Thank you.
Thank you guys so much.
Welcome to The Ellen Show.
Some of you eagle-eyed observers may have noticed I'm not Ellen.
But I am Ellen's understudy, Josh Gad.
Thank you.
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Ellen unfortunately couldn't be here today.
She has jury duty.
She's not going to it, but she has it.
I'm kidding.
No, she's not coming in because she
heard it was drizzling outside.
I am so excited to be here with you all.
Now, a lot of you probably know me as Olaf from Frozen.
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Thank you.
Hold for applause.
He's the second most popular fictional snowman of all time.
I'm coming for you, Frosty.
That's right, you corn cob smoking son of a gun.
I'm coming for you.
And in an amazing coincidence that
has nothing to do with this booking,
Frozen 2 is coming out today.
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It's insane.
Can you believe it has been six years since the first Frozen
came out?
Six years since the first Frozen came out,
which is also how long people have been
waiting for Elsa to come out.
Now, before I was Olaf, I was on Broadway
starring in The Book of Mormon.
Thank you.
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I love to sing.
I love to perform.
And I was thinking, maybe I could sing for all of you
today.
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You guys don't want that.
You don't want to see that.
Yeah, you do.
All right.
Excuse me while I slip into something more musical.
[CHEERING]
Oh, yeah.
[CHEERING]
That's better.
Hit it, maestro.
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(SINGING) Ellen isn't here.
It's all up to me.
She just left me with some mints and average Andy.
I've never hosted before.
What if I'm bad?
Well, that's not going to happen,
because I'm Josh motherfreakin' Gad.
Show like The Ellen Show, no place that I'd rather go.
We're going to laugh and dance and have a little fun
today, today!
There's no place that I'd rather be.
One big happy family.
I know everyone's name.
Isn't that right?
Ricky.
It's Dave.
(SINGING) You're going to love this show that we made.
I don't even care that I'm not getting paid.
Wait, I'm not getting paid?
There's no show like The Ellen Show!
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Yes!
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[LIVELY MUSIC]
[GRUNTS]
[CHEERING]
Thank you.
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