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Tom Hanks on Living in New York, Meeting Joe DiMaggio & His New Play This World of Tomorrow
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First guest tonight is a two-time Oscar
winning actor, writer, and director who
ran all the way across the United States
to be here tonight. He has a new play
called This World of Tomorrow. It is in
preview starting October 30th at The
Shed here in New York City. Please
welcome Tom Hanks.
I wish I were big.
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
Thank you.
Oh, thank you. Thank you. Oh, man.
Thank you.
Wow. I love it. Sandwiched between Matt
Damon and Spike Lee. Thank you for the
mercy booking, Jimmy. It's uh it's
great. Spike will be here. Your dear
leader will be here.
>> Don't worry, he he'll be he
>> my kids were at FAO Schwarz today and of
course they got on the the piano and
they did the whole thing. Like it's like
40 years since that movie came out.
>> It's been a long time
>> and still people are doing it. Have you
ever stopped in there and and done it?
>> Uh when I need that ego boost. Yeah.
>> You going
>> I'll just uh I'll just pop in bang out
heart and soul. Da da da da da da da da
da da da da.
>> I have a list of movies that I loved
that I like to show my kids and quite a
few of yours were on it. Big was on it
and a couple months ago I showed them
the movie and there you forget sometimes
what what is in the movie and there's a
scene where Elizabeth Perkins takes off
her shirt and she's standing there in
her bra and you're standing there and my
daughter Jane's looking at the TV and
she looks over at me and she goes, "Why
is she doing that?"
Nice going. You know, the year that came
out, we were, you know, we're on the Dog
and Pony Trophy Run Show and I was
backstage at the Academy Awards and I
was sitting right next to Frederrico
Fellini. Everybody know who Fellini is,
right? And and Frio Fellini, he he looks
at me and he says, "Tom, you got the
big."
And my head went exploded. And I've
never been the same since.
>> Do you know your way around Brooklyn or
you
>> I do not, sir. Brooklyn might as well be
Middle Earth with Bilbo Baggins and
orcs. Man, I I there's something, you
know, Manhattan has a grid and it goes
up and down. Brooklyn,
Unless I can see Barlay Center and the
Watchtower building, I don't I do not
know where I am.
>> So, people need directions, do not ask.
>> Luckily, one of my my our youngest boy
lives moved to TR uh moved to Brooklyn
like so many do. And um uh I I get
around to the subway cuz it's it's much
faster here. And I said, "Uh, well, how
do I get to a place on the subway?" And
he said, "Well, yeah." I said, "You told
me what train to take it." Just say,
"Count three stops and get off."
Now, who cannot do that? Three stops,
get off, walk down bodega on the corner.
That's his apartment building. So, for
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