-Go!
-♪ But my favorite part of the holiday
♪ Is when we gather to all sing along ♪
♪ To our favorite Christmas song ♪
-We can do that right now. -You can?
-Yeah, come on. Let's all sing along.
[ Indistinct chatter ] [ Laughs ]
-Really that felt good with that one.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
♪♪
-We do something we do it big and we do it right.
Matthew was into it to see how big and how crazy
we could do this and how, how we could go from tape to live
and just make it a big memorable happy thing.
-We've been prepping for a couple days.
Trying to build everything and make sure it can move
and turn into other things, the way it needs to,
at the speed it needs to, but I think we're in good shape.
And it's gonna all come together somehow.
♪♪
-It's 2:00 right here and we're about to shoot a remote piece
that is meant to air in the next three hours.
So got a lot to shoot and it's gonna go great.
-Matthew McConaughey is exactly what you think he would be.
He's chill, he's just laid back, he's just chill and cool and la.
And when it's time to go "Action!"
he gets right into the role and does it, nails it.
He looks like a million bucks.
-We have 6 setups to shoot in total.
And in one hour, so it's a lot to get through really quickly.
But, you know, this is a team that is executing on this level
all the time so we're gonna make it happen.
-Hey, Jimmy! Merry Christmas, man, happy holidays.
-Happy holidays. Any big plans? -Oh, yes.
I'm going home to spend some quality time with my family.
-♪ This Christmas will be different ♪
♪ Than Christmas from last year ♪
-♪ We're trading in the FaceTimes ♪
♪ For some in-person cheer ♪
♪ I can't wait to see them, the sights and sounds ♪
-♪ This Christmas we're flying back to our hometowns ♪
-Excuse me. Sorry. -Hey outta my way!
-Whoa! Hey! -Excuse me. Hey!
-Excuse me. -Let's go!
-♪ There's always that one neighbor ♪
♪ Who goes way too hard with his lights ♪
-Hey, Matthew. -Hey.
♪ And your mama tells the family ♪
♪ About every little neighborhood fight ♪
-There is book club drama.
-♪ And your aunt pulls you underneath the mistletoe ♪
♪ And even though we're vaccinated ♪
♪ That is still a big no ♪
-♪ Then you cuddle in bed, at the end of the night ♪
♪ But it's your childhood bed you gotta share with your wife ♪
-Could you scoot over, like, two inches?
-Uh, I can't. The bed's a race car.
[ Cheers and applause ] -It's the one! That's the one!
-It's one of those things where, if you don't feel it,
gosh, it's hard to move.
I know this song like the back of my hand,
so it makes it so much nicer to hit those beats just right.
-Carolers all bringing joy.
-♪ Throwing an ornament on the tree ♪
-Building a snowman in the yard with friends.
-Last-minute gifts from CVS.
-Uh, my Secret Santa clearly does not know me.
-Really?
It's all they had. Hook 'em.
-That's good, man.
[ Indistinct chatter ]
-It is good. As we complete the remote portion of this skit.
[ Applause ] -Just finished the pre-tapes
and now we're gonna head into the studio
to practice a performance by Jimmy, Matthew McConaughey,
The Roots, and the HAIM Sisters
So they're gonna sing Christmas, "Baby Please Come Home"
in the studio.
You know, several dancers, snowflakes falling
and they're about to go rehearse it.
-We had only a couple hours to do all of it.
That includes blocking, rehearsing, filming, editing,
and then coming out live and singing with the audience.
-Brought in 27 dancers, two of which were stand-ins,
six of which were children to create this masterpiece
that was both a remote and a studio bit.
-Come on, let's all sing along!
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ The snow coming down ♪
♪ I'm watching it fall ♪
♪ Lots of people around ♪
♪ Baby, please don't go ♪
-♪ All the church bells in town ♪
-So we're about to, uh, do this ending and I go great.
I go, "Also we have Alana Haim on the show.
her sisters are in one of the biggest bands,
they wanna come out and maybe sing with us."
And they said, "Yeah."
-♪ But it's not like Christmas at all ♪
♪ I remember when you were here ♪
♪ And all the fun we had that year ♪
-♪ If there was a way, hey ♪
♪ I'd hold back these tears ♪
-♪ But it's Christmas Day ♪
-♪ Ba-Baby, baby, baby ♪ -♪ Baby, please come home ♪
-Thinking about confetti at the end,
we wanted something to really heighten it
and give it a button, but hen of course the obvious
is we had to make it snow.
-♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
-♪ Baby, baby, please come home ♪
-♪ Baby, please come home ♪ -♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
-♪ Baby, please come home ♪
-♪ Baby, please come home ♪ -♪ Oh, baby ♪
♪♪
-Thank you to everyone that worked so hard on this piece.
Thank you to everyone who watched this piece.
Uh, without you guys, this is why we do it.
You make it all worth it. Happy holidays to you guys.
And happy, happy new year.
We'll see you next year. Buh-bye.