What kind of training have you had for this show?
They put us through it, I mean
the Fire Technical Advisor right now
is the former Fire Chief of Los Angeles.
Wow.
Brian Cummings, he's a beast.
And like, he's kind of royalty.
So like, even in Seattle, the fire department guys
were all like, "Oh."
Everybody knows everybody
from all over the country. They knew him.
They knew him.
So, they put us through our paces.
We had a bootcamp that he ran us through.
And look, you know the job is hard when
getting dressed is hard.
(audience laughs)
I literally know this.
Yeah. Here's why I bring this up.
I am the only female member of the board
of Denis Leary's Firefighters Foundation.
That's what's up, that's what's up.
So every year,
I'm setting you up big time, don't clap yet.
So every year, we do, as a fundraiser for the firefighters
All of the money that Denis raises goes to firefighters
and firehouses large and small.
(applause)
And as our annual fundraiser,
we are firefighters for the entire day.
Right.
50-pound gear, the masks--
Mhm. Mhm.
Burning buildings--
C'mon.
The hoses, everything.
It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life,
and I've worked 100-hour weeks in restaurants.
You crawl around through live fires.
It is no joke.
That's awesome.
Yeah, you know what else is awesome?
Each one of us is in charge of building a team,
It would be pretty cool if I had you on my team.
Would you do it for us next May?
Absolutely. I'm with you.
And you've already been trained.
I'm there with you. I'm in.
Team's gonna kick some (bleep).
(cheering and applause) Gettin' it done!
Yes!
C'mon!
Who's the boss, Denis?
Look, yeah! Go team!
I realize I've been setup though--
Dennis is gonna be so jealous! (laughs)
It is occurring to me that you did set me up though.
I'm like oh there's
a plan here, wasn't there? I did. I totally set you up.
But, think of all the good it will do
for so many firehouses.
Look, we went on a Celebrity Family Feud
and won $25,000-- That's awesome.
For the Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
(applause) Beautiful.
I've done some other things to raise money for them so--
So it's perfect.
And, you know, look, seriously, the gear is
50 pounds of gear, you know, it's 40-pound suit,
15-pound oxygen tank--
It was a hundred degrees, too, by the way.
It's insane, and then you go inside the heat.
The funny part was, I keep giving all these props
to our technical advisors,
and I love them to death,
and they are, and the reason they are called
American's bravest for a reason,
but they said, "Look, our average fire is like 45 minutes,
you guys put on that stuff and wear it like ten hours."
And I was like, "So we're doing..."
and he was like, "Sh. Don't tell anybody."
"Sh." You could probably drop any minute.
Yeah. Yeah, it is amazing how much
you have to hydrate. I love it though.
But I love that you keep it real, you know?
I like the integrity of that as a television project.
(applause) As much as you can.
Anyway, you're delightful,
and I will see you again in May,
but you can come back any time before then.
I do hear that you have a hidden talent,
which is why we got rid off our lovely floral arrangement
and replaced it with a bowl of round fruit.
(laughs) (audience laughs)
I wonder what the hidden talent could be.
Yes, I taught myself
to juggle when I was a kid. Why?
Because I worked at a baseball park growing up.
Oh. I spent ten years
in like a baseball park from 11,
I was working illegally for a few years--
(laughs)
'Til I was 21, and I would learn to juggle,
I'd go into my brother's room 'cause we'd get,
you know, foul balls.
Sure, of course.
And that's what kids always do.
But, you don't learn to juggle
in your own room 'cause you put holes in walls.
(laughs) (audience laughs)
So you do it in your brother's room.
You do it in your brother's room!
You do it in your brother's room.
And then when mom gets mad at him
for breaking things out you can just point to him and say,
"What's up?" Yay! (claps)
(audience applause)
Come here. You ready?
What am I doing?
Just follow me.
Just follow my hands.
You ready? You ready?
Go. Go, go, go, go!
(screams)
(laughs)
That was fun. That was strangely frightening.
You're awesome. Thank you.
Make sure to check out Jason's Station 19 Thursdays
at 9:00 p.m. on ABC.
You're awesome.
Oh, thanks, it's been my pleasure.
I'm gonna call you. Get at me.
You better show up. Get at me.
(cheering) (wind chimes)