[X-Unix] Console in a Subshell?

[Jerry Krinock]

I have an interactive (console) perl script I call from within an  
interactive bash script, like this:

perlscript.pl arg1 arg2

But when I try to get perlscript's return value by doing this

result=`perlscript.pl arg1 arg2`

perlscript no longer talks to the console, probably because it is  
talking to some subshell console somewhere.  Is there any way to  
redirect itt back to my shell's console?

Thanks,

Jerry Krinock