Everybody Loves Raymond and Somebody Feed Phil star Phil Rosenthal in Brighton

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If you put nice out into the world, you are likely to get nice back – so says the creator of hit TV shows Everybody Loves Raymond and Somebody Feed Phil.

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00:00Good afternoon, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Answer Editor at Sussex Newspapers, lovely

00:06to speak in Los Angeles of all places to Phil Rosenthal, Phil of Somebody Feed Phil fame.

00:13Now as a Phil myself, I'm all in favour of somebody feeding Phil, and I'm bringing the

00:19show, you're talking about it, in an audience with format in Brighton before too long, and

00:25goodness, you were saying just now that it's all about putting nice out in the world and

00:30nice comes back to you, is that, that's the essence of the show then is it?

00:35I think so, that's not just the essence of the show, it's how I try to live my life.

00:40I just find, you know, if you say hello to someone on the street in your neighbourhood,

00:47you're already making the world a tiny bit better. I also find that quite selfishly,

00:53and this has been studied, people who smile and say hello to a stranger on the street

00:59are happier people. It makes you happy, even if you get nothing in return. That attitude

01:05of just saying hi.

01:08It's just the lift, isn't it?

01:10It's just, it changes your perspective on life. Oh, here's not someone I need to be

01:15afraid of or shun or can't be bothered with, here's someone I'm actually saying hi to.

01:22Just that adjustment in your head makes you happier.

01:26And the show is about food and travel, but clearly the food is the oil that greases the

01:31wheels that makes us nicer, isn't it?

01:33The food and my stupid sense of humour is just there to get you the real message, which

01:38is that the world might be better if we all could experience a little bit of other people's

01:43experiences.

01:44So it must be very gratifying then, if that's the basis that the show has been such a huge

01:50success, doesn't it? What does that say about human nature?

01:53It's encouraging, isn't it? Not just for me professionally, but for people in general.

02:01We need a little bit of escape from the news and hopefully this show gives you a little

02:08bit of that, hopefully with laughs too.

02:11Absolutely. Now, in the format you're bringing to the UK, Brighton in particular, it's behind

02:17the scenes stories from the show, but it's also a question and answer.

02:20And you love doing this, don't you? Why do you love it?

02:23I love it because that's where I get to connect with the people.

02:27And that's what the show's about and what I'm about.

02:31It's my favourite thing in life is to meet new people and connect with them and see the

02:35similarities that we have, which are far greater than our differences.

02:39And I do tell my hopefully funny stories on stage, but then the second half of the show

02:45is all Q&A with the audience.

02:47And that is literally my favourite part.

02:49It's different every night.

02:51And it's life.

02:54For me, it's life.

02:55It's life-giving, in fact.

02:57Well, congratulations.

02:59Have a safe trip over here and enjoy the tour.

03:01Really lovely to meet you.

03:02I hope to meet you.

03:04Come to the show and say hi after, will you?

03:06I will certainly try to be there.

03:08Lovely to see you.

03:09I would love that.

03:10Okay.

03:11Bye, Bill.

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