1 00:00:00,431 --> 00:00:07,807 (music) 2 00:00:07,807 --> 00:00:11,290 What prompted you to come see me? 3 00:00:11,290 --> 00:00:13,513 INTERVIEWERS: Great question. We would ask you that! 4 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:14,283 INTERVIEWERS: Yeah. 5 00:00:14,283 --> 00:00:16,231 How so? What do you mean? 6 00:00:16,231 --> 00:00:17,662 (laughter) 7 00:00:17,662 --> 00:00:21,298 I didn't invite you. What would I want you in my house for? 8 00:00:21,298 --> 00:00:24,129 INTERVIEWERS: We were going to ask you, 'Why are we here?' 9 00:00:24,129 --> 00:00:26,265 I have no idea. Get out! 10 00:00:28,555 --> 00:00:36,126 I came to Hollywood in '61. We found an apartment on an estate in the 11 00:00:36,126 --> 00:00:46,502 Hollywood Hills, and rented it. The second night we're there, we hear a rustling outside. 12 00:00:46,502 --> 00:00:55,458 So she went, peeked through the blinds of the window, and there was a large avocado 13 00:00:55,458 --> 00:01:00,570 tree growing right up next to the apartment, and she beckoned me over. 14 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:09,999 I looked down, and there were two raccoons, sitting on their back, chewing on avocados. 15 00:01:09,999 --> 00:01:13,688 And I said, 'This is for me.' 16 00:01:13,688 --> 00:01:15,926 (laughter) 17 00:01:15,926 --> 00:01:19,118 I've been chewing on avocados ever since I got here. 18 00:01:19,118 --> 00:01:27,329 INTERVIEWERS: Are you still involved with showbiz now? Are you doing anything behind the scenes, or-? 19 00:01:27,329 --> 00:01:28,649 -Would you like a kiss? 20 00:01:28,649 --> 00:01:33,401 (laughter) 21 00:01:33,401 --> 00:01:40,893 Yeah, I'm still involved in show business. I tour with a one-man show. 22 00:01:43,583 --> 00:01:52,938 I do movies if you're making them, and I'm quite viable... 23 00:01:52,938 --> 00:01:55,209 in every sense of the word. 24 00:01:55,209 --> 00:01:56,436 (laughter) 25 00:01:56,436 --> 00:02:07,167 I have four children, and the youngest, who's now 27, was deemed autistic 26 00:02:07,167 --> 00:02:15,420 at 7 or 8, which is late. He's a high-functioning autistic. 27 00:02:15,420 --> 00:02:24,266 My lady at the time often said that she doesn't think he's got autism, 28 00:02:24,266 --> 00:02:28,094 she thinks he has Asnerism. 29 00:02:28,094 --> 00:02:30,725 (laughter) 30 00:02:30,725 --> 00:02:35,004 There was a time when he was riding with me as a kid, 31 00:02:35,004 --> 00:02:42,033 and I already had some fame, and a cop pulled me over. 32 00:02:42,033 --> 00:02:45,469 I did a wrong turn or something, and a cop pulled me over. 33 00:02:45,469 --> 00:02:55,230 And as the cop came up to the window to write the ticket, Charlie leaned over towards 34 00:02:55,230 --> 00:02:59,504 the window and he said, 'Do you know who you're talking to?' 35 00:02:59,504 --> 00:03:01,843 I went SHHHHHH 36 00:03:01,843 --> 00:03:08,934 And that's one of the main efforts we have. To get law enforcement to 37 00:03:08,934 --> 00:03:17,445 understand there are these types of people, that they cannot exercise ordinary 38 00:03:17,445 --> 00:03:28,359 tough cop bullshit. They've got to assess the situation and respond accordingly. 39 00:03:30,039 --> 00:03:34,634 I've often said that the world would be a happier place if it was run by autistics. 40 00:03:34,634 --> 00:03:39,602 And it may well be. 41 00:03:39,602 --> 00:03:44,175 INTERVIEWERS: So you've had an incredible career, anything that you've done in- 42 00:03:44,175 --> 00:03:50,693 Only the beginning of it. I'm not heralded in every hallway in the world. 43 00:03:50,693 --> 00:03:54,422 I still have to be discovered by a lot of people. 44 00:03:54,422 --> 00:03:56,863 INTERVIEWERS: Have you ever done standup? 45 00:03:56,863 --> 00:04:02,146 No. I can't even do good sit down. 46 00:04:02,146 --> 00:04:03,928 (laughter) 47 00:04:03,928 --> 00:04:11,038 I'm with ABILITY Magazine (burps), lots of sexy picture of 48 00:04:11,038 --> 00:04:14,521 Mary without anything like me around her. 49 00:04:14,521 --> 00:04:16,276 (laughter) 50 00:04:16,276 --> 00:04:17,269 Okay, enough? 51 00:04:17,269 --> 00:04:18,303 INTERVIEWERS: That's it. 52 00:04:18,303 --> 00:04:23,246 How long you gonna fuss around?