Buzz

Three, two, one...

Happy New Year!

These tapes are the next big thing.

Who knew that they were lighting it up like this?

Showtime.

It's like the biography of Bob Fosse,

with Roy Scheider.

I always remember when he would, like, look in the mirror

every morning and say, "Showtime."

That's what being a reporter is like.

Showtime.

The best of Buzz Bissinger,

as a writer and as a guy,

if you just separated out the best of him,

he's been to some mountaintops.

Okay, Buzz. Let's get it on.

Here's my proposal: You say yes to the book...

All right. -...I write it...

...I get all the money, but I thank you.

-Isn't this-- -I-- I thank you at the end.

Is-- Isn't this just where we started, Buzz?

Pretty much. I had-- I was telling her,

I had the first sandwich ever...

-Uh-huh. -...in this house.

But I look a lot better now.

A lot better. You look fantastic.

You know, Buzz is a straight shooter.

He's a sensitive reporter as well,

so, you can send him out on a... on a great story

and he, um...

he handles things with great sensitivity,

as he did the Caitlyn Jenner story.

And he was my first choice for that story.

It's the most iconic magazine cover

of the last 15, 20 years.

I mean I'm sure that cover was seen by almost every...

sentient being in the world.

So, let's talk about the book a little bit:

what you're thinking, what I'm thinking.

Is there a book beyond the piece, basically?

-Right. -You want a book to be fresh.

You know, it's gonna sell,

but it'll really sell, I think, if it's all new.

I think...

it's one-third...

dealing with my issues...

one third, or maybe even more,

of this community...

-Mm-hmm. -...and what I have learned.

But I would also like to have an element of

what's happening in social media

to see how the internet,

the-- the tabloids, trash media, this and that,

how it changed the world.

I think all of that should be in there,

and then it's like-- it's like the Vanity Fair piece

-What's the structure? -Yeah.

Well, actually there's a pretty good structure,

which is the education of Caitlyn.

Right. -You know, you--

Everything you're doing now,

I would think, is completely new.

So, I think there is a book.

And I think any book is enhanced

by new reporting and new information.

Right, right.

I think there are many more people

dealing with difference than we know about...

Oh, I guarantee it. -...who want to express

-and are-- Look, uh, you know... Everybody--

You've been through it in spades but I've been through it, too.

It's really hard.

Everybody's got their stuff,

-because we're all different. -Right.

It's a seminal moment in, um...

in terms of...

the-- our culture, that...

Bruce Jenner became Caitlyn Jenner.

I mean, and-- and Caitlyn Jenner now is out in the world

and is... really kind of-- she's not vilified.

You know, she's... she's sort of celebrated.

Her story is really important

and I think it's good that Buzz is-- is gonna tell it.

This is not just about transgender men and women;

it's about difference,

and it's about accepting and celebrating difference,

which is hard.

I agree. -Which is really-- and I f--

I feel and I really now am sort of committed to gender--

You know, what-- I don't know what gender is.

I don't, you know, I don't know what men's clothing is,

I don't know what women's clothing-- Who gives a shit?

Yeah, I agree. -Who gives a shit?

-We're just all people. -Right.

We're all human beings.

And I-- And I really thank you for that.

-I mean, it's heartfelt. -Yeah. No.

This, to me, is an extraordinarily important book,

and I think it's really going to be a lot of fun.

The outlier always has to consider

not just the truth

and the integrity of their own position,

their own feelings,

but also, what's the effect in the real world?

Imperfect and narrow-minded as some of that real world may be,

what's the effect on those they love?

That's it. You're a good girl. That's it.

I love Lisa to death.

She's delightful. She has a big heart.

She's warm. She's funny. She's beautiful.

Well, it sure looks beachy out here.

What are you doing? What are you doing?

What are you doing?

But I have a darkness and I've done a lot of damage.

That's it. That's as much as I run ever.

I hope we stay married.

We should be married,

because there's a lot of love between us.

When people are getting married,

and if they're ever asked for any advice about marriage,

it's sort of, you have to see it through.

You have to be committed to it,

because if you started out and you thought it was worth it,

then it's probably still worth it.

Maddy!

Maddy B!

Come on! Hurry up! Come on.

In my case, it really was,

and it's the third marriage for both of us.

So...

I think we're gonna make it this time.

Of course, we're old people now, so...

where else would we go, right?

My son's getting married Saturday.

Congratulations, sir. -Hey, thank you.

So, this is my-- this is my last dinner when he's really my son.

His last-- Last free man. That's right!

-I got 48 hours left. -My-- My-- My baby

-is officially flying the coop. -(GERRY LAUGHS)

We have to do one shot. Tequila? What do you want to do?

I'll do tequila.

2 tequilas. We shot it-- -Patron?

Yeah. -Yeah, okay.

I'm gonna miss you. I feel like it's-- it's weird.

I got a little weepy over the weekend.

My dad did this with me.

-Where'd you guys do it? -(BUZZ CHUCKLES)

It's really not smart

for me to give him any advice about marriage.

But I remember my dad doing that with me.

There was something really important about it.

It was just my dad and me and...

and, you know, he sort of tried to give advice,

but it was very intimate.

I-- I do think, you know, learn from my mistakes.

Yeah.

There's always a feeling that when you get married

that all the things you did before you were married,

-all the kindness is off. -Right. Right.

You know, I can do anything-- the fuck I want.

You can take it out on somebody and it doesn't matter.

You can't. I mean, I learned that the hard way.

Cheers, dude!

No, this is a big one.

This is getting married, cheers to that.

To a long and happy and beautiful life,

because you really are a beautiful son.

-Thank you. I appreciate that. -Come on.

God.

The fact that I've worn women's clothing,

does that freak you out?

No.

-It's just that it's-- -Not really.

It's an expression.

I don't-- It doesn't really bother me.

I mean, I'm used to it.

I like that you're different than everybody else.

Everybody's the same, Dad.

How do you feel that I painted my toenails

the color of my tuxedo?

You know, it's like, I just laugh.

I just think, "All right, it's you."

You seem to handle it pretty well.

Have you ever had a pedicure?

-No. -I highly recommend it.

-I'm not doing it. -Oh, come on!

-Why? -Dana wants me to get one.

Oh, they're great. You put your...

put your feet in the bubble sauce.

-She wants me to get a manicure. -Oh, and they cut your nails.

-I get a manicure. -Yeah, yeah.

-Oh, it's great. -(LAUGHS)

They massage your feet.

Where do you get your haircut, like the marine training center?

Pretty-- Pretty short, man.

Yeah. No, I like getting it short.

You know what? We're gonna be really bad,

and then you have to cut us off, all right?

(CHUCKLES) Right. -'Cause-- 'Cause--

-I mean, he's young. -(GERRY LAUGHS)