Thank you so much.
I'm Melissa McCarthy.
And I am very, very, very excited to be here.
Ellen asked me to be her guest host today.
She's taking the day off.
I think she wanted to spend more time with some of her houses.
And I get it.
They grow up so fast, don't they?
I don't want to brag or anything.
But I am like either the 10th or maybe 11th person
that Ellen asked to guest host her show,
so that feels pretty special, I have to say.
It's quite an honor.
And I am told--
I read on the way out here somebody said,
oh, one of Ellen's past guest hosts has left a message
for me.
So why don't we take a look at that?
I'm very excited.
I have no idea who it is.
So let's see that.
Hi, Melissa it's Kristin Bell.
I heard you're guest hosting on Ellen.
And you're going to be great.
I have guest hosted before.
And I know it can be a little nerve-racking, so they asked
me to give you some advice.
I really thought about it, and my best advice is
don't [BLEEP] this up.
Good luck!
Wow.
What a mouth, huh?
What a mouth on that one.
Thank you Kristin for--
I guess your supportive words?
You know, it is a lot of work.
I have been preparing for this all week
starting as early as late yesterday afternoon.
And you're rehearsing in the mirror,
and last night for three hours, I'm--
you know, you're trying out different jokes,
and putting on different outfits.
And finally the manager at Target asked me to leave.
And I said, Tim, that is not really fair,
because I plan on purchasing these mid rise
chinos that I'm wearing.
And Tim just turned around, kind of like, oh, indignant,
and said first of all my name's not Tim.
And secondly, you're not wearing any pants.
So I looked at Tim right in the eye
and I said, well, Tim, I'm pretty sorry
but, my leg flesh and your chino fabric
happened to be the exact same color.
So really, whose fault is it?
And we laughed.
We laughed about that.
But it's all crazy.
It's been exciting being behind the scenes and all of this.
It's amazing to be here guest hosting.
And it's great to be back on the Warner Brothers lot
with all of you lovely people.
I spent 13 years of my life on this lot,
and I remember a good part of eight of them.
So that's pretty special.
I just want to give you the best show possible.
And I know that Ellen always starts the show with dancing,
so if it's not broke, I'm not going to try to fix it.
So can I get my hat and cane please.
Here we go.
5, 6, 7, 8, please welcome the So You
Think You Can Dance all-stars.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) Had to have high, high hopes for a living.
Shooting for the stars, when I couldn't make a killing.
Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision.
Always had high, high hopes.
Had to have high, high hopes for a living.
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling.
I was going to be that one in a million, always
have high, high hopes.
Got to have high, high hopes for a living,
shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing.
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision.
Always had high, high hopes.
Got to have high, high hopes for a living.
Didn't know why but I always had a feeling.
I was gonna be that one in a million.
Always had high, high hopes.
Thank you.
My god, wasn't that amazing?
So You Think You Can Dance returns
June 10 at 9:00 PM on Fox.