bette davis will be out in just a moment, [ music ] [ applause ] >> okay. now, my next guest is a very talented actor and comedian. on both "second city tv," nbc's "saturday night live," his movies include "the three amigos," and "inner space." this is his first time on the tonight show with us. would you welcome martin short? [ music ] [ applause ] welcome, welcome, to our humble little set, here. >> why thank you. and what a pleasure to meet you. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> you are wonderful. that was great. i am so excited to be here, and i brought you a little gift. i brought you a bottle of champagne. [ laughter ] but if you could do bette and i a favor, and maybe drink it on the way home. [ laughter ] >> you won't want to go with me, either. >> no, no. i'll run along. >> the people who just joined us are not going to know what we're talking about. refer back to the early part of the show, and figure it out, because it may be bleeped. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> well, i'm a tremendous fan of this young lady, and of course, ed, i worked wi

bette davis eyes ? 'night, mind. what was that?! that's the ancient orkan honeymoon ritual. the honeymoon ritual is a little different on earth. what's different, mind? no mask? hardly. i told him he was crazy. that's one for dad. read this. now? please. cute pictures. just read, mork. mm-hmm. yep. whoa! ha ha! okay, all done. is there anything you don't understand? no... clear as a bell, mind. i'm just going to step in the bathroom for just a minute. mork! mork, are you all right? did that book upset you? no! not at all! really, mind! i'm just going to sleep on the bathroom floor tonight, maybe forever. mork, you're my husband. i'm not going to let you sleep in the bathroom. i'm going to come in there and get you. n the door! come on, mork. come out of there. mork! mork? all right. i'm coming in there. mork! mork, come back here! don't run away! mork! oh! we should have gone to niagara falls! mork? mork, where are you? i know you're here someplace. mork, this is our honeymoon. is this really the way you want to start out our marriage? mork: [ chinese accent ] mork not here

bette davis, marilyn monroe, joan crawford. >> a star-struck teen bit by the bug. >> before there were paparazzi, there was jack kuster. >> this autograph hound takes names like no other... >> elvis and, oh my gosh, robert redford. >> you name it, all of them. >> it's probably the best collection in the world. >> ...and leaves his stunned heir a lot to sort out. >> what, in your wildest dreams, is this collection worth? [ theme music plays ] ♪

this summer in wales and it's the remake of a movie called "watcher in the woods" that starred bette davis in 1981. this time anjelica huston playing the lead and i got to be at the helm. so is it was really exciting and really fantastic. and that will be out sometime next year. >> come and see us when it is. >> i will. >> and dean, you'll be back every week because you have a movie every week. >> i will. and a christmas one every week. >> hallmark. >> yes. and "broadcasting christmas" premieres november 23rd on the hallmark channel. >> now how one nurse is helping new parents through one of the most difficult times of their lives, after this. >>> it's amazing out there means to me the wonder and the wow of weather. >> everything is amazing. it could be the smallest ice cloud. >> what does "it's amazing out there" mean to me? it means looking up and being inspired. even if it's straight up blue skies. i mean, how beautiful is that? that little burst of red that happens when the sun comes right over the ocean when it comes up in the morning. >> watching lightning streaking across the sky fr

gordon has worked with an array of stars from bette davis and salvadore dali, emeril lagasse and wolfgang puck. gordon's new memoir is entitled "they call me supermensch" a backstage pass to the amazing 'n' roll. i spoke with him recently here in manhattan. your career really started with a punch in the face. >> it did. i'm a lucky guy. >> it was 1968 at this l.a. hotel, and shep gordon thought he was helping a young woman in distress. >> she was actually making love. she punched me. i separate the two people. she punched me. it was janice joplin and it was the luckiest day of my life. >> janice joplin would introduce him to j introduce him to alice cooper, and shep gordon's life would never be the same. ? school's out forever ? >> alice cooper was nobody at that time. >> right. so was i. alice told me he was a singer. i told him i was a manager. >> yeah, we went a little crazy. >> it was gordon's idea for the band to get busted, for indecent exposure. >> so we made up clear plastic suits. they went onstage. i called the police, 911. >> you called the police? >> i called the police from a

gordon has worked with an array of stars from bette davis and "they call mee pathe amazing 'n' roll. i spoke with him recently here in manhattan. your career really started with >> it d.guy.t was 1968 at this . i separate the two people. she punched me. it was janice joplin and m jople him to ner be ? school's out forever ? >> alice cooper was nobody at that time. >> right. so was i. alice told me he was a singer. i told him i was a manager. >> yeah, we went a little crazy. >> it was gordon's idea for the band to get busted, for indecent exposure. >> so we made up clear plastic suits. they went onstage. i called the police, 911. >> you called the police? >> i called the police from a phone booth. >> said what? >> i said this club called the experience on sunset, these transvestites who are on stage, they're completely naked. >> how quickly did the polic come? >> i would say three or four minutes. in that ten minutes on stage, the heat of their bodies fogged up the plastic. >> so you couldn't see anything. >> you couldn't see anything. the police walked in and they left. we all sat do

bette davis, marilyn monroe, joan crawford. >> a star-struck teen bit by the bug. >> before there wereund takes names like no other... >> elvis and, oh my gosh, robert redford. >> you name it, all of them. >> it's probably the best collection in the world. >> ...and leaves his stunned heir a lot to sort out. >> what, in your wildest dreams, is this collection worth? [ theme music plays ] ♪

bette davis will be out in just a moment,