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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome back. It's another Bob and Tom extra. This is Christopher.
Not only is the Bob and Tom Show live every
weekday morning, but every afternoon. We'll give you a little
extra in case you missed anything on the Big Show today,
actor Danny Houston. He's coming up in just a second
(00:26):
from the people who brought you Cob Bell's Greatest Hits.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Bob and Tom Records presents the greatest oo's, oh's and
oh's in the history of rock and roll. You'll get Journey,
You'll get Cat Stevens. In Wild World, You'll get Paul McCartney.
It's the Eagles. It's the greatest oo, ohs and o's
in the history of rock and roll. It's the Steve
(00:49):
Miller Band, Peter Frampton oo's, ohs and oh's, and the
o's are mortin Daredevil's the greatest ooz oz and os
history of rock and roll, including whoever the hell this is.
It's the greatest ooms oz and osen history of rock
and roll.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Back now in get indianaples ful announcer Ted Marsha Broda
with the greatest ooz oz and Osen the history of
play by Life. Oh back, now we get this extra
special treatment Pat Marcha Broda along with the Steve Miller
Bam also a special appearance by Floyd the Barber from
Theandergriff Show.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Now we'll get the original. It's from the Chick from
the Latest Bottom Tom Mellon.
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of rocket only from Bob and Tom Records.
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Miss something, here you go, We'll try to catch you up.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
This is Bob and Tom ext.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Hello, chick McGee.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Hello, we're a chick in with Christy Lee one two
one two Hello. Christie's over there at the Silac Insurance
News desk.
Speaker 7 (01:55):
Okay, Singles tired of ghosting are now trying a new approach.
It's called speed dumping. According to the Wall Street Journals.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
So this is uh like on somebody's porch or.
Speaker 7 (02:09):
Oh come on you guys.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
No, when you dump someone. It doesn't have anything to
do with the.
Speaker 7 (02:14):
Bathroom breakup text right after a dud first date.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
But of course to speed dumping. I mean the name
speed dumping.
Speaker 6 (02:22):
That's what we do here just a couple of minutes.
But we got to get back on the air.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
We need to need to learn.
Speaker 7 (02:28):
About That's the only reason he wanted to do.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
It was something about walking down that hallway.
Speaker 7 (02:35):
We're doomed a person informing the other party they're not
interested in pursuing a relationship any further after a dud
first date.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
It sounds to me like a very mature thing to do.
Speaker 8 (02:45):
It is.
Speaker 9 (02:46):
Yeah, yeah, I don't do it. I'm glad that this
is way better than ghosting. Oh, I agree with you said,
prefer the honesty of a polite.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Although ghosting is so easy.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
Ignoring is an easy way to get by life, isn't it.
Speaker 6 (03:04):
This is on internet date and an efforts wherever you
write them of a long letter saying why not necessarily
an internet you.
Speaker 7 (03:12):
Just go, hey, thanks for the coffee. I'm not interested
in relationship that would bring.
Speaker 9 (03:16):
I don't think you have to do this until the
person follows up. I think you're fine with not communicating
until they say, hey, i'd love to go out again.
Speaker 7 (03:24):
So you okay?
Speaker 6 (03:25):
If you go and meet someone for coffee, yes, and
you don't contact them again?
Speaker 9 (03:30):
Is that okay? And they don't contact me again?
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Right?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Yes, that's ghosting.
Speaker 9 (03:34):
No, this would that would be a mutual just not
following up. I think it sounds like a ghost no ghosting.
She has That person has to contact the other person
for like, hey, hey, how are you. I sure had
a great time, and then nothing, okay, all right.
Speaker 7 (03:50):
Rather than me saying, oh, I appreciate the coffee, but.
Speaker 9 (03:55):
You know what, I didn't really, it didn't really, I
don't feel like a connection.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Sorry, right. I got told in a date that she
didn't want to go out with me during the date. Yeah,
I believe that I don't want you here right now?
How about that she told you during she said, I
was acceptive.
Speaker 8 (04:10):
She said that picture of me at the Eiffel Tower,
I appear like I'm thirty, and she says, you're obviously
not thirty. I said, that's my website and that's my
whole career. That that is me at thirty at the
Eiffel Tower.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
Oh you can see it. You can see the Eiffel
Tower being built. And it was eighteen thirty. Because I'm old,
that's what, that's what.
Speaker 10 (04:32):
You know what?
Speaker 7 (04:32):
I think I would have been upset.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
We got wait, hey, we got me have I'm mister Houston.
I think, uh.
Speaker 10 (04:37):
Danny, yes, oh, hello, good morning.
Speaker 6 (04:41):
Hey, it's great talking to you. Uh if I'm a
fanboy for just a second. When I saw you in
the TV.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Series Magic City, I was terrified, So.
Speaker 10 (04:53):
I'm delighted to hear that.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
You were That was the scary. It's one of those
things I didn't know you and I I said, wait
a second, who is this guy that I googled him? Jesus,
I am scared.
Speaker 9 (05:03):
I had a similar experience with mister Houston after I
saw Thirty Days of Night, where I believe you you
play Marlowe, probably the most frightening vampire ever put to film.
Speaker 11 (05:15):
So well, I'm very happy that I've scared both of you.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Enough compliments. Let's talk about The Naked Gun.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
First of all, all I have seen is the trailer,
the previews, and it's hilarious. Tell us about what you're
doing in the movie.
Speaker 11 (05:33):
Well, I'm playing a villainous character of sorts. I guess
I have a scar on my cheek that travels around
my face from time to time. It's fitting into you know,
those archetypes, a couple of which you've already mentioned, but
(05:57):
really servicing, you know, oneonderful silly you know, rather rather stupid,
but very sharply written comedy excellently.
Speaker 6 (06:11):
Yeah, how long did you work on it? A?
Speaker 10 (06:14):
Couple of months. I mean when I when I read
the script, I you don't laughed out louds or belly laughs.
And I've worked with Liam Neeson before and it didn't
take it took me literally seconds to agree to do it.
And we shot over a couple of months in that
last And.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Did they take the scar off every day? And or
did you have to leave it on?
Speaker 10 (06:38):
I would take it home.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Have you ever had to get a.
Speaker 6 (06:42):
Really bad haircut for a role and you were kind
of embarrassed to go on to dinner?
Speaker 10 (06:48):
No? But you know I have had these hair extensions
so clipped into my hair, and you know they they
have a tendency of fall out, which can be rather terrifying.
First thing in the morning when you're when you when
you see, you know, a mount of hair on the
(07:08):
pillow next to you, and you're like, what.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Now? I know.
Speaker 6 (07:12):
Think you spend a lot of your time in Europe.
Are you good at sort of altering your accent? Can
you go back to your boyhood accent really easily?
Speaker 10 (07:22):
Well?
Speaker 5 (07:23):
Uh?
Speaker 10 (07:24):
Uh, you know, I spend a lot of time going
I've been all over the world all my life, so
I can a little Yeah, I mean it requires a
little work, but I can sort of fall into different
different accents. I kind of have to choose what accent
I'm going to use. Uh usually when when? When when
(07:44):
I start a film, because I've got a really weird
hybrid odd accent personally myself.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Yeah, is are we?
Speaker 10 (07:51):
Are?
Speaker 8 (07:52):
We?
Speaker 6 (07:52):
Is this the Danny Houston real voice for getting the
real accent? Or are you putting putting this?
Speaker 10 (07:58):
Who is Danny?
Speaker 6 (08:01):
Uh?
Speaker 10 (08:01):
Uh No? Currently I'm not putting it on. It's too
early in the morning, Danny.
Speaker 9 (08:06):
We've always heard that when you're filming a comedy like
The Naked Gun, that it's actually kind of a serious
set because you want to get all the jokes right
and you want to hit the timing correctly, and that
when you do a serious movie there's actually a lot
more levity when when somebody yells cut. Did did you
find that to be the case? Making The Naked Gun?
Speaker 10 (08:27):
Well, you know, a lot of the delivery has to
be so straight and and and you know the characters
my character, Liam's character, certainly, but we we don't really
know we're in a comedy. Yes, so it's it's it's
gonna be so serious delivery and the challenging part is
(08:47):
cracking up and falling into giggles. So so uh, Liam
and I we had we are basically an agreement that
we look at each other's foreheads if they's got a
little uh too close. Was cracking up and and and
we're friends. So it's kind of like you in a
way you have to you know, like a teacher would
have to sort of separate you that that sort of thing,
(09:12):
so it can get it can become quite challenging, especially
when you're trying to be serious.
Speaker 6 (09:17):
We're speaking with the very fine actor Danny Houston, and
we've mentioned a couple of films that we've seen. You
have a rather extensive uh set of movies you've been
in and TV shows, et cetera, et cetera. What type
of role is they is? Do they look for the
most from you? Do you get kind of typecast because
because you're such a kind of scary guy.
Speaker 10 (09:39):
I think they they Yes, I think the villain and
thrills are the ones that usually people gravitate. Uh but
I love them. You know, they're they're they're they're characters
that you can really you know, chew on and you
mentioned Magic City. You know, Ben diamond. He was, he was,
He was a lot of fun, and it's it's it's
(10:01):
great to uh to play into play into that. I
remember there was one scene in Magic City where where
I shoot a dog because it's barking and I'm on
the phone, and people just absolutely were so horrified by that.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
But there's also a joy uh.
Speaker 10 (10:20):
And uh and kind of doing stuff, which is a
little bit maybe pushing the envelope.
Speaker 6 (10:28):
Now, do you do you still have to audition for
stuff or when you had a lengthy career such as yours,
do they just call you and say, hey, do you
do you want to do it?
Speaker 10 (10:37):
Well? Thank god, I don't need I don't need to audition.
I think if I would, I would get the job.
Speaker 6 (10:43):
Because I was talking to another actor friend of mine
and he still auditions all the time, and it's usually
done by his wife. She'll take her iPhone. Yeah, you know,
there was a time when I guess you you'd walk
into some building and there'd be twenty guys that look
just like you and you'd all be trying the same thing.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Now it's kind.
Speaker 6 (10:59):
Of a home movie trick, but you're obviously behind that,
so you don't have to suffer through that.
Speaker 10 (11:06):
Yeah, no, I'm I thank god, I'm beyond that. And
and that could be tricky in a relationship to have
your wife film your auditions.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
I could hear a woman going, this is not supposed
to be a nude scene. Cut that out.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
We're speaking with the very fine actor Danny Houston, who
scared the hell out of me a few years ago
on Magic City. Has been tons of stuff since you've
been all over the world. Here's a quick question. If
you could take a summer vacation right now, where would
you go?
Speaker 10 (11:39):
Oh? Wow, you know, I love I love being I
love being at home. That's because I travel so much.
I just love I love being at home. But one
of my favorite places in the world is is Italy
and the Amalfi Coast Mediterranean, the food, the temperature, and said,
(12:02):
you know, the beauty is just it's just one of them.
You know, That's that's really where I would go. Yeah, Italy, Italy,
the spaghetti and the food and oh.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
Yeah, I know this seems off topic. I'm just trying
to figure got a place to go in my next
summer vacation because I can't go to the beach.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I fry.
Speaker 6 (12:19):
I guess I shouldn't be asking mister Houston questions about
traveling in my life.
Speaker 9 (12:23):
Danny are such a great presence on screen. Have you
ever done any stage acting?
Speaker 10 (12:29):
I've done. I've done a little stage acting in London,
in England. The kid stays in the picture at the
Royal Court in London. I enjoy it, but there is
something that I find which is quite repetitious about it.
And if you have two shows in one day, you
(12:51):
really do feel a little bit like you're a drunk
telling the same story twice.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Are you?
Speaker 6 (12:59):
Are you pretty good at memorizing your lines.
Speaker 10 (13:03):
I'm pretty I have to work hard at it, but
but I like to have I like to have it
all down. Uh So, I don't panic. It's important to me.
So there's a lot of that is preparation and repetition.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Okay, one last question. You got to go here.
Speaker 6 (13:18):
If you're sort of going through the channels board one
night and you landed on one of your movies, not
to suggest you wouldn't watch all of them, but is
there one you'd always go, wait, I want to see this.
Speaker 10 (13:30):
One again, you know, I think right now, right that
would be that it would be a naked gun. It's
just you know, with all the with all the horrors
around the world, and and and and everything is that's
that's going on, Just to have that sort of moment
of levity, and and also to see it with other
(13:51):
people because there's this you know, it's where the laughter.
It's containerous, containerous and the best and the best, and
it's a tonic and it lifts our spirit. And that's
a lot about what entertainment is about, isn't it. Yeah,
to share that experience together here here, So yeah, if
(14:12):
I was with a group of people, I would just
naked gun excellent.
Speaker 9 (14:15):
We can't wait to see it.
Speaker 6 (14:16):
Yeah, I'm really psyched about it. I was really nervous
about speaking to you, mister Houston because of that. You
just scared the hell out of me.
Speaker 11 (14:25):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
Thanks for taking the time to remember the old days
of radio. We really appreciate it. And I can't wait
to see the movie.
Speaker 10 (14:33):
Oh. I can't wait for you to see it. And
it was good talking to you, and I hope to
scare you again in the future.
Speaker 6 (14:43):
I think maybe a sitcom dad who's also a murdering torturer.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
That would be great. Thank you, sir, Thank you. Wow,
that was great.
Speaker 9 (14:53):
Yeah, and he's just a terrific actor, unbelievable, one of
those guys when he's on screen, your eye just love it.
Just it's one of because you're watching it and you
go wait a second, and you take your phone out
and go who is this guy?
Speaker 7 (15:05):
And oh my god, he's been in this, this, this, and.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
This, and sometimes you get really surprised. Wow.
Speaker 6 (15:13):
The last that happened to be a couple years ago,
I said, who is this actress? And it turns out
it was a friend of mine's daughter.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
Of course.
Speaker 6 (15:20):
No, she's great, She's in What's the US? Great in
any event, Danny Houston appearing in The Naked Gun and
I can't wait.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
It looks if you've seen the trailer with there's a great.
Speaker 7 (15:35):
Anderson and Liam Neeson are now a new.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Couple and the O J Joe Really, Oh that's in
real life.
Speaker 7 (15:42):
That's a rumor. There's inklings.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
Good luck to boat right now. I want to say
good luck to you in the future.
Speaker 9 (15:53):
Okay, thanks to you. I appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
I'll be coming up and then that's yeah, well I
would think it's orf.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
You want to know that you do work for me,
and when it's time to retire, the money's over, kids,
Please don't retire.
Speaker 9 (16:09):
That's how he looks at it. You work for me,
not with me.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
Well, technically you work with no. No, no, no no.
Speaker 6 (16:16):
The thing the horses out of themorrow.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
I actually have to worry. I have to work with you.
Speaker 6 (16:21):
No, no, you don't have to You certainly don't.
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Welcome back. It's another Bob and Tom extra. This is Christopher.
Not only is the Bob and Tom Show live every
weekday morning, but every afternoon. We'll give you a little
extra in case you missed anything on the Big Show today,
actor Danny Houston. He's coming up in just a second
(00:26):
from the people who brought you Cob Bell's Greatest Hits.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Bob and Tom Records presents the greatest oo's, oh's and
oh's in the history of rock and roll. You'll get Journey,
You'll get Cat Stevens. In Wild World, You'll get Paul McCartney.
It's the Eagles. It's the greatest oo, ohs and o's
in the history of rock and roll. It's the Steve
(00:49):
Miller Band, Peter Frampton oo's, ohs and oh's, and the
o's are mortin Daredevil's the greatest ooz oz and os
history of rock and roll, including whoever the hell this is.
It's the greatest ooms oz and osen history of rock
and roll.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Back now in get indianaples ful announcer Ted Marsha Broda
with the greatest ooz oz and Osen the history of
play by Life. Oh back, now we get this extra
special treatment Pat Marcha Broda along with the Steve Miller
Bam also a special appearance by Floyd the Barber from
Theandergriff Show.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Now we'll get the original. It's from the Chick from
the Latest Bottom Tom Mellon.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
It's the greatest ooms, os and os in the history
of rocket only from Bob and Tom Records.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Miss something, here you go, We'll try to catch you up.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
This is Bob and Tom ext.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Hello, chick McGee.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Hello, we're a chick in with Christy Lee one two
one two Hello. Christie's over there at the Silac Insurance
News desk.
Speaker 7 (01:55):
Okay, Singles tired of ghosting are now trying a new approach.
It's called speed dumping. According to the Wall Street Journals.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
So this is uh like on somebody's porch or.
Speaker 7 (02:09):
Oh come on you guys.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
No, when you dump someone. It doesn't have anything to
do with the.
Speaker 7 (02:14):
Bathroom breakup text right after a dud first date.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
But of course to speed dumping. I mean the name
speed dumping.
Speaker 6 (02:22):
That's what we do here just a couple of minutes.
But we got to get back on the air.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
We need to need to learn.
Speaker 7 (02:28):
About That's the only reason he wanted to do.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
It was something about walking down that hallway.
Speaker 7 (02:35):
We're doomed a person informing the other party they're not
interested in pursuing a relationship any further after a dud
first date.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
It sounds to me like a very mature thing to do.
Speaker 8 (02:45):
It is.
Speaker 9 (02:46):
Yeah, yeah, I don't do it. I'm glad that this
is way better than ghosting. Oh, I agree with you said,
prefer the honesty of a polite.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Although ghosting is so easy.
Speaker 7 (03:01):
Ignoring is an easy way to get by life, isn't it.
Speaker 6 (03:04):
This is on internet date and an efforts wherever you
write them of a long letter saying why not necessarily
an internet you.
Speaker 7 (03:12):
Just go, hey, thanks for the coffee. I'm not interested
in relationship that would bring.
Speaker 9 (03:16):
I don't think you have to do this until the
person follows up. I think you're fine with not communicating
until they say, hey, i'd love to go out again.
Speaker 7 (03:24):
So you okay?
Speaker 6 (03:25):
If you go and meet someone for coffee, yes, and
you don't contact them again?
Speaker 9 (03:30):
Is that okay? And they don't contact me again?
Speaker 5 (03:32):
Right?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Yes, that's ghosting.
Speaker 9 (03:34):
No, this would that would be a mutual just not
following up. I think it sounds like a ghost no ghosting.
She has That person has to contact the other person
for like, hey, hey, how are you. I sure had
a great time, and then nothing, okay, all right.
Speaker 7 (03:50):
Rather than me saying, oh, I appreciate the coffee, but.
Speaker 9 (03:55):
You know what, I didn't really, it didn't really, I
don't feel like a connection.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Sorry, right. I got told in a date that she
didn't want to go out with me during the date. Yeah,
I believe that I don't want you here right now?
How about that she told you during she said, I
was acceptive.
Speaker 8 (04:10):
She said that picture of me at the Eiffel Tower,
I appear like I'm thirty, and she says, you're obviously
not thirty. I said, that's my website and that's my
whole career. That that is me at thirty at the
Eiffel Tower.
Speaker 6 (04:21):
Oh you can see it. You can see the Eiffel
Tower being built. And it was eighteen thirty. Because I'm old,
that's what, that's what.
Speaker 10 (04:32):
You know what?
Speaker 7 (04:32):
I think I would have been upset.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
We got wait, hey, we got me have I'm mister Houston.
I think, uh.
Speaker 10 (04:37):
Danny, yes, oh, hello, good morning.
Speaker 6 (04:41):
Hey, it's great talking to you. Uh if I'm a
fanboy for just a second. When I saw you in
the TV.
Speaker 4 (04:48):
Series Magic City, I was terrified, So.
Speaker 10 (04:53):
I'm delighted to hear that.
Speaker 6 (04:55):
You were That was the scary. It's one of those
things I didn't know you and I I said, wait
a second, who is this guy that I googled him? Jesus,
I am scared.
Speaker 9 (05:03):
I had a similar experience with mister Houston after I
saw Thirty Days of Night, where I believe you you
play Marlowe, probably the most frightening vampire ever put to film.
Speaker 11 (05:15):
So well, I'm very happy that I've scared both of you.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Enough compliments. Let's talk about The Naked Gun.
Speaker 6 (05:24):
First of all, all I have seen is the trailer,
the previews, and it's hilarious. Tell us about what you're
doing in the movie.
Speaker 11 (05:33):
Well, I'm playing a villainous character of sorts. I guess
I have a scar on my cheek that travels around
my face from time to time. It's fitting into you know,
those archetypes, a couple of which you've already mentioned, but
(05:57):
really servicing, you know, oneonderful silly you know, rather rather stupid,
but very sharply written comedy excellently.
Speaker 6 (06:11):
Yeah, how long did you work on it? A?
Speaker 10 (06:14):
Couple of months. I mean when I when I read
the script, I you don't laughed out louds or belly laughs.
And I've worked with Liam Neeson before and it didn't
take it took me literally seconds to agree to do it.
And we shot over a couple of months in that
last And.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Did they take the scar off every day? And or
did you have to leave it on?
Speaker 10 (06:38):
I would take it home.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Have you ever had to get a.
Speaker 6 (06:42):
Really bad haircut for a role and you were kind
of embarrassed to go on to dinner?
Speaker 10 (06:48):
No? But you know I have had these hair extensions
so clipped into my hair, and you know they they
have a tendency of fall out, which can be rather terrifying.
First thing in the morning when you're when you when
you see, you know, a mount of hair on the
(07:08):
pillow next to you, and you're like, what.
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Now? I know.
Speaker 6 (07:12):
Think you spend a lot of your time in Europe.
Are you good at sort of altering your accent? Can
you go back to your boyhood accent really easily?
Speaker 10 (07:22):
Well?
Speaker 5 (07:23):
Uh?
Speaker 10 (07:24):
Uh, you know, I spend a lot of time going
I've been all over the world all my life, so
I can a little Yeah, I mean it requires a
little work, but I can sort of fall into different
different accents. I kind of have to choose what accent
I'm going to use. Uh usually when when? When when
(07:44):
I start a film, because I've got a really weird
hybrid odd accent personally myself.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Yeah, is are we?
Speaker 10 (07:51):
Are?
Speaker 8 (07:52):
We?
Speaker 6 (07:52):
Is this the Danny Houston real voice for getting the
real accent? Or are you putting putting this?
Speaker 10 (07:58):
Who is Danny?
Speaker 6 (08:01):
Uh?
Speaker 10 (08:01):
Uh No? Currently I'm not putting it on. It's too
early in the morning, Danny.
Speaker 9 (08:06):
We've always heard that when you're filming a comedy like
The Naked Gun, that it's actually kind of a serious
set because you want to get all the jokes right
and you want to hit the timing correctly, and that
when you do a serious movie there's actually a lot
more levity when when somebody yells cut. Did did you
find that to be the case? Making The Naked Gun?
Speaker 10 (08:27):
Well, you know, a lot of the delivery has to
be so straight and and and you know the characters
my character, Liam's character, certainly, but we we don't really
know we're in a comedy. Yes, so it's it's it's
gonna be so serious delivery and the challenging part is
(08:47):
cracking up and falling into giggles. So so uh, Liam
and I we had we are basically an agreement that
we look at each other's foreheads if they's got a
little uh too close. Was cracking up and and and
we're friends. So it's kind of like you in a
way you have to you know, like a teacher would
have to sort of separate you that that sort of thing,
(09:12):
so it can get it can become quite challenging, especially
when you're trying to be serious.
Speaker 6 (09:17):
We're speaking with the very fine actor Danny Houston, and
we've mentioned a couple of films that we've seen. You
have a rather extensive uh set of movies you've been
in and TV shows, et cetera, et cetera. What type
of role is they is? Do they look for the
most from you? Do you get kind of typecast because
because you're such a kind of scary guy.
Speaker 10 (09:39):
I think they they Yes, I think the villain and
thrills are the ones that usually people gravitate. Uh but
I love them. You know, they're they're they're they're characters
that you can really you know, chew on and you
mentioned Magic City. You know, Ben diamond. He was, he was,
He was a lot of fun, and it's it's it's
(10:01):
great to uh to play into play into that. I
remember there was one scene in Magic City where where
I shoot a dog because it's barking and I'm on
the phone, and people just absolutely were so horrified by that.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
But there's also a joy uh.
Speaker 10 (10:20):
And uh and kind of doing stuff, which is a
little bit maybe pushing the envelope.
Speaker 6 (10:28):
Now, do you do you still have to audition for
stuff or when you had a lengthy career such as yours,
do they just call you and say, hey, do you
do you want to do it?
Speaker 10 (10:37):
Well? Thank god, I don't need I don't need to audition.
I think if I would, I would get the job.
Speaker 6 (10:43):
Because I was talking to another actor friend of mine
and he still auditions all the time, and it's usually
done by his wife. She'll take her iPhone. Yeah, you know,
there was a time when I guess you you'd walk
into some building and there'd be twenty guys that look
just like you and you'd all be trying the same thing.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Now it's kind.
Speaker 6 (10:59):
Of a home movie trick, but you're obviously behind that,
so you don't have to suffer through that.
Speaker 10 (11:06):
Yeah, no, I'm I thank god, I'm beyond that. And
and that could be tricky in a relationship to have
your wife film your auditions.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
I could hear a woman going, this is not supposed
to be a nude scene. Cut that out.
Speaker 6 (11:24):
We're speaking with the very fine actor Danny Houston, who
scared the hell out of me a few years ago
on Magic City. Has been tons of stuff since you've
been all over the world. Here's a quick question. If
you could take a summer vacation right now, where would
you go?
Speaker 10 (11:39):
Oh? Wow, you know, I love I love being I
love being at home. That's because I travel so much.
I just love I love being at home. But one
of my favorite places in the world is is Italy
and the Amalfi Coast Mediterranean, the food, the temperature, and said,
(12:02):
you know, the beauty is just it's just one of them.
You know, That's that's really where I would go. Yeah, Italy, Italy,
the spaghetti and the food and oh.
Speaker 6 (12:10):
Yeah, I know this seems off topic. I'm just trying
to figure got a place to go in my next
summer vacation because I can't go to the beach.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I fry.
Speaker 6 (12:19):
I guess I shouldn't be asking mister Houston questions about
traveling in my life.
Speaker 9 (12:23):
Danny are such a great presence on screen. Have you
ever done any stage acting?
Speaker 10 (12:29):
I've done. I've done a little stage acting in London,
in England. The kid stays in the picture at the
Royal Court in London. I enjoy it, but there is
something that I find which is quite repetitious about it.
And if you have two shows in one day, you
(12:51):
really do feel a little bit like you're a drunk
telling the same story twice.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Are you?
Speaker 6 (12:59):
Are you pretty good at memorizing your lines.
Speaker 10 (13:03):
I'm pretty I have to work hard at it, but
but I like to have I like to have it
all down. Uh So, I don't panic. It's important to me.
So there's a lot of that is preparation and repetition.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Okay, one last question. You got to go here.
Speaker 6 (13:18):
If you're sort of going through the channels board one
night and you landed on one of your movies, not
to suggest you wouldn't watch all of them, but is
there one you'd always go, wait, I want to see this.
Speaker 10 (13:30):
One again, you know, I think right now, right that
would be that it would be a naked gun. It's
just you know, with all the with all the horrors
around the world, and and and and everything is that's
that's going on, Just to have that sort of moment
of levity, and and also to see it with other
(13:51):
people because there's this you know, it's where the laughter.
It's containerous, containerous and the best and the best, and
it's a tonic and it lifts our spirit. And that's
a lot about what entertainment is about, isn't it. Yeah,
to share that experience together here here, So yeah, if
(14:12):
I was with a group of people, I would just
naked gun excellent.
Speaker 9 (14:15):
We can't wait to see it.
Speaker 6 (14:16):
Yeah, I'm really psyched about it. I was really nervous
about speaking to you, mister Houston because of that. You
just scared the hell out of me.
Speaker 11 (14:25):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (14:26):
Thanks for taking the time to remember the old days
of radio. We really appreciate it. And I can't wait
to see the movie.
Speaker 10 (14:33):
Oh. I can't wait for you to see it. And
it was good talking to you, and I hope to
scare you again in the future.
Speaker 6 (14:43):
I think maybe a sitcom dad who's also a murdering torturer.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
That would be great. Thank you, sir, Thank you. Wow,
that was great.
Speaker 9 (14:53):
Yeah, and he's just a terrific actor, unbelievable, one of
those guys when he's on screen, your eye just love it.
Just it's one of because you're watching it and you
go wait a second, and you take your phone out
and go who is this guy?
Speaker 7 (15:05):
And oh my god, he's been in this, this, this, and.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
This, and sometimes you get really surprised. Wow.
Speaker 6 (15:13):
The last that happened to be a couple years ago,
I said, who is this actress? And it turns out
it was a friend of mine's daughter.
Speaker 4 (15:19):
Of course.
Speaker 6 (15:20):
No, she's great, She's in What's the US? Great in
any event, Danny Houston appearing in The Naked Gun and
I can't wait.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
It looks if you've seen the trailer with there's a great.
Speaker 7 (15:35):
Anderson and Liam Neeson are now a new.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Couple and the O J Joe Really, Oh that's in
real life.
Speaker 7 (15:42):
That's a rumor. There's inklings.
Speaker 4 (15:47):
Good luck to boat right now. I want to say
good luck to you in the future.
Speaker 9 (15:53):
Okay, thanks to you. I appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
I'll be coming up and then that's yeah, well I
would think it's orf.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
You want to know that you do work for me,
and when it's time to retire, the money's over, kids,
Please don't retire.
Speaker 9 (16:09):
That's how he looks at it. You work for me,
not with me.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
Well, technically you work with no. No, no, no no.
Speaker 6 (16:16):
The thing the horses out of themorrow.
Speaker 4 (16:19):
I actually have to worry. I have to work with you.
Speaker 6 (16:21):
No, no, you don't have to You certainly don't.
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