UNBELIEVABLE TV SHEERS BUT YOU WERE VERY MUCH A THEATRE ACTOR.

>> YES.

>> James: AN PERFORMED IN SO MANY GREAT SHOWS AND YOU WERE IN

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MUSICALS OF ALL TIMES, PIRATES OF PENZANCE.

>> YES.

>> James: DID SOMETHING HAPPEN DURING THE SHOW.

>> YES, THIS IS A LONG TIME TOOG, PIRATES OF PENZANCE IS THE

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN.

IMAGINE IT IS A THURSDAY MATINEE IN A DINNER THEATER AND THE

PEOPLE ARE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE STAGE.

AND IN THE OPENING NUMBER WHICH IS THE PIRATE, I AM A MIGHT

RAT,.

♪ RIGHT.

YOU ARE WORKING WITH AN UNDERSTUDY ACROSS FROM YOU.

YOU'VE GOT A SWORD FIGHT.

HE TOSSES IT SWORD, HE IS SO AMPED UP THAT HE HITS, BEFORE I

CAN CATCH, CROSSING AT THE SAME TIME, AS I AM RELEASING THIS

SWORD, HIS SWORD HITS ME IN THE CHEST AND SLICES MY CHEST OPEN.

>> James: NO.

>> THE METAL HALF OF THE SWORD FALLS OFF THE STAGE AND HITS AN

ELDERLY WOMAN, THE TOP OF HER HEAD WITH HER SON, WHO HAS TAKEN

HER TO A NICE THANKSGIVING MEAL.

NOW WE ARE STILL SINGING.

THE NUMBER IS GOING ON, I'M DANCING BUT EVERYONE IN THE

WHOLE THEATER IS LOOKING AT HER, SLOW LEER HER HEAD GOES DOWN TO

THE TABLE LIKE THIS.

WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END OF THE NUMBER.

HER SON IS TAKING HER OUT UP THE STAIRS, UP THE AISLE, EVERYBODY

IN THE WHOLE THEATER IS WATCHING HER AND I THINK OKAY, THE NUMBER

IS OVER, I DO THIS FAKE FALL THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CATCH

ME, JUST AS I AM ABOUT TO JMP OFFER YOU HEAR THE SIREN.

>> OH NO.

>> NOBODY CARED, I DIDN'T GET ONE LAUGH THE WHOLE SHOW.

EVERYBODY THOUGHT, THEY BLAMED ME.

IT WAS A NIGHTMARE OF A SHOW.

>> WAS SHE OKAY.

>> YES.

>> OKAY, GOOD.

>> AS FAR AS I KNOW.

>> OKAY.

>> James: IS THAT WHY YOU CHOSE TO MAKE A SWIFT TURN TO

TELEVISION.

>> YEAH, DONE.