scary. >> reporter: in chicago, 15-year-old nathan lane isn't deaf but while his mom and sister at a coffee shop a robber came threatening to kill everyone. nathan grabbed her phone and texted her dad. >> don't come back, robber in here, call 911. >> reporter: nathan had the presence of mind to delete the text. >> and right after i texted my dad he came in, threatening to kill us for calling 911, in which case we didn't. >> reporter: but nathan's dad got the message. >> because it was spelled out correctly i did not think it was a prank. >> i was afraid my dad would call us. >> reporter: he called 911 and then sent a one-word message, done. by the time he got back to the coffee shop the police were there, everyone okay. >> i'm hungry. >> i know you're hungry. >> reporter: as for nathan you'd think he'd be rewarded with a cell phone upgrade. he had to surrender his phone to his parents. >> even teenage heroes need to still get good grades and have good attitudes. >> reporter: even teenage heroes have to have good grades. we talked about the fact most 911 centers can't receive text m

, but -- i was doing a scene where nathan lane, who was guest starring this season, crosses paths with alan cumming and then christine baranski, they're all coming sort of into my office to say something, and i stood there in rehearsal and i looked at them, i'm like, "i'm the only person here who doesn't have a tony." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they're really -- yeah, they are. they're really good. >> they're crazy. >> jimmy: cream of the crop. >> and then -- stockard channing plays my mom and she is unbelievable. >> jimmy: i love stockard channing. >> unbelievable. >> jimmy: rizzo from "grease." >> right. >> jimmy: hello. among many things. >> they'll be netflixing that soon. >> jimmy: she's super fun. >> um -- she's unbelievable. everyone has been just a pleasure and a joy. >> jimmy: well we're so happy that it's in syndication. and happy that you came to see us. >> thank you. >> jimmy: now -- let's get to business. i always challenge you to something, a game or something ridiculous. >> i love a game. >> jimmy: and i want to challenge you to a fun game. would you like to play one? >> i w