So one of my writers, his name is Troy,
has a very, very messy office.
I mean, there's clutter everywhere.
Can I say where it comes from?
There's a pile, a free pile.
We have lots of things that are sent to the show.
And there's too much for me.
It's just too much.
So I offer it to whoever wants it.
Have you been to the free pile before?
I don't think I've been to the free pile.
No?
No.
You don't know about the free pile?
I didn't know there was a free pile.
Well, you need to know about it.
Some of them are promotional items.
There's some gifts sent from different-- you know,
if I mention something on the show, whatever.
Anyway, I decided to do something about it.
Do you know who Marie Kondo is, everybody?
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OK.
So she has a great show-- it's on Netflix-- called Tidying Up.
And so I had her surprise Troy and make him clean his office.
And he was completely caught off guard.
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Oh, no.
Hi.
I'm Marie Kondo.
How are you Marie Kondo?
I know who you are.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
I've actually never seen a room with this many things
on the wall.
I fee like I'm on Cops.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
It's one of my rules to greet the space that I'm
about to tidy.
What's happening?
It's a very quiet process.
Do I get down, too?
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Feel your heart.
Close your eyes.
And just, in your heart, express gratitude for all
that this office does for you.
OK.
I'm good.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, longer.
I'm sorry.
It's quiet time.
[LAUGHTER]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
So what's very important when tidying
is that you must touch each item with your hands.
I'm going to be here all day if we do that.
Just touch--
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Yeah, it's a kitty cat.
Wait, look at this.
You pull the Kleenex through here.
[LAUGHTER]
That's how you touch each item.
This is a fun one.
A Kim Kardashian tree topper.
[LAUGHTER]
It's a Kardashian.
Can you tell?
But it sparks a lot of joy for you?
Yeah.
It's fun, you know?
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
Rather than wanting to tidy, I think
he wanted to showcase all the things that
spark joy in his office.
What's this?
Hold it closer.
[FART NOISE]
See?
That's a lot of fun.
Very shocking.
Can you identify a category?
Maybe a lot of the same things?
Category?
Yeah, like mugs.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
It feels like you're creating a bigger mess.
So now that we have our category of mugs,
you're going to take one, piece by piece, into your hands
and see if it sparks joy for you.
This has to spark of joy, otherwise I get fired.
That's the boss.
So this sparks so much joy.
What is this?
Did you see that side?
Does it spark joy when you touch it?
It sparks joy.
You see?
Oh, it's a set.
I see.
So this is a new category.
I'll be honest, I probably have a few too many pens.
We don't have to show the whole world how many pens I have,
but--
I think it's important.
And we have to take care of it.
Yeah, I think we get it.
There's probably a pen--
those are just backup pens.
We don't-- do we need-- are you going to--
OK.
Let's bring those out, too.
That's a good idea.
The pens don't bring joy.
They're kind of what you have to have here.
This, not so much.
That can go.
Take.
And, very important, thank you so much for all it's done.
I love my giant pen.
Gratitude.
Thank you.
Thank you, pens.
Thank you so much.
Gently, gently.
With--
Oh, because they're our friends.
So sorry.
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
I hope that my tidying lesson with Troy
served to be an opportunity for him to discover all the more
what sparks joy for him.
What's this?
That brought a lot of joy.
[LAUGHTER]
Uh, what is this?
Boy, memories.
This is Chara and that's me.
I'm about 14 or 15 there.
Now, talking about a thing that brings you joy, me, Chara,
Waikiki nightclub, dancing the night away.
But what a night.
What a night.
[LAUGHTER]
Thank you so much.
I do feel better.
We did get rid of some things.
And I think the things we got rid of, I'm not going to miss.
I appreciate Marie Kondo.
She was so cute.
And I look forward-- they're going to come back.
They promised me they'll come back for lunch.
We're going to do lunch.
Clean up the office, and we're going to have lunch together.
How about just a thanks, Ellen?
Oh, thank you, Ellen.
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Thank you, Marie.
And thank you, Troy.
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Hi, Troy.
Did that spark a lot of joy?
It did something, yeah.
It sparked a little joy.
Yeah?
A little bit of joy?
Yeah.
Yeah, we cleaned up a little.
Good.
And put a bunch of stuff in a bag.
I saw that.
And you gave her all the stuff in the bag.
Yeah.
But she left the bag, and I brought it all back in.
[LAUGHTER]
Did you put everything back?
Everything's back to where it should be.
[LAUGHTER]
You know she's going to watch this show and see that.
Sorry.
[LAUGHTER]
All right, Troy.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you.