- If you guys wouldn't mind, I would just like to write out
my weekly thank you notes right now.
Is that cool with you guys? Is that all right?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
James, can I get some thank you note writing music, please?
[ Somber piano music plays ]
-Wow.
[ Light laughter ]
He's already started meditating.
[ Music stops ] [ Laughter ]
-I don't think he's meditating,
I think he's mad someone stole his tie.
[ Laughter ]
-Damn you, tie thieves!
-Took his tie off and shoved it
in his pocket. -In his pocket?
-Yeah, exactly.
-[ Laughs ]
-[ Chuckles ]
[ Music resumes ]
Thank you, Anthony Scaramucci, for losing your job, your wife,
and missing the birth of your son.
All you need now is your truck to break down,
and you'll have the world's best country song.
There you go.
♪ Lost my wife then my job ♪
♪ Never saw my boy born ♪
-♪ I texted her congratulations ♪
[ Laughter ]
-♪ I texted ♪
♪ So I just texted her congratulations ♪
Thank you, Jon Snow and The Hound
for being the "Game of Thrones" version
of what you see on Tinder versus who actually shows up.
Well, there you go. -Wow!
-That's exactly right. -Swipe up.
-"How you doing, man?"
I think he's winking at me.
♪♪
Thank you, saying, "I'm going to get another drink at a party"
for really saying, "I'm going to go talk to someone else."
There you go. Sad.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Laughter ]
I'm gonna go grab a drink right now.
♪♪
Thank you, swim goggles,
for letting me enjoy a nice workout in the pool
while also sucking my eyeballs out of my skull.
[ Laughter and applause ] [ Pops lips ]
-[ Pops lips ]
Goink!
-The water's perfect.
♪♪
-Thank you, choosing between the window seat
and the aisle seat on an airplane,
for making me guess whether I'll need to sleep or pee.
How long is it? How long is it?
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Just do both.
[ Laughter ]
-[ Snores ]
♪♪
-Thank you, "Sesame Street's" newest character, Rudy,
for showing us what it would look like
if Elmo fell into a bag of Cheetos.
There you go.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Excuse me. Excuse me!
-Hi!
Hi, Rudy! -Hi!
-Hi, Rudy! -Hey, Jimmy!
-Rudy, it is so great to have you here.
You're Abby Cadabby's stepbrother, right?
-Yes, I am, and Abby is my super cool sister.
-I love that, but we know her here on the show.
She's -- She's the best.
-Yeah. -Yeah, we love her.
What -- What do you want to do tonight?
-Jimmy, can I do a thank you note, too?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah! -Yeah, of course.
-Yeah, can I?
-Sure, you can do it, Rudy. You can do a thank you note.
-Good, because I brought my crayon with me.
-All right. Perfect. [ Chuckles ]
-Okay. Okay?
-Yeah, of course. -Okay.
I'm going to do it like -- like you do it.
-Okay, great, Rudy. -I watch you on the TV.
-Yeah. -Okay.
Um [Clears throat] hey, James?
[ Laughter ]
Hey, Jimmy, I can make James smile better than you.
-Yeah, I know. He never smiles when I do it, yeah.
-Hey, James, can I have some thank you note music, please?
♪♪
-He smiled. He smiled. He smiled.
He smiled. All right, Rudy, give it a shot.
-Okay, here we go. -Yep.
[ Music stops ]
[ Music resumes ]
-Thank you, Big Bird,
for being a bird that's real, real big.
-That's not bad, Rudy!
[ Laughs ] [ Cheers and applause ]
-He's a big bird. -That's not bad.
-He's a big bird. -That's impress--
That's a good one. You want to do another one?
-Yeah, I want to do another one. Come on.
-That's was pretty good, Rudy.
-Okay. Ready?
-Yeah.
♪♪
-Thank you, Cookie Monster,
for being a monster that eats cookies.
-Yes, right. Thank you. Thank you. Great.
Rudy...
[ Cheers and applause ] -[ Laughs ]
-Thank you! -These are really good.
Do you want to do one of mine? -Yeah.
-Okay, cool. -Let me see.
-Try that one.
-Oh. [ Laughs ]
Okay, okay. I got to get a running start for this one.
[ Grunts ]
♪♪
-Thank you, yawns, for being short, silent operas.
-Yeah! Fantastic! -[ Yawns ]
That was great!
Rudy from "Sesame Street," everybody!
-Aww, thank you, Jimmy! -Thank you, Rudy!
Thank you so much!
You can catch him and all of his Sesame Street friends
Saturday mornings at 9:00 a.m. on HBO!
Rudy!