- ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM DOING OUR SHOW
WAS GETTING TO MEET TAYT ANDERSEN.
HE'S A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY
WHO WAS BORN WITH ONLY HALF OF HIS HEART.
TAKE A LOOK.
- A RIGBY BOY IS LOOKING FOR A DREAM TO COME TRUE.
- ELLEN!
- TAYT HAD LOVED ELLEN SINCE AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
- CHRISSY ANDERSON ALWAYS HOPED HER SON WOULD FIND A GIRLFRIEND,
BUT MAYBE NOT THIS YOUNG.
- I LIKE ELLEN.
- HI, TAYT. IT'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND, ELLEN.
HI, TAYT!
I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, TAYT.
YOU'RE MY ONLY BOYFRIEND.
- I LOVE YOU. - I LOVE YOU TOO, TAYT.
I LOVE YOU.
[cheers and applause]
COME SIT WITH ME.
SHUTTERYFLY, THEY WANT TO HELP
WITH YOUR MEDICAL EXPENSES WITH TAYT,
SO THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS CHECK FOR $10,000.
[cheers and applause]
HOW ABOUT THAT?
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TAYT ANDERSON AND HIS MOM, CHRISSY.
[cheers and applause]
HI, TAYT.
HI.
[cheers and applause]
HEY, TAYT. HOW ARE YOU?
YOU LOOK TALLER. YOU LOOK BIGGER.
- YEAH. - YEAH.
DID YOU GET OLDER SINCE I SAW YOU?
- YEAH. - ARE YOU COLLECTING BAGS YET?
- YES. - YEAH?
- HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW? - UH...
- I'M 20. - 8.
- 8. - 8.
- GOOD JOB. - RECENTLY, RIGHT?
- YES. - YEP.
- AND DID YOU HAVE A PARTY?
- YEAH. - WHAT KIND OF PARTY?
- WELL, I HAD MY BIRTHDAY CAKE.
- WHICH HAD WHAT ON IT?
- A DORY CAKE. - A DORY CAKE.
- AND AN ELLEN-- - A DORY AND AN ELLEN CAKE.
- YES. THAT'S YOU THERE.
- HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT? WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FROM?
- A CAKE--
- TELL HER THAT WE HAD AN AMAZING LADY
DONATE A NICE DORY CAKE,
BECAUSE SHE SAW US ON HERE
AND HOW MUCH THAT HE LOVED YOU,
AND...
[laughter]
[applause]
- HOW DID YOU FIND ME?
- AND THEN... - YEAH.
- THAT'S YOU OVER THERE,
AND THEN...
HE SHARED THAT CHAIR,
AND THEN THAT'S YOU.
- RIGHT.
BECAUSE I'M YOUR GIRLFRIEND, RIGHT?
- YEP! - YEP.
WELL, YES-- GO AHEAD.
- JUST, THE CARDBOARD, WE HAVE A CARDBOARD OF YOU
THAT GOES EVERYWHERE WITH US.
- TAYT SAYS HELLO TO EVERYBODY.
MAKING SURE HE SAYS HELLO. YOU'RE SO POLITE ALL THE TIME.
YOU'RE ALWAYS SO FRIENDLY TO EVERYBODY.
- YEAH. - AND YOU'RE DOING GOOD?
- YES! - YES? THAT'S GREAT.
HOW IS HIS HEALTH DOING?
- WE HAVE A VERY BIG TRANSPLANT MEETING COMING UP NEXT MONTH,
SO OUR FINGERS ARE CROSSED, FOR THE BEST, SO...
[applause]
- ARE YOU COMING BACK AGAIN?
- YEP. ALL RIGHT.
WANT TO SIT HERE INSTEAD? - YEP.
- MIGHT AS WELL. YOU'RE HERE.
NOW WHAT?
SO YOU HAVE A TRANSPLANT MEETING,
AND THAT'S A...
- IT'S A BIG ONE. - YEAH, AND WHEN IS IT?
- NOVEMBER 4TH. - ALL RIGHT.
- SO IF WE END UP GETTING IT,
THE HOSPITAL HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS
TO HAVE A DORY AND ELLEN ROOM JUST FOR TAYT,
'CAUSE WE'LL BE THERE FOR A WHILE.
- YAY.
YOU CAN BRING YOUR IPAD IN THERE.
- YEP. - YEAH.
- 'CAUSE I HEARD THAT YOU'RE LOVING
THE IPAD THAT WE GAVE YOU, RIGHT?
- YEP!
- I GOT YOU A NEW IPAD,
'CAUSE EVERYBODY SAID YOU FILLED UP THE LAST ONE,
SO I'M GONNA PUT ALL THE THINGS FROM THIS SEASON,
'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T--
- OH! - OH, BOY!
OH, BOY. - OH...
- HA HA!
YES? - UH-HUH.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA PUT ALL YOUR--
'CAUSE YOU FILLED IT UP WITH LAST SEASON'S--
YOUR FAVORITE THINGS, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA PUT--
THIS IS ALREADY FILLED UP, I THINK, WITH THIS SEASON'S.
HOW ABOUT THAT? - THANKS, ELLEN.
- OH...
YOU'RE WELCOME, TAYT.
AND I GOT YOU SOME MORE STUFF TOO, OKAY?
A WHOLE BUNCH OF DORY STUFF
AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF...
- [screams]
- WE GOT YOU...
SUNGLASSES WITH GLUE ON IT.
DON'T PUT THAT ON YOUR HEAD YET.
I GOT YOU ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
I GOT YOU UNDERWEAR. LOOK AT THAT.
- YAY. - YAY.
- HEY, IT'S A PICTURE.
- YEAH, IT'S A PICTURE OF US.
LOOK AT THAT.
ALL RIGHT, TAYT. I'LL SEE YOU SOON, OKAY?
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.