Primetime Glick (TV Series)
Molly Shannon/Nathan Lane (2001)
Martin Short: Jiminy Glick, Miss Gathercole, Various
Quotes
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Jiminy Glick : What was "The Lion King"? Everyone talked about it. I never saw it. What was that about?
Nathan Lane : Well, it was an animated film.
Jiminy Glick : An animated film.
Nathan Lane : For Disney, that did play well.
Jiminy Glick : And you played a king?
Nathan Lane : No, I played a meerkat.
Jiminy Glick : [delighted] A meerkat!
Nathan Lane : Yeah.
Jiminy Glick : Is it a method approach, is it like a Bobby DeNiro where you're, the whole day, a meerkat, or are you just, when they rattle the money in front of you?
Nathan Lane : [laughs] Well, I never saw Disney rattling any money.
Jiminy Glick : Oh, because they're cheap!
Nathan Lane : Yeah. You got it.
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Jiminy Glick : What about, you worked with that one famous drunk...
Nathan Lane : You're sweating a little. Is that sweat?
Jiminy Glick : [touches face with hand] No no, oh yeah... no, that's not sweat.
Nathan Lane : [laughs] Okay.
Jiminy Glick : You worked with that one famous drunk actor, with the three, with the initials. What's his name? I'm always forgetting his name. Drunky.
Nathan Lane : Uh, there's been so many.
Jiminy Glick : Oh, George C. Scott. That's it.
Nathan Lane : Oh! Pfft... Well he was...
[laughs hard]
Jiminy Glick : Was he swerving on the stage all the time?
Nathan Lane : [still laughing] No.
Jiminy Glick : Spewin' old booze from his breath?
Nathan Lane : He was...
[laughs even more]
Jiminy Glick : What was that like?
Nathan Lane : He was very kind to me.
Jiminy Glick : Very kind to you.
Nathan Lane : He did occasionally have a drink, but not ON stage.
Jiminy Glick : I bet he had it in a little flask he hid. How come we don't hear from him so much?
Nathan Lane : Well, he, unfortunately, he passed away.
Jiminy Glick : [surprised] No!
Nathan Lane : You didn't get the memo?
Jiminy Glick : I didn't get the memo!