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About 200 World Leaders Attending Funeral of Pope John Paul II Tomorrow at St. Peter's Basilica
Aired April 07, 2005 - 13:35 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.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Now in the news, a new day dawns in Iraq as the country's new president takes the oath of office, vowing to work for democracy. Jalal Talabani, who is Kurdish, moved immediately to extend an olive branch to other Iraqi factions. He nominated Shiite leader Ibrahim Al Jaafari to be prime minister. Mr. Talibani also proposed offering amnesty to Iraqi insurgents led astray by terrorism.
The U.S. military now reporting that 13 of the 16 people confirmed killed in that Afghanistan helicopter crash were U.S. service members. The other three confirmed dead were civilians employed by U.S. government contractors. Two passengers are still missing after that crash. According to the flight manifest, they are also U.S. service members.
It's wildfire season in South Florida, this one in western Dade County. It's consumed more than 400 acres and is still not under control. It started Tuesday on the edge of the Everglades, and is the latest in a recent string of fires. Forestry officials say that with current dry conditions, more blazes are likely in that area.
And that Texas high school shooting that we told you about, the school is still in lockdown after a gunman shoots the football coach. Police say that they've found the car belonging to that suspect. He's identified as 37-year-old Jeffrey Doyle Robinson. He's not a school employee. Robertson is still at large. The coach is undergoing surgery in Tyler, Texas.
Well about 200 world leaders will be attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II tomorrow at St. Peter's Basilica. That turnout is not only a testament to his office, but to the many professional relationships that the pope made during his 26-year pontificate.
CNN analyst Delia Gallagher has more now from Vatican City about some of those friends who are now coming to pay respects.
Good to see you, Delia.
DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN ANALYST: Hello, Kyra. Hi.
PHILLIPS: Well, let's talk about the American presidents. I think we've probably seen videotape after videotape of all the various encounters that the pope had with various presidents. Now, of course, we'll see a couple of familiar faces there. What was it about the pope, and American presidents and these relationships that he was able to build and close relationships? GALLAGHER: Well, of course, we've been talking in the past week about the pope's tremendous charisma, and I think that that was particularly received by the American presidents and by the American public as, indeed, by the public around the world. And not just American presidents, Kyra, everybody, every world leader, past and present, the pope met personally, and he had something to say to them personally about their country. The pope studied dossiers before he met with these leader. He knew exactly the situation. Every world leader would come away and say -- even at the end of his pontificate, they would say I'm amazed at the detail that the pope knows about our situation. So I think this just shows the intense interest and the intense intellect of this pope, together with his very easygoing charm.
PHILLIPS: We know about the current president, along with former American presidents that are going to be there. Also, prince Charles of Britain going to be there. I'm curious what the pope might have thought -- we know that he met with Prince Charles and Lady Di years ago. I guess we never will find out -- or we don't know what he thinks about the nuptials, upcoming nuptials, but it sure is respectful of Prince Charles to postpone them and come and honor the pope.
GALLAGHER: Well, of course Prince Charles is an Anglican, he's the Church of England, so the pope wouldn't have directly have anything to say about it, and were he alive, I'm sure he wouldn't. You know, the thing about the pope was that he always had his convictions, he was very firm in them, he made no bones about them, but he embraced everybody. He wouldn't have made any difference in receiving Prince Charles, you know.
I think that the pope, even in his will we see at the very end he gives a special embrace to basically everybody. He mentions politicians. He mentions the media. He mentions scientists. So he was definitely a pope without any barriers -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Especially with controversial figures. Ricardo Alacorn, the president of the Cuban National Assembly, going to be there. Fidel Castro not, but Fidel Castro did sign the condolence book. Why do you think Fidel Castro is not going?
GALLAGHER: Well, I couldn't really speculate on that, frankly. I mean, I think that when the pope went to Cuba, it was a very important moment to show the world the pope's support for the Cuban people. And I think the Cuban people love the pope and if Castro is at least sending an envoy, that says something, but I couldn't really speculate on why Castro won't be here.
PHILLIPS: All right, I know we're going to talk more, coming up at 3:00, more about the pope's will. And I understand the lines now officially have been cut off to go into St. Peter's Basilica. Live pictures right now, Delia, as we're looking inside St. Peter's Basilica at the last line of well-wishers that are coming to pay their respects. Delia, we'll talk to you in the 3:00 hour. Thank you so much.
GALLAGHER: OK, thank you.
PHILLIPS: And a reminder to set your clock for 3:00 Eastern tomorrow morning for CNN's complete coverage of Pope John Paul II's funeral. We're going to be covering that service live all morning.
Well, already plagued by schedule and location, kerfuffles after kerfuffle (ph), Prince Charles' wedding planners have now another egg on their faces over security lapses. "The Sun" tabloid said that a reporter managed to drive a rental van past the security gates of Windsor Castle carrying a fake bomb while the queen was in residence.
Well, as police and palace officials scramble to figure out what happened, even the queen is reported to have termed the wedding jinxed. They're lucky that's all she said, because in the old days, she might have added off with their heads.
What else, you may ask, could possibly go wrong for Charles and Camilla? Well, try a cold shoulder from the very elements. An arctic front is predicted in London on Saturday. It could dump sleet and snow on the wedding party. But as Veronica De La Cruz reports, it's not likely to dampen the romance that has already endured three decades plus.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
VERONICA DE LA CRUZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After a 35-year history together, they will finally tie the knot. CNN.com takes a walk down the aisle for the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
With a relationship that practically defines star-crossed lovers, the two first met at a polo match in 1970. The story is a case of romantic history repeating. It said that Camilla's great grandmother was a longtime mistress of the great, great grandfather of Charles. And Camilla's history is chronicled in this timeline at CNN.com/royalwedding.
But who is this woman that stole the heart of the man set to be the king of England? In this profile, learn more about Camilla Parker-Bowles. Princess Diana often blamed her for the failure of her own marriage to Charles, but Camilla played a part in encouraging the match between the two. The prince is said to have proposed to Diana in Camilla's vegetable garden.
Britons have been long divided over whether Charles should be married. His announcement of the wedding plans didn't come without controversy. How do you feel about the wedding of Charles and Camilla? you can log on and weigh in on our interactive polls.
From the dot-com newsdesk in Atlanta, I'm Veronica De La Cruz.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: And this just in to CNN. We've been following word of an explosion in a historic area in Cairo, of course, the Egyptian capital. We are being told now two people dead and more wounded. After this explosion took place, about 11:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Ben Wedeman on the phone with us now. Ben, what else do you know?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Kyra, according to Egyptian security sources, the blast took place about two hours and 45 minutes ago in the El Hassar (ph) mosque area. That's really the heart of old Cairo, an area very popular with tourists here. Now according to Egyptian security sources, at least two people were killed in that blast, in addition to as many as 12 people injured.
Now, the police are investigating reports that a man drove by on a motorcycle and threw a bomb basically right outside a very popular jewelry store in that area. We're also hearing reports at least one of those dead was a French tourist -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Anyone claiming responsibility, Ben?
WEDEMAN: No, it's still very early for that. In fact, it's worth noting that Egypt has been relatively quiet in recent years, basically, since 1997, with the exception, of course, of the October 6th bombing of a -- of an Israeli hotel in the Sinai peninsula, which is largely frequented by Israeli tourists -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Ben Wedeman, live from Cairo, thanks so much. We'll continue to follow the fall-out from that blast. More LIVE FROM right after a quick break.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
PHILLIPS: So do you follow the Masters? Well, we all do here. And if you do, then what I'm about to tell you probably rings familiar. Rain delay at Augusta, right? Well, they just begun day one play of the tournament, five and half hours late, thanks to the elements. It's happened the last four years in a row and they're going to try to make up some time with a two tee start tomorrow -- or tee time, rather.
But as long as we're talking golf, how about the legendary bobby Jones? Golf writer Herbert Warren Wind (ph) probably describes him best when he said, "There was a touch of poetry to his golf and a definite magic about the man himself."
What we're about to show you, yet another side to Bobby Jones.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The main title of this series has been "How I play Golf." This title was chosen carefully.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I notice when you play that (INAUDIBLE) shot, that the ball broke from right to left, had a little hook on it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You don't deserve any credit, hitting the ball with that swing of yours. Try to hit one with my swing.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: That's right, Jones went to Hollywood with W.C. Fields, James Cagney and many others, creating a different kind of magic. 12 vignettes originally played on movie screens across America in the 1930s.
Now the giggles in golf are out in a new DVD set. Steve Chamberlain overseeing the project. I can't get enough of this stuff. I got to tell you.
STEVE CHAMBERLAIN, STEVE CHAMBERLAIN PRODUCTIONS: Oh, it's fantastic, isn't it?
PHILLIPS: Isn't it?
CHAMBERLAIN: It is.
PHILLIPS: Tell me how they put this together. Because when you think of Bobby Jones, you think of the greatest amateur -- one of the greatest golfer to ever live.
CHAMBERLAIN: Right.
PHILLIPS: You don't think of him starring in little Hollywood vignettes.
CHAMBERLAIN: Right. Well, after he won all of this, the Grand Slam in 1930, Warner Brothers came calling and brought him out to Hollywood in 1931 and they paired him with W.C. Fields and James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson. And the movie stars were absolutely mesmerized by him.
And it's an interesting fact that the movie stars were not paid for this. They were all under contract with various other studios. And back then, the studios did not share their talent. But because of the superstar he was -- we were coming out of the Great Depression -- the country was looking for a brand-new hero and they found him in Bobby Jones. And the movie stars just went crazy.
PHILLIPS: Well, it's brilliant, because the how to play golf videos we see now, or DVDs, they're not like old Hollywood. And that's what this is, it's acting, and then he sort of moves his way into a lesson. I want to look at one, OK? I want to look at "The Brassie" Let's go ahead and roll the beginning of "The Brassie" Of course, the brassie being the two-wood. Let's listen in for a moment.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, dad, please...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't Dad me, come out of the car before I lift you out and take that young whipper-snapper to the police station. I won't hear -- nevermind. Come on, come on.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, let's see if we can find out what's wrong with this brassie. Oh, what a hook.
What happened? What was that?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: So here he is doing his little shtick, right? But then he moves in to a lesson. It's sort of funny, everybody's acting out the scene, but then he sort of parlays into what he did wrong and how to really hit the ball.
CHAMBERLAIN: Right, well, that's the charm of the whole thing. It's a skit and it's comedic, but then Dr. Jones steps in to save the day. And these films are still very, very relevant today, in terms of their instructional value.
PHILLIPS: All right, now here's -- he continues to hit the ball. Now the actors come back into the scene, and this is where they address him and the lesson begins, right?
CHAMBERLAIN: That's right.
PHILLIPS: All right, let's listen in.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, if it isn't Bobby Jones.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hello, Loretta.
What's the trouble?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, you sort of put a golf ball through Mr. Gillenwater's (ph) windshield.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm terribly sorry. Hope I didn't hurt anyone.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ah, don't you mind. That's perfectly all right, just an accident.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well are I'm awfully sorry.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What are you doing, making a few brassie shots?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just practicing a little bit.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You mind if I watch you? You know, that's the weakest club in my bag.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not at all. I'd be delighted to have you.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: So here he goes. Now he gets serious and we'll start to see slow-mo and tight shot of his grip and his swing. So now this is where Bobby give the lesson, right?
CHAMBERLAIN: That's right, and this is all directed by George Marshall, who is a very, very famous Warner Bros. director. And you have to remember, he's doing this with hickory sticks. I mean, the technology today is so vastly improved, but he was just a superstar. He's only about 5'7, about 180 pounds, but he had incredible hand/eye coordination. And people tell me he could rip a deck of cards apart with his bare hands. So he was the ultimate natural in golf.
PHILLIPS: All right, you can buy this DVD set and the book -- it's absolutely amazing -- on your Web site, also, the Golf Channel, is that right?
CHAMBERLAIN: Correct, the Golf Channel is running a direct response spot as we speak. They've been my best partner. And on my Web site as well, which is bobbyjonesgolfdvd.com. And we expect a big week with the masters. As you know, he created the masters, and he's just the ultimate of all time of the sport.
PHILLIPS: Well, speaking of masters, we got a separated at birth. We have to show you this. Look at this, Bobby Jones and Phil Mickelson, OK, is that just a dead ringer?
CHAMBERLAIN: Well, that's the first time I've seen that, you're right.
PHILLIPS: We were actually going through the pictures, and we thought, OK, Bobby Jones, I think his spirit is living through Phil Mickelson right now.
CHAMBERLAIN: I would say, both handsome guys there.
PHILLIPS: Good looking and great golfers.
CHAMBERLAIN: Great.
PHILLIPS: All right, it's a fantastic series. Thank you so much, Steve Chamberlain. It's the Bobby Jones DVD set. Learn how to play golf, laugh and have fun at the same time.
CHAMBERLAIN: Thanks for having me.
PHILLIPS: It's a pleasure.
CHAMBERLAIN: All right, bye-bye.
PHILLIPS: We're going to take a quick break, after a little lesson here with Bobby Jones. Let's watch him swing that two wood.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What caused that was using my right hand too much. But here, I didn't hold on to the club...
(END VIDEO CLIP)
(STOCK MARKET REPORT)
PHILLIPS: Coming up in the second hour of LIVE FROM, a royal wedding this weekend and the tough time expected for the new duchess of Cornwall.
And later, actress Jane Fonda talks about her new book and her life, and how to handle one of the most important men in her life.
LIVE FROM's hour of power begins after this.
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Aired April 7, 2005 - 13:35 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Now in the news, a new day dawns in Iraq as the country's new president takes the oath of office, vowing to work for democracy. Jalal Talabani, who is Kurdish, moved immediately to extend an olive branch to other Iraqi factions. He nominated Shiite leader Ibrahim Al Jaafari to be prime minister. Mr. Talibani also proposed offering amnesty to Iraqi insurgents led astray by terrorism.
The U.S. military now reporting that 13 of the 16 people confirmed killed in that Afghanistan helicopter crash were U.S. service members. The other three confirmed dead were civilians employed by U.S. government contractors. Two passengers are still missing after that crash. According to the flight manifest, they are also U.S. service members.
It's wildfire season in South Florida, this one in western Dade County. It's consumed more than 400 acres and is still not under control. It started Tuesday on the edge of the Everglades, and is the latest in a recent string of fires. Forestry officials say that with current dry conditions, more blazes are likely in that area.
And that Texas high school shooting that we told you about, the school is still in lockdown after a gunman shoots the football coach. Police say that they've found the car belonging to that suspect. He's identified as 37-year-old Jeffrey Doyle Robinson. He's not a school employee. Robertson is still at large. The coach is undergoing surgery in Tyler, Texas.
Well about 200 world leaders will be attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II tomorrow at St. Peter's Basilica. That turnout is not only a testament to his office, but to the many professional relationships that the pope made during his 26-year pontificate.
CNN analyst Delia Gallagher has more now from Vatican City about some of those friends who are now coming to pay respects.
Good to see you, Delia.
DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN ANALYST: Hello, Kyra. Hi.
PHILLIPS: Well, let's talk about the American presidents. I think we've probably seen videotape after videotape of all the various encounters that the pope had with various presidents. Now, of course, we'll see a couple of familiar faces there. What was it about the pope, and American presidents and these relationships that he was able to build and close relationships? GALLAGHER: Well, of course, we've been talking in the past week about the pope's tremendous charisma, and I think that that was particularly received by the American presidents and by the American public as, indeed, by the public around the world. And not just American presidents, Kyra, everybody, every world leader, past and present, the pope met personally, and he had something to say to them personally about their country. The pope studied dossiers before he met with these leader. He knew exactly the situation. Every world leader would come away and say -- even at the end of his pontificate, they would say I'm amazed at the detail that the pope knows about our situation. So I think this just shows the intense interest and the intense intellect of this pope, together with his very easygoing charm.
PHILLIPS: We know about the current president, along with former American presidents that are going to be there. Also, prince Charles of Britain going to be there. I'm curious what the pope might have thought -- we know that he met with Prince Charles and Lady Di years ago. I guess we never will find out -- or we don't know what he thinks about the nuptials, upcoming nuptials, but it sure is respectful of Prince Charles to postpone them and come and honor the pope.
GALLAGHER: Well, of course Prince Charles is an Anglican, he's the Church of England, so the pope wouldn't have directly have anything to say about it, and were he alive, I'm sure he wouldn't. You know, the thing about the pope was that he always had his convictions, he was very firm in them, he made no bones about them, but he embraced everybody. He wouldn't have made any difference in receiving Prince Charles, you know.
I think that the pope, even in his will we see at the very end he gives a special embrace to basically everybody. He mentions politicians. He mentions the media. He mentions scientists. So he was definitely a pope without any barriers -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Especially with controversial figures. Ricardo Alacorn, the president of the Cuban National Assembly, going to be there. Fidel Castro not, but Fidel Castro did sign the condolence book. Why do you think Fidel Castro is not going?
GALLAGHER: Well, I couldn't really speculate on that, frankly. I mean, I think that when the pope went to Cuba, it was a very important moment to show the world the pope's support for the Cuban people. And I think the Cuban people love the pope and if Castro is at least sending an envoy, that says something, but I couldn't really speculate on why Castro won't be here.
PHILLIPS: All right, I know we're going to talk more, coming up at 3:00, more about the pope's will. And I understand the lines now officially have been cut off to go into St. Peter's Basilica. Live pictures right now, Delia, as we're looking inside St. Peter's Basilica at the last line of well-wishers that are coming to pay their respects. Delia, we'll talk to you in the 3:00 hour. Thank you so much.
GALLAGHER: OK, thank you.
PHILLIPS: And a reminder to set your clock for 3:00 Eastern tomorrow morning for CNN's complete coverage of Pope John Paul II's funeral. We're going to be covering that service live all morning.
Well, already plagued by schedule and location, kerfuffles after kerfuffle (ph), Prince Charles' wedding planners have now another egg on their faces over security lapses. "The Sun" tabloid said that a reporter managed to drive a rental van past the security gates of Windsor Castle carrying a fake bomb while the queen was in residence.
Well, as police and palace officials scramble to figure out what happened, even the queen is reported to have termed the wedding jinxed. They're lucky that's all she said, because in the old days, she might have added off with their heads.
What else, you may ask, could possibly go wrong for Charles and Camilla? Well, try a cold shoulder from the very elements. An arctic front is predicted in London on Saturday. It could dump sleet and snow on the wedding party. But as Veronica De La Cruz reports, it's not likely to dampen the romance that has already endured three decades plus.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
VERONICA DE LA CRUZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After a 35-year history together, they will finally tie the knot. CNN.com takes a walk down the aisle for the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
With a relationship that practically defines star-crossed lovers, the two first met at a polo match in 1970. The story is a case of romantic history repeating. It said that Camilla's great grandmother was a longtime mistress of the great, great grandfather of Charles. And Camilla's history is chronicled in this timeline at CNN.com/royalwedding.
But who is this woman that stole the heart of the man set to be the king of England? In this profile, learn more about Camilla Parker-Bowles. Princess Diana often blamed her for the failure of her own marriage to Charles, but Camilla played a part in encouraging the match between the two. The prince is said to have proposed to Diana in Camilla's vegetable garden.
Britons have been long divided over whether Charles should be married. His announcement of the wedding plans didn't come without controversy. How do you feel about the wedding of Charles and Camilla? you can log on and weigh in on our interactive polls.
From the dot-com newsdesk in Atlanta, I'm Veronica De La Cruz.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: And this just in to CNN. We've been following word of an explosion in a historic area in Cairo, of course, the Egyptian capital. We are being told now two people dead and more wounded. After this explosion took place, about 11:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Ben Wedeman on the phone with us now. Ben, what else do you know?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Kyra, according to Egyptian security sources, the blast took place about two hours and 45 minutes ago in the El Hassar (ph) mosque area. That's really the heart of old Cairo, an area very popular with tourists here. Now according to Egyptian security sources, at least two people were killed in that blast, in addition to as many as 12 people injured.
Now, the police are investigating reports that a man drove by on a motorcycle and threw a bomb basically right outside a very popular jewelry store in that area. We're also hearing reports at least one of those dead was a French tourist -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Anyone claiming responsibility, Ben?
WEDEMAN: No, it's still very early for that. In fact, it's worth noting that Egypt has been relatively quiet in recent years, basically, since 1997, with the exception, of course, of the October 6th bombing of a -- of an Israeli hotel in the Sinai peninsula, which is largely frequented by Israeli tourists -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Ben Wedeman, live from Cairo, thanks so much. We'll continue to follow the fall-out from that blast. More LIVE FROM right after a quick break.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
PHILLIPS: So do you follow the Masters? Well, we all do here. And if you do, then what I'm about to tell you probably rings familiar. Rain delay at Augusta, right? Well, they just begun day one play of the tournament, five and half hours late, thanks to the elements. It's happened the last four years in a row and they're going to try to make up some time with a two tee start tomorrow -- or tee time, rather.
But as long as we're talking golf, how about the legendary bobby Jones? Golf writer Herbert Warren Wind (ph) probably describes him best when he said, "There was a touch of poetry to his golf and a definite magic about the man himself."
What we're about to show you, yet another side to Bobby Jones.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The main title of this series has been "How I play Golf." This title was chosen carefully.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I notice when you play that (INAUDIBLE) shot, that the ball broke from right to left, had a little hook on it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You don't deserve any credit, hitting the ball with that swing of yours. Try to hit one with my swing.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: That's right, Jones went to Hollywood with W.C. Fields, James Cagney and many others, creating a different kind of magic. 12 vignettes originally played on movie screens across America in the 1930s.
Now the giggles in golf are out in a new DVD set. Steve Chamberlain overseeing the project. I can't get enough of this stuff. I got to tell you.
STEVE CHAMBERLAIN, STEVE CHAMBERLAIN PRODUCTIONS: Oh, it's fantastic, isn't it?
PHILLIPS: Isn't it?
CHAMBERLAIN: It is.
PHILLIPS: Tell me how they put this together. Because when you think of Bobby Jones, you think of the greatest amateur -- one of the greatest golfer to ever live.
CHAMBERLAIN: Right.
PHILLIPS: You don't think of him starring in little Hollywood vignettes.
CHAMBERLAIN: Right. Well, after he won all of this, the Grand Slam in 1930, Warner Brothers came calling and brought him out to Hollywood in 1931 and they paired him with W.C. Fields and James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson. And the movie stars were absolutely mesmerized by him.
And it's an interesting fact that the movie stars were not paid for this. They were all under contract with various other studios. And back then, the studios did not share their talent. But because of the superstar he was -- we were coming out of the Great Depression -- the country was looking for a brand-new hero and they found him in Bobby Jones. And the movie stars just went crazy.
PHILLIPS: Well, it's brilliant, because the how to play golf videos we see now, or DVDs, they're not like old Hollywood. And that's what this is, it's acting, and then he sort of moves his way into a lesson. I want to look at one, OK? I want to look at "The Brassie" Let's go ahead and roll the beginning of "The Brassie" Of course, the brassie being the two-wood. Let's listen in for a moment.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, dad, please...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't Dad me, come out of the car before I lift you out and take that young whipper-snapper to the police station. I won't hear -- nevermind. Come on, come on.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, let's see if we can find out what's wrong with this brassie. Oh, what a hook.
What happened? What was that?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: So here he is doing his little shtick, right? But then he moves in to a lesson. It's sort of funny, everybody's acting out the scene, but then he sort of parlays into what he did wrong and how to really hit the ball.
CHAMBERLAIN: Right, well, that's the charm of the whole thing. It's a skit and it's comedic, but then Dr. Jones steps in to save the day. And these films are still very, very relevant today, in terms of their instructional value.
PHILLIPS: All right, now here's -- he continues to hit the ball. Now the actors come back into the scene, and this is where they address him and the lesson begins, right?
CHAMBERLAIN: That's right.
PHILLIPS: All right, let's listen in.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, if it isn't Bobby Jones.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hello, Loretta.
What's the trouble?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, you sort of put a golf ball through Mr. Gillenwater's (ph) windshield.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm terribly sorry. Hope I didn't hurt anyone.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ah, don't you mind. That's perfectly all right, just an accident.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well are I'm awfully sorry.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What are you doing, making a few brassie shots?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just practicing a little bit.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You mind if I watch you? You know, that's the weakest club in my bag.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not at all. I'd be delighted to have you.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: So here he goes. Now he gets serious and we'll start to see slow-mo and tight shot of his grip and his swing. So now this is where Bobby give the lesson, right?
CHAMBERLAIN: That's right, and this is all directed by George Marshall, who is a very, very famous Warner Bros. director. And you have to remember, he's doing this with hickory sticks. I mean, the technology today is so vastly improved, but he was just a superstar. He's only about 5'7, about 180 pounds, but he had incredible hand/eye coordination. And people tell me he could rip a deck of cards apart with his bare hands. So he was the ultimate natural in golf.
PHILLIPS: All right, you can buy this DVD set and the book -- it's absolutely amazing -- on your Web site, also, the Golf Channel, is that right?
CHAMBERLAIN: Correct, the Golf Channel is running a direct response spot as we speak. They've been my best partner. And on my Web site as well, which is bobbyjonesgolfdvd.com. And we expect a big week with the masters. As you know, he created the masters, and he's just the ultimate of all time of the sport.
PHILLIPS: Well, speaking of masters, we got a separated at birth. We have to show you this. Look at this, Bobby Jones and Phil Mickelson, OK, is that just a dead ringer?
CHAMBERLAIN: Well, that's the first time I've seen that, you're right.
PHILLIPS: We were actually going through the pictures, and we thought, OK, Bobby Jones, I think his spirit is living through Phil Mickelson right now.
CHAMBERLAIN: I would say, both handsome guys there.
PHILLIPS: Good looking and great golfers.
CHAMBERLAIN: Great.
PHILLIPS: All right, it's a fantastic series. Thank you so much, Steve Chamberlain. It's the Bobby Jones DVD set. Learn how to play golf, laugh and have fun at the same time.
CHAMBERLAIN: Thanks for having me.
PHILLIPS: It's a pleasure.
CHAMBERLAIN: All right, bye-bye.
PHILLIPS: We're going to take a quick break, after a little lesson here with Bobby Jones. Let's watch him swing that two wood.
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