Mario Cantone on new season of ‘Creepy Cinema’ and how he spends Halloween

The comedian and host of TCM's "Creepy Cinema" shares about his haunting series and gives "The View" co-hosts some of his best impressions.
7:19 | 09/30/22

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Transcript for Mario Cantone on new season of ‘Creepy Cinema’ and how he spends Halloween
>>> OVER THE COURSE OF 26 SEASONS, WE HAVE BEEN TREATED TO 153 VISITS FROM THIS MAN OF MANY TALENTS. HE'S A TONY NOMINATED COMEDIAN, ACTOR, AND SINGER AND SHE'S STARTING IN OCTOBER, HE'LL BE INTRODUCING SOME OF HIS FAVORITE HORROR FILMS ON HIS CLASSIC -- TURNER CLASSIC MOVIE SHOW, "CREEPY CINEMA." PLEASE WELCOME THE ALWAYS SOFT SPOKEN AND UNDERSTATED MARIO CANTONE. ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> I LIKE YOUR TIE. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW. >> IT'S GORGEOUS. >> I'M A HOMOSEXUAL. I BETTER LOOK GOOD. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I LIKE IT. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. OH, LADIES. OH, I LOVE YOUR SHARON TATE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS BEEHIVE. THAT'S FANTASTIC. OH MY GOD. >> ANA HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. >> ANA? >> I DON'T EVEN WANT TO STOP YOU. YOUR SOLILOQUY IS SO GOOD. >> I LIKE YOUR HAIR. IT LOOKS NICE LONG LIKE THAT. >> NOT ALL OF IT IS MINE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT. >> I DIDN'T BRING IT UP TO EXPOSE YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, MARIO. >> WHAT? >> SO YOU ARE BACK FOR THE SECOND SEASON OF YOUR SHOW ON TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES. >> YEAH. >> IT'S CALLED "CREEPY CINEMA." >> "CREEPY CINEMA," YEAH. >> WAS IT BASED ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? >> NO, IT WAS NOT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN. >> TELL US ABOUT IT. >> IT'S A LITTLE LESS HORRIFYING ACTUALLY. [ LAUGHTER ] IT'S -- LAST YEAR I DID IT, BEN MANKIEWICZ AND I WHO -- DO YOU WATCH TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES? ME AND THE ELDERLY, I JUST WATCH BECAUSE IT'S ON 24/7. IT'S COMFORTING AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE STATIONS. I WORMED MY WAY INTO THEIR LOVE AND BEN MANKIEWICZ IS LIKE MY BROTHER, MY ROMANCE, MY LOVE, AND I GET TO PICK TWO MOVIES EVERY WEEK. SO THIS WEEK THIS TIME IT'S EVERY MONDAY NIGHT. FIVE MONDAYS BECAUSE I NEED TO HAVE FIVE. YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I TELL HIM ALL THE TIME WHEN IT FIRST CAME TO PASS, THE VOICEOVER FOR TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES WAS LAURA BACALL. YOU JUST HEARD, THIS IS TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES. HA HA! I USED TO SIT AT HER FEET EVERY CHRISTMAS AT A PARTY AND ASK HER QUESTIONS ABOUT HUMPHREY BOGERT. BOGEY WASN'T AN ALCOHOLIC. HELP JUST LOVED TO DRINK. HA HA! >> YOU KNOW, MARIO, WHENEVER HE COMES TO MY HOUSE, HE JUST GOES ITO THESE -- >> SHE FORCES ME TO DO THINGS LIKE I'M 2 YEARS OLD. GET UP ON THE COFFEE TABLE. SING JUDY GARLAND. DO THIS. DO THAT. COME ON. LET ME MAKE YOU GAYER THAN YOU REALLY ARE. >> THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. >> I KNOW. >> I HEARD YOU WERE ON A PLANE ONCE WITH KATHLEEN TURNER. >> KATHLEEN TURNER. THAT'S RIGHT. KATHLEEN TURNER. THIS IS TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES. THAT'S RIGHT. I WAS. I WAS ON A PLANE WITH HER. I SAW THE BACK OF HER AND HER LONG HAIR AND SHE STILL HAD A REALLY HIGH ASS. SHE LOOKED GREAT. LIKE BOOM. >> WOW. >> SHE TURNED AROUND AND SHE WAS, LIKE, OH MY GOD. MARIO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE. WHERE ARE YOU FLYING? SAN FRANCISCO. WHY ARE YOU GOING? I'M GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO. WHERE DO YOU THINK I'M GOING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I'M GOING TO GO THE HEELS. THAT'S LOVELY. I'M GOING TO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD GO. I CAN'T. >> OKAY, AND ALSO -- >> WHAT? GO AHEAD. FEED ME. FEED ME LIKE THE GERBER BABY. >> LIKE THE LITTLE HOUSE OF HORRORS. >> FEED ME MORE. >> HE'S LIKE THE PLANTS. >> I AM THE PLANT. YEAH. >> ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER HAS -- >> YOU LOVE THE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. >> I DO LIKE HIM, YEAH. >> SHE LIKES MY IMPRESSION, WHICH I NEVER DID BEFORE. >> HE'S FUNNY. >> I LOVE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. I READ FROM HIS BOOK. HE SAYS, AS SOON AS I STARTED POSING, THE CROWD WAS GOING CRAZY. THEY KEPT YELLING, ARNOLD, ARNOLD, ARNOLD. THE ENERGY WAS RUNNING THROUGH ME LIKE A FANTASTIC PUMP. IT'S THE MOST RIDICULOUS IMPRESSION. >> I LOVE IT. I LOVE THAT ONE. >> I KNOW YOU LOVE THAT ONE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MARIO, SPEAKING OF -- >> YES. >> OTHER PEOPLE BRINGS US TO HALLOWEEN. DO YOU DRESS UP? YOU LIVE IN THE CITY. DO YOU DRESS UP? >> NO. I DON'T LIKE DRESSING UP. I DON'T LIKE PROPS. >> DO YOU GIVE AWAY CANDY? >> I DO, BUT I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT, SO I GO DOWNSTAIRS AND I HAVE A BAG AND THEY LOOK AT ME, LIKE, WHO ARE YOU? JUST TAKE THE REESE'S. CALL ME IF THERE'S A RAZOR BLADE IN IT. YOU'LL BE FINE. >> THAT'S ALWAYS A RUMOR IN NEW YORK. >> IN THE SUBURBS TOO. >> THAT WAS IN IOWA. THE RAZOR BLADE TOO. >> WHEN THEY GAVE APPLES OUT. >> WHO GIVES APPLES? >> THEY GIVE APPLES. >> IN 1872 WHEN I WAS TRICK OR TREATING. APPLES AND, YOU KNOW -- >> HEALTHY TREATS ARE, LIKE, A THING. >> YOU WOULD GIVE HEALTHY TREATS. >> CRYSTAL FLUTES. DID YOU GET THOSE IN 1872? >> I DON'T PLAY CRYSTAL FLUTES. >> LET THE GUY TALK. GOD. >> WHAT IS IT? >> YOU'RE ABOUT TO -- YOU'RE ABOUT TO START FILMING SEASON TWO OF "AND JUST LIKE THAT." >> YES, I AM. >> SPILL IT. COME ON. >> DO YOU WANT TO FIND ME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HUDSON RIVER? I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT YEAH. WE START FILMING NEXT WEEK. OH, THERE I AM. OH, WHAT A DELIGHT. THAT'S ME DOING MY BETTE DAVIS IMPRESSION. >> YOU WERE IN HOT SHORTS. >> I WAS. >> WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO BETTE DAVIS AFTER -- AT THE END, YOU KNOW. WELL, MS. JOY BEHAR IS AS DIFFICULT AS FAY DUNAWAY. SHE REALLY IS. >> HOW DARE YOU. >> DO YOU KNOW WHO'S NICE? LIZA MINNELLI. >> OH MY GOD. I'M GOING TO TRICK OR TREAT AND I'M GOING TO SING AND SKIP DOWN THE STREET. I AM. I'M GOING TO SKIP OR TREAT. TRICK OR TREAT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DO JOY BEHAR. >> WELL, I JUST GO, I DON'T CARE. I DON'T HAVE A CRAP. WHO CARES? >> I ALWAYS SAY, SOMEDAY I WOULD LIKE TO BE IMITATED BY AN ACTUAL WOMAN. >> REALLY? IT'S THE BEST WHEN IT'S A MAN. IT'S GREAT. >> ANYWAY. SO WHAT? WHO CARES? >> WELL, IT WAS NICE -- >> SHE DOES DO THAT WHEN SHE DOESN'T CARE. >> BECAUSE I HAVE A TOUCH OF SCOLIOSIS, SO MY BRASSIERE RIDES UP. WE HAVE TO GO. >> REALLY? >> NOW YOU KNOW THE REASON. >> ARE YOU GIRLS GOING TO BE DRESSING UP FOR HALLOWEEN? >> OF COURSE. >> WE DECORATE THE HOUSE. MY HUSBAND DECORATES THE HOUSE. I DON'T DECORATE. I DIDN'T GET THAT GAY GENE. I WALK IN AND I WANT IT DONE. >> YOU JUST THROW THE CANDY. >> I DON'T KNOW MOW TO DECORATE. I'M THE WORST. I'M TERRIBLE. >> WE LOVE HAVING YOU HERE. >> I LOVED BEING HERE. IT WAS VERY NICE TO BE HERE. >> THANKS TO MARIO CANTONE. "CREEPY CINEMA" AIRS EVERY MONDAY NIGHT IN OCTOBER ON TURNER CLASSIC.

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