TONIGHT, OUR GUEST IS A FORMER DOCTOR WHO ALSO HAPPENS
TO BE ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PERFORMERS AROUND.
HIS NEW PODCAST "THE DARKEST TIMELINE WITH KEN JEONG AND JOEL
MCHALE" IS OUT NOW.
WHAT A PLEASURE, KEN JEONG EVERYONE!
HOW ARE YOU, KEN?
>> HI, JAMES!
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> James: IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
IN FACT, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE SHOW SINCE YOU HOSTED "THE LATE
LATE SHOW" RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
RIGHT?
HOW WAS THAT DAY FOR YOU?
WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS.
>> THAT WAS AMAZING.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR TRUST MEG TO GUEST HOST IN YOUR
ABSENCE.
>> James: OF COURSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HOSTED -- GUEST HOSTED A LATE
NIGHT SHOW, AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
I MEAN, IT REALLY -- BUT IT'S JUST SO MUCH WORK.
IT'S LIKE A WEEKLY VARIETY SHOW EVERY DAY, AND I, AT THE END OF
THE DAY, I WAS JUST SO EXHAUSTED, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
YOU DO THIS EVERY DAY, SO MUCH EASIER TO BE A GUEST.
IT REALLY MADE ME APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT GOES BEHIND
MAKING A TALK SHOW.
IT'S SO INCREDIBLE.
THERE ARE JUST SO MANY MOVING PARTS.
>> James: WELL, YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING IT.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR HISTORY AS A
DOCK MEANS, IN TIMES LIKE THIS, ARE YOU JUST INUNDATED WITH
PEOPLE ASKING YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID 19?
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR QUESTION YOU GET?
>> YOU KNOW, IS BASICALLY IS THERE GOING TO BE A TREATMENT OR
VACCINE, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE TREATMENT, OR VACCINE
DEVELOPMENT.
AND MY WIFE'S A DOCTOR, AND, SO, BASICALLY, MY WIFE AND I, WE
JUST NON-STOP CHAT ABOUT COVID.
SO IT GETS A BIT DEPRESSING.
>> James: BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS, AM I RIGHT IN THINKING
THAT EVEN THE PROSPECT OF A VACCINE IS A VERY, VERY LONG WAY
AWAY?
>> NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>> James: IT TAKES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME JUST
TO BE APPROVED AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND ANY NOTION A VACCINE
COULD ARRIVE THIS YEAR IS LUDICROUS, ISN'T IT?
>> VACCINES CAN TAKE UP TO FIVE YEARS TO DEVELOP.
THERE ARE SO MANY HOOPS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH MEDICALLY,
POLITICALLY.
IN THE STATES YOU ALWAYS HEAR DR. FAUCI SAYING 12 TO 18 MONTHS
IS A REALISTIC TIME LINE FOR A VACCINE, AND I THINK THAT'S
SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL THINK ABOUT.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, PEOPLE ARE WORKING NONSTOP.
THERE ARE ENCOURAGING RESULTS, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS
TO -- IT'S ALMOST AS HARD AS ME GUEST HOSTING YOUR SHOW.
THAT'S HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
>> James: SURE.
SO MANY MOVING PARTS.
YOUR SHOW IS A VACCINE OF LATE NIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU'RE TREATING THE WORLD FROM
YOUR GA-RAGE, YOU KNOW.
>> James: WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE NEXT POSTER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: I KNOW YOU WERE
GOING TO GIVE THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT DUKE UNIVERSITY.
DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING RIGHT NOW,
GIVEN THAT YOU CAN'T GIVE THAT ADDRESS, WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE
BE TO ANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING AND MISSING THE
BIG GRADUATION THIS YEAR?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS HONORED TO BE CHOSEN AS A COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER THIS YEAR
BECAUSE I WENT THERE FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY AND THAT'S WHERE
I DISCOVERED MY LOVE OVERACTING.
I HAD NEVER DONE THEATER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND, SO, I CULTIVATED
THIS LOVE OF ACTING AT DUKE, AND I WOULD NOT HAVE -- I WOULDN'T
BE TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW IF I DIDN'T GO TO DUKE.
IT'S A BIG HONOR FOR ME TO BE CHOSEN, AND ANYONE -- NOT JUST
TO DUKE -- BUT ANYONE WATCHING THIS, DON'T DENY YOUR POTENTIAL.
NOW MORE THANE EVER, WE NEED BRIGHT MINDS, FRESH MINDS,
PEOPLE WHO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, PEOPLE WHO CAN CREATIVELY
PROBLEM SOLVE AND ALSO JUST BELIEVE IN YOU AND INVEST IN
YOU.
YOU ARE THE BEST INVESTMENT RIGHT NOW IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED
TIMES, AND I'M LIVING PROOF OF SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T DENY THEIR
POTENTIAL.
I HAD NO AMBITION TO BE IN THEATER OR IN COMEDY OR ACTING
BEFORE I WENT TO DUKE.
WE WENT TO DUKE SO I COULD BECOME A DOCTOR AND, SO, I
REALLY BELIEVE, IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN.
I'M NOT THAT TALENTED.
I'M JUST A HARD WORKER.
I DO THE BEST I CAN IN EVERYTHING I DO, AND IF I CAN DO
IT, SO CAN YOU.
SO ANYONE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, DON'T DENY YOUR POTENTIAL.
AND THE WORLD NEEDS YOU, AND NOT JUST IN MEDICINE, ENTERTAINMENT,
SCIENCE, THE ARTS, ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR, YOU CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORLD EQUATION.
>> James: WHAT WAS IT ABOUT ACTING OR A THEATER CLASS THAT
PEAKED YOUR INTEREST?
IF IT WASN'T SOMETHING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE YOU GOT TO
UNIVERSITY, WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE YOU THINK YOU WOULD GIVE IT
A SHOT.
>> AT THE END OF MY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR YEAR, THEY DID A MOCK
MALE BEAUTY IMAGINENT.
I WAS KIND OF A POPULAR NERD IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY CHOSE ME TO
BE ONE OF THE CONTESTANTS.
I WORE A SPEEDO AND POSED LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND I WAS
GETTING STANDARD OVATIONS.
I SANG A LIONEL RICHIE SONG AND I HAD NEVER SANG BEFORE, AND I
GOT A STANDING O IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS.
IT WAS LIKE MY NAPOLEON DYNAMITE MOMENT.
>> James: WOW.
I REMEMBER IT VIVIDLY.
THAT INFORMED ME WHEN I WENT TO UNIVERSITY.
I THOUGHT MAYBE AT DUKE I COULD TAKE AN INTRO TO ACTING CLASS.
BUT I WAS A LATE BLOOMER, I DIDN'T TAKE THE INTRO TO ACTING
UNTIL MY SOPHOMORE YEAR IN COLLEGE.
IT WAS AN AFTER THOUGHT.
AFTER THAT, I WAS BITTEN BY A PERFORMANCE BUG AND I KEPT IT UP
AS A HOBBY WHEN I WAS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL DOING STANDUP TRAINING
BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO THEATER AT THAT TIME, AND THEN ONCE I
FINISHED MY TRAINING, I JUST MOVED OUT TO L.A. AND WENT TO
THE COMEDY CLUBS AND EVENTUALLY GOT VERY, VERY LUCKY, AND I GOT
DISCOVERED.
A LOT OF HOOPS, BUT THAT'S THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.
I WAS INCREDIBLY LUCKY, AND I WAS AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE
RIGHT TIME, TO BE HONEST.
>> James: LAST TALK ABOUT "THE MASKED SINGER."
THE SEASON FINALE IS EVER.
WHO'S BEEN THE BIGGEST SURPRISE TO YOU AS A JUDGE ON THE SHOW
THIS SEASON?
>> DEFINITELY LIL' WAYNE.
IN THE FIRST EPISODE WE HAD JAMIE FOXX AS A GUEST JUDGE AND
ROBIN THICK IS A PANELIST AND THEY BOTH HAD WORKED WITH
LIL' WAYNE.
ROBIN THICKE WORKED ON FIVE SONGS AND DIDN'T REALIZE HIS
VOICE.
HE HAD NO IDEA TILL THIS DAY.
ROBIN IS COMPETITIVE, AND FOR TWO MONTHS HE WAS REALLY UPSET
WITH HIMSELF.
I ALWAYS GAVE HIM A HARD TIME.
>> James: THE SHOW IS GREAT.
IT'S MASSIVE AND WE LOVE IT
NOW WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING "LATE LATE SHOW" AND TELL WITH OUR
GUESTS.
WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO SHARE SOMETHING WE WOULD OTHERWISE NOT
GET TO SEE IF WE WERE NOT AT HOME.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH US TONIGHT?
>> YES, I'D LIKE TO BRING OUT OUR PUPPY MOCHA.
THIS IS A GOLDEN DOODLE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HAD A DOG.
WE GOT IT FOR OUR KIDS BUT THIS IS NOW MORE FOR ME.
THIS IS MOCHA'S LIVE DEBUT.
>> James: HI, MOCHA.
HOW IS MOCHA ADJUSTING?
>> WANT TO TALK THROUGH THE MIC?
IT'S A BIT OF ADJUSTMENT.
I'M BLESSED.
>> James: IT FEELS WEIRD WHEN YOU DO THE DOG'S VOICE.
I'M NOT SURE IT WORKS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> YEAH, OKAY.
IT'S A BIT FORCED, I GET IT.
>> James: WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING MOCHA.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL DOG!
REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR EITHER OF OUR GUESTS THIS
EVENING?
>> Reggie: YES, I DO.
HERE WE GO.
TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO -- ( DRUM ROLL )
-- LET'S MAKE IT FOR KEN AND HIS MAMMAL.
IF YOU OWNED A PROFESSIONAL CALDRON THAT HAD BEEN PASSED
DOWN FROM GENERATIONS, THREE OR FOUR GENERATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO
PRACTICE WICCA IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE MANNER, WHAT WOULD
BE THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO WITH IT?
>> WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO?
YOU WOULD PROBABLY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, MAKE SURE THE RENT
EVERY MONTH IS GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE.
MAKE SURE YOU START OUT WITH LOW OVERHEAD AND KEEP A HIGH PROFIT
MARGIN.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
REALLY JUST WAIT FOR IT TO GROW.
DON'T LOOK TO SELL.
DON'T PRACTICE WISH CRAFT JUST TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK, JUST DO IT
BECAUSE YOU LIKE IT.
>> Reggie: THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ONLY ANSWER.
>> James: IT'S COMPLETELY CORRECT.
THANK TIN CREDIBLE KEN JEONG, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE SHOW, KEN.
WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH OVER HERE.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY AVA MAX, EVERYBODY.