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>> RUN FLUIDS AT 100 AN HOUR.
>> GIVE ME A STICK AND A --
>> AN HOUR AGO, HE DIDN'T NEED
ANYTHING.
>> ARE YOU IN THE MEDICAL FIELD?
>> YOUR EYES ARE NOT DECEIVING
YOU.
"ER" FANS PROBABLY REMEMBER WHEN
HIS CHARACTER DIED OF A BRAIN
TUMOR IN 2002.
WHAT IS HE DOING BACK ROAMING
THE HALLS?
HE ISERE TO TELL US.
HI, ANTHONY.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> HOW WAS IT GOING BACK ON THE
SET AGAI
>> IT TOOK ABOUT A HALF HOUR BUT
ALL THAT FELL BACK INTO PLACE.
>> ALL THE MEDICAL LINGO?
>> BY THE TIME LEFT I HAD DONE
180 EPISES SO THERE WAS STILL
MEMORY.
>> A LOT OF THE SAME CREW, SAME
OPERATOR?
>> SAME CREW, A LOT OF THE SAME
CONVERSATIONS.
>> SET A BRAND NEW STANDARD FOR
HE WAY TELEVISION WAS SHOT,
SUCH A HUGE THING THAT FIRST
OPENING SCENE WHERE THE CAMERA,
YEAH --
>> YEAH.
>> ARE THEY STILL DOING IT
EXACTLY THAT WAY, TOO?
>> THEY R. I MEAN WE ARE LUCKY
IT WAS A SH BASED ON THE
REALITY AND THE REALITY WAS THE
EMERGENCY THAT HAPPENS IN A
TRAUMA ROOM WHENN EMERGENCY
COMES IN AND THEY WERE TRUE TO
THAT AND KEPT THE WRITING UP AND
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT 15 YEARS
LATER ARE STILL GOING.
>> DID YOU FLINCH AT ALL WHEN
THEY ASKED YOU TO COME BACK AND
ASKED YOU TO DOT EPISODE?
>> AT FIRST, I NVER THOUGHT I
WOULD GET THAT CALL AFTER HAVING
DIED.
>> WHEN ONE DIES, RARELY CALLED
BACK.
>> NOT THAT KD OF SHOW YOU
DO --
>> KIND OF STUNT THINGS.
>> BUT TEY HAD A GOOD IDEA A
PERFECT TIMING AS IT SO HAPPENS
WE ARE ACTUALLY LAUNING A
CAMPAIGN TO BUILD THE LARGEST
CHILDREN'HOSPITAL IN AFRICA
FOR AN ORGANIZATION I WORK WITH
CALLED SHOE FOR AFRICA.
AND SO I SAID TO JOHN WELLS, I
SAID, YEAH, I'LL DO IT BUT,
GUYS, DON'T PAY ME, MAKE WARNE
BROTHERS CONTRIBUTE SO THEY PUT
IN $125,000 AND STEVEN SPIELBERG
FOUND OUT AND PUT IN 125 AND
THEN JOHN WLS HIMSELF PUTN
50 SO WE STARTED OUR FOUNDATION
TO -- FOR THIS FUND-RAISER.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
>> TELL US ABOUT THIS
FOUNDATION.
I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TOOU AND
YOUR FAMILY, AS WELL.
>> IT'S GREAT, AN ORGANIZATION
BASED HERE IN NEW YORK.
WHAT IT DOES, USED THE SPORT OF
RUNNING AS A WAY TO EMPOWER
WOMEN IN AFRICA.
AND SO, WE'LL TAKE USED RUNNING
SHOES AND HOLD A RUNNING RACE IN
AFRICA AND 5,000, 2,000, 5,000
WOMEN WILL SHOW UP.
WE'LL GIVE OUT T SHIRTS AND
SHOES AND HAVE A RUNNING EVENT.
GET THEM INVOLVED IN RUNNING AND
USES YOO IT AS A WAY TO EDUCATE
OONZ IN RELATIONTO AIDS
EDUCATION AND BASIC HEALTH, SO
NEEDED IN AFRICA.
>> WHEN DID YOU FALL IN LOVE
WITH AFRICA?
I KNOW YOU TOOK A YEAR OFF
EVERYTHING TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
>> PERFECT TIMING.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A RUNNER SO I
KED RUNNING AND I HAD MET THE
FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION HERE
JUST BEFORE WE HAD TKEN A YEAR
OFF AND GONE AROUND THE WORLD
WITH OUR CHILDREN.
AND PART OF THE TRIP -- AND TWO
TEACHERS, EXACT.
PART OF THE TRIP WE WERE IN
AFRICA,ACTUALLY THREE MONTHS
BUT ENDED UP IN KENYA, AT A SHOE
FOR AFRICA EVENT WITH THE WOMEN
AND IT WAS UNBELIEVABLY MOVING
AND SPECTACULAR AND ISAW, ALSO,
HOW IT'S REAL NOT ABOUT MONEY,
■&'S ABOUT ACTION.
AND IN THIS ORGANIZATION HAS
NEVER HAD TO RAISE MONEY.
WE ARE NOW FOR THE HOSPITAL BUT
EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE BEFORE IS
REALLY FROM.
>> DONATIONS OF SHOES.
>> USED SHOES.
>> I BET THIS TRIP REALLY
INFLUENCED YOUR KIDS.
HOWLED WERE THEY AT THE TIME OF
THE TRIP.
>> AT THE TIME, 4, 6, 9.
>> WOW.
>> AND 12.
>> HOW DID YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO
THAT?
THAT'S AN AMBITIOUS THING.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THAT
FANTASY.
>> NOT WITH A 4-YEAR-OLD!
>> WELL, WE'VE ALYS LOVED TO
TRAVEL AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE
BOTH GIVEN A GREAT OPPRTUNITY
TO MEET THROUGH "ER" AND MY WIFE
THROUGH HER COSMETICS COMPANY TO
HAVE THE TIME, CHECK OUT FOR A
YEAR AND GO LO AT THE WORLD.
>>HAT'S GOING ON NOW, NOW THAT
YOU'VE GOT THE ACTING BUG AGAIN?
>> A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
I DID A FILM THIS SPRING COMING
OUT IN THE NEXT SPRING WITH
UMA THURMAN, CALLED "MOTHERHOOD"
AND THAT WILL BE COMING OUT.
MOST OF MY TIME IS REALLY
WORKING ON THIS ORGANIZATION.
>> WOW.
>> I'M ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO
AFRICA DECEMBER 13th WITH A
RUNNING EVENTS KIBIRA, THE
LARGEST SLUM IN AFRICA, 1.2
MILLION LIVING IN A PACE THE
SIZE OF NEWORK'S CENTRAL PARK
WITH NO RUNNING WATER.
IT IS UNBELIEVAB.
WE COLLECTED 10,000 SHOES AT THE
NEW YORK CITY MARATHON LAST YEAR
AND SHIPPED THEM OVER D WE
WILL GIVE OUT 10,000 OES AND
HAVE A RUNNING EVENT WITH 5,000
WOMEN AND ALSO A SOCCER MATCH
WITH THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE
SLUM.
>> THAT'S INTERESTING.
IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU
FOCUS A LOT ON WOMEN, OFTEN
PUSHED BY THE WAYSIDE, DON'T
THEY?
>> ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA WHERE
COLONIZATION CAME IN AND DIVIDED
UP THE LAND AND GAVE THE LAND
BACK TO THE MEN AND THE MENERE
NOT VERY GOOD ATTHAT, SHARING.
SO --
>> IMAGINE THAT.
HOW OD
>> SO, YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT
THE KIND OF CHALLENGES OF
AFRICAN AND A THE WORLD, YOU
HEAR A LOT ABOUT MICROFANCING
FOR WOMEN AND DOING LOANS THAT
WAY.
WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT Y, TOO,
THROUGH EMPOWERMENT AND THROUGH
SPORT, RUNNING, AND THUGH
REALLY EMPOWERING WOMEN,HERE'S
GREATER HOPE FOR HEALTH AND
PROBLEMS.
>> I NEVER HEARD OF THIS
ORGANIZION.
I'M THINKING HOW MANY PAIRS I
HAVE AT HOME.
ANYBODY CAN NATE.
>> YEAH.
RIGHT NOW THE REALLY IMPORTANT
THING IS ACTUALLY TO REALLY JUST
GO ONTO OUR WEBSITE AND DONATE
MONEY.
BECAUSE, WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT
CHARITY.
IF YOU GIVE A DOLLAR IT GOES TO
THE HOSPITAL.
>> WH'S THE SITE AGAIN.
>> CALLED SHOEFORAFRICA4 ORG.
>> THE NUMBER 4.
>> NO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AN
ALLOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
>> AND YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH
THAT MONEY.
>> THE FUNNY STORY, ACTUALLY I
WAS THERE IN AUGUST THERE AT THE
SITE WHERE THE HOSPITAL IS AND I
TOLD THE DIRECTOR OF THE
HOSPITAL AND I SAID, YOU KNOW,
. GREEN WAS GOING TO COME BACK
AND I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO --
HE LIT UP AND HE WENT, OH,
FANTASTIC, DR. GREEN HAS COME
BACK TO LIFE TO BUILD US A
HOSPITAL IN AFRICA.
SO, THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF IT.