THE ONE AND ONLY DREW BARRYMORE!
WE LOVE HER SO MUCH!
THERE SHE IS!
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HOW ARE YOU, DREW?
>> I'VE JUST BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.
I'M GOOD.
>> James: SAME.
I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
I'M ALSO VERY JEALOUS OF THIS SHIRT AND TIE SCENARIO, AND I
THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I SHOULD GET INTO, MATCHING THE SHIRT TO
THE TIE.
WHAT YOU THINK, GANG, GOING TO PULL IT OFF?
YEAH?
I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT IMMEDIATELY.
I DON'T THINK I COULD PULL OFF A CORDUROY VEST.
I'M CLOSE TO MUMFORD AND SONS.
BUT THIS LOOK IS A TRIUMPH.
>> I THINK THOSE MUMFORD AND SONS ARE PRETTY APPEALING.
I DON'T KNOW, JAMES.
>> James: NONE ARE MY SHAPE.
THEY'RE CUTE TRACK SUITS.
>> James: BUT NONE ARE MY SHAPE SO I THINK THAT'S THE
ISSUE.
THERE IS NO FAT MUM FORKED, SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM, OR THE SONS,
OR THE SONS, AND IF I WEAR THAT SORT OF GEAR, I REALLY DO LOOK
LIKE I'VE JUST BEEN FIRED FROM A FARM.
>> YEAH, I DON'T THINK I COULD WEAR A WIDE WELL CORD PANT, I'LL
TELL YOU THAT MUCH.
THERE'S AREAS OF MY BODY THAT WOULD SUIT A WELL WIDE CORD MORE
THAN OTHERS.
>> James: WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING GREAT.
I'M LOVING THIS WHOLE LOOK.
NOW, WE HAVE TO WISH YOU, DREW, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY FOR
YESTERDAY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) CONGRATS.
AND DID YOU GET THE GIFT I SENT YOU?
IT WAS A BOOK.
IT WAS A GREEN AND WHITE BOOK.
DID YOU GET IT?
IT'S A GREEN AND WHITE BOOK.
>> NO.
>> James: IT'S GREEN ON THE -- I THINK YOU'VE GOT YOUR ARM ON
IT THERE.
YEAH, THAT WAS FROM ME.
>> YES, JAMES!
>> James: I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SHE IS PASSIONATE
ABOUT LEAVES, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A BIG THING ABOUT IT.
BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
ARE YOU LIKE ME, DO YOU FIND YOURSELF GETTING REFLECTIVE ON
YOUR BIRTHDAY NOW?
>> YEAH, AND I REALLY LIKE BIRTHDAYS.
I'M NOT SHY ABOUT THEM.
I'M NOT, LIKE, OH, NO, IT'S FINE.
LIKE, I DON'T NEED ANY CELEBRATION.
I'M, LIKE, LET'S DROP THE MIC, LET'S GO BIG, LET'S RIDE THIS
HARD.
A WEEK-LONG PARTY.
JUST AN EXCUSE TO -- I REALLY LOVE MY BIRTHDAY, AND I'M NOT
BIG ON THE WORD "MY" ABOUT ANYTHING.
THIS ISN'T MY SHOW, THIS ISN'T -- I GUESS THEY'RE MY
KIDS, BUT I'M NOT A "MY" PERSON.
MY BIRTHDAY I FEEL LIKE IS THE BEST EXCUSE TO GET PEOPLE I LOVE
TOGETHER.
SO I GO BIG, AND I'M, LIKE -- I ACT LIKE I'M JUST DYING, YOU
KNOW, TO CELEBRATE, BUT REALLY IT'S JUST A BIG, FAT EXCUSE TO
GET THE PEOPLE I LOVE WHO ARE ALL GOOD FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER
JUST TO BE TOGETHER.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS YEAR WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, AND I HAD A BIG
BIRTHDAY PARTY LAST YEAR, AND IT REALLY WAS LIKE THE LAST PARTY.
IT WAS -- I THREW A HUGE RAGER, IT WAS A WHOLE WEEKEND LONG, AND
EVERYONE I'M TALKING TO THAT'S IN MY OR BIT IS, LIKE, THAT LAST
PARTY REALLY WAS THE LAST PARTY.
>> James: YEAH.
AND I'M LIKE, I KNOW, I'M GLAD WE WENT BIG AND WENT HOME
BECAUSE WE WENT BIG AND WENT HOME AND WE'RE STILL HOME AND
WE'RE -- YOU KNOW.
>> James: YEAH.
I'M EXCITED FOR NEXT YEAR.
>> James: ME, TOO.
I'M EXCITED FOR DREW BARRYMORE'S FIRST BIG PARTY.
AREN'T YOU, REG?
>> Reggie: ABSOLUTELY.
I WANT TO BE THERE.
>> NEXT YEAR -- MY BIRTHDAY IS 2-22, SO NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE
2-22-22, AND I'M HOPING THE WORLD WILL BE IN A BETTER PLACE
AND THAT MAYBE ME AND MY FRIENDS CAN COME TOGETHER AGAIN AND
THAT'S REALLY ALL MY BIRTHDAY COUNTS FOR IS JUST TOGETHERNESS
FOR THE PEOPLE.
>> James: WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, WE ALL REALLY
REALLY ARE.
LIKE MANY PEOPLE, DREW, OVER THE SUMMER YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH THE
SHOW BRIDGERTON AND YOU SAID IT INSPIRED YOU TO CONSIDER DATING
AGAIN.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
WHAT'S DREW BARRYMORE LOOKING FOR?
BECAUSE I REALLY THINK I CAN BE OF SERVICE IN HERE.
>> James: LOOK AT YOU, YOU'RE ALREADY JUJU-ING UP THE HAIR FOR
THE PROSPECT OF DATING.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
>> I REALIZED I ASSOCIATED WITH BRIDGERTON WITH GETTING ON THE
DATING APP AND WENT AND GOT ON THE BULLHORN ABOUT THAT HERE ON
OUR SHOW.
AND I WAS, LIKE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK IT WAS THE TAWDRY
SEX THAT GOT ME HOPPED UP AND BACK ON A DATING APP.
IT WASN'T LIKE THAT.
IT FEELS LIKE THIS WEIRD KIND OF RELENTING TO THE FACT THAT I'M
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MEET SOMEONE IN SOME OLD-FASHIONED
WAY.
I'M NOT REALLY AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING, BUT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
I SHOULD -- WATCHING THIS OLD-FASHIONED SHOW WAS WEIRDLY
THIS, LIKE, KEYHOLE ENTRY POINT FOR ME TO ACCEPT THE MODERN
WORLD.
>> James: OOOH!
BECAUSE I AM SO OLD FASHIONED.
>> James: WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR, DREW?
GIVE US JUST THE -- WHAT ARE THE COUPLE OF THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR IN THIS MAN.
>> FUNNY, GOT TO BE FUNNY.
I JUST WANT TO LAUGH.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY BIG CRITERIA, FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY.
I LOVE HUMOR, IT'S MY SURVIVAL GUIDE, AND I CAN'T GET RID OF MY
SENSE OF HUMOR.
I LAUGH AT EVERYTHING.
I LOVE LAUGHING.
SO FUNNY IS MY FAVORITE QUALITY IN ANY PERSON.
>> James: YOU HAVE JUST RULED OUT A LOT OF THE BAND.
SO THAT'S FINE.
CARRY ON.
( LAUGHTER ) >> SEE, YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE
JOKES.
THAT'S WHAT WOMEN WANT, JAMES.
AS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND FAMILY, I'M SURE THEY
WOULD AGREE.
>> James: SOMETIMES.
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT'S OUR AGE RANGE?
WHAT'S OUR CUTOFF POINT.
JOE, GET READY.
WHAT'S OUR CUTOFF POINT?
>> YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, 40 GOING ON TWO YEARS OLD
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE TWO YEARS OLD GOING ON 40, SO THE NUMBER
IS HARD.
>> James: YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S NOT HOW OLD YOU ARE, IT'S HOW YOU ARE OLD.
GOD, I GET SO DEEP SOMETIMES ON THIS SHOW.
I CAN'T EVEN DEAL WITH MYSELF, GUYS.
I'M LIKING A WALKING AFFIRMATION BOOK.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, DREW, YOU'RE TALKING TO US
FROM YOUR SET.
WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR INCREDIBLE TALK SHOW "THE
DREW BARRYMORE SHOW."
YOU'RE 100 EPISODES IN.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.
[ APPLAUSE ] YOU'RE DOING SO WELL.
I THINK THE WAY YOU AND I THINK YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, THE WAY YOU
LAUNCHED THIS SHOW RIGHT BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PANDEMIC, IS
THERE ANY BIT OF YOU THAT FEELS SURPRISED HOW YOU SEEMINGLY
REALLY JUST MANAGED TO DO THIS EFFORTLESSLY?
>> I HOPE, IN SOME WAYS, THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD THINK
WOULD BE WORKING AGAINST YOU WAS WHEN I WOULD SAY WE HAVE TO STOP
BEING PRECIOUS, PEOPLE JUST NEED ANOTHER SHOW, THEY DESERVE AN
OPTION, AND WE NEED TO TRANSPORT THEM OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
AND THEN I THINK LAUNCHING ANY SHOW AT ANYTIME IS VERY
OVERWHELMING.
IT'S A VERY HARD THING TO PULL OFF.
I DEFINITELY FEEL LUCKY THAT WE'RE STILL HERE.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, WHEN YOU CAME ON THE SHOW, THAT SORT OF
FEAR OF LOSING SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GROWING TO LOVE SO MUCH,
LIKE BEING ON A SHOW LIKE THIS, AND THAT IT WAS VERY COMFORTABLE
FOR ME TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT IT TOOK A WHILE TO FEEL LIKE IT
WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE ANYMOMENT, AND I GUESS YOU REALLY HAVE TO
EARN THAT.
BUT IT WAS VERY COMFORTING TO ME BECAUSE I FELT VERY SCARED FOR
MONTHS.
I WAS JUST, LIKE, I'M JUST GOING TO GET THAT CALL THAT I'M DONE,
THIS ISN'T WORKING, I'M FIRED, IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY IN AN
INSTANT.
AND THAT FEELING IS THERE A LITTLE LESS.
IT'S STILL THERE, YOU KNOW.
I -- AND I REALIZE, THOUGH, THAT MEANS I CARE ABOUT IT SO MUCH,
WHICH IS VERY GOOD INCENTIVE TO JUST KEEP WORKING OUR LITTLE
BUTS OFF.
>> James: WELL, I THINK YOU ARE DOING BRILLIANTLY.