The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy (2023) s03e08 Episode Script

1
[whimsical music plays]
I'm the living example
of "better late than never."
Until a few years ago,
my life was steady, predictable,
reassuringly repetitive.
But my recent adventures
have changed all that.
So what's next for me?
Now that I'm considered
something of a traveller,
I've challenged myself
to complete my own bucket list
before actually kicking the bucket.
I did a lot of research,
kept an open mind…
- Who's going hiking in the Amazon?
- [animals chittering]
…and came up with a list of my own.
Take a look at this.
[fireworks exploding]
- [tour guide] Welcome to London!
- [cheering]
Never felt more like a tourist.
These are some of the greatest…
[exclaims]
…once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences
you can have.
Don't take this the wrong way,
but this is a horrible ride.
[laughs]
Tick that off the bucket list.
- This is my first time in Ireland.
- Of course, I've been here before.
- Yep. Once.
- Once or twice.
- Once.
- Once.
Whether they should be
once in my lifetime…
- [crowd cheering]
- Oh!
…is another matter.
Whoo-hoo!
- But I'd like to think…
- Whoa!
…I've gotten a little bit bolder…
It's hard to believe I'm actually here.
…a little bit braver…
What a save!
Course I work well under pressure.
…so this could be
my most memorable trip yet.
Was getting drunk with Prince William
on your bucket list?
- That's the bucket.
- [chuckles] That's the bucket, is it?
[chuckling]
[Levy] Right now, I'm in a seaplane,
wishing it was considerably larger.
And we are flying over Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.
[pilot] Can you think of a better way
to come into a city?
Yeah, bus.
[whimsical music playing]
All right, all right, it's… it's nice.
My adventures have taken me
all over the world.
But my bucket list wouldn't be complete
without exploring a bit more
of the country I hold dearest
and the place I call home.
Yes, we're here in my own backyard.
Finally.
Take a look at this.
One of the more beautiful cities
in the world.
It's just spectacular.
You can be on the water, here,
and half hour later,
you can be on top of the mountain, skiing.
Combined with miles of forest trails
and a vibrant city life,
I can see why it's a place
with something for everyone.
This should be on a travel bucket list.
It's certainly on mine.
I live in Toronto,
over 2,000 miles east of here.
But it's Vancouver, on the West Coast,
that's consistently ranked as one
of the best cities in the world to live.
I've got 48 hours to find out why.
[quirky music playing]
It's been a while since I've been here,
but some things remain
predictably unpredictable.
- [thunder rumbling]
- This is, uh,
what I actually remember about Vancouver
last time I was here about 25 years ago.
It rains.
But, uh, isn't this beautiful?
And you can walk or run for miles.
Stanley Park boasts the world's longest
uninterrupted waterfront path.
A good walk
and then a box of doughnuts or something.
We Canadians are a little bit competitive
about which side of the country is better.
So I'm heading to one of
Vancouver's most popular markets
to meet some locals…
- Hey.
- [Levy] How are ya?
- I'm good. How are you?
- Good, good. How ya doin'?
…who can help me understand
the appeal of West-Coast living.
We love this place because of
the, uh… the nature is so beautiful.
I live in North Van, up in the mountains.
So I can walk out my door and be in
Lynn Canyon in ten minutes, walk my dog.
So would never think about moving East?
- We never thought about that. [chuckles]
- Right. Yeah.
I was actually born in Montréal.
- Uh, yes.
- Oh.
The major difference between East
and West, you know, for you, would be?
Winters are very cold in Montréal.
- Okay, winters are bad.
- But this way,
you just need your umbrella
- and, y'know, you're good to go.
- That's all it is.
- Yeah. [laughs]
- That's the difference.
I'm getting very hungry.
- What's your name?
- I'm Ray.
- Ray. How are ya?
- Ray, nice to meet you, sir.
- Fish is a big thing here. Right?
- I-It is.
- You're right on the coast.
- West Coast, we have, like,
- five species of salmon here, right?
- Yeah.
- We have candied salmon.
- Why is that so dark?
So this is d… actually done
with brown sugar and molasses.
- Very popular with the younger crowd.
- With the younger crowd?
- Well that's me. Yeah.
- That's us though, right? [laughs]
[Ray] He's hungry.
So, it's got a nice chewy texture to it.
- Really good.
- Yeah.
Are you from Vancouver?
[all] Born and raised.
What is it about this town
that you love so much?
We love the people.
- Nice meeting you both.
- Welcome to Vancouver.
[Levy] I wanna see what else there is
'cause I'm feeling
a little peckish right now.
[vendor] Very high in cinnamon oil.
And good for you, I would imagine?
Okay, we don't need an answer.
- How you doin'? How you doin'?
- [chuckles] Good, how are you?
A lot of fun.
This is unbelievable,
being back in Canada.
How about a latte?
- [barista] How's your day been?
- [Levy] My day
- is going along swimmingly right now.
- [barista] Oh, good.
[Levy] What I'm noticing is
there might be a kind of
friendlier, less urbane quality
about people on the West.
It's nice.
[smacking lips] Yeah. It's Canada.
[heart-warming music playing]
It's my home.
[venturesome music playing]
[Levy] Having access to the great outdoors
is obviously a big thing here.
So, to get a glimpse of the lifestyle,
I'm going to be staying in West Vancouver,
an area known for its natural beauty.
Nice.
"Welcome to the West Coast. Enjoy."
[playing piano]
Haven't lost it.
[peaceful music playing]
One great thing about Vancouver is
that bad weather rarely hangs around.
It's very tranquil out here.
All you hear are
the little waves rolling in.
Beautiful thing about this city,
I mean, it's nestled right in between
this and the mountains.
If I'm going to understand what makes this
a more attractive place to live
than my home town, Toronto,
I'm going to need a local
to show me around.
Tomorrow, I'm heading to the mountains
to get a different perspective.
[whimsical music playing]
I'm meeting my guide, Mike,
4,000 feet above the city,
a choice of location that suggests
maybe he hasn't done his research on me.
This is Grouse Mountain.
A mecca for thrill-seeking sports fans.
Not a group I've ever wanted
to be a member of.
If I look kinda straight ahead,
it doesn't seem like
the ground is too far…
below the gondola.
But you can't be lookin' down there.
That's for sure.
That's just death.
[sputters]
There we go. Boy, easy-peasy.
It's not me in my natural habitat at all,
but I have to say
it's spectacular up here.
Well, I'm meeting my guide, Mike.
I have no idea what he has planned for me.
But apparently he's, um, you know…
he's quite the guy to show you around,
here, in Vancouver.
[suave jazz music playing]
If my bucket list was full of
people instead of places,
this Canadian legend would be on it.
Whoo!
- Oh, Eugene Levy!
- Wow!
- Mike!
- Welcome to
the West Coast of Canada, buddy.
- Michael Bublé. Ha! Surprise.
- Hey, I'm really nervous.
How does my hair look
after taking the thing off?
- Does it look okay?
- No, your hair looks great.
But I-I gotta be honest,
this is the first thing I would've said,
had I taken a helmet off.
- Right? How gracious of you to do this.
- [chuckles]
- You're gonna act as our guide.
- Yeah.
I have a whole bunch of really cool things
- for us to do if you're into it.
- Okay.
Skiing. They got killer,
killer routes here.
Skiing, I don't… I-I don't… I don't do.
- They got a great zip line way up there.
- Yeah. Yeah.
Apparently, you're not hearing me.
- I don't… I don't do anything, really…
- Okay.
…that toys with your life.
That's why I'm more kind of East Coast,
because the only thing you have to worry
about there is, maybe, jaywalking, right?
You just gotta look both ways.
- [chuckling] I guess. Okay.
- That's all I'm saying.
I think I have it.
[comical music playing]
There's nothing sexy about snowshoeing…
- [Bublé laughs]
- I gotta tell ya.
[Levy] But Michael says the best view
of the city is from the summit.
It's a tough hike.
[Levy] Especially tough when you're
as well-known as he is in these parts.
- Good. Oh, it's Michael!
- [Levy] How are ya?
- [Bublé] Hi!
- Hi!
[Bublé] How's it goin'? Have a safe walk.
It's just a meet and greet.
Everywhere I go is a meet… And I love it.
My gramp used to say, "Enjoy it, Sunshine.
- One day, they won't give a shit."
- [Levy chuckles]
How often are you up here?
[Bublé] For sure, every Christmas
with the kids and the family.
I've married this beautiful woman
and fell in love with her from Argentina.
- [Levy] Right.
- And so the first time
they ever saw snow, ever, was here.
- Does your wife miss Argentina?
- She does.
But it's funny. I would say to my wife,
"I love Argentina,
but it can be a little bit dangerous.
You can get shot there."
And she'd say to me… [chuckles]
She'd say, "Oh, yeah?"
She'd say, "Well, Canada is so boring
the people wanna shoot themselves."
[both laugh]
[Levy] Yet Michael
has spent his whole life here.
His kids even go to
the same school he did.
That must say a lot about
the appeal of life on the West Coast.
I don't know why the West has a…
[laughing] …a very strong attitude
- about the East.
- Towards the East.
And the East doesn't seem
- to care what's going on on the West.
- You're just… We call you…
We call you "the centre of the universe".
Aren't we, though?
- Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- Ah!
- [chuckles]
- Hey, you know what? [chuckles]
Can we have an East-West competition here?
- That pole. Right there.
- Yeah.
Who gets closest to the pole or hits it.
- For the pride of the West.
- You're on.
I'm worried about the camera.
- Ooh! Very close.
- [sighs]
Bublé, man.
- Oh, God!
- [snowball smacks camera]
- Wow.
- I am so sorry.
- Right in the…
- Oh.
But you weren't worried.
- [Bublé] Oh, God.
- The man loses an eye.
This is for you.
Wow!
- [mouths] Yes!
- Unreal.
But I gotta say
- that was a big snowball you made.
- [chuckles] I know.
- It was like this big!
- [chuckles]
- [groans] I killed the poor cameraman.
- [Levy] No, no.
God, my arm's tired after that.
This is good. Your arm's tired?
- How do you think his eye is?
- [chuckles] He's a p…
Hey, buddy, I'm so sorry.
It's always a little bit scary
when you meet your heroes.
This is the guy we grew up watching
all of our favourite shows and movies.
And, you know, as Canadians,
you're so proud.
It's one of those things where you brag
and you go, "We're Canadian, you know.
We have Eugene Levy and we got Celine."
So cool.
Look at that, huh? Hey, how are you, sir?
[sweeping music playing]
- Oh, look!
- Yeah, this is what I wanted to show you.
It's something, huh, dude?
[Levy] This is spectacular.
[Bublé] Y'know we've been walking
for half an hour?
- Yeah.
- What was the drive from downtown,
- 20 minutes?
- Wasn't bad.
Nothing. Nothing. Twenty-five minutes.
And no joke, you can go down
right there today,
go to English Bay,
and we could sit on a beach
and have a beer.
Let the kids go to the beach,
pick up rocks and find crabs,
and go and do a little windsurf
or something.
Know what? I brought a little
hot chocolate. Maybe I can offer you
- a little bit of this.
- Lovely.
- Thank you. Love it.
- You're welcome.
[Bublé] Cheers, by the way.
[Levy] Just being up here is
crazy, crazy gorgeous. It's beautiful.
I'm having a great time right now.
I'm truly appreciating
everything that's around me here.
This is nature at its finest.
Really terrific.
As the saying goes,
what goes up must come down.
Fast, flying, sitting down.
What are we going to do?
First, uh, word that comes to mind
would be, uh, "tobogganing".
Yes! Tobogganing.
If you look to your right,
that's the hill.
- Oh, my God. [chuckles]
- [chuckles] It's steeper than you…
- Jesus.
- It's steeper than you thought it was.
- Michael, that's a steep hill.
- I know.
Oh, my God.
- [exhales sharply]
- How do you want to count this in?
You know what? Since we're Canadian guys,
why don't we do something for the French,
those Québec people over there?
- And do a un, deux, trois.
- One for Québec!
[both] Un, deux, trois.
Go!
- [squeals, yelps]
- [laughs]
[Bublé] Uh-oh. Oh, no.
- Sorry! [screams]
- Whoo-hoo!
- [strained] Oh, God.
- Whoo!
- [laughs]
- [strains]
- Who won?
- You won.
I won!
I-I wiped out.
- Fun, huh? Honestly.
- Yeah, it was fun.
[comical music playing]
I think this is more dangerous for me.
[Levy] Cocktail and a respirator
- would be just fantastic at this point.
- [chuckles]
[Levy] I'm actually surprised by how
much I enjoyed trying out winter sports.
Maybe this place is already
having an effect on me.
Michael, though, still thinks
I've got to find my "sea legs".
[Bublé] How can we not do the water?
- How cool would it be?
- [chuckles]
To go and have an adventure?
- An adventure on the ocean.
- An adventure on the ocean.
[Levy] The Pacific
plays a huge part in life here,
especially for Michael,
as his dad was a commercial fisherman.
We're gonna go and get some crabs.
- Oh, we're gonna get crabs? Oh, good.
- Yeah.
Have you ever done that before?
- [stammers] I can't honestly say I have.
- [chuckling] Okay.
Delicious on a plate, no… no question.
Look at that.
[serene music playing]
[Levy] We've arrived at Deep Cove,
on the eastern edge of Vancouver.
Just a 30 minute drive from the mountain.
Oh, my God, that's beautiful.
[Bublé] I spend a lot of my time coming
here. I come here with the kids a lot too.
Go, uh, paddleboarding
and windsurfing out here.
And there's cute little ice-cream shops
and little fish-and-chips shops.
- Ooh.
- Really beautiful.
[Levy] So who would live in Deep Cove?
- [Bublé] A lot of retirees.
- Just to get out
- of the mainstream.
- Oh, I mean, look at your day.
You wake up with your wife.
You have a beautiful coffee.
You go walk through all the beautiful
trails or go to the sea wall down here.
Look at that. Here we are.
- Wow, crazy.
- Shall we?
Let's do it.
- All right.
- Let's get out and do it.
And there she is, right there.
You see the ship there
with the mast? That's us.
- [Levy laughing] Wow.
- Right? Should have these.
Yes, this… this says "Canada" to me.
- That… You would know.
- [laughing]
We could actually live in that
if we need to for a couple of days.
- Hey. Paul, nice to meet you.
- How are you, my friend?
Good to see you. Eugene.
[Levy] Father-and-son fishermen
Dane and Paul
have agreed to show me the ropes
and more disturbingly, the crabs.
You ever been out on a crab boat
or fish boat before?
Crab is my middle name.
- [Dane] Oh, well, terrific.
- I, uh…
- [Bublé] Shall we?
- [Levy] Let's do it. Okay.
- [Bublé] How are your sea legs?
- I was born to be on the water.
[Bublé] Arr! [chuckles]
The only thing I can say is just
make sure you… you pee
in the right direction of the wind.
[Dane, Paul laugh]
- [Dane] Let's go fishin'.
- [Bublé] Yes, let's do it. Let's go.
[Levy] Go fishin'!
With his family connected to the sea
for generations…
I think there's something jumpin'
right there.
[Levy] …Michael assumed
it was his destiny too.
It's funny because it feels like
it was such a huge part,
- not just of my life…
- Yeah.
…but the son of a fisherman,
who was the son of a fisherman,
who was the son of an immigrant,
who was a ship builder.
And so, everything that I knew
till I was about 21 was,
"This is what you're going to do."
I spent most of my life out here.
It's not your life anymore.
[chuckles] It's not my life anymore, no.
- [chuckles]
- Definitely not.
And what did your dad do?
[Levy] My dad was a worker bee.
He was in a factory doing car parts.
They rebuilt clutches.
Okay. And what did you think of that
when you were a kid?
- I had a summer job there.
- Okay.
I loved being in there
and I loved the smell of it.
I would actually be on a line…
- Oh, cool.
- …putting the clutch together.
And I actually felt bad…
[stammers] I couldn't quite
get the bolts in straight.
So they were a little kind of crooked.
- Then I'd keep 'em in a pile…
- [chuckles]
- …so nobody would notice.
- Oh.
When you got to that age where you knew,
"Okay, I'm an artist,"
what did he think about it?
It was always… [stammering]
…"This is a good hobby."
Yeah.
"But what are you going to do
for a living?"
Nobody in Hamilton, Ontario
in the 1960s became an actor.
- Yeah.
- It just… [stammers]
- It didn't happen.
- Yeah. Yeah.
It was always about: get a degree,
you go to university…
- Mm-hmm.
- …don't end up doing
what I ended up doing.
I went to college,
ended up dropping out twice
and that was a disaster.
And that was, like, a horrible thing.
Okay, so college and clutch-making
weren't really for me.
I'm not sure catching crabs
is going to be much better,
but we'll give it a shot.
[Bublé] What are we fishing for?
So these are BC Dungeness crab.
- Ooh, the best.
- [Paul] You know.
They're big, they're feisty, they're, uh…
Feisty?
- [Bublé] Oh, yeah.
- Yeah, feisty.
Watch your hands, get some gloves on.
They're, uh, nasty little critters.
But do they taste good.
I'm sure my fingers taste good to…
to the crabs.
So, uh, we're getting close.
We're about five minutes away and, uh,
we're doing an old-fashioned
crab-off here.
A crab-off?
Whoever gets more wins.
- Competition you're talking about?
- Competition.
I'm not a big competitive guy,
but if we want to do a little competition,
I would do that.
- Boy, you are amazing.
- [laughs]
- Call it East Coast, West Coast…
- You are…
- East Coast, West Coast right now.
- Let's go.
All right, so who wants to go first?
[Levy, Bublé] One, two, three.
Oh. You win.
- Good. You go first.
- [groans]
[Levy] Crab traps need to be down
for 24 hours,
so we're hauling in yesterday's nets.
I don't know, man.
This feels a little bit light, Paul.
Oh, no, that's getting heavier.
- Ooh, and I can see 'em. There's a bunch.
- Oh, yeah.
- Wow, that's big.
- There's a bunch, Paul.
- [Levy] Holy cow.
- There's a bunch.
- Wow, they're big.
- I got it, I got it.
- Oh. [chuckles]
- Not this guy… That is beautiful.
- So if we look at the bottom there, guys…
- [Levy] Yeah.
…and we see that's a male.
[Levy] Only the biggest males are keepers.
[Bublé] How cool is that?
So we go from the edge of the shell
to the edge of the shell.
- That's a keeper. That's… Right?
- That's a keeper.
That's right… Perfect.
[Levy] Male, male.
- [Bublé] Male, male?
- [Levy] Just, uh, toss it.
- There we go, another… That's beautiful.
- Yeah.
[Bublé] Five, six, seven.
Seven… seven keepers.
Time to flex my muscles,
and see if I can haul in
more than Michael.
Ooh, it's getting very heavy.
It's funny, it's a lot easier
when someone else is doing it.
- [Levy chuckles]
- [chuckles]
Only 200 feet to go. [chuckles]
- Ooh! Oh, no!
- [Levy] Wow. What have we got here?
[Bublé] That looks like a lot.
You, grab this here.
You got that ri…
right from the back there.
Right there. See, that can't hurt you.
- [Levy] It can't hurt you?
- No…
- [screams]
- [laughs]
- Wow!
- [both chuckling]
He went for my finger.
- Six for me, seven for Michael.
- [Bublé] Yeah.
- So, that's Michael's, uh…
- Are we even counting?
- Is it… 2-1 Bublé.
- Michael's won.
[Levy, Bublé chuckle]
- [Bublé] Thank you, Paul.
- [Paul] It's a pleasure.
Thank you, buddy. Thank you very much.
To be honest, I don't think
they were too impressed with me…
- [chuckles]
- …in my role as a fisherman.
And I respect them for that.
[all laughing]
I can honestly say it's the last time
you'll ever see me pick up a crab.
Okay? 'Cause I'm… I'm, you know, you…
There ain't a glove thick enough.
But my bucket list motto
has been "try everything once",
because you never know
when you'll get another chance,
especially at my age.
[Bublé] Back to Burnaby, British Columbia
to cook up some crabs.
That was really fun, man.
I really liked those guys.
[Levy] I have to agree,
it's always fun to meet great people.
That's what makes my trips so special.
[Bublé] Was there a place that,
number one, either surprised you,
or was there a place that you went,
"God, these people are really something"?
I would say, like, you know, Louisiana,
- when we were there this year.
- Oh, yeah?
I just thought they were
just incredibly friendly.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- Like, incredibly open.
- Loved to chit-chat, but just such… such…
- Mmm.
- …you know, good-natured.
- Mm-hmm.
- I think generally, people are good.
- Mm-hmm.
- We've all got one life to live, right?
- Yep.
I mean, everybody's trying to
- get through it as best they can.
- Yeah. Yes.
[Bublé] I want to ask you a question
that I asked my grandpa a lot
and I ask my dad a lot…
If I put a truth serum into that arm
and I said…
- Yeah. Yeah.
- …"E-Eugene Levy, how old are you?"
- Yeah.
- What would your answer be?
[inhales sharply] Turning 62.
- R-Really?
- Yeah.
You feel like that… Like you've-you've…
[clicks tongue]
I don't feel my age right now,
but when you…
when you actually look at the number…
Mm-hmm.
…and you see the number
that you're encroaching on… [chuckles]
- Yes.
- [chuckles] Right?
- Yes, for you that number is…
- That number is the big 80.
- Yeah. Yeah, I understand.
- So…
- I, uh, you know when you see the number…
- [chuckling]
…there's no getting around it.
You are old.
- You're old.
- Yeah.
- But I don't feel like the number.
- Yes.
Nor do I sit here with you
and feel you are that number.
I feel… I feel, you know, fine.
There are a lot of things I can do,
a lot of things I can't do.
And most of the things I can't do
are because I… [chuckles]
…I just don't want to do them, but…
[both laugh]
Michael's invited me to the home
that he built in 2018.
[Bublé] All right, come on in.
Well, welcome home, man.
[Levy chuckling] Yes.
This is where we make
all our memories, buddy.
Don't tell me,
"It's not much, but I call it home."
- [Bublé chuckles]
- Is that what it is?
- You want to help me do this?
- No, I don't.
I-I can see they're still moving.
[Bublé] They're still moving, so…
- I've started…
- No, no, no, no, no.
- I've st… [chuckles]
- Uh, Michael.
- We just do that.
- [snaps crab]
Gone. No pain, nothing.
- Oh, I felt that.
- Okay?
Oh, geez, this is like, uh,
Hannibal Lecter thing or something.
- [chuckles]
- It's like just…
What's cra… I was actually
going to serve this with a nice Chianti.
- Okay.
- [imitates slurping sound] Okay.
- Now we got boiling water here.
- Yeah.
- Eugene, so you want to grab one?
- Yes. Yeah, I will. I'll grab one.
[Bublé] Let's do this together.
That's it.
- [Bublé] Luisana!
- [Luisana] Yes?
- Do you have ice in the thing?
- Yes, I do.
- Eugene, this is my wife, Luisana.
- Your…
- Even though it smells very stinky.
- Luisana!
[chuckles]
- How are you? Good.
- How are you?
- Thank you for making the house very…
- Good. [chuckles]
…bad stinky, not good stinky.
The-The smell I don't mind,
the visuals was kind of tough.
- [Luisana] Mmm.
- [Bublé] Look at this.
This is going to be so beautiful.
Luisana, do you eat crab?
- No. I don't eat crab.
- You don't eat it at all?
[Bublé] Now this is super hot.
[Levy] Shouldn't we wait till it cools?
- Bye, guys.
- [Levy] Nice meeting you.
- Oh, my God.
- [shushes] It's good.
- There we go.
- Are you insane?
I am not. I just wanted to do it
quick for you, just that one time.
Now…
Wow.
- It's good, isn't it?
- It is.
Say, "Hi, Eugene."
Hi, honey. Who's this?
- This is Vida.
- Vida?
And Vida is the love of my…
- Life.
- There we go.
And there we go.
Oh, is it good?
Hey. I want to thank you
for coming to my house.
And it has been great fun,
- but we're not quite done yet.
- Ah.
As we head down to his basement,
I'm getting a tad nervous.
I know Vancouver
is a seriously sporty city,
and Michael is just a touch competitive.
All right, Eugene.
Whoa!
Yes, sir.
- Are you kidding me?
- [chuckling] Yeah, no, I'm not kidding.
Every Canadian boy's dream.
Is this your rec room?
[chuckling] Yeah.
You know what I actually use it for?
I like to cool down the crab.
Oh, my God.
Just a minute,
I got to catch my breath for a second.
We flip a coin,
heads, you're the shooter,
tails, you're the goalie.
- Is that okay?
- Yeah.
- Okay, what do you call?
- I want heads.
- [dramatic music plays]
- [coin clatters]
[Levy] Looks like it's yours truly
versus a man who has
a full-size hockey rink in his basement.
On the plus side,
if I lose, I can blame
the home team advantage…
East Coast is ready.
…and the fact that I'm pushing 80.
Let's see what you got.
West Coast versus East Coast.
[Levy] Let 'er rip.
- Best of five.
- Give me your best shot.
[groans]
What a save!
What a save! That's 0-1.
Shot number two.
- Whoo!
- No.
[Bublé] One-one.
- [groans]
- Save!
- God!
- Yeah, baby! Way to go!
So that's 2-1. That means
if I don't get this, you win.
- You ready?
- Wait.
[Bublé groans]
What a save!
[Bublé] Scintillating save!
- Whoo!
- [chuckles]
Well, you just made
the East Coast proud. Look at that.
[Levy] That was pretty good.
- I love you, man. Thank you.
- Michael, my God.
This has been so much fun.
- Whoo! Hey! Whoo!
- Number one, Eugene Levy!
[Levy] Thank you.
[snorts, laughs]
[chuckles]
- [Levy] All right.
- [Bublé sighs]
[Levy] Seeing Vancouver
through Michael's eyes
has been really something.
But it's almost time to head home.
We're meeting for a farewell drink later,
once he's finished
a little house cleaning…
[whistling]
Leaving me time
to explore Vancouver at night.
I'm a city guy.
I seem to come back to life, so to speak.
It energises me.
You know, I've got to say
it looks a lot different now
than the way I remember it 25 years ago.
This seems like
it's very active, very lively.
I seem to remember
it didn't have too much of a nightlife,
but this has a nice pulse.
Gastown, the oldest part of the city,
is now home to restaurants and nightclubs.
And the perfect place
to let off a little steam.
This is the famous steam clock.
There's a whistle that goes off
I think every 15 minutes.
It tells the time and makes tea
all at the same time.
Isn't that amazing?
- That's like… That's…
- [clock whistles, chiming]
It should've finished with…
[imitates clock tolling]
…but it didn't do that.
Well, anyway, I'm hoping my tea's ready.
It might look Victorian,
but in fact it's only
a little bit younger than Michael.
Although, he knows a few more tunes.
To wrap up the tour of the city he loves,
he wants to take me to a place
that holds special meaning for him.
[patrons chattering, laughing]
- You want something to drink?
- What are you drinking?
I'm having a Ceasar, good Canadian Ceasar.
- I'm going to have a Ceasar.
- [bartender] For you as well?
Ceasar, please.
So this bar… I would sit either here…
There's a piano here.
I would sit in middle there,
and some nights,
depending on how busy it was,
I would get hired to come in and sing.
I was just a kid in these places.
- How old?
- Probably 17.
Still going to school?
Still going to school.
I… My grandpa was a plumber
and he would call the guys at random bars
and he would say,
"Hey, you let my grandson in,
and what do you… what do you need?
I see your toilets are a mess.
I'll come in
and I'll fix up your plumbing."
So he'd trade.
And they'd let me in,
and the musicians would then say,
"Okay, he gets to sing four songs."
Okay so there's a… there's a chunk
I'm not necessarily familiar with.
- So you started singing locally…
- Yeah.
- …you started singing locally.
- Started singing in the clubs.
[Bublé] It's not just clubs.
I busked. Oh… you know, I did everything.
I did singing telegrams.
I would get 40 bucks
and you would pay to have me sing a
couple songs for your husband's birthday.
- Wow.
- And I'd come to a bar like this
and I would come in
and I would sing the songs
- and say, "Happy birthday!"
- God.
[stammers] I did it for years.
I'm sure there was stuff like that for you
when you started, no?
It was different because, you know,
I was on stage with other people.
- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
- It wasn't just me holding a microphone.
[playing jazz on piano]
[Bublé] You sound good, dude.
- You want to do something?
- Wow.
- Here…
- Oh, you want to go up.
- Do I want to do something?
- Yeah.
Can I grab… Is that a mic there?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah?
Hi, Vancouver.
Hello, hello.
Hello, everybody.
My name's Michael Bublé and I'm a singer.
[stammers] You guys…
Are you from Vancouver?
[cheering]
So, you guys made me.
I don't know if you realise that.
This has been really… a really sentimental
and sweet night for me.
Please welcome our own national treasure,
Mr. Eugene Levy.
[cheering]
[Levy] Wow.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Well, it's too late, I am embarrassed.
[laughing]
[chuckles] Can we do som… What about…
I don't know, what about
"Fly Me to the Moon"?
- [plays "Fly Me to the Moon" on piano]
- [scatting]
Fly me to the moon ♪
- Let me play among the stars
- Oh, my God.
Let me know what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars ♪
In other words, hold my hand ♪
In other words ♪
Baby, kiss me ♪
- [cheers]
- [kisses]
- Fill my heart with song
- Fill my heart with song
- And let me sing forevermore
- And let me sing forevermore
- You are all I long for
- You are all I long for
- All I worship and adore
- All I worship and adore
[Bublé] Big ending, everybody!
- In other words
- In other words
- Please be true
- Please be true
- In other words
- In other words
- In other words
- In other words
- I love
- I love
- You
- You
- [cheering]
- [Bublé cheers]
Ladies and gentlemen,
Eugene Levy, everybody!
Whoo!
Thanks, everybody.
I thought a bucket list
was all about the big stuff,
epic adventures,
once-in-a-lifetime opportunities…
And sometimes that's true.
But I've also found, that often,
even in the grandest of settings
it's the little things
that really stay with you.
The quiet conversations,
becoming comfortable
with things that are unfamiliar,
and learning you don't have to go
to the ends of the earth
to discover something new.
I can't believe
I was this close to that voice.
- We're a hit, man, you and I.
- How about that.
When's the record coming out,
that's my question.
[both chuckle]
[Levy] There's a bucket list thing,
singing with Bublé.
Been there, done that. [chuckles]
- [Bublé] Thank you so much for having us.
- My God. Thank you so much.
What a day, honest to God.
- [Bublé] Is it over?
- Doesn't have to be.
[Bublé] Maybe one more drink?