AWARD-WINNING AND KNIGHTED ACTOR

WHO, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,

TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO

KNOW ABOUT RUNNING A CITY AND A

STARSHIP.

ALMOST 20 YEARS AFTER SAYING

FAREWELL TO STARFLEET AND HIS

CREW, HE RETURNS TO THE ROLE OF

JEAN-LUC PICARD IN "STAR TREK:

PICARD."

>> AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS A

DESPERATE OLD MAN, QUIXOTIC, I

WANT A SQUADRON.

OUT THERE IN THE SYSTEM, RIGHT

NOW, BEINGS WHO HAVE AS MUCH

LIFE AND LIBERTY AS YOU AND I

ALL COMMAND DATA OF BEING HUNTED

DOWN BY AN ENEMY WHO SEEKS TO

EXTERMINATE THEM.

>> JEAN LUC.

>> YOU ARE A WASTE OF SPACE!

>> NEW EPISODES OF "STAR TREK:

PICARD" STREAM THURSDAYS ON CBS

ALL ACCESS.

PLEASE WELCOME

SIR PATRICK STEWART.

[CHEERS AND

APPLAUSE]

♪

>> THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE THRILL.

I GOT TO GET THIS OUT UP FRONT,

I AM A HUGE STAR TREK FAN, I

ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

I WAS A KID, COME HOME FROM

SCHOOL AT 4:00, MY FRIEND WOULD

COME OVER AND WE WOULD

RELIGIOUSLY WATCH EVERY EPISODE.

WHEN "GENERATIONS" CAME OUT, I

WOULD WATCH IT, AND THEN THERE'S

HALLOWEEN EVIDENCE FROM 1995.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I REALLY MEAN

IT.

SO I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY, AT

LEAST AMONG EVERY MAYOR I'VE

KNOWN, I'M ABOUT AS BIG A STAR

TREK FAN AS CAN BE.

I GATHER THERE ARE A LOT OF

FIGURES IN POLITICS WHO ARE BIG

FANS.

>>

>> MAY I CALL YOU PETE?

>> OF COVEURSE.

>> I HAVE KNOWN ONE PRESIDENT,

TWO CHAIR MEN OF THE JOINT

CHIEFS OF STAFF ONE OF WHICH

ASKED ME, MAY I SAY THE IN YOUR

CHAIR AND MADELINE ALBRIGHT WAS

A HUGE FAN.

SO WELCOME TO THIS COMPANY.

ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD

HAVE AN EVENT OF WE'LL GATHER

ALL THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IT WILL BE A KIND OF STAR TREK

CONVENTION, BUT OF A DIFFERENT

SORT OF NATURE.

>> I LOVE IT.

SO LET ME SAY THIS.

YOU'VE, NOT JUST THE CHARACTER

BUT YOU HAVE A COMMANDING

PRESENCE, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO

SAY, TO THE POINT THAT SENIOR

MILITARY OFFICERS WOULD WANT TO

CHECK FOR YOUR PERMISSION BEFORE

SITTING IN A CHAIR.

SO MANY FIGURES FROM

ENTERTAINMENT ARE IN POLITICS,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UKRAINE,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES.

HAS ANYBODY SUGGESTED THAT YOU

GO TO PUBLIC OFFICE?

>> IT HAS NEVER CROSSED MY MIND,

BUT YES, THERE HAVE BEEN

PROPOSALS AND SUGGESTIONS, ONE

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LABOR

PARTY FOR 35 YEARS, AND I

COMMITTED MY FIRST ACT OF CIVIL

DISOBEDIENCE WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS

OLD AT THE POST WORLD WAR II

GENERAL ELECTION IN 1945, WHEN,

OF COURSE TO EVERYONE'S

AMAZEMENT, WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS

THROWN OUT, AND I HAVE BEEN A

LEFT WING MAN EVER SINCE.

WHICH SOMETIMES --

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

IT CAN CREATE A LITTLE PROBLEMS

SOMETIMES IN THE UNITED STATES,

BUT I WOULD GET A LOT OF FUN OUT

OF IT.

THERES A KNNOTHING LIKE SITTING

AROUND A BEVERLY HILLS DINING

TABLE WITH A LOT OF GUESTS AND

TELLING THEM YOU'RE SOCIALIST.

AH, DON'T COME NEAR ME!

YEAH, SO, BUT I HEARD ABOUT YOUR

AFFECTION FOR STAR TREK WHILE

WERE YOU CAMPAIGNING.

>> OH.

>> EARLY ON IN THE CAMPAIGN, I

HEARD ABOUT THAT.

SO I TUNED IN TO YOU.

YOU'RE TERRIFIC.

>> WELL, THANK YOU.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> AND YOU, YOU HAVE A QUALITY

OF SPEECH MAKE BING, WHICH IS GG

TO STAND YOU IN GREAT STEAD.

BECAUSE IT'S SPONTANEOUS,

IMMEDIATE, IT'S NATURAL.

IT DOESN'T SOUND PLANNED IN ANY

WAY.

>> ARE YOU SAYING I MIGHT HAVE A

FUTURE IN LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION?

>> ONLY IF YOU WILL INVITE ME

ONCE A MONTH.

>> DEAL.

DONE.

ALSO I HAVE TO SAY, I ALSO HAD

THE GREAT PLEASURE OF SEEING YOU

AND SIR IAN McKELLEN IN NEW YORK

IN WAITING "WAITING FOR GODOT."

>> WHY DIDN'T YOU COME BACK

STAGE?

>> I WONDER, WHEN YOU

COLLABORATE WITH A CLOSE FRIEND

IN SUCH AN INTENSE, PROFESSIONAL

ENVIRONMENT, DOES THAT

STRENGTHEN THE FRIENDSHIP, TEST

IT?

WHAT'S IT LIKE WORKING SO

CLOSELY AND INTENSELY WITH A

GOOD FRIEND LIKE THAT?

>> IT DOES BOTH, PETE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE A

MARRIAGE.

SIR IAN MARRIED MY WIFE AND I.

HE PERFORMED THE CEREMONY.

HE BECAME QUALIFIED ONLINE OF

COURSE.

YOU CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING

ONLINE.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT

PRIVILEGES OF BEING MAYOR, YOU

CAN MARRY PEOPLE.

>> JUST LIKE THAT?

>> AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN OUR

COUNTY IN INDIANA.

I WAS TRYING TO AVOID PEOPLE.

THE STAFF HADN'T COME IN, AND

THIS COUPLE POPPED OUT OF THE

ELEVATOR.

WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE, AND I

WAS THINKING, WHAT DO YOU NEED?

TURNED OUT THEY WERE ON THE WAY

TO THE HOSPITAL.

SHE WAS GOING TO GET A

C-SECTION.

THEY WANTED TO BE MARRIED SO

THEY COULD TELL HER PARENTS THAT

THEY WERE MARRIED WHEN THEY ALSO

GAVE THEM THE NEWS ABOUT THE NEW

LITTLE ONE.

SO WE JUST WENT AHEAD, TOOK A

RIBBON, MADE IT INTO A RING, DID

IT ON THE SPOT.

IT WAS GREAT FUN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

BUT I GOT TO SAY, I MEAN, I

CAN'T IMAGINE THAT I WOULD HAVE

PERFORMED THE OFFICE NEARLY IN

AS MUCH STYLE AS SIR IAN WOULD

HAVE DONE.

>> HE WAS WONDERFUL.

OF

THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO

CEREMONIES, WHICH IS NOT

GENERALLY KNOWN, BECAUSE WE, WE

WERE IN BERKLEY, WHERE WE WERE

DOING THE INTERPLAY, OH, FORGET

IT.

AND WE LEARNED THAT HE COULD NOT

USE HIS CREDENTIALS IN NEVADA,

WHERE WE GETTING MARRIED.

MY WIFE IS FROM RENO, AND WE

WERE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE

CREDENTIALS WERE ACCEPTED.

SO IN OUR LAST WEEK, ONE NIGHT

AFTER THE SHOW, WE INVITED IAN

AND OUR TWO OTHER GUESTS AND A

DIRECTOR TO A MEXICAN RESTAURANT

FOR DINNER OF AND IT WAS REALLY

CLOSING DOWN WHEN WE GOT THERE.

IT WAS VERY LATE.

AND IAN HAD BROUGHT WITH HIM A

KIND OF ROBE, BUT OUR GUESTS HAD

NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND,

IN FACT, WE WERE FORMALLY

MARRIED IN A MEXICAN RESTAURANT.

>> A DIFFERENT KIND OF WIZARDRY.

I LOVE IT.

>> SO HE MADE A SPEECH AT THE,

SUPPOSEDLY AUTHENTIC WEDDING,

WHICH WAS SO MOVING.

I LOOKED OUT, AND THE AUDIENCE

WERE WIPING THEIR, MEN AND

WILLI

WOMEN, IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL.

IT WAS VERY POWERFUL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE

HAVE, THESE THINGS GO VERY FAST.

FOR YOU.

>> OH.

CAN I OPEN IT NOW OR?

>> PLEASE, YES, OF COURSE.

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

AN ORIGINAL "NEXT GENERATION."

[ APPLAUSE ]

LOOK AT THAT, OH, THAT WILL HAVE

PRIDE OF PLACE.

WONDERFUL.

>> IT'S NOT JUST AN ORIGINAL,

BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT

THERE ARE SCORES AND SCORES OF

COPIES.

BUT THIS IS MY WORKING SCRIPT.

YOU SEE?

>> WHAT A TREASURE.

>> PICKARD IS ON THE LINE.

AND THERE ARE MY HANDWRITTEN

♪S.

>> THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SIGN IT?

>> OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

RIGHT THERE.

OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

WELL, WE ABOUT TO --

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

WE ARE ABOUT TO TEST MY FANDOM

IN A NEW WAY WHEN WE COME BACK.

PATRICK STEWART AND I ARE GOING

TO GO HEAD TO HEAD IN STAR TREK

TRIVIA WITH A SPECIAL GUEST.