THERE.
>>> WE PROMISED LAUGHTER, RIGHT,
HERE WE GO.
YOU CHEERED HIM ON LAST YEAR,
DREW LYNCH CAPTURED HEARTS WITH
FIRST PERFORMANCE.
NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT CHARM IN
PERSON.
WEEKEND.
STUDIOS.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN.
>>>.
>>> I'M GOING THE SUCK IN I MANY
STOMACH.
YOU'RE SO HANDSOME AND SWEET.
HE WALKED UP TO US AND SAID
HELLO LADIES.
AND YOU LOOK SO GREAT AND RIGHT
THEN YOU HAD MY HEART.
>>> I TRY TO DO WHAT I CAN FOR
GIRLS I KNOW WHO PUT UP HARD
WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING.
>> Melanie: SEE HE GOES ON AND
ON.
>>> MY RATE IS PRETTY HIGH FOR
THE WEEKEND.
THAT.
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR STORY.
ACTOR.
YOU HAD A TRAMATIC BRAIN INJURY
WITH A SOFTBALL AND IT CHANGED
YOUR TRAJECTORY BUT LOOK AT YOU,
YOU'RE SO SUCCESSFUL.
>>> YOU I GET TO SIT ON COUCHES
THAT ARE CIRCULAR SHAPE.
THE TRAJECTORY IS TAKING OFF.
FOUR YEARS AGO I PLAYED ON A
SOFTBALL TEAM WHERE I GOT HIT
WITH A BALL AND THEN I HIT MY
HEAD WHEN I HIT THE GROUND AND I
WENT TO SLEEP ON A CONCUSSION
AND I WOKE UP TALKING THIS WAY.
SO I STARTED TO DO STAND-UP AND
THAT WAS KIND OF HOW THE
TRAJECTORY OF MY CAREER CAME A
ABOUT.
>>> ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT YOU
WERE RUNNER UP.
>>> YEAH, I LOST.
>> Melanie: YOU KNOW, YOU ARE
THE MOST TALENTED, SECOND MOST
PATTED IN THE BUNCH.
RIGHT?
I'D RATHER BE SECOND THAN LIKE
THE BOTTOM AND NEVER MAKE IT ON
THE SHOW.
>>> I'M NOT AS CHARMING
APPARENTLY.
>> I THINK ABOUT IT.
HAD I WON, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO
STAY IN VEGAS.
BUT I GET TO TRAVEL AROUND AND
MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH
THAT SHOW.
SO IT WAS KIND OF --
>> YOU EMBRACE YOUR STUTTER.
YOU DON'T LET IT STOP YOU, YOU
KEEP ON MOVING.
DO IS IT FRUSTRATING FOR YOU OR
IS YOU JUST SAY THIS IS MY LIFE.
>>> I DON'T THINK IT IS
FRUSTRATING FOR ME.
I THINK I IT MIGHT BE
FRUSTRATING FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
I'VE GOT TO DO THIS NEWS SEGMENT
THE TWO MINUTES.
>> YOU'RE REALLY BACK ON THE
SHOW YOU COULD STAY THE WHOLE
TIME IF YOU'D LIKE.
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO BECAUSE THIS
COUCH HAS JUST BEEN PERFECT F
ME.
>>> SOMETIMES THERE IS EIGHT OF
US ON THIS COUCH AND IT IS NOT
COMFORTABLE.
>> THEY SHOULD MAKING ABOUT MAKE
IT A HOT TUB.
YOU'RE ALREADY HALFWAY THERE.
>> Melanie: GREAT IDEA, JUST
NEED THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE
WATER BUBBLE.
>>> AND WOMEN.
>>> WE ONLY HAVE TWO OF THOSE
OUT HE TODAY.
>>> TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR SKILL.
HOW DO YOU START AND WHAT IS
YOUR WHOLE CON70.
>>> IN TERMS OF COMEDY.
>>> IT IS 9:00.
>>> WITH I USED TO JUST KIND OF
HIDEAWAY FROM THE FACT THAT MY
VOICE SOUNDS LIKE THIS AND THAT
IT.
AND THEN WHEN I REALIZED THAT IF
I BROUGHT UP, THIS IS THE WAY I
TALK AND I MENTION IT, THEN YOU
GET IT OUT OF THE WAY AND PEOPLE
ARE KIND OF FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
AND SO THEN IF YOU END UP MAKING
FUN OF YOURSELF THAT ENUSED USE
IT AS A COPING MECHANISM IF I
SAY I'M SHORT, OR SHUTTER THEN
YOU.
>>> THAT IS -- I FEEL LIKE ALL
TEENAGERS SHOULD EMBRACE THAT.
BOTTOM A LOT.
IT IS SO BIG.
IT IS FINE THAT IT IS BIG.
>>> I HAVE HEARD THINGS.
>>> THEY'RE TALKING IN THE
STREETS ABOUT IT.
>>> THEY'RE TALKING IN THE
JACKSONVILLE.
>>> I LOVE YOU.
>>> YOU'RE HERE FOR THE WEEKEND.
>>> THE COMEDY ZONE.
>>> WHICH IS A VERY FUN PLACE.
HOTEL.
>>> IN MANDARIN AREA.
>> Melanie: I LOVE THAT YOU'RE
OVER.
AND I'M SURE YOU'RE INSPIRING
PEOPLE AS WELL.
>>> HOPEFULLY.
>>> ALL RIGHT, FUNNY GUY, SO
SHOW IS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
NIGHT.
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