SEAGAL to host FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT on CH4 (UK)

[lisalovesste]

i watched the friday nite project it was great steven had great sense of humour an joined in with the cast in there piss taken antics, even wen alan carr grabbed his balls he just laugthed...... i was shocked to know that steven carries a gun in USA an also works under the sherifs department .... wow steven working for the law...... wat next will he become hes just into everythink xxx

[EFC1878]

Originally Posted by GlimmerMan

Greets fellow Liverpool (Everton) person.

I'm a blue too.

G-Man

[take-sensei]

Originally Posted by lisalovesste

also works under the sherifs department .... wow steven working for the law...... wat next will he become hes just into everythink xxx

Yes I was shooked too!
I'm still doubting if it was a joke or if he was serious

[lee nicholson]

No, it's true (apparently)
There's been sightings of him getting out of police cars in trouble areas. Some fan posted it on the net last year, that during some crime scene/criminal investigation, they were knocked for six, when SEAGAL jumped out of a patrol car (shotgun in hand) and started conferring with the sherrif(s) of that state.

[Serena]

Originally Posted by lisalovesste

i watched the friday nite project it was great steven had great sense of humour an joined in with the cast in there piss taken antics, even wen alan carr grabbed his balls he just laugthed...... i was shocked to know that steven carries a gun in USA an also works under the sherifs department .... wow steven working for the law...... wat next will he become hes just into everythink xxx

Originally Posted by take-sensei

Yes I was shooked too!
I'm still doubting if it was a joke or if he was serious

Some of the older members will remember this, but some of our newer members may not have known. Here's a brief rundown on Steven's participation with the Sheriff's team in the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, in September of 2005, after Hurricane Katrina. Steven was interviewed by Rita Cosby on MSNBC's Live and Direct show on September 12, 2005. That video no longer seems to be available on their website, but the transcript of the TV interview--live and on the streets--is still there.

First, here are excerpts from an article from Suzi back on September 18, 2005.

Originally Posted by suziwong

RE: New Haven Register

Local cops return from New Orleans experience

EAST HAVEN — Six East Haven police officers who just got back from a week helping out in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., never felt more needed — or appreciated — than when they arrived to help overtaxed officers of those two struggling cities, if only for a few days.

"They requested the help. We were just lucky enough to be able to go," said Officer Bryan Kelly, referring to a request for additional police officers that went out on the National Crime Information System early on.
He responded by going down with his fellow East Haven canine officer, Joe Peterson, detectives Troy Raccuia and Tom Russell, Sgt. John Alves and Officer Robert Ranfone.

The six officers all are members of East Haven’s Emergency Services Unit, equivalent to the department’s SWAT team..............

........While there, the East Haven cops met police officers from all across the country — New Mexico, Chicago, Michigan and California along with agents from the federal Department of Homeland Security and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

They also ran into the unexpected in the person of action movie actor Steven Seagal — who actually is a sheriff’s deputy for one of the Louisiana parishes and was there with the New Orleans SWAT team members at the same time as the East Haven officers, they said.

"He was just there basically doing the same thing that we were," said Peterson.

Seagal, like the other officers who came from other places, including those from East Haven, also was armed, said Kelly.
........
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suzi

And here's part of the transcript from MSNBC pertaining to Steven. The entire transcript may be found at the link below.

COSBY: Well, we certainly hope so. James Lee Witt, good to have you with us again, my friend.

And now joining us, we‘ve got the mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi.

We‘ve got Brent Warr, who also spent some time with the president today. And joining me here, we have got two very special guests. We‘ve got Sheriff Harry Lee of Jefferson Parish. And also with him, a surprise guest who just joined us a few minutes ago, actor Steven Seagal.

Let me start with you, Sheriff, first of all. How are you doing? First of all, because you and I saw each other a couple days ago. Bad news today. I was hearing on the radio on the drive in. They were saying that no home in your area is going to be livable. Is it that bad?

SHERIFF HARRY LEE, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA: Where?

COSBY: Yes, in a lot of your communities, that a lot of the homes are just so badly destroyed.

LEE: I think some of them (INAUDIBLE) But we‘ve been very fortunate. That storm went 20 miles to the east, and we were spared. Steven and I drove around the lower part of the 9th ward, where the storm really hit, and it could be several months or maybe a year before that area is rebuilt. I mean, they‘re going to have to go in there with the bulldozers and...

COSBY: Yes, that 9th ward is really bad shape. Steven Seagal, let me bring you in, if I could, a little bit. You know, talk about the 9th ward, which the sheriff talked about. What was your reaction? You‘re not from here, but you‘re from Tennessee, right? You‘re from Memphis.

STEVEN SEAGAL, ACTOR: I‘m in Memphis, but I am sort of from Louisiana, in the sense that I‘m here from childhood a lot. I‘ve been with Harry for 15 years.

COSBY: Yes, how do you two know each other? A great friendship here.

LEE: We got to be friends—he actually was trains my SWAT team, pistol and hand-to-hand combat. And I gave him a commission 15 years ago. He was filming in Romania. And we get calls all the time, but he wanted to come down, so he finally made it today. So he‘s getting ready to ride with the New Orleans SWAT team for a little while, and then he‘s going to come back and just answer calls with us tonight.

COSBY: Oh, that‘s great. So you got the real deal out here on the scene, which is great.

LEE: Yes. I mean, he‘s probably the best shot in the area, so...

COSBY: Yes, I‘m sure he is. You probably are, right?

SEAGAL: Well, it‘s not for me to say.

COSBY: No, well, I think the sheriff is saying it for you. What‘s your reaction when you come out here and you see the devastation? You know, when I came, I was stunned, especially when I saw it from the air.

SEAGAL: I mean, I talked to my boys every day from Europe, and they tried to tell me how bad it was. When I got here, it was worse than I could imagine. I‘ve been in war zones before and terrible situations, and this is, you know, just more terrible than anything I could have imagined.

COSBY: What do you think you can help to bring to these guys here on the force, not just the sheriff but the folks you‘re going to ride along tonight with the New Orleans police?

SEAGAL: I mean, anybody—I‘m just trying to raise the morale. And anybody who‘s suffering or needing help, the sheriff and I are there to try to help people.

COSBY: You know, you...

SEAGAL: That‘s why we‘re here.

COSBY: You do a lot of big action films. A lot of us are big, big fans of what you do. But I will tell you, you know, when you come here, this is the real deal. It must just be stunning for to you see.

SEAGAL: I mean, I‘ve been in the real deal before, but this is like nothing anybody‘s seen. This is crazy. I mean crazy.

COSBY: What are you telling the folks on the patrol? Because this is tough stuff. You know, I was out with the U.S. Marshals earlier today...

(CROSSTALK)

LEE: ... came to lift the morale of the people in New Orleans, and they were so happy to see him, just that he would take the time from his busy schedule just to come be here.

COSBY: Yes, I bet. I bet. How do you feel, also, being able to help these guys? Because these guys are in dire straits.

SEAGAL: A lot of these people are my old friends. When we came up on Eddie Compass, he said, Steven Seagal is here, y‘all, to fuss at you.

(LAUGHTER)

SEAGAL: You know? So everybody‘s happy to see me, and I‘m happy to see them. And I‘m just hoping that we can do the best we can to help some people who are suffering. That‘s all.

COSBY: I‘m sure you can. And hold on, if you could.....

LEE: ........We‘re very fortunate that we did not have the physical damage they did in New Orleans. Jefferson Parish will be the jump-start place when New Orleans is rebuilt. All of the building materials, all of the personnel, all of apartments in here, everything will be ready. We‘ll be booming in just a matter of weeks.

COSBY: That‘s great. And Steven Seagal, what are you telling the folks, too, in terms of the folks who have lost so much?

SEAGAL: Well, just that they‘re alive and that‘s the most important thing, and they‘re going to get a lot of help from everybody in America and everybody all around the world to help them start a new life.

COSBY: Great. Thank you for being here. And I‘m sure it‘s going to lift a lot of the folks‘ spirits. Thanks so much.

SEAGAL: Thank you.
...........

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9326665/

[GlimmerMan]

The guy's a bloody legend...

Thing is as well - he doesn't make a big deal out of it - he just goes and does his bit. I respect him for that.

G-Man

[undefeated]

Is there a place on the web where I can see the whole show? I really wanna see it.

[take-sensei]

Interesting Serena and Suzi, thank you very much for sharing with us! I knew that Steven was offering money to New Orleans (I thought 1 milion dollar or something like that). I have also seen a videoclip of Mardi Gras when Steven was interviewed, it was live from Mardi Cras.

But I've have never seen the video clip where you're are talking about or this transcript you! So thank you very much for sharing!

take care

greets take-sensei

[ninj]

Hi everyone

I caught it by mistake! I had no idea it was on, but so glad I watched it.

The big man was great. He entered into the comedy of the evening with aplomb. He really sent himself up and didn't take himself too seriously.

Top marks to Steven. It could have been real 'car crash TV' especially as he probablt had no idea of what the programme was all about.

Well done sir!!

Great photos by the way, thanks for those.

Take care.

Best wishes

Ninj

[Nico-Toscani]

I watched it. It was awesome.. especially when he put on the 'money jacket' and stuntguys from the crowd tried to take it off him... quick throw! Arm break! Yeah!!

All in all, he didn't get slaughtered at all. He showed himself to have a great sense of humour. I'd never seen The Friday Night Project before, and probably won't again. But that was damn good viewing - and Under Siege was on afterwards!!

[cookie]

Originally Posted by Nico-Toscani

especially when he put on the 'money jacket' and stuntguys from the crowd tried to take it off him...

Not stunt guys, just to guys who do Aikido where my Husband trains.

[Nassau Mike]

Seagal has been training cops and strike forces for years in the use of firearms. He is also quite adept at firearms and has many in his collection, similar to his collection of guitars and swords.

[GlimmerMan]

Mike - good to see you buddy. I've recently re-joined the party.

[Kcs]

Another great clip from the show, very funny:


http://www.youtube.com/v/Rj4TxsEy5Ws

[Kookie1980]

I watched this and thought it was brilliant!

He was up for a laugh and i respect him for that. Considering hes usually quite.....moody!

Good on you Stevie baby!

xxx