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show:
Soap Talk [Talk Show]
role:
Matt is a guest
show
co-hosts: Lisa
Rinna and Ty Treadway
network:
Soap Net; September 2nd, 2004 |
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Announcer
talks about Matt coming up next, we see Matt doing
various poses as he waits to come into the studio.
They show a clip of Phantom/HologramJack saying
goodbye to Jennifer.
Ty:
Please
welcome back Matt Ashford. Crowd
cheers. Matt runs out onto the set. [It is difficult
catching everything Matt, Lisa, and Ty say in their
greetings, I tried to questimate as best I could]
Matt:
Hello,
hello, hello. Hello!
Matt
and Ty hug.
Matt:
Good to see y'ah. Lisa
gives Matt a big bear hug, and very excitedly greets
him.
Lisa:
Hello,
Matt!
Matt:
It's good to see you!
Lisa:
How are you?
Matt: Good!
You look good; you look beautiful!
Matt
kisses Lisa and she gives him a big kiss back. [They
are talking over each other so it is hard to pick
up all what they are saying, I tried the best I
could]
Ty:
(Rubbing his own chin) Like the scruff, man.
Lisa:
You lost weight! Look at you Matt!....
Matt:
I hope it doesn't tickle you too much.
Ty: (Cont.)
....very rugged.
Lisa:
You're all buff!
Matt:
I'm buff!
Lisa:
You're skinny and buff, and handsome....
Audience
catcalls. Matt howls along with the audience.
Lisa:
(Cont.) and.... sexy.... with the
beard.... I like it!
Matt:
Sox-y [Yes Matt does pronounce it like that] .
Lisa:
It's good!
Matt:
Well, I'm.... ship.... I think it's shipwrecked or
we'r.... I'm lost on an island right now, and they
said, "like Indiana Jones." So I was thinking,
"Maybe I shouldn't shave." And now it's
I didn't realize we'd be on this island (gesturing)
forever. Ty
laughs
Matt:
So, I'm going to have a beard down to here (indicating
the length). By the time this thing finishes....
Ty: Yeah,
like Tom Hanks in Castaway.
Matt:
Well actually, I've actually shot a Tom Hank's nightmare.
So....
Ty:
Really?
Shot
of Jack's nightmare from his first days back.
Matt:
So I had long blond hair, and my beard down to here,
and I come dragging home and Jennifer is.... (gesturing)
I have another kid -- (gesture) where, I don't know
where that came from.... And em....
Ty:Right?
Lisa
and Ty both laugh, Matt flashes a perplexed expression.
Matt:
and....
and then she's kissing this other man, so.... I'm....
so I'm thinking, "what's that
all about?" So, I'm kinda....
Ty: Interesting.
It's got to be a fun time for you. I mean, it's....
it's.... it's back on DAYS obviously....
Matt:
(Nodding in agreement) Ah hmmm.
Ty: (Cont.)
....It's fun to be back on DAYS,
but it's got to be a fun time for you because it's
very exciting nobody knows what's gonna happen next.
Nobody knows where Jim Reilly's gonna go next; where
the story is gonna happen.
Matt:I
mean, that could be fun and exciting, and scary,
yes (laughing), but....
Ty: Yeah,
absolutely.
Matt:
(Cont.) .....but as and actor, I think, and you know,
we.... we worked together, and there's been times,
you've said, "I know where my
character is going to (gesturing) go next, in the
next beat of ah.... six months or maybe a lot longer.
Today, I literally.... I don't know what's tomorrow
so I have to live in the moment.
Lisa:
Which is so what we need to do anyway
in life, isn't it?
Matt:
Exactly.
Lisa:
Really!
Matt:
Yeah.
Lisa:
I think, but it's scary.
Matt:
It's scary....
Lisa:
Yeah?
Matt:(Cont.)
....because as a person you don't know what's gonna
happen next, but as.... for the characters, you know,
if we can do that, em, I think the audience will respond
to that as well.
Lisa:
Now did you think you would ever
go back to DAYS? Did you think that you....
they would make this call and say, "Hey, Matt,
Come on back!"
Matt:
I thought there was a possibility
of that.
Lisa:
You did?
Matt:
Well, I mean, but not now and not
in.... in... so quickly, ah so I
just, I.... I was surprised that it happened as quickly
as it did.
Ty: Did....
were you hoping for it to happen? Or were you....
cause I've got to tell you, you were on the show....
how long were you on the show total now?
Matt:
Ah, I've been off and on since 87.
Ty: 87...
(and Lisa) it's a long time!
Matt:
Eh (nodding).
Lisa:
Yeah! Audience
claps.
Ty:
When.... I was only on One Life for, I don't
know, a couple of years and I was pissed
that they fired me. Lisa
laughs, and continues to do so at Ty's remarks.
Ty:
(Cont.)
I could only imagine when you're on that long
there's certain hurt feelings, 'cause you do identify
as an actor with a certain character.... you get hurt
a little bit.
Lisa:
Well, and you left the last time Jim Reilly came back
to write or came to write, is that correct?
Matt:
(Thinking) Yes, yes, ah, and the fact is, you know,
both those things you get set, (gesturing) ah....
daytime is at a really nice cozy little corner of
the business where we get set and comfortable....
Ty: (Nodding
in agreement) Yeah.
Matt:
(Cont.) .... and I.... and I examined it and said,
"If I feel hurt it's because I hurt.
It's because I got set and comfortable
(gesturing) in a business that's not set or comfortable.
Lisa:
Hmmm.
Ty: Right.
Matt:
And, eh, (gesturing) I tried to.... er.... change
those feelings and realize this could all change tomorrow....
Lisa:
That's a good point.
Matt:
(Cont.) ....and really appreciate
it. Ah, but.... but.... yes I love
that, I love being with the people, and it's fun,
and the character of Jack has really, really fun to
play.
Lisa:
It's a great character!
Ty: Now
kinda a little.... taken a little bit more towards,
like you said, the action hero, you were saying back
stage.
Matt:
I am the next action
hero or--
Lisa:
(Cheering) Yeeaaaahhh!
Matt:
(Posing like a superhero) Yes!
The
crowd cheers.
Matt:
(Cont.) Making up for lost time. Because I've been....
I've been being the non-action hero
for many, many years so (point to himself) my Hamlet
in my own mind. Ah....
Ty
and Lisa laugh.
Matt:
(Cont.) .... So.... so now I'm, ah...., active things....
and if Jim Reilly and the audience they.... they seem
to like that and they want to write more for that,
and they want to write more for that, that's great
too because I started as a pretty serious character
when I first came on DAYS so....
Ty: (Nodding)
Right.
Lisa:
(Motioning) And then we were talking back stage that
when I came on were playing comedy pretty much.
Matt:
I was making up for that.... the villain. So, I mean,
and got people from hating me to liking me because
I basically poked fun of myself. (Motioning to Lisa
and to himself back and forth) And when we were playing
together alot that's what happened.
Lisa:
(Nodding in agreement) Yeah. We had a good time, didn't
we?
Matt:
Yeah, it was great!
Lisa
announces a break and Matt says it's great. They
return and the audience claps. Lisa introduces Matt
again.
Lisa:
Now, during the break, we were talking about Richard
Biggs.
Matt:
Yes! Ah I think alot of you might remember Richard
as.... played Marcus Hunter on Days of Our Lives
and for quite a few years and then went on to Babylon
5 and Any Day Now and, eh, he was a
working actor very loved. And he
died very suddenly about three or
four weeks ago, I think. And I saw him a few days
before he.... he died and I just wanted to say thank
you to everybody who's given so much to his two little
boys as a college, ah, you know for.... for their--
Lisa:
For their college fund?
Matt:
Future.... yes!
Lisa:
That's great!
Matt:
And... and we're..... we're all pretty devestated....
Lisa:
Yeah....
Matt:And
I was with Mary Beth, and Steve, and Wally Kurth--
Lisa:
Steve Nichols....
Matt:
Steven Nichols.... I mean all the people.... not....
just from our cast. And it's really
amazing to see how much one person can touch people's
lives, and, but.... you know I was saying I want to
say thank you to everybody publicly for their support
of Richard and his family.
Lisa:
Thanks. The
crowd claps.
Lisa:
Well speaking of family, how about your family? How's
everybody?
Matt:
My family's very good. Healthy
Photo
of Christina, Grace, Emma, and Matt.
Lisa:
How's
Christina? The girls?
Matt:
Ah, Good. They're a....
Lisa:
Look at 'em! What a cute picture!
Matt:
(Cont.) Ah, There they are. Someone
shots something from the audience I cannot make
out what it is.
Matt:
(Cont.) Yes. Just pulling them of bed this morning,
because it's summertime all of a sudden.
Ty: Yeah.
Matt:
And Grace is in ballet intensive concentration camp.
Ty
laughs.Lisa:
Wow!
Matt:
Ah, that's what it seems like to me. And, em....
Ty: How
many hours a day does she go there?
Matt:
Well, four or five.
Lisa:
That's alot!
Matt:
(Cont.) And it's like a school day....
Ty and Lisa:
Yeah.
Matt:
And I say, "So you have to go to bed early."
And you know she thinks....
Ty: Yeah,
and it's physical too, it's not just.....
Matt:
Yes, and Christina thinks that'll keep her out of
gangs and stuff, you know. The
audience laughs.
Matt:
(Imitating ballet) Unless it is a ballet gang, you
know. And uh....
Lisa:
That's funny.
Matt:
And ah, and Emma's just running around being a....
a little six year old, going on seven.
Lisa:
How did you like six? Did you like six?
Matt:
Six was a good year for me.
Lisa:
Oh good. Oh.
Matt:
But, ah, because I had little ones that I could pound
on, but they were.... but I was being pounded on by
many more.
Lisa:
How about, but Emma is six, how's that?
Matt:
Emma, oh Emma's! Well, I mean it's wonderful.
Lisa:
Was she good or was she kinda of nasty?
Matt:
Well, you know now that you you say that....
Ty
laughs.
Matt:
(Cont.) ....she ....she actually thinks....
Ty: You
guys are scaring me!
Matt:
(Cont.) ....you know, she thinks she's big enough
to.... to kinda a take on the eleven year olds.
Lisa:
See what I'm talking about?
Matt:
Yeah, and she, you know, she's hip to alot more things
than we thought our fir.... That Grace was at that
age.
Lisa:
Is that the truth?
Matt:
Yeeaah, I mean, we.... that got little bikinis at
the end of last year, and....
Lisa:
Yeah.
Matt:
(Cont.) ....(imitating her) Grace was trying it out,
on a, you know it was this whole new thing. But Emma,
just became a little hoochie coochie girl.
Lisa:
I know! (Laughing)
Ty: Really!?
Matt:
Yes. (Shocked) Yes! And I was shocked.
You know (gesturing) Cover that up! Lisa:
Is your shotgun ready, do you have it loaded in the
back?
Matt:
(Sighs) I think I'm goign to have to do it with a
sling shot and get a big stick, or
something like that.
Ty: Just
beat them off.
Matt:
Just beat them off with a stick. Yeah, yeah, yeah
or might have to (motioning) pull her back from the
boys, that might be the case.
Lisa:
Oh, interesting!
Matt:
You know, she's very.... very.... she's aggressive
in a good way, yes. They both
are, I think it is a very healthy
thing. But, in certain circumstances.
Lisa:
Now what if they wanted to go into show business?
what would you....
Matt:
(Shuddering) Duh! Of course, I was just talking with
one of your.... your folks backstage and.... and....
he.... he's your stage manager said he was on Punky
Brewster. Lisa
asks who it was and Lisa is lauhging hysterically
finding out about this.
Matt:
So.... so he grew up in this buisness
from his dad. And I realized that most of us (gesturing)
is first timers. We came to this because, because
this is something we love to do....
Lisa:
It's true.
Matt:
(Cont.) And our children are grewing up in this world
in Los Angeles and thinking....
Lisa:
Yeah.
Matt:
(Cont.) what a neat place to be. And maybe it will
be. But it's also, we have to hustle. And, ah, if
they have the get-up-and-go and they really
wanna do it, it's like any other job, but I say, "Follow
your dreams. Iif it makes you happy. Don't do it (gesturing)
because you look at me and you think, `Oh, this is
what it is all about." You know
Lisa:
Yeah.
Ty: And
the last time you guys were here you and your wife,
Christina, were.... were singing for us. But now you
gotta a concert coming up with the Army Band?
Matt:
Yes! We're.... the Army, Continental Army, of course
I think the continent (gesturing) is everything.
Lisa:
What the heck is that?
Matt:
Well, it's an army band based in one of.... one of
the major bands based in, ah, Southern
Virginia, Fort James, ah... And at the beginning of
August, August 5th, we're going to be there singing,
and ah.... My family all lives right around there
so we're going to have a huge gathering
of Ashfords....
Lisa:
How fun!
Matt:
(Cont.) ....celebrating.... I've got (enumerating)
one sister turning 40, (looking at the camera). Yes,
I'm sorry, Sally, I'm telling.... saying it, and a
brother Jeff turning 50!
Lisa:
(Laughing with Ty) Wow!
Matt:
And were celebrating, so were going to, you know,
kill two birds with one stone..... and celebrate 90!
Lisa:
Nice! Great!
Ty: There
you go. There you go. Combine 'em.
Lisa:
That's cute!
Matt:
And sing with them.... yeah, yeah.
Ty:I'm
sure Sally really appreciates that
now!
Matt:
Yes!
Lisa:
Yeah! That's great.
Ty:Thanks
for ageing me by fifty years! That's very nice.
Matt:
Yes.... a couple of dollars [??].
Lisa:
Well, have a great time playing Indiana
Jones over there on Days of Our Lives!
Matt:
I'm having a ball! Yeah!
Lisa:
I'm rooting for y'ah. I think you look hot!
Matt:
(Gesturing) I'm wrestling a big snakes and fighting
tigers....
Lisa:
Good!
Matt:
And I'll be fighting a bush later today!
Ty: Well,
we hope you win!
Matt:
Thank you!
Ty: Go
get that bush!
The
three affectionately say good bye.
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