Carson: Have a seat.

Donnie: You're right about Alley G. (sp?)

Carson: Yeah he's crazy right. The guy is big though, like he's already huge overseas

Donnie: Yeah, I watched him. When I did Band of Brothers I was in England for 10 months. So…

Carson: And you watch The Alley G. Show over there

Donnie: Yeah, he's funny man. I saw when he was on TRL with you and he speaks kind of quick and I was worried the kids weren't getting what he was saying, cause he was slipping in so much stuff, it was really funny. He's brilliant.

Carson: The TRL kids don't get much.

Donnie: Right, lots of screaming going on though.

Carson: It's like trigger words, you say B2K and they go crazy. Alley G. has a very funny joke and they're like what video are we at? (laughs)

Donnie: Right, Right.

Carson: He is funny though. So it's good to have you here man. All is good in life?

Donnie: Yeah.

Carson: Boomtown is doing good.

Donnie: It's doing extremely well.

Carson: You'll still shooting the first season right?

Donnie: We actually just finished shooting, the episodes haven't all aired, there are like 5 more to go I think.

Carson: Have you been picked up for a second season?

Donnie: Not officially, but it looks pretty good, I mean the numbers have been fantastic. The only real danger we faced was Kingpin. The show that was sort of a miniseries being a phenomenal success, but it wasn't.

Carson: How would that effect Boomtown?

Donnie: Well, because Kingpin, there was a funny thing with Kingpin…

Carson: Which is also on the network?

Donnie: Yeah, because they weren't quite sure what to do with that show and I think they thought that it could be like some Sopranos type thing. But they ran it as a miniseries and if it did like huge huge numbers, like through the roof, like Soprano type numbers than they may have just said "Let's replace Boomtown permanently". But our numbers…

Carson: But why can't NBC have both shows? They'd be great.

Donnie: There are too many reality shows.

Carson: I'm no Television genius but it would seem better to have two great shows.

Donnie: Reality shows.

Carson: What is the deal with reality shows? Carmen Electra is coming out and she's like obsessed with reality shows.

Donnie: I watch like one or two. But they're cheap, from a networks point of view it costs them like $100,000 to make the show like Fear Factor and then the prize is $50,000. You know what I mean?

Carson: And an episode like Boomtown would blow up the building.

Donnie: Yeah it's like $2 million bucks.

Carson: I think it's kind of sad, cause you'll look at the numbers from a great show like The West Wing and then they'll have like Who's Hot with Lorenzo Lamas and it will have like double the numbers.

Donnie: Yeah, I think the thing with reality shows is that sometime they're good, sometimes they're funny, and sometimes they're terrible. But people have to realize that they are just flashes in a pan. The reviews on Boomtown, not to blow my own horn or anything like that, but they've been some of the best reviews of a new show in history.

(audience applause)

Carson: As an actor you want to be associated with something as credible as Boomtown.

Donnie: Yeah. Absolutely and so you hope that NBC will choose quality over a quick fix with the reality shows.

Carson: Right

Donnie: And I think they will

Carson: Except for at 1:35 a.m. they were all high for sticking me here. I'm surprised you haven't like broken a leg with everything that you do on Boomtown. Have you gotten hurt?

Donnie: Actually, my thumb just healed from hitting this guy in the head. (laughs) But I deserved it. I didn't mean to hit him.

Carson: Was it a fighting scene or something where you hit him?

Donnie: Well it was a scene where this guy is supposed to be a junkie and he was trying to get away from me and my partner, played by Mykelti Williamson, and Mykelti just watches me grab this guy and Mykelti is like 6'5, and every time this guy runs he just watches me, I'm like 5'10 and I have to run and tackle this guy and slam him down on a bench and I'm like why don't you help me man. But he wouldn't help me so anyways I cut the guy's head open in one of the takes and he was bleeding in the middle of the take and his temple was pouring with blood.

Carson: And of course this wasn't supposed to happen.

Donnie: No it wasn't supposed to happen that way. And I was taking a few liberties with the guy cause he was being a smart alec (laughs) (audience laughs) Yeah smart alec, Scooby Doo words…

Carson: You can say smart ass on this show. Let me translate for the kids … smart alec is the same as smart ass. Continue…

Donnie: That's right. So on the last take you know I had really given this guy a hard way to go. And on the last take I smash my thumb right on the side of his head and it popped right out.

Carson: I wish we had that scene here but I don't think we do.

Donnie: Nah.

Carson: But we do have a scene and it's a new one, which is cool cause usually we just show old stuff. So this will be on March 16.

(clip w/ Tom)

(Claps)

Carson: Shut the f up. Little explosive anger there Donnie. It's cool though to be on the show. The show is awesome. We've got a few more things to get to, then we're going to get to Dreamcatcher, the new Stephen King book made into a movie. But I have to mention, your former Boston bandmate from New Kids Danny Wood is coming out with a new solo project in April.

Donnie: Right.

Carson: Is he still trying to ride the wave of New Kids.

Donnie: No, no.

Carson: Cause it's been a minute.

Donnie: Yeah it has. (laughs) But you know what he loves music and Danny was like the most underrated guy in the group. It's funny because Danny was the one that we'd all have stories about, like we left him behind and we'd all be on the tour bus driving to the next city and he'd be in the hotel and everyone was like where's Danny. And girls would come charging at us, you know thousand girls, and Danny would be the first one and they'd all past him to get to like Joey and stuff. (laughs)

Carson: Ah yeah, I know that stuff.

Donnie: And he was always a good sport about it, and he's really a talented musician and he's playing, writing all his own stuff and he's got a band together. He's really good. I'm hopeful that he will do well because he has really found something that is real for him.

Carson: You're not going to do anything are you?

Donnie: No. I don't think so.

Carson: Why?

Donnie: I'm not inspired.

Carson: And your kid is like into Slip Knot and all this crazy stuff…

Donnie: He's…

Carson: How old is he?

Donnie: He's ten.

Carson: He's ten and he listens to Slip Knot?

Donnie: He's kind of backing off of Slip Knot a little bit, he's into the Used right now and Green Day. The kids change so quick these days.

Carson: Damn kids. (laughs)

Donnie: Yeah.

Carson: Yeah, tell me about it, I live with them everyday. Dreamcatcher is a movie, I know the role you have in the movie brought back…

Donnie: Haha I just got that, you live with them every day, a TRL joke. (everyone laughing) That's good, that's good.

(laughing)

Carson: That was the most delayed reaction I've ever heard.

Donnie: I know man, I just flew in last night.

Carson: Here what did they give you to drink (smells Donnie's drink) no man you're straight

Donnie: It's Friday night, I'm getting an early start (laughing)

Carson: I have to get this out before your people kill us, this looks cool, Dreamcatcher is based on a Stephen King book and usually when books go into movies…I think they always do the Stephen Kings books pretty good. I know you said your role sort of brought back memories, you know Donnie was in Sixth Sense and none of us recognized him. But why does this bring back memories?

Donnie: Cause no one is going to recognize me again, but that's good.

Carson: Did you lose weight? Cause you don't have any to lose.

Donnie: No, I didn't lose weight. I'm playing a guy who is mentally challenged in the film and he is not well physically (picture from movie) and I don't want to give away too much. But they said the guy you are going to play is going to be in bad health and really skinny. And I said I couldn't do that again, cause I almost killed myself doing The Sixth Sense, and I couldn't do it again. So this time I hooked up with a dietician who taught me how to do it properly and I lost weight just really in my face and it was a winter movie so I got to wear big clothes which made me look smaller than I really was. Which is good, thank God, cause I couldn't do that again.

Carson: How much did you lose for The Sixth Sense?

Donnie: I probably lost about 40 pounds.

Carson: Where did that come from? Cause you don't have 40 pounds to lose.

Donnie: I starved myself. Sometimes you have to take a chance and go all out for something that can sort of…when you believe in a project and it's like that wonderful and you know that it is the one and you have to do whatever it takes to do this part and be as great as I can be, and that is what The Sixth Sense was.

Carson: You know it's cool that you were willing to go through all the struggle to lose 40 pounds for a scene that you know wasn't a huge part. Cause my friends and I are watching and I keep going "that's Donnie Wahlberg" and they're like "no it's not, there's no way". You have to wait until the ending credits to see it really was you. I wish we could spend more time, but we've go to go.

Donnie: (holding up glass) It's Friday night.

Carson: Check out Donnie in Dreamcatcher which opens in March 21, Boomtown is on Sundays, yeah switch over from the reality shows and watch a real show. Thank you for being here brother.

Donnie: Thank you.