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The Real Harry Potter?

Aired June 27, 2003 - 05:51   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Well, let's see now, this woman's newest book raked in more than $50 million just last Saturday alone. Now Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says sometimes she yearns to be anonymous and writing in cafes like back in the old days. Rowling says two more Harry Potter books are yet to come.
Well, due to Rowling's books, some other people would like to lead a more anonymous life. After all, they were named Harry Potter. But they were named Harry Potter first.

Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He doesn't wield a wand...

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wick the samproft (ph).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: He doesn't ride a broom. But his name is on everybody's lips.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Harry Potter.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Harry Potter.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Potter.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Watch yourself, Harry.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Famous Harry Potter.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: But this Potter is Harry, thanks to his name.

HARRY POTTER, JR., REAL HARRY POTTER: My name is Harry Potter.

MOOS: It's on his credit card. It's on his license.

POTTER: I have two choices, change my name or have fun. MOOS: Fifty-nine-year-old Harry Potter of Hapatcong, New Jersey (ph) is just one of the more than 100 Harry Potters listed in U.S. directories, like 74-year-old Harold Potter of Sarasota, Florida.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're a wizard, Harry.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Well, actually, this Harry is a retired magician.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your shoes are on the wrong feet. Look.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those are the only feet I've got, Harry.

MOOS: The New Jersey Harry Potter hasn't read any of the books, but he did go to one of the movies. He was momentarily stymied when he tried to pick up tickets he'd ordered in advance in his name at the box office.

POTTER: And I says do you have tickets for Harry Potter? And the guy says, sure, we have plenty of them. I says no, I mean for Harry Potter. I finally had to take out my credit card.

MOOS (on camera): He's Harry Potter. No, he is.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He looks younger in the movie.

POTTER: See the response I get.

MOOS: He looks younger in the movies.

(voice-over): The younger Harry also has that mark on his forehead.

(on camera): Is that the lightning scar up there?

POTTER: Don't I wish.

MOOS (voice-over): And how can you take a business card for a digital applications specialist seriously when it says Harry Potter on it?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who?

MOOS (on camera): Harry Potter.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What?

MOOS (voice-over): And while young Harry travels in flying cars...

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Take my hand! (END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: This Harry drives an earthbound Toyota Echo. Potter aficionados know that a beazer is a stone in a goat's stomach that serves as an antidote to poison. But does Harry know that?

(on camera): Where, Mr. Potter, would you look...

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If I asked you to find me a beazer.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

POTTER: Under a rock?

MOOS (voice-over): This Harry hasn't yet gone to Potter.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, Rye, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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Aired June 27, 2003 - 05:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Well, let's see now, this woman's newest book raked in more than $50 million just last Saturday alone. Now Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says sometimes she yearns to be anonymous and writing in cafes like back in the old days. Rowling says two more Harry Potter books are yet to come.
Well, due to Rowling's books, some other people would like to lead a more anonymous life. After all, they were named Harry Potter. But they were named Harry Potter first.

Here's CNN's Jeanne Moos.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He doesn't wield a wand...

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wick the samproft (ph).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: He doesn't ride a broom. But his name is on everybody's lips.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Harry Potter.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Harry Potter.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Potter.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Watch yourself, Harry.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Famous Harry Potter.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: But this Potter is Harry, thanks to his name.

HARRY POTTER, JR., REAL HARRY POTTER: My name is Harry Potter.

MOOS: It's on his credit card. It's on his license.

POTTER: I have two choices, change my name or have fun. MOOS: Fifty-nine-year-old Harry Potter of Hapatcong, New Jersey (ph) is just one of the more than 100 Harry Potters listed in U.S. directories, like 74-year-old Harold Potter of Sarasota, Florida.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're a wizard, Harry.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: Well, actually, this Harry is a retired magician.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your shoes are on the wrong feet. Look.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those are the only feet I've got, Harry.

MOOS: The New Jersey Harry Potter hasn't read any of the books, but he did go to one of the movies. He was momentarily stymied when he tried to pick up tickets he'd ordered in advance in his name at the box office.

POTTER: And I says do you have tickets for Harry Potter? And the guy says, sure, we have plenty of them. I says no, I mean for Harry Potter. I finally had to take out my credit card.

MOOS (on camera): He's Harry Potter. No, he is.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He looks younger in the movie.

POTTER: See the response I get.

MOOS: He looks younger in the movies.

(voice-over): The younger Harry also has that mark on his forehead.

(on camera): Is that the lightning scar up there?

POTTER: Don't I wish.

MOOS (voice-over): And how can you take a business card for a digital applications specialist seriously when it says Harry Potter on it?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who?

MOOS (on camera): Harry Potter.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What?

MOOS (voice-over): And while young Harry travels in flying cars...

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Take my hand! (END VIDEO CLIP)

MOOS: This Harry drives an earthbound Toyota Echo. Potter aficionados know that a beazer is a stone in a goat's stomach that serves as an antidote to poison. But does Harry know that?

(on camera): Where, Mr. Potter, would you look...

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM HARRY POTTER MOVIE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If I asked you to find me a beazer.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

POTTER: Under a rock?

MOOS (voice-over): This Harry hasn't yet gone to Potter.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, Rye, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com