Dance the Kung Fu

I know what we need to do.

Hold on. Hildegard. - Minute change.

Yes, please change.

- Okay. - Let's get some costume

changes in here. - Ooh. Okay.

Should I too? - Yes, please.

- Okay. - Thank you my dear.

Thank you for asking. Thank you.

Flick the freaking hat, man.

Listen, come here. I can't do this.

I want you to use your interrogation skills.

I want you to go back to that time.

Go back to Iraq, go back to Afghanistan,

go there in your mind right now.

And I want you to use those skills, okay?

You remember the work you did?

You were doing it for the United States, okay?

I do.

I don't care what they said in the media.

What you did, you had to do.

- It was is my duty. - It was your duty.

And I'm proud of you and I'm thank you for your service.

But what I want you to do is I want you to interrogate,

Hildegard and in your interrogation,

you don't make it seem like an interrogation at first.

What you do is you ask her these questions about performance

and life and why she came here today

and what's her purpose as an actor.

And but then you, you, you, you flip it. Okay?

You start to, you start to ask her questions about,

you know, where were you on Wednesday night

or whatever late, something like this.

You try to get it out of her if you do it right,

she might even confess to the murders.

Oh yeah. Good idea, good idea.

Okay. Alright.

You'd do that?

- Yeah. - All right.

I'll do that.

Thank you for your service.

- You're welcome. - Welcome. Jack.

- Hildegard. - Yes.

I want to do like a, like an interview kind of scene.

Like a cha, like an interview challenge.

And you're gonna do it with Steve.

- Okay. - Put the phone away though.

Seriously. Like when?

I'm Welcome back to the new season of Price Master.

I'm the hat man Without a hat. Alright.

The Hatless man we're gonna do now is Steve is gonna conduct

a very creative interview

because we wanna learn more about

what makes a creative person tick.

Today's program is educational. Educational.

You're learning to be a more creative person.

You're learning to be a more creative human being.

I was once told that I'm not a human being

and I was told that repeatedly and repeatedly and repeatedly

and repeatedly until I started to believe it.

- By whom? - I don't wanna get into that,

but I was told this

and maybe it's true, maybe it's true, but maybe it's not.

Because I feel that art humanizes us.

I feel that art truly makes us human.

And like I said, now we're gonna dive deep into the mind

of a very creative individual.

Hildegard, what's your last name?

- Smith. - Smith.

Hildegard Smith from?

- Upper Michigan. - Upper Michigan.

Let the interrogation begin.

He's supposed to be sitting there.

Steve, do you even know where he is?

No. Probably on his phone.

Get this. No, get it.

Do you want to go back into the dress?

I just answering, answering production.

We don't have time.

Sit down, call her over when you're ready

and then you start the interrogation.

Can you come over here for a few moments?

I've got some questions for you.

Please have a seat. - Thank you.

Just be polite.

So what brought you out here to Los Angeles?

- The weather. - The weather.

I couldn't stand the snow anymore.

- The snow. Where? - In upper Michigan.

It does get cold up there.

It does and there's, there's snow on the ground

for like seven months out of the year.

What was the coldest

you've ever experienced up there?

What? Okay.

There was a, there was a day I was a kid there.

It was a wind chill of negative 30.

- Negative 30. - Yes, we were snowed in.

- Amazing. - I know.

No, it's not amazing.

Amazing that it could get that cold on earth.

- Yep. - So you came out here,

how long have you been out here for?

- Four years. - Four years? Okay.

And why did you come over here?

Not just for the good weather, right?

Good weather. A lot going on out here.

Yeah, I mean, there's a lot to do.

Keep yourself occupied out here for sure.

- Keep self occupied. Yep. - But like any dreams

or occupations that you wanted to?

- No dreams. - No dreams at all?

- No. - Just for the better weather.

Can't someone just go somewhere

and not have not need to have a 30 page reason why?

We'll just make it 29 pages then.

So what drew you to our little project here today?

Well, interesting you should ask.

I was interested in this project

because it's an exploration of death.

It is. And I think that's interesting.

And not many people are doing that these days,

these people are afraid of it.

Are you like drawn to stories

or incidents of death?

Who isn't? Are you?

- Sometimes. - Not all the time though.

I don't really think about it that much.

But you're a cop right.

I wouldn't say that.

I'm a producer of many, many programs.

Death, huh? Death must grip you.

Does it motivate you in any way?

What, to die? No.

Where were you the night of Tuesday the fifth.

Tuesday the fifth of what, which month?

- June. - June. Hmm.

Oh yeah, my mother's birthday.

Oh, she was born on that?

Well, no, she wasn't born on the fifth.

She was born on the first.

- So you- - We went to dinner.

So you had a little late celebration then?

- Yeah, she came to visit. - From Michigan.

Does she like the weather here better than Michigan?

No. That's why she went back to Michigan.

Oh, okay.

She likes the cold. She likes the negative 30 degrees.

Now, approximately that night, June 5th.

Right?

9:35 PM where were you then?

In the car on the way home?

We left the restaurant about 9:20,

about 30 minute drive.

That was 20 minute drive.

And where were you in Los Angeles?

Were you near like the Chatsworth area at that time?

No, West Hollywood.

West Hollywood.

It's still not that far from Chatsworth.

Why are you asking about Chatsworth?

Well, it's, some things have been going on there,

some death, let's put it that way.

Death is happening everywhere all the time.

That's true.

But it's a little more happening in Chatsworth

if you've been watching the news lately,

do you know anyone up there in Chatsworth?

Any friends? No family right?

You're the only one out here. - No.

Except your mom visiting and leaving?

- Correct. - Okay. Okay, wow.

I'm glad I'm correct.

- Rolling. - Hold on, hold on.

Cut. - Cut.

Creativity is a process, an ongoing,

ever flowing stream.

A stream of love and jackhammers of hats

and glasses of phones and almonds.

What you're about to see has never been done on camera.

Witness the interrogation of Steve.

- Steve? - Yes.

What part of town do you live in?

- I live in Burbank. - Why'd you say it like that?

Because it's where dreams are made, a lot of studios.

It's where everything happens, but yet it's like suburbia.

Is that why you came out here for the studios?

It is, yeah. Yes.

And you work in the business too?

Yeah. Yes.

And a lot of times I've had to apologize.

Sorry to bore you. - Okay.

Do you do anything else for work, Steve?

No, that's it, just production, you know, with,

with Jack over there and Luke.

- That's it. - Yeah.

Production after production.

We've been doing a lot lately.

What time do you usually go to bed, Steve?

During the week, 8:30 PM.

It's quite early, isn't it?