-Andy Cohen, it's so great to see your face, my man.
-Hey, James!
-Thank you so much for coming on
"The Tonight Show: At Home Edition."
-This is the most Jimmy sweater that I own,
so I had to wear it.
-It really is. It's stripy, fun goodness.
I love it so much.
-You're stripy fun goodness, but no one is
more stripy, fun goodness than your wife,
Nancy Ingalls Wilder, who is just doing it all.
What can I say?
And the kids -- I mean,
I always knew they were superstars, but you know.
-Now the people are seeing.
But, dude, how about I interviewed Nancy?
She was like, "Yeah, I guess so."
-I know.
I mean, people need to know,
Nancy has been running from the cameras for years.
So it took a, you know, quarantine and a pandemic
for her to, you know, lean into it.
-Yeah. You look good, by the way.
You look fantastic. -Thank you. I feel good.
-You do? -Yeah, I feel really good.
-How long have you been feeling good?
'Cause I know -- You got the coronavirus.
-I have been feeling good -- You know, it's hard to think of
what day it actually is, but I'm going to say
I've been feeling good for a week and a couple days.
I went outside for the first time last --
a couple of days ago, which was really exciting.
I made a run to the drugstore with a mask on and gloves.
And, so, well, I just want everybody to know,
if you are diagnosed with this thing,
take it one day at a time.
The odds are in your favor.
80% of the cases are cases
that work their way through your system.
And it's not always pleasant, but just take care,
listen to your doctor, and take it a day at a time
and try not to panic.
-So, I think probably the hardest part for you
was being away from your son.
-It was.
And he was down the hall with his nanny,
and I was -- He didn't kn-- I don't know
where he thought that I was, but I think
babies around his age and dogs
have a similar sense of time, which is
they don't really have a sense of time,
you know, gratefully, so that when I did
finally see him -- and it was great --
he was, like -- He was just delighted.
His face lit up.
It was not -- You know, I'm a dramatic guy.
I kind of thought that it was going to be
this super-dramatic reunion.
-Like a slow motion of him running,
like when that dude hugged that giant lion that one time?
-Yeah. He was like, "Here's a block. Play with me."
I was like, "Okay. Alright. Good."
-I got to say, I know he's your baby,
but when I get pictures of him, he cheers my whole day up,
so I can just imagine just seeing --
I love that kid so much.
Is he saying any words? -Yes, as a matter of fact.
Because I crammed your book, "DADA,"
down his throat and the flash cards,
all he ever says is "Da, da, da, da, da, da, da."
-It worked! It worked!
-There's a glitch in the system, my man.
He doesn't associate it with me.
He says the sounds, but it's not --
-No, that's not part of the deal.
My whole thing -- The only thing I promised is that
the baby would say, "Dada."
I didn't say that he would necessarily know it was you.
-Yeah, I was reading the fine print of all the DADA products,
and I was realizing, "Wait.
There's no --" You need a "DADA" sequel,
how to join "Dada" to dad.
-Ooh! I got a good idea!
For this next one, maybe there's a spot
where you can glue -- You can glue your photo to it
so he knows that that is -- That is Dada.
-That's a good idea.
I mean, I kind of wish you had thought of that, you know --
-I know, I know, I know. -Yeah.
-It's too late, too late.
But what is it like right now to be in New York City?
Because I'm not in New York City.
-I know Higgins' daughter is a nurse.
Every night at 7:00, everybody's going out their windows
and cheering for all the health workers.
And it started on the Upper West Side,
and I kept being like, "It's not happening down here."
But it just came to us three nights ago.
So now it's happening in the Village,
and we're raising them and we're letting Ben scream
and bang on things.
-Get the baby -- Oh. -It's so sweet.
You know, it's one of those great --
You know, in New York, the city comes together,
and there's such a feeling of community.
And so that is a beautiful sound every night at 7:00.
-Well, you're already back to work,
which is just awesome, by the way,
because I was like -- You know, I was texting with you
just going like, "Hang in there, bud," and whatever.
I didn't expect that you would get right back,
'cause you have "Watch What Happens,"
but you also have "Radio Andy."
You're doing everything from your home office?
-We're doing everything from my home office.
And people don't realize my home office, which is behind me --
The Clubhouse is based off my home office.
So it kind of looks like I'm in The Clubhouse a little bit.
And, people -- My pride is my disco ball.
-Oh, dude! That's the secret move!
No one knows about that. -It's fired up.
And I try to show it on "Watch What Happens Live"
a little bit, but -- And I know that it's such a parody.
I mean, if you really had to think about,
what would I have in my house,
of course I have a gold disco ball.
-You have to have a gold disco ball.
-Ain't she pretty, James? Ain't she pretty?
-Every time I come over, I just have to
have you turn it on because it's just so rad.
-By the way, it's on all the time.
-Was that something that you always thought of
in your head like, "If I get one thing in my place,
it has to be a disco ball"?
-1,000%. -That was the one.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Is there anything behind you on the shelf?
Is there something that you can show me that has a meaning --
-So much fun.
When I started hosting "Love Connection" on Fox,
one of my EPs, Stuart Krasnow, gave me this
"Love Connection" ticket from the original
with Chuck Woolery.
I've got my -- You sign your guest books.
Yeah, I sign your guest book every time I'm on your show.
Those are all my "Watch What Happens Live"
guest books from the guests.
This is a book of photos of me with celebrities
from when I was a producer at "The Morning Show" at CBS.
-Oh, you've got to show these. -And these are so crazy.
I've got a -- It's so '90s. Here's me with En Vogue.
-Oh, my gosh! -Remember En Vogue?
-I love En Vogue! -Hold on.
Here's me -- Of course you do. Here's me with Zsa Zsa.
I mean, come on. -Look at you!
Oh, my gosh. -Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Here's me -- This looks like a party pic
of me and Hillary Clinton.
Look, I have a Solo cup.
I'm at a barbecue at The White House.
I'm, like, drinking beer.
Here I am with Tammy Faye. I have a vest and a ponytail.
I mean...
-Wow! Who were you basing your ponytail off of?
-It was so bad, dude.
I wound up producing a makeover segment of myself
getting my ponytail cut.
-That is so meta, I can't even --
-Hello, George and Weezy. -No!
"The Jeffersons." Oh, my gosh! How fun.
I heard that you were -- What do you call it?
You're doing a "Housewives" reunion through Zoom.
Is that --
-I don't know if it's going to be through Zoom.
It is going to be virtual.
We had an Atlanta reunion scheduled for a few weeks ago,
and, you know, unfortunately, it's just not healthy
for us all to be in the same room.
And the Atlanta reunion, of all the reunions,
it's kind of like the Super Bowl for a lot of people.
And so, you know, unfortunately, --
We don't want to cancel the Super Bowl, James.
We've got to figure out a way to play the game.
-They need you right now.
What shows are you watching?
There's one that I hope you say, because I'm going to --
-Well, Jimmy, I've been -- Of course "Tiger King."
But I don't know if you know about me,
that I've been waiting to fall in love
to watch "Game of Thrones."
-That's what I wanted you to tell.
-Well, guess what. You know, It's just me.
I fell in love with Ben.
It took a quarantine and a pandemic
for me to start bingeing "Game of Thrones."
I have all the time in the world.
Dude, I saw the Red Wedding the other night.
I know I'm eight years behind.
But, like, I texted Anderson Cooper
at 1:00 in the morning on Sunday night.
I was like, "Can you call me? Are you awake?
I need to discuss the Red Wedding with you.
Like, this is crazy."
The next morning, he texted me back.
He's like, "Yeah, it was wild, right?"
I'm like -- It was so upsetting. I'm now Season 4, Episode 3.
-Oh, it's such a great show. I'm jealous.
I'm jealous that you're getting to binge that.
-It's so good. It's so good. -I got to watch that.
I got to watch that. I got to watch "Love the Blind."
I've not seen that yet. -Oh, it's good.
-It is?
Yeah, a lot of people told me that it's awesome.
Everyone that's come on, we ask them to highlight a charity.
Yours is BStrong. -Mine is BStrong.
This is Bethenny Frankel.
Bethenny has gone from being a housewife
to doing really great things.
And this is real-time emergency assistance to people in crisis.
She goes into situations and she drops in
and she helps them out and she gives it their all.
-Good for Bethenny Frankel.
That's awesome that she's doing that.
It's amazing how much kindness and how much creativity
has been coming out of this pandemic.
-I'm loving your show out of the pandemic, by the way.
-Oh, really? -Yeah, it's really good.
-It's so different. Thank you, bud.
-You and John Mayer are the two most
creative people that I know.
And you just have -- You have such joy
and you have such great ideas.
And, you know, I'm excited
you're doing your show from Walnut Grove.
-Andy Cohen, we love you so much,
and it's so great to see your face.
Kiss that beautiful baby, Ben. I love him so much.
And I'll text you when this is over.
-Alright, buddy.
-Love you, bud. Disco ball! -Yes!
-Come on. Disco ball!
Come on, the best. Love you, dude.