1 00:00:07,591 --> 00:00:09,027 -Bikinis and six packs. 2 00:00:09,051 --> 00:00:10,069 Probably the first thing that comes to my mind 3 00:00:10,093 --> 00:00:11,196 when I think about "Baywatch". 4 00:00:11,220 --> 00:00:12,906 -In the 1990s, 5 00:00:12,930 --> 00:00:17,994 a lifeguard soap opera has the world tuning in. 6 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,871 -It would start with the girls running on the beach 7 00:00:19,895 --> 00:00:22,457 and their breasts rising up and down. 8 00:00:22,481 --> 00:00:24,125 -The red bathing suit is so iconic. 9 00:00:24,149 --> 00:00:26,544 -All of a sudden, a billion people around the world 10 00:00:26,568 --> 00:00:28,004 were watching it. 11 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:32,759 -But the brightest sun has the darkest shadows. 12 00:00:32,783 --> 00:00:35,261 -No 15-year-old kid should be worried 13 00:00:35,285 --> 00:00:37,388 about not having a six pack. 14 00:00:37,412 --> 00:00:40,058 -"Am I pretty enough? Am I good enough? 15 00:00:40,082 --> 00:00:42,018 Am I thin enough?" 16 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:44,395 -Addiction 17 00:00:44,419 --> 00:00:46,105 and anger issues. 18 00:00:46,129 --> 00:00:47,857 -Tommy Lee destroyed her dressing room 19 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:49,567 because he was so jealous. 20 00:00:49,591 --> 00:00:53,696 -And violations of privacy that will forever lower the bar. 21 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,616 -I'll kill you! You... asshole! 22 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:04,640 {\an8}♪♪ 23 00:01:05,691 --> 00:01:07,252 [ Dial-up modems screeching ] 24 00:01:07,276 --> 00:01:14,509 {\an8}♪♪ 25 00:01:14,533 --> 00:01:21,766 {\an8}♪♪ 26 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:24,686 {\an8}-It's the early '90s, and this may be 27 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:28,147 the most recognizable piece of music on the planet. 28 00:01:28,171 --> 00:01:29,565 [ Jimi Jamison's "I'm Always Here" playing ] 29 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:33,987 -♪ Some people stand in the darkness ♪ 30 00:01:34,011 --> 00:01:36,322 ♪ Afraid to step into the light ♪ 31 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:38,283 -From the opening theme's first note, 32 00:01:38,307 --> 00:01:42,287 "Baywatch" promises action, romance, 33 00:01:42,311 --> 00:01:45,039 and the chance to see some skin. 34 00:01:45,063 --> 00:01:46,708 -It was about Pamela Anderson 35 00:01:46,732 --> 00:01:51,087 and all these beautiful girls, this California dream, 36 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:53,631 borderline playmates running around in the sand. 37 00:01:53,655 --> 00:01:57,969 Like, I can see why it was popular. 38 00:01:57,993 --> 00:02:01,347 - "Baywatch" will grow into a world wide phenomenon, 39 00:02:01,371 --> 00:02:04,934 but the show was born out of two down-and-out writers 40 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:07,020 who go to get high. 41 00:02:07,044 --> 00:02:09,647 -And our agent said, "Look, you're screwing up. 42 00:02:09,671 --> 00:02:11,858 You got to come up with something." 43 00:02:11,882 --> 00:02:15,069 So Doug and I went to the beach, smoked a joint. 44 00:02:15,093 --> 00:02:16,696 We're walking along, trying to think 45 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,489 of what kind of show can we do 46 00:02:18,513 --> 00:02:21,034 when we see a lifeguard run down a tower, 47 00:02:21,058 --> 00:02:24,412 run into the surf, pulling people out caught in a riptide. 48 00:02:24,436 --> 00:02:27,415 And here come these yellow trucks with lights and sirens 49 00:02:27,439 --> 00:02:29,500 and boats are coming from offshore 50 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:30,918 and everybody's in bathing suits. 51 00:02:30,942 --> 00:02:33,504 How could no one ever thought of this before? 52 00:02:33,528 --> 00:02:36,632 {\an8}I'm Michael Berk. I created "Baywatch", 53 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:38,384 {\an8}executive produced and wrote. 54 00:02:38,408 --> 00:02:41,220 There's Abby. [ Chuckles ] 55 00:02:41,244 --> 00:02:43,723 It was created with my partner, Doug Schwartz, 56 00:02:43,747 --> 00:02:48,019 who I think is probably going to be appearing in this show. 57 00:02:48,043 --> 00:02:50,938 {\an8}-Michael is not only my first cousin, 58 00:02:50,962 --> 00:02:52,815 {\an8}he's also my best friend. 59 00:02:52,839 --> 00:02:54,817 Nobody believed in the show originally 60 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:58,112 because they did not understand a show about lifeguarding 61 00:02:58,136 --> 00:03:01,616 because there's never been a show about lifeguarding before. 62 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:03,034 -They said, "Now, Beach Boys? 63 00:03:03,058 --> 00:03:05,453 Who's going to watch people getting tans? 64 00:03:05,477 --> 00:03:07,872 How many different rescues can you do?" 65 00:03:07,896 --> 00:03:10,124 -So the only way we could convince them 66 00:03:10,148 --> 00:03:12,001 that there was a viable show here, 67 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:15,797 Michael and I and our third partner, Greg Bonann, 68 00:03:15,821 --> 00:03:17,423 who's my brother-in-law, 69 00:03:17,447 --> 00:03:21,594 we went out and shot our own three-minute presentation 70 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:23,054 of what "Baywatch" is. 71 00:03:23,078 --> 00:03:25,390 -Greg had just come back from filming 72 00:03:25,414 --> 00:03:27,100 the Olympics as a documentary, 73 00:03:27,124 --> 00:03:30,770 and it shot all those sprinters in slow motion and stuff. 74 00:03:30,794 --> 00:03:33,272 He still had his equipment, all his camera equipment 75 00:03:33,296 --> 00:03:34,982 that he hadn't turned in. 76 00:03:35,006 --> 00:03:38,653 And we edited it to Don Henley's "Boys of Summer". 77 00:03:38,677 --> 00:03:41,656 {\an8}♪♪ 78 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,574 -For the promo, they cast their friend, 79 00:03:43,598 --> 00:03:46,351 Mike Newman, a real lifeguard. 80 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:50,748 -It was the Southern California lifestyle 81 00:03:50,772 --> 00:03:54,585 with real lifeguards and the action-adventure. 82 00:03:54,609 --> 00:03:58,798 It was the beach and beauty and the sunsets every night, 83 00:03:58,822 --> 00:04:01,008 and once they saw that, they got it. 84 00:04:01,032 --> 00:04:04,220 -Grant Tinker, who is the president of NBC 85 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:07,306 and "Mary Tyler Moore" and all this other stuff, 86 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:09,434 he watched it. He goes, "It's great. I get it. 87 00:04:09,458 --> 00:04:10,977 It's action-packed. It's beautiful. 88 00:04:11,001 --> 00:04:13,229 But I don't think there's a series in it. 89 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:14,730 So do a movie. 90 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:17,733 But I want you to put 'Panic' in the title." 91 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:23,406 {\an8}So we wrote and shot "Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier". 92 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:27,910 {\an8}-When it's time to shoot the movie, they recast. 93 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:31,080 Mike Newman is demoted to a bit player, 94 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:34,983 and the role of the head lifeguard goes to this man. 95 00:04:36,902 --> 00:04:38,963 -Here is David Hasselhoff. 96 00:04:38,987 --> 00:04:41,632 [ Cheers and applause ] 97 00:04:41,656 --> 00:04:44,719 {\an8}-David Hasselhoff start in "Knight Rider". 98 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:48,139 {\an8}We also cast Billy Warlock, Erika Eleniak. 99 00:04:48,163 --> 00:04:52,560 {\an8}Erika had been in "Playboy". NBC said, "No, we won't cast her." 100 00:04:52,584 --> 00:04:56,213 {\an8}We stood up for Erika Eleniak, and they finally gave in. 101 00:05:00,217 --> 00:05:03,821 -This out! Alright, circle clockwise. 102 00:05:03,845 --> 00:05:06,699 - Johnny, you alright? - I forgot everything we learned. 103 00:05:06,723 --> 00:05:08,034 -You'll remember when you hit the water. 104 00:05:08,058 --> 00:05:09,619 -Go! 105 00:05:09,643 --> 00:05:12,955 -Not only was "Panic at Malibu Pier" successful, 106 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:16,792 but it was the highest rated movie on NBC the entire year, 107 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:20,338 and they greenlit the 22 episodes of "Baywatch". 108 00:05:20,362 --> 00:05:23,382 -♪ I've been looking for freedom ♪ 109 00:05:23,406 --> 00:05:26,677 -Hasselhoff is a huge singing star in Europe. 110 00:05:26,701 --> 00:05:30,389 The Germans inexplicably worship him. 111 00:05:30,413 --> 00:05:32,141 To capitalize on his appeal, 112 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:35,561 the "Baywatch" creators looked for ways to feature him. 113 00:05:35,585 --> 00:05:37,855 -I was a single father, so we gave Hasselhoff a son 114 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:39,774 because we could tell those father-son stories. 115 00:05:39,798 --> 00:05:41,817 -Women especially loved the relationship 116 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:44,904 between David Hasselhoff as a single father 117 00:05:44,928 --> 00:05:47,406 raising a young boy, Hobie. 118 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:52,036 And our largest audience that watch the show was women. 119 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:55,164 - Can I ask you something? - Sure, go ahead. 120 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:58,876 -Well, if you're just friends with a girl, 121 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:01,712 is it all right to rub sun tan oil on her back? 122 00:06:01,736 --> 00:06:03,172 -Yeah. 123 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:06,050 -The show did very well in the ratings. 124 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:10,137 -After season one, Berk and Schwartz meet with the studio, 125 00:06:10,161 --> 00:06:14,559 expecting to be ordered back to the beach for a season two. 126 00:06:14,583 --> 00:06:17,061 -What happened was Grant Tinker, 127 00:06:17,085 --> 00:06:19,897 who was the chairman of GTG Entertainment, 128 00:06:19,921 --> 00:06:24,068 Grant said that NBC has decided to cancel the show. 129 00:06:24,092 --> 00:06:27,238 -GTG, because they were so bad as a studio, 130 00:06:27,262 --> 00:06:28,739 went out of business. 131 00:06:28,763 --> 00:06:30,575 There was no one left to finance "Baywatch". 132 00:06:30,599 --> 00:06:33,411 -"'Baywatch' is over. You guys can pack up your stuff. 133 00:06:33,435 --> 00:06:35,288 Everything's done." 134 00:06:35,312 --> 00:06:38,124 So it was the worst day of our lives to have a series canceled 135 00:06:38,148 --> 00:06:40,835 that we really believed in as much as we did. 136 00:06:40,859 --> 00:06:42,461 -That's when we went to a Passover dinner 137 00:06:42,485 --> 00:06:44,630 with Uncle Sherwood Schwartz. 138 00:06:44,654 --> 00:06:46,966 -My uncle, Sherwood Schwartz, 139 00:06:46,990 --> 00:06:48,843 who was the creator, executive producer, 140 00:06:48,867 --> 00:06:52,138 showrunner of both "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch", 141 00:06:52,162 --> 00:06:53,973 he was a big fan of "Baywatch". 142 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:56,934 -And he said, "Look, 'Baywatch' is your 'Gilligan's Island'. 143 00:06:56,958 --> 00:06:59,812 Don't let it go. Go see if Grant Tinker 144 00:06:59,836 --> 00:07:02,607 will sell you the rights back to 'Baywatch'." 145 00:07:02,631 --> 00:07:05,443 -So we literally went to Grant Tinker 146 00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:08,779 and told him that we would like to get our rights back. 147 00:07:08,803 --> 00:07:12,158 -So he sold us the rights to "Baywatch" back for $10. 148 00:07:12,182 --> 00:07:13,701 Everybody thought we were crazy. 149 00:07:13,725 --> 00:07:15,119 They never thought we'd get it back on the air. 150 00:07:15,143 --> 00:07:16,912 We paid $10 for "Baywatch", 151 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:18,789 put the old gang together. 152 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:22,501 -Hasselhoff not only signs on to star in the second season, 153 00:07:22,525 --> 00:07:25,963 but he also becomes one of the show's producers. 154 00:07:25,987 --> 00:07:29,300 Berk and Schwartz hope his popularity internationally 155 00:07:29,324 --> 00:07:31,135 will help to secure the financing 156 00:07:31,159 --> 00:07:35,139 to make the show in syndication. 157 00:07:35,163 --> 00:07:37,141 -He was a big boost, and we raised 158 00:07:37,165 --> 00:07:43,147 about $600,000 per episode from Europe, especially Germany. 159 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:45,858 And with that, we launched in syndication 160 00:07:45,882 --> 00:07:48,778 September of 1991. 161 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:50,863 -But before they start production, 162 00:07:50,887 --> 00:07:55,618 Hasselhoff's on-screen son, Hobie, needs to be recast. 163 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:59,997 -Yeah, well, it's a fresh start for both of us, huh? 164 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:01,874 -Good luck today, Lieutenant. 165 00:08:01,898 --> 00:08:05,378 -I'm playing in the pool with my friends, 166 00:08:05,402 --> 00:08:08,047 my mom runs out, it's the middle of summer, 167 00:08:08,071 --> 00:08:10,257 and she goes, "Jeremy, you got an audition. 168 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:13,260 We got to drive to L.A., like, right now." 169 00:08:13,284 --> 00:08:17,181 And I'm like, "Mom, I'm playing. I don't want to go" 170 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:21,018 And she's like, "[Scoffs] It's with the Knight Rider." 171 00:08:21,042 --> 00:08:23,354 So that kind of changed things a little bit. 172 00:08:23,378 --> 00:08:26,524 {\an8}My name is Jeremy Jackson, and most people remember me best 173 00:08:26,548 --> 00:08:29,193 {\an8}as David Hasselhoff son on the number one 174 00:08:29,217 --> 00:08:31,928 TV show in the world, "Baywatch". 175 00:08:33,555 --> 00:08:36,701 It was a crying scene, you know? I had to, like, 176 00:08:36,725 --> 00:08:38,536 knock this crying scene out of the park 177 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,204 and get some real tears. 178 00:08:40,228 --> 00:08:43,332 And so my mom would always do this trick. 179 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:46,877 She would sing "You and Me Against the World", right? 180 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:49,046 And like, that would always just choke me up 181 00:08:49,070 --> 00:08:50,881 because it was, like, me and my mom, 182 00:08:50,905 --> 00:08:52,383 you know, from the get go, 183 00:08:52,407 --> 00:08:54,552 just trying to take over the world together. 184 00:08:54,576 --> 00:08:56,887 And then those tears just started flowing. 185 00:08:56,911 --> 00:08:59,724 -[Sobbing] 186 00:08:59,748 --> 00:09:03,018 {\an1}-Boom. I walked in there. It was pretty much mine from the start. 187 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:05,896 -Jeremy almost didn't get the part 188 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,273 because there was another actor 189 00:09:07,297 --> 00:09:10,234 that came in that we really liked. 190 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:13,195 And that actor was Leonardo DiCaprio. 191 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:15,823 But he was a teenager, almost teenager, 192 00:09:15,847 --> 00:09:18,743 and he was tall at that point, and David Hasselhoff said, 193 00:09:18,767 --> 00:09:22,913 "I can't do the kind of scenes with my son on the beach." 194 00:09:22,937 --> 00:09:26,375 So we decided to go with Jeremy Jackson, 195 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:30,713 who was not as experienced an actor as Leonardo DiCaprio, 196 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:32,423 but had a innocence to him. 197 00:09:32,447 --> 00:09:34,216 {\an8}-♪ I'll be ready ♪ 198 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:35,926 {\an8}-♪ I'll be ready ♪ 199 00:09:35,950 --> 00:09:38,929 -Jackson joins the cast for season two, 200 00:09:38,953 --> 00:09:40,765 but when production wraps, 201 00:09:40,789 --> 00:09:42,725 there are even more changes. 202 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:43,809 -At the end of the year. 203 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:45,811 Billy and Erika left "Baywatch" 204 00:09:45,835 --> 00:09:47,271 and the distributors were freaked 205 00:09:47,295 --> 00:09:50,816 because they were the young, hot, sexy talent. 206 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,152 -We needed to get a powerhouse actress 207 00:09:53,176 --> 00:09:56,530 that would get attention, and we were looking and looking 208 00:09:56,554 --> 00:09:59,158 and we got a phone call from Hugh Hefner, 209 00:09:59,182 --> 00:10:01,452 who said they just brought a girl down from Canada 210 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:05,247 to do a "Playboy" cover shoot named Pam Anderson 211 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:07,500 and was so impressed with her beauty 212 00:10:07,524 --> 00:10:10,461 and her personality that he called Michael, 213 00:10:10,485 --> 00:10:13,839 {\an1}and they were friends, and said, "You've got to meet this girl." 214 00:10:13,863 --> 00:10:15,424 -She started on "Home Improvement". 215 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:19,637 She was the tool girl on "Home Improvement". 216 00:10:19,661 --> 00:10:22,139 -And by the way, she missed her first three auditions. 217 00:10:22,163 --> 00:10:24,892 So we thought she was never going to come in. 218 00:10:24,916 --> 00:10:27,478 -Pam finally came in for the audition. 219 00:10:27,502 --> 00:10:29,605 We said, look, "Do you mind if we see you in a bathing suit?" 220 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,023 I said, "We have a rack. You can pick..." 221 00:10:31,047 --> 00:10:32,608 She said, "No, I don't need a bathing suit." 222 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:35,319 And she starts taking off her clothes, and she said, 223 00:10:35,343 --> 00:10:36,403 "Oh, you've seen me in 'Playboy'. 224 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:38,239 What difference does it make?" 225 00:10:38,263 --> 00:10:41,158 But it turned out she had her own bathing suit on under it. 226 00:10:41,182 --> 00:10:43,017 She had come prepared. 227 00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:49,667 And she killed it. She's incredible. She's perfect. 228 00:10:49,691 --> 00:10:51,335 And Hasselhoff says, "No." 229 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:53,295 "What are you talking about?" "She's been in 'Playboy". 230 00:10:53,319 --> 00:10:56,131 I don't like all those girls in 'Playboy'. 231 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:59,385 And in the scenes that I'm in with her, 232 00:10:59,409 --> 00:11:01,262 no one's going to be noticing my performance. 233 00:11:01,286 --> 00:11:03,055 They're going to be watching her boobs." 234 00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:06,433 And we said, "David, we love you. We appreciate your input. 235 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:08,185 But we're hiring Pam Anderson." 236 00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:10,855 Of course, he quickly, quickly, quickly came around 237 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:14,024 when he realized she was just wonderful on screen. 238 00:11:14,048 --> 00:11:15,484 Her presence was great. 239 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:17,319 People weren't just staring at her boobs, 240 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:20,614 even though they were part of the character and who she was. 241 00:11:20,638 --> 00:11:24,326 -Pamela's arrival doesn't just change the show. 242 00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:27,162 It changes some of the women who are watching. 243 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:28,414 -The rate of breast augmentation 244 00:11:28,438 --> 00:11:31,500 went up about 500%. 245 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:35,069 -It was just a huge boom for plastic surgery. 246 00:11:39,574 --> 00:11:41,260 -At the beginning of the decade, 247 00:11:41,284 --> 00:11:44,638 America's changing the way it does business with the world. 248 00:11:44,662 --> 00:11:47,266 No longer are automobiles and agriculture 249 00:11:47,290 --> 00:11:50,269 its main exports. 250 00:11:50,293 --> 00:11:52,855 Entertainment takes top spot, 251 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:57,276 pulling in a whopping $60 billion a year. 252 00:11:57,300 --> 00:12:00,613 -One of America's greatest export is our culture, 253 00:12:00,637 --> 00:12:04,783 and television media being part of that culture. 254 00:12:04,807 --> 00:12:06,368 {\an8}My name is Dr. Robyn Goodman. 255 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:08,746 {\an8}I am chair and an associate professor in advertising 256 00:12:08,770 --> 00:12:10,915 {\an8}at the University of Florida. 257 00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:13,584 It is basically enjoyable voyeurism. 258 00:12:13,608 --> 00:12:17,630 -And there's no voyeurism more enjoyable than "Baywatch". 259 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:20,132 -Move down! 260 00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:21,717 -With Pamela on the show, 261 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:25,888 our ratings jump from about a 3 to a 10 rating, 262 00:12:25,912 --> 00:12:29,433 and then we started picking up audience members, 263 00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:31,769 picking up more and more countries. 264 00:12:31,793 --> 00:12:34,104 -We're a... success. We're a hit. 265 00:12:34,128 --> 00:12:37,524 {\an8}"TV Guide" comes out that says, 266 00:12:37,548 --> 00:12:41,612 {\an8}"The first billion-viewer show in history is 'Baywatch'." 267 00:12:41,636 --> 00:12:43,739 It was the first U.S. show in China. 268 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:45,950 So we got that huge audience. 269 00:12:45,974 --> 00:12:47,868 In South America, 270 00:12:47,892 --> 00:12:50,329 all the villagers would come in their boats 271 00:12:50,353 --> 00:12:52,623 to this one hut and crank up a generator 272 00:12:52,647 --> 00:12:54,124 and watch "Baywatch". 273 00:12:54,148 --> 00:12:57,044 In the Middle East, 274 00:12:57,068 --> 00:13:02,508 {\an1}they risked imprisonment to use a satellite to watch "Baywatch". 275 00:13:02,532 --> 00:13:05,135 It started expanding to so many countries, 276 00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:06,804 like 142 countries 277 00:13:06,828 --> 00:13:08,973 in 42 different languages. 278 00:13:08,997 --> 00:13:10,599 {\an8}-Until we ended up airing 279 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:13,418 {\an8}on every continent except Antarctica. 280 00:13:15,586 --> 00:13:18,399 -Although Hasselhoff retains top billing, 281 00:13:18,423 --> 00:13:21,610 most of that success is due to Pamela Anderson 282 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:25,447 and the other sexy women who get cast. 283 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:28,826 -Pamela Anderson became an international icon 284 00:13:28,850 --> 00:13:31,537 because of "Baywatch". 285 00:13:31,561 --> 00:13:33,038 -I always liked Pam. 286 00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:37,334 I thought, here's a woman who really understood 287 00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:40,504 how to make the system work for her. 288 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:43,549 {\an8}I'm Tanya Hart. I'm an entertainment journalist. 289 00:13:43,573 --> 00:13:49,430 When I was at E!, we covered "Baywatch" stuff, 290 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:51,640 you know, that was going on, 291 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:54,518 mainly because of Pamela Anderson. 292 00:13:54,542 --> 00:13:59,189 -Pamela was like the sweetest, the cutest, most authentic, 293 00:13:59,213 --> 00:14:02,526 you know, good-hearted person. She was like my big sis. 294 00:14:02,550 --> 00:14:07,072 Well, you know, the show always had beautiful people. 295 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:09,533 -When it comes to casting bombshells, 296 00:14:09,557 --> 00:14:13,203 the "Baywatch" producers don't stop with Anderson. 297 00:14:13,227 --> 00:14:16,165 -Michael and I recast the show every season. 298 00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:18,083 We would add new cast members. 299 00:14:18,107 --> 00:14:22,379 Other people would leave. New people would come in. 300 00:14:22,403 --> 00:14:24,381 -The people I worked with were all gorgeous, 301 00:14:24,405 --> 00:14:28,052 and back then, it was a natural situation. 302 00:14:28,076 --> 00:14:30,554 There wasn't any fillers. We didn't have Botox. 303 00:14:30,578 --> 00:14:33,182 I mean, so, that was all off the table. 304 00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:36,727 {\an8}I mean, other than, you know, the obvious. 305 00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:38,479 I'm Gena Lee Nolin, 306 00:14:38,503 --> 00:14:43,341 and I played the bad girl, Neely Capshaw, on "Baywatch". 307 00:14:46,928 --> 00:14:51,742 -As one of Barker's beauties on "The Price is Right", 308 00:14:51,766 --> 00:14:55,370 Gena fits right in with her hard-bodied castmates. 309 00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:58,082 -[Blows whistle] You girls! Girls, come here! 310 00:14:58,106 --> 00:14:59,750 -My first day of "Baywatch", Pamela, 311 00:14:59,774 --> 00:15:02,252 she was the first person that came up to me 312 00:15:02,276 --> 00:15:03,921 and welcomed me to the show 313 00:15:03,945 --> 00:15:07,341 and just a really nice girl. 314 00:15:07,365 --> 00:15:09,259 -In the fall of '94, 315 00:15:09,283 --> 00:15:12,221 Pamela makes her second appearance in "Playboy", 316 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:16,725 showing off a newly enhanced bustline. 317 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:20,312 {\an8}And like Pamela Anderson, Gena is also not shy 318 00:15:20,336 --> 00:15:22,481 {\an8}about showing off her body. 319 00:15:22,505 --> 00:15:23,982 In the '90s, 320 00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:26,860 posing nude is seen by some celebrities 321 00:15:26,884 --> 00:15:31,615 as a way to take control of their own sexuality. 322 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:33,784 Kim Basinger and Sharon Stone 323 00:15:33,808 --> 00:15:37,538 both boost their profiles by appearing in "Playboy", 324 00:15:37,562 --> 00:15:39,915 and the Material Girl, Madonna, 325 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,543 publishes a bare-all a coffee table book 326 00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:47,214 that breaks down even more sexual boundaries. 327 00:15:47,238 --> 00:15:50,968 But on "Baywatch", it's what keeps the women from baring it 328 00:15:50,992 --> 00:15:55,305 all that fuels its success. 329 00:15:55,329 --> 00:15:56,849 -We had a beautiful environment 330 00:15:56,873 --> 00:15:58,975 to feature all these beautiful people, 331 00:15:58,999 --> 00:16:01,562 but that red bathing suit always popped out. 332 00:16:01,586 --> 00:16:03,856 -Karen Braverman was the wardrobe genius 333 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,858 for the entire time of "Baywatch". 334 00:16:05,882 --> 00:16:08,819 She personalized each swimsuit for each girl. 335 00:16:08,843 --> 00:16:12,364 So they were really tailored, really trimmed. 336 00:16:12,388 --> 00:16:14,366 -Although the "Baywatch" swimsuit winks 337 00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:16,243 at something more carnal, 338 00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:21,290 it gives the illusion of being modest, sporty, and functional. 339 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:24,459 -It was the actual uniform worn by L.A. County lifeguards. 340 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:26,503 We just made them a little sexier. 341 00:16:26,527 --> 00:16:29,298 We really established a new beauty level 342 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:31,633 in terms of a glamor level, 343 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:35,929 yet they were still American heroes, saving lives. 344 00:16:35,953 --> 00:16:38,599 -Pamela proudly flaunts her augmented body 345 00:16:38,623 --> 00:16:41,685 and owns her status as a sex symbol, 346 00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:43,979 and millions of viewers of "Baywatch" 347 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:46,672 are similarly inspired. 348 00:16:48,716 --> 00:16:52,446 {\an8}-From the early '90s into, you know, the 2000s, 349 00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:56,241 {\an8}the rate of breast augmentation went up about 500%. 350 00:16:56,265 --> 00:16:58,202 The most popular age category 351 00:16:58,226 --> 00:17:00,370 were 19 to 35 year olds. 352 00:17:00,394 --> 00:17:03,749 So "Baywatch" helped normalize plastic surgery. 353 00:17:03,773 --> 00:17:06,710 The actresses on that show were very open 354 00:17:06,734 --> 00:17:08,629 about their own experiences. 355 00:17:08,653 --> 00:17:11,215 Prior to that, it was really taboo. 356 00:17:11,239 --> 00:17:15,052 -In the '90s, "Baywatch" was the biggest advertisement 357 00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:16,678 for plastic surgery. 358 00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:18,138 {\an8}Well, my name is Dr. Leonard Grossman. 359 00:17:18,162 --> 00:17:21,183 {\an8}I'm a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. 360 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:25,062 I have performed over 7,000 breast augmentations. 361 00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:27,356 -Advertising of plastic surgery 362 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:29,733 became very common during that time period. 363 00:17:29,757 --> 00:17:32,069 There was the magic of payment plans. 364 00:17:32,093 --> 00:17:34,696 So now all of a sudden, it's something attainable. 365 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,783 We did interviews with college-age students 366 00:17:37,807 --> 00:17:40,118 that had had breast augmentation in particular, 367 00:17:40,142 --> 00:17:42,663 and we found that most of them regretted it 368 00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:44,957 and it made them feel very uncomfortable. 369 00:17:44,981 --> 00:17:47,542 -People have that notion that somehow, 370 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:51,880 by having cosmetic surgery, their life will change 371 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:53,840 because they're going to look like Pamela Anderson. 372 00:17:53,864 --> 00:17:57,469 -You fantasize about having that kind of attention. 373 00:17:57,493 --> 00:17:59,846 But the reality of it is, you know, 374 00:17:59,870 --> 00:18:02,891 these women really didn't like it. 375 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:05,227 The other thing that we saw is an increase 376 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,187 in the size of the implants. 377 00:18:07,211 --> 00:18:13,068 So, implants went up 40% in size during that era. 378 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,695 -This is 600 CCs. 379 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:17,114 What Pamela had was actually even larger than this, 380 00:18:17,138 --> 00:18:19,116 by another 30%. 381 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:21,743 Those implants weigh almost two pounds 382 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:25,455 or basically a kilogram each. 383 00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:27,124 -And it didn't feel near as glamorous 384 00:18:27,148 --> 00:18:29,042 as what they thought it was going to feel like 385 00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:31,503 because it doesn't really fix what they had hoped 386 00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:34,673 that it would fix. 387 00:18:34,697 --> 00:18:36,091 The '90s were kind of interesting 388 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:39,303 because there were really two beauty ideals. 389 00:18:39,327 --> 00:18:42,139 One was the fashion. Some people called it heroin chic, 390 00:18:42,163 --> 00:18:48,353 but it was exceedingly thin with the bony look to them. 391 00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:51,982 The second ideal, you know, was more seen through 392 00:18:52,006 --> 00:18:54,151 like Victoria's Secret models, "Baywatch", 393 00:18:54,175 --> 00:18:55,736 where it's still slender. 394 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,488 It was muscular, but not hyper muscular. 395 00:18:58,512 --> 00:18:59,948 So it was toned. 396 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:02,826 You had the smaller waist, the smaller hips. 397 00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:04,911 Mostly, it had disproportionately 398 00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:06,663 large breasts, 399 00:19:06,687 --> 00:19:09,916 which doesn't happen for most of us, naturally. 400 00:19:09,940 --> 00:19:11,752 [ Camera shutters clicking ] 401 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:14,087 -Emulating the "Baywatch" standard of beauty 402 00:19:14,111 --> 00:19:17,507 isn't just pressuring female fans of the show. 403 00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:19,533 The cast feel it, too. 404 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:25,265 -We brought Summer in as this new young lifeguard, 405 00:19:25,289 --> 00:19:29,186 and Nicole Eggert was, you know, on "Charles in Charge". 406 00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:30,562 She was cute as could be. 407 00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:32,439 She was athletic. She was adorable. 408 00:19:32,463 --> 00:19:34,733 {\an8}You know, she was never 100% comfortable 409 00:19:34,757 --> 00:19:36,860 {\an8}in the red bathing suit. 410 00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:41,656 {\an8}-She had very small breasts and she was always insecure. 411 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,867 -Nicole was, you know, kind of intimidated, 412 00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:44,910 I think, by Pam. 413 00:19:44,934 --> 00:19:46,620 -So an episode that I was doing, 414 00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:50,248 I was in the middle of a scene, and we shot the scene 415 00:19:50,272 --> 00:19:51,625 on a Friday. 416 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:52,959 -During the holiday weekend, 417 00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:55,962 she went out and got breast implants 418 00:19:55,986 --> 00:19:58,715 and went from an A-cup to a double D. 419 00:19:58,739 --> 00:20:02,677 -And came back to complete the same episode, 420 00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:04,388 having had her boobs done. 421 00:20:04,412 --> 00:20:07,682 We were on a schedule. We had to complete the episode. 422 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:11,061 -We had to put a jacket on her to cover her breasts 423 00:20:11,085 --> 00:20:14,398 so you didn't notice that she went from small to big. 424 00:20:14,422 --> 00:20:17,359 So, the rest of the episode, we kept her covered. 425 00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:20,153 And then after that, she wasn't featured 426 00:20:20,177 --> 00:20:21,929 in a couple of episodes. 427 00:20:25,516 --> 00:20:27,994 - "Baywatch's" obsession with body image 428 00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:31,856 eventually impacts its youngest cast member. 429 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:39,923 -By the time Jeremy was 18, 19 years old, 430 00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:42,032 he was getting in real trouble. 431 00:20:50,124 --> 00:20:51,435 -By the mid-'90s, "Baywatch" is playing to a global audience 432 00:20:51,459 --> 00:20:55,105 of 1.1 billion viewers. 433 00:20:55,129 --> 00:20:59,276 But even as the number of fans gets bigger and bigger, 434 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,111 the women in the cast feel the pressure 435 00:21:01,135 --> 00:21:03,280 to get smaller and smaller. 436 00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:06,116 {\an8}-Looking back, I was so nervous. 437 00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:08,702 {\an8}I was on the number one show in the world. 438 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:12,747 {\an8}I ate very little, and I was extremely disciplined 439 00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:14,166 when I knew that, you know, 440 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:17,586 I had three or four heavy days of work. 441 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:19,754 I mean, that meant no salt, you know, 442 00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:22,215 not as much water as I should have had. 443 00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:25,385 I mean, it was unhealthy, looking back. 444 00:21:25,409 --> 00:21:29,097 I was almost too thin. 445 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:32,476 I did hear, like, rumored through the years 446 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,978 that other girls had this clause 447 00:21:35,002 --> 00:21:36,646 in their contract that they had to, 448 00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:40,650 you know, be a certain weight or that type of thing. 449 00:21:40,674 --> 00:21:41,943 -We're not allowed to get fat. 450 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,570 That's what it says in our contract. 451 00:21:43,594 --> 00:21:45,906 - Kosher salami. - Bologna. 452 00:21:45,930 --> 00:21:47,491 -That's how we keep the "Baywatch" figure. 453 00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:50,410 -You know, the problem with being so restrictive, 454 00:21:50,434 --> 00:21:55,874 {\an8}you're creating a problematic relationship with food. 455 00:21:55,898 --> 00:21:59,669 Restricted eating is related to disordered eating 456 00:21:59,693 --> 00:22:01,046 and then to eating disorders. 457 00:22:01,070 --> 00:22:03,632 And so, when you have an unrealistic, 458 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:06,218 unattainable ideal out there 459 00:22:06,242 --> 00:22:10,055 and that is what you're being told you need to achieve, 460 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:12,807 well, you're going to feel bad about yourself. 461 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:17,270 -I'm sure there's a ton of girls on the show that struggled, 462 00:22:17,294 --> 00:22:22,108 that maybe had made really, really unhealthy choices 463 00:22:22,132 --> 00:22:24,236 because of the pressure. 464 00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:25,695 -Wearing a bathing suit 465 00:22:25,719 --> 00:22:28,990 to work is part of the job on "Baywatch". 466 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:31,952 And the pressure to look good is universal. 467 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:33,703 -Some people would say, "Oh, they were exploited 468 00:22:33,727 --> 00:22:35,121 in their bathing suits." 469 00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:36,581 Well, the men were in bathing suits, too. 470 00:22:36,605 --> 00:22:38,667 You know? We had a lot of hot looking guys 471 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:40,460 {\an8}that were very popular. 472 00:22:40,484 --> 00:22:43,880 {\an8}-Guys would wear trunks so their bodies would be featured. 473 00:22:43,904 --> 00:22:47,217 {\an8}And we were the only show on television doing that. 474 00:22:47,241 --> 00:22:49,010 -You always think about the women, like, 475 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:51,054 well, what did they go through and how did they struggle 476 00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:52,973 and how do they keep fit? 477 00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:56,685 But, you know, the men had to... You know, David Chokachi 478 00:22:56,709 --> 00:22:58,687 was ripped. Like... I was like, 479 00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:01,773 "What the heck are you doing? I mean, clearly working out. 480 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:04,067 But..." 481 00:23:04,091 --> 00:23:05,902 And even David Hasselhoff, 482 00:23:05,926 --> 00:23:08,238 like, he kept in excellent shape. 483 00:23:08,262 --> 00:23:10,115 -Just to go back to the body image stuff, 484 00:23:10,139 --> 00:23:12,117 did you ever notice steroids 485 00:23:12,141 --> 00:23:14,077 or did you ever hear people talking? 486 00:23:14,101 --> 00:23:16,580 -No. That's funny you mention that. 487 00:23:16,604 --> 00:23:20,875 I heard a lot of other things, but not steroids. 488 00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:23,753 I'm sure there was definitely that going on. 489 00:23:23,777 --> 00:23:27,048 I think that that would have been kept quiet. 490 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:30,367 I don't think that they would have advertised that. 491 00:23:34,788 --> 00:23:37,475 -Because it was a lot of pressure, man. 492 00:23:37,499 --> 00:23:41,521 I went from this cute kid to like puberty boy, you know. 493 00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:46,151 All of a sudden, you're, like, weird-looking, you got zits. 494 00:23:46,175 --> 00:23:47,569 You know, producers are telling me 495 00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:49,863 I need to diet, and, like, it's not easy. 496 00:23:49,887 --> 00:23:53,825 You know, no 15-year-old kid should be, like, 497 00:23:53,849 --> 00:23:56,202 worried about not having a six pack, you know, 498 00:23:56,226 --> 00:23:59,873 or like having no carbs for lunch or feeling guilty 499 00:23:59,897 --> 00:24:03,335 for whatever or, like, needing a personal trainer. 500 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:09,507 {\an8}♪♪ 501 00:24:09,531 --> 00:24:14,012 -Jeremy grew up with a mother, but his father was not there, 502 00:24:14,036 --> 00:24:18,141 so David Hasselhoff really became Jeremy's dad 503 00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:19,643 in real life as much as he was 504 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:21,770 Jeremy's dad on the show. 505 00:24:21,794 --> 00:24:23,563 -Why do I have to spend the night at someone's house? 506 00:24:23,587 --> 00:24:25,815 -Because I'm on 24-hour shifts. 507 00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:27,108 -What, you don't think I can survive 508 00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:29,152 that long without adult supervision? 509 00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:32,322 -Jackson struggles with the pressure of being a teenager 510 00:24:32,346 --> 00:24:34,032 on a hit TV show. 511 00:24:34,056 --> 00:24:37,369 Then, thanks to encouragement from his surrogate dad, 512 00:24:37,393 --> 00:24:39,412 he embarks on a whole new career. 513 00:24:39,436 --> 00:24:40,955 -♪ You can run ♪ 514 00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:42,916 ♪ You can do anything that you wanna do ♪ 515 00:24:42,940 --> 00:24:45,001 {\an8}♪ Be whatever you wanna be ♪ 516 00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:46,878 {\an8}David Hasselhoff and I are at lunch, 517 00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:49,089 {\an8}and he had already been doing music in Europe, 518 00:24:49,113 --> 00:24:50,507 you know? 519 00:24:50,531 --> 00:24:53,009 So he calls his producer, and he's like, 520 00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:56,096 "Hey, I think I want to do a song for this kid", right? 521 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:58,306 So we're in the recording studio. 522 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:00,642 We're recording this song, "You Can Run". 523 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:03,520 Right? And we drop the single. 524 00:25:03,544 --> 00:25:06,940 It hits number three on the Billboard European charts. 525 00:25:06,964 --> 00:25:08,775 And I'm going out there performing 526 00:25:08,799 --> 00:25:12,862 at the Olympic Stadium in front of 15,000 people, 527 00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:14,948 like, ready to pee my pants as they're chanting, 528 00:25:14,972 --> 00:25:17,158 "Jer-e-my! Jer-e-my!" 529 00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:19,536 Like, lighters up and everything. [ Chuckles ] 530 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,539 -So Jeremy, he started getting all the press 531 00:25:22,563 --> 00:25:25,375 that the girls on the show were getting 532 00:25:25,399 --> 00:25:27,794 because he was now becoming a rapper. 533 00:25:27,818 --> 00:25:30,171 {\an8}-And Jeremy became like a teen idol 534 00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:33,508 {\an8}and he was making all this money. 535 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:35,093 -Hobie, what are you doing here? 536 00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:36,886 -I'm here to win the $1,200. 537 00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:39,389 Let's go! Yeah! 538 00:25:39,413 --> 00:25:43,476 -By the time I was 16, going to mansion parties 539 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:44,894 and nightclubs. 540 00:25:44,918 --> 00:25:47,981 {\an8}-Drinking, doing drugs, staying up late, 541 00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:49,482 {\an8}coming to the set hungover. 542 00:25:49,506 --> 00:25:51,943 -I'm in the limo with the 21-year-old girls. 543 00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:53,361 They're not going home. 544 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:55,071 I'm going to go to the after party 545 00:25:55,095 --> 00:25:56,906 and then I'm going to go to the after-after party. 546 00:25:56,930 --> 00:25:58,908 And I don't know if you've ever been to an after-after party 547 00:25:58,932 --> 00:26:00,452 when the sun's coming up. 548 00:26:00,476 --> 00:26:02,912 You know, things get real crazy. 549 00:26:02,936 --> 00:26:09,669 {\an8}♪♪ 550 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:13,465 -Jackson's underaged partying is alarming, 551 00:26:13,489 --> 00:26:17,010 but it's nothing compared to the crazy behavior of adults 552 00:26:17,034 --> 00:26:18,952 that surround him. 553 00:26:24,958 --> 00:26:28,271 - "Baywatch" is a worldwide phenomenon, 554 00:26:28,295 --> 00:26:31,191 and that's blood in the water for the tabloid sharks 555 00:26:31,215 --> 00:26:33,526 who see a chance to get rich from invading 556 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:37,155 the private lives of the show's stars. 557 00:26:37,179 --> 00:26:39,407 [ Camera shutters clicking ] 558 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:41,576 -As "Baywatch" got more and more popular, 559 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,495 the paparazzi got more and more bold 560 00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:45,872 to get pictures, so they would chase after 561 00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:47,999 especially Pam. 562 00:26:48,023 --> 00:26:51,085 {\an8}When Gena Lee Nolin first came on the show, 563 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:54,464 {\an8}we actually had them stage a fight, 564 00:26:54,488 --> 00:26:57,342 and "The National Enquirer" covered it, about 565 00:26:57,366 --> 00:27:00,011 how the new girl on "Baywatch" and the old girl are fighting 566 00:27:00,035 --> 00:27:01,638 and all this other stuff. They loved each other. 567 00:27:01,662 --> 00:27:05,558 We did it just to kind of, you know, get the press, 568 00:27:05,582 --> 00:27:09,187 because it turned out that every story about "Baywatch", 569 00:27:09,211 --> 00:27:11,022 positive or negative, helped. 570 00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:14,234 -Paparazzi, at that moment in time... 571 00:27:14,258 --> 00:27:17,278 It was truly maddening. 572 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:20,448 {\an8}They would follow me home. We didn't have social media, 573 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:23,576 {\an8}luckily, back then. 574 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,162 They went to my mom's house in Minnesota. 575 00:27:26,186 --> 00:27:28,331 You know, she's like, "Oh, there's people 576 00:27:28,355 --> 00:27:30,208 that are out front. 577 00:27:30,232 --> 00:27:32,669 They're taking pictures and oh, jeez, I don't know what to do. 578 00:27:32,693 --> 00:27:35,547 Do I go out and talk to them?" I'm like, "No. 579 00:27:35,571 --> 00:27:37,173 You don't talk to them." 580 00:27:37,197 --> 00:27:39,801 [ Camera shutters clicking ] 581 00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:43,680 -While the entire cast draws attention of the paparazzi, 582 00:27:43,704 --> 00:27:46,015 there seems to be a bottomless obsession 583 00:27:46,039 --> 00:27:48,935 with the show's biggest star. 584 00:27:48,959 --> 00:27:50,728 -There were lots of aspects to our life 585 00:27:50,752 --> 00:27:53,273 {\an8}that people found fascinating and they found her glamorous 586 00:27:53,297 --> 00:27:56,067 {\an8}and were very intrigued by her and her life. 587 00:27:56,091 --> 00:27:57,527 In some ways, I would kind of consider 588 00:27:57,551 --> 00:28:01,239 her the '90s version of the Kardashians. 589 00:28:01,263 --> 00:28:02,782 -[ Whistles ] 590 00:28:02,806 --> 00:28:06,327 -And is the Kardashians will do decades later, 591 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:13,835 Pamela Anderson finds herself in some explosive relationships. 592 00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:15,044 -Pamela owned a nightclub, 593 00:28:15,068 --> 00:28:17,297 and that's where she met Tommy Lee. 594 00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:18,590 {\an8}On New Year's Eve, 595 00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:21,301 {\an8}she saw him and she sent over a drink 596 00:28:21,325 --> 00:28:23,553 {\an8}and he came back over with a bottle of champagne, 597 00:28:23,577 --> 00:28:27,223 and kind of climbed in between her girlfriends and Pam 598 00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:31,311 and licked her face from the chin to the temple. 599 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:34,063 {\an8}-Well, if some is great, more is always better. 600 00:28:34,087 --> 00:28:36,274 {\an8}You know? I think once you get a taste 601 00:28:36,298 --> 00:28:38,151 of something, like, that delicious, 602 00:28:38,175 --> 00:28:39,777 you just want to like, you know... 603 00:28:39,801 --> 00:28:41,988 It's like carbs. Just don't eat the donut. 604 00:28:42,012 --> 00:28:45,074 You won't want more. Pamela Anderson is the donut. 605 00:28:45,098 --> 00:28:47,118 If you get a little lick of that, 606 00:28:47,142 --> 00:28:48,870 you're out of ketosis, homie. 607 00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:52,415 It's all bad. 608 00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:55,293 -Pam went down to do a photo shoot. 609 00:28:55,317 --> 00:28:58,421 Tommy Lee followed her to Cancun. 610 00:28:58,445 --> 00:28:59,923 As a matter of fact, that white bathing suit 611 00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:01,215 that she brought with her, 612 00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:03,092 she took off the set of "Baywatch". 613 00:29:03,116 --> 00:29:04,886 Four days later, they were married, 614 00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:09,974 and it was this, you know, fairy tale romance. 615 00:29:09,998 --> 00:29:14,562 -The interest level in this couple was off the charts. 616 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:17,857 You know, she's just this gorgeous little Canadian girl 617 00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:21,110 and you see the bad boy, you know, rock and roller, 618 00:29:21,134 --> 00:29:28,618 and it's like the perfect mix for a storm for paparazzi. 619 00:29:28,642 --> 00:29:34,499 -Tommy Lee was a rock star in the truest sense of the word. 620 00:29:34,523 --> 00:29:38,127 {\an8}And Pamela, she's got a whole audience 621 00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:41,798 {\an8}that has never even heard of Tommy Lee. 622 00:29:41,822 --> 00:29:44,133 I don't even know if he'd been a jealous person before, 623 00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:46,886 but it heightened any sense of "insecurities". 624 00:29:46,910 --> 00:29:48,137 Let's put it that way. 625 00:29:48,161 --> 00:29:51,474 -Pam and Tommy Lee had a dynamic 626 00:29:51,498 --> 00:29:53,142 that impacted "Baywatch". 627 00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:55,812 Tommy Lee was very jealous. 628 00:29:55,836 --> 00:29:59,983 So, when I wrote a passionate scene 629 00:30:00,007 --> 00:30:01,901 between Pam and David Chokachi, 630 00:30:01,925 --> 00:30:04,612 where they're falling for each other and they have to kiss... 631 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:07,949 So she kissed him in the scene, you know, and later on, 632 00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:11,411 Tommy kind of trashed her trailer, 633 00:30:11,435 --> 00:30:15,498 and we had to kind of get him out of there. 634 00:30:15,522 --> 00:30:18,567 Rock stars don't necessarily have the most self-control. 635 00:30:22,571 --> 00:30:26,384 -I definitely did see the circus that went on 636 00:30:26,408 --> 00:30:27,760 with this relationship 637 00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:30,847 and the people that were so interested 638 00:30:30,871 --> 00:30:33,683 in every little thing that they did, you know, 639 00:30:33,707 --> 00:30:35,309 especially when he would come to set. 640 00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:37,562 -He would disrupt them in the middle of a shoot 641 00:30:37,586 --> 00:30:39,439 and say, "Oh, no, no, no, you got to come to my trailer. 642 00:30:39,463 --> 00:30:40,898 We're going in here right now." 643 00:30:40,922 --> 00:30:43,651 And he would keep her in there for hours. 644 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:46,529 -The red hot dynamic between Anderson and Lee 645 00:30:46,553 --> 00:30:48,489 and the core of their personal life 646 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:52,869 {\an7}will soon be served up in a way the world has never experienced, 647 00:30:52,893 --> 00:30:55,621 {\an8}when the newfound Internet gets a hold of something 648 00:30:55,645 --> 00:30:58,648 the couple don't even know they're missing. 649 00:31:04,946 --> 00:31:07,216 -In the mid-'90s, compact camcorders become available 650 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,678 to consumers for the first time. 651 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:13,848 The new technology puts the art of filmmaking in the hands 652 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:19,729 of amateurs, including rocker Tommy Lee, 653 00:31:19,753 --> 00:31:23,566 who directs and costars in his own biopic 654 00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:28,321 featuring his honeymoon with Pamela Anderson. 655 00:31:28,345 --> 00:31:31,157 The now-infamous video was never intended 656 00:31:31,181 --> 00:31:33,951 for global distribution, 657 00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:36,746 but it happens when an electrician who gets fired 658 00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:39,248 by Lee steals a safe belonging 659 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:41,608 to the couple as revenge. 660 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:48,508 When the thief cracks it open, he discovers the tape 661 00:31:48,532 --> 00:31:51,284 and decides to share it with the world. 662 00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:55,431 -Internet Entertainment Group of Seattle 663 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:57,892 somehow got a copy, digitized it, 664 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:01,378 and put it on two of their dozen adult Web sites. 665 00:32:04,714 --> 00:32:06,275 -On the set of "Baywatch", 666 00:32:06,299 --> 00:32:10,029 a humiliated Anderson tries to keep it together. 667 00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:12,949 -She's very private, very private woman, 668 00:32:12,973 --> 00:32:15,785 and I respect that privacy. 669 00:32:15,809 --> 00:32:18,121 You know, if you can lend support 670 00:32:18,145 --> 00:32:20,289 or, you know, a hand in any way 671 00:32:20,313 --> 00:32:23,167 just because it is such a violation 672 00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:26,295 between a husband and wife to boot. 673 00:32:26,319 --> 00:32:29,799 I can't even fathom... 674 00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:32,576 I can't fathom what they went through. 675 00:32:34,202 --> 00:32:36,806 -I think we all just pretend it didn't happen, 676 00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:40,893 you know, since we all knew her, you know, she was our friend. 677 00:32:40,917 --> 00:32:43,479 It's kind of like don't ask, don't tell. 678 00:32:43,503 --> 00:32:45,690 -But the Internet turns their private moment 679 00:32:45,714 --> 00:32:48,985 into an international sensation and redefines 680 00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:52,155 the phrase "invasion of privacy". 681 00:32:52,179 --> 00:32:55,992 Anderson, celebrated for her confidence in sexuality, 682 00:32:56,016 --> 00:32:59,078 finds herself in the center of a storm of judgment, 683 00:32:59,102 --> 00:33:01,497 with few coming to her defense. 684 00:33:01,521 --> 00:33:03,499 - asshole. You're a... asshole. 685 00:33:03,523 --> 00:33:05,585 - You're a drunk fiend. - How dare you? 686 00:33:05,609 --> 00:33:08,129 -Where's your child this time of the morning? 687 00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:11,132 -I'll kill you! You... asshole! 688 00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:14,927 -Tommy, you're a... prick! 689 00:33:14,951 --> 00:33:17,889 -Watch them, make sure they don't get hit. 690 00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:19,974 -At first, even the producers 691 00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:23,227 are nervous about Anderson's sex tape. 692 00:33:23,251 --> 00:33:26,397 - "Baywatch" had romance instead of sex. 693 00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:29,942 We were sexy, but not sexual. 694 00:33:29,966 --> 00:33:33,196 But what happened is when Pam's sex tape came out, 695 00:33:33,220 --> 00:33:35,990 the distributor said, "Oh, my God, this is terrible. 696 00:33:36,014 --> 00:33:38,868 We're a family show. You've got to write 697 00:33:38,892 --> 00:33:40,411 Pam out of the show." 698 00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:41,871 We argued about it, but they said, 699 00:33:41,895 --> 00:33:43,789 "Write her out of the show. That's an order." 700 00:33:43,813 --> 00:33:46,042 So I started to write her out of the show. 701 00:33:46,066 --> 00:33:48,753 All of a sudden, Doug... 702 00:33:48,777 --> 00:33:50,588 I remember him coming in my office saying, 703 00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:52,590 "Don't write her out of the show. 704 00:33:52,614 --> 00:33:55,176 The episode for this week just aired 705 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,513 and it's twice the ratings that we had before." 706 00:33:59,537 --> 00:34:04,810 So the sex tape totally shot up the ratings. 707 00:34:04,834 --> 00:34:06,812 -Like the ratings for "Baywatch", 708 00:34:06,836 --> 00:34:10,024 sales of the sex tape soar. 709 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:12,485 The company that distributed the stolen video 710 00:34:12,509 --> 00:34:15,488 makes upwards of $50 million, 711 00:34:15,512 --> 00:34:18,866 and Pamela and Tommy Lee go after that money. 712 00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:21,118 -It's too late to stop the tape. 713 00:34:21,142 --> 00:34:22,912 I mean, it's all over the world. 714 00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:27,083 That's trying to put the spilled milk back in the bottle. 715 00:34:27,107 --> 00:34:29,252 -After a judge orders the video company 716 00:34:29,276 --> 00:34:33,714 to pay a hefty settlement, the company declares bankruptcy. 717 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:37,409 Pamela and Tommy Lee walk away with nothing. 718 00:34:39,452 --> 00:34:42,723 In the new and unregulated world of the Internet, 719 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:45,768 Andersen loses an early battle in a war 720 00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:48,187 that will rage on for years. 721 00:34:48,211 --> 00:34:49,939 -My fight is not for me alone, 722 00:34:49,963 --> 00:34:52,817 but for all celebrities whose privacy has been invaded. 723 00:34:52,841 --> 00:34:56,279 I will continue to fight not only for myself and my children, 724 00:34:56,303 --> 00:34:57,863 but also for legislation 725 00:34:57,887 --> 00:35:00,616 that would make what they're doing to me a crime. 726 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,786 -Pamela's call for legislation is ignored, 727 00:35:03,810 --> 00:35:07,206 and soon, being victimized in this new technological 728 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:11,526 Wild West will be just one more price of fame. 729 00:35:13,153 --> 00:35:14,797 -That was one of the first sex tapes, 730 00:35:14,821 --> 00:35:17,216 by the way, that people started doing 731 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:19,802 because they had video cameras and they could do that. 732 00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:22,096 -That's today's fame. It's very different. 733 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,974 Now, it's like, "Yeah, so what? I got a sex tape. Yeah. 734 00:35:24,998 --> 00:35:27,018 You're not famous unless you have a sex tape." 735 00:35:27,042 --> 00:35:28,769 Like, Pamela Anderson once again changed 736 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:32,023 the whole dynamic, flipped the script. 737 00:35:32,047 --> 00:35:35,109 -For Anderson, there's one financial upside 738 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:36,902 to all the exposure. 739 00:35:36,926 --> 00:35:39,488 Her salary at $5,000 an episode 740 00:35:39,512 --> 00:35:42,533 when she started on "Baywatch" 741 00:35:42,557 --> 00:35:46,478 rises to 40 grand a show in her final season. 742 00:35:48,438 --> 00:35:50,333 But there's a cost... 743 00:35:50,357 --> 00:35:53,878 Her private life is now just tabloid fodder, 744 00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:58,490 including the physical abuse she's experiencing at home. 745 00:36:00,742 --> 00:36:03,804 Then she quits everything, 746 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:06,474 first the show in 1997, 747 00:36:06,498 --> 00:36:10,936 {\an8}and then Tommy Lee the following year. 748 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,898 "Baywatch" also goes through a breakup. 749 00:36:13,922 --> 00:36:17,485 -After seven years shooting in Los Angeles, 750 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,362 because of other, you know, budgets 751 00:36:19,386 --> 00:36:23,574 and the state of the business, we moved the show to Hawaii. 752 00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:26,327 -The new location is cheaper to produce in, 753 00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:28,329 and "Baywatch: Hawaii" also makes 754 00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:30,748 a notable wardrobe change. 755 00:36:30,772 --> 00:36:32,458 -We had a big debate 756 00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:35,044 about changing the colors of the bathing suits to yellow. 757 00:36:35,068 --> 00:36:36,545 I didn't particularly agree with it, 758 00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:39,465 but I was outvoted, and they look great. 759 00:36:39,489 --> 00:36:43,469 But I always felt that the the red bathing suits 760 00:36:43,493 --> 00:36:45,596 had become so iconic. 761 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:48,099 -Jackson puts his rapping career behind him 762 00:36:48,123 --> 00:36:51,352 and joins the cast in Hawaii. 763 00:36:51,376 --> 00:36:52,978 Now 18, he can sense that 764 00:36:53,002 --> 00:36:55,648 it's not just the swimsuits that are different. 765 00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:58,234 -Ratings are low. You know, we're on syndication. 766 00:36:58,258 --> 00:36:59,652 We got to hit these numbers. 767 00:36:59,676 --> 00:37:01,695 They're bringing in one beautiful girl 768 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,533 after the next to try to boot it. 769 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:07,993 -The show's struggle to retain its audience 770 00:37:08,017 --> 00:37:12,081 mirrors Jackson's own struggles. 771 00:37:12,105 --> 00:37:15,167 -He was making millions of dollars on "Baywatch". 772 00:37:15,191 --> 00:37:16,877 He was getting in real trouble. 773 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:18,671 -He's an example of what happens 774 00:37:18,695 --> 00:37:21,465 to a lot of young kids who become stars. 775 00:37:21,489 --> 00:37:23,134 {\an8}-♪ I'll be ready ♪ 776 00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:25,052 {\an8}-♪ I'll be ready ♪ 777 00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:26,095 {\an8}-♪ Never you fear ♪ 778 00:37:26,119 --> 00:37:27,346 {\an8}-♪ No, don't you fear ♪ 779 00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:29,432 {\an8}-The boy who grew up on the beach 780 00:37:29,456 --> 00:37:31,600 now spends his days in darkness 781 00:37:31,624 --> 00:37:34,294 using crystal meth and cocaine. 782 00:37:37,172 --> 00:37:38,941 -You know, I had to go to a few rehabs 783 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:41,110 sometimes before I would work in the summer 784 00:37:41,134 --> 00:37:42,820 because I'd be like, "Oh, crap, 785 00:37:42,844 --> 00:37:45,156 I got to work in a month and I don't want to stop." 786 00:37:45,180 --> 00:37:48,892 So I'd go to rehab, getting a little Betty Ford action. 787 00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:54,248 When your performance starts to dwindle down 788 00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:57,001 based on lifestyle choices, you're like... 789 00:37:57,025 --> 00:37:59,837 Can't remember your lines or you don't feel good 790 00:37:59,861 --> 00:38:02,673 and you got dark circles under your eyes. 791 00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:04,300 And David Hasselhoff kind of pulled me aside. 792 00:38:04,324 --> 00:38:07,178 He's like, "Dude, you know, what's going on, man?" 793 00:38:07,202 --> 00:38:09,346 He's like, "Are you smoking pot?" 794 00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:13,267 And I'm like, "Pot would probably help me right now. 795 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,644 I probably need to smoke some weed right now. 796 00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:16,979 I might be better, 797 00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:18,772 but if I really told you what I'm doing, 798 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:21,317 you would probably call an ambulance right now 799 00:38:21,341 --> 00:38:23,611 or like put me in a psych ward." 800 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,362 - If you'd rather... - This show, 801 00:38:25,386 --> 00:38:28,616 you know, used to be about this cool father-son dynamic. 802 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,328 And now I'm not in it as much because I'm not as adorable. 803 00:38:32,352 --> 00:38:36,123 So there's also, like, some underground resentment going on. 804 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:38,042 And so I walked off the set that day 805 00:38:38,066 --> 00:38:40,169 when he called me out thinking I was stoned. 806 00:38:40,193 --> 00:38:42,630 I just, like, told everybody, "Screw you. Eff you. 807 00:38:42,654 --> 00:38:44,089 I'm out of here. 808 00:38:44,113 --> 00:38:46,175 I don't frickin' need this show anymore." 809 00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:48,844 -And while Jackson fights his inner demons, 810 00:38:48,868 --> 00:38:50,804 his on-camera father figure 811 00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:53,516 will come face-to-face with his own. 812 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:55,124 -It's a lot of money. 813 00:38:59,087 --> 00:39:01,440 -In 1999, Jeremy Jackson quits "Baywatch", 814 00:39:01,464 --> 00:39:02,942 but not the drugs and alcohol 815 00:39:02,966 --> 00:39:06,195 he battled with as a cast member, 816 00:39:06,219 --> 00:39:08,322 and the show's body image obsession 817 00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:12,284 soon creates a new problem to overcome. 818 00:39:12,308 --> 00:39:14,954 -He has probably an addictive personality. 819 00:39:14,978 --> 00:39:16,539 You know, he got into bodybuilding 820 00:39:16,563 --> 00:39:18,541 and was really into that. 821 00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:20,417 -I was just going to get jacked, you know, 822 00:39:20,441 --> 00:39:24,088 and I was way too young to get on hormone replacement therapy. 823 00:39:24,112 --> 00:39:26,340 But, you know, I found a doctor that would do it. 824 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:28,842 And so I got on prescription steroids 825 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:31,387 to, like, get all jacked and I'll be huge 826 00:39:31,411 --> 00:39:33,180 and that'll be great and super fit. 827 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:34,974 And everybody will be like, "Whoa, he's so fit. 828 00:39:34,998 --> 00:39:37,059 We got to give him money. Let's just give him money. 829 00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:38,727 He looks great." 830 00:39:38,751 --> 00:39:40,312 Where does that idea come from? 831 00:39:40,336 --> 00:39:41,730 Well, maybe growing up around 832 00:39:41,754 --> 00:39:44,149 David Chokachi and, right, David Charvet. 833 00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:47,403 It's like, if you look great, you get airtime. 834 00:39:47,427 --> 00:39:50,489 So that was my mindset in getting into steroids. 835 00:39:50,513 --> 00:39:51,949 -Soon enough, 836 00:39:51,973 --> 00:39:56,036 {\an8}Jackson's substance use takes its toll. 837 00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:58,163 {\an8}-We're talking destitute. 838 00:39:58,187 --> 00:40:00,648 {\an8}We're talking depression. We're talking addiction. 839 00:40:02,483 --> 00:40:06,338 -By 2015, Jackson goes to jail for nine months 840 00:40:06,362 --> 00:40:10,259 after stabbing a woman during a heated argument. 841 00:40:10,283 --> 00:40:12,136 It's rock bottom, 842 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:16,682 but Jackson's former cast mates don't give up on him. 843 00:40:16,706 --> 00:40:18,975 -At one point, he was in jail, 844 00:40:18,999 --> 00:40:20,811 and three or four of the cast members 845 00:40:20,835 --> 00:40:22,271 came to jail to visit him. 846 00:40:22,295 --> 00:40:24,565 And, you know, they stayed a family. 847 00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:26,692 Absolutely stayed a family. 848 00:40:26,716 --> 00:40:29,987 -After more than two decades wrestling with addiction, 849 00:40:30,011 --> 00:40:33,490 Jackson cleans up his act. 850 00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:35,951 -Well, I've been working in the recovery community 851 00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:40,331 for some years as a breath work meditation healer, 852 00:40:40,355 --> 00:40:42,625 certified as a drug and alcohol counselor. 853 00:40:42,649 --> 00:40:45,961 I love what I do. I have a good time. I help people. 854 00:40:45,985 --> 00:40:49,506 -You know, I think Jeremy's better now today 855 00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:51,383 for having gone through all that. 856 00:40:51,407 --> 00:40:54,928 I think it's made him stronger, given him a lot of character. 857 00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:59,224 [ Fake sobbing ] I'm still trying to get a sick pack! 858 00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:01,977 [ Laughs ] 859 00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:04,813 -Jeremy's on-screen dad, David Hasselhoff, 860 00:41:04,837 --> 00:41:07,149 also struggled with addiction issues, 861 00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:09,360 as evidenced by this video. 862 00:41:09,384 --> 00:41:11,779 {\an8}-This is a mess. 863 00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:13,656 {\an8}-Shot by his real world daughter, 864 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:14,990 {\an8}in which a drunk Hasselhoff 865 00:41:15,014 --> 00:41:18,327 {\an8}eats a hamburger off the floor. 866 00:41:18,351 --> 00:41:21,205 Hasselhoff claims he asked her to record him 867 00:41:21,229 --> 00:41:27,002 so he could see for himself how he acted under the influence. 868 00:41:27,026 --> 00:41:28,462 "Baywatch" spends the '90s 869 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:31,840 indulging the world with its American dream, 870 00:41:31,864 --> 00:41:33,550 but after moving to Hawaii, 871 00:41:33,574 --> 00:41:36,595 the show's U.S. viewership steeply declines 872 00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:40,307 and "Baywatch's" syndicator finally pulls the plug. 873 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:46,021 In 2001, its record breaking run comes to an. 874 00:41:46,045 --> 00:41:47,815 -The world changed, syndication changed. 875 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,609 If you look, there's no more shows like "Baywatch" 876 00:41:50,633 --> 00:41:52,069 or "Hercules" or "Xena". 877 00:41:52,093 --> 00:41:54,446 All those shows were syndicated shows. 878 00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:56,281 They don't exist any longer. 879 00:41:56,305 --> 00:41:59,326 So it was unique to the time. The '90s were the right time. 880 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:03,956 We were the right show, and we struck the right chord. 881 00:42:03,980 --> 00:42:06,834 - "Baywatch" continues to live on in reruns 882 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:09,485 and in the public imagination. 883 00:42:12,029 --> 00:42:15,050 Pamela Anderson retains her captive audience 884 00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:20,597 as the media tracks her career and continued activism. 885 00:42:20,621 --> 00:42:22,057 -I was involved with PETA 886 00:42:22,081 --> 00:42:23,684 long before PETE knew that I was involved. 887 00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:26,395 You know, as a person back in Canada 888 00:42:26,419 --> 00:42:29,189 {\an8}sending donations and everything. 889 00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:34,611 {\an8}-Anderson will also famously remove her implants in 2001, 890 00:42:34,635 --> 00:42:38,407 symbolizing another change in body ideals. 891 00:42:38,431 --> 00:42:40,534 -When Pamela Anderson got her implants removed, 892 00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:43,120 that was all over the media, and in some ways, 893 00:42:43,144 --> 00:42:45,247 it was kind of like the end of the "Baywatch" era. 894 00:42:45,271 --> 00:42:47,249 What's interesting is around the time 895 00:42:47,273 --> 00:42:49,418 that she had her implants removed, 896 00:42:49,442 --> 00:42:51,962 there were also increases in other women 897 00:42:51,986 --> 00:42:53,839 going and having those implants removed. 898 00:42:53,863 --> 00:42:55,174 I'm not saying that she caused it. 899 00:42:55,198 --> 00:42:57,259 I'm just saying that it just so happened 900 00:42:57,283 --> 00:43:01,096 - "Baywatch" and its cast surf the wave of worldwide success 901 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,183 and mostly kept its head above water. 902 00:43:04,207 --> 00:43:06,643 -One, two, three. 903 00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:09,021 -And proved that a made-up show about lifeguards 904 00:43:09,045 --> 00:43:10,647 can even help save a life. 905 00:43:10,671 --> 00:43:14,109 -There's an article about this eight-year-old kid 906 00:43:14,133 --> 00:43:17,946 whose four-year-old brother was drowning 907 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:20,073 and he dove in the pool, 908 00:43:20,097 --> 00:43:21,909 got his four-year-old brother out, 909 00:43:21,933 --> 00:43:24,328 and gave his brother CPR, mouth to mouth resuscitation CPR. 910 00:43:24,352 --> 00:43:26,163 They asked this eight-year-old kid, 911 00:43:26,187 --> 00:43:28,165 "Where did you learn that?" He said, "Watching 'Baywatch'." 912 00:43:28,189 --> 00:43:31,460 -One, two, three, four, five. Breathe! 913 00:43:31,484 --> 00:43:33,879 -We did 270 episodes. 914 00:43:33,903 --> 00:43:35,631 That's a lot of stories. 915 00:43:35,655 --> 00:43:38,801 -All of this exists because of my Uncle Sherwood 916 00:43:38,825 --> 00:43:41,845 {\an8}saying, "You guys should go back and buy back your rights," 917 00:43:41,869 --> 00:43:43,972 {\an8}which we did with that 10 bucks. 918 00:43:43,996 --> 00:43:46,391 {\an8}So, amazing what you can do with $10. 919 00:43:46,415 --> 00:43:50,229 {\an8}-It was life changing because there was nothing, 920 00:43:50,253 --> 00:43:52,815 {\an8}nothing that superseded "Baywatch". 921 00:43:52,839 --> 00:43:56,985 {\an8}As crazy as it was, I would do it again and again 922 00:43:57,009 --> 00:44:00,429 {\an8}and again. I would do it again.