Drew Barrymore's Classic First Appearance | Carson Tonight Show

As you probably know, one of the most amazing pictures to come out in the past few years is E.T. And this young lady has earned a great deal of attention for her appearance in it. And, uh, she is just seven years old. Would you welcome, please, Drew Barrymore. That's a pretty funny entrance. Did you rehearse that? Did you rehearse that? No. Are you okay? Yeah. You know, you're not the first one ever to do that on the show. We've had some other people come in there some night. Grown-up people who've missed that step and fallen right here. It's probably my shoes because they're real slippery. Are they? Are they brand new shoes? Yeah. They're very pretty. Thank you. Yeah. Do you pick out your own clothes? Sometimes. Sometimes? Yeah. Have you seen something you like to wear sometimes and you want it and your mother or somebody won't let you buy it? Sometimes. Sometimes, yeah. It's nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. I've been waiting all my life to meet you and I finally found you. Your whole life? It's a miracle. Well, that's why I stayed on the show an extra seven years, just so you would show up here. Well, I wanted to meet you, too, because I've been reading all about you and you're a lovely young actress. Thank you. Yeah. You look very nice. Yeah. Do you know I stay up till a couple of hours to watch your show? Do you really? Just because of you. You're kidding. No. Oh, come on now. Are you serious? Mm-hmm. Do you understand all of the jokes? Some of them. Well, you fit right in. Have you always lived in California? You look real healthy. Are you into, you know what aerobics is? Aerobics, dancing and all of those things? I practiced it last night. Do you really? I was getting aerobicized because I didn't want to get confused. Didn't want to get confused? Well, I was dancing, you know, while my mom was always on the telephone, you know. Right. Always on the telephone. Yeah. She never gets a chance to kiss me goodnight. Ring! Ring! Yeah. On the telephone. Yeah. What does she talk about on the telephone, do you know? Nothing pertinent. You don't have to give any secrets away. My wife likes to talk on the telephone, too. Don't you like talking on the telephone? I thought most women like to talk a lot. Yeah, I like to, but I can never get on the phone because of my mother. Because your mother's on the phone. So, what do you do besides aerobicize and dance? Do you like to swim? I love swimming, but I can't go for... Actually, I don't want to go yet. I've been in the pool, but I just don't want to go right now because I went in my friend's pool. When I got out, my lips were black and blue. Was that cold, you mean? Yeah. Did you ever scuba dive or snorkel? Do you know what that is? Where you put on the mask and... Yeah, but I put on goggles. I can never pronounce that. Goggles? Goggles. You pronounce it very well. I can't. Yeah, so you did put on goggles once and looked underwater. Yeah, and the goggles was too big for me, so water got in my eye. Look, we're going to cut away for a moment to do a commercial. You know what those are, don't you? Of course, I've been on them several times. Yeah, you've done some commercials. Then we'll come back and we'll talk some more, okay? Okay. And if you just joined us, we are... And my first guest tonight is this charming young lady, Drew Barrymore. You know, you're the only second lady I know named Drew. My secretary is named Drew. That's kind of an unusual first name, isn't it, Drew? It's a pretty name. Thank you. Do you have any other friends named Drew at all? Do you know anybody? I know a Drew. I know three Drews. You do? And whenever I say, I'm going to call Drew up, my mom gets confused. Oh. She doesn't know what Drew is. Yeah. You have a pretty smile. You have pretty teeth. Thank you. Yeah, pretty nice. You know, tell me if you notice this. It would be kind of easier to talk without my teeth. What are you talking about? Oh. Let me see those now. Give me a little smile. They're really growing, aren't they? Yeah. So you wear this when you do... TV shows, yes. Well, at least you're honest. Now, most women I know would not do that. They wouldn't like anybody to know that secret, that you were wearing a little clip in there. But you won't have to wear that much longer, will you? Flipper. Yeah. That's just so your teeth kind of line up and... Yeah, but they kill. Yeah? Doesn't it feel very good? No, they don't. You want to keep it out then? We'll just talk without it? Sure. Yeah. Okay. Just flip it. Now, don't forget that when you leave now. That's not polite to leave teeth on somebody else's desk. You know my mom would kill me if I left them here. Your mother would kill you? Yeah, she was about to when I lost them the other day. Yeah. Is your dentist... Your dentist obviously made those for you? Yeah, Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith? He's a real good dentist. Good dentist? He made my retainer, too. It's purple. Yeah? Do you like going to the dentist? Of course. Are you serious? You're the first person I've ever met who likes to go to the dentist. Yeah, I like to have my teeth cleaned and have that yucky stuff in your mouth. Tastes good. Tastes good, huh? Yeah. You know why I like going to the dentist? Why? Guess. Okay. You've got a crush on Dr. Smith. That's one reason. How old a man is your dentist? He never told me that. Well, what would you guess? Is he... What would you consider an old man? Well, he's not that old, but... He's not that old. I guess he's about in his 30s or 20s. In his 30s or 20s. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah. But that's not the reason you like to go, huh? No, but because I like to have... Because I don't want to have cavities. That's right. And plus, guess why? Why? Because I like going to the dentist because he's teaching me things. And I get my teeth cleaned. And you know what? He's very gentle with teeth. He's gentle? That's nice. Maybe I should go to him, too. Maybe you should. Yeah. Now, let's talk about... Want to talk about E.T. a little bit? Why not? Okay. I may end up running off with you myself, you know. That's what Steven says. Steven Spielberg? Yeah. He's a good director, isn't he? Yeah. How did you get the part? Did you have to go in and test for this? Well, first he interviewed me for Poltergeist. Poltergeist. And actually, I didn't want to do that movie because it was kind of scary. It was too scary. And probably if I went in and I said, Excuse me, but it's my film. He'd probably say, Isn't it too scary for you to be in? Yeah. So he interviewed me and he said, Well, she has too much personality. So he said, I'm going to make a movie and it's going to be E.T. the Extra Trust Wheel. And he said, And Kathy Kennedy said, Wait a minute, don't you have to interview her? And he goes, That's one good reason. And so first he interviewed me to see if I could be in awe of something. In awe. Whatever it's called. Like, okay, so... In wonderment, in awe, right? Yeah. Like, oh, my God, the ceiling's crashing in on me. That's good. That's awe. And then he asked me to scream. Can you scream good? Okay. Can you do it? Just give me a scream. Okay. Just... Guys, ready? Okay, we're ready. If you do that with your teeth in, they'd be over there about 40 feet away. Because you did have to scream in the picture, didn't you? That's a good scream. Yeah. Have you always been able to do that? Yeah. But it was quite hard at the time. I had a sore throat. Had a sore throat and screamed anyway. But you know what? What? I said, Stephen, I'm going to try my best. So I practiced so much at home that I was able to do it. So the other day I screamed my throat off. When I got home, I was sweating. Yeah. I needed to take a shower badly. I was filthy. You know, floors are filthy these days. You can get filthy that way, yes. Yeah. My shoes were all scuffed up. Yeah. I'm glad they weren't these. Yeah. Somebody told me. Now, I don't know whether you know this. Somebody said you had... I was talking about your dentist. There's a young man on your swimming team that somebody said you were kind of fond of. Is it true? Who? Are you on a swimming team? Yeah. Oh, wait a minute. Yeah. You must be talking to... I don't think I am on a swimming team. Well, somebody said now. In your swimming class, a boy named Steven. Oh. That's oh again. Oh. Does that name ring a bell? Yeah. So you enjoyed making the movie. Are you gonna make some more motion pictures? Is that what you'd like to do? You come from a very famous acting family, of course. You know that, don't you? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Your grandfather would be the great John Barrymore, right? Yeah. Did you ever see any of his pictures at all? Yeah, one, but I didn't like one. Oh. I wasn't interested in that kind of... He was a great actor. I think you've inherited the Barrymore talent. There's only one movie that I didn't like. Oh, well, that's not bad. It was kind of a scary movie. Well, wasn't it making E.T. scary? Did you like E.T.? Yeah. He had a cute face. Cute face? Yeah, well, a lot of people wouldn't think it was cute, but you came to kind of love it, didn't you? Yeah. Can I say hi to Steven? Sure, you want to say hi to Steven? Yeah. Sure. Hi, Steven, I love you. Second best again. Story of my life with women, yeah. Are you going to do another motion picture? I'm hoping. You hope so, huh? I shouldn't tell you this, but I think there's going to be a sequel. You shouldn't? Are you telling someone? You weren't supposed to tell me? Well, I can tell you. I'll keep it just between us, then. That's fine with me. That's fine with you. There may be a sequel to E.T., huh? Yes. Yeah. Would you think if there is, you might be in it? There's a chance. All right, we have a little piece of film from E.T., about 45 seconds. We're going to, for you people who haven't seen the picture. Is this the breakfast? Breakfast. The what? Dinner scene. The dinner scene. Okay, watch the monitors. Here's a little scene from E.T. Some of you already know what it's all about. You can see it right over here. That's good. I enjoyed making that movie. You enjoyed making that movie? Well, I would guess so. Yeah. Yeah, everybody in the world is going to see it. I understand besides Steven Spielberg, you also, Dudley Moore is one of your favorite actors. Yeah. Yeah, have you met Dudley? No, but I'm hoping. But you're hoping. Do you know I have a little song for you? You have a little song for me? Mm-hmm. No, I didn't know that. Okay, can I sing it to you? Well, you sure can. Okay. It's about your face. About my face. Okay. You got the, you got the cutest little baby face. It is so cute. No one can take your place. Baby face, baby face, baby, baby face. That's all. Thank you. No woman has ever sung to me before with her teeth out. Do you know it's true? What's true? You do got the cutest little baby face. You think so, huh? You deserve that song. Well, that's very nice. And I like you too. Thank you. And I wish you much success and would you like to come back and be on the show again sometime? I'd love to. Well, you've got an invitation anytime you want to. Okay. I want to thank you for coming. Okay, now don't forget your teeth. Take your teeth. Okay. Thank you. That is some remarkable seven-year-old girl. Why? She's just as completely uninhibited and natural and sweet. It's nice. Why can't you be like that? You've got the cutest little baby. We'll be right back after this.