[taken from here] The Gossip Game With Guest Crispin Glover: 3/14/03 | 8:55am

Actor Crispin Glover came in to promote the movie ''Willard'' which opens today. When he came in Howard said he didn't even remember that Crispin was in the first ''Back to the Future'' movie. He said that in the second movie they used a look alike to play his part and Crispin ended up suing Steven Spielberg over that. Howard asked Crispin about what had happened there. Crispin said they didn't even use a look alike, they put prosthetics on an actor to make him look the same. He said he had to sue because it was like false advertising. He said that there are laws in the Screen Actors Guild against doing stuff like that now. Howard wondered why they even did that. Crispin said that they must have just not liked him or something. He said he's really not sure why he wasn't asked to come back for the second one. After hearing that story Howard talked about what happened to him when the ''Are You Hot'' people ripped him off. He said that his ex-best friend Scott Einziger and a guy by the name of Mike Fleiss created that show around something he'd been doing on his show forever. He wondered where their morals are and why they can't just admit they stole the idea from him. A little earlier before Crispin came in Howard said that they ran a scroll under his E! show the other night that said ''Are You Hot'' had ''alegedly'' stolen the idea from him. Howard said that they run his show every night and they still put ''alegedly'' on there. Howard had a picture of Crispin's current girlfriend who was a Penthouse model. He said her name is Alexa Lauren. Crispin told Howard that they actually met at the Playboy mansion. Howard started hearing all of that and said that Crispin isn't as weird as he'd heard. Howard had heard about how he had an examination chair in his living room years ago so he asked him about that. Crispin said he did have that in his home years ago but he's since put it somewhere else. Howard told him that must freak women out when he brings them home and there's an examination chair in his living room. Crispin said it was just a medical chair and it wasn't that big of a deal.

Howard asked Crispin about this movie he's in. Crispin said they have changed the movie in this remake of an old movie. He said he'd never seen the old one before reading the script. He put his own spin on the character.

Crispin also talked about what he's been doing since the ''Back to the Future'' movie. He said he's done about 30 movies in his life but they're mostly low budget movies that not too many people saw. He talked about directing some Downs Syndrome people in one of his movies. Howard asked him who was easier to work with, the retards or the rats in ''Willard.'' Howard said the rats were very well trained so it was easier to work with them. Crispin talked about how he found the Down Syndrome people to work with and what he did with that movie. He said when it's done he'll take it around to theaters to show. Howard said he wants to see it when it's done. Crispin ended up talking about how regular actors are playing retarded people in movies. He said he doesn't think it's right that people will play a retard but not play something in black face. Crispin talked about his movie and what it's going to be about for a short time also. Artie interrupted the conversation and said that he heard that Sean Penn is going to play a part as a retard in black face.

Howard got back to ''Willard'' and asked Crispin how much he made for this movie. He said he did very well but when Howard asked him if it was over $3 million, he said ''no.'' He said it's getting up there but it's not that high yet. Howard congratulated him on his girlfriend and all the work he's getting these days.

KC asked Crispin if he ever did try to beat up David Letterman one time. Howard said the guy was doing a bit, he didn't fight him because he was pissed at him. KC heard some other wacky things about Crispin that he denied. He heard that he celebrates his birthday twice a year. Crispin said that's not true. They went over a few other things about Crispin like the fact that he has the same birthday as Hitler. Howard heard he's got a fascination with Hitler but Crispin said that's not really true either. He explained what he was studying as far as propaganda films and stuff like that. He had a very long winded explanation that he went through with Howard. Howard said he didn't know what he was talking about, he just knew he had a guy in the other room who wants to take anal for $250,000.

Howard got back to his girlfriend and talked about that for a short time. He also took some phone calls for Crispin. A couple of people asked him some questions. One guy said that on the DVD audio commentary track for ''Back to the Future'' they say that Crispin wanted too much money and that's why he wasn't in the second one.

Howard got Mike Walker on the phone so he could play his game. Howard ended up asking Crispin about some celebrities he's worked with over the years before talking to Mike. He brought up people like Lisa Marie Presley. He and Artie had some goofy questions about that. He was also at Sean Penn and Madonna's wedding. Crispin said he'd just worked with Penn around that time and was invited to the wedding. Mike asked Crispin if he's friends with David Lynch. He just wanted to point out that Crispin hangs around with some other odd people.

Howard moved on to the game and had Mike read his stuff. Here's how the game goes... Each week Mike Walker calls in with four gossip stories. Three of the stories are from his National Enquirer gossip column. One of the stories is false. Everyone tries to pick out the false story. The stories will appear in Mike's gossip column each week after he plays with Howard. Here are this week's stories:

Catherine Zeta Jones went to the bathroom at the SAG awards. She had accidentally dipped her silk wrap in the toilet and freaked out. Her assistant thought her baby was coming. The wrap was cleaned and dried for her a short time later.

Barbra Streissand is trying to sell some stuff from her house on the web and has 9 pages worth of junk that she wants to get rid of.

Tom Cruise pulled over to the side of the road to help out a stranded couple in New Zealand while he was there shooting a movie.

Goldie Hawn says that her boyfriend Kurt Russell cries like a baby at tear-jerker movies. He can be seen wiping his eyes and blowing his nose after seeing some of these movies.

Howard and Crispin went with number 3 as the false story while Robin went with number 1. Artie went with number 4 and Fred went with number 2. The actual false story was number one. Robin almost always wins this thing and she showed that she is still the queen of the game. Howard wrapped up the call with Mike and thanked Crispin for coming in. He went to break a short time later.