YOU KNOW FROM THE OUTSIDE SHOW BUSINESS LIKE THIS
APPEARS TO BE ALL GLITS AND GLAMOR AND POLICE ESCORTING YOU
OFF THE STAGE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WEAR YOUR IRONMAN
COSTUME TO THE TONYS.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU, HERE IS THE TRUTH.
THE PRSHURE TO SUCCEED IS ENORMOUS.
YOU HEARD WHAT OPRAH SAID EARLIER.
ONE BAD SHOW COULD TURN THE TOAST OF BROADWAY INTO A GUY
SELLING TOAST ON BROADWAY.
IT'S NO WONDER THAT WE ENTERTAINERS CAN BE
SUPERSTITIOUS AT TIMES. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RITUALS WE HAVE TO
DO RIGHT BEFORE WE GO ON STAGE.
FOR INSTANCE, AND THESE ARE TRUE, LORDE TAKES A PRESHOW NAP
WITH HER FAVORITE BLANKET, ARE ORLANDO BLOOMS READS HIS
FAVORITE POEM AND CAN YAI KISSES HIS FAVE RID KAYNE.
NOW OF COURSE, Y'ALL KNOW THERE IS NO MORE CONFIDENT PERFORMER
THAN YOURS TRULY.
I BELIEVE-- I BELIEVE IN THE MOTO NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU
SWEAT WHICH IS WHY I HAVE NOT EXERCISED IN TEN YEARS.
(LAUGHTER) I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE.
BUT THERE ARE A FEW SUPERSTITIONS I HAVE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I DO DO BEFORE EVERY SHOW AND I REALIZE
I JUST SAID DO-DO.
THAT IS ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS I DO.
DO.
THE POINT IS, THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE TO DO BEFORE EVERY SHOW TO
FEEL RIGHT ABOUT PERFORMING THAT NIGHT.
JIM, LET'S SHOW SOME OF MY PRESHOW RITUALS.
OKAY, HERE I AM IN MY DRESSING ROOM.
THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO DO IS GET THE DIMP EL IN MY TIE
EXACTLY RIGHT.
IF IT'S NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO HOLD MY CAR KEYS IT WILL THROW OFF
THE WHOLE VIBE AND I'LL LOSE MY CAR KEYS.
NKS HAVE I TO LOOK IN THE LUCKY MIRROR, SLAP MYSELF IN THE FACE
TWO TIMES.
NOT HARD ENOUGH TO LEAVE A MARK, BUT HARD ENOUGH TO SEND A
MESSAGE, GOT IT?
THEN I GOT TO CHEW A BIC PEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE TWICE.
THAT TASTES FUNNY.
THEN I HAVE TO FLIP THIS SWITCH THREE TIMES.
NOT SURE WHAT THAT DOES.
NOW I'M GOOD TO GO.
AND I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF SILLY BUT THEN I'VE GOT TO TOUCH THE
SHOULDER OF MY STAGE MANAGER MARK.
AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY.
NOW IT'S SHOW TIME.
JUST AS SOON AS I SIT IN EVERY SEAT IN THE THEATER BEFORE THE
AUDIENCE GETS HERE.
GOT TO MAKE SURE I GET FULL CONTACT WITH EVERY SEAT.
AND FLEX THOSE BUTT CHEEKS, ONE, TWO, LEFT, RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
251.
250.
OFF TO A NEW ROW.
HEY, LUCKY 2489.-- 249.
OF COURSE, BEFORE EVERY SHOW I'VE GOT TO MAKE AN ICE SCRUPT
TURE OF THAT NIGHT'S GUEST, CARVING ICE SCUPT TURES IS
THIRSY WORK SO I ALWAYS FOLLOW IT UP WITH A TALL GLASS OF WATER
MADE FROM THE MELTED SCUPT TURE OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHT'S GUEST.
HMMMM, THAT IS A REFRESHING GLASS OF JESSIE EISENBERG.
THEN IT'S TIME FOR A QUICK PRAYER.
AT THE ALTAR OF THE CERTIFICATE PENT GOD.
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>> TAKE UP MY OFFERING FEATHERED SNAKE LORD OF THE SKY.
I'M DRIPPING BALLS.
THEN I JUST HAVE ONE LAST THING TO DO BEFORE SHOW TIME.
FILL THAT SET.
GOT TO BUILD A NEW ONE EVERY NIGHT, KEEP THE WHOLE SHOW
FEELING REFRESH.
AND THAT'S IT.
IT'S SHOW TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THIS, THE SUPERSTITIONS, THE
RITUALS, TO HAVE A GOOD SHOW.
THE SHOW IS HERE.
IT'S BEEN INSIDE YOU THE WHOLE TIME.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
THANKS, JON.
>> SAME TIME TOMORROW.
WOULDN'T MISS IT.