- And here to copilot, a dear friend of the show
and someone I absolutely love, the lovely Ross Matthews.
Uh-oh, there goes the lisp.
Roth Matthewth.
- And you know, we totally coordinate, totally on accident.
- I just think it's a beshert meant to be.
- Totally understand. - I mean, literally.
We do not call each other about these outfits,
and yet- - Here we are.
- We are always coordinated, Ross!
- A his and a hers! - I love it!
This is a really good story, 'tis the season
for cozying up with a Hallmark holiday movie
and having a good cry. - This time of year
I love Hallmark movies! - I mean, they're really
all the rage!
- Every, all the feels in one movie!
- All the feels!
And this weekend, Hallmark made history
with "the Christmas House", USA Today reports
that it's their first holiday movie to feature a gay couple.
- [Ross] Hello! (audience applauding)
Hello! Right! - I know!
It stars Brad Hardener and Jonathan Bennett
from "Mean Girls" as a couple adopting a child
and starting their own family.
- And by the way, it is about time.
How great to see this kind of thing.
I remember being a little kid growing up
in a little farm town, not even knowing like,
what a gay grown-up human being looked like
let alone if we could find love, and now look!
There's a Hallmark movie about us!
It's just, I'm so proud of Hallmark, you know,
the gays have been supporting you, Hallmark,
for a long time, thanks for supporting us.
- Yeah, yeah, we can all make each other feel welcomed,
it's just so wonderful, so, I'm really happy about this.
- Preach, Drew Barrymore, preach.
(all applauding)
- Now, Ross, for many people, Thanksgiving is gonna be
virtual this week, so the Cut, one of my favorites,
shared this Zoom Thanksgiving tip.
They say, okay, you should designate a Turkey Day host.
- I love that. - Right, I liked that.
I thought it was very actionable.
Your Thanksgiving emcee should be a good talker,
someone who can drive conversation
and reduce Zoom awkwardness.
- Uh-huh, I agree, if you have somebody sort of running
the show, and so, it's time to make a toast,
now what dish do you have, it could be a lot of fun.
- Well, also, one thing that I live for on Thanksgiving
is to go around the table and say what we're thankful for
and to watch my kids over the years, like, really grow
into that, you know, position.
- My aunt was an elementary school teacher,
so she would like, make us, out of construction paper,
little buckles for our shoes like Pilgrims and cute lil,
I still have pictures, God, I was a cute kid.
- I bet you were, Ross, you're still cute!
- Well, I'm a cute grown-up too!
You're not so bad yourself! (both exclaiming)
- Ah, perfect! - You know with so many people
having small, at-home gatherings this year
turkey farmers are really worried
because they've got a surplus of big ol' birds.
And you know, we do, I like big birds and I cannot lie.
- That was like a dog, (barking).
(gobbling turkey noise)
- That's it! - There we go!
- I found it! (gobbling turkey noise)
There we go!
- There you go, you're gonna keep doing that all day,
all right? (Drew gobbling)
The Washington Post reports turkey farmers,
they plan, you know, months ahead of time
and they get all these big birds,
because usually you want like, a 20-pound bird,
but now since people aren't gathering,
they all want like a little itty-bitty,
you know, little bird, so what do they do
with all these huge turkeys, the Toms, they call them?
- I was gonna say, they call them the Toms.
I made my first turkey several years ago.
- And your first turkey you never forget
because you're convinced you're gonna like,
just ruin everything.
- And it was the best turkey I've ever made.
I also slathered it head to toe in bacon
and cooked it so all the salt went in, from that bacon,
and that bird was gone way too quickly.
And then I didn't have any leftovers.
So maybe going big this year is, you know,
a better way to do it and then you won't waste the turkeys.
- And I'm fine if you make a big one, just eat it
all week long, all right?
That's the best part! - Leftovers are the greatest
and there's never enough leftovers!
- Never enough. - So maybe the Toms
will solve the leftover issues.
- Thank you, Toms! - Thank you, Toms!
- Thanks Toms. (audience laughing)
- Well, Ross, speaking of cooking,
I wanted to test your culinary prowess
with a little special recipe challenge!
- Yes, 'cause you know I cook on my Instagram all the time,
I call them Ross-ipes. - Oh, I know,
that's why we wanted to have the honor and pleasure
of doing a Ross-icpe here on the show.
- Well, wait 'til you taste it, I don't know
how much pleasure will be involved
'cause you really set me up, Drew Barrymore.
- Well, it was sort of like a "Chopped" challenge.
Earlier, I asked you to prep us a Thanksgiving dish
with a twist, you had to make something Thanksgiving-y
and use a ton of random ingredients we picked.
So, let's find out and take a look at how you did.
- Oh, no. - I'm excited!
(groovy rock music)
- Hi, Drew, hi, hi, it's me, Ross.
All right, you have given me a Ross-ipe
Thanksgiving Challenge and I am just the man for the job.
In here is a list of ingredients you put together,
I don't know what these are,
but I'm gonna shop for them here
and then make some sort of Thanksgiving-inspired dish.
Let's see what you've given me.
Eggnog, okay, pumpkin pie,
edamame, stuffing that I have to not use as stuffing,
yuca, what, what the?
Yuca, all right, a Thai chili pepper, and spam?
Oh, girl, you're not making this easy on me,
but I'm up for the challenge.
Let's go inside.
Okay, this list is no joke, Drew.
That's a lot of peppers, but okay.
Everybody in this grocery store is looking at me like
ugh, he's such a ham. (all laughing)
Eggnog, got it!
Um, what's next?
Drew, I'm glad you didn't email me this list
'cause it could have gone in my spam folder!
(audience laughing)
Beans, here we go,
maybe I could use 'em like peas or something?
Oh, how 'bout them apples?
Great, got the pumpkin pie.
Wait, what, oh!
This is frozen yuca!
I don't know what to -
I have too much guilt, I have too much,
I have to put it back.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, look, stuffing, this is what I need,
it's on the list, I think I just had an idea.
So we're in the kitchen now
and we're about to cook this Ross-ipe Thanksgiving Challenge
I'm thinking a savory pie.
Now I've cut up my yuca into little small pieces.
Okay, eggnog, yuca, mashed potato-ness.
Let's go, just we can know what we're dealing with.
Oh that's hot, oh! (record scratch)
Okay....
(groovy rock music)
Voila, a cleaned-out pie crust!
Okay, okay!
So they're like fine breadcrumbs now.
Bon appetit!
Here it is, I brought it in.
And are you gonna try it?
- I have to tell you Ross, this looks really good!
- Yeah, it looks good, I don't know
how it's gonna taste. - Well have you tasted it yet?
(all laughing)
All right, let's do it. - I think I did the best
I possible could, okay? - I am telling you,
it looks good.
Okay, here we go, ready- - Three, two...
Hmm? (audience laughing)
- This is good. (all cheering)
This is really good. - She said it's good, people!
She said it's good! - You guys....
- I'm so relieved.
- Ross, this is amazing! - You know what,
maybe it's a new Thanksgiving classic,
you're welcome, America!
(all laughing)
- Do you wanna try one of these, I love when you kind of
like, blow your doors off and get your lip to-
- I tried, I did one, you think I can do another one?
- Let's do it.
- Oh no, okay, three, two...
I can't, why would I- - Oh my god.
(both exclaiming)
- Drew, why are we doing this?
- Because I just felt like trying!
- Oh, my god.
- Thank you Ross, I love your recipe and I love you.
- Correction, Ross-ipe, and happy Thanksgiving to you.
(all applauding)
(bright rock music)