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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ARSENIO: THANK YOU.
HEY, HEY.
MY FIRST GUEST HAS APPEARED IN
DOZENS OF TV SHOWS AND OVER 70
MOVIES.
HE CURRENTLY PLAYS OLIVIA POPE'S
DAD ON ABC'S THURSDAY NIGHT
DRAMA "SCANDAL."
WATCH, LADIES.
>> YOU'RE BEING STUPID ABOUT
THIS.
>> I AM BEING THINGS.
STUMED IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
>> LIVI, YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY
THINK YOU'RE GOING TO RETURN TO
YOUR OLD LIFE AS IF NOTHING HAS
HAPPENED.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT I
AM TAKING CARE OF MYSELF.
TAKE ME TO MY OFFICE.
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE WILL DESTROY
YOU.
>> THAT'S WHAT MOM USED TO TELL
ME ABOUT YOU.
CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ARSENIO: YOU CAN SEE THAT
EPISODE ON ABC.COM.
PLEASE WELCOME MR. JOE MORTON.
[APPLAUSE]
THEY LOVE THAT SHOW, BROTHER.
>> THEY DO.
ARSENIO: THEY LOVE THAT SHOW.
SEE?
THEY DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU.
I HAVE BEEN A FAN FOR SO LONG,
AND I AM EXTRAORDINARILY HAPPY
ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THIS SHOW
FOR YOU SPECIFICALLY.
BUT I REMEMBER COMING TO THIS
TOWN AS A YOUNG ACTOR AND GOING
TO TOWER RECORDS ON SUNSET AND
BUYING "BROTHER FROM ANOTHER
PLANET."
REALLY.
[APPLAUSE]
YES.
HOW COMPLICATED WAS THAT ROLE?
AND TELL THEM WHAT IT WAS ALL
ABOUT.
>> IT WAS A MOVIE WRITTEN BY
JOHN SALES AND IT WAS ABOUT AN
EXTRATERRESTRIAL WHO FINDS
HIMSELF IN HARLEM, ME, AND HE
HAS NO FACILITY FOR SPEECH.
BUT HE CAN HEAL AND THINKS HE
CAN FIX ANYTHING ELECTRONIC AND
HEAL SOMETIMES BY TOUCH.
CAME OUT, I GUESS, IN 1985-1986.
ARSENIO: YES.
AND HERE YOU ARE NOW.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT YOU
PREPARING FOR THIS.
YOU'RE A BLUES GUITARRIST AND
YOU LOVE TO COOK?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
BLUES AND COOKING AT THE SAME
TIME, THEY GO TOGETHER.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THOUGHT
YOU WERE A BLUES BROTHER, NOT --
ARSENIO: YES, HE CAN GO THAT
ROUTE, TOO.
BUT WHAT DO YOU COOK?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I COOK ANYTHING FROM -- A LOT OF
VEGGIES, A LOT OF FISH.
MY FAVORITE DISH IS A DISH WITH
VEGETABLES, WHERE YOU TAKE
ZUCCHINI, TOMATOES, POTATOES AND
ONIONS AND PUT IT TOGETHER IN A
WONDERFUL CASSEROLE.
ARSENIO: YES.
>> SOUNDS GOOD, DOESN'T IT?
ARSENIO: THE STAR OF OUR
FAVORITE SHOW IS PREGNANT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.
>> WAIT, I HEARD THIS AS I GOT
HERE TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THIS IS
TRUE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S UNTRUE.
BUT FROM YOUR LIPS TO WHOEVER'S
EARS.
ARSENIO: I NEVER KNOW WHETHER
YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON, BECAUSE
YOUR CAST IS SO GOOD AT KEEPING
SECRETS AND I NEVER KNOW WHAT TO
BELIEVE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU GO TO THE TABLE --
ACTORS HAVE A TABLE READ WHERE
THEY SEE THE SCRIPT FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND THEY PRACTICE,
ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT?
>> WELL, ESSENTIALLY READ IT OUT
LOUD.
IT'S OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION TO
THE SCRIPT.
SO THE PRODUCER DOESN'T TELL
ANYBODY WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN
THE SCRIPT.
AS WE COME TO THE TABLE READ, WE
HAVE NO IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE
GOING TO KILL ME OFF OR WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT IS OUR
TENSION IS AS HIGH AS YOURS IS
WHEN YOU WATCH THE SHOW.
ALL DURING THE TABLE READ PEOPLE
ARE LAUGHING, GASPING AND
CARRYING ON.
IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
ARSENIO: SOMEBODY COULD
LITERALLY WALK IN WITH A JOB AND
SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND WHEN
THEY GET UP, THEY HAVE NO JOB.
>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
ONE OF THE ACTORS, JOSH MOLINA,
IS KIND OF FAMOUS WHEN WE GET TO
THE TABLE READ, HE FLIPS THROUGH
AND LOOKS AT THE END.
WHEN WE GOT TO THE LAST EPISODE
OF THE SEASON LAST YEAR, SEASON
TWO, THEY PUT OUT THE SCRIPTS ON
THE TABLE AND JOSH OPENED HIS
SCRIPT AND HE FLIPPED TO THE END
AND HE SAW THAT HE WAS DEAD.
IT WAS A JOKE.
ARSENIO: GOOD.
ACHES YOU TO MESS WITH THE
LADY'S ASSISTANT.
YOU'RE ON TWITTER?
>> I AM.
ARSENIO: I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'M
A GLADIATOR.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL,
GLADIATORS IN THE SHOW ARE THE
CREW THAT WORK FOR OLIVIA IN THE
SHOW.
BUT IT'S SORT OF ANYONE WHO IS A
FOLLOWER OF THE SHOW IS NOW
CONSIDERED A GLADIATOR, SO --
[APPLAUSE]
SIR ARSENIO, HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN ON TWITTER?
DO YOU LIKE POST-SHOW MEDIA?
>> I DO.
I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME ON
TWITTER.
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT FOR ME --
I COME FROM THE THEATER, SO IT'S
AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE
AUDIENCE, WHICH IS TERRIFIC.
WHAT WE DO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
DON'T KNOW, IS THAT THE CAST
BASICALLY TWEETS LIVE DURING THE
BROADCAST.
SO I'LL BE TWEETING LIVE
TONIGHT, AS WILL EVERYBODY ELSE
IN THE CAST.
ARSENIO: I'LL BE THERE.
>> BUT THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE
FUN.
IT MAKES THE SHOW EVEN MORE
EXCITING.
ARSENIO: YES, YES.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY FIRST JOE
MOVIE, AND I REALIZED HOW MANY
YOU'VE DONE.
I MEAN, SO MANY TELEVISION SHOWS
AND FILMS.
SO LET'S PLAY A LITTLE GAME.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LINE
FROM ONE OF YOUR FOUR MILLION
MOVIES AND YOU SEE IF YOU CAN
GUESS WHICH MOVIE IT WAS.
IF YOU ALL LOOK AT A MONITOR,
YOU WILL GET SOME HELP.
BUT DON'T SAY ANYTHING, PLEASE.
FIRST LINE -- "YOU'RE FIRED.
EVERYBODY'S [BLEEP]ING FIRED."
>> "SPEED."
>>
ARSENIO: VERY GOOD.
WOW.
SEE, I WAS PREPARED TO GIVE HIM
HELP BY SAYING DON'T GET DEAD.
>> OH, OH, HMM, DONNED GET DEAD.
SAME MOVIE?
ARSENIO: YES, SIR.
YEAH, OOH.
I CHOSE THE WRONG ONE.
OK.
HERE'S ANOTHER MOVIE.
"THE SILENT ALARM IS TRIPPED.
ALL OF THE CODES ARE NEUTRALIZED
IN THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
NOTHING WILL OPEN ANYWHERE NOW.
WE HAVE TO ABORT."
>> "T-2."
[APPLAUSE]
THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
ARSENIO: YES.
THAT SOUPEDED LIKE YOU GOT IT
WRONG.
I THINK IT'S A FOOL ON THE
BUZZER.
AND, OF COURSE, AAAHH!
MUST BE HALLOWEEN.