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-Guests are the lifeblood of a talk show.
You know, we need them to keep going.
So we've been Zooming, and that's amazing.
We were so happy with that.
But to have a guest in studio is a game changer.
When we first had Gaten Matarazzo on the show,
it was literally they were the kids from "Stranger Things."
They were kids. They were children.
He's always, again, someone I just look forward
to talking to him and seeing what he's up to.
And he tells me about new things that I don't know about.
There are, like, toddlers
who love "Stranger Things," who are just --
Yeah, they think it's like the bomb-dot-com.
[ Laughter ]
But it's a little scary. -It's a little scary.
-Yeah. For a 3-year-old. -Sometimes, like --
It's like people who don't speak,
like, most words will look at me and just be like, "Dustin."
It was really cool to be back in the studio.
I'm glad it's not as quiet
as it has been the past couple of months,
and it's really cool to have people there.
The energy's always great, and it feels like the old show.
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-Michael Strahan's been a friend of ours for a long time.
He's always there and always down to do something different,
something weird, something fun.
This last time, we played a game, and he just crushed me.
I'm gonna need a competitor worthy of the golf pong course,
so, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the one
and only Michael Strahan!
[ Cheers and applause ]
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No. Oh, my gosh!
[ Cheers and applause ]
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Every time I see Kevin Bacon coming up on the calendar,
I get excited. He's so talented.
He can -- He can act, he can sing, and he can play.
-We are going to do another edition of First Drafts of Rock.
And I think this is maybe our eighth or ninth time.
It's just this goofy thing that we've been doing for years that,
you know, I've been so lucky to have been asked
to be part of it 'cause I got to sing
and put on a wig, and have a good time.
We're doing The Allman Brothers, "Ramblin' Man."
-Let's make it all about how he was born
in the back of a Greyhound bus
in the first drafts of the song.
So the band just playing, and then he's singing,
and then he's like, "Sorry. I'm sorry.
Just to go back for a second,
you said you were born on a bus?"
These are rad. -Awesome.
-So you just drew this up, and then...?
-Yep. -Fantastic, buddy.
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[ Laughter ]
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Be funny if I just kind of hopped up and down.
That's not how he plays at all, but...
[ Laughter ]
-...its first draft until now.
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-♪ I knew you were born a ramblin' man ♪
♪ But I didn't know about the bus birth till just now ♪
-The more he gets to come in, the more bits we can do
with the guests, and, you know,
just the show will just keep getting bigger
and trying new things. That's the next step.
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Kevin Bacon, everybody! Kevin Bacon!
[ Cheers and applause ]
That's how you do it right there.
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I got my start in stand-up, and that's my roots.
It's emotional, in a weird way, to have stand-up back,
because it means so much to me
but also means so much to New York City.
-Whoo! [ Cheers and applause ]
Let's go! How you guys doing tonight?
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Shout-out to New York City. We're coming back, baby.
[ Cheers and applause ] We're gonna make it.
We're gonna make it.
-Thank you guys so much. I'm Mary Beth.
-Emmy Blotnick was perfect to come back
and perform in front of an audience.
To see her get those laughs, it's electric, it's exciting.
-I wish when I was a kid,
there'd been a Sleep Disorder Barbie.
You know, just to get the image in your head, right?
Just to see little girls being like,
"My Barbie likes melatonin!" [ Laughter ]
"My Barbie smokes weed till she's tired."
[ Laughter ]
"Whoa! Ken sleeps in a separate bedroom!"
[ Laughter ]
Thank you guys so much. I'm Emmy Blotnick.
It's an electric thing. It's so amazing.
'Cause during the pandemic,
I got used to doing shows on Zoom.
-It's another piece to the puzzle.
And it's been a tough year -- more than a year.
And it's -- I can see that we're gonna come back.
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