JERRY O'CONNELL ON Z105.3
JACKSON TENNESSEE
DECEMBER 2, 2002

Interview with the Buzz and Harvey Show

Buzz/Harvey (not sure who conducted the interview): Let me introduce you to Jerry O'Connell, this is Jeri...
Jeri: Hi.
Jerry O'Connell: How are you?

Jeri: I'm good, how are you?
Jerry O'Connell: Pleasure to meet you!

Buzz/Harvey: She's on the show, I don't think she was with us last time.
Jeri: I don't think so.
Jerry O'Connell: I definitely don't think so, I would have remembered.

Jeri: Ha ha ha ha!
Buzz/Harvey: Jerry O'Connell, you remember him from Sliders, and he was in Jerry Maguire, Scream 2, Tomcats, and right now you're on NBC's Crossing Jordan.
Jerry O'Connell: That's right.

Buzz/Harvey: Man, you lucky thing. How do you get to hang out with all these beautiful babes?
Jerry O'Connell: I don't know how I keep doing it. It's just uh, you know, it's luck?

Buzz/Harvey: Lucky is right, that's it. That's it. You play the part of Woody on there.
Jerry O'Connell: I do - Cop, a lot of fun. I get a badge and a gun. Every little boy's dream come true.

Buzz/Harvey: And it's you man! I mean - it does, it fits you well.
Jerry O'Connell: I really like it. I come in there, I've got a suit - I throw that on, throw the badge on - and I'm good to go.

Buzz/Harvey: So, uh, what's going on between you and Jordan?
Jerry O'Connell: I'm not gonna kid you guys. In tonight's episode - I probably, you know I'm calling from home right now so there aren't like - NBC executives sitting around me...

Buzz/Harvey: Right.
Jerry O'Connell: I'm gonna get me a little Jordan tonight.

Buzz/Harvey: Are you kidding me?
Jerry O'Connell: No I'm not.

Jeri: Ooooh!
Buzz/Harvey: You and Jill Hennessey gonna get on down!
Jerry O'Connell: Yup.

Buzz/Harvey: Oh hoooo!
Jeri: Wow.
Jerry O'Connell: You are dirty!

Buzz/Harvey: Eeyeah!
Jeri: He's bad, that's why they brought me in to keep him straight. You know?
Buzz/Harvey: (Laughs)
Jerry O'Connell: Ohhh - but uh, no - I definitely do.

Jeri: That's awesome.
Jerry O'Connell: They pay me to kiss these women.

Buzz/Harvey: They tell you tonight to kiss Jill Hennessey. She's a beautiful lady.
Jerry O'Connell: Yep, all I have to do is chew altoids all day before a kissing scene.

Jeri: Ha ha - is that per her request?
Buzz/Harvey: Does that happen sometimes?
Jerry O'Connell: What?

Buzz/Harvey: In the acting business, when you have to do that - and they say you have to... Well surely you look at the scripts ahead of time, and you read - well you know. All right - you've gotta have this love making session with this character and you're like, 'man I can't wait to see who the actress is!'
Jerry O'Connell: Uh huh...

Buzz/Harvey: You know, and then sometimes you go like, 'oh man!' (laughs)
Jerry O'Connell: You know, I've gotta tell you - I'm not gonna complain when I'm coming to work and a director's like, 'yeah, and then you're gonna kiss HER,' I'm not like 'eww.' I'm not doing that.

Buzz/Harvey: What if it's like Rhea Pearlman or something?
Jerry O'Connell: Well, you know, usually that doesn't happen. Usually it's two young people making out, you know what I'm saying.

Buzz/Harvey: (laughs)
Jerry O'Connell: I can't believe I just said 'making out' this early in the morning.

Jeri: Ha ha ha!
Buzz/Harvey: He just said 'making out', I heard it.
Jerry O'Connell: I'm sorry, did I say making out? I meant to say French kiss.

Buzz/Harvey: There you go, French kiss.
Jerry O'Connell: Tongue.

Buzz/Harvey: Do you remember the first time you ever heard what French kissing was about? The first time you ever heard of that?
Jerry O'Connell: Yeah, I gotta tell you, my first French kiss... I kissed a girl and I felt a tongue enter my mouth and I chickened out. I pulled away and was like, 'whow whow whow, this is moving way too fast. I - I'm just not ready for this.

Buzz/Harvey: I know!
Jerry O'Connell: But that was last week.

Buzz/Harvey: (laughs) I remember distinctly the first time I ever heard about it I was in the cafeteria line in the 5th grade in elementary school...
Jerry O'Connell: Wow! Early!

Buzz/Harvey: And, a buddy next to me told me about it. He said, 'yeah man I French kissed her,' and I was like, 'what's that?' Then he told me and I was so grossed out! I couldn't even eat the second slice of Pizza. You know what I mean? It was tough.
Jeri: (laughs)
Jerry O'Connell: Maybe you just don't like girls?

Buzz/Harvey: Who me? Ha ha ha ha ha! (realizes Jerry is just kidding) Yeah, you're right! Let's see... second wife... No I like them. I like 'em a lot.
Jerry O'Connell: (laughs)

Buzz/Harvey: So anyway! Uh, so tell us about - you're doing Crossing Jordan. Are you also gonna tell us about Kangaroo Jack?
Jerry O'Connell: Yeah, I've got this movie coming out! It's very funny. It's coming out January 17th, called Kangaroo Jack. Big Bruckheimer action movie.

Buzz/Harvey: How is this gonna - it's a Kangaroo that steals the money?
Jerry O'Connell: All right, let me explain the situation. I play a low level Mafioso from Brooklyn. And I am paid to make another payment to a Mafioso in the outback of Australia. So I fly over there, and I rent a car. I'm driving it through the outback - I hit a kangaroo - and I kill it. And as a joke, I put my jacket on it and I'm gonna take a picture with a dead kangaroo in my jacket, thinking it's funny and I'll send it back to all my friends.

Buzz/Harvey: (laughs) OK...
Jerry O'Connell: So, the flash goes off - the kangaroo wakes up and bolts wearing my jacket with, of course, the 50 thousand dollar payment I'm supposed to make.

Jeri: Oh no!
Jerry O'Connell: But then it becomes this big Bruckheimer chase movie, but it's cute! You know? I'm chasing, like, a kangaroo. So it's a lot of fun.

Buzz/Harvey: What was it like working with him, he's a great director.
Jerry O'Connell: Who? Oh, Bruckheimer? Oh man, he's the best. It's really like, it's like playing baseball, and maybe playing for - no disrespect - for like the Twins or playing for like the Royals. And then your agent calls you up and says, 'uh, ok, well the Yankee's want you to start with them - you'll be flying out tomorrow. You'll be playing at Yankee stadium.'

Buzz/Harvey: (laughs)
Jeri: OK?
Jerry O'Connell: Or maybe I should have said it's like playing for the Seahawks and getting a call that the Titans want you to play.

Buzz/Harvey: There you go! Did you see the game yesterday?
Jerry O'Connell: Exciting huh? I'll tell you who I'm really excited about is that Terrell Owens! He went to Chattanooga right?

Buzz/Harvey: That's true!
Jerry O'Connell: You gotta love that guy.

Buzz/Harvey: That's true, you gotta love him. Ha ha, we're talking sports now.
Jerry O'Connell: What are we doing, this is FM. Come on.

Buzz/Harvey: I know. We've got French kissing, making out, and uh - sports.
Jeri: It's two guys having a conversation.
Jerry O'Connell: (mocking AM sports talk radio) 'hey - first time caller - about that Titan's game....'

Buzz/Harvey: I know, we should have some beer and it will be complete man.
Jerry O'Connell: (laughs)

Buzz/Harvey: Now, Leslie Ann Warren is also gonna show up on tonight's episode of Crossing Jordan?
Jerry O'Connell: Yes

Buzz/Harvey: I used to think she was so, so hot! I mean, she still is for a woman of her age...
Jerry O'Connell: She's a very good looking woman.

Buzz/Harvey: Wooo!
Jerry O'Connell: I'll tell you who's the really cute one is that Jill Hennessey, who plays Jordan.

Buzz/Harvey: Yeah... of course Now, there's something funny about the way she walks...
Jerry O'Connell: Uh... I think she's sexy all around.

Buzz/Harvey: Uh, listen. I watch the show, and I notice some camera angles - they are very careful not to show her walking.
Jerry O'Connell: I don't know about that... but you know, you're gonna get me lookin' tonight!

Buzz/Harvey:(laughs)
Jerry O'Connell: I'll call you tomorrow and be like 'dude, you [inaudible]... about that walking thing!'

Buzz/Harvey: (laughs) I don't know, it's like Keanu Reeves. Keanu Reeves is bow legged. They are careful not to show him very much from the waist down. It's camera angles, because he looks funny.
Jerry O'Connell: Smoke and mirrors my friend. It's all smoke and mirrors.

Buzz/Harvey: I guess, I dunno. Something about Jill Hennessey's walk. Don't tell her, because then she'll be all self conscious about it! (laughs)
Jerry O'Connell: It's not like this is on the air or anything and she's not listening.

Buzz/Harvey: Ha ha ha!
Jeri: That would be bad. That would be bad.
Buzz/Harvey: all right man. Well we're looking forward - when is the movie gonna roll out?
Jerry O'Connell: January 17th.

Buzz/Harvey:January 17th, all right, so we're looking forward to Jerry O'Connell. He's gonna be in Kangaroo Jack. It's going to be a very funny movie. And tonight, of course, Crossing Jordan on NBC!
Jerry O'Connell: Um hum...

Buzz/Harvey: You don't want to miss it... as the show continues to unfold and you have become more and more of a central character so I'm glad to see that.
Jerry O'Connell: Yeah...

Buzz/Harvey: It's good stuff. all right Jerry, thanks man...
Jerry O'Connell: OK guys, I'll talk to you when this movie comes out. You guys are funny.

Buzz/Harvey: Thank you, we'll see you then!
Jerry O'Connell: Later guys.

Buzz/Harvey: See ya!

-Transcript by kedd

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