>> James: WELCOME BACK, JOINING US AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN,
WHO WE LOVE AND ADORE ON THIS SHOW LIKE HE IS ONE OF OUR OWN,
HE HOSTS AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, STARS ON BROOKLYN 99, FILLS US
ALL WITH JOY EVERY TIME WE SEE HIS FACE, JOINING US FROM HIS
HOME IN PASADENA, MR. TERRY CREWS IS HERE, HOW ARE YOU,
TERRY.
>> WHAT'S UP, JAMES.
OH MY GOSH, LOOK AT THIS.
MY PEC ARE POPPING TO SEE YOU.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE INJURY THE ENERGY.
>> James: I HAVE MISSED THOSE PECS.
WHERE ARE YOU?
ARE YOU IN A STORE, A BARNES & NOBLE, WHERE IS THIS?
>> I'M IN MY OFFICE AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SHOW THIS THING
OFF AND NOW I HAVE ALL THE REASON TO.
ST LIKE I TOOK MY WHOLE BOOK SHELVES, SO IT IS KIND OF A COOL
LOOK.
I'VE GOT THE COOL LAMPS GO ON.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
>> AND I'M A KNOWLEDGE GUY, MAN, SO I AM ALL, I AM REALLY BIG
INTO THESE COFFEE TABLE BOOKS.
AND THIS IS WHAT I NEED.
SO I FINALLY GET TO SHOW IT OFF TO THE WHOLE WORLD.
>> I'M THRILLED TO BE SEEING YOU.
THAT IS, I TELL YOU WHAT, THAT IS THE NICE THING ABOUT DOING
THIS SHOW.
SUDDENLY SEEING PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, A RELAXED
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY, I MEAN HOW IS EVERYTHING AT HOME?
IS IT, HOW ARE YOU COPING OVER THERE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO START OFF BY SAYING WE HAD THE MOST
CRAZY, SCARY NEWS ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THE WHOLE WORLD SHUT
DOWN, MY WIFE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, MAN, OUR WORLD KIND OF CAME CRUMBLING
DOWN.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
MY WIFE IS A BARRIER-- WARRIOR. AND SHE SAID WAIT A MINUTE, YOU
KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT, IN FACT, I'M GOING TO GET
PROACTIVE AND WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND TAKE CARE OF THIS RIGHT
AWAY.
SO MY WIFE, TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS, ENDURINGED A DOUBLE
MASTECTOMY.
AND I WAS JUST LIKE, TO SEE THE COURAGE THAT THIS WOMAN HAD WAS
JUST INSPIRING TO ME.
IT BLEW ME AWAY.
AND THEN COVID-19 SHUTS THE WHOLE WORLD DOWN.
JAMES.
IT WAS UNREAL, MAN.
AND TO SEE HER, YOU KNOW, TO ACTUALLY, WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF
THE TIME BECAUSE WE WERE PROACTIVE WE WERE ABLE TO GET
INTO THE HOSPITAL BEFORE THEY WERE INUNDATED WITH PATIENTS
WITH THE VIRUS.
SO WE BY HER ACTING PROACTIVELY THAT FAST, WE WERE ABLE TO
LITERALLY JUST BY A HAIR, YOU KNOW, COME IN UNDER THE WIRE AND
MISS THE WHOLE THING HAPPENING AT THE HOSPITALS AND ALL THE,
YOU KNOW, THE CRAZINESS GOING ON AT THE HOSPITAL.
MY WIFE IS RIGHT HERE.
I WANT TO BRING HER IN.
I WANT TO YOU SEE HER.
>> REBECCAH.
>> HI JAMES.
>> James: TERRY IS NOT ON THE SHOW UNLESS I GET TO SEE YOU.
>> I KNOW, TELL THEM WHO IS THE STAR.
>> SHE'S THE STAR.
>> James: HOW ARE YOU FEELING, ARE YOU DOING WELL?
>> I'M DOING VERY, VERY, VERY WELL.
STAGE ONE, CAUGHT IT EARLY, RADICAL SURGERY,
RE-- RECONSTRUCTION, I'M DOING GREAT.
I'M CANCERFREE.
>> James: THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY.
AND CAN I NOT WAIT TO SEE YOU BOTH IN PERSON AND JUST WRAP MY
ARMS AROUND YOU AND VERY SLOWLY PUSH TERRY OUT OF THE WAY.
>> I FEEL IT NOW.
>> James: ME AND YOU CAN HAVE A MOMENT ON OUR OWN.
>> HE TOOK GREAT CARE OF ME.
>> James: OF COURSE.
>> I IMAGINE TERRY IS PRETTY HANDY RIGHT NOW.
>> I WAS DOING LAUNDRY, I'M DOING THE COOKING, I'M DOING THE
CLEANING, I'M DOING EVERYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW WHAT IS FUNNY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING, HE
NEVER HELD BACK, HE IS LIKE OKAY, YOU NEED TO GET THESE
CORNERS.
AND THIS IS NOT TOO GOOD.
IT HURTSES.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GETTING BETTER.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS, AGAIN, WITH THE COURAGE THAT SHE HAD, IT
REALLY JUST MADE ME MORE AND MORE THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
I MEAN EVEN WITH COVID AND THE FACT THAT I, EVERYBODY WENT DOWN
AND YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE WORLD STOPPED BUT I GOT TO BE
HER NURSE WHICH WAS IN-- INCREDIBLE.
NO OTHER TIME WOULD I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> ST NOT INCREDIBLE FOR REBECCAH STVMENT GOOD FOR YOU
BUT FOR REBECCAH THAT IS TERRIBLE NEWS.
>> HE'S BEEN GOOD, JAMES.
>> James: OF COURSE HE DID.
YOU ARE-- I AM SO HAPPY THAT PEOPLE GET TO SEE YOU LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE NORMALLY BEFORE THE SHOW I WILL COME BY AND REBECCAH YOU
ARE THERE AND WE WILL HAVE A CHAT.
I THINK YOU ARE A SHINING LIGHT TO COUPLES EVERYWHERE, TO JUST
BEING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
BE IN IT TOGETHER.
THE GOOD AND THE BAND AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
BE IN IT TOGETHER T IS JOYFUL AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE FEELING
BEPTER.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE THING TO HAVE DONE.
WHAT A DECISION TO HAVE MADE.
THAT IS A TOUGH DECISION AND A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO.
AND I ALREADY HELD YOU UP IN HIGH ESTEEM AND I HOLD YOU EVEN
HIGHER RIGHT NOW.
AND LOOK AT YOU BOTH.
AND TERRY CREW'S OWN BARNS AND NOBLE, ST BEAUTIFUL.
>> I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT.
WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE PDA.
OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NOW TERRY, YOU HAVE BEEN KEEPING YOURSELF BUSY DOING THIS
LOCKDOWN.
YOU HAVE BEEN POPPING INTO PEOPLE ONLINE AT CLASSES, IS
THIS RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> James: TELL ME ABOUT IT, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING.
>> YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS.
>> WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
>> HE'S LIKE I'M GOING TO SIT AND WATCH.
>> I DID THIS SHOW ON YOUTUBE CALLED CELEBRITY SUBSTITUTE.
>> YES.
>> AND WHAT WE DID, ALL THE KIDS ARE STUCK AT HOME MAN.
AND THEY'VE GOT TO DO ALL THEIR CLASSES ONLINE WHICH IS CRAZY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE, I GET BORED JUST LISTENING TO A POWER POINT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING THROUGH EIGHT HOURS OF SCHOOL ON A
COMPUTER?
THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO AND WHAT YOUTUBE PUT TOGETHER, I WAS
ABLE TO TEACH AN ART CLASS TO THIS CLASS IN COMPTON WITH THERE
TEACHERRER NAMED RACHEL WHO IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING
TEACHERS.
RIGHT NOW THESE TEACHERS ARE GOING THROUGH SO MUCH TO TRY TO
KEEP THRAIR KIDS INVOLVED AND THEY LOVE THEM AND APPRECIATE
THEM.
SO EF REEF DAY THESE KIDS HAVE TO SHOW UPJOHN LINE AND WE ARE
THERE AND AS A SURPRISE TO SHOW THEM HEY LOOK, WHO IS YOUR GUEST
SUBSTITUTE, IT'S TERRY CREWS AND WE WERE DRAWING, I WAS TEACHING
THEM PERSPECTIVE AND SCALE AND PROPORTION.
AND YOU KNOW, SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON QUARANTINE I HAVE BEEN DOING
A LOT OF ARTWORK.
I CAN GET A DRAWING OF HOWIE MANDEL.
>> YOU DIDN'T DRAW THAT.
>> I DID.
>> THROW, YOU DIDN'T.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THE KIDS HOW VIRT OF ALL ART SAVES
LIVES.
I TRULY BELIEVE IT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, A LOT OF TIMES
WITH THE ANALYTICAL STUFF WHERE YOU ARE EITHER YOU KNOW LEFT
BRAINED OR RIGHT BRAINED AND YOU KNOW, ART AND MUSIC HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN TREATED LIKE A HOBBY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
IT IS NEVER TREATED AS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED.
AND I REALLY WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THIS NEW WORLD, IN THIS NEW CULTURE
CREATIVITY IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO SAVE US.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, YOU HAVE TOO HAVE AN APP THAT DOES YOUR
KGHT.
I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BUT HOW THIS WORLD IS GOING TO LOOK IS UP TO THE CREATORS, THE
ARTIST, THE MUSICIAN, THE THINGS THAT GOT ME THROUGH THIS WHOLE
QUARANTINE HAVE BEEN THE DJ'S.
YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE, LISTEN, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE MUSIC, IF
YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE ART, WE WOULD REALLY BE DONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
AND I HOPE WE NEVER RUN OUT OF CONTENT BECAUSE I'M GOING.
>> BUT NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
THE NEW SERIES STARTS SOON.
YOU HAVE FILMED SOME OF THE AUDITION ROUNDS WITHOUT AN
AUDIENCE.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE.
IT WAS LIKE WATCHING A POOL DRAINING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WE HAD FULL PACKED AUDIENCES AND THEN EVERY DAY AS THE NEWS WAS
SPREADING AND EVERYONE WAS REALIZING HOW SERIOUS THIS THING
GOT, THE AUDIENCE STARTED TO DRAIN AND GET SMALLER AND
SMALLER.
AND THEN WE LOST HEIDI.
HEIDI WAS SICK, TURNED OUT SHE DID NOT HAVE CORONAVIRUS, THANK
GOODNESS.
BUT ERIC STONESTREET FROM MODERN FAMILY CAME IN AND FILLED THE
GAP FOR A LITTLE WHILE FOR, BUT THERE FOR AWHILE WE ONLY HAD
THREE JUDGES.
AND WE WERE PLAYING TO AN EMPTY AUDIENCE SO THIS IS THE THING.
WE HAD COMEDIAN, DANGER ACTS, SINGERS, THEY ARE LIKE WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO, THERE IS NO AUDIENCE.
WE SAID LISTEN, EVERYBODY, FIRST OF ALL, EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD
IS DEPENDING ON YOU TO MAKE THEM FORGET HOW HORRIBLE THIS THING
IS.
I SAID PLEASE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU PERFORM YOU ARE PROVIDING A
SERVICE JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
JUST LIKE A DOCTOR, JUST LIKE NIBBLES.
YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLE TO HELP
THEM FORGET THEIR PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDST OF THIS
PANDEMIC.
I SAID ARE YOU WITH ME.
AND THEY WERE LIKE DUDE, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, BY US LEANING INTO
IT LIKE THIS, IT'S TRULY GOING TO BE THE BEST SEASON OF AGT
EVER, EVER.
WE'RE GOING TO ALL REMEMBER HOW GREAT THIS WAS.
>> James: WE CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SHOW TO START AGAIN.
THE NEW SEASON OF AMERICA'S GOT TALENTS RETURNS MAY 26th AT
8 ON NBC.
TERRY CREWS WILL STILL BE HERE AFTER THIS BREAK.
COME ON BACK, EVERYONE.
>> LOVE YA!