WEBVTT 00:04.980 --> 00:06.630 - Remember which episode that is. 00:07.470 --> 00:08.303 Okay. 00:08.303 --> 00:09.250 Is this going to be loud enough? 00:09.250 --> 00:10.660 Should I maybe out this higher? 00:10.660 --> 00:12.100 - [Sound Person] Nope, we're good. 00:13.677 --> 00:15.523 - I think I put it here it'd be better. 00:18.370 --> 00:21.649 ♪ Have a holly, jolly Christmas ♪ 00:21.649 --> 00:24.960 ♪ It's the best time of the year ♪ 00:24.960 --> 00:28.360 - [Interviewer] Rob Schneider, can you explain briefly 00:28.360 --> 00:29.653 your reason for visiting Korea? 00:29.653 --> 00:34.653 - Well, you know, it's a great service that our men 00:35.760 --> 00:37.410 and women do in our armed forces. 00:37.410 --> 00:40.259 And I'm very happy that the Armed Forces Entertainment 00:40.259 --> 00:43.920 asked me to come out and entertain the troops, say hi, 00:43.920 --> 00:47.640 give 'em a hug and hopefully give them a few laughs. 00:47.640 --> 00:48.700 They better. 00:48.700 --> 00:50.020 And I feel real fortunate. 00:50.020 --> 00:51.796 My brother was stationed out here, Stanley, 00:51.796 --> 00:55.340 Stanley Schneider, back in the '70s. 00:55.340 --> 00:56.630 And I used to get letters from him 00:56.630 --> 00:57.940 and I would say, "Where is that place, Korea?". 00:57.940 --> 01:01.180 So, yeah, I was here once before for a USO show 01:01.180 --> 01:02.230 and had a great time. 01:03.389 --> 01:07.230 And I'm lookin' forward to comin' back 01:07.230 --> 01:08.670 and I'm here! 01:08.670 --> 01:09.950 I'm lookin' forward to tellin' some jokes 01:09.950 --> 01:14.683 and, you know, seein' what kind of begogi they have now. 01:15.750 --> 01:16.583 - [Interviewer] What's it like giving back 01:16.583 --> 01:17.856 to the military here in Korea? 01:17.856 --> 01:18.884 - Well, it's great. 01:18.884 --> 01:23.884 It's amazing to me, the service men and women who are 01:24.880 --> 01:28.390 from small towns, like some places in upstate New York 01:28.390 --> 01:31.081 or Utah or in Texas or Oklahoma. 01:31.081 --> 01:36.081 And it's a long way from home. 01:36.470 --> 01:40.470 So it's nice that they remember some of the old movies 01:40.470 --> 01:43.880 that I did with Adam Sandler and some of my movies 01:43.880 --> 01:46.500 and it reminds them of their childhood 01:46.500 --> 01:48.449 or hopefully it reminds them of somethin'. 01:48.449 --> 01:51.967 And it's just good to give a feel of that, 01:51.967 --> 01:55.350 bringing some of that back home feel here 01:55.350 --> 01:58.040 and let them know that we're grateful for their service 01:58.040 --> 02:03.023 and happy to be here and hopefully make 'em laugh hard. 02:04.710 --> 02:06.630 - [Interviewer] Have you been to Korea before? 02:06.630 --> 02:09.410 - Yeah, I was here, I did a USO show a while back 02:09.410 --> 02:11.410 and I just remember being in Seoul 02:11.410 --> 02:12.790 and I called Quenton Tarantino 02:12.790 --> 02:15.050 and said, "Dude, they got your movie here!" 02:15.050 --> 02:16.317 and he said, "What, it's not out yet." 02:16.317 --> 02:18.007 "Well, it's out here. 02:18.007 --> 02:18.997 "We got a DVD of it. 02:18.997 --> 02:22.120 "I just saw it in the back of a van, downtown Seoul." 02:22.120 --> 02:23.180 He said, "What?" 02:24.060 --> 02:27.320 Yeah, so you get your movies before they come out. 02:27.320 --> 02:29.160 You guys get your movies here 02:29.160 --> 02:31.490 before they're shot maybe even. 02:31.490 --> 02:34.510 But anyway, yeah, so I had a great time. 02:34.510 --> 02:37.870 It's beautiful city, beautiful country, South Korea. 02:37.870 --> 02:39.996 They're building a lot around here. 02:39.996 --> 02:43.670 They're turning this into a pretty big city I think, 02:43.670 --> 02:45.890 Camp Humphreys, so I was interesting to see 02:45.890 --> 02:47.360 what it's gonna turn into. 02:47.360 --> 02:48.710 It's pretty huge right now. 02:49.811 --> 02:51.770 - [Interviewer] Do you have any other family 02:51.770 --> 02:52.603 that served in the military? 02:52.603 --> 02:54.560 I read on Wikipedia, I don't know how actual that is, 02:54.560 --> 02:55.920 that you had a grandfather that served on the military? 02:55.920 --> 03:00.920 - My uncle, Fred Schneider, made movies during World War II, 03:02.930 --> 03:04.780 which is the best gig you could get. 03:04.780 --> 03:07.171 He said he was up in Alaska freezing his nuts off 03:07.171 --> 03:10.747 and then he said, "You know, the Japanese, 03:10.747 --> 03:11.891 "they didn't have any reinforcements 03:11.891 --> 03:15.038 "so they were in bad shape up there, just freezing cold. 03:15.038 --> 03:20.038 "Then I got to go see the CO and he said, 03:21.101 --> 03:24.147 "you're shippin' out and I said, where am I going, 03:24.147 --> 03:25.807 "it can't be any worse than this. 03:25.807 --> 03:27.617 "And he said, you're going to Hollywood. 03:27.617 --> 03:28.450 "Why? 03:28.450 --> 03:29.283 "Somebody got a picture of you 03:29.283 --> 03:30.307 "and they said you were kinda handsome 03:30.307 --> 03:32.017 "so they're shippin' you to Hollywood. 03:32.017 --> 03:35.315 "So I spent a year makin' movies, doin' stuff." 03:35.315 --> 03:36.807 I said, "What kind of movies?" 03:36.807 --> 03:38.137 "Yeah but they had the greatest director. 03:38.137 --> 03:41.167 "We had John Ford, we had Frank Capra 03:41.167 --> 03:43.527 "and the greatest directors 03:43.527 --> 03:46.517 "and I was doin' stuff like to prevent foot rot 03:46.517 --> 03:49.677 "for soldiers so they don't get trench rot 03:49.677 --> 03:50.806 "or whatever in the shoes, 03:50.806 --> 03:52.320 "just stuff like that. 03:52.320 --> 03:54.330 "And they said, why didn't you stick around after 03:54.330 --> 03:56.007 "and stay in movies?" 03:56.007 --> 03:58.107 and he said, "Ah, because I didn't know anybody. 03:58.107 --> 03:59.464 "I just did those movies and I went home." 03:59.464 --> 04:02.430 So I said, "You could introduce me to Frank Capra." 04:02.430 --> 04:04.446 But that was in the '40s. 04:04.446 --> 04:05.970 Yeah, he was a sergeant major. 04:05.970 --> 04:07.597 And I said, "You were an officer." 04:07.597 --> 04:09.360 "I'm not an officer, I work for a living." 04:09.360 --> 04:10.602 So I remember him yelling at me about that. 04:10.602 --> 04:13.430 But he was a good old guy. 04:13.430 --> 04:15.550 So that was my introduction to show business 04:15.550 --> 04:17.420 was through my uncle. 04:17.420 --> 04:18.841 - [Interviewer] Is there anything else you'd like to add? 04:18.841 --> 04:23.530 - Yeah, I just wanna say to all the armed forces out there, 04:23.530 --> 04:26.600 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, out here in Korea. 04:26.600 --> 04:28.530 I have one thing to say to all of you. 04:28.530 --> 04:30.300 You can do it! 04:30.300 --> 04:32.853 All night long!