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- Thank you.

Thank you so much for being here,

Jeannie Epper...

Linda and Ken Howard.

7:
39. Coming up next...

The only reason I really hustled

this year and last year...

is because

I don't want people to think...

because I had donated my kidney

that I was no longer going to work...

because that's kind of

what the flavor was.

"Oh, Jeannie's given her kidney.

She's going to be sixty next year.

Maybe we won't give her

any more tough jobs".

She can come back over here...

but she'll put a hand up

and start the car moving.

Let's say she stands

with her hands on it...

you know, talking to her.

And then just attacks her, like that.

Yeah, but get your head inside,

too, you know?

Like that. Now go ahead.

Just ease back.

Slash speed. She'll go--go ahead.

Now stop, Jeannie, right here.

Go ahead, honey, now crank it.

I'm sort of here today as a safety.

Joanna Cassidy is so athletic

I will be surprised if I'll do anything.

She'll probably do most of it herself.

I'll just show her--

if she wants me to show her--

how to throw the punches or the slaps.

But you got to think

about where your feet are...

because she's--when she cuts--

I saw that. I saw that.

That's really tight.

Yeah. It's pretty tight.

You're going to have to back up.

Just straight back.

You think you'll be able

to swing around right there?

Action, Joanna.

Get out of the car!

Get off me!

Get off me!

You--I'll kill you if you ever

show your face in here again!

I hope you like herpes!

- All right.

- Cut!

That was funny.

Jeannie has hit the ground,

I'm sure, you know...

God knows how many times

and gotten her cuts and bruises.

So this is a make-up day...

for all of those days

that she bit it, you know?

It happens to me--

you just stand around in wardrobe...

and you kind of--

you don't get to do anything.

Years ago,

it used to make me nervous.

When I was young

and trying to prove myself...

and wanting to get out there

and show everybody what I could do.

It doesn't bother me anymore.

If I injured myself now...

it would take me

a long time to heal up...

and I'm just smarter about what I do.

I haven't had huge injuries

for the kinds of stunt work I've done.

I don't think I've ever

experienced the kind of pain...

that my daughter Eurlyne has.

She's going through a lot.

When did this all start?

Well, when I was doing a stunt, I got hurt.

Falling, doing--you know,

just a small little thing.

I do high falls all my life...

then I just did one little fall

and landed right on my neck.

- It's been a while now.

- Four years.

Do you get pain

down your arms as well?

Oh, still. Oh, yeah. I get pain.

This whole hand is so bad now--

especially my shoulder.

Into my arm and into my fingers.

Call Doctor Anad's office,

make arrangements with him...

and ask him what time

you're supposed to show up.

But otherwise, I'll see you on Friday.

- OK, great.

- Do you have any questions?

- No. I feel good.

- OK. Good.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it. Thanks.

I'm nervous about it, but I'm not--

I'm at the point

where the pain is so bad now...

that the surgery is--

Actually, I'm looking forward

to the surgery...

because I can't handle

the pain anymore.

But I am a little bit nervous.

It's really strange for me

to look at my daughter...

you know, being so injured so young.

Christopher.

It's time to get up, honey.

Come on. It's time to get up.

No, it's not. My alarm will go off.

She's trying to raise children...

and still not wanting

to walk away from her career...

because she's so young.

Come on.

You've got to get up, honey.

Let's go see Mommy.

Come on, slow poke.

We need to get to school, Chris.

Come on.

Bye. I love you.

They say that the fruit

doesn't fall very far from the tree.

Let me help you up, sweetie.

Come here, come here.

You've got to be

real careful with Mommy...

because she's got

a real sore neck, OK?

I am out of it.

Well, maybe you need

to just relax and--

No. She shouldn't go to sleep.

OK. Where is my shot?

- Bye. I love you.

- Bye. I love you, too.

- You get well, rest up.

- Thank you for coming by.

Bye.

I don't want to give up doing stunts.

I'm just going to have

to kind of be more choosy...

about what I do and stuff.

I won't be able to do

any high falls and all that.

He told me I should never do it again.

But, you know,

all doctors are going to say that.

When a stunt person goes down...

they get generally a goodwill card...

signed by the entire crew,

and ofttimes, flowers.

And they will sign you off the clock

before they load you in the ambulance...

and they'll be sure and retrieve

the costume back--if they can--

before they put you on the stretcher

to haul you off the set.

Our ability to raise money

to take care of our own...

is very important to us.

The World Stunt Awards

is the driving force behind that.

Ultimately,

we want the show to make money...

because when the show makes money...

it ends up putting money

into this fund.

Let me go through

the categories that we have.

Best Fight is good. Best Fire Stunt.

- Yeah.

- Yep.

Best High Work.

I'm just going to throw this one out.

It's sort of--I don't know

if we're basing this anywhere near...

around the Academy Awards.

But is there any way that women...

should be considered

against women for certain things...

and men considered against men

for certain things?

We're not actually allowed--

or don't get as many

opportunities as men do--

to do certain stunts.

That's an interesting question.

- I mean, it's just--

- Best Car Hit by a Chick.

- Yeah.

- I mean...

Women aren't written in

to do the bigger stunts...

when it comes to vehicles

and stuff like that.

I know. So what do we do?

Give an award

for the Best Twelve-Foot-High Fall?

No, no, no, no. I'm not saying that.

I think the problem is, you would have

a bunch of kind of weenie stunts...

maybe in categories

on the women's side...

because you didn't get the opportunities.

Scripts aren't written for it.

You can't lower the standard

of an award show so that--

"OK, well, she didn't really

get a chance...

"so this kind of mediocre stunt...

she should get an award,

because she's a girl".

No. But again, they have

Best Actor and Best Actress.

They don't put them

in the same category.

You know, you both have great points.

This is an awards show.

This isn't a show...

to try to change the politics

of Hollywood.

And that's--the most difficult part is...

the dichotomy of what feels good...

from a humanity,

philanthropic point of view...

and then dealing with this disgusting

beast that's called Hollywood.

Hey, Zoe, nice to meet you.

- I'll pull the car right around.

- Thanks.

- One second.

- Cool.

I'm blushing. I've got a limo.

That is so cool.

I can't sit still.

Thanks very much.

God, my life rocks at the moment.

This is so cool.

In a time of ancient Gods...

warlords, and kings--

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