The Wayne Brady Show
May 19, 2003
Transcript by Angie
Wayne: At the age of 15 our next guest became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in ladies figure skating. Now you can catch her on '7th Heaven', she's an actress! Let's take a look.
[clip from 7th Heaven is shown]
Wayne: Please welcome Tara Lipinski.
Wayne: Okay, figure skating, and now on 7th Heaven and you're a bad girl.
Tara: I know, can you imagine?
Wayne: You were in a towel.
Tara: I know and it was really a small towel. That day when I got on the set I was like 'where's the rest of it?'
Wayne: Just a towel... so how long have you been doing that?
Tara: I actually started acting about five years ago. After the Olympics I went on a tour where it was really theatrical and it was like theater on ice. It was amazing. I love that aspect of it, the entertainment, and I did a little acting and did a lot of episodics and played myself and then, I got on the set of 'The Young and the Restless' and I was like 'Oh my gosh, I love it' and ever since then I started coaching and really taking it seriously. You know, going to school, acting school and such and I got these great roles in 7th Heaven.
Wayne: So are you a regular on 7th Heaven now? Is it gonna be a reocurring thing or are we gonna see you flirting with the little guy there?
Tara: Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I think it would be so much fun.
Wayne: (imitating Tara on the 7th Heaven clip) Hey, he's just taking pity on me. Go ahead Marilyn Monroe.
Tara: (laughs) (looks innociently) I didn't do anything wrong.
Wayne: Now, I just did Celebrity Jeopardy, and you've got a game show experience as well? I didn't know that you have done a gameshow. I am a gameshow freak. I love those shows.
Tara: I am too. I used to love 'Wheel of Fortune'. When I was training, every night, gotta be home, Wheel of Fortune.
Wayne: Focused.... and then not so focused.
Tara: Yea fo.. yea, but what can do you. But yea, I went on the show, and I was there with Alex Trabek...
Wayne: You loose.
Tara: I dont know! Going in there, it was Alex Trebek and Richard Simmons.
(audience laughs)
Tara: (shrugs)
Wayne: (laughs and imitates Richard Simmons) I'll take a vowel Alex!!!!
(audience laughs)
Tara: (laughs) So wait, wait, wait. I was so nervous because it was Alex and I'm like 'I'm never gonna win. I'm gonna look like such a dork.' And then the worst part was, because I'm a little small, the wheel... I couldn't spin the wheel.
(audience laughs)
Tara: Okay? And all the producers were like 'oh my god, what do we do with her?' And I would go and it would be like 'tick, tick' like, you know, it's supposed to go like around fast fast?
Wayne: Oh, yea.
Tara: but I won! $30,000 for my charity!
(audience cheers)
Wayne: How'd you beat Alex Trabec? Not that you couldn't do it but Alex is super (points to his head).
Tara: (shrugs) I don't know. It was like my competitive spirit came out and I like did every puzzle and I'm like 'yes!' (laughs)
Wayne: That must have been one of the most frightening things to get on that show because at home you play along, and you guys do this too, and it would be so obvious to you. It would be like the name of an oprah (says the name), and the guy goes um... 'the boober of sevla' and your like 'noooo!'
Tara: And you can say it right away! (laughs)
Wayne: Ahh, scary!
Tara: Yea, I know. But I heard you did well.
Wayne: Oh yes, I won.
Tara: I know, very good. (claps)
(audience claps)
Wayne: I won. I won because I, like you, am very competitive but I've never been on the ice. I do all my skating in my head.
Tara: (laughs)
Wayne: The way you skate like a chocolate butterfly free from it's christinis.
Tara: Awww. (laughs) Wow.
Wayne: So Olympic skater, actress, what's next over achiever?
Tara: Um.. (laughs) I don't know. Just I guessenjoy life and I'm doing that now. I love skating it's a great pastime of mine but the acting thing, I just caught the bug and I'm enjoying every moment of it so... (shrugs)
Wayne: You should.
Tara: We'll see. Yea, yea.
Wayne: Well, I wish you the best.
Tara: Thank you
Wayne: And I look foward to seeing you on a set sometime.
Tara: Yea
Wayne: And I'm gonna check out 7th Heaven to see if you're just running around (in a girly voice) 'oooh, wasn't me!' You know.
(audience laughs)
Tara: Well see, I'm a bad girl but I still have a heart of gold.
Wayne: A bad girl with a heart of gold?
Tara: Yea.
Wayne: Aww, that's tender.
Tara: There's two sides. (laughs)
Wayne: It's tender and deep. It's a very special Wayne Brady Show.
Tara: (laughs)
Wayne: You can catch Tara tonight on 7th Heaven at 8 on the WB, and she'll be in a towel! Tara Lipinski, all-american girl. We'll be right back.
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