Transcript by W. Chan (wchan10@ccsf.cc.ca.us) - Originally appeared in Chakram Mailing List. Renee O'Connor on the December 23, 1997 "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" show. Transcription by Wing Chan (wchan10@hills.ccsf.cc.ca.us) Regis: Okay, she was just on our show but you know we kinda ran out of time... Kathie: Yeah. Regis: ...and so we've invited her back. The sassy sidekick Gabrielle on "Xena: Warrior Princess" and she's got some more moves to show us. Here's Renee O'Connor. Regis: Well Renee how are you? Nice to see you again. Kathie: Welcome back Renee! Regis: Hey Renee, look at you. Yeah. Regis: Incidentally, on the show, are you her assistant...? Her secretary... ? Kathie: Her friend..?. Renee: I'm her packhorse. Regis: You do it all. Renee: I do it all. I cook, I clean. Regis: And how did you two meet out there in the wilderness? Renee: Umm, ha ha, well as a matter of fact, she found me and I just decided to be a little vagrant and a tag-a-long behind her. And then, you know... Regis: You were just stumbling around out there in the jungle and Xena found you? Renee: Well I was being sold as a slave and luckily... Regis: For a hundred thousand camels again? Renee: Probably. Now if it's my mom I woulda been gone. Kathie: Renee: But Xena, you know, heroic so she saved me... Regis: She saved you and uh? Kathie: So you're grateful to her? Renee: Very, so I become her best friend, her confidante. And now so Xena... Xena's heroic, she's staunch and then Gabrielle, my character is very sentimental... You know I'm always crying and... Regis: But everytime I see you two fighting, you're always knocking the hell out of some guys, you know? Renee: Well yeah. That's the way it should be. Regis: Well... Kathie: That's why it's a big hit. Regis: Yeah. that's why it's a big hit and she's probably right. I mean once in awhile do you ever run upon a pack of wild women that you encounter? Just ONCE in awhile. Renee: We befriend them. You know they're the Amazon women. Kathie: They're just misunderstood is all. Renee: Yeah. you know, we're very complex. Regis: Mmm, you sure are. But you're good fighters, the two of you. Renee: We are, actually. Kathie: Were you real athletic before you started the series? Renee: Yeah. I used to umm, take gymnastics, dancing classes. But ever since the show started I started working more with self-defense, martial arts... Kathie: Uh huh... Renee: Because I developed an interest outside. Kathie: So you like kickboxing now. Renee: I love kickboxing. Regis: Yeah. Renee: I actually learned this move... Regis: Did you really? Well let me show you. Xena was just on the show last month and uhh... Renee: Yeah? Regis: We did some fooling around together there. Kathie: Well she was showing you how to film these fight scenes, right? Regis: How to film the fight scenes, yeah. Renee: Did she hit you? Kathie: Oh! Well... Regis: Oh, yes she did. As a matter of fact did I whack her too. I'm not afraid of her. Kathie: Equal time. Regis: Why don't we roll the tape right here. Kathie: Very well done. Regis: Not bad. Kathie: There's a future for you in this thing. Warrior priest. Regis: So now, what can you teach me? Renee: I can teach you a thing or two, actually. I umm... Regis: You keep going for the elbow, what... Renee: Come here... come here and I'll show you this elbow. I umm, being short... Kathie: Yes... Renee: I like to go for an elbow up to the chin here. Kathie: Right under the jaw. Renee: Oh yeah... Regis: Oh you think a guy's just gonna stand there and let you put your hand there... Renee: Oh hang on hang on. Someone comes at you from here- comes at you, just grab 'em and go whack! Kathie: Yeah see he's expecting a kiss. Renee: Yeah, exactly. A cuddle. Regis: Not around here I'm not. So that's it. Renee: So... Regis: The ELBOW in the face. Renee: Uh! that's it, you got it. Regis: And what about kickboxing? What is that all about? Renee: Kickboxing. Um, you can... Regis: The only kick I learned in the Bronx was "Hey hey hey, oh!" Kathie: And it still works. Regis: And it still works. And to this day I've found it to be the most effective kick. Regis: So tell me about you now. Renee: I liked, 'cause I'm short, I like to go for the head so I would come up and come straight for the chin. Regis: Oh, wow you can go that high, huh? Renee: Well, you know, ow! Sort of. Kathie: Hey you gotta warm up for those. Renee: Yeah yeah. Regis: So a kick to the face... Renee: Kick to to the face, you can come and knee to the... the abdomen. So if we do those two together... Regis: That's a nice way of putting it. Renee: And you can sell this now. If I come to your chin, just bop your head back and then when I come to your stomach, lean forward. Regis: Oh oh, we're gonna do a little film, uh, film fighting. Kathie: Yeah! Renee: Yeah. Okay, ready? Regis: All right, Now what are you gonna aim for first? Kathie: Now I'm gonna sit here and fan myself. Regis: I give it that... Renee: The idea is I'm, you know, I'm a good foot away from your chin. Kathie: Yeah. Regis: Where should the camera be? Kathie: That's the idea. Renee: Where are we? Regis: There's one... Renee: There you are. You're right here. Regis: We got cameras all over the place. S'all right? Fine. Renee: Okay, fine. That's the camera. Regis: That's the camera you want on? Renee: So when my foot comes to the chin, take it there. Regis: (In a thuggish voice) Hey Renee! Renee: Oh yeah? HYAH! Kathie: Oh good! Renee: And then... Kathie: That was pretty close. Regis: And then what? Renee: And then to... uh, ready? Regis: Didn't we just do this? Renee: Okay, lean over quickly? Ready? And... KYAH! Regis: But then I love the guys that she fights. Kathie: So they do a lot of the Three Stooges stuff now too. Olololololo! Renee: (catching her breath) Yay... Regis: Yes, the guys are leaping in the air before you know it. As you approach them they're falling down. Kathie: Well they know what to expect. How did the Three Stooges things get introduced? Because it's really funny now. First of all she does the warrior thing. Oh-yoyoyoyo! Renee: That's pretty good yeah. Kathie: Or something like that. That's leftover from Jukebox Jamboree. And then umm, and then you guys do a lot of the... umm, what do the Three Stooges do? They go... Renee: Lucy actually in this... Regis: All those facial mannerisms you mean? Renee: Yeah she umm, this last episode, she goes insane, so she's doing all this type of um, you know, Three Stooges things, but it's so unlike her character which was, you know, bizarre. Kathie: Oh it's temporary insanity. Renee: Yeah. Kathie: There's a lot of that going around. Yeah. Renee: But she usually does flips up the trees and all that is really very realistic, and so, you know... Regis: Well it's a terrific series and it's right up there in the ratings, I'll tell ya. Xena the Warrior Princess. Thank you very much Renee for being with us. Renee: Thank you. Kathie: Very nice to meet you, Renee. Regis: We'll be right back in a moment.