- I got a letter from a viewer
that I want to share with you.
Love things like this.
It says, "Hi, Ellen, My son Jesse's best friend,
"Jasmine, was diagnosed in 2011 with a rare brain tumor.
"She has undergone three surgeries
"and flies to Boston for radiation therapy.
"She lives at home with her mom, Lisa,
"who struggles to pay the bills.
"Recently, Jesse celebrated his Bar Mitzvah
"and got $5,000.
"He donated it all to Jasmine and her mom.
"They're both amazing children and love your show.
"I've been truly blessed to have them in my life.
"Thank you for taking the time to read our story.
Sincerely, LeAnna."
And--so please welcome-- from Monroeville, Pennsylvania,
please welcome Jesse and Jasmine.
This is just an amazing story.
So you didn't even know Jasmine,
and how did you hear about Jasmine.
- Well, I read about her in the newspaper,
and it said that she was in Boston at the time,
and I was just--
And I was just so touched by her story,
so I wanted to write her a letter,
and so I wrote about her, like, saying, like,
"I'm so-- I love you so much,
and I want to give you some money"
so she can buy some stuff.
- You sent her $20. - Yeah.
- So--and you didn't know her at all.
You just read the story and decided
you wanted to reach out and help.
How did that feel? That must've felt amazing.
- Mm-hmm, I'm so happy.
- So you have the Bar Mitzvah, and you get $5,000
for the Bar Mitzvah
and decide to give it all to her.
- Yes.
- That's an amazing thing for you to do.
[applause]
But this is what's amazing.
So you write this letter. You don't know her.
She's not in your school or anything,
and then a year later-- tell us what happens.
- Okay, so I walked into my fifth grade classroom,
and I saw a girl,
and she said her name was Jasmine,
and I just, like, froze in shock.
And it was just amazing.
- That it was her. - Yeah.
- This person that, a year later,
you wrote a letter to--
I want to help you out,
because you gave all $5,000 from your Bar Mitzvah.
We have a relationship with Shutterfly.
They have been amazing,
and so we want to give you $10,000, Jasmine,
to help with your--
- [speaking indistinctly]
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god. - That'll help.
And also I know you both wanted iPhone 6s for Christmas,
but you didn't get 'em,
so we're also gonna give you iPhone 6s.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, my goodness.
- I understand you have a favorite show.
What show is it? - "The Big Bang Theory."
- And who's your favorite character on that show?
both: Sheldon.
- You like Sheldon a whole lot?
A lot of people like Sheldon.
- Yeah. - He's very funny.
Very cool.
Sheldon, where are you?
[cheers and applause]
[singing] - Nearly 14 billion years ago,
Expansion started, wait
The Earth began to cool, the autotrophs began to drool
[cheers and applause]
- Hi.
Hi.
[cheers and applause]
- Hi, Jim. - Hi.
- How are you?
How about this story? - This is insane.
- I'm--I can tell you how lucky I feel to meet both of you.
You both are-- You're so inspiring.
You--Jasmine, you are so courageous,
and you--Jesse, you really might be the--
no offense-- the best person I've ever met.
You know?
It's--
My heart--
My heart swells to be here with you.
Oh, and because of that, I have brought you
a couple of baskets of swag.
Here we have it.
Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Wow.
- Jim can hold that.
- You know, I'm not even clear exactly what's in here,
but it all is show-related and--
Might not have been the first thing I'd dress you in,
but that's lovely.
- That's all you.
- But also I wanted to invite both of you tomorrow
to come--I'll give you a tour of our set.
- Oh, wow. - And you can watch--
We do a Friday run through, and it'll be very rough,
'cause we don't tape till Tuesday,
so you'll get to see us warts and all,
but you deserve to.
So please, please come if you can.
- Isn't that fantastic? - Yeah, that's awesome.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much.
- I'm very--I-I--
I think you're both-- you're both so special.
It even--it makes me nervous to be out here,
'cause I want to say everything just right,
'cause y'all deserve it to be just right, so...
- Very special. - Wow.
- Thanks for being here, Jim. I appreciate it.
- No, thank you.