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JUST LIKE YOU ARE
>>HMM
>>THE JOBS OF TOMORROW ARE
NOT THE JOBS OF YESTERDAY
>>LOOK AT THIS, YOU GOT THIS?
>>THERE IT IS MAN. LOOK AT THAT
>>LIFE WITHOUT DANCE IS BORING
[LAUGHTER]
>>WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD THAT
THEY WERE DOING CHARLIE ROSE
AND GAYLE KING, DIDN'T YOU GO
"WHAT?"
>>DO YOU ENJOY TALKING
POLITICS?
>>NO
>>PEOPLE CALL ME, CAUSE THEY
FEEL NOBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION
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THE TISCH WNET STUDIO IN THE
HEART OF NEW YORK CITY
WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME
FROM SOUTH ORANGE NEW JERSEY
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>ACTUALLY YOU'RE ORIGINALLY
FROM PHILLY
>>YUP, YEAH
>>YOU MADE IT REALLY BIG
>>YEAH
>>HE IS
TARIQ TROTTER
RAP ARTIST, ENTREPRENEUR
COFOUNDER OF THE ROOTS
AND PART OF THE HOUSE BAND
FOR THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH
WHO'S THAT GUY?
>>[LAUGHTER] JIMMY
>>JIMMY FALLON?
>>FALLON
>>YEAH, TOO BAD HE HASN'T
MADE IT BIG YET
>>AH [LAUGHTER]
>>HE IS JUST HUGE
AND ALSO THE COFOUNDER OF
A WONDERFUL GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZATION CALLED
GRASSROOTS FOUNDATION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS A
NOT FOR PROFIT, IT IS AN
HONOR TO HAVE YOU WITH US
>>OH THANK YOU
THANK YOU
>>TALK TO US ABOUT THIS GIG
YOU HAVE EVERY NIGHT WITH
JIMMY FALLON?
>>UM I MEAN YOU KNOW
IT'S A BLESSING
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST
A WONDERFUL GIFT
THAT HAS BEEN BESTOWED UPON
US, THAT YOU KNOW, ALLOWS
US TO INTERACT WITH YOU KNOW
ARTISTS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS
IDOLIZED AND ALWAYS WANTED TO
WORK WITH. AND VICE VERSA
>>HMM
>>AND YOU KNOW, IT ALLOWS
US TO DO SO AND IN A
SUPER FUN ENVIRONMENT
YOU KNOW WE'RE A, QUESTLOVE
AND MYSELF WE BOTH FOUNDED
THE ROOTS TOGETHER, WE'RE
PRETTY MUCH COMEDY NERDS WHO
GREW UP ON SNL SO
>>COMEDY NERDS?
>>YEAH YEAH, YEAH WE'RE LIKE
COMEDY GEEKS YOU KNOW
WHO WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL
I MEAN HE WAS ALL, IT WAS VERY
MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SNL
AND THE COMEDY THAT TAKES
PLACE IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER
FOR US. SO, IT JUST, YOU KNOW
IT'S A CRAZY
>>HMM
>>YOU KNOW, IT'S COME FULL
CIRCLE. AND THE FACT THAT
NOW WE'RE WE WORK THERE
EVERY DAY
>>IT'S INTERESTING, WHEN I
LOOKED AT YOUR BACKGROUND
AND TRIED TO UNDERSTAND
THE PHILLY CONNECTION
THE ROOTS, FOR PEOPLE WHO
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY
OF THE ROOTS, DESCRIBE
THAT GROUP, AND WHY IT'S SO
SIGNIFICANT
>>THE ROOTS, YEAH WE'RE
A, WE'RE A PHILADELPHIA BAND
FIRST AND FOREMOST
THERE ARE YOU KNOW MANY
MEMBERS NOW, PEOPLE WHO
PLAY IN THE BAND WHO
ARE NOT FROM PHILLY
THEY'RE FROM OTHER PLACES
BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
YOU KNOW, KNOWN TO LIKE ONCE
YOU, ONCE YOU'VE BEEN
WELCOMED INTO THE FOLD OF
THE ROOTS, THEN YOU'RE LIKE
AN HONORARY PHILADELPHIAN
I DON'T REALLY CARE WHERE
YOU'RE FROM
>>HMM
>>SO WE'RE YOU KNOW THE
ROOTS FROM PHILLY THAT'S
HOW THEY WERE BILLED ON THE
TONIGHT SHOW, AND
>>IS THERE SOMETHING
ABOUT PHILLY?
>>YES WELL THERE'S SOMETHING
IN THE SOUL OF PHILADELPHIA
SOME MIGHT SAY THERE'S
SOMETHING IN THE WATER
>>HMM
>>OF PHILADELPHIA, I DEFINITELY
FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
CAN MAKE IT THERE, SAME THING
THEY SAY ABOUT NEW YORK
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THERE, YOU
CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE
BUT IT REALLY RINGS TRUE
IN PHILADELPHIA. SO YEAH
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER
SINCE 1987, THAT'S WHEN
THIS BAND WAS FOUNDED
AND YOU KNOW
>>YOU WERE JUST A KID?
>>YEAH VERY MUCH SO
BUT STILL GOING STRONG
>>SO FAST FORWARD
FAST FORWARD, YOU KNOW
THE WHOLE JIMMY FALLON
THING HAPPENS, HOW DOES IT
HAPPEN? CAUSE THEY COULD HAVE
HAD, HE COULD HAVE HAD
NBC COULD HAVE HAD ANY BAND
>>RIGHT
>>THEY PICKED YOU GUYS
>>I MEAN I THINK THE ROOTS
WE JUST OCCUPY A VERY UNIQUE
PLACE IN POP CULTURE
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN RECOGNIZED
AS YOU KNOW, THE GLUE, THAT
KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOLDS
TOGETHER YOU KNOW, ALL THESE
DIFFERENT WORLDS. YOU KNOW, SO
YEAH I MEAN THOUGH NBC COULD
HAVE GONE WITH ANY OTHER BAND
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY BAND
WOULD HAVE REALLY TRANSCENDED
>>HMM
>>YOU KNOW, AGE, AND GENRE, AND
>>HMM
>>SO ON AND SO FORTH
IN THE WAY THAT THE ROOTS
HAS BEEN ABLE TO
>>I'M SORRY TALK ABOUT
THE COMEDY PIECE
CAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT
THAT, YOU LOVE COMEDY
>>OH YEAH
>>OKAY, BUT THE RAP PIECE
PUT TOGETHER THE RAP PIECE
THE COMEDY PIECE, AND THEN
THE SLOW JAMMING PIECE
CAUSE NOW BARACK OBAMA
HAS DONE IT
>>OH YEAH, YEAH
>>OKAY
>>IS IT MITT ROMNEY'S DONE IT
AND
>>CHRIS CHRISTIE
>>CHRIS CHRISTIE?
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR
CHRIS CHRISTIE?
>>YEAH CHRIS CHRISTIE
>>SLOW JAM?
>>I'VE SLOW JAMMED THE NEWS
WITH JEB BUSH, CHRIS CHRISTIE
BARACK OBAMA
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>MITT ROMNEY
>>DESCRIBE FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVEN'T SEEN SLOW JAMMING THE
NEWS
>>BRIAN WILLIAMS
>>OH BRIAN WILLIAMS
WAS A GOOD ONE
>>YEAH YEAH
>>WHAT IS IT?
>>SLOW JAMMING THE NEWS
IS YOU KNOW, A COMEDIC
TAKE ON DELIVERING YOU KNOW
THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS
SO TO SPEAK, IT'S LIKE YOU
KNOW, WE TAKE SERIOUS
USUALLY POLITICAL NEWS AND
YOU KNOW, DELIVER IT A LA
YOU KNOW A CNN OR WHATEVER
OTHER NEWS OUTLET BUT
>>PBS?
>>YEAH, WELL PBS
>>WE JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT
>>YEAH BUT YEAH AND THEN I
YOU KNOW, AFTER IT'S YOU GET
THE SERIOUS SPIN ON IT
YOU GET JIMMY, HE'LL MAKE LIKE
YOU KNOW, A FUNNY COMMENTARY
A LA, I DON'T KNOW
BARRY WHITE-ISH SORT OF
THING ON IT, AND THEN I'LL
LITERALLY SING YOU KNOW
SOME OF IT, SO...
>>HOW MUCH OF IT IS REHEARSED
PREPPED? AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS
HOW MUCH OF IT IS, YOU'RE JUST
>>IT'S
>>DOING IT ON THE FLY?
>>IT'S ALL REHEARSED
WHEN WE SLOW JAM THE NEWS
>>OH IT IS?
>>YEAH YEAH WE REHEARSE
IT EARLIER
>>WITH THE GUESTS?
>>EARLIER THAT DAY WITH THE
>>SO HOLD ON
>>GUESTS YEAH
>>MITT ROMNEY?
>>YES YEAH
>>BARACK OBAMA?
>>YEAH
>>CHRIS CHRISTIE?
>>YUP, YEAH
>>JEB BUSH
>>YEAH
>>THEY'RE REHEARSING WITH YOU?
>>YEAH THEY COME...
>>I DON'T BELIEVE IT
>>THEY COME RIGHT ON
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>VERY EARLY IN THE DAY
I MEAN YOU KNOW ONCE YOU KNOW
PEOPLE AGREE TO DO IT
THEY WANT TO DO IT RIGHT
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR
JUST TO BE SURE THAT THEY DON'T
MESS IT UP. YOU KNOW YOU GOTTA
RUN THROUGH IT
>>YEAH, YOUR FAVORITE?
>>I MEAN I WOULD HAVE TO SAY
BARACK OBAMA
>>WHY?
>>YOU KNOW, HE JUST EMITS
A CERTAIN TYPE OF COOL
AND WHEN WE SLOW JAMMED THE
NEWS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA
IT WAS OUTSIDE THE STUDIO
I THINK WE WERE LIKE ON A
COLLEGE CAMPUS IN NORTH
CAROLINA, I THINK IT MAY HAVE
BEEN NC STATE
>>HMM
>>BUT YEAH IT JUST
WAS A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT
ENERGY THAT KIND OF CAME ALONG
WITH IT THAT DAY
>>IT'S INTERESTING
>>YEAH
>>YOU, GROWING UP IN
PHILADELPHIA, DID YOU KNOW
YOU WANTED TO GO INTO, WELL
WHAT DID YOU KNOW, OR WHAT
DID YOU THINK YOU WANTED TO
GO INTO? WAS IT SAY, JUST
MUSIC? WAS IT COMEDY? WAS IT
CAUSE YOU DIDN'T SAY
"HEY I WANT TO BE IN THE
BAND FOR THE TONIGHT SHOW"
>>YEAH, NO NO I ABSOLUTELY
DIDN'T. IT'S, I NEVER IMAGINED
IN MY WILDEST DREAMS
THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW
>>SO WHAT WERE THE DREAMS?
>>I WANTED TO BE A VISUAL
ARTIST. YOU KNOW. I WANTED TO
BE A PAINTER. AND I WANTED TO
HAVE A CAREER IN MAYBE GRAPHIC
DESIGN TO FALL BACK ON
IF YOU KNOW, MY ARTWORK
YOU KNOW
>>HMM
>>DIDN'T SELL. SO I WENT TO
ART SCHOOL. I WENT TO ART
SCHOOL ON THE WEEKENDS
ON SATURDAYS
>>HMM
>>I WENT TO ART CAMP
IN THE SUMMER, AND I MEAN THAT
WAS GROWING UP, AND THEN THAT
BROUGHT ME INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING
ARTS, AT A VERY MAGICAL TIME
>>SURE
>>RIGHT, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN
HIGH SCHOOL, DOING THE VISUAL
ART, I WAS A VISUAL ARTS MAJOR
BUT I WAS IN SCHOOL WITH
JOE DI FRANCESCO, WHO'S LIKE
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GREATEST
PIANISTS YOU KNOW, IN THE
WORLD, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW
AND HE WAS THEN TOO
>>BUT YOU'RE STILL
BUT YOU'RE CONNECTED NOW
AND SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING
YOU'RE CONNECTED NOW TO
THE PHILLY, IS IT THE PHILLY
ARTS PROGRAM?
>>WELL YEAH NOW WE HAVE A
PROGRAM IN THAT SAME HIGH
SCHOOL. IT'S CALLED THE
KAPPA FOUNDATION
>>WHAT IS IT TRYING TO DO?
>>JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW
GIVE AN OUTLET FOR STUDENTS
WHERE THEY'VE LOST PROGRAMMING
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
>>WHAT ABOUT THE MURALS THAT
YOU ALSO, THE KIDS ALSO
PAINT MURALS AS WELL?
>>WELL, YEAH SOME OF THE KIDS
SOME OF THE KAPPA KIDS
DO MURALS BUT I'M ALSO ACTIVE
IN THE PHILADELPHIA MURAL
ARTS BOARD
>>HMM
>>WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
GO TO PHILLY, THERE ARE
YOU KNOW CLOSE TO 4,000
MURALS THAT YOU KNOW JUST
ARE ALL OVER THE CITY, ALL
ON WALLS OF DILAPIDATED AND
ABANDONED BUILDING WHERE THEY
TAKE IT AND YOU KNOW FLIP IT
TO, THEY'LL PUT A PARK THERE
AND PUT A MURAL ON THE WALL
SO YEAH, I'M ONE OF THE KIDS
WHO, I GREW UP IN THAT PROGRAM
WHEN IT WAS CALLED THE
PHILADELPHIA ANTI GRAFFITI
NETWORK
>>THE ANTI GRAFFITI NETWORK?
>>YEAH, YEAH, IN THE EARLY
80'S AND NOW I'M ONE OF THE
PEOPLE ON THE BOARD
>>FOR YOU, GROWING UP, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE
GOT ON THE AIR, YOU GREW UP IN
PHILLY
>>YEAH
>>I GREW UP IN NEWARK
>>YEAH
>>AND
>>YEAH
>>LET'S JUST SAY THAT
THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME
BUT
>>THEY'RE A LOT ALIKE
>>IN A LOT OF WAYS?
>>YEAH, YUP
>>FOR YOU, WHAT DID THE ARTS
MEAN?
>>THE ARTS, FOR ME, WAS
WAS AN ESCAPE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS
>>FROM?
>>FROM THE ENVIRONMENT
THAT I WAS KIND OF BORN INTO
YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T YOU KNOW
GROWING UP WASN'T EASY
I, MY, I LOST MY FATHER
BEFORE THE AGE OF TWO
I LOST MY MOTHER AT THE AGE
OF SIXTEEN. AND YOU KNOW
PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED THAT
SORT OF THING THAT I
HAD EXPERIENCED AS A YOUTH
DON'T, YOU KNOW, STATISTICALLY
NORMALLY WIND UP, YOU KNOW
AS A TV PERSONALITY
>>YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE?
>>I DON'T THINK, I MEAN
YEAH I MEAN I GUESS I'M
I GUESS I WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE HERE, BECAUSE I'M HERE
>>BY THE ODDS?
>>I'M HERE, BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW
GOING BY THE ODDS, NO
NOPE
>>YOU THINK THERE WAS A
DIFFERENT PLAN FOR YOU?
>>APPARENTLY. APPARENTLY
YEAH THERE WAS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT IN THE CARDS
>>WELL YOU'RE ALSO HELPING
OTHER PEOPLE EVERY DAY, TELL
US ABOUT YOUR NON-PROFIT?
>>I MEAN IT'S JUST IMPORTANT
FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO
HELP, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER
I'M ABLE TO, WHENEVER
I'M ABLE TO, BECAUSE IT WAS
YOU KNOW, AFTERSCHOOL...
>>YOU CREATED A NON-PROFIT
>>YEAH, YEAH
>>SAY THE NAME OF IT
>>THE GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION
>>WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PUT UP
THE SITE AS YOU TALK ABOUT IT
>>YEAH
>>THE GRASSROOTS?
>>YEAH GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION
>>TALK ABOUT IT
>>IT'S A FOUNDATION THAT I
STARTED WITH A GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE, DR. JANICE JOHNSON DIAS
ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, AND
YOU KNOW, WE STARTED IT
JUST TO SERVICE COMMUNITIES
THAT WE IDENTIFY WITH
THAT BEING PHILADELPHIA
AND YOU KNOW THE NEWARK
AND THE ORANGES AREA OF
NEW JERSEY, BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE WE BOTH LIVE, AND
PHILADELPHIA BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE WE YOU KNOW, KINDA
KNOW EACH OTHER FROM
YOU KNOW, YEAH AND JUST TO
PROVIDE YOU KNOW, AN OUTLET
AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SCHOOL AGE GIRLS AND THEIR
FAMILIES, WHO OTHERWISE
WOULDN'T HAVE HAD IT, YOU KNOW
>>HMM. BEFORE I LET YOU GO
ONE THING ABOUT JIMMY FALLON
THAT WE DON'T KNOW
>>ONE THING ABOUT JIMMY, I MEAN
WELL I MEAN, MAYBE FOLKS KNOW
THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, JIMMY
IS HONESTLY, HE'S PROBABLY
THE NICEST PERSON IN SHOW
BUSINESS THAT I'VE INTERACTED
WITH. AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN
I'M, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN
AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME
I'VE INTERACTED WITH
A LOT OF PEOPLE. ONE THING
THAT I DON'T REALLY ROCK WITH
IS YOU KNOW, FAKENESS. AND
YOU KNOW, FROM DAY ONE
JIMMY HAS BEEN VERY REAL
AND HE'S ALWAYS COME FROM
A REALLY SINCERE PLACE
HE'S A SWEET GUY. SO I MEAN
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE
KINDA KNOWS THIS THOUGH BUT
>>HMM
>>YOU KNOW, JUST IF YOU DIDN'T
KNOW, YEAH HE'S ONE OF THE
HE'S ONE OF THE COOLEST PEOPLE
IN THE BUSINESS
>>THANKS FOR SHARING
FINALLY, NEXT UP FOR THE ROOTS?
>>NEXT UP FOR THE ROOTS?
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON A
PROJECT NOW, YOU KNOW, IN
LIGHT OF ALL OF THE RECENT
SUCCESS OF THE HAMILTON
MUSICAL ON BROADWAY, WHICH
WE'RE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF
SOME OF THE MUSIC THAT'S
INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO
PRODUCE SOMETHING ELSE
VERY POSSIBLY FOR BROADWAY
FROM THE GROUND UP WITH
>>WOW
>>YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW
PEOPLE OF NOTE
>>KEEP US APPRISED OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING
>>ABSOLUTELY
>>AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU COMING HERE AND WISH YOU
>>ABSOLUTELY
>>NOTHING BUT THE BEST
>>AH, NO NO, THANKS FOR HAVING
ME
>>TARIQ TROTTER, IT SAYS
RAP ARTIST, ENTREPRENEUR
AND COFOUNDED OF THE ROOTS
THE HOUSE BAND FOR THE
TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON
BUT YOU'RE A LOT MORE THAN THAT
>>AW THANK YOU
>>AND WE WISH YOU NOTHING BUT
THE BEST
>>THANK YOU STEVE
>>STAY THERE
>>YEAH
>>STAY WITH US, WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK, FROM THE TISCH WNET
STUDIO, RIGHT AFTER THIS
THANK YOU SO MUCH
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>>THE PUBLIC TELEVISION FAMILY
IS PLEASED TO WELCOME
BETH STERN
TV PERSONALITY, AUTHOR
ANIMAL ACTIVIST, AND SHE ALSO
HAPPENS TO KNOW A GUY NAMED
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>HOWARD STERN. WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THAT LATER. YOUR LOVE
OF ANIMALS
>>YEAH
>>YOUR CARING FOR ANIMALS COMES
FROM?
>>MY FAMILY. I THINK IT'S IN MY
BLOOD. I, MY FAMILY'S
FIRSTBORN WAS A COLLIE MIX
NAMED SUSIE DOG, AND WE
ALWAYS TREATED OUR PETS AS
MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY
SO SUSIE DOG WASN'T A DOG
SHE WAS THE FIRSTBORN
OF MY PARENTS
>>YEAH. THIS BOOK, YODA GETS
>>A BUDDY
>>A BUDDY, RIGHT?
>>IT'S NUMBER TWO, IT'S THE
SEQUEL OF LAST YEAR'S YODA
>>ALRIGHT, CHECK IT OUT
YOU GOT THIS?
>>THE STORY...
>>YOU GUYS HAVE THE STILL
SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING
BETH. OKAY AND THE OTHER ONE
IS YODA, THE STORY OF A CAT
AND HIS KITTENS. TIE THE TWO
TOGETHER
>>YEAH WELL, NEW YORK TIMES
BEST SELLER BY THE WAY
>>[LAUGHTER] OH LOOK AT YOU
>>VERY PLEASED
>>PLUGGING AWAY! [LAUGHTER]
>>AND YOU KNOW I'M ONLY SAYING
THAT BECAUSE 100 PERCENT
100 PERCENT OF MY AUTHOR'S
PROCEEDS GO TO NORTH SHORE
ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA
THE WORLD'S LARGEST NO-KILL
RESCUE ORGANIZATION
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE BOUGHT THE
BOOK AND A LOT OF MONEY
WENT, A LOT OF MONEY WENT
TO SAVING MORE ANIMALS
YEAH, MY HUSBAND AND I
HAVE BEEN FOSTERING A DOG, CATS
AND KITTENS, AND WE ACTUALLY
FOSTERED A DOG A YEAR AGO
AS WELL. AND IT'S SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES
WE NURTURE AND FOSTER AND
FIND AMAZING HOMES FOR THESE
ANIMALS THAT COME THROUGH OUR
HOUSE, IN ADDITION TO OUR SIX
>>HMM
>>RESIDENT CATS THAT WE HAVE
>>IS THAT WHAT WE JUST SAW?
YODA? I THINK WE SAW A PICTURE
OF YOU AND HOWARD AND YODA
RIGHT THERE
>>OH MY...
>>YEAH SO GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY
>>YEAH SO, SO THROUGH OUR
FOSTERING, WE LIKE TO FOSTER
A SPECIAL NEEDS OR AN ADULT
CAT AT ALL TIMES. AND THERE
WAS ONE LITTLE GUY WHO CAME
IN, I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AT
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL, LIKE HE WAS
MISERABLE
>>AND BY THE WAY, AS YOU KEEP
TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH SHORE
ANIMAL LEAGUE, TELL EVERYONE
>>YEAH
>>WHERE THAT IS
>>NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE
AMERICA, OUR HEADQUARTERS
ARE LOCATED IN PORT WASHINGTON
LONG ISLAND, IT'S 45 MINUTES
AWAY FROM NEW YORK CITY
AND WE FACILITATE OVER 20,000
ADOPTIONS A YEAR
INCREDIBLE RIGHT?
>>20,000?
>>20,000. WE HAVE PARTNER
SHELTERS ALL OVER THE UNITED
STATES, WE TAKE OUR MOBILE
UNITS, WE GO TO OVERCROWDED
MUNICIPAL SHELTERS, TAKE
ANIMALS OUT OF THERE, WHO ARE
IN DANGER OF BEING EUTHANIZED
WE BRING THEM BACK TO OUR
HEADQUARTERS, SO WE FACILITATE
AND YEAH RESPONSIBLE FOR
OVER 20,000 ADOPTIONS A YEAR
>>AND BETH, YOU KEEP USING THE
TERM "FOSTERING" SO I...
>>YEAH
>>EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS
>>"FOSTERING" IS TAKING AN
ANIMAL OUT OF A CAGED SITUATION
IN A SHELTER, OR AN ANIMAL
THAT'S NOT READY YET TO BE
PUT ON THE FLOOR FOR ADOPTION
A LOT OF TIMES, LITTLE TINY
KITTENS THAT STILL NEED TO
BE BOTTLED, FED, OR NURTURED
UNTIL THEY ARE AT THE RIGHT
WEIGHT TO BE SPAYED AND
NEUTERED, WHICH NORTH SHORE
ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA TAKES
CARE OF ALL THE ANIMALS
BEFORE THEY'RE ADOPTED
WE SPAY AND NEUTER, I DON'T
PERSONALLY DO IT, BUT NORTH
SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE DOES
SO THERE ARE ANIMALS WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS, WHO NEED TO BE
NURTURED, WHO NEED TO GET
BETTER BEFORE THEY ARE
READY FOR ADOPTION
>>HMM
>>SO A LOT OF TIMES THOUGH
THERE ARE ANIMALS SITTING IN
CAGES AT SHELTERS THAT
ARE DEPRESSED OR SICKLY
AND THEY NEED SOME LOVING
BEFORE THEY'RE READY FOR
THEIR FOREVER HOMES
>>HMM
>>SO IN THAT CASE, MY HUSBAND
AND I TAKE... A LOT OF...
MOST OF THE... LATELY IT'S
BEEN KITTENS, BUT AN ADULT
ANIMAL THAT IS IN NEED OF
NURTURING, AND YODA WAS A
PERSIAN CAT, WHO WAS COMPLETELY
EMACIATED, DROPPED OFF BY
HIS FORMER OWNER, JUST DUMPED
AT ANIMAL LEAGUE, AND HE WAS
SO PATHETIC AND SICKLY
AND LIKE HE WAS SITTING IN
THE BACK OF HIS CAGE AT NORTH
SHORE, AND I POINTED AT HIM AND
I SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA COME HOME
WITH US, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE
YOU A ROCK STAR" BECAUSE OF MY
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>HUSBAND BEING ON THE RADIO
HE TALKS ABOUT OUR FOSTERS AND
MAKES THEM ROCK STARS, AND
THAT'S WHEN THE APPLICATIONS
COME POURING IN. SO I BROUGHT
HOME THIS CAT, AND MY HUSBAND
NAMES EVERY ANIMAL THAT COMES
THROUGH OUR DOOR, AND HE
>>HOWARD NAMES THEM?
>>EVERY ONE, AND WE'VE FOSTERED
160, OVER 160 ANIMALS
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
>>AND HOWARD HAS NAMED?
>>EVERY... ALL 160
>>NO WAY!
>>EVERY ONE
>>WHAT...
>>SO HE SAW THIS PATHETIC
GUY COME IN, AND HE NAMED
HIM YODA, HE LOOKED LIKE YODA
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>AND I TOOK HIM TO THE VET
AND THE VET TOLD ME THAT HE
HAD THREE TO SIX MONTHS TO
LIVE, HE WAS IN HEART FAILURE
SO THAT WAS THE DAY THAT MY
HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO
STOP FOSTERING HIM, AND
ADOPT HIM OFFICIALLY
SO HE COULD LIVE OUT HIS
LAST BREATH IN OUR HOME
WELL, IT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF KITTEN SEASON, AND I HAD
MY FIRST LITTER OF KITTENS
THAT I SAVED FROM BEING
EUTHANIZED AT A LOCAL MUNICIPAL
SHELTER, BROUGHT THE KITTENS
HOME, YODA WALKED DOWN THE
HALLWAY, AND I OPENED THE
FOSTER ROOM, AND A MIRACLE
HAPPENED. YODA WALKED INTO THE
ROOM, STARTED NURTURING THE
KITTENS, GROOMING THEM, MAKING
SURE THEY ATE ALL THEIR MEALS
SLEPT WITH LITERALLY ONE
EYE OPEN. KITTENS WOULD
ESCAPE THE FOSTER ROOM, HE
WOULD GO ON HIS HIND LEGS
STEVE, AND CORRAL THEM BACK
IN. IT WAS REMARKABLE
AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE
FEW MONTHS THAT I WAS
FOSTERING KITTENS, I TOOK YODA
BACK TO THE VET, AND THE VET
SAID THAT HIS HEART WAS GETTING
STRONGER. AND HERE WE ARE
A YEAR AND A HALF LATER
YODA'S STILL WITH US, HE'S
OFF OF ALL OF HIS HEART MEDS
>>FINE?
>>I TRULY BELIEVE THAT LOVE
AND PURPOSE HEALED HIS HEART
AND THAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT
I WANTED TO SHARE TO CHILDREN
>>AND THAT'S WHY THE BOOK?
>>THAT'S YODA ONE
>>THAT'S WONDERFUL
>>THE FIRST BOOK. AND THEN
THIS PAST KITTEN SEASON
I LITERALLY SIT IN THE FOSTER
ROOM AND OBSERVE, AND MIRACLES
ARE HAPPENING IN THERE, AND
THERE ARE PRECIOUS MOMENTS
THAT I WANT TO SHARE TO KIDS
AND THAT WAS THE INSPIRATION
FOR YODA GET'S A BUDDY
>>AND BY THE WAY, JUST TO
REMIND EVERYONE, ALL THE
PROCEEDS, AGAIN, GO TO THE
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE
>>THE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA
100 PERCENT
>>YEAH
>>AND IN THIS INSTANCE
A BLIND KITTEN CAME IN
WE HAD TO HAVE BOTH OF HIS
EYES REMOVED. AND YODA
AND BUDDY BECAME PARTNERS
IN THE FOSTER ROOM. AND STARTED
CARING FOR ALL THE KITTENS
AND IT'S A VERY VERY SWEET
SWEET STORY. TRUE. IT'S ALL
TRUE
>>IT'S POWERFUL STUFF
BUT AGAIN, GROWING UP THE WAY
YOU DID, AND HOW YOU DID
ANIMALS BECAME A BIG PART OF
YOUR LIFE?
>>YEAH I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN
MY HUSBAND AND I, I'M 43 YEARS
OLD
>>RIGHT
>>I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN
MY ANIMALS ARE MY CHILDREN
AND THROUGH THIS FOSTERING
I AM SO FULFILLED IN MY LIFE
IT'S MY PURPOSE
>>BUT HOWARD IN THIS?
>>YES
>>HAVE YOU PULLED HIM INTO IT?
OR HAS HE SAID, BECAUSE
YOU KNOW, I'M A FAN FOR A
LONG TIME, LISTENED FOR A LONG
>>YEAH
>>TIME, MY WIFE AND I HAVE
ALWAYS LISTENED TO HIM
I DON'T KNOW IF I SENSE THAT
HE WAS AN ANIMAL LOVER BEFORE
>>HE WAS. HE WAS
>>A CLOSETED ANIMAL LOVER?
>>NO! HE ALWAYS, GROWING UP HE
DIDN'T HAVE ANIMALS, BUT
WITH HIS CHILDREN, THEY ALWAYS
HAD A DOG, AND A CAT
>>OKAY
>>AND YEAH HE WAS A BIG
ANIMAL LOVER. HAD HE KNOWN
WHEN HE MET ME THAT 170 ANIMALS
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>INCLUDING OUR OWN, WE'RE
GONNA COME THROUGH OUR HOME?
PROBABLY NOT. BUT HE IS MY
BIGGEST CHEERLEADER, HE DOES
HE'S MY PARTNER IN THIS
HE HELPS ME SOCIALIZE THE
KITTENS
>>HE'S ALL IN?
>>HE'S ALL IN, HE CLEANS
LITTER BOXES WITH ME
>>HE DOES NOT!
>>YES HE DOES! HE IS, I GET
VERY EMOTIONAL, BECAUSE EVEN
NOW, WE ARE FOSTER FREE
I...  THIS... WE HAD TO CRATE
WE'RE GOING AWAY THIS WEEKEND
AND I DON'T HAVE A FOSTER
HOME, AND IT FEELS REALLY
STRANGE FOR ME, AND EVEN HOWARD
SAID, HE GOES, "JUST GO GET
ONE NOW, WE'LL JUST GET ONE
NOW, AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT
WE'LL DO WHEN WE GO AWAY"
HE DOES NOT LIKE TO HAVE A
HOUSE WITHOUT FOSTERS EITHER
IT'S REALLY, IT'S AMAZING
>>BUT HASN'T HE ALSO, BETH
CALLED YOUR HOME, "CATNADO"?
>>HAS HE? [LAUGHTER]
>>DID HE CALL... DIDN'T OUR
PRODUCERS, YOU CANNOT GIVE ME
BAD INFORMATION[LAUGHTER]
>>BUT HE, IF HE SAID THAT
IT WAS PROBABLY IN THE MOST
LOVING WAY
>>WELL NOT IN A NEGATIVE WAY
>>YEAH
>>NOT AT ALL
>>YEAH. THERE ARE CATS
EVERYWHERE! BUT OUR HOUSE IS SO
>>BUT YOU ALSO...
>>CLEAN AND, YEAH WE LOVE IT
>>YEAH, BY THE WAY, WE'RE
SHOWING SOME SHOTS OF THE
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE
AS WE TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE
BIT MORE
>>YEAH
>>TALK SPECIFICALLY A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES
THAT THEY PROVIDE AS WE SHOW
SOME SHOTS
>>OH WELL WE HAVE HUNDREDS
WE LITERALLY JUST GOT BACK
FROM A PUPPY MILL RESCUE IN
VIRGINIA, I THINK 400 PUPPIES
AND DOGS THAT WERE IN A
HORRIFIC PUPPY MILL ENVIRONMENT
WERE RESCUED BY US, BROUGHT TO
OUR FACILITY, THEY'RE GETTING
CLEANED UP, THEY'RE GONNA GET
SPAYED AND NEUTERED, UP FOR
ADOPTION VERY SOON, THEY'RE
EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT THEY
DO AND THEIR MISSION IS
ALL ABOUT SAVING LIVES
AND I LOVE SPENDING TIME
THERE, I LOVE WORKING FOR THEM
IT'S THE MOST PRECIOUS THING
SEEING AN ANIMAL COME FROM
THERE AND END UP BEING ADOPTED
INTO THE MOST LOVING HOMES
>>DO YOU KNOW THE WEBSITE?
>>WWW.ANIMALLEAGUE.ORG
>>GOOD STUFF. IN THE TIME WE
HAVE LEFT, A COUPLE QUESTIONS
BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING BEFORE
WE GOT ON THE AIR THAT
YOU MET HOWARD WHEN?
>>WE MET HOWARD, I... WE...
>>YEAH WHO'S "WE"? [LAUGHTER]
>>I MET HOWARD, I MET HOWARD
15 YEARS AGO, 16 YEARS AGO
>>RIGHT
>>AT A RESTAURANT, THE
MERCER KITCHEN DOWNTOWN HERE
IN MANHATTAN, AND WE HAVE NOT
BEEN APART SINCE THE NIGHT WE
MET
>>HOW DID IT CHANGE YOUR LIFE?
>>LOOK AT MY LIFE. I WAS A
WORKING MODEL IN NEW YORK CITY
MAKING ENDS MEET, TRAVELING
TO EUROPE, BACK AND FORTH
ON PHOTO SHOOTS, NOW I DON'T
HAVE TO DO THAT. I CAN
LITERALLY SPEND MY DAYS
LIVING OUT MY PASSION, BECAUSE
I HAVE THE LIFESTYLE THAT
I LIVE, WITH A SUPPORTIVE
HUSBAND WHO ENCOURAGES
AND SUPPORTS WHAT I DO
IT BRINGS ME TO TEARS
>>AND FOR FOLKS WHO SEE
HOWARD A CERTAIN WAY, OR
DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
THAT SIDE OF HIM
>>DON'T YOU THINK THAT
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
CHANGED THAT THOUGH?
FOR HIM?
>>OH IN SO MANY WAYS
>>RIGHT?
>>IN SO MANY WAYS
AND BY THE WAY, I WASN'T EVEN
GOING IN A BAD DIRECTION
>>YEAH, YEAH NO I JUST FEEL
>>I'M JUST SAYING WHO THINK
THEY KNOW HIM
>>LIKE PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA
OF WHO HE IS, BUT I FEEL
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
FOUR YEARS, BEING ON PRIME
TIME NETWORK TV, PEOPLE HAVE
STARTING TO UNDERSTAND
>>HIS... MY VIEW OF THIS AND IN
PUBLIC TELEVISION OUR JOB AS
HOST IS NOT TO SHARE OUR
POINT OF VIEW, BUT I'LL JUST
>>YEAH
>>SAY HIS BRAND IS MUCH
BROADER THAN EVER BEFORE
>>RIGHT
>>AND HIS AUDIENCE IS BROADER
THAN EVER BEFORE, IN PART
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU WERE JUST
DESCRIBING. BUT FOR YOU
THIS IS WHAT I'M OFTEN CURIOUS
ABOUT, FOR YOU, WHEN YOU
ARE OUT, AND WHEN YOU ARE WITH
HIM, WHAT IS THAT LIKE FOR
YOU?
>>IT WAS HARD...
>>THE "PUBLIC" PART
>>IT WAS HARD WHEN WE FIRST
MET, AND I WAS GETTING A LOT
OF OFFERS TO BE ON COVERS
OF MAGAZINES, TO A MODEL
THAT'S A DREAM, BUT TO BE ON
THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE
BECAUSE YOU'RE ASSOCIATED
WITH SOMEONE, THAT'S HARD TO
WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND
>>BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THAT
WAS THE REASON WHY
>>OH IT DEFINITELY WAS
IT WAS, I REMEMBER THE FIRST
COVER I WAS OFFERED FROM
FHM MAGAZINE WANTED HOWARD
STERN'S GIRLFRIEND ON THE
COVER. AND I SHIED AWAY FROM
THAT FOR, I THINK IT WAS ALMOST
A YEAR. THEN IT GOT TO THE
POINT WHERE I KNEW THAT
HOWARD WAS GONNA BE MY FUTURE
LET ME EMBRACE ALL OF THAT
ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND
WHILE I WAS DOING THAT, I
STARTED MY ANIMAL RESCUE
AND ALL OF THAT... BEING IN THE
NEWSPAPER, BEING IN THE
>>SURE
>>MAGAZINES HAS ONLY HELPED
MY MISSION TO SAVE ANIMALS
>>AND AS A TV PERSONALITY
CAUSE I SAID STEPHEN SCHIRRIPA
WAS HERE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO
>>YEAH
>>AND DID A GREAT INTERVIEW
AND TALKED ABOUT THE WORK THAT
YOU'VE DONE WITH HIM ON THE AIR
>>YEAH
>>YOU'VE HOSTED A BUNCH OF
TELEVISION...
>>I AM ACTUALLY HOSTING
HALLMARK CHANNEL'S KITTEN BOWL
FOR THE 3RD YEAR IN A ROW
ON SUPERBOWL SUNDAY
>>WHAT'S IT CALLED?
>>HALLMARK CHANNEL'S 3RD
ANNUAL KITTEN BOWL, WE JUST
TAPED THAT LAST WEEK, AND
ALL HUNDRED KITTENS THAT
WE'RE USED IN THE TAPING
HAVE SINCE BEEN ADOPTED
AND WE HOLD ADOPTION PARTIES
ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES
WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNER
SHELTERS, HOPES THAT WE GET
HUNDREDS MORE ADOPTED
YEAH FEBRUARY
>>DO YOU LOVE BEING OUT THERE
AS A PUBLIC PERSON DOING WHAT
YOU'RE DOING BY ITSELF? OR
BECAUSE YOU'RE ABLE TO DO
OTHER THINGS AS IT RELATES TO
HELPING ANIMALS?
>>IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH
ANIMALS. ALL OF THE OUTSIDE
STUFF, IF IT CAN GET ONE MORE
IF I CAN GET ONE MORE PERSON
OR ONE MORE ANIMAL'S LIFE
SAVED, ONE MORE PERSON INVOLVED
THEN IT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE
I'M REALLY, I'M KIND OF SHY
WITH ALL THAT STUFF
>>ARE YOU REALLY?
>>YEAH, BUT HOWARD AND I
TOGETHER, WE'RE A TEAM
AND I, AND THE RESPECT OF ME
FINDING AND HELPING MORE
ANIMALS, BRING IT ON
LET'S DO IT
>>IT'S INTERESTING. WHEN YOU
ARE TALKING, WE GOT A FEW
SECONDS LEFT, WHEN YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS, YOU JUST
TOTALLY LIGHT UP
>>YEAH, I LOVE, THEY'RE, IT'S
MY PASSION IN LIFE. HOWARD
AND ANIMALS [LAUGHTER]
>>[LAUGHTER] AND YOUR MESSAGE
TO FOLKS OUT THERE WHO SAY
"OH, I'VE NEVER CALLED MYSELF
AN 'ANIMAL PERSON'"
>>YEAH
>>YOU KNOW, BUT OUT KIDS ARE
LIKE, "DAD, YOU GOTTA DO THIS
YOU GOTTA GET A DOG" YOU KNOW
>>YEAH... A DOG, MY MESSAGE
IS, GO TO YOUR LOCAL SHELTER
FIRST, WHEN YOU GO TO A LOCAL
SHELTER AND YOU ADOPT, YOU'RE
NOT ONLY SAVING THE LIFE OF
THE ANIMAL THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING
YOU'RE OPENING UP SPACE FOR
ANOTHER ANIMAL TO BE SAVED
SO MY MESSAGE IS, IF YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT ADDING A
FURRY FRIEND TO YOUR FAMILY
A NEW FAMILY MEMBER, PLEASE
GO TO YOUR LOCAL SHELTER
>>BETH, YOU ARE A GREAT
ADVOCATE, YOU'RE HELPING SO
MANY ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY
THOSE IN NEED, YOU MIND IF I
PLUG AGAIN?
>>PLEASE
>>YODA GETS A BUDDY
BY BETH STERN, NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLING AUTHOR, WHICH IS
THE SEQUEL TO YODA, THE STORY
OF A CAT AND HIS KITTENS
THANK YOU SO MUCH
>>THANK YOU SO MUCH STEVE
>>THAT WAS WONDERFUL
>>THANKS FOR HAVING ME
>>THAT WAS GREAT
>>YAY! [LAUGHTER]
>>[LAUGHTER]
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