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Please welcome Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb.
Hi.
How are you?
Hi.
Good.
How are y'all?
If you're wondering, Andy is--
Falling apart.
Andy is falling apart.
First of all, hi.
Hi.
Hoda, you were in the studio in January
back before we knew what was happening in the world.
And I understand that you had a dance party backstage,
and I didn't know anything about it.
OK, the craziest thing in the world--
when I was on your show, I was playing Alicia Keys' song
"Underdog" a thousand times over.
We were cranking it up in your dressing room.
We were having the time of our lives.
And literally out of the corner of my eye I saw someone go by,
and I was like--
and I yelled Alicia.
She jumped in the dressing room.
This is one of my favorite moments I think I've ever had.
Sang the song to her track, and we danced.
It will go down, Ellen, honestly,
as my top five events of my life.
Laura and Mary, our hair and makeup artists,
they still talk about it.
And Alicia made my day.
So you don't even know what your show is doing
when your show's not even on.
It's a fun atmosphere all the way around, even backstage.
That's so fun.
That's so cool that that happened.
And, Savannah, that could have happened for you as well.
You were booked to be there in March,
and you had to cancel because everything was shutting down.
Who knows who you could have been dancing with back there?
I know.
It could have been me and you dancing.
We could have been hanging out in your dressing room
having a cocktail, acting like besties.
But no, none of that happened.
Yep.
I am so sorry that we didn't get to see you.
Me too.
But how's your eye doing?
Well, my then two-year-old threw a train in my eye.
It wasn't on purpose, I don't think.
I mean, he just was doing it.
And then it detached the retina, so then I
had that whole surgery, which I think
I probably told you about.
And it's getting better.
The surgery worked.
But now I have-- a lot of people get complications,
and I did too.
So I have to have cataracts surgery,
but I can't have it until all of this has passed.
So it's kind of funny, kind of not.
I see big blurry spots.
That's the thing you don't even think about.
You think about changing diapers and no sleep,
but you don't think about the train in the eye,
and now you do.
Both of you have kids, two kids under five.
That has to be very challenging.
And you're both still working, which I
don't know how you're doing it.
So we went upstate.
We're a few hours out of the city.
And so I do it from the basement,
and they actually pipe in the shot behind me
so it looks not like I'm in a basement.
So they're upstairs.
But if you listen carefully, a lot of times
you can hear, I would say, the pitter patter of little feet,
but it's more like 25 hyenas roaring through or scooters
rolling back and forth.
But I feel really grateful actually
to be able to still do the job.
Hoda is there at the studio holding down the fort.
Well, the studio is weird, Ellen.
I've got to tell you because you've been to our place
a million times, but it's usually teeming with people.
There are tons of camera people, floor directors, hair, makeup.
You can't walk through without saying excuse me.
Literally there's nobody there.
There's a mic in the--
an IFB they leave on the desk.
There's a cameraman, one guy who is in charge of all of them.
And there are a couple of people in the control room.
But the first words usually out of my mouth in the morning
sometimes are with Savannah when I say good morning.
How was your night?
And we get ready to do the show.
It's never been like that.
It's almost like walking into an empty warehouse.
It's totally and completely weird, really.
Ellen, that guy is back.
That weird-- that guy in your shot, you know?
He's back.
Yeah.
The weird guy just want to say I watch you guys every morning,
and I think the way you've transitioned during this time
has been flawless.
You guys still do an unbelievably important show
every day.
Thank you, Andy.
I just wanted to say that.
And my lady agrees.
Yeah.
The lady agrees, and I agree as well.
It is great that we're able to keep this going.
And it makes me really happy that we figured out
a way that we could keep going for the sake of everyone that
works with us, and we have so--
I mean, it's challenging because no one's here.
The writers are working, and the producers are working,
and the editors are working.
All she's got is an idiot in the window.
Got an idiot and a mannequin.
But Hoda, last time you were here,
you were talking about your wedding.
And I assume that that's postponed unless y'all got
married in your house.
We didn't.
We were kind of guessing that it will.
It was a destination wedding, which would
mean people getting on planes.
So we were kind of holding out to see what could happen,
but the destination we were going to
is turning into one of the hot spots,
so it looks like we may have to postpone.
We're kind of bummed about that because the place we were going
was like our favorite place on earth.
We love it there.
So I know we should say who cares?
It doesn't matter.
But we waited a long time, so I sure hope we get to have it.
I don't know when, but it will definitely be postponed.
Well, listen.
If you still want to get married after being quarantined
together, this would be the test of a lifetime
to make sure it's going to be OK.
Let me tell you something.
You know what?
I wondered what I was going to learn other than the fact
that Joel often says when I ask him a question yes and no.
Other than him doing that all the time because that's
one of his things, yes and no--
He's smart.
I picked the best person on earth.
I know it a thousand times over.
And I don't know if I would have--
I mean, I was aware, but I think,
like you said, being cooped up, you
know right away if you chose right.
You know.
I don't know if he thinks he chose right, but I know I did.
Well, he would say yes and no.
[LAUGHTER]
Wherever and whenever.
If you asked him, he would say yes and no.
All right, we're going to take a break.
Take a break.
More with Hoda and Savannah after this.