Yesterday I announced I will be doing
this show for three more years.
[CHEERING]
Thank you.
And that means I'll be on the air for the opening
of my campus in Rwanda that I'm building
to help research and protect the gorillas.
That should be great.
I mean, we've got to figure something out,
because the campus will be opening that final year.
We've got to do something big.
I can't wait for you to see it.
It was about a year ago Portia and I traveled to Rwanda
to see the mountain gorillas.
It had been a lifelong dream of mine since I was a tiny--
I was a tiny little girl.
It was an incredible experience.
And I want to remind people that the gorillas still
need our help.
So I just want to take another look
at these amazing creatures.
By that, I mean Portia and I. And let's see the gorillas,
too.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] Hidden in a place you know I'll find you.
Oh.
Later when I'm sitting
I can't.
There's no words.
That's Guhonda And he's the oldest living silverback.
He's 47 years old.
He's giving us the cold shoulder.
We're next to these incredible creatures.
And they were so gentle and tolerant and respectful of us.
We're standing on where my campus is going to be built--
beautiful site.
Let's start building.
[SINGING] Lay it all on me now.
SO here's the road.
This is the education center, where
we'll have classrooms and a library and a computer lab.
I gave this gift to Ellen because we both loved
and wanted to protect gorillas.
After coming here, however, we fell in love
with the country and its people.
So this campus isn't for me or for Ellen.
It's for the people of Rwanda.
[SINGING] Lay it all on me now.
Lay it all on me now.
It's been amazing.
It's been my dream come true to finally get to do this.
It's, you know, my whole life I dreamed of doing this.
And I did it.
Oh, lay it all on me now.
[CHEERING]
It was so special.
I hope everybody gets a chance to go there
and witness what we were able to witness.
Since we started the Ellen Fund, we have raised $5.9 million
in only 15 months.
And that's thanks to all of you who have donated.
Every little bit helps.
All right, thank you so much for everybody.
All right, enough monkeying around.
I'm going to get serious.
It's Banana Split Day, not to be confused with Sunday Day,
which ironically falls on a Saturday.
Our Mother's Day show, Andy was Banana Split Man, remember?
Who can forget?
And there was a misunderstanding about the costume.
Andy, I'm so terribly sorry about that, because you know,
it's a banana.
You can see it's supposed to be peeled.
The good news is, we've made some adjustments.
And in honor of Banana Split Day,
here is the new and improved costume for Banana Split Man.
Come on out, Andy.
Come on, put it out.
[CHEERING]
Oh.
All right!
[CHEERING]
Looks good.
Come here.
Andy, come here.
Come here.
What?
Come here.
I want to see what that looks like.
So, see now?
Because before, it wasn't fully peeled, and now--
Stop it.
This is-- we can't show this.
We are showing it right now.
How do you feel?
Not great.
I can't believe I'm doing this.
But this is an exclusive, limited--
this is a limited event.
What?
For $5,000 for the Ellen Fund, Andy will do an exclusive cameo
in his banana costume.
So go to the website, the cameo website.
For $5,000 donated to the Ellen Fund,
he will say and do whatever you want him to.
You will.
Yeah.
He will.
All right.
Now split.
We'll be back.