BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO MARK AN ANNIVERSARY.
DO YOU KNOW, THIS IT'S BEEN EXACTLY ONE YEAR SINCE WE LAST
TAPED A SHOW WITH A STUDIO AUDIENCE.
>> WOW.
>> A YEAR TODAY, ISN'T THAT CRAZY.
>> ISN'T THAT MAD?
SO THERE ARE BABIES OUT THERE, THERE ARE BABIES OUT THERE WHO
HAVE NEVER SEEN EMOJI NEWS.
(LAUGHTER) YEAH, YOU CAN CATCH IT ON
YOUTUBE BUT YOU HAVE TO SEE IT LIVE.
THAT'S THE THING.
IF YOU REMEMBER, VIN DIESEL, DO YOU REMEMBER VIN DIESEL WAS ON
THAT SHOW AND NOT EVEN HE COULD STOP THE PANDEMIC FROM
HAPPENING.
THAT IS WHEN I KNEW IT WAS REAL.
AND IN MEMORIES OF THAT LAST SHOW.
>> HE WAS GOLFING AROUND THE OFFICE AND I THOUGHT SURELY THIS
WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR.
AND IT WAS.
>> IT WAS.
>> James: BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING UP, IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED
THAT ONE IN FOUR ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE NOW RECEIVED
THEIR FIRST VACCINE DOSE.
YEAH, YEAH, ONE IN FOUR.
ONE IN FOUR.
AND THE OTHER THREE OUT OF FOUR ADULTS ARE EXTREME LEIGH HAPPY
FOR THEM.
THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS.
GOOD FOR YOU.
25 PERCENT THE WAY THERE.
TO PUT THAT INTO PANDEMIC TERMS WE'VE JUST PUT THE SOURDOUGH
INTO THE PROOFING BASKET.
IT IS MAD THOUGH, IF YOU HAD TOLD ME A YEAR AGO THAT NEARLY
100 MILLION AMERICANS WOULD BE VACCINATED FOR COVID BY MARCH
2021, I WOULD HAVE SAID WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.
THEY SAID THIS WILL BE OVER IN TWO WEEKS.
ALL WE'VE GOT TO DO IS FLATEN THE CURVE, THAT'S IT.
WHEN THE WARM WITH COMES IT WILL JUST DISAPPEAR.
GEORGE IS HERE, GUYS.
THIS GEORGE.
GEORGE IS ON.
GEORGE IS ON CAMERA ONE.
GEORGE IS HERE BECAUSE JOEL SIGNED A DEAL WITH NETFLIX.
YES.
HE SIGNED A DEAL, HE WAS SUCH A BREAKOUT STAR.
IT WAS AFTER WE DID CORDON'S CRAZY WHEEL OF MONDO BONKERS.
THEY WERE LIKE WE HAVE TO SNAP THIS GUY UP NOW.
26 MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT IS WHAT HE HAS GOT, DOING TWO SPECIALS AND A REALITY
SERIES.
HE'S NOT IN THE REALITY SERIES, HE IS JUST EXECUTIVE BUT THE TWO
LIVE SPECIALS, YEAH.
>> SHONDA IS BUILDING A COUPLE SHOWS AROUND HIM.
>> James: THAT'S RIGHT, SHONDA RHIMES IS DOING A SHOW CALLED
JOELIS HIM, IT IS JOEL IN REGAL DRESS AND HE IS GOING AT IT IN A
BIG WAY, BUT WE'RE HAPPY FOR HIM, WE'RE THRILLED FOR HIM,
JOEL, GOOD LUCK, JUST INVITE US ON THE YACHT THIS SUMMER.
THAT SAUL WE SAY.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, GEORGE?
ARE YOU GOOD?
EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?
YEAH?
EVERYTHING GOOD, OKAY, COOL.
AND DID YOU-- WHERE ABOUT ARE YOU FROM, GEORGE?
(LAUGHTER) I'M KIDDINGK I'M KIDDING.
I JUST LOVE YOU WALKING AROUND WITH THAT MICROPHONE.
>> YOU KNOW, MY MIDDLE NAME IS GEORGE.
>> James: WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME, GEORGE?
(LAUGHTER) IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT DOESN'T
MATTER.
ALL RIGHT.
GEORGE WE'RE LOVE THAT YOU HERE.
AND DID EVERYBODY SEE THIS, THE VACCINE VIAL THAT WAS USED TO
ADMINISTER THE VERY FIRST DOSE IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN
SENT TO THE SMITHSONIAN.
YEAH.
EVEN MUSEUMS ARE GETTING THE VACCINES BEFORE ME.
THE VIAL WILL BE PART OF AN EXHIBIT PLAN FORD NEXT YEAR AND
THERE WILL EVEN BE AN INTERACTIVE PART WHERE A DIGITAL
TOUR GUIDE WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN BUT DISERNTALLY HE WILL
BE ON MUTE THE ENTIRE TIME.
CRAZY TO THINK THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL LEARN ABOUT
THIS IN A MUSEUM.
SOME DAY A KID IS GOING TO BE LIKE MY GRANDPA LIVED THROUGH
THE GREAT COVID PLAGUE OF 2020.
AND THEY WILL GO WOW, WAS HE ON THE FRONT LINES.
AND HE WILL GO NO, BUT HE DID FINALLY GET AROUND TO WATCHING
ALL OF SOPRANOS.
IN OTHER COVID NEWS DENMARK IS INTRODUCING DIGITAL VACCINE
PASSPORTS ELIMINATING THE NEED TO QUARANTINE AFTER TRAVEL.
SO GET READY GUYS, CLOG GIRL SUMMER IS ON.
THIS IS HOW MUCH THE WORLD HAS CHANGED IN ONE YEAR.
TODAY I'M LIKE PARTY IN SONDERBORG, YEAH!
MEANWHILE IN TEXAS, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE TEXAS RANGERS
WILL BECOME THE FIRST MAININGER SPORT TEAM IN THE UNITED STATES
TO PLAY TO A FULL STADIUM WHICH HOLDS MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE,
WILL BE FULLY OPENED FOR THE RANGERS FIRST GAME NEXT MONTH
AGAINST THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS.
WHEN THEY HEARD THIS THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS WERE LIKE SORRY, WAIT,
WHAT IS THAT NOW?
I MEAN THIS IS THE ONLY BASEBALL GAME WHERE MOST OF THE CATCHING
WILL BE DONE IN THE STANDS.
IT WILL BE GREAT THOUGH, TO SEE AMERICA'S NATIONAL PASTTIME
AGAIN.
NOT BASEBALL, I'M TACKING ABOUT IGNORING PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDE
LINES.
(LAUGHTER) AND DID EVERYONE HERE ABOUT STH,
MATTHEW MK CON HEY SAID YESTERDAY THAT HE MIGHT RUN FOR
TEXAS GOVERNOR IN 2022.
MCCONAUGHEY DOESN'T HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT
ALTHOUGH HE DID SERVE AS A LINCOLN LAWYER.
I NEED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT BEFORE I CAN SUPPORT
MCCONAUGHEY, I WOULD NEED TO KNOW MORE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN, ARE HIS POLICIES ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT OR
ALL HEFT ALL LEFT, ALL LEFT, ALL LEFT.
>> HE COULD BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE THOUGH, MATT U
MCCONAUGHEY, I DO GET T VERY PATRIOTIC MAN.
I LEARNED THAT WATCHING "MAGIC MIKE" THAT JOEL IS DOING A
REMAKE, A SERIES, MAGIC MIKE IN A SERIES, BUT THIS TIME THEY
TAKE THE WHOLE LOT.
>> SODERBURG HAD A LIST WITH ONE NAME ON IT, AND IT WAS JOEL.
AND JOEL WAS LIKE I CAN'T, I CAN'T DO IT.
AND HE SAID IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'LL CALL GEORGE, BECAUSE HE JUST
TURNED THE PROJECT DOWN.
GEORGE WAS ACTUALLY, GEORGE WAS TOO RICH FOR THE SERIES.
>> THEY SAID JOEL WOULD WALK IF THEY GOT GEORGE, NONE OF THEM
WOULD DO IT, NONE OF THEM WILL STAND NAKED ALONGSIDE GEORGE AND
I UNDERSTAND.
GEORGE ASK LOOKING AT ME LIKE THIS.
YOU WANT TO STOP BUT IS HE ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT.
>> WELCOME TO THE PARTY, GEORGE.
>> James: GEORGE, WHEN YOU-- GEORGE, GEORGE, IF YOU ARE
BACK ON THE SHOW ANOTHER TIME, WILL YOU START MIXING UP WITH
SOME HAWAIIAN SHIRTS OR STICK WITH THIS ARM HUGGER?
>> IF YOU COULD TAKE OFF THAT MASK, GEORGE'S FACE IS DOING
THIS.
(LAUGHTER) AND FINALLY THE KEN DOLL TURNED
60 YEARS OLD TODAY AND TO CELEBRATE MATTEL HAS RELEASE THE
SEVERAL NEW KEN DOLLS IN COLLABORATION WITH FASHION
INFLUENCE EARNS, THERE IS THIS ONE WITH QUEER EYE STAR TAN
FRANCE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK.
SO REALISTIC, HE REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE HE'S HOLDING A $12
COFFEE.
THERE IS THIS COLLABORATION WITH FASHION DESIGNER DAPPER DAN.
LOOK AT THAT.
IF THAT KEN LOOKS A BIT DOWN IT IS BECAUSE HE WAS JUST BANNED
FROM TIKTOK.
AND THERE IS NICE, TO CELEBRATE THE BIG DAY MATTEL EVEN RELEASED
THIS ONE YEAR COVID ANNIVERSARY PEN DOLL AND YOU CAN TELL IT'S
BEEN A ROUGH YEAR.
HAVE A LOOK.
(LAUGHTER)