>> I'M TELLING YOU I HAVEN'T
BEEN MOVED BY AN ACT LIKE THIS
UP UNTIL THIS MOMENT.
BECAUSE OF YOU AND BECAUSE OF
THIS MOMENT, I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.
SOMETHING I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE
TO DO AND I'D LIKE TO DO THIS
>> AND THAT RIGHT THERE, THAT'S
A MOMENT THAT OF THAT WAS
LIFE-CHANGING FOR COMEDIAN DREW
LINTZ.
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" HOWIE
MANDEL HITTING THE GOLDEN BUZZER
PUTTING INTO THE TALENT
COMPETITION AT THE VERY END.
>> DREW WENT ON TO BECOME THE
SECOND-PLACE FINISHER AND IS NOW
TOURING THE COUNTRY WITH HIS
COMEDY ACT.
>> AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE
DREW WITH US HERE TODAY FOR THE
ENTIRE HOUR.
AND SO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
FROM EARLIER.
THERE'S NO PAY.
YOU GET THE JOY OF HANGING OUT
WITH US.
[LAUGHTER]
>> DREW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN
THE GOLDEN BUZZER GETS HIT AND
HOW OFTEN DOES THAT EVER HAPPEN?
>> WELL, WHAT IT MEANT FOR ME
WAS THAT I RELEASED MY TWO --
TEAR DUCTS.
IT'S LIKE A JUDGE ON THE SHOW
HITS THE GOLDEN BUZZER, YOU GET
TO ADVANCE TO JUST THE LIVE
SHOW.
SO YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SAVED A
FEW ROUNDS.
AND IT WAS KIND OF -- IT WAS
KIND OF A SPECIAL MOMENT JUST
BECAUSE HOWIE MANDEL, WHO DID
THAT FOR ME LAST YEAR, HE'S A
COMEDIAN AND HE COMES FROM A
PLACE OF OVERCOMING ADVERSITY IN
HIS OWN COMEDY AND USING THAT AS
SORT OF A WAY OF COPING.
SO IT MEANT A LOT MORE THAN JUST
THIS PERSON VALIDATING ME.
IT FELT LIKE HE UNDERSTOOD.
>> PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW YOUR
BACK STORY, YOU TALKED ABOUT
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY AND COPING.
JUST GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF
SYNOPSIS OF THAT.
>> BRIEF, OH!
BASICALLY I -- I NEVER USED TO
TALK THIS WAY.
A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD A SPORTS
INJURY, WHERE I WENT TO SLEEP ON
A CONCUSSION, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE
TO DO.
DON'T DO THAT.
AND THEN I WOKE UP AND I HAD A
STUTTER AND I STARTED TALKING
ABOUT IT ON STAGE.
AND THEN THAT WAS JUST -- I
DON'T KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE A CAREER I GUESS NOW.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID
PRIOR TO THAT, THOUGH, YOU SAID
THAT THE GUY YOU WERE BEFORE
WOULDN'T PROBABLY BE HANGING OUT
WITH THE GUY YOU ARE TODAY.
>> I WAS A PERSON WHO I WASN'T
EXACTLY UNDERSTANDING OF -- I
WASN'T VERY UNDERSTANDING OF
OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS THAT
THEY HAD AND DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE
LOT OF COMPASSION OR EMPATHY
TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO HAD THEIR OWN
ISSUES.
BUT I THINK SOMETIMES THE
UNIVERSE IS VERY INTERESTING.
I'LL SAY HERE'S THIS ISSUE THAT
YOU NOW HAVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT DEFINITELY WAS
A VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.
YEAH.
>> NOW MY REAL QUESTION IS SINCE
YOU GOT SO COOL WITH THE JUDGES,
HEIDI, DO YOU HAVE THEIR
NUMBERS?
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, YEAH.
WE HANG OUT A LOT.
[LAUGHTER]
LIKE SO MUCH DO WE HANG OUT.
THEY'RE BRA 30 TIME IS --
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S WHENEVER THEY'RE OVER AT MY
PLACE.
>> YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE DREW
ALL THIS WEEKEND PERFORMING AT
THE COMEDY ZONE.
OF COURSE, ALSO RIGHT HERE FOR
THE REST OF THIS HOUR.
FOR TICKETS HEAD TO
RIVERCITYLIVETV.COM.
AND CLICK ON THE AS SEEN ON
R.C.L. BOX.
THE TWO LUCKY PEOPLE RIGHT NOW,
WE HAVE A COUPLE PAIRS OF
TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY.
>> OF THE BE THE FOURTH AND
FIFTH PERSON TO EMAIL "I LOVE
DREW LYNCH" TO R.C.L. CONTEXT TO
WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO
TONIGHT'S 7:30 P.M. SHOW.
>> WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE FUN
AHEAD WITHDREW THIS HOUR.