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PAUL SHAFFER.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS-- WE'RE
ALREADY-- WELL, SO WE'RE ALMOST
FINISHED WITH APRIL HERE IN
1994, AND A@READY WE'VE HAD SOME
SHOCKING, KIND OF STANDOUT,
LANDMARK CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
TAKE PLACE.
>> Paul: RIGHT.
>> Dave: ONE, OF COURSE, THAT
COMES TO MIND IMMEDIATELY WOULD
BE THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS.
>> Paul: YEAH.
>> Dave: YOU KNOW THE CRIME?
THESE TWO GUYS KILLED THEIR
PARENTS AND THEY TOOK THEIR
MONEY AND THEY WENT ON THIS WILD
SPENDING SPREE, AND NOW THEY'RE
ON TRIAL, AND THE JURIES WERE
HUNG.
OKAY, SO THERE YOU GO.
NOW THE TABLE IS SET.
OKAY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THE
FOX TELEVISION NETWORK HAD A
MOVIE ABOUT THE MENENDEZ
BROTHERS, THE TWO KIDS, LYLE AND
ERIK.
>> Paul: LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ.
>> Dave: AND PEOPLE ARE
FASCINATED WITH THIS CASE FOR
ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, AND THE
FOX MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIE
WENT THROUGH THE ROOF-- SKY-HIGH
RATINGS.
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WATCHED IT.
NBC IS DEVELOPING ONE, AND ABC
I THINK HAS A MENENDEZ BROTHERS
MOVIE.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT
I'M GETTING TO-- THIS IS A VERY
SPECIAL NIGHT FOR US HERE AT THE
"LATE SHOW" AND CBS, AND FOR
YOU, THE STUDIO AUDIENCE, AS
WELL, BECAUSE TONIGHT, AND ALL
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW, WE'RE GOING
BE SHOWING YOU OUR BRAND-NEW,
MADE-FOR-TV MENENDEZ BROTHERS
MOVIE.
IT'S A BIG--
(APPLAUSE)
>> Paul: THERE'S THAT MOVE
AGAIN.
>> Dave: DO YOU LIKE THAT?
>> Paul: I LOVE IT.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> Dave: I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY.
I'M JUST KIND OF GETTING THE
FEEL OF IT.
I'M WORKING THE KINKS OUT OF IT,
AS IT WERE.
SO AS THE MOVIE BEGINS-- OUR
MENENDEZ BROTHERS MADE-FOR-TV
MOVIE-- THE BOYS, LYLE AND ERIK,
MAKE THEIR DEADLY PACT TO ***
THEIR PARENTS.■■
HERE WE GO.
>> Dave: THESE ARE MY CHIPS,
ER■■.
>> Paul: THEY ARE NOT, LYLE!
>> Dave: YES, THEY ARE, YOU
LITTLE WEASEL.
GIVE THEM HERE.
WHOA!
WHOA!
>> Paul: MOM AND DAD'S NEW RUG!
WE'RE REALLY GOING TO GET IT
THIS TIME.
>> Dave: UNLESS WE GET THEM
FIRST!
(EVIL LAUGHTER)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(APPLAUSE)
>> Dave: IT'S THE PROUDEST
MOMENT OF MY ADULT LIFE.
>> Paul: OH, CONGRATULATIONS.
I'M PRETTY PROUD, TOO.
>> Dave: IT GIVES ME INSIGHT--
OH, NEVER MIND.
I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE HAIR
LIKE THAT.
>> Paul: I SEE.
>> Dave: OKAY.
CONTINUING NOW, LET'S CHECK IN
ON THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS AGAIN.
IN THIS SCENE, I BELIEVE, WE'RE
GOING TO SEE ERIK AND LYLE
SPENDING THEIR PARENTS' VAST
FORTUNE ON A WILD SHOPPING SPREE
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CRIME.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
>> MAY I HELP YOU, SIR?
>> Dave: HOW MANY WIGS CAN MY
BROTHER AND I GET FOR $10
MILLION?
>> ABOUT 50,000.
>> Paul: WHAT DO YOU THINK,
LYLE?
>> Dave: ***' WIG, ERIK!
>> (TOGETHER): WE'LL TAKE 'EM!
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(APPLAUSE)
>> Dave: I COULDN'T BE A BIGGER
DWEEB.
>>
>> Dave: THAT'S THE SHOW.
AND ALL NIGHT LONG, FOLKS, WE'RE
DEBUTING CBS'S BRAND-NEW
MENENDEZ BROTHERS MOVIE.
LET'S NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE
MENENDEZ BROTHERS, SEE HOW
THEY'RE DOING.
HERE NOW, THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN TO
JAIL AND ARE AWAITING TRIAL.
ERIK, GIVE ME THOSE CHIPS.
>> Paul: THEY'RE MINE, LYLE.
>> Dave: NO, THEY'RE NOT.
THEY'RE MY CHIPS.
>> Paul: OH, WHEN THE WARDEN
SEES THIS ME, WE'RE REALLY
GOING TO GET IT.
>> Dave: AND HERE COMES THE
WARDEN NOW.
>> Paul: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S GOING
ON HERE?
DONNIE OSMOND!
(APPLAUSE)
>> Dave: DONNIE OSMOND.
>> Paul: DONNIE OSMOND.
>> Dave: THE NETWORK LIKED THE
SCRIPT, BUT THOUGHT WE HAD TO
HEAT IT UP A LITTLE WITH SOME
NAMES, SO WE PUT DONNIE OSMOND
TIME FOR ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF
THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS MOVIE.
(APPLAUSE)
AW, COME ON.
IN THIS SCENE, ERIK AND LYLE ARE
IN COURT FACING SOME HEAVY
QUESTIONING FROM THE
PROSECUTION.
>> TELL THE COURT YOUR NAME.
>> Dave: I'M LYLE MENENDEZ.
>> DID YOU KILL YOUR PARENTS?
>> Dave: NO.
>> AND YOUR NAME?
>> Paul: ERIK MENENDEZ.
>> DID YOU KILL YOUR PARENTS?
>> Paul: NO.
>> WELL, IF NEITHER ERIK NOR
LYLE KILLED THEIR PARENTS, WHO
DID?
>> (TOGETHER): OUR OTHER
BROTHER, ZEPPO MENENDEZ!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Dave: OKAY.
(CHEERS ANAPPLAUSE)
CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY
WORLDWIDE PANTS AND CBS.
Captioned by
The Caption Center
WGBH Educational Foundation