( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> James: LOOK AT US!
HELLO!
>> James: LOOK AT US!
THIS IS A DINNER PARTY I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO TO.
>> IT IS!
>> James: I AM SO THRILLED TO SEE YOU BOTH HERE IN THE LIVING,
BREATHING FLESH BECAUSE YOU BOTH ANNOUNCED BIG PERSONAL NEWS,
SINCE YOU BOTH SEPARATELY GOT ENGAGED.
CONGRATULATIONS!
>> YES!
>> James: I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!
IT'S FANTASTIC.
KRISTIN, YOUR FIANCEÉ JACK IS BACKSTAGE.
HE'S A GUITARREST.
>> YES!
>> James: IS THIS WISE TO BE YOUR MOTHER.
DID YOUR MOTHER WARN YOU ABOUT --
>> YES.
>> James: I'M HONEST, I DON'T KNOW THAT MANY GUITARISTS BUT
THE ONES I KNOW INTIMATELY, THEY ARE NOT THE MARRYING KIND.
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS?
>> WELL, I AM, AND HE'S 14 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND
SMOKE IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: I'M SO HAPPY FOR
YOU.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> I'M HAPPY.
IT'S ALSO MY THIRD TIME.
NOT TO BE MARRIED BUT TO SAY YES.
I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON HIM.
MY DAD SAYS HE'S GOING TO PUSH ME DOWN THE AISLE, BUT I'M JUST
GOING TO FOCUS ON HIM, AND I'M GOING TO GET THERE.
>> James: I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: I CAN SEE HAPPINESS IN YOUR EYES.
NOT TO SAY THEY WERE DEAD BEFORE ( LAUGHTER )
AND, KAL, YOU'RE ENGAGED.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS.
WAS IT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT FOR YOU AND JOSH?
>> IT WAS -- I ACTUALLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO WORK OUT,
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
ONE OF OUR FIRST DATES, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN AFTERNOON DATE,
A SUNDAY, LIKE COME OVER, WE'LL HAVE A BEER AND WATCH SOME TV.
>> James: SURE.
THIS DUDE SHOWS UP WITH AN 18 PACK OF COORS LIGHT, AND MY TV,
I HAD SpongeBob SquarePants ON THE TV
BECAUSE I'M A ROMANTIC, AND HE CHANGES IT TO A NASCAR RACE, AND
UNIRONICALLY IS WATCHING THIS RACE.
MY FIRST THOUGHT IS THIS GUY IS GOING TO LEAVE IN 20 MINUTES
WITH 16 OF THOSE BEERS BECAUSE THIS IS JUST NOT GOING TO WORK
OUT.
HERE WE ARE ELEVEN YEARS LATER.
>> James: ELEVEN YEAR TO LATER?
OH, MY GOD.
>> I KNOW.
>> James: AMAZING.
AND NOW I LIKE NASCAR.
I DO, TOO.
LET'S GO TO THE RACE.
I SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT ONE OF THEIR RACES.
>> WHO'S YOUR FAVE DRIVER.
NAME SOME.
THERE'S THREE.
>> RYAN, LOGANO AND BUBBA.
I'M GOING TO DO BUBBA, OBVIOUSLY, HE TOOK THE TIME TO
SAY HELLO.
>> THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S BIG.
>> James: BUBBA SAID HELLO.
HI, BUBBA.
>> James: NO, KRISTIN, ( BLEEP ) FOCUSED!
STAY -- YOU LITERALLY -- HE'S BACKSTAGE!
HE'S BACKSTAGE!
>> NO!
>> James: YOU JUST SAID I'M GOING TO FOCUSED ON HIM, MY
DAD'S GOING TO PUSH ME DOWN IF AISLE AND ONE MENTION OF
BUBBA -- HEY, BUBBA!
( LAUGHTER ) >> WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME SAYING
THAT?
>> James: NOTHING, NOTHING, YOU'RE A FREE SPIRIT.
YOU CAN'T BE CAGED UP!
>> NO I CAN'T BE A BIRD.
>> James: NO, YOU GOT TO LET HER FLY!
OBVIOUSLY, BUT YOU'RE BOTH IN THE THROWS OF PLANNING YOUR BIG
DAYS.
KAL, YOU ONCE WORKED FOR A PARTY PLANNING COMPANY.
>> OH, THIS WAS THE WORST JOB.
>> James: WHY, WHAT SORT OF STUFF DID YOU HAVE TO DO?
>> EVERYBODY MOVES TO L.A. AND YOU HAVE YOUR COLLECTION OF ODD
JOBS FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS AND ONE OF MY FIRST WAS WORKING FOR
A PARTY PLANNING COMPANY AND THE FIRST PARTY WAS A HALLOWEEN
PARTY, I WAS AT U.C.L.A., AND ALL I KNEW WAS IT'S A BIG HOUSE
PARTY IN BEVERLY HILLS AND ALL YOU KNOW IS YOU NEED TO DRESS UP
AS A MUMMY AND DANCE WITH THE KIDS.
IT WAS ADORABLE.
I GOT INTO THIS.
I SHOWN UP AT THE PARTY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT KIDS FROM BEVERLY HILLS BUT
PHENOMENALLY SPOILED, TINY MONSTERS, AND THEIR IDEA OF FUN
WAS TO KICK THE MOMMY, ME, AND SLAP THEM AROUND AND, SO, THE
PARTY PLANNER SAID, GO INTO THIS GRAVEYARD THAT THEY HAVE SET UP
AND LAY DOWN IN THE COFFIN AND WHEN THE KIDS WALK BY JUST JUMP
UP AND SCARE THEM, THAT WILL BE FUN.
I THOUGHT, OKAY.
BUT THEY HAD A REAL COFFIN AND THESE TWELVE TYRANTS SHUT THE
COFFIN AND I WAS INSIDE IT, AND I STARTED BANGING ON IT,
THINKING THIS IS HOW I DIE.
LET ME OUT, AS YOU CAN EXPECT, ONLY TITILLATED THEM MORE.
SO I'M CONVINCED I WAS GOING TO DIE AND A WOMAN WITH A
BEAUTIFULLY STRETCHY FACE OPENS THE COFFIN AND LOOKS INSIDE AND
I SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO GET ME OUT.
BOOM!
SHE SHUT IT AND THE KIDS CLIMBED BACK ON TOP.
I WILL NEVER HAVE THAT JOB AGAIN.
>> James: THAT'S HORRIFIC.
BUT I MADE THE 25 BUCKS AT THE END.
>> OF COURSE.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT BEING A MUMMY.
>> YES.
ONE TIME FOR HALLOWEEN I DECIDED TO BE A MUMMY AND MY MOM
RIPPED UP SHEETS.
ALL THE WAY UP TO HERE, THEN I HAD TO PEE.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I THINK MINE WAS A STORE BOUGHT YOU PULL UP THE PANTS AND
GOOD TO GO.
>> RIGHT.
MINE WASN'T.
>> WHAT DID YOU DO?
I -- I MADE MYSELF A LITTLE AREA.
>> YES!
YES!
OKAY.
>> I DON'T WANT TO SAY HOLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SORRY.
>> I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
SO YOU MADE A HOLE -- >> I MADE A HOLE SO I COULD GO
TO THE BATHROOM, YOU ALL FEEL MY PAIN, RIGHT.
>> James: >> James: NO, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU MADE IT TO THE BATHROOM, THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY?
>> YEAH, I MADE IT TO THE BATHROOM.
I'M NOT INVITED BACK, AM I?
>> James: EVERY DAY, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
( LAUGHTER ) KRISTIN, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM "HAPPINESS IS CHRISTMAS."
( APPLAUSE ) I'M A BIG SUCKER FOR THIS ALBUM.
I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU BEFORE AND YOU WERE GOING TO DO A
BROADWAY ALBUM OF CLASSICS.
WHY THE PIVOT?
WHY THE HOLIDAY PIVOT?
>> I LOVE THAT HOLIDAY PIVOT.
IT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE CHRISTMAS FOR TWO
YEARSICS AND MY LABEL WAS, LIKE, WHAT ABOUT A CHRISTMAS ALBUM?
THEY KEPT SAYING IT, AND I WAS LIKE NO, BROADWAY, BROADWAY,
BROADWAY.
THERE WAS A SWITCH.
SO ALSO THERE, I FELT LIKE A BIRD, AND I'M WEARING FEATHERS
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR LIGHT AT THE END OF THE DARK TUNNEL.
I SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY I
DID IT.
>> James: I'M ALREADY PLAYING CHRISTMAS MUSIC.
I'M IN.
YOU'RE A BIG CHRISTMAS GUY.
YOU'RE LIKE ME.
>> I LIKE THE HOLIDAYS.
YOU REMEMBER THE CHRISTMAS STORY, THE CLASSIC MOVIE?
>> OF COURSE.
I GIVE A LEG LAMP.
I CAN'T TAKE TOO MUCH CREDIT, IT'S THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
ITS NOT BASED ON -- IT'S NOT A GIFT THAT HAS ANY STRATEGY TO
IT.
IT'S NOT, LIKE, OH I WORKED WITH THIS PERSON I NEED THIS.
IT'S MORE, LIKE, I NEED A GOOD TIME AND YOU GET A PRESENT AT
YOUR DOOR AND SOMEBODY APRECIATES IT TILL YOU SADLY
HAVE TO PUT IT AWAY FOR THE SEASON.
SO I GAVE ONE TO A BUDDY OF MINE IN BOSTON, ONE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE AFTER THAT, A COUSIN.
I HAVE YET TO DECIDE WHO GETS IT THIS YEAR, BUT --
( APPLAUSE ) >> MY LEG IS THE LIFE SIZE.
THIS IS THE SIGN I WAS LOOKING FOR FOR THE SEASON.
>> I GET THE LEG LAMP.
SAME ONE.
>> James: TO BE CLEAR, YOU'VE CHOSEN TO THE TELL THE STORY
WITHOUT GIFTING ONE.
>> I JUST GIFTED ONE.
>> James: ARE YOU SERIOUS.
YES.
>> James: WELL SCREW YOU, KAL!
AMES, THE JAGGY PART OF THIS IS THEY MAKE MINILEG LAMPS.
>> James: I'M NOT A MINILEG LAMP GUY!
>> THE WHOLE POINT OF IT IS GET -- IF YOU'RE GOING GET IT,
GET IT AND DISPLAY IT IN THE WINDOW.
IF YOU DO GET THE LEG UP, YOU CANNOT NOT DISPLAY IT IN THE
WINDOW.
>> James: CHENOWETH WILL REGIFT IT WITHIN 24 HOURS.
HE'S A THE QUEEN OF A REGIFT!
SHE'S THE QUEEN OF A REGIFT!
YOU CAN'T GET RID OF IT!
SHE SELLS THESE MUGS ON eBAY.
( LAUGHTER ) KRISTIN CHENOWETH.com, IT'S
HER GIVING AWAY T-SHIRTS, MUGS, THAT LAMP WILL BE REGIFTED,
GIVEN TO SOME BROADWAY DIRECTOR SHE'S DESPERATE TO WORK WITH
WITHIN THREE AND A HALF HOURS.
>> IT'S HAPPENED, PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED.
>> James: STICK AROUND, MORE OF THESE TWO WHEN WE COME BACK,
EVERYBODY.