- YESTERDAY I SHOWED YOU A VIDEO OF A GUY
WHO RECORDS CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN HIS MOM AND HIS AUNT,
AND THEN HE ACTS THEM OUT WITH HIS FRIEND,
USING THEIR ORIGINAL AUDIO.
TAKE A LOOK.
- THIS IS REALLY PRETTY. WHAT IN THE HECK IS THIS?
- THIS IS PROBABLY ONE THAT YOU GAVE ME.
- OH, MARG, I NEVER HAD THIS ONE.
- I DON'T KNOW. TAKE SOME.
- I LOVE HOW TIGHT THEY ARE. DID YOU--DID YOU PRUNE THEM?
- I PRUNE EVERYTHING.
- AND I WOULD SING IN GYM CLASS,
AND MY--I HAD A FRIEND WHO COULD PLAY BY EAR.
SHE GOES, "HARVA, YOU JUST CHANGED KEYS."
- [laughs]
- THEN I--AND THEN I'D SING, LIKE, TEN MORE NOTES,
AND SHE'D SAY, "YOU JUST CHANGED KEYS AGAIN."
- OH, WOW. - AND THEN--
I MEAN, THIS WHOLE SONG I'M SINGING,
SHE'S SAYING HOW MANY TIMES I CHANGED KEYS.
BUT MY VOICE HAD A NICE SOUND TO IT.
- I COULD GUESS-- - AFFAIRS AND--
- I CAN GUESS WHO'S GONNA GET FIRST PLACE.
- OH, YEAH? WHAT--WHO?
- "TRUE DETECTIVES." - OH, YEAH, I DON'T WATCH THAT.
WE DON'T GET GOOD TV. - HBO.
- WE DON'T GET HBO.
- [gasps]
- PLEASE WELCOME MITCH AND NIK
AND NICK'S AUNT HARVA AND HIS MOM MARGO.
DID YOU REALIZE HOW FUNNY YOU WERE
BEFORE THIS HAPPENED?
- CAN I THANK YOU? - YES.
- BECAUSE THIS IS CRAZY TIMING.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WAS REWATCHING YOUR DVD
"HERE AND NOW," CRYING LAUGHING,
AND, LIKE, WHEN WE STARTED THIS FOUR YEARS AGO,
I SENT MESSAGES TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS SAYING,
LIKE, "MAYBE IF YOU GUYS SHARE OUR VIDEOS ENOUGH,
"ELLEN WILL SEE THEM,
AND WE'LL GET TO BE ON HER SHOW."
AND THIS WAS, LIKE, WHEN WE WERE NOTHING.
AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU CHASED US DOWN
IS, LIKE, JUST CRAZY.
SO THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU. - YES, THANK YOU.
- THANKS--I'M HONORED THAT YOU LIKE MY COMEDY.
- LOVE IT.
- THAT MY OLD STAND-UP IS STILL RELEVANT.
- [chuckles]
- OKAY, SO IT'S ONE THING TO HEAR THE CONVERSATION,
BUT THEN TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE IT
IN ANOTHER CONTEXT WITH YOU DOING IT
IS PRETTY GREAT.
AND YOU DIDN'T REALIZE
ANYTHING YOU WERE SAYING WAS FUNNY.
- NO. - EXACTLY.
- YEAH, WE THINK WE'RE REAL NORMAL.
both: AND WE STILL DON'T GET IT.
- RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S FUNNY WHEN THEY DO IT, RIGHT?
- OH, ABSOLUTELY. - YEAH.
THEY'RE--IT'S NOTHING REALLY FUNNY ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF REGULAR CONVERSATIONS.
[laughter]
- NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.
- YEAH, THEY'RE NOT WEIRD OR ANYTHING.
- THANK YOU.
- YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY NORMAL CONVERSATIONS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU REALLY ESPECIALLY
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE MOST?
- MARGO AND I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT TV SHOWS AND MOVIES,
BUT WE LOVE USA PROGRAMS AND ALL THE RERUNS OF "NCIS,"
BECAUSE WE LOVE MARK HARMON.
- UH-HUH. EVERYONE DOES.
- ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE'S BEEN MARRIED
TO THE SAME PERSON FOR 25 YEARS,
WHICH IS A RARITY.
- IT IS. IT IS.
- YES.
[applause]
- THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
- AND I HAVE EVEN PAINTED A PORTRAIT OF HIM
IN MY ART CLASS.
- HAVE YOU? - YES.
- DOES HE KNOW THAT? - NO.
- HE DOES NOW.
[laughter]
- MAYBE WE TRY TO GET IT TO HIM.
MAYBE-- - WELL, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
- WE CAN PRESENT IT TO HIM.
- HALF OF HIM WAS WHEN HE WAS REAL YOUNG,
AND THEN HALF OF HIM IS HOW HE IS IN "NCIS."
[laughter]
- THAT SOUNDS REAL FLATTERING.
- YEAH, IT WAS.
- IT'S GREAT TO SHOW PEOPLE--
NOT THE TRANSITION, BUT HOW AGE--
ALL OF A SUDDEN.
OH, WONDERFUL.
AND HOW DO YOU RECORD THEM? HOW IS THAT--
- SO, YEAH, IT ALL STARTED WITH US KIND OF--
MY COUSIN AND I WERE HANGING OUT AT SOME FAMILY GATHERINGS,
AND WE JUST STARTED KIND OF EAVESDROPPING
ON THEIR CONVERSATIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW.
WE JUST STARTED DYING IN THE CORNER LAUGHING EVERY TIME.
THIS HAPPENED TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
AND FINALLY, I JUST ASKED THEM, "CAN I RECORD YOU GUYS, PLEASE?"
SO I JUST STRAPPED A COUPLE SMART PHONES AROUND THEIR NECKS,
HIT RECORD, AND SAID, "GO FOR IT."
AFTER A MINUTE, THEY TOTALLY FORGOT
WE WERE EVEN RECORDING,
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT JUST EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN:
MOVIES, GARDENING, YOU KNOW, TV SHOWS.
AND SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY,
THEY JUST WERE ABLE TO STAY THEMSELVES.
- IT'S GREAT.
AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT IT IS THE PLACES YOU PUT YOURSELF,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CAMERA THAT WAS INSIDE THE DRYER,
THE WASHER, OR WHATEVER,
AND TYING YOUR SHOES, TALKING ABOUT IT.
IT REALLY ADDS TO IT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO SUBTLE.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU GIFTS
SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GIVING YOU NEW IPHONES,
AND YOU CAN HANG--
- [laughs]
[cheers and applause]
- I LOVE IT! THANK YOU.
MARGO.
- BUT WE-- REALLY, I MEAN IT.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF THE SHOW IN SOME WAY
AND DO THINGS WITH YOU.
I THINK YOU'RE BOTH SO TALENTED AND SO FUNNY.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
AND THEN THE TWO OF YOU-- I KNOW RETIRED NURSE,
RETIRED TEACHER.
YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF VACATION TIME.
YOU DON'T GET TO GO-- MAKE SURE YOU WEAR THESE
WHEN YOU'RE GOING HERE.
WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU ON A SEVEN-NIGHT TRIP
TO MODERN HONOLULU.
YOU'RE GONNA GO TO HAWAII.
- OH, MY GOD.
- HAVE AMAZING MEALS, RELAX AT THE SPA.