Talk turned to child rearing. Sarandon says she might only have three children, but it seems like much more since they all have huge personalities. Her daughter (Eva Amurri, was in the movie Saved) is in Italy studying at the time (through Brown University) and Sarandon was getting ready to go visit her. Susan wondered how many mothers can say they can coach their daughters how to speak in tongues during a sex scene...I think that depends on how many children have famous mothers who have done that themselves? It's just a guess on my part.

She also spoke about trying to keep her kids well-grounded despite the fact that they have everything they need due to her success. "As long as they're grateful, then it's okay if they're spoiled a little bit." I agree with that to a certain extent. But, the fact that Sarandon was applauded for saying she was making her son get his own breakfast before school. Huh? If the child is over the age of 8, that should be a no-brainer. I guess I don't understand celebrity very well.

Only you could make Susan Sarandon seem interesting. I'm not much of a fan these days. I lost interest right around the time she and Tim decided to make a political speech during the Oscars. Sigh.

Next guest: Tom Everett Scott, who was then starring in a revival of the classic play Dead End. He said he was nervous about doing your show because he's shy. "It's so much easier to say someone else's lines." He also talked about playing drums in That Thing You Do. You mentioned that he seemed to have a lot of fun playing the role of a drummer. He practiced quite a bit to be convincing as a musician and then mentioned that he knew you'd been a drummer. You said you were a bad drummer, Craig. Shhh, don't do that to yourself. Never.

On An American Werewolf in Paris: that role meant that he had to practice being a werewolf for two months before playing one in a movie.

Tom was also cast for a role on Stacked with Pam Anderson, but got fired. Apparently he wasn't nerdy enough. He'd only been fired once before. He was working at F.A.O. Schwartz and got canned after one day.

Scott says he pretty much always wanted to be an actor, except when he wanted to be a fireman or an astronaut. His parents told him to drink Tang to prepare for a career in space exploration.

He then talked about his play, Dead End. Of course, it's no longer in production, but that's okay. We don't mind, do we, Craiggles? He'll be in plenty of other movies, plays, and TV shows, we have time.

Musical guest: INXS with their new lead singer, you know, the one chosen on that reality show, Rock Star: INXS. Since I only watched 30 seconds of it one night between moments of blissful slumber, I can't really say whether or not this guy was the best of the bunch. That just wasn't my sort of show. Too many other good things on. Or, rather, too many other things I'd much prefer watching. J.D. Fortune...hmm, at least he has a rock star sort of name.