- But first we need to talk about a video.
That's basically taken over the internet in my heart.
We've all had to deal with technical difficulties
and glitches working from home these days.
But I don't think I have found anything that can beat this.
So check this out
- Mr. Ponton I believe you have a filter turned
on in the video settings.
You might want to-
We're trying to- can you hear me, judge?
I can hear you.
I think it's a filter.
It is and I don't know how to remove it.
I've got my assistant here
She's trying to,
but I'm prepared to go forward
with it and I'm here live I'm not a cat.
(laughter from audience)
- I can see that.
(laughter)
When the cat's eyes go.
I've seen it like a thousand times.
It has brought me a lot of joy.
And of course it's a Texan, I love Texans.
That's Texas lawyer, Rod Ponton
and we can confirm he is indeed not a cat.
He's not a cat.
In fact, we have him on the line right now, filter free,
unfortunately, lets say hi to Ron Ponton ya'll.
Thank-you for having me Kelly.
- [Kelley] Oh my gosh - Appreciate it
- It has been a hard year for me, my man.
And I'm telling you what, this has brought me so much joy.
Like, I mean, it's this happy little accident.
I feel like a lot of us needed this, that cat, those eyes.
Oh my God.
Like, first of all, how did the filter even get there?
Do you know how it got turned on?
- [Rod] I don't have a clue that it got there.
I've been doing zoom hearings for nine months.
That's how we have to handle court
now in Texas with the COVID
was at a remote office using my secretary's computer
Like I normally do.
You get in the judges waiting room
waiting to go to court.
And then there I am in the waiting room,
And at the moment the judge calls the case
and we move over to the actual virtual courtroom suddenly,
And miraculously, I turned into a cat!
I don't know how.
And I don't know why!
- It's God, that's a God thing.
It brings me so much joy.
Oh my God.
The best line,
There's so many, but the best line is I'm not a cat.
Then you were prepared to keep going
And then he said, I don't think you're a cat.
It's so great.
I mean the judge is actually amazing.
The judge in the case tweeted something really sweet
that I want to read.
He said, "these fun moments are a byproduct
of the legal profession's dedication to ensuring
that the justice system continues to function
in these tough times.
Everyone involved handled it with dignity,
and the filtered lawyer showed incredible grace
true professionalism all around."
I mean, Rod, my man, you just kept going.
You're like, but I got this.
I can win this as a cat.
- I could!
I was ready to get through it if I had to.
- So I have to ask you, did you win your case?
- We won the case, we were really excited
we'd settled the case.
But you know your comment Kelley about
how much fun you had was that it was
like I think everybody in the factory of the world, you know
anxiety and stress for the last few months, you know
between COVID and politics and bad economy.
It's just been hard on everybody.
And so it tickled everybody's funny bone
the same way.
Everybody got the got the big laugh at the same time.
And if they had to do it at my expense,
I'm glad because we all needed it.
- It was not at your expense,
It was with you, man.
That was so funny.
I laid in bed when I first saw that
and I watched it literally on repeat.
I don't know how many times in I lost my voice.
I was laughing and crying so hard.
I couldn't breathe.
It was so funny.
It's just the cat eyes, the backup.
It was amazing.
- The cat was following my eyes around as
I was trying to get rid of the cat.
- It was amazing.
That's right, thank-you Kelly.
All right bye Rod!