(magical twinkling)
- Oh, this is so exciting! Jamie, here we are.
It's time for Dear Drew, one of my very favorite segments.
I have to tell you, there are things
that sometimes I can't believe we're getting away with
on the show.
I was like, "Let's do Dear Drew and get into snail mail.:
And here we are. And more incredibly,
Ember was a little pessimistic,
wondering if people would send mail in
and I'm just going to say,
look at one particular woman we're going to get into.
So, I mean, snail mail is alive and well,
and I know it's huge this week and we're going to start,
we celebrate a zip code every week,
and we're going to start today with the zip code of the day.
That's right.
It's 19130 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
home of our local affiliate, CBS 3 Philadelphia.
Some fun facts about Philly.
First, the first hospital in the U S was founded in 1751
by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin.
Philadelphia is also one of the most thriving art scenes
in the country.
Hello, barns.
Most impressionistic paintings outside of Paris,
including van Gogh's "Sunflowers."
Rocky made steps to Philadelphia Art Museum very famous
and last fun fact, it's a personal one.
My family is actually from there. Yeah.
Hundreds of years, they were doing theaters.
There was the Drews and the Barrymores.
They married into each other, hence Drew Barrymore.
And they actually permanently reside there.
Here's some photos of me at their gravesite
that I went to with my friend, Robin,
who lives right outside of Philly and fun fact,
I broke into the cemetery.
(audience laughs)
- It was closed. I hopped the wall and Robin's like,
so into rules and she was not thrilled,
but she went with it anyway.
So, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
I would love to hear from you.
When you get over all of your busy business,
please send me some mail.
Okay, first let's get to our first letter. Bev Chapman.
All right, Bev, I love you from Vista, California.
You have sent us like, Bev, I mean, Oh my God.
You know what? Let's just go for it.
Look, Bev, look at you. Look at you.
Hundreds of letters the past few months
and mostly with a cute joke,
which is adorable because I send my daughters jokes
on postcards.
So let's read a couple.
First joke:
What's the coolest vegetable?
A radish.
(off-screen groans)
- I know.
The second joke: It's hot.
I bought a loaf of bread and by the time I got home,
it was toast.
(audience groans and cheers)
Okay, Bev, I just, I'm obsessed with you.
Please keep them coming.
We'll keep it reading. Okay.
Eva from Morgantown, West Virginia, writes,
oh dear, Eva, is this, is this Eva's letter right here?
Oh, no, where did Eva's letter go? All right.
We're live. This is fun.
We have fun. I think this is Eva's letter.
It is? Oh!
"Dear Drew, I work at a local university
in the procurement department,
but my love and my passion is art.
And I have included a small painting I did a few weeks back.
I hope you like it."
Oh, Eva, you sent me a little painting.
This is exactly the whole point of Dear Drew.
Okay, we have time for one more letter.
From Mary in Chesterton, Indiana?
- [Producer] Yeah.
- Yo.
By the way, fun fact about,
it's like the first and second initials
or the first and last, it can really throw you.
Okay. "My question is for you,
what kind of mattress do famous people sleep on?
We spent $2,000 on a mattress that we gave away
less than a year later.
I didn't even have the conscience to send,
to take any money for such terrible quality.
Replaced it with an organic latex mattress."
Something about latex and mattress sounds real odd.
They go together, but not, you know, in that way.
"And added to the plush topper
and then a cotton topper,
yet I still feel like I'm sleeping on a forest floor."
Okay, Mary, here's the deal.
If you're going to go topper, Tempur-Pedic for sure,
because I have to always travel for work
and I've had to live in random cities and hotels for months
at a time, and I never travel
without my Tempur-Pedic topper.
It makes every mattress amazing.
But my personal preference is one from the Sealy brand
and that's what I have at home.
So I'm going to send you both
and you're going to get to test drive
and see which one you like better.
(audience cheers) - Okay?
Now, if anyone out there needs any advice, help,
maybe wants to see me try something, mail me your questions,
requests, photos, jokes.
No one can top Bev at this point, but please try.
Funny stories, family memories, photos.
I can't wait to read your letters on the show.
So Bev and Eva and Mary, thank you for your letters.
And here are my postcards to you, stamped and everything.
God, if there isn't something I love more than stamps,
I'd love you to find it.
I know! Puppies!
Thank you.
Truly yours, love, Drew.
(happy, upbeat music)