I got into radio and live in, like 6 cities in 3 years, and
finally got to LA
K: Great training.
C: Yeah, that was the best thing, you know. Then MTV asked me to
do the live show and I moved out to New York and didn’t know anybody. I lived here for
over a year and still don't know anybody.
(laughter)
R: Tough transition.
C: Yeah, it’s a tough transition.
K: Well now you’ve got Uncle Regis and Aunt Kathy!
C: Yeah, I’m so glad to be on the show!
R: We’ve got to pause, we’ll be right back!
(commercial break)
R: Carson Daly-the sexiest broadcaster of the year according to People magazine.
K: And his mother!
C: That’s right!
R: And he’s been dating Jennifer Love Hewitt, who has also been a guest of ours.
C: Yes.
R: She’s a very sweet girl. But now, you live here in NY and she’s out there on the
coast... how does all this happen?
C: Expensive phone bills, naturally!
R: Talk to her last night?
C: Yeah, actually, she’s watching right now! Hi! (waves and winks)
R: Ohhh, I like that! (imitates Carson)
K: Well we were really impressed with her when she was here. Remember? She was
a really sweet girl.
R: Yeah.
C: I did the same thing to Kenny Rogers before the show, you know. (licks pinkie and
rubs eyebrow) Hey Kenny! Yoo-hoo! Love you!
K: Worked for him too! It worked, he’s staying!
C: Kenny loves me!
R: So what’s life like as a bachelor? You cook your own meals, do you?
C: Uh, no, actually everybody has this... they think that when you’re on TV, that
you’re rich and famous, and...
K: People do everything for you.
C: Yeah! That’s not true, in my life. I live in a very small, one bedroom apartment
that’s very expensive with my best friend, Jason. And we are just like, two 25 year old
guys who don’t know anybody-He’s from Illinois, I’m from LA So we have a kitchen,
but it’s up against the wall. It’s actually in the dining room, it’s a kitchen! (laughter)
Seriously!
R: NY apartment!
K: You can decorate around that though.
C: Yeah, there’s this giant pillar in the middle, the oven doesn’t work, it’s a file cabinet
now. (laughter) Kids at home, I don’t recommend using your oven as a file cabinet.
(laughter)
K: No, no.
C: You know, it’s just no conducive for cooking.
K: So what? In NY you just eat out?
R: Do you cook anything for yourself?
C: I do actually.
R: Can you give us a little demo? We’ll wheel this in right here.
C: Can I show you?
(A cart is wheeled in with a "snackmaster", some cheese, and some bread)
C: Yeah, let me show you what life is like being young and broke in NY. Ladies and
gentlemen, this is a prime example right here-you don’t have to be in college, you
know. I’m sick of gourmet cooking segments.... this is what we do, right guys?
R: This is reality right here! OK, let’s do it!
C: Yeah, grilled cheese! (pointing to things on the cart) OK, this is a Snackmaster or
something like that.
K: I love these things.
C: Yeah, there are awesome, there are the greatest things. OK, so I’ll wake up and be
like, "OK, I got to interview Wu Tang in 20 minutes, I don’t have time to eat!"
R: Wu Tang Clan, they’re hot aren’t they?
C: Yeah.
R: I love them.
C: So you just take some bread, like this, take some bread, and this is the cool stuff,
spray on butter!
R: Oh, look at this!
C: (spraying butter on bread) And you spray a little like that, and little under here....
(sprays butter under his armpit) (laughter) Just pop it in there (put bread in
"snackmaster")
K: Don’t you have to butter both sides?
C: Well... it depends, not if you’re in a real rush like I am now. Pop that in there,,,,
here’s some cheese here......
R: And that’s old, American cheese?
C: You can go with whatever cheese. I’m just a fan of the American Cheese.
R: One? Just one?
C: Well I don’t....
R: Come on, you’re a big hit! Go for two!
K: We’re paying for the cheese today!
C: Thanks Reg... Reg wants me to be chubbiest broadcaster (laughter) next year in
People magazine.
K: He wants to win it next year.
C: OK, pop that in there (puts cheese in). and pop that one in like that (puts second
piece of bread in)....
R: And that’s just one of those things you press down?
C: Yes, just squeeze this sucker like this. (closes "snackmaster")
K: It’s so fun! (laughter) No, it makes the neatest little sandwich in the world! We have
one of these. I love this thing!
R: And it’s on right now? How long does it take to make a sandwich?
C: Just a couple minutes.
K: The best is if you put bacon in the middle.
C: We’ve got a bunch of stuff here. Now, when people I don’t like come over, we got
anchovies. (pulls out a bowl of anchovies) (laughter) ‘Cause you can stuff stuff in there
and they’d never know. Some people put peanut butter (pulls out a bowl of peanut
butter) This is all stuff you can do if you’re young and living in a big city and don’t
know anybody. It’s cheap, it’s quick, and it’s easy!
R: A little jelly to go with the peanut butter! (pulls out bowl of jelly)
K: Well Martha Stewart has nothing to worry about with you, does she?
R: I’ll tell you what, we’ll cook this, and then we’ll come back and take a look. Kenny
Rogers when we come back!
C: And they haven’t heard one word I’ve said. Here, let me start from the beginning...
Kenny Rogers is in the building!
R: Carson Daly-the sexiest broadcaster of the year according to People magazine.
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