WEBVTT - HARRY CONNICK JR

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, Harry, How are you doing Harry Connick Jr. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to The Delilah Show. Thank you very much. It's good

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to you. How do you have time to

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<v Speaker 1>be with me on the show when you are like

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<v Speaker 1>everywhere right now? Because in life you have to have priorities,

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<v Speaker 1>and you are a priority for me. Delilah melt my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've been melting my heart Harry Connick Jr. For years,

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<v Speaker 1>despite the fact that you're married to like the most

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful woman on the planet. I still have a secret

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<v Speaker 1>crush on you. Okay, well it's not that secret. You're

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<v Speaker 1>so damned adorable. You're like talent it and you can sing,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can act, and you got those eyes and

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<v Speaker 1>that smile, and you're funny and now you're like this

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<v Speaker 1>famous TV guy. Man, I need to call you more often.

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<v Speaker 1>Grateful my ego. Oh come on now, how how are

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<v Speaker 1>you doing it? How are you like keeping TV shows

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<v Speaker 1>and like producing new music and like going on tour

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<v Speaker 1>this summer? How are you going to do that? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>We we finished taping this year for the for the show,

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<v Speaker 1>so I have some time this summer, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm focusing on coming out and playing music, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>excited because we haven't been on the road in a

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<v Speaker 1>little while, so, you know, on a like a formal tour.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we've we've played shows here and there, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is a, you know, an official tour, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>we're thrilled because you know, we love that. I think,

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<v Speaker 1>as for me and everybody in the band, playing concert

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<v Speaker 1>is playing in front of people as as at the

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<v Speaker 1>heart of what we do. So we're we're we're dying

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<v Speaker 1>to get out there and start playing in Harry, I

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<v Speaker 1>just I adore you. I cannot say enough to your

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<v Speaker 1>Your music has touched my heart. Your I love your jazz,

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<v Speaker 1>I love your career. I mean, everybody knows you're like

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Christmas. You're right up there with Santa Claus Records

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<v Speaker 1>to make you are right up there with Santa Claus

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<v Speaker 1>in in in the bringing Christmas Joy to people department.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that. That's really sweet. Thank you, Delilah, because

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<v Speaker 1>the Delilah Show is all over Christmas. Yeah, man, that's

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<v Speaker 1>good stuff. We we we crank out the Christmas So

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for all the great Christmas music. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to be in any more movies or TV shows

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<v Speaker 1>besides your own point right now, you know, I'm kind

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<v Speaker 1>of looking at the immediate future. We we just finished

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<v Speaker 1>a workshop of a musical adaptation of the film This Thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I was playing Paul Newman's part and it's very cool.

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<v Speaker 1>So the the intent there for that show to go

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<v Speaker 1>to Broadway. We'll see what happens that. Now I have

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<v Speaker 1>the tour and then, um, you know, whatever bridges are

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<v Speaker 1>after that, we'll cross him when we get to them. Harry,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for spending time with us. Could you talk

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about your interest and your passion in

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<v Speaker 1>encouraging people to get screened for cancer. I know your

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<v Speaker 1>wife is a cancer survivor. Talk a little bit about

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<v Speaker 1>that if you would. It's a campaign, UM that has

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<v Speaker 1>to do with uh, screening for colon cancer, which is

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<v Speaker 1>something UM, you know, I've had too many negative experiences

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<v Speaker 1>with with cancer. I mean, one experiences is bad, but

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<v Speaker 1>you know, my mom died of cancer. My wife, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>is just at the five year point recovering from breast cancer.

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<v Speaker 1>And I thought it was important too to make people

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<v Speaker 1>aware of how important was to to get screened for

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<v Speaker 1>colon cancer. So I've been doing this campaign called the

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<v Speaker 1>New fifty Campaign. UM, basically telling people that UH fifties

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit different now than it than it used

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<v Speaker 1>to be. And if you go to a New fifty

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<v Speaker 1>dot com you can read all about it. But there's

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<v Speaker 1>a product called colon Guard, which is a uh which

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<v Speaker 1>you use to screen for colon cancer. And it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>unequal standing as a screening uh as for screening for

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<v Speaker 1>colon cancer as colonoscopy. So if you're over fifty I

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<v Speaker 1>just turned fifty. If you're over fifty and your average risk,

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<v Speaker 1>you can ask your doctor to prescribe colon Guard for

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<v Speaker 1>you and then you don't have to go through that

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<v Speaker 1>big nuisance of getting colonoscopy. Um that's just for the

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<v Speaker 1>screening part. Obviously, if there's a positive diagnosis, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to have a colonoscopy. But it's it's pretty it's a

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<v Speaker 1>game changer, and I'm just trying to get as many

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<v Speaker 1>people as I can to get screen because it's important.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very important. Okay, where can they go to find

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<v Speaker 1>out more the New fifty They can go to New

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<v Speaker 1>fifty dot com any w and then the number five,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I should I should tell you to the lotta

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<v Speaker 1>before I go. There's a hashtag um called screen with Me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a challenge that Jill and I are trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get everybody we know that over fifty to take this challenge.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about getting screen for colon cancer. And every pledge,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is important, Exact Sciences are going to donate

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<v Speaker 1>a dollar to cancer research and advocacy. So if you

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<v Speaker 1>go to hashtag screen with me, you can you can

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<v Speaker 1>uh get all your friends to get signed up if

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<v Speaker 1>they're if they're over fifty, to get get screened because

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<v Speaker 1>there's too many people that are not getting screened. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, one people who is going to be diagnosed

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<v Speaker 1>with this, and thirty five million people are not getting

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<v Speaker 1>screened because of probably the same reason I didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to get a colonoscopy, which is I was freaked out

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<v Speaker 1>by it. So I just wanted to make sure I

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<v Speaker 1>said that before I left. You. Okay, hashtag screen with me, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>hashtag screen with me. Okay, And a dollar goes to

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<v Speaker 1>cancer research for each person signed up. It's really really important,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, let's get this thing eradicated. Man, enough already

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<v Speaker 1>enough already, Harry, thank you for spending time with us.

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<v Speaker 1>God bless you. That's just talking to you. Give my

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<v Speaker 1>love to your beautiful family. Thanks Delilah,