STAYING UP ALL NIGHT LONG FOR A LITTLE DANCING ON THE CEILING.
>> GUESS WHO'S BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND?
LIONEL RICHIE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THE SCRIPT, JUST ANNOUNCED 14 ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES FOR HIS
WILDLY SUCCESSFUL HEADLINING RESIDENCY CALLED.
>> Both: LIONEL RICHIE ALL THE HITS."
IT'S A HOT TICKET, BABY. >> IT IS.
>> BY POPULAR DEMAND. 14 MORE SHOWS, BABY.
>> WHO READ THE TUNE? LFRT LFT.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ARRESTED.
>> IT'S VERY CLOSE. >> THE DAY COULD COME ANY
MOMENT. >> ANY MINUTE NOW.
AND YOU COULD BE ARRESTED WITH MARIAH CAREY, TOO.
YOUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST. >> IT IS THE GREATEST THING
EVER, BECAUSE EVERYONE'S HOLDING THEIR BREATH.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE? I TOLD THEM, I SAID, LISTEN, YOU
KNOW, TINA TURNER AND LIONEL RICHIE TOGETHER.
THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
>> WHY? >> BECAUSE -- IT'S ALWAYS THE
ODD OUT. I SAID MARIAH IS A GIVEN.
WHY? SHE HAS MORE HITS THAN HITS.
BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE COULD DO A NINE-HOUR SHOW.
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> CHARGE BIG MONEY.
>> BUT IT'S JUST ONE GIANT. >> ONE BRINGS HER STACK AND I
BRING MINE. >> WHAT'S THE VIBE BETWEEN YOU
TWO? >> GREAT.
I MUST ADMIT. IT'S VERY FUNNY.
I GO IN, TRYING TO BE LIKE, HOW YA DOING.
SHE GO, HI, MR. RICHEY. SHE'S VERY --
>> OH -- >> VERY -- RESPECTFUL.
>> OH, WOW. >> BUT -- BUT FRIENDS WE ARE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GET THAT FEELING, LIKE, HOW ARE YOU, MR.
RICHEY? OH, OH, OKAY.
I'LL TAKE THAT. I'LL TAKE THAT.
>> R-E-S-P-E-C-T, NOT ONE OF YOUR HITS.
>> YOU'RE PERFORMING AROUND THE NEW YORK CITY AREA.
GREAT. A GIG ON FRIDAY.
>> ON -- OH, IT'S FRIDAY. IN JERSEY.
MATTISON SQUARE ON SATURDAY. >> MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
>> AND ONE AT PRUDENTIAL. >> THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER.
>> WHAT ARENAS DO YOU LIKE SINGING IN?
THE GARDEN IS MASSIVE. YOU SING IN VEGAS, A LITTLE MORE
INTIMATE. >> WELL, TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.
>> YEAH. >> IN VEGAS, I CAN HEAR EXACTLY
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.
>> YEAH. >> AND THE SHOW IS -- IT'S VERY
INTIMATE. >> YEAH.
>> WHEN YOU'RE ON THE GARDEN STAGE, A., IT'S HISTORY.
THINK ABOUT IT. BOB MARLEY DID HIS LAST SHOW HE
WAS THE OPENING ACT FOR THE COMMODORES.
THINK ABOUT THAT. >> OH, STOP.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT. >> WHOA.
>> SO THE GARDEN TO ME HAS -- YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE GARDEN.
>> YEAH. >> BECAUSE IT'S JUST NEW YORK.
>> BUT NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO IT. AND NOT EVERYBODY AT THIS POINT
IN THEIR MANY, MANY DECADE CAREER IS STILL SELLING IT OUT,
MISTER. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE KENNEDY
CENTER HONORS, IN DECEMBER. ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS.
IT'S ABOUT TIME. >> IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
SURPRISE. I WAS NOT LOOKING FOR -- YOU
KNOW HOW YOU JUST -- IF THAT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS.
>> YEAH. >> BUT WHEN BRUCE, MY MANAGER,
CALLED AND SAID YOU GOT THE HONOR, IT WAS LIKE -- OH, MY
GOD. >> RIGHT.
>> AND I THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED IT, AND
HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT. OH, MY GOD.
AM I IN THAT FRATERNITY AND SORORITY.
>> YOU'RE A GUY THAT WON EVERYTHING.
ALL THE GRAMMYS, ALL THE OTHER ACCOLADES, THIS ONE STILL MAKES
YOU FEEL LIKE, WOW. >> THERE'S STILL -- THERE'S
STILL A REASON THAT YOU WANT TO BE IN THIS BUSINESS, TO BE A
PART OF SOMETHING. >> YEAH.
>> AND -- AND THERE'S SO MUCH TALENT.
THERE'S SO MUCH TALENT. OVER THE YEARS, THAT WHEN
SOMEONE PUTS YOU IN A CATEGORY WITH NORMAN LEAR YOU WANT TO SO,
OKAY. I'M COOL.
>> FAVORITE OF ALL-TIME OF YOURS, "STILL."
>> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BEING WITH THE TWO OF YOU, NEVER IN LIFE --
YOU GET INTERVIEWED BY PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY, YOU BOTH KNOW
EVERYTHING I'VE DONE. YOU EVER LOOK AT THAT CARD ONE
TIME? >> NO, NO.
>> JUST HAPPY TO LOOK AT YOU. >> IT'S SO GREAT.
>> YOU KEEP DELIVERING. HAVE SUCH RESPECT FOR YOUR
AUDIENCE AND THE GIVE THEM THE HITS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT. WHAT DOES MR. LIONEL RICHIE DO
WHEN HE HAS A LITTLE VACATION TIME?
>> WHAT IT IS, TRUTHFULLY SOUNDS VERY CLICHE.
GOD GAVE ME EXACTLY WHAT I LOVE DOING.
>> UH-HUH. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> YES! >> BEFORE ME IS THAT PART, OR
WRITING THE SONGS, THAT'S ALWAYS FABULOUS.
>> STILL WRITING, YES. >> ALSO, WHEN I GET REAL TIME
OFF YOU'LL CATCH ME DOWN SOUTH SOMEWHERE.
I'M A GARDENER. I LIKE TO JUST GO OFF IN THE
WOODS. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER SAID
WHERE DO YOU GET THE WONDERFUL IDEAS FROM?
HE SAID, I TALK TO THE FLOWERS. I'M THAT GUY WHO, BY THE TIME I
COME OUT OF THOSE 14 ACRES OF WOODS, I'VE GOT THREE MORE
THINGS, THREE MORE IDEAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPENING THE HOME
LINE, THE HOME LINE JUST STARTED.
DOING THE PILLOWCASES AND SHEETS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
>> AND YOU'RE NOT RETIRING? >> I GOT YOU MARRIED, ENGAGED
AND EVERYTHING. YOU HAD KIDS AND LEFT YOU ALONE.
I WON'T LEAVE YOU ALONE. BE ABLE TO --