Scott: CNN's "Saturday Morning"
(May 17, 1998 - 9:50 a.m. ET.)
Miles O'Brien, CNN Anchor: The character Buddy Cole is nearly becoming as famous as the stand-up comedian who created him, Scott Thompson. His new book is "Buddy Babylon: The Autobiography of Buddy Cole."
Bobbie Battista, Cnn Anchor: Buddy could be described, well, I guess, as an over-the-top bar fly created for the TV show "Kids in the Hall." Here is one of Buddy's bits.
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Scott Thompson, Comedian: [As Buddy] They say that the notion of love at first...
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Miles: Well, that section not part of the bit.
Bobbie: No, it is not.
Miles: That is "Bars in Town" as a part...
Bobbie: We will try and rerack that.
Miles: Let us see. We told folks about wipes. And then we -- now we film them "Bars in Town" countdown.
Should we try that again or not, Liz? Shall we try it? Do we have it? I guess not.
Bobbie: No, we will try the res...
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Miles: OK, we are not going anywhere near that. Let us -- hey. Tell me about your life, Buddy. Where did you grow up?
Scott Thompson, "Buddy Cole": Oh, well, I mostly grew up in Northern Quebec, St. Tubaris [ph], on a lock.
Miles: Yes.
Scott: And then, of course, I found my way to Montreal, Toronto, Sudbury [ph], all over the world.
Miles: And, I understand, you were involved in pig farming? Is that right?
Bobbie: No, well, you grew up on a pig farm is right.
Scott: Yes, I did. My parents were pig farmers. I was a pig boy. I was -- I was the most glamorous hog slopper in all of Northern Quebec.
Miles: I am sure.
Bobbie: And when...
Scott: The only thing I have taken from those days. I still love my bacon.
Bobbie: So you are Canadian?
Scott: Yes, I am.
Bobbie: OK.
Miles: That would be Canadian bacon.
Bobbie: Yeah, Canadian bacon. Right.
Scott: Yeah. Of course.
Bobbie: But you are now in America?
Scott: Well, I am living in an undisclosed location, Bobbie.
Bobbie: Why is that?
Scott: Well, because the papparazzi have become so insane since my book has been released. So I have just got to be -- I am constantly on the run. So I decided an undisclosed location was the perfect place for me, undisclosed location, Montana, actually.
Miles: OK. All right.
Bobbie: You in Montana, interesting.
Miles: All right. Well, let us talk about the message you send...
Scott: The message.
Miles: ... to kids. Kids watching this at home right now...
Scott: Yes.
Miles: ... seeing you drink your martini in the coffee cup might get the wrong impression there, Buddy.
Scott: Well, if kids are at home on a Sunday morning watching television, they are already lost to us. Because they should be at church where they belong, which reminds me, Cardinal, please. I am trying to do an interview.
Got one.
Bobbie: We have to ask you, because I am sure Buddy Cole is a huge fan of Frank Sinatra and the passing of this great American original.
Scott: Oh, Bobbie, I could not believe it. The other day when Carlos, my valet, woke me up with the news that Sinatra was gone, the first words out of my mouth were: "No, not Tina."
Bobbie: Oh, no.
Scott: And then he told me that it was just Frank. And I thought: "Oh, well, he had a good ride."
Miles: Speaking of good rides, the "Seinfeld" show had a good ride. Did you watch the finale like the rest of the world?
Scott: No, I do not watch much television, just your show.
Miles: Oh, really.
Bobbie: Yeah, you say the right things.
Miles: You did not see it at all?
Scott: No, I did not see it. Sorry.
Miles: Yeah, OK, all right.
How about Larry Sanders? How is that show doing?
Scott: Larry Sanders? I do not really know Sanders...
Miles: You do not watch that either?
Bobbie: You never heard of him?
Scott: ... No, I do not watch his show. I think I just do not like his show very much. There is a person on it that I have seen around. But he is just -- I do not like all those brown suits that he wears.
Bobbie: How did you end up, Buddy, that your whole career here kind of got started on "Kids in the Hall," which a lot of people -- I remember that show. I thought it was great, on Comedy Central.
Scott: Oh, thanks, Bobbie.
Bobbie: Well, but, has that gone away, by the way or...
Scott: Has it gone away?
Bobbie: Yeah, is it still on Comedy Central or...
Scott: It is still -- I think the show is still on. I myself had very little to do with this show, you see. What happened was one day I was in my bar having a smart martini. And I was just going off on some topic. And these five adorable tow-headed youths strolled in with a complete camera crew and started filming my monologues.
So I have not seen a dime of it. So, as far as I am concerned, they can rot in hell.
Miles: Now, it says here on this sort of sheet that we get that we should ask about your...
Scott: The photo sheet?
Miles: ... Well, we have a sort of sheet, this little thing here on research here.
Scott: Miles, sort of cop sort of sheet?
Miles: Yeah, and it says: "You had quite an active love life." Should I really ask you about that, though? I do not know. I hesitate.
Scott: Well, Miles, should I say how familiar you look to me? Maybe, we were sort of lovers. Who knows?
Bobbie: At 25...
Scott: ... About every second person is named O'Brien in Canada.
Bobbie: Please just remember a 25-year career here went down the tubes in a matter of moments, depending on what comes out of your mouth.
Scott: What now, Ms. Bobbie?
Miles: Oh, Buddy, Buddy, Buddy. OK.
Bobbie: Oh, all right.
Miles: Well, Buddy, listen. It was great to see you.
Bobbie: You got a book out, we should say.
Scott: It is great to see you again, Miles.
Bobbie: Buddy's -- "Buddy's Babylon" is the name of the book. And it is your autobiography.
Scott: Yes, it is, completely true, every word.
Miles: Every single word.
Scott: And it is, too. It is so true, Cardinal.
Miles: Bye, Buddy. Good...
Bobbie: Buddy, appreciate it.
Miles: ... drop on by any time.
Scott: Bonjour.
Miles: Bonjour.
Bobbie: Bonjour.
Miles: Bon Duet [ph], whatever. All right.
[Taken from the CNN's web page. Credit to Cable News Network, Inc.]
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