-Thank you for coming on. -Oh, thanks for having me.
-Every time you come on, I always --
I just love talking to you.
I wish I could talk to you for another hour.
-Aww, thanks.
-But, last time, we talked about aliens.
I don't know if you remember this.
-Mm-hmm, yes. I do. Oh, yeah, that was fun.
-Do you have -- Is there any other supernatural things
that have happened to you since we've spoken?
-Not -- Well, I was really hoping, like,
once I talked about aliens last time,
I'd actually, like, see one.
Like, they'd be like, "Way to go!" you know?
But they -- didn't happen. [ Laughter ]
-Yeah, well, it takes time for them, probably,
to get our broadcast... -To get the signal, yeah.
-...to signal to fly to... -Yeah, probably right. Right.
[ Laughter ] I did -- I did have
a very interesting paranormal experience with a pet psychic,
if you want to hear about that. -Yes!
-Okay, So -- -Oh, a pet psychic.
-A pet psychic, yeah.
So, I -- I have -- I have some terrible news.
My -- My beloved cat, Brian, recently passed away.
-I'm so sorry. [ Audience awws ]
-Aww, thank you. Thank you.
And before he was sick,
like any normal couple in Los Angeles,
my -- my boyfriend and I consulted a pet psychic,
you know?
Just to make sure he didn't have any unfinished cat business.
[ Light laughter ] Right?
-So, this was before he was sick? You just...
-Yeah, just to make sure he didn't have
any, like, final wishes,
like, you know, before -- before he went on, you know?
You don't do that? -No, yeah, yeah, no.
People do that. [ Laughter ]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. -Oh, okay. Yeah.
-The holidays are coming up. [ Laughter ]
-Yeah. Right, right. -What do you give as a gift?
-Right, it's a good gift, yeah. -Exactly, yeah.
-So -- So, we called this woman, and she had no idea who I was.
No idea who I was, anything about me.
She kept calling me "ma'am" over the phone which, you know...
[ Laughter ] At this point, like,
if you don't do that, it's weirder, you know?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-So she starts asking questions, and -- and she says,
"Does one of you sing?" And it was kind of weird,
because I was like, "Well, uh, yes, I-I sing."
And she goes, "Do you sometimes, like, change the words
to famous songs to be about your cat?
Like -- Like something from 'The Sound of Music'?"
And I, like -- I got chills,
because whenever Brian would wake us up to feed him,
I would always sing, "The hills" -- or...
♪ The house is awake with the sounds of Brian ♪
You know? You know. [ Light laughter ]
-Wow! -And so --
And I'm also, like, I'm getting really emotional,
because I used to sing on "Glee,"
and I used to get all kinds of letters from --
-Of course. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you. Thank you.
So, I would -- I would -- I would get letters all the time
from people saying that my voice, like,
helped them through a hard time, like, through chemo
or, like, AP testing or -- or whatnot.
[ Light laughter ] And, you know? You know?
And so I'm getting, like -- I'm getting emotional,
thinking, like, my voice is, like, soothing my cat,
and it's like his last hours. -This is beautiful.
-Yeah, and the psychic says,
"Yeah, he hates your voice." [ Laughter ]
And she says -- she says,
"If you -- If you want him to die in peace,
he's asking you to shut up."
[ Laughter ]
-The pet psychic is saying this?
-Yeah, yeah, I mean, I got read by a pet psychic.
It -- I know. [ Laughter ]
Yeah, I mean, like, sorry it wasn't Michael Bublé's cat.
I mean, God. [ Laughter ]
Anyway... -Oh, my goodness.
I can't believe she...
Pal, let's talk about the -- the -- the new one here.
-Oh, thank you. -This is --
-"The Land of Stories" -- congratulations on this.
It's "The Ultimate Book Hugger's Guide."
-Thanks. -This is a -- I --
Every time you come on, I love the new --
a new addition to this.
I mean, this is -- this is an idea
that you've had in your brain since you were a child, right?
-Yes. Yeah, I started writing these books
when I was -- when I was 6. It's crazy.
I feel like it found me before I found it, in a weird way.
-That's bizarre. -But, yeah.
-I mean, but then you -- you brought a drawing.
-Yeah. -This is what you --
You drew this in --
-I drew that when I was in second grade, yeah.
-"The Land of Stories." -And so that's where --
Yeah, that's where it began. [ Cheers and applause ]
-"The Land of Stories." -Yeah.
-Look, there's even a frog. -Yeah.
-There's a little frog. -Yeah, yeah!
-Just like there is a frog on the cover of this one.
-Right, right. And that frog -- actually I have --
I'll show you -- that frog was based on a magnet
that was on my grandmother's refrigerator.
So that's the magnet that I stole from my grandmother,
'cause you know... [ Laughter ]
So, yeah, no, that's one of the -- one of the things
that inspired the -- the book series.
[ Audience awws ] Isn't that crazy?
-Wow, so the -- so the magnet was just --
you would just see it on the fridge and be like,
"Oh, that's..." -Yeah, well,
all the grandkids -- we would make fun of each other.
We'd always move him to, like, our, like --
our, like, our other cousins'
like, school portraits and stuff,
so they'd always look like frogs.
And so, like, one day I looked up,
and, like, he was, like, on my uncle's wedding picture.
So I came up with the character for -- for -- yeah, for Froggy.
-I think I might have a thing over here.
A photo of me. -Mm.
-I guess I can do this one here.
-Oh, there you go. Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's nice.
-I'm done.
[ Applause continues ] -Yeah.
-But this is -- it's -- it's such a cool thing,
and the stories are great.
It's fun. It moves. It's funny. -Mm.
-And it's -- you're developing a movie over this?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're in -- We're in
early development for the -- for the first film.
So, which I'm -- yeah, which I'm --
I'm producing, writing, and directing.
And it's -- it's -- it's really wonderful.
I really -- I really think the readers
are going to truly love the movie.
So I can't wait for it to -- to pick up steam.
-What do you -- What do you say to any -- any kids out there
that are -- that are watching the show that like, him or her,
want to be an author or want to write stories?
Do you have any advice for kids that come to your --
see you at book signings or...? -Oh, gosh.
Yeah, I mean, it's -- I mean, it's so, so easy
for -- for -- for people, especially young people,
to get so discouraged
and look around the world and think,
"God, how do I -- how do I fit into this mess?"
-Yeah.
-But I think it is so, so important
that young people always remember that,
the more the world discourages you,
the more it needs you
and that the world's not going to change
by having the same argument with the same people
who are too stubborn to see past their own nose.
The world's going to change by installing compassion
and logic and reason into the next generation.
So if -- So if anyone out there has a talent
that they think can help contribute to that fight,
I think they -- they owe it to themselves,
and, quite frankly, they owe it to the world to fight like hell
until they get the chance to share it.
-That's fantastic. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you. Thank you. -Didn't know...
-A Mr. Rogers moment. [ Laughs ]
-That's fantastic. We love you.
Chris Colfer, everybody! [ Cheers and applause ]
"The Land of Stories: The Ultimate Book Hugger's Guide"
is available now! [ Cheers and applause continue ]