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| May 7, 2004
(Notable Guests: Hugh Jackman, Al Roker, Mary J. Blige) |
Today was the last day that we'd see the "Welcome Greeting" wheel, phew! For Hugh Jackman, he got the 'One Cheek Kiss' greeting. And you'd never guess, Hugh came out with lates gloves & a surgical mask on!!!! Yup, he did catch Ellen on Jay Leno's Tonight Show, where Ellen was talking about getting sick all the time & suspected that she got it from her guests from all the hugs, kisses, & hand-shaking! That was a funny thing for Hugh to do!! He's hilarious & what a good sport! Ellen talked about Hugh being an Aussie and told him that she'd really want to visit his country one of these days. The only thing that's stopping her is the long-hour flight! Hugh lives in Melbourne but he was born in Sydney. He goes back and forth between the US and Australia but recently, he hasn't been able to do that due to the films he's doing, including being the lead in the Broadway musical hit, "The Boy from Oz." Busy man, he is! Then they talked about the upcoming Mother's Day and what he was planning to do. He talked about his son who was born one day before Mother's Day , so Mother's Day celebration in the Jackman household is pretty big. This year, his son, who's 4 now, is planning to cook breakfast for his mom at 11:30a - how adorable!!! He's gonna cook pancakes even though he's never done it before! So Hugh was preparing to do a lot of cleaning up after his son's cooking! Seems like the Jackman family is a whole lotta fun, eh? Of 'coz they talked about Hugh's latest movie, "Van Helsing," which is in theatres today. Did you know that his stuntman is his own brother-in-law?! Cool!! All in a family! Then before Hugh went backstage, Ellen asked him to teach her some dance moves since he's in a Broadway musical! So Hugh taught her the Rockette-style high-kick move & they both did!! Of 'coz Hugh's legs were kicked much higher than Ellen's - hey, he's trained, what can we say? But Ellen didn't do too badly, either, mind ya! Ellen was proud to welcome back her friend, Mary J. Blige, to perform one of her singles. She also raved about Mary's tour which is happening right now & pitched the tour dates to everyone, urging them to go see Mary in action. What a good friend Ellen is! Mary wished everyone "Happy Mother's Day" & dedicated her song to all the women out there who've been cheated on. Al Roker's greeting, according to the Wheel, was supposed to be 'Short Hug' but Ellen quickly changed it to a 'Long Embrace'!! Of 'coz 'coz she's buddies with good ol' Al!! Al came on & started dancing, making some suave moves with Ellen to the song "It's Raining Men"!!! Groovy, man! Ellen couldn't resist showing everyone the clip of Al & Katie Couric which was a birthday gift to Ellen on her birthday which was aired previously. The clip, if you remember, showed Al & Katie, after a sip of champagne, doing some cool dirty dancing moves, including a hilarious rabbit-hop move by Al, to 50 Cent's hit song, "It's Your Birthday"!!!! It was hilarious!!!! Ellen told Al that their birthday gift made her laugh the hardest!! Then they talked about Al's weight loss, how he went through a necessary gastroplasty (gastric bypass) surgery. Al works out everyday before his morning show, "Today," now & he feels great! Then they talked about Mother's Day which is also a big event in the Roker household. Being the weather man on "Today," Ellen tested his skills and asked him to guess what the stage's temperature was right then & boy, his guess was pretty close!! No wonder Al's the famous weather man on TV!!! The big finish was, of 'coz, picking the ultimate winner of the red Dodge minivan & the winner was so excited she kept screaming "Oh, my God! Oh, my God!" jumping up & down, unable to contain herself! Ellen had to usher her to the van so she could sit & drive it off-stage! |
| May 6, 2004
(Notable Guests: Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Sorbo) |
Lindsay Lohan came on dressed in ripped jeans (hey, are they coming back?! Damn, I threw away all of my ripped jeans years ago!) & gave Ellen a 'Short Hug' which was initially supposed to be a 'Wave' according to the Wheel but then Ellen cheated - she turned the wheel to 'Short Hug' instead! Good for her 'coz...how do you do a 'Wave' with your guest, anyway, eh?? Anyway, Ellen first asked Lindsay if she pronounced her last name correctly - Lohan with a silent "h" as opposed to "Low-Hand". In truth, it's supposed to sound like "low-hand" but Lindsay got teased a lot in school about it so she started pronouncing it without the "h"! Then they talked about Lindsay's latest movie, "Mean Girls", which is a smash hit, the #1 movie in the box-office, to be exact. Ellen continued raving about it ever since she saw the movie. Lindsay talked about how enjoyable it was to make the movie 'coz the script was very smart & funny & realistic. It's unlike some teen movies which have been cheezy, to say the least. This movie at least deals with the real issues that teenagers identify with in school - students are just getting meaner & meaner, I guess! Ellen asked her what advice she'd give teens who're being treated meanly in school & she said the best thing - just ignore them and move on with your life! That's exactly what she's doing about the recent rumors & tabloid news that she's dating, kissing this guy or that guy on the mags! Good for you, Lindsay! That's the attitude, man! Lindsay, as you may know, started out doing modeling since she was 5! And she's been in movies - remember the ultra hilarious comedy, "Freaky Friday"? WORD!! And also, "Parent Trap" when she was only 12? Wow! Good resume! Ellen asked about her parents - Lindsay's mom was a Rockette but didn't elaborate it further like she was embarrassed to talk about it or something - remember when we were teenagers & we dreaded talking about our parents? Well, that's how she was - how cute! But guess what, Lindsay revealed that she used to be very embarrassed about her mom dropping her off to school 'coz the guys were hitting on her mom!!! You know that her mom looked fabulous...hey, she was a Rockette, for crying out loud! That was hilarious! Kevin Sorbo got the 'Shake/Kiss Combo' greeting! Ellen asked about his newborn baby and what they had to go through 'coz his wife had to have an emergency c-section 'coz the baby was big - when he was born, he weighed 12 lbs!! OUCH!! Kevin has 2 other kids as well. He's having fun being a daddy again, I guess! You can catch Kevin Sorbo in action in "Andromeda" which is aired on the Sci-Fi channel. The big finish today was the guy with the top-notch memory calling out each audience member by name according to their seating arrangement!!! He really remembered them!!! Earlier, he actually nailed the whole deck of cards without looking!! Jeez! |
| May 5, 2004
(Notable Guests: Jay Leno, Lorraine Bracco) |
The "Welcome Greeting" wheel got whisked out again...(here's a thought - wouldn't it be more fun to have spontaneeous greetings between Ellen and her guests like before instead of the staged/prepared greetings that are decided by the spinning of the wheel?? BRING SPONTANEITY BACK, I'd say! Just my 2 cents...!) For Jay Leno, the greeting was '2 Cheek Kiss' or in Mexican, 'Beso Dos en Dos Aldos'! The always-nice Jay Leno came on looking all relaxed and happy to see his old buddy, Ellen. They talked about Jay's family, the fact that he's half- Italian & half-Scottish (his dad is Italian & his mom's Scotch), and how growing up in the Italian-cum-Scottish environment was fun, dysfunctional & crazy because of the dichotomy of characteristics between his mom & dad!! Jay's dad's very outspoken whereas his mom never likes to be in the limelight, is quiet & quite reserved. Even with the food servings, they're complete opposites - as you know, Italians like to serve in bbig, chunky servings, which Jay's mom & her family never got used to 'coz they were more used to seeing daintier servings. Jay was explaining and describing everything so hilariously! Ellen asked him how his mom thought of his fame and public persona and he said his mom still doesn't really get it that he's a public figure & so famous! To her, be it Jay being a famous celebrity or in any other profession, she'd still see Jay in the same light - her son from Boston! But then, Jay revealed that he finally got his mom to realize that he's a celebrity figure when he got Perry Como to greet her on his show when she was in the audience!! That was sweet! So, in commemorating his unique family dynamics, Jay wrote a book called "If Roast Beef Could Fly" which is actually based on a true story when he was growing up! It was pretty funny when he told Ellen how his dad just threw out the roast beef he'd been roasting all day when he found out that Jay accidentally left his comb in it while trying to steal a taste of the beef while it was being roasted!! So what his dad did to the roast beef was really an inspiration to Jay's book! The book also has other stories that Jay wrote about based on his real-life experience. So check it out - it's now in bookstores. Then Ellen took Jay to the "Riff-Raff Room" to meet the excited audience members who went crazy seeing Jay and Ellen while eating Mexican food and drinking Margarita! Cool! It was the '2 Cheek Kiss' for Lorraine Bracco as well so she and Ellen did that. Whereas usually guests would sit down after they come on but Lorraine kept standing and Ellen suggested that perhaps they could do the interview while standing like they were in a cocktail party, especially when they both started drinking their Margarita! They both finally sat down & Lorraine continued sipping her Margarita, commenting on how good it was. Then she said the inevitable - she spoke frankly to Ellen that the whole "Welcome Greeting" wheel thing was a little insulting. She couldn't help feeling a little insulted by it, having to do what the wheel said instead of greeting freely like what the host & guest normally would do, especially when she knows Ellen, her mom, etc. So she would much prefer to give Ellen the proper greeting, you know. Well, Ellen couldn't respond much about that. [BRING SPONTANEITY BACK, Ellen, I'd say!!] It's surprising that this revelation took so long & bravo, Lorraine, for speaking frankly! The audience probably agreed too 'coz there was a lot of laughing & clapping in approval! Anyway...did you know that Lorraine, like Jay Leno, is also half-Italian?! Well, the exception is that Lorraine's mom is English, so she's half-Italian, & half-English! But she told Ellen that the whole family craziness with 2 clashing cultures was the same, nonetheless! Lorraine's more to the Italian side of her nature especially when she grew up with her dad & his family in Brooklyn. So of 'coz you're bound to be influenced, more or less. Ellen then talked about Lorraine's recent appearance on Broadway where she had to bare naked on-stage, & asked her how she felt about it. Lorraine, not surprisingly, said that she wasn't that uncomfortable being naked because as she put it, " I was beautifully lit..!" She actually revealed that she'd be much more terrified to be doing what Ellen does, right in front of the audience, than being naked, for a brief moment on-stage! And Ellen asked what her daughters thought about the whole thing & Lorraine told her that her daughters, one's 18 & the other's 25, were in the audience. They were horrified at first but got over it! Good sports, they are, eh? Then Ellen told Lorraine what a big fan she's with "The Sopranos" and watches it religiously every Sunday night, much to Lorraine's delight! Mario Winans featuring Loon performed his hit single, "I Don't Wanna Know," which is currently the #2 song in the country, from his new CD. But what Mario didn't know was a surprise that Ellen had in store for him after his performance! Yup, Ellen went up to him & told him that she had a Mother's Day surprise for him - his own mom in the audience!!! Mario was so taken aback seeing his mom sitting in the audience, he was speechless, but then thanked Ellen gratefully!! Awww, that was so sweet of Ellen! The big finish today was, well..."Mucho Grande" as Ellen put it. Yup, she picked the winner of a special 7 Day Cruise to the Mexican Riviera including air fare from the audience!! Fantastic!! Then the show closed out with the El Mariachi band playing while Ellen and the winner danced. |
| May 4, 2004
(Notable Guests: Mary Tyler Moore, Rosie Perez) |
The legendary Mary Tyler Moore came on, doing the 'Kiss/Shake Combo' with Ellen, according to the "Welcome Greeting" wheel, but not before she did some dance moves to the song, "Respect," much to Ellen & the audience's delight! FYI, Mary's an 8-time Emmy Award winner...wow, that IS a lot!! Ellen was so excited to see her. As you know, Mary's one of Ellen's idols ever since she was a kid & just adores her. She grew up, like most of us, watching "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" & "The Dick Van Dyke Show". In fact, they both adore each other so much that Mary was in both of Ellen's past sitcoms, "Ellen," & "The Ellen Show"!! Talk about a good frienship, eh? Anyway, they were playing some catching up 'coz apparently, Ellen claimed that she kept calling her but Mary immediately disagreed! Ellen reminded her that she was trying to invite Mary to her HBO performance in New York, but she couldn't make it. Then they talked about how Mary started her career as a comedian. She was studying in a Catholic school where showbiz wasn't viewed very positively at all. In fact, students were discouraged by the nuns to get into showbiz. However, Mary didn't take any heed to that 'coz she'd always wanted to sing & dance. She revealed that she'd always opt for singing and dancing instead of acting! But well, Mary somehow got herself in acting when she landed a role in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" which marked the start of her career as a sitcom star, blazing the trail for women when she was the first woman to wear pants on TV regularly during the time where there were a lot of restrictions for women on TV, especially in sitcoms/live shows!! But her insistence on wearing pants paid off when CBS agreed to let her do it, as long as she only wore them in just 1 scene of every episode. How amazing was that?! You can catch Mary Tyler Moore in "The Dick Van Dyke Show Revival" along with her old gang on May 11th on CBS. The next greeting was the 'One Cheek Kiss' & Rosie Perez came on doing that with Ellen without a hitch. Rosie was wearing a very low-cut, revealing dress & a shawl loosely wrapped around her which she removed as soon as she sat down. She wasn't wearing her mic, so Ellen pointed to the mic on the side-table for Rosie to put it on, careful not to point at Rosie's "revealing" area, if you know what I mean! It was obvious that Ellen was trying not to pay attention to that area! So Rosie said, "They told me to bring the shawl just in case it was cold, you know.. the headlights (pointed to her breasts underneath her revealing dress!)...[the audience was getting crazily hysterical already!]..& I'm ok with it if you're ok with it.." [another roaring of laughter from the audience!] Ellen replied, almost mischievously, "I'm..fine..." [this time, the audience just lost it & went completely bonkus with laughter, mixed with lots of loud hooting!! We all know why, don't we, eh?] Rosie was also laughing hysterically at Ellen's "cheeky" response, by then! When everyone calmed down a little, Ellen changed the subject swiftly & started revealing that Rosie actually enjoys shopping at "Target"! Rosie proudly admitted to it & told her that people don't call it "Target" anymore - it's pronounced as "Tar-jay" (where the "r" is pronounced the French way just to make it sound more sophisticated, I guess!). Yup, Rosie loves to buy in bulk, especially her favorites - toilet paper, Swiffer, & Febreze!! And at the mention of Febreze, Rosie just got so excited especially when Ellen whipped out one & she started spraying it, demo-ing it to Ellen!! It was funny! Rosie really IS one hyper woman, man! Yes, we can safely say that Rosie is OBSESSED with Febreze!! In fact, Ellen saw that Rosie loved that product so much that she gave her a whole cart-ful of Febreze sprays at the end of the interview!! Rosie's a special guest star on tonight's "Frasier", which is the last episode before the big series finale, playing Frasier's last bad date! Rosie also told Ellen that she got to stay on to watch the finale being taped & she was bawling over the entire taping 'coz like many people, she couldn't believe "Frasier" was ending!! Guess she's a big "Frasier" fan like many of us! The big finish today was a tiny little performance by Ellen, Mary & Rosie, all doing a rendition of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" theme song where at the end of the song, the cast would throw their hats in the air! |
| May 3, 2004
(Notable Guests: Bill Cosby, Sarah Chalke) |
Ellen turned the "Welcome Greeting" wheel and it stopped at 'Curtsy'!! But she cheated! Rather than doing "the nasty," she quickly turned the wheel a little so it ended on 'Shake/Kiss Combo'!! So Bill Cosby came up to Ellen & they both did that! Although Bill did try to curtsy!! Before Ellen could say anything to Bill, he just said, "I'm taking over!" & told everyone that whenever he's playing at a venue in the US/Canada doing his stand-up, he'd always ask the backstage guys who're on his show. And everytime Ellen was "in the house," the guys always have wonderful things to say about Ellen, how wonderfully funny she is! Aww, that is so sweet! Bill genuinely loves Ellen! Ellen quickly changed the subject to put the focus back on Bill (what a humble host Ellen is!) and asked him about doing stand-up. Bill is still doing it after all these years while Ellen announced previously that she won't be doing it anymore now that she has a daily talk show. But Bill was urging everyone to try to convince her to go on tour again. Sadly, Ellen was pretty firm about not doing it anymore! Oh well, at least we still get to see her on TV doing her daily "mini" stand-up through her hilarious monologue! Then Ellen basically let Bill do all the talking, & boy, was he funny!!! He was talking about his marriage, how he had to go through 3 meetings with the priest before they could get hitched. He griped about the Catholic way good-naturedly 'coz, well, obviously he had to 'coz he's Protestant! Yeah, he also mentioned that his wife "was" Catholic! Guess she's not now, eh? FYI, Bill and his wife have been married for 40 years! Wow!! Bill just did his funny stories telling them, in "Bill Cosby" style..so funny! Ellen just watched the veteran do his thang in admiration! Then Ellen asked him if he really owned show dogs. Yup, he does! They're terriers. But they don't live with him. Also, Bill took the opportunity to explain the origins of the word "gossip" since Ellen's monologue was about gossips & rumors. He found the information from the internet. Apparently, eons ago in England, the king would ask his aides to go down to the pub everyday to listen to what the public had to say before reporting back to him. So the aides would go to the pub and do the listening while sipping bear/drinks. So, their daily "eavesdropping" was called "go-sip" ('coz they'd 'go' to the pub & 'sip' drinks while listening to stories). Then the word "go-sip" turned into "gossip"!!! Wow, that's original!! Ellen responded, "Now, is that a rumor?" Bill mischievously answered, "Yeah, that's the rumor!" Funny! Then they were out of time! But Bill told Ellen that he wanted to come back, much to Ellen's delight! Bill obviously like Ellen very much 'coz he was very chatty! And because Ellen kept stuttering (that's her trademark, I guess!), Bill couldn't help himself & remarked, "You're doing well....we miss you in Speech Class, though..."!! That just did it - Ellen & the audience just cracked up & laughed! Wicked Bill, man!! Hilarious!! Hanson, now all grown up, performed their single, "Penny & Me," from their new CD, "Underneath." For Sarah Chalke, the welcome greeting was 'Long Embrace'. So she came out & both she & Ellen had a long hug. After that, Sarah admitted that she didn't know how long a 'Long Embrace' should be so she was a little concerned there, 'coz she's Canadian, and in Canada, becoz of the cold, a simple hug could turn out to be a long one for American standard! (Chuckle!) So Ellen asked how long a hug in Canada would be & Sarah said it could probably last for the entire show! So Ellen suggested that they could perhaps hug and do the interview at the same time! They tried that but it proved to be harder than they thought, so both sat back in their seats! Pretty funny! Have you noticed that Canadians are naturally funny? As k.d. lang would say, it's the cold weather that make the Canucks funny that way! Anyway, Ellen found out that Sarah just bought a house and asked when she was going to move in. Sarah looked at her & said, "We just moved in today... " Ellen was like, "Today?! Ahh, so you don't actually do your own moving, do you?" I guess not! Sarah admitted that she bought the house for her dog....wow, that's nice of her! Yup, a house with a yard & everything! Apparently, when she was living in an apartment, it was cumbersome to take her dog all the way downstairs for a walk or to do her "pee-pee & poo-poo"! She & her dog hit the last straw when one day they were stuck in the elevator for a very long time, with her holding the bag of her dog's "poo" while the poor doggie was howling! FYI, her dog's a chocolate labrador. Her " Scrubs" cast bought it for her! So cool! As a move-in gift, Ellen gave Sarah a door-knocker & a doorbell that has Ellen's infamous expression, "What's that??!!" coming on loud & clear and the bell is pressed! That was so funny! The big finish today was an encore performance from Hanson singing their old hit song, "Mmm Bop " while Ellen was dancing and singing with them! |
| April 30, 2004
(Notable Guests: Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Dakota Fanning) |
The "Wheel of Greetings" was brought out again. For Ellen's 1st guest, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, the greeting was a 'Short Hug'. Rebecca came on bearing gifts - yup, her friend from backstage made Ellen a "special" gift - a doll resembling Ellen made out of some sticky candy/gum! Ellen & Rebecca saw each other last week when they bummed into each other in a restaurant while having dinner. Ellen was playing (or rather, snuggling) with Jacky, the less-than-a-year-old baby belonging to Rebecca's friend. Rebecca told everyone that Ellen was so snuggly with Jacky until the poor baby didn't want to be snuggly anymore! So Ellen went on to snuggle Rebecca's puppy instead! They then talked about Rebecca's mom, who's a linguist, but doesn't support the spelling bee because she thinks spelling is a waste of time - this, coming from a linguist?! Aha, Rebecca's mom sure is a rebel, eh? They went on to talk about Rebecca's movies, "The Punisher" and another new one, this time a horror-like flick about human cloning, "Godsend." Both are out in theatres now. Before Rebecca went off-stage, Ellen gave her a gift in return - it was a talking rag doll with Ellen's pictured face on it! And the doll talks in Ellen's voice! Adorable! Ok, this was in the papers - Ellen brought on a Florida woman, Pamela, who lost her cat 7 years ago. But, she got a shock of her life when on April 1st (yes, April Fool's Day!) this year, she got a call from the San Francisco Pound telling her that they found her long-lost cat...yes, 7 years later, & in San Francisco, 3,000 miles away from home!! Wow, talk about luck of the draw!! So the cat, Cheyenne, was finally reunited with Pamela - she's 10 now, but looks really good. She's been well cared for while she was "lost," somewhere, that's for sure! So Ellen made a plea to the public that if anyone knew what actually happened to Cheyenne these past 7 years, they should contact the show immediately. Dakota Fanning, the adorably smart and fantastic child actor, came on. Yup, it was her 2nd visit to the show! Ellen obviously adores her 'coz...hey, who wouldn't?! Oh, & by the way, their greeting was a 'One Cheek Kiss.' Dakota, as usual, came to the show bearing gifts!! She's always giving Ellen things every time they see each other! This time, she brought Ellen a parrot piñata! How sweet!! Being the bubbly person that Dakota was, she started enthusiastically telling Ellen about her visit to her dentist 2 days ago. Apparently she had 2 teeth pulled out - a total of 6 teeth now - 'coz they found out that she didn't have any enzyme to remove the roots from her gums, so they had to pull 'em out for her. And now, Dakota's so excited because she gets to wear a retainer!! Boy, talk about being excited with a capital 'E'!!! Yup, she told Ellen that she just picked out her retainer in her favorite color, pink, & she just can't wait to wear it when she finally gets it! Well, Ellen did hear about Dakota's exciting "event," so she gave her a cute little pink-colored retainer case, much to Dakota's delight! That cute little kid could hardly contain herself...aww, that cutie, you just want to pinch her cheeks and give her a bear hug, man!! Anyway, Ellen switched subject and started talking about how absolutely amazing of an actress Dakota is, the fact that she's been in so many movies with great actors! They talked about Dakota's new movie, "Man On Fire," which she stars alongside Denzel Washington & Christopher Walken. Hmm, not a bad company, eh? The movie was shot in Mexico City & Dakota had a great time there! The big finish today was the hitting of Dakota's Parrot Piñata!! Yup, Dakota went first but she couldn't break it so Ellen did it and in 2 hits with her baseball bat, out came all the candies from the Piñata!! Yay!! |
| April 29, 2004
(Notable Guests: Jennifer Garner, Jamie Kennedy) |
Jennifer Garner, from the ABC hit drama, "Alias," and the new movie, "13 Going On 30" came on. According to Ellen's "Wheel of Greetings," she and Jennifer were supposed to do the 'One Cheek Kiss' which they did. Ellen started talking about Jennifer's new movie, "13 Going On 30," and raved about it since she saw the movie last night. Ellen asked about the infamous "Thriller" dance routine at the end of the movie, if Jennifer always knew the routine or she had to learn it for the movie. She stated that she kinda knew it 'coz who doesn't know the "Thriller" routine, right? But because of the movie, she had to do some serious choreography with the cast to perfect it. But she had a blast 'coz it was pretty easy for her since she was a ballet dancer before, so choreography was nothing new to her. But Mark Ruffalo, her co-star in the movie, wasn't that lucky. He had to practise hard and Jennifer even had to give him some tips, too! But he turned out perfect! Ellen then echoed what everyone in Hollywood has been saying about Jennifer - that she's gonna be the next big movie star & what not! Ellen went into Jennifer's other day job - her butt- kicking role in the action drama, "Alias," & asked how she could juggle being in movies & doing the high-action series. Jennifer was telling Ellen that it's pretty hectic but she enjoys it. In fact after her appearance on Ellen's show, she had to go to the set to shoot the last scene of the "Alias" season finale where there'd be a great fight scene. So Ellen was marveling at how Jennifer could keep everything in check! The young actor just nonchalantly said that the best thing was to keep everything in balance. She basically trains herself not to get too excited for the movie, or the series, but instead of elaborating on the balancing thing, Jennifer uttered, "but we'll leave that for Oprah.." which the audience let out a big cry almost immediately..& Ellen stopped short upon hearing the word, "Oprah"! But being the good sport that she is, Ellen carried on with the interview, with the audience laughing, this time asking about Jennifer's working hours on "Alias" but Jennifer seemed reluctant to talk about it & said, "Do you really wanna know this?" to which Ellen quickly responded, "No, leave it for Oprah!" Hah, that was funny!! She got Jennifer right there!! And the next time Ellen asked Jennifer about something that would remotely branch out to something deeper, she stopped & before Jennifer could reply, she said, "Oh, we'll leave it for Dr. Phil!" Hilarious! Then they went on to talk about Jennifer's school years. Apparently, Jennifer was in the marching band & played the sax! She was pretty much a geek and didn't start dating until she was 16 or 17. And before Jennifer had to elaborate on that, Ellen wickedly cut it short and said, "We'll leave it for the Queer Eye"! Guffaw! Guffaw!! Bet Jennifer never saw that coming, eh? Ellen found out that Jennifer likes to ride her bike to the set at the Disney Studios where "Alias" is shot, and knew that she was looking for streamers for her bike for a long time. So Ellen surprised Jennifer when the crew brought out Jennifer's bike and sure enough, there were streamers!! Good ol' Ellen! Jamie Kennedy, from WB's "Jamie Kennedy X-periment," came on. His "greeting" with Ellen was supposedly 'Short Hug' but Ellen changed it to 'Long Embrace' instead...'coz they knew each other! Before Ellen could start her interview, Jamie announced to everyone that Ellen was the one who gave him his start when she cast him as his neighbor in her sitcom, "Ellen." How sweet! Jamie just returned from shooting the sequel of "The Mask" in Australia. Before arriving in the U.S., he stopped in a tiny island called Bora Bora. He further revealed that when he was in that island, he wanted to do some reading and guess what, they had Ellen's new book, "The Funny Thing Is..."!!! Well, it's official! Ellen's popular in Bora Bora, ladies & gentlemen! Did you know that Ellen joined forces with Jamie to play a prank on 3 unsuspecting women from the audience today?! Wow, it was funny. Yup, before the show started and the while audience was still waiting outside, Jamie, just like in his show, put on a disguise and got 3 women to volunteer to do something for the show. He basically told them that all the bad dancing that Ellen had been showing through the looky-loo was basically staged. It was done to get ratings! The women really soaked up the story!! So Jamie told the women that for today's show, they'd been chosen to do some bad dancing so that Ellen could pick them out to be shown on the looky-loo to have a laugh & get some ratings going! He even went as far as getting Ellen to come out from backstage to greet the women to thank them for doing her a favor!! The worst thing was Jamie taught these poor gullible women some BAD dance moves!! Really bad ones! Before he let them back to the audience outside, he made them swear not to tell a soul about the whole thing, which of 'coz, the women, kept their word 'coz sure enough, they did as they were told and did those bad dance moves!! And when Ellen showed them on the looky-loo, she couldn't stop laughing, not just because the dance moves were so horribly funny, but that she played a prank on those poor women! So, Jamie finally revealed to the women on the show that they'd just been "X-ed"!! That was great! The big finish today was dancing! Yup, Ellen called up the 3 "X-ed" women, who were really good sports, by the way, along with Jamie, to dance with her! |
| April 28, 2004
(Notable Guests: Christopher Walken, Tim Meadows) |
The legendary, Oscar-winning Christopher Walken came on. Instead of following Ellen's new rules about greetings and doing the 'Short Hug', he gave her a hug/kiss combo! Well, who cares about following the "Wheel of Greetings" antic when you get to hug and kiss Mr. Walken on your own show, eh? Obviously both of them never met each other before, at least not formally, but Christopher told Ellen that he's been watching her for a long time...Ellen gave a look that probably meant, "Ooo, you've been noticing me?!"...and said, "You're a good actor. " Wow, that comment coming from Christopher Walken?! Ellen looked a little embarrassed & thanked him for his lovely compliment and returned his by saying, "You're a good actor, too!" Christopher, as you may know, has been in some of the most critically acclaimed, classic movies like "The Deer Hunter," in which he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, "Brainstorm," "The Dead Zone," and recent ones like "Pulp Fiction," & "Catch Me If You Can." Let's not also forget that he was in some oddities as well, like "The Prophecy," "Wild Side" & some others that chronicled his ability to be so unstably weird, even his stares would make you squirm!! Now he's in America's #1 movie, "Man On Fire," co-starring with Denzel Washington & Dakota Fanning. But his well-known ability to speak the dialogue ever so profoundly in his own way, Ellen commented that he could make the worst writing sound really good coming from his lips! Apparently his infamous verbal dialogue without any punctuation was nurtured when he was a kid in school. He hated having to put punctuations in sentences so he'd rebelliously ignored them. So that habit rubbed off on him when he grew up. Thus, the birth of uttering long sentences with no punctuation!! Ellen was commenting that a lot of people do impressions on how he talks and wondered if he minded, which he didn't, and still doesn't. He kinda likes it, actually! Ellen was also telling everyone that while Christopher has given us the image that he's an intense kinda guy, but he was in Fat Boy Slim's music video dancing!! Wow, another side of Mr. Walken we never knew! Guess what, Christopher actually started his career dancing in musicals & did that until he was 30! But right when he was explaining and telling his story, Omar Edwards tap-danced his way out, basically shutting up poor Christopher! Ellen probably sensed the awkwardness and kept on apologizing to Christopher who was just sitting there, stunned that he'd been interrupted so suddenly before the show went on a commercial break! Poor ol' Christopher Walken! Tim Meadows, best known for his long-running gig on "Saturday Night Live," and now in the teen comedy, "Mean Girls," came on. Before he came on, Ellen spun the "Wheel of Greetings" again and this time it was for a 'Long Embrace'!! And so Tim & Ellen did...a very long embrace!! But guess what, these 2 had never met before Tim's appearance on the show! FYI, Tim was on "SNL" for 10 long years before branching out into movies. They were chatting & Tim was telling a story but then was abruptly interrupted by Omar Edwards...yeah, again! Tim looked a little stunned like Christopher too! Poor guy! After the break, he was telling his story when Ellen asked him about an incident that happened to him in school (fyi, Tim was in his school's marching band and he played the sax), but when Ellen tried to cut in to the conversation, he gave a startle 'coz he actually thought that Omar was coming out again, & he nervously uttered, "Uh-oh, he's not coming out now, is he?!" Tim did seem pretty much affected by the Omar tap-dance interruptions. He was very self-conscious throughout the interview! Alas, he was interrupted again as he went more into his story! Poor Tim! The big finish today was tap dancing! Yup, Ellen tap danced with Tim Meadows & Omar Edwards. She was just fuzzing around when it was time to do a little solo tap-dancing!! But she did pretty well in the jumping jacks, though! |
| April 27, 2004
(Notable Guests: Simon Baker, Cheri Oteri, Liz Phair) |
Simon Baker, from the CBS hit drama, "The Guardian," came on, dressed ever so casually. Ellen immediately took on a keen interest in what he was wearing 'coz it's just like what she'd wear including those infamous tennis shoes! Apparently, Simon's on vacation right now, hence the casual wear. But he said he was actually dressed up for the show! So Ellen asked what he'd normally wear if he weren't on the show & he said, shorts! Ellen found out that Simon hates using deodorant, so he doesn't use it! He only wears it if he's a little "on the nose" (stinky). Otherwise, he never wears it. Ellen just looked at him in amazement! She revealed that he smelled great when she hugged him earlier, so I guess he doesn't need it, eh? Simon, as you may know, is an Aussie. Ellen asked if he had a nickname. His was "Smiley" & Ellen immediately retorted, "Or maybe they were calling you 'Smelly'!!" Aha, she got him right there! But Simon told Ellen that he did have a friend who's nickname was "Smelly." But back to his nickname, he got it because of his charmingly beautiful smile, obviously! And he immediately told Ellen how he thought she had a beautiful smile when he was backstage watching her on TV waiting to come on. Of 'coz that made Ellen blush and gave a shy (with a little mischievous touch, that is) "thank you"!! Ellen then asked Simon what he was doing before he got into acting. Guess what, he actually went into nursing!! But he immediately knew he made a bad choice 'coz he couldn't stand complaining! So his nursing experience lasted 3 months, which is pretty amazing considering he hates listening to patient complaints! So Ellen brought up the fact that Simon has 3 kids 'coz she was wondering how patient a dad he was since he hated complaining. That put Simon on the spot, pretty much, so he called her "cheeky"!! But believe it or not, Ellen didn't know what "cheeky" meant! She was like, "What's that mean?" So Simon explained that it meant "a little bit precocious, a little bit naughty, but in a good way.." Then Ellen remarked, "Thank you...call me Ms. DeGeneres!" It was pretty funny, especially when Simon called Ellen "cheeky" and she just looked at him like, "What the hell are you talking about?!" Liz Phair performed her single, "Extraordinary", from her new self-titled CD. Cheri Oteri, from "Saturday Night Live" came on. Seems like Ellen simply loves Cheri 'coz she couldn't stop telling her how hilarious she is & makes her laugh so hard. Anyway, Cheri came on and danced a little with Ellen. Ellen found out that Cheri just returned from her trip to China! Yup, she was in Shanghai, which she described as being in Manhattan, basically, 'coz it's just like any other busy city. But her dream came true when she arrived at this small town called "JingXi" (?) to do some filming. That was what she was dreaming about & hoping to see in China - an ancient historical place that she read so much about before going to China! So she was basically soaking up the historical, time-suspended feeling, watching shoemakers make shoes from scratch by the narrow streets, watching a woman washing clothes by the river the ancient, traditional way (beating the clothes with a stick to clean them or something!) but just as she was lost in "ancient China," all of a sudden, the woman's cell phone rang...& poof!!! The whole ancient feel just vanished & it was like she was transferred back to LA!! By this time, Ellen was already cackling helplessly, 'coz of the way Cheri was telling the story! Cheri is one funny lady, man! And then she went on to tell yet another story. Apparently, she recently had a bee problem in her house. She found out that bees were actually nesting behind the wall of her guest room!! Yup, believe it or not, when the wall was finally torn down, sure enough, there was a 6-foot honeycomb hanging there!! Jeez leweez!! And she actually brought a jar of honey taken from the very honeycomb she discovered behind her wall!! That was hilarious!! The big finish today was fantastic! It was a mini performance, so to speak, inspired by the 8-year-old boy who sent in a tape of him playing the drums to the song, "Wipe Out"! So to pay homage to that excellent performance, Ellen, Cheri & Simon each played the drums while "Wipe Out" was playing loudly in the background!! Oh, and Ellen was wearing Simon's outfit (yes, the shirt & the pants which he was wearing earlier, for crying out loud!) - gee, guess she REALLY loved what he was wearing, then! And Simon was spotted wearing a pair of carpenter shorts! 3 of them were having fun playing the drums! Fantabulous! |
| April 26, 2004
(Notable Guests: Isabella Rossellini, Debbie Reynolds) |
Ellen's first guest was Isabella Rossellini!! Yup, the ageless model/actress you've been seeing on virtually all stores carrying the Lancome product! Before she came on, Ellen kept pronouncing Isabella's name in an Italian accent! She obviously adores Ms. Rossellini. When Isabella came on, Ellen just couldn't hide her excitement of meeting her & screamed, "You're maybe the coolest person in the world!" Ellen started asking her why she still has the Italian accent which really behooved Isabella especially since she's been living in New York for the past 33 years! Isabella admitted that she couldn't really mimic the different American accents. Thus, she never does American accents in movies - sure, she's done Russian, French, but no American, please! Isabella is obviously multi-lingual due to her many travels as a model. She's fluent in Italian, French & English. Then the Spanish comes free 'coz she can just borrow some words from Italian and/or French, and voila! You find out you can learn another language. In her case, it's Spanish! This may sound surprising especially in the modeling industry, but did you know that Isabella only started modeling when she was 28?! She was telling Ellen about the whole experience. Apparently nobody knew she was 28 until one day she was asked about her age after she's done some modeling already. And when she revealed that she was 28, they were all shocked out of their wits!! They were like, "What?! 28?! How come you didn't tell us?! Models usually retire when they reach 26!!" It was funny! Ellen also told everyone that Isabella's the only record-holder of appearing on 4 consecutive covers of Vogue - which means 4 consecutive months!! Wow! Anyway, Isabella has worked as a model for the last 25 years. She also branched out into the world of acting as well, following the footsteps of her famous mom, the ledendary Ingrid Bergman. And now, Isabella's daughter, Eletra, is starting her modeling career! Isabella has a new movie coming out, an indie movie called, "The Saddest Music In The World." It's about a baroness who sells beer. She plays the baroness who believes that sadness leads people to drink. So she sets out to create this competition to find the saddest music in the world so people will get sad, thus will be inclined to drink. So she can cash in on that! Plus, she's an amputee - she has no legs! Her prosthetic legs are made out of beer bottles!! Talk about extraordinarily odd of a movie plot! Ellen showed a clip of the movie and it was in black & white. So I assume the entire show is in black & white. Check it out if you're into original, indie flicks. Bill Rancic, the winner of "The Apprentice," came on, glowing with joy and excitement since he's been virtually talk-show-hopping ever since taking the crown in the Donald Trump show. Ellen was asking if it was indeed true that he'll oversee the development of the new Trump tower in Chicago, which he is, apparently. Ellen also revealed that there may be a spin-off reality show that follows Bill's road to getting the new Trump tower completed. However, Bill wouldn't confirm that the show would happen. So I guess we'll know if we catch a promo of that on TV. The legendary, always delightful & funny Debbie Reynolds came on, dancing her way to the song "Singing In The Rain," with Ellen. Did you know she's already 72??!! Boy, she sure doesn't look or act it, man! Anyway, Debbie has been entertaining people for the past 55 years...I mean, she was in the classic musical, "Singing In The Rain," singing and dancing away alongside screen legend, Gene Kelly, for crying out loud!! Boy, and she's still kicking! Debbie has a one-woman show going & she's been traveling everywhere performing it - singing, dancing, and doing impressions!! And before you can catch another breath, there she was, right in front of Ellen & the audience, spitting out some good Katherine Hepburn & Barbra Streisand impressions!! Woww! Debbie is in the new movie, "Connie & Carla" co-starring with Nia Vardalos, David Duchovny & Toni Collette. When Ellen asked how she got involved with the movie, guess what she said? "They were looking for somebody to play Debbie Reynolds & I was still alive & I know Debbie Reynolds real well, so.." Ellen was expressing to Debbie how much in awe she was of her for her long-lasting career but before Ellen knew it, Debbie responded with this: "I thought I'd have retired by now but I kept marrying idiots!!" Guffaw! Guffaw!! Yup, Debbie rendered Ellen absolutely speechless with that remark!! That's classic wicked Debbie Reynolds, man! Hilarious! You can also catch Debbie in action on "Will & Grace," playing Debra Messing's mom. The big finish today was Ellen "trying" to do some archery! She actually tried doing that but failed miserably at the beginning of the show, poor thing. So, obviously she was determined to get it done by the end of the show! But this time around, she managed to let go of the arrow successfully and it hit pretty close to the target! But her 2nd shot went into the wall instead! Funny!! |
| April 23, 2004
(Notable Guests: David Bowie, Tina Fey) |
Tina Fey, from "Saturday Night Live," came on. FYI, she's the 1st woman head writer on
the long-running NBC variety show! Fantastic! But when Ellen brought it up, Tina just brushed it off quickly, saying
that it wasn't really a big deal & she was the co-head writer. Ellen mentioned that the last time they saw each other was at the
Emmys which Tina quickly told everyone an incident that happened when she saw Ellen, much to Ellen's embarrassment!
Apparently, Ellen was very hungry after the Award show was over, so she was busy gobbling up some food at the after-party.
But since everybody seems to know Ellen, a lot of people came up to her while she was eating, wanting to talk to her. So by the time
Tina came by & tapped her on the shoulder, she was probably already wishing that people would just leave her alone to finish
her meal! Tina had wanted to congratulate Ellen about her new talk show but guess what, Ellen did not recognize her at all,
especially when Tina was all dressed up and wasn't wearing any glasses! So Ellen just quickly said 'Hi
' to the woman next to her whom she didn't know it was her idol, Tina Fey, then, and turned back to chow down on her
food. Only after Tina left her table did she realized, "Was that Tina Fey?" who
probably thought how rude Ellen was for brushing her off like that! So she literally tracked down Tina to apologize! How sweet
was she, eh? Then they talked about Tina writing for "SNL." Ellen asked if there had been any celebrity who
confronted her about her wicked parodies on them. Tina remembered that one of the parodies she wrote where Gwyneth Paltrow
played Sharon Stone got her into a little bit of trouble - apparently Sharon Stone was not very pleased with the parody
about her but good thing she didn't know that Tina was the one who wrote it! Ellen immediately reminded Tina that even
if Sharon didn't know before, she would, now that Tina just "owned up" on this show! Then Tina also told
everyone that Barbara Walters once wrote a cryptic letter to the "SNL" writers apparently after a parody about
"The View". While the letter sounded pleasant and everything, but by the end of reading the letter, everyone knew what
Barbara meant - it was like, "Yeah, yeah, it was funny & all, but that's it, enough, no more!"
Tina has a new movie coming out at the end of the month, "Mean Girls," which she wrote
as well. Ellen was raving about how smart & funny it was after watching the advance screening yesterday. Lindsay Lohan, from
"Freaky Friday", who, BTW, will be one of the Ellen's guests next week, stars in it as well. Tinatalked about
writing the teen comedy, how absolutely mean teens can be especially in this day & age. "Mean Girls" opens on
April 30th. Do check it out if you're interested! David Bowie performed one of his classic songs before sitting down with Ellen to have a little chat.
Elln told David she's been a fan of his since a long time ago. He's starts his tour soon and is busy preparing for it. Ellen
showed everyone some cool pictures of David and long-time wife, Iman, posing for Tommy Hilfiger. David was proud
to tell everyone that he & Iman have been married for 18 years & going strong! Hey, did you know that before David
decided to become a singer/performer, he studied to be a mime??! When Ellen mentioned that, hoping to catch some mime action from
David, but he refused - smart decision! He said that mimes are not viewed in a positive light at all in the U.S. while in the
U.K., it's a little better. David performed another song from his new CD, "Reality." The big finish today was a little "tea party" with Ellen, David, Tony, and Tina! |
| April 22, 2004
(Notable Guests: Janet Jackson, David Arquette) |
The wait's over. Janet Jackson came on, looking real good with her fabulous abs showing & all! Ellen started raving about Janet's great performance on "Saturday Night Live" where she actually poked fun at herself about the recent hoopla about her breast-showing stint at the Superbowl, only this time she "bared" her breast as "Condoleeza Rice"!!! If you saw Janet's performance on "SNL," you'll know what the joke was about! Anyway, Ellen raved about how good an actress Janet is and mentioned that people tend to overlook her acting talent which is obviously overshadowed by her status as a great pop star/performer. Then something happened during their sit-down chat. There was some fizzling noise from Janet's mic, so Ellen interrupted the interview to check if Janet's hair was causing that noise, which Janet gave her a puzzled look! Then of 'coz Ellen couldn't pass up the golden opportunity to get her 2 cents in about Janet's infamous stint that's causing a ruckus in the nation - "Well, those malfunctions happen! " which cause the audience to erupt into screams of laughter! Janet was a great sport, she was laughing & was obviously amused by Ellen's inescapable joke! But Ellen, being the expert interview that she's gotten now, immediately changed the subject and went back to talking about Janet's acting skills & asked if she was going to do any more acting. Janet's actually reading some scripts sent to her but because she's going to prepare for her tour, it's unlikely that she'll get into acting anytime soon. She starts touring in September. Her 1st stop is gonna be Vancouver because she'll be doing the production rehearsals in that city. Then Ellen asked, "Can I be a back-up singer?" Janet looked at her, amused, "Can you sing?" "Not really...Can I dance with you?" replied Ellen. Then again, Janet gave her an amused look and asked, "Can you dance?" Then caught herself 'coz she'd seen Ellen dance & quickly yelled, "Yes, of 'coz you can! Yes!" She even told Ellen that she had rhythm which obviously pleased Ellen when she proudly exclaimed, "I'm part of the Rhythm Nation!" Then Janet seriously hoped that Ellen would get up on stage to dance with her in her concert! Wow, wouldn't it be fantastic to see Ellen showing up on stage with Janet at the concert?! Well, it may happen, folks!! Never say never, when Ellen is concerned!! There were 2 things that Ellen wanted to do with Janet while she was there. First, she wanted to do some work-out stuff with Janet & then, of 'coz dance so she could get some dance tips from her guest. For the work-out, Ellen tried to convince Janet to do something with those big exercise balls but Janet wouldn't 'coz the balls that Ellen had were much smaller than those that she has. Also, she only uses them for her back, not for anything else that Ellen suggested. But being a good sport, Janet suggested rollers instead. Good thing Ellen's crew was prepared for that 'coz Ellen didn't even know what they were for! Anyway, Janet showed Ellen how to use the rollers to stretch out the abs. Gosh, it looked really difficult. Even jocky Ellen couldn't do it the 1st time around! Then Ellen invited Janet's choreographer and several audience members to do some dancing with her and Janet. It was funny as Janet started to teach Ellen how to move her abs & butt! David Arquette came on, all dressed up Vegas-style, with a hat, smokes in one hand & a drink in another! Yup, Rat Pack style, which coincided with his new Showtime movie called, "Stealing Sinatra." But the drink turned out to be apple juice and David doesn't smoke anymore, so obviously the cigarette wasn't lighted! FYI, the movie's based on a true story of the real kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr., which caused some controversy when Frank Sinatra, Jr., was rumored to have been involved in his own kidnapping. Anyway, the movie's a dark comedy which also stars William H. Macy. David was actually confronted by Frank Sinatra, Jr. while he was in Vegas because of his involvement in "Stealing Sinatra" which wass obviously not approved by the Sinatra family! But it ended up well, much to David's relief! Then Ellen asked about Courtney Cox's pregnancy & how the couple was preparing for the arrival for the baby who's due in July. David was a little fidgety & at a loss at what to do with their 3 dogs 'coz they couldn't think of how to prepare them for the baby, especially since 2 of them sleep in the couple's bed every night. David & Courtney are also busy throwing around names for their baby - Gizmo if it's a boy & Saxperella if it's a girl!!! Jeez!!! Now if nothing's gonna screw up the kid when he or she grows up, his/her given name's gonna do the trick, I tell ya!! It was very funny indeed especially the horrified look that Ellen gave David on hearing those God-awful, twisted names!! The Big Finish today was very special - in fact, Ellen told everyone it was her BEST one so far!
So guess what it turned out to be? Well, Ellen approached the audience and started to conduct the crowd to sing the show's theme song
a capella!!!! That was simply fantabulous, man!! |
| April 21, 2004
(Notable Guests: John Travolta, Goran Visjnic) |
First up, the one, the only, JOHN TRAVOLTA!!!! Gosh, can't believe this guy's 50 already!! He came on dressed casually in jeans and danced with Ellen! Obviously, Ellen was very excited to see John as she's been his fan (remember he was mentioned in her latest book? Well..) for a long time. Haven't we all been, eh? Anyway, Ellen started asking John about his recent 50th birthday celebration. His wife, Kelly Preston, actually planned it for a whole year and kept it from John without his knowing about it! It was a surprise birthday bash which was held in Mexico. Yup, Kelly actually had all the guests flew all the way to Mexico just to celebrate John's birthday! Talk about the love, the commitment that Kelly has for John!! Awww...what a great couple! So, he was explaining to Ellen about the whole surprise thing which he didn't even know, even after Kelly brought him to the hotel where he spotted some celebrities already! He actually thought it was probably a coincidence to see them instead of suspecting that they were the guests of his own birthday party!! And because Kelly told the guests not to shout out, "Surprise!" when they saw John. So everyone was pretty quiet sitting there and poor John actually thought they were employees of the hotel! Imagine that!! He had NO CLUE!! Wow!! The funniest thing was, when he finally saw Oprah & Barbra walking toward him, he thought he'd died & gone to heaven!! Anyway, the guest list was phenomenal - Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Carly Simon, Oprah Winfrey, Natalie Cole, you name 'em, they were there, most probably!!!! Anyway, John told everyone that by the time Tony Bennett sang "Fly Me To The Moon" to him, he was literally in tears sobbing...snot..all over his face (which wasn't a pretty sight, I bet!), getting so touched by the whole thing! So it was truly an unforgettable event for him. Ellen asked if what he's gonna do for Kelly's birthday, if he was gonna top it with something even more extravagant. John uttered that Kelly's not 50 yet for the next 10 years and he always does something special for Kelly's birthday, so her BIG milestone should be celebrated when she turns 50. Then Ellen showed everyone a picture of John & Kelly on the cover of Architectural Digest , posing in their home. In the background of the picture, sure enough, there was a jet parked right outside the car port, like any car, only this one's a jet!!! Gee leweez!! John actually built the house around his jets, as he'd always wanted ever since the 60s era! He's also a vintage car collector. In front of his house, he has some cool vintage wheels including a '55 and '57 T-bird!! Ellen couldn't stop raving about his house, his jet, vintage cars and what have ya! So John happily suggested that Ellen should do her show at his house one day! Gee, now THAT'S a wonderful offer Ellen shouldn't pass up! Well, we'll see if that indeed comes true, eh? After that, the both of them talked about John's new movie, "The Punisher," in which he plays a villain. He told everyone he had fun making it, playing a villain again, especially when this movie's based on a comic book. The movie also stars Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. John didn't really pitch the movie much, though, which hmm...may say a lot about it! Well, we don't really know. One thing's for sure is, he had fun being in it! Now, did you know that John wears his underwear inside out 'coz of the labels/tags that keep bothering his skin? Ellen does that too! Both of them actually cut out the hanging tags from their clothing! Now THAT'S attitude, man!! Goran Visjnic, from the long-running NBC hit drama, "ER," came on. He also has a
new movie coming out, "Close Your Eyes." Ellen tackled Goran's last name first off, asking how it should be
pronounced. As you may know, Goran's from Croatia. As with other Croatians' last names, Goran's is just as complicated.
It's actually pronounced as "Vi(ch)ni(ch)"!! Then Ellen asked what "ER" was in Crotian, and messed it up
when she tried to pronounce it after Goran! It was funny! Anyway, Goran was living in Crotia & his first movie,
"Welcome To Sarajevo," brought him to the US as he did some promotions for the movie. Then he started getting some gigs
here and there including an appearance in Madonna's sexy music video, "Power To Say Goodbye," in which he had to
kiss the diva!! Anyway, he was traveling back and forth between the US and Croatia all that while. Then one day, his agent called him
up to tell him about a casting call for a role in "ER." He couldn't believe it 'coz "ER" was the #1
foreign drama airing in Croatia at that time! So, he went for an audition & the rest is history! Additionally, he decided to move to
the US permanently after he got a job in the long-running hit drama series. |
| April 20, 2004
(Notable Guests: Barry Manilow, Nia Vardalos) |
Barry Manilow sang his classic hit, "Mandy." Before Barry went to sit with Ellen for a chat, Ellen admitted that she was one of Barry's "Fanilows" (fans). There were quite a few "Fanilows" in the audience as well. The first thing Barry did after he sat down beside Ellen was to take out the Ellen Boxer Shorts that he was given backstage from his pocket to show Ellen! He couldn't believe it so he had to ask her if it wasn't a joke! Ellen found out that Barry recently had a heart scare, which also happened to Ellen a couple of years ago. He had some fibrillations when he was busy preparing for shows, so he knew that the stress caused it. He had to go to the hospital & had the same procedure Ellen had to stop the fibrillations. As if that wasn't enough, Ellen also found out that Barry had a freak accident in his hotel room in the middle of the night - he walked right into the wall while stumbling to find the bathroom in the dark! Barry's also going to be the celebrity judge on "American Idol" today. But he only agreed to do it if he could get to work with the contestants & do some extreme makeovers of his songs to suit each of them. And he did that with those kids for weeks to prepare for it! Talk about being total commitment, man! FYI, before Barry got famous, he used to write songs for commercials - Dr. Pepper, State Farm Insurance, & Band Aid. Impressive! Nia Vardalos, best known for her suprising & instant success of her "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" movie, & now with a new movie which she also wrote in theatres now, "Connie & Carla," came on. She and Ellen obviously know each other. They were chatting so cosily. She also admitted that she's a "Fanilow" as well, disclosing that she fell in love with Barry Manilow's song, "Mandy" when she was 17! Ellen then talked about Nia's last name, saying that even though they're friends, she was still struggling to pronounce it correctly. Vardalos is actually pronounced as "Var" and "Dallas" together. Her real full name is actually Antonia Eugenia Vardalos. Ellen asked what "Vardalos" meant and Nia explained that in English, it meant "Miller." Ellen then said she knew what her first name meant, which was "Ruth." So her name's actually "Ruth Miller!!" Then she started calling Nia "Ruth"! It was funny! Ellen then asked Nia about "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and how it was first noticed. FYI, Nia wrote it for her one-woman show on stage. But Rita Wilson, Tom Hank's wife, who's also Greek, saw the show and immediately told Tom about it. The next thing Nia knew, she got a phone call from Tom asking if he & Rita could make it into a movie! Nia talked about how the success of the movie had all kinds of people from different cultures & ethnicity walking up to her appreciating the story which they related so well! There was one woman who came up to her & insisted that Nia accept her gift, which was a good-luck bracelet. After a few rejections from Nia, the woman suddenly exclaimed, "Listen! I'm having a menopause. You do not want to make me mad!!" Of 'coz, Nia immediately took the gift!! And she gave it to Ellen because it was supposed to be given to someone she loves & she loves Ellen!! That was so sweet of her! Then they talked about Nia's new movie, "Connie & Carla." Nia talked about the reason she wrote it was because she did a lot of musical theatres before so she wanted to write something about that. But she remembered feeling weird writing about the romantic part, like typing in "I'm kissing David Duchovny," & while she was saying that she looked at Ellen and uttered, "Jealous?" in a mischievous way. At that moment, the audience erupted into fits of laughter, screams & claps & Ellen gave Nia the "look" - well, we all know that the last thing on Ellen's mind is to feel jealous about Nia kissing David Duchovny, right? It was hilarious because the moment the audience erupted, Nia realized what she just said 'coz I'm sure in the midst of their girl-talk, she "forgot" so she was literally in tears from laughter at her "mistake"!!! Ellen just looked at her like, "Am I jealous?! Are you kiddin' me?!!" Classic, man!! The big finish today was fantastic!!! Barry played "Copacabana" on the piano while Ellen & Nia, wrapped with those "feathery things" (you know what I'm talking about!), sang & danced around him & the piano! |
| April 19, 2004
(Notable Guests: Dennis Franz, Elizabeth Cuthbert) |
Dennis Franz came on looking a little overwhelmed by the cheering crowd, the dancing & the music! He was looking at Ellen in amazement & said, "You got yourself your own American Bandstand here!" Then he pitched in about food that needs work - pomegrenates! Well, Ellen wouldn't know 'coz she doesn't eat 'em! Anyway, Ellen was saying that she & Dennis only see each other at award shows & Dennis added that it's even harder when Ellen's been hosting virtually all of them now! Ellen started talking about Dennis' long-running hit TV drama, "NYPD Blue," which is in its 11th year now. Apparently, the show's gonna wrap up its series finale next year. Then Ellen commented that she'd like to show everyone a clip from the show which she really liked. Imagine our surprise when we saw Tony in it!! Yeah, he had a cameo playing a criminal arrested for questioning and he had a Jamaican accent!!! That was really funny! Guess what, apparently Dennis has done 30 different cop roles!! And his "Siepowitz" character's his 28th!!! WOW!! Talk about type-casting, indeed!! Ellen tried to drill some tips from Dennis about what to expect in the series finale next year but even Dennis himself doesn't know what's going to happen. Oh well, guess we'll just have to tune in! "NYPD Blue" airs on Tuesdays at 10p on ABC. Elizabeth Cuthbert from "24" and the new teen movie, "Girl Next Door" came dancing her way out! She quickly admitted that she's not good in dancing at all especially when she's around people who're really good in it. FYI, Elizabeth's boyfriend actually grew up with Justin Timberlake, much to Ellen's surprise! Elizabeth was telling Ellen that the other day, when she and her boyfriend were preparing her to come on the show, Justin stopped by to see what they were doing! Then he helped her prepare for it when he pretended to be Ellen!! Of 'coz Ellen immediately perked up on hearing this & had this smug look after that! She was like, "So, Justin was pretending to be me, huh? Well... it's just a matter of time!" saying it so self-gratifyingly! Elizabeth's Canadian. She's from Montreal, to be exact. Yes, you've guessed it - Ellen immediately
asked if she spoke French. Obviously, Elizabeth does & Ellen tried to speak it, too! So, Elizabeth was trying to teach
her some phrases & words - it was really funny to hear how Ellen tried to pronounce them with a French accent! She did quite well...
of 'coz her American accent was still painfully audible. Ellen then went on to talk about Elizabeth's work on Fox's hit
drama, "24." She found out that Elizabeth had a bad incident happened to her on the set of "24" &
asked the bubbly Canadian to elaborate. Apparently, while doing a scene with a cougar on "24," Elizabeth was
bitten by the big cat!! The cougar actually had its teeth sunken into her palm with her thumb & index finger completely inside the
cat's mouth! During that time, she and the cat had "a moment" where Elizabeth stared straight at it and prayed,
"Please don't eat my thumb!" 'coz all she could think of was if she lost her thumb, it'd be bad
'coz the thumb's oh so crucial for virtually anything. She wouldn't be able to pick anything up if she lost her thumb! Then all of a
sudden, the cougar let go of her hand without the trainer having to do anything! But she had to go to the ER, though. The funniest
thing was the reaction of the ER staff - because the scene which she was doing had her covered in fake blood, the ER staff thought she
was actually mauled by the cougar when she was brought in!! So they were screaming, "Oh my God! She's been mauled!! Hurry, get the
stretcher!!" She had to calm them down before they realized that it was only her hand that the cougar attacked! But
she ended up having scars which she showed Ellen. It was a good thing the cougar was de-clawed or poor Elizabeth would have
incurred much more serious injuries because the cougar also used its paws to attack her as well! Jeez, what a scary thing to happen!!
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| April 9, 2004
(Notable Guests: Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Henry Winkler, Hugh Dancy) |
Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson, the 2 lovebirds came on bringing Ellen a snack made of peanut butter & banana, which Ellen didn't eat it due to obvious reasons [well, the peanut butter would definitely stick to Ellen's teeth, mouth & everywhere else making it hard for her to talk, that's why!]. Nick & Jessica, as you know, have a reality show on MTV, "The Newlyweds" & now have a variety show called "The Nick & Jessica Show" starting this Sunday at 9p on ABC. The variety show is basically an updated version of the popular "Sonny & Cher Show". To pay homage to the classic show, Nick & Jessica did their rendition of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" in this Sunday's episode. This couple is on every major magazine cover, which Ellen showed to everyone. Ellen asked, "Is fame tearing you apart?" Nick joked, "NO, we're bound by TV contracts now, we can't go anywhere!" Apparently they both met at LA's Hollywood Parade & dated for 4 years before they got married. Actually, to be exact, they broke up first before they got married 'coz Jessica, being only 18 then, wanted to experience the whole dating game before finally settling down. Jessica explained that she wouldn't have to look back with regret had she not been able to experience the whole dating game before getting hitched. But she knew well then that she'd marry Nick. Whereas Nick, being older & had gone to college, & had done the dating stuff already, so he agreed to wait for Jessica patiently. What a nice guy! Ellen then asked if they were going to have a baby which they both said yes. However not anytime soon because they want to spend a few years exploring their careers first, plus they wanna be alone without the cameras (as you know they're living their lives with cameras around their house because of their reality show) before plunging into the world of making babies. Ellen then commented that Jessica's a very messy person while Nick is very clean and organized. She's amazed at how messy Jessica can be, from watching their reality show! So Ellen presented her with a starter-kit - a hamper filled with all kinds of cleaning stuff including the Swiffer which Jessica proclaimed she loves very much! Ellen then announced that everyone can catch Jessica perfoming at the upcoming "VH1's Diva Live" and they will auction off "VH1's Diva Live" tickets on eBay to benefit ASPCA. You can find out all about it when you go to the show's official site. Henry "The Fonce" Winkler came on looking very happy to see Ellen. Both are long-time friends. When they sat down, Henry just looked at the studio and the audience and said, "I'm here on Ellen! Everybody that I know is thrilled that I'm on your show!" You can see that Henry really likes and admires Ellen very much, which was mutual with Ellen. She asked why he wasn't on her show sooner but he explained that he'd been traveling. The moment he stopped traveling, the first thing he did was to come on her show! Wow, that's what friends are for! Ellen then raved about the corky FOX sitcom, "Arrested Development" which Henry guest stars in. He's supposedly only gonna appear in 1 episode but he's already done 6 so far!! Good for him! Henry's also an author of children's books! FYI, Henry was dyslexic while growing up. So his books (so far, he's published 5) are about this boy named Hank Zipzer, who's basically based on Henry himself, who goes through all sorts of life experiences. Ellen commented that she really likes the titles of the books which are pretty funny & corky, e.g. "Niagara Falls..Or Does It?", "The Zipperty Zinger", & "The Day I Flunk My Field Trip". Henry's so proud of his books he was literally hugging them with pride!! Aww, that's sweet! Jessica performed her rendition of the classic Berlin single, "Take My Breath Away" from her new CD. Unfortunately, she screwed up a little, IMHO, when she hit the really high notes toward the end of the song. Or, perhaps, it was her style....who knows? Hugh Dancy, who'll be seen in the new movie, "Ella Enchanted" which he stars opposite Anne Hathaway, came on. He's a Brit so naturally Ellen asked if he knew Tony!! Hugh's also from London, but specifically from Stoke-On-Trent, a small neighborhood in the Greater London area. Coincidentally, Hugh's also not a fan of birds like Tony!! He just moved into a new flat and he's been having pigeon problems! Apparently, pigeons are laying eggs on his balcony, much to his dismay!! And the constant pigeon sounds are creeping the hell out of the poor guy especially early in the morning!! Ellen was busy asking Hugh about his Brit lifestyle they didn't have time to get into his movie, "Ella Enchanted." But since he's the 3rd one coming on the show to promote the movie, Ellen just gave her own pitch of the movie, urging everyone to go check it out 'coz it's funny, it's a semi-musical thing, etc.. The Big Finish today was all the guests coming out riding the scooters around the stage! Poor Jessica just couldn't control hers and had to be helped by Ellen!! Funny! |
| April 8, 2004
(Notable Guests: Cedric The Entertainer, Anne Hathaway) |
Cedric The Entertainer came on & did some cool moves with Ellen. Guess what, apparently Ellen and Cedric never met before the show despite both of them being comedians! Well, probably because Cedric started out much later than Ellen did. He started out in St. Louis and performed at the "Funny Bones" comedy club which Ellen did her stand-ups there before. Then he went on to perform at the Def Comedy Jams & finally in the Original Kings of Comedy. Ellen had to ask about his unusual name. Apparently because he was doing different renditions of songs using different singers' voices and the fact that he preferred to be called "the entertainer" instead of "the comedian," he got stuck with Cedric The Entertainer . Then they talked about his new movie, "Johnson Family Vacation" which also stars Vanessa L. Williams. It's basically a comedy that's more or less like Chevy Chase's "National Lampoon" movies. Cedric has 3 kids, the youngest being only 4-months-old. It's also Cedric's 40th birthday coming soon. Anne Hathaway, from the hit Disney movie, "Princess Diaries" fame, came on. Anne interrupted Ellen mid-way when she started talking to say this, "Can I say it's a pleasure for me to be here?" So sweet! Apparently, Anne's been a fan of Ellen ever since she was 10, watching Ellen's stand-up routines on Comedy Central, much to Ellen's surprise and delight! "Makes me feel so old," muttered Ellen! But Anne, or Annie, as everyone calls her, said, "But you look great!" Ellen, looking all embarrassed replied, "Well, thanks! I actually don't feel old at all!" Annie just turned 21 in November. She recalled hating her teenage years 'coz she was looking to the future, feeling the doom coming. But now that she's 21, she's looking to the future with the issue of death looming! Ellen commented that there's doom even after turning 21 but the drinking helps! Annie's in college but still finds time to do movies. She loves going to college. Her major is English which she explained, "I guess I got a thing for the Dead Poets!" Her minor is International Politics, which she really wants to get into. While she'll still act but the most important thing for her is to finish her studies. Bravo, Annie!! You can catch Annie in action in her new movie, "Ella Enchanted" which hits theatres this Friday. The Big Finish today was Ellen's presentation of a huge birthday cake for Cedric & a gift which turned out to be a bicycle & he wasn't really excited in riding it! |
| April 7, 2004
(Notable Guests: David Duchovny, Poppy Montgomery, Sarah Harmer) |
David Duchovny came out looking very casual with a creasy dress-shirt! Then he took Ellen's hand and started dancing "a go-go" style with her!! Ellen then asked to see his "booty" & he did! They both haven't seen each other for a while. Ellen asked when the last time was and David muttered, "It was at your house! " Apparently, he was at the gym & was going to shower at one of his friends' house first before he went on Ellen's show, but his friend never showed up. So he didn't even shower when he came on! Ellen then did a crazy thing - she bent over to smell David!! Then with an "icky" expression, she uttered, "No, you haven't!" Then David, who obviously heard that Tony hates birds, wanted to make a bird sound in his attempt to scare him! Well, he tried to do a "goose" sound, pretty loudly but it came out sounding hilariously funny, much to his dismay! Ellen exclaimed, "What was that?! That's not gonna scare anybody! That sounds like a seal!" Then Ellen did the inevitable - she started making "seal" sounds - very real, I might add!! And before anyone knew it, both David and Ellen were making these animals' sounds, David with his "goose" sound and Ellen with her "seal" ones!! It was like watching both humans doing the goose & seal talk!! Priceless!! Just brought the whole house down with uncontrollable laughter! And if you think that David was done with his out-of-this-world sounds, he wasn't finished. He went on telling Ellen that when he was in high school, he and his friends would talk in these weird tones to annoy people, and he demonstrated that! So now we know that David was a real prankster as a kid! Ellen warned him that he'd get his karma when his kids grow up, which David immediately said that his kids are already doing it to him! David has 2 kids, one is 5 years old and the other is 2. After the commercial break, they began talking about David's new movie, "Connie & Carla," which co-stars Nia Vardalos, from the "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" fame. It's an unusual romantic comedy about a guy who falls in love with a drag queen who's actually a woman, but the guy doesn't know! A real gender-bender, so to speak! Then Ellen told David that she heard about another "X-Files" movie which David said it'd be sometime in the future when it's finally a go - good news for those of us who're "The X-Files" fans! Finally, Ellen brought up a documentary that David recently did for the ASPCA about the over-population of pets in the country, "Best Friends Forgotten" & urged everyone to watch it. Both Ellen & David then urged everyone who's looking for a pet to go to the shelters to adopt since there are many unwanted pets waiting to be adopted or saved. David also brought his dog on the show which did a special trick for the Big Finish. Poppy Montgomery came on and Ellen kept calling her "Poppy, Poppy!" As many of you may be aware, Poppy is Australian. Apparently, Poppy Montgomery isn't her full name. Ellen found out about it and made her tell everyone what her full name was, much to her embarrassment, wailing that her mom would never talk to her again if she did! But she finally did. You ready? Poppy's full name is...."Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Devaroe Donahue Montgomery"!!!! Ellen was like, "That's not necessary!" Then she made Poppy tell everyone her siblings' names as well!! She has 4 sisters and 1 brother. Her sisters are called "Rosie Thorn," "Daisy Yellow," "Marigold Sun," and "Lily Bell," while his brother's called "Jethro Tull" and everyone just laughed their heads off including Ellen. AND, her dad's name is "Philip (Phil) Donahue," which Poppy quickly insisted that it was just pure coincidence!! So Ellen then had to call up Poppy's mom, Nicola, to talk about these names! She just dialed the number and Poppy couldn't believe it, saying that her mom's in Australia!! Well, the line got through but alas, it was the answering machine. So you know what Ellen did? Yes, she left a message saying, "Nicola. It's Ellen. Ellen Elephant Donkey Ceramic Bowl Yellow Flower Coffee Cup Table Blue Carpeting DeGeneres, sitting together with your daughter, Poppy! Call us! " By then the whole studio was in fits of laughter!! Poppy, in the midst of laughing, "That message, she'll save that for the rest of her life!!" Then Ellen asked if her mom was a hippy because of those flowery names. Poppy didn't think she was. And his brother's name, Jethro Tull, you'd think that her mom named him after the famous band, "Jethro Tull," but no, she didn't think so either 'coz she didn't remember seeing or hearing any of Jethro Tull's songs or albums while she was growing up & said, "Jethro..she just liked the name, I guess, & Tull....was a.natural..progression!" With that Ellen gave her a look of wonder & asked, "Did Mommy smoke the Poppy?!" Another wave of laughter and clapping from the studio!! It was just hilarious & priceless!!Finally, they played a game called "Celebrity Head." Sarah Harmer performed a song from her new CD, "All Of Our Names." The Big Finish today was a performance of a special trick by David's dog. David kicked the ball hard on the dog's head, much to Ellen's dismay 'coz she thought it'd hurt the poor dog, but no, the dog just caught it in her mouth in such a quick action which amazed everyone! She could even roll the ball back to David! How cute is the doggy!!! |
| April 6, 2004
(Notable Guests: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jamie Gertz) |
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson came on (it's his 2nd visit to Ellen's show!) looking cool as usual. Hey, did you know that he's a huge donut fan?! Well, donuts from "Dunkin' Donuts" to be exact. So, Ellen tested his ability to differentiate various kinds of donuts by blindfolding him! And he got everything right, even down to who made those donuts, i.e. Krispy Kreme, etc.!! Wow! You can catch The Rock in action in his new movie, "Walking Tall," which hits theatres this weekend. Jamie Gertz came on looking...VERY TANNED!!!! Ellen was like, "I look like a ghost sitting next to you!" Apparently, Jamie and her family spent a week in Mexico during Spring Break, so naturally she's tanned now. FYI, Jamie has 3 sons & she never takes pictures at all! So Ellen immediately took out a Polaroid camera and took a pic of her & then of the 2 of them! The last time Jamie & Ellen met was at this year's Nicklelodeon Kids' Choice Awards show when Ellen got an award for "Finding Nemo." Jamie's on CBS' hit sitcom, "Still Standing" which airs every Monday at 8:30p. Today's big finish was The Rock & Ellen performing "Another Saturday Night" where the big man played the guitar & Ellen played the samba!! She also brought out the people who were in the Riff-Raff Room. |
| April 5, 2004
(Notable Guests: Jamie Foxx, Selma Blair) |
Jamie Foxx came on looking cool & collected as usual. Did you know that Jamie started out as a musician - as a classical pianist, to be exact, playing in clubs in San Diego?! Wow! He then went to L.A. & did stand-up, doing impressions of different celebs like he used to in school. As you might have guessed, his name, "Jamie Foxx," is only his stage name. His original name is actually Eric Bishop! He got his stage name when he started doing stand-up 15 years ago and got stuck with it since then. Jamie has a 10-year-old daughter who loves watching Ellen's show! Jamie's new film, "Redemption ," a drama inspired by a true story about a ring-leader from the L.A. Cribs who's convicted & sent to death row for something he supposedly committed. He was put in solitary confinement for 6 years! While in there, he wrote children's books, got some attention, & later was nominated for the Noble's Peace Price! Jamie plays that character. He was very proud about the film which was accepted to Sundance, Cannes & the Pan-African film festivals. In the movie, he also had to gain some weight - from his old weight of 159 lbs. to 225 lbs.! Ellen then asked him to play something on the electric piano & he did a jazz rendition of the Show's main theme song! Man, Jamie has a beautiful voice! And then he did a Ray Charles impression & it was simply perfecto! Selma Blair came on wearing very little (a Spring-type of sun dress) so Ellen kept asking if she was cold!! Ellen announced that Selma just got married with her long-time friend, Ahmed Zappa (yes, the son of the legendary Frank Zappa!) after only 8 days of dating! Selma was really funny talking about how she told her mom that she was gonna get married! Her mom's a judge. Needless to say, her mom was totally shocked & exclaimed, "Oh noooo!!! Who are these people?!!" But guess what, her mom has a big poster of Frank Zappa in her bedroom!! That's so funny & ironic! Anyway, Ellen spent Thanksgiving at the Zappas' house. Ellen then asked Selma about her dog & showed a pic of him. He only has one eye!! Poor doggy!! Yup, Selma, like many other dog-lovers, adopted him from the shelter. You can catch Selma in action in her new movie, "Hellboy," which opens this Friday. |
| April 2, 2004
(Notable Guests: Kristin Davis, Esai Morales, Chaka Khan) |
Kristin Davis came on and before she could start talking, she was tearing up already at the mention of the recently ended HBO hit series, "Sex and the City"!!! The show had a great 7-year run which she'll never forget for quite a while. Ellen remarked, "I watched the show every Sunday night & I had no idea what you were talking about." And Kristin replied, "I know. Me neither!" Kristin mentioned that she met Ellen many years ago but couldn't remember when exactly. So she & Ellen obviously know each other. "Sex and the City" is about to be syndicated 5 times a week so she and the rest of the cast members are still doing press. Ellen asked if the show's gonna be made into a movie and Kristin enthusiastically said "I hope so!" She met the show's writer, Michael Patrick King, recently and asked him if the movie's gonna be made. Michael's writing it and she apparently has seen the storyline which she simply loves it. As she was telling Ellen about it, she was so excited that Ellen immediately commented, "Well, I hope you get to do it, then. If not, you can come & act it out here everyday!" Ellen was telling everyone that Kristin is nothing like her character on "Sex.." In real life, Kristin is single and is completely fine with it. She doesn't feel that she needs to get married. She has a golden retriever & is happy with her dog, friends and her wonderful life. Esai Morales came on. If you remember, he was first known from his role in "La Bamba" which shot him to stardom. He's been in several TV series, including "NYPD Blue" which he recently retired from & currently in PBS' family drama, "The American Family" which focuses on a Latino-American family. Esai said he feels responsible for his Latino heritage to be in "The American Family" to represent & hopefully put Latinos in the family table that is TV. The legendary Chaka Khan performed one of her classic hit songs and then sat down to have a little chat with Ellen. She heads an organization called "The Chaka Khan Foundation" which focuses on aiding women and children who're having problems. She's also doing a charity walkathon for Autism which will be held at the Dodgers Stadium. Apart from being busy with running her own foundation and doing charities, she also has hew very own chocolate brand, "Chakalates" which are sold at Neiman Marcus! As the big finish for today, Chaka Khan performed another one of her classic hits which was Ellen's favorite. |
| April 1, 2004
(Notable Guests: Penny Marshall, Tori Spelling) |
Penny Marshall came on & gave Ellen some long-sleeved shirts made by actress, Lori Petty. The shirts all had designs in the front showing various political/social commentary. Penny told Ellen that she watches her show, or rather, TiVoes all the episodes. Ellen told everyone that Penny just recently had a big birthday bash which Penny quickly remarked that Ellen didn't attend! Ellen raved about Penny always giving the best birthday parties. Apparently Penny and Carrie Fisher plan their birthday parties together 'coz their birthdays are only 6 days apart. So they decided to do it simultaneously, alternating the location of their annual party between their homes. This year, Penny revealed that some of the Laker players attended their party too! FYI, Penny's a huge Laker fan. She even names her 2 dogs after Magic Johnson & Larry Bird!! Of 'coz, being a Laker fan, she named the dumber one Larry Bird! Ellen found out that Penny loves to collect magnets, and showed everyone pictures of Penny's kitchen cabinets that were filled with countless magnets! Penny explained that she did it because her cabinets looked too white for her taste so putting some magnets on them would lessen the blinding effect of the whiteness. Penny also talked about how she's still being recognized as "Laverne," from her classic sitcom, "Laverne & Shirley" even after the show ended so many years ago! But now that Lifetime is airing the sitcom twice a day, the younger generation will also recognize her as her character, "Laverne." Penny also took the chance to promote the new release of her 1991 movie, "A League Of Their Own" in special edition which includes deleted scenes and her commentary. Tori Spelling came on. Both Ellen & Tori had never met before. Ellen asked her about how the popularity of the long-running hit show, "Beverly Hills 90210," had changed Tori's life. Tori mentioned that since the show's in syndication and being aired on FX daily, she now has a new generation of fans. Ellen then asked about her dad, Aaron Spelling's famous huge house in Beverly Hills. Apparently, Tori never grew up in that house. She only lived there for a very short period of time. But she grew up hating large rooms, nonetheless. So her current residence is actually an apartment. FYI, Tori is engaged and will be married this summer. You can catch Tori Spelling in the sitcom, "The Help " on WB. The big finish today was a great tap dance performance by Ellen and her guests, Penny Marshall & Tori Spelling! |
| March 31, 2004
(Notable Guests: Jerry O'Connell, Jamie Oliver, Raquel Castro) |
Jerry O'Connell of NBC's drama series, "Crossing Jordan," came on, dancing his way out & boy, did he dance.. not to mention pulling up his shirt over his head & did some real flambouyant moves too!! Very cool! After all the clapping, the screaming & hooting died down from the audience, Jerry commented on how great a dancer Ellen was as he'd seen her do her routine dance on her show right after her daily monologue. Ellen returned the complimentary and raved about Jerry's own cool dance moves! FYI, Jerry did a little bit of ballet when he was a kid. He was actually forced to have ballet lessons by her mom who thought that it'd help him lose some weight! Alas, he got kicked out after just 2 classes! But his brother actually went through it and was cast in "The Nutcracker"! Ellen found out that Jerry's pretty bummed out about turning 30 and told him that he shouldn't feel bad about it 'coz it's only a number! She also found out that Jerry's a fencing sportsman. So she asked Jerry to show her some fencing moves & boy, was she excited about it and couldn't wait to swing the sword at poor ol' Jerry who was trying very hard to calm her down so he could teach her the basic moves! It was hilarious! Jamie Oliver, aka "The Naked Chef," came on showing off one of his urban, simple & fast recipes. Ellen, of 'coz was no help at all when she dropped the ingredients all over the place and messed things up for Jamie. Not to mention, while watching Jamie prepare the dish, Ellen picked up the wine bottle and started drinking from it, much to the delight of the audience!! It was priceless! You can catch "The Naked Chef" on the Food Network. Raquel Castro, the star of "Jersey Girl," came on, looking really cute indeed. She's only 9 years old! Ellen couldn't pass up the chance of asking what she thought of the "Bennifer" (Ben Affleck & J. Lo) split since they both were in the movie as well. Raquel said she was really sad when they broke up, saying that the press was very hard on them. She also revealed that during filming, she'd always give Ben a hard time about his smoking habits, complaining about the nasty stench he'd leave behind after using the bathroom, the effects of harming her through 2nd-hand smoking & all! Raquel has ferrets for pets but she also wishes to have a Yorkshire terrier ("Yorkie") for a pet as well. So at the end of the interview, Ellen gave her a plush Yorkie toy! That was nice of Ellen! For the big finish today, Ellen invited all the people who were stuck in the "Riff Raff Room" to the main stage to be with the guests! |
| March 30, 2004
(Notable Guests: Michael Chiklis, Vivica A. Fox) |
Michael Chiklis, of FX's "The Shield," came on. Both he and Ellen last saw each other at the Golden Globes this year. But Michael reminded Ellen (who, of 'coz couldn't remember!) that the 1st time he saw her was about 14 years ago at the American Comedy Awards. He remembered approaching Ellen to ask if her last name was Greek. Of 'coz Ellen told him no but Michael didn't believe her! (FYI, Ellen's last name, DeGeneres, is French) Then both of them talked about Michael's 1st Emmy win. That was the year when Ellen was sitting next to his wife. Michael remembered that he couldn't believe his ears when the presenter said his name but when he turned to his wife, he saw Ellen exclaiming to him, "Oh my God, it's you!" That was when he realized he'd won! Michael also told Ellen that he's been married for 12 years and going strong. He has 2 daughters but doesn't look forward to them growing up because of the prospect of having to deal with them bringing their boyfriends! He vowed to "shield" them from the boys until they're at least 25! Michael just finished shooting Season 3 of his hit series, "The Shield." His oldest daughter is actually in the series as well, playing his on-screen daughter. He also took the opportunity to dispel rumors that he's a tough guy in real life just because he plays one on TV, while in actual fact, he's a very gentle guy. His youngest daughter calls him her "squishy"!! That's so cute! Vivica A. Fox came on wearing a really cool pale pink, tight jacket which Ellen really liked. So immediately, Vivica took it off and made Ellen wear it! She did but as Ellen knew, it was too small for her!! She then explained that it was because of her bulging biceps! Vivica wanted to put on the jacket after that but Ellen stopped her, stating that she wanted to comment on something....Vivica's tattoos!! Man, she does have quite a few! There's a tiny fox tattoo on her left arm which Ellen mistook it for a little kitty cat, much to Vivica's exasperation! Then she has 3 chinese characters tattooed on the back of her right shoulder which stand for "strength," "courage," & "wisdom." There's a cross with a rose on the back of the other shoulder, and then a tiny one tattooed around one of her toes! Ouch, that must have hurt! Then Ellen commented that Vivica looked really fit..well, it was the result of Vivica's involvement in Quentin Tarantino's ultra- violent action flick, "Kill Bill," where she had to work out non-stop for months, learning martial arts! Vivica was very excited when talking about her fitness so without any hesitation, she challenged Ellen to a 100-sit-up contest!! Well, if she knew Ellen well enough, she wouldn't do that because we all know Ellen's ability in doing push-ups and sit-ups! So, of 'coz Ellen won & she didn't even break a sweat! Kudos! Vivica stars in the new movie, "Ella Enchanted." The big finish today was inviting the guests back to bid farewell to the audience. |
| March 30, 2004
(Notable Guests: Michael Chiklis, Vivica A. Fox) |
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| March 29, 2004
(Notable Guests: Roseanne Barr, Rachel Dratch, Chicago) |
Roseanne Barr came on looking really good. Ellen couldn't help noticing it and asked what she's been doing to herself. Apparently, Roseanne did the gastroplasty, the gastric by-pass thing but instead of cutting back with food intake, she's found a way to go around it so she's eating lots of cheese & dark chocolate to her heart's content much to her own excitement!! Roseanne also professed that she drinks too much caffeinated coffee - 14 cups a day & sleeps very well at night, much to Ellen's amazement! Ellen couldn't stop raving about how hilarious Roseanne is especially when she was doing stand-up. She first saw Roseanne doing stand-up in a small club somewhere and saw her on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson which she thought was just simply the best stuff yet. She then asked Roseanne why she decided to use her last name again 'coz she's always been known as just Roseanne. Roseanne told her there were many reasons but told her a story which really happened to her while she was in Paris. Apparently, when she was in a restaurant trying to pay the bill, her cards only had her first name so the French were all confused and asked why she didn't have her last name. So she stated that everyone knew who she was in America but obviously in France, nobody knew who she was! Then she spotted some American tourists and called them up to proof to the French that she was who she said she was. However, instead of proving she was Roseanne, they all vowed that she was Rosie O'Donnell!!! She was so mad! Roseanne is going to start her stand-up gig again which will be filled with some political stuff like the state of what the world has come to, where everything's being blown up.. but you could see that Ellen was not too excited about Roseanne's elaboration of her views of the world so she dodged the subject and quickly went on to the next topic! And of 'coz Roseanne was smart enough to follow suit, much to the relief of Ellen, I bet! Anyway, Roseanne lent her voice to Disney's latest animated feature, "Home On The Range" in which she's the voice of a cow. Chicago performed one of their songs in their newest greatest hits CD. Rachel Dratch, from NBC's "Saturday Night Live" came on. If you remember, Ellen hosted the "SNL" once before. Apparently she did a stint with Rachel where she played one of Rachel's former lovers called the "Winter Solstice Lover!" Ellen, obviously, was a little embarrassed when Rachel mentioned that. They talked about Rachel's newest hobby, learning the Feng Shui habit, which she's slowly getting a hang of it. Rachel has a new animated series on UPN, "Game Over," where she lends her voice to one of the characters. The big finish today was the guests playing music instruments while Chicago performed another song from their CD. |
| March 26, 2004
(Notable Guests: Tom Hanks, Michael Bublé) |
Tom Hanks came on the show & commented that Ellen's show had the largest sound stage in the west of Mississippi!! Tom & Ellen know each other pretty well. The last time they saw each other was at a pre-Oscar party, a late night party, to be exact, which apparently they had some good memories about it, though they didn't really elaborate on it much, just that literally every Hollywood hot shots were there, like George Clooney, Catherine Zeta Jones, etc.. Ellen told Tom that there were a lot of people who came to see him, but since the main stage couldn't fit everyone, there were people in the Experience Room. Tom felt bad for those people because it's like they were the step-kids of the show, being thrown into another room like that! So he re-named the room the "Riff Raff Room"!! They then talked about Tom's son, Colin, who's 26 already. He's an actor and starred in an indie movie, "Orange County" and also recently guest starred in the TV hit series, "O.C." And of 'coz Ellen couldn't pass up the mention of Tom's wife, Rita Wilson, 'coz she always has this admiration for Tom's romantic acts of love toward his wife. Yup, they're married for 16 years now but the love is still going strong! Tom's movie, "Splash," is celebrating its 20th-year anniversary so the special edition is out on DVD. Even though it was shot back in 1984, Tom still had vivid memories of making it. Ron Howard directed the movie so he talked about how much fun he had with Ron 'coz Ron always likes to repeat what he says, twice! So Tom did some hilarious Ron Howard impressions which brought the house down! Finally they talked about Tom's latest movie, "The LadyKillers," directed by the Cohen brothers, where he plays an oddball-like failed professor who plans to get rich quickly with the help of some other odd characters in the movie. Then Ellen took Tom to the "Riff Raff Room" to meet his enthusiastic fans. Ellen had a segment called, "A Day In the Life" which chronicled what a typical day looked like on the show. It was hilarious! Ellen and her crew did the whole crazy thing starting from waking up in Studio 11 altogether at 7a to group therapy at 12 noon to a writing session at 2:30p to the pre-show ritual at 4p and finally bedtime at....6p!!! Absolutely hilarious!! Michael Bublé, a young Canadian with a voice like Frank Sinatra & looks a bit like James Dean performed "Come Fly With Me" fantastically. The big finish today was a ballroom dance between Tom Hanks & Ellen (which Ellen clearly wasn't very familiar with 'coz Tom had to literally guide her with almost every move!) to Michael Bublé's "Come Fly With Me"!! A not-to-be-missed moment! |
| March 25, 2004
(Notable Guests: Heath Ledger, Camyrn Manheim, N.E.R.D.) |
Heath Ledger came on, looking very casual. Ellen immediately commented on his black leather boots. Apparently he's had them for the last 8 years!! He even wore them to the Oscars this year! Then Ellen mentioned that Naomi Watts, his girlfriend, was on the show recently and talked about her famous mac & cheese dish. She asked if Heath cooks which he does! His famous dish is spaghetti bolognese which he calls it, "Spag Bog." Then Ellen was telling Heath that Naomi taught her a great secret to making a delicious mac & cheese dish, which is to put in a little truffle oil. And Heath corrected that it was he who taught Naomi the secret! So Ellen was like, "So what else did she lie to me about?" Anyway, Ellen then praised Heath for knowing how to cook especially for guys. Heath cooks because he gets hungry a lot & Ellen was like, "I get hungry too. But I just go out to the restaurant! " The minute she said that, she regretted it 'coz Heath replied, "That's for people who're lazy!" leaving Ellen speechless! Heath has a pug whom he named "Ned" after making his latest movie, "Ned Kelly." Apparently "Ned" is also suffering from being too fat as well! Then Heath proceeded to showing Ellen how to play the native Aussie rain stick thing (sorry, don't know what it's called!) which looked really difficult. And Ellen tried to do it but failed miserably! It was hilarious! N.E.R.D. performed a song from their new CD, "Fly Or Die." Camyrn Manheim came on looking all excited to see Ellen and told her that she's been watching the show from day one! Well, she Tivo-ed the shows because she works during the day, and she's been trying to catch-up on the episodes. However, she didn't have the 2nd episode recorded on Tivo as there was apparently some reception problems which she totally freaked out when she found out that she didn't have the Justin Timberlake episode! So finally, after nobody from the cable company nor her gardener helped her get the palm tree leaves cut from her roof top which actually caused the reception failure, she literally climbed up the ladder & cut those damn things herself! Wow, what a person would do to watch Ellen's show!! That's a true fan there, man! Anyway, on hearing Camyrn's dilemma, she immediately presented her with a tape of the 2nd episode. Then they talked about the last time they both saw each other, which was 3 years ago. Ellen remembered that Camyrn was still pregnant with her child then. Now her son's 3 years old already! And in the middle of the interview, out of nowhere, Camyrn shocked Ellen to speechlessness when she pulled out a full-sized camera out of her bra & took a picture of Ellen and herself & then of the audience, much to Ellen's amazement!! Poor Ellen didn't know what to say, she just looked on, dumbfounded! Then when the craziness died down, they talked about "The Practice" and Camyrn told everyone that this year's gonna be its 8th and final year but there's gonna be a spin-off which she will be on. So the last few episodes of the series will be filled with great guest stars whom Camyrn wasn't allowed to reveal even when Ellen asked her. So, we shall see. You can catch Camyrn in action on " The Practice" aired on Sundays at 10p on ABC. Today's big finish was fantastic! Ellen invited all her guests back minus Heath Ledger to do the "inertia" effect (where you pull the table cloth from underneath all the breakable kitchenware). Camyrn did pretty well but broke some glasses, whereas N.E.R.D. failed miserably. But the winner was Ellen! She pulled the table cloth right off of the table without breaking or moving anything that was on top of it!! |
| March 24, 2004
(Notable Guests: Ben Affleck, Sara Rue) |
Ben Affleck came on & the audience went wild for quite a while. When it'd quietened down, Ben commented, "It's like a rock concert here, the Ellen DeGeneres Show! It's wild!" Ellen raved about Ben's latest appearance on "Saturday Night Live" which was his 2nd, so far. They talked about how absolutely stressful it was doing the SNL gig because everything on the show is live, so they have to rush to change, with the crew yanking them here and there! Ellen did it once. It's a stressful gig but they both enjoyed it. On SNL, Ben was making fun of himself and his recent break-up with J.Lo, about the famous name they got from the media - "Bennifer" - So he played on that and joked that he wwas wondering about getting other joint-names, like "Benyonce" [with Beyonce], "Boprah" [with Oprah]! And Ellen jokingly complained that she was hurt that Ben didn't combine his name with hers! She immediately whisked out a t-shirt labeled, "Debeneres"!! Then they talked about the whole hysteria about his relationship with J.Lo especially the break-up & how frustrated he was about the whole public scrutiny nightmare. And he looked at Ellen & said, "You know how it is!" But Ellen immediately replied, " No, I don't! No idea, whatsoever!" It was funny! Then Ellen told Ben that she's organizing this celebrity poker game thing to raise money for the organization that she's very involved in, "Peace Games," and asked if Ben would care to participate. Ben immediately said he would but since it's gonna be on April 13th, and he's in Boston that day, but he'd rush back to LA to be a part of it. What a good sport Ben is! Finally, they talked about Ben's latest movie, "Jersey Girl," which he expressed that it's his best project so far 'coz it's a good story for everyone. He also hopes that people will stop crucifying him about his last bomb, "Gigli" (well, he didn't mention the name of the movie, but we all knew which one he meant!) after they see this movie. Before Ben left, he taught Ellen some dance moves - well, more of a dance trick than anything, actually. According to Ben, just use very minimal movement, try to find the beat, & try to act like you're constantly seeing & recognizing people on the dance floor with a lot of waving, so people don't see that you don't really know how to dance! Sara Rue, from the ABC sitcom, "Less Than Perfect," came on. Ellen knows her pretty well so they talked about Sara's Scottish husband and made fun of his accent, talked about her in-laws who absolutely adore Ellen! Apparently, Sara, like Ellen, loves animals. But unfortunately, she's allergic to animals & so is her hubby who also has asthma! Talk about being hit by a bad case of allergies! But they just take daily medicine to prevent themselves from being allergic or affected by their 2 dogs & 2 cats. Today's big finish was Ellen dancing with Sara Rue and a big cardboard cut-out of Ben Affleck (he had to leave right after his interview with Ellen so he wasn't available for the big finale!)!! |
| March 23, 2004
(Notable Guests: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Olivier Martinez, Brad Paisley) |
Sarah Michelle Gellar came out bringing a HUGE bottle of saki along with 2 little saki cups, much to Ellen's delight! Well, but they didn't drink it, though. Sarah actually brought the saki all the way from Japan. She just returned from Japan last Friday. She was filming there for 3 months. Speaking of saki, & becoz Ellen was talking about it yesterday, & being that she loves to drink it, she asked Sarah if it was good to serve saki cold. Then Sarah revealed that saki should be served cold all the time 'coz the heat ruins the taste. Hence, serving saki hot isn't really the right way to enjoy it. Something she learnt while living in Japan, I guess! And she speaks some Japanese too! Pretty good pronunciation, I must add! And of 'coz Ellen went on to ask her what the screaming meant whenever she goes to the Japanese restaurant. " Ishiomase!" corrected Sarah (Ellen was saying "Vazaeey!" yesterday, remember?), which means "Welcome to my store." And she told Ellen that the Japanese don't just do that in the restaurants, they say that in every store in Japan, even in clothing stores, much to Ellen's surprise. Sarah loves Japanese food (her favorite is blowfish, which, by the way, is illegal in the U.S.), loves the culture which made her want to learn the language. Thus, she knows quite a few words & sentences. Plus, during filming in Japan, the whole crew she was working with spoke Japanese only. So that sort of pushed her even more to learn it. Then they talked about Sarah's new movie, "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed" which opens this Friday. The original cast from the 1st one is back including Sarah's husband, Freddie Prince, Jr. When asked if Sarah's always been a Scooby Doo fan, she said her husband's a huge fan. One day he made her watch 48 hours of non-stop Scooby Doo cartoon! FYI, the 1st Scooby Doo movie was filmed in sunny Australia, whereas the sequel was shot in cold Vancouver. Brad Paisley, the country singer, performed "Little Moments" from his new CD, "Mud On The Tires." Olivier Martinez came out but had a little greeting mishap with Ellen! Yup, Olivier's French, so naturally, he was going to give Ellen a kiss on both cheeks, but before he could do that, Ellen just opened her arms and gave him a hug & totally missed the kiss that Olivier was gonna give her! Oh, coordination malfunction right there!! It was really funny with Olivier because he started talking but because of his very strong French accent, Ellen had to tell him that she couldn't understand most of the stuff he just said!! Then he told Ellen that his girlfriend, Kylie Minogue, is a huge fan of Ellen's, much to Ellen's surprise! He was telling her that Kylie loves to do the "Dory" phrases like, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swim, swim, swim..." & "Pick me! Pick me!" It was funny & Ellen couldn't help being amused about it!! At the end of the interview, she handed Olivier a "Dory" plush toy to give to Kylie, which, when squeezed, "Dory" speaks! Olivier Martinez can be seen in the new movie, "Taking Lives" which is in theatres everywhere now. Ellen's big finish today was pretty special - she pulled out a couple from the audience who were celebrating their 64th Wedding Anniversary today!!! And the special present she gave them was having Brad Paisley sing them a song! But Brad didn't finish the song 'coz halfway through, the husband was busy talking to Ellen who was trying to get him to listen to the song! |
| March 22, 2004
(Notable Guests: Kirsten Dunst, Steven Weber, Live Featuring Shelby Lynne) |
Ellen was very excited to welcome Kirsten Dunst to the show...but we found out why, a few seconds to
the interview! First off, Kirsten told Ellen she and her friends love to watch her show and was very happy to be on. Then,
being the person that Ellen is, who easily feels bad about something she did, she started saying it was nice to see Kirsten...
again! Then the truth came out! Apparently, a couple of weeks ago, Kirsten bumped into Ellen at a night club while both of them
were in line to use the club's bathroom! She immediately went up to Ellen & told her that she'd be on her show in 2 weeks! Guess what,
Ellen apparently didn't recognize Kirsten and gave her some kind of look (which Ellen totally denied
she did!) which Kirsten felt that probably Ellen thought she was a weirdo or something! According to Kirsten,
Ellen looked "uncomfortable" standing in the long line people waiting to use the bathroom! Then
Ellen's "friend," as Kirsten called the person who was with Ellen, was trying to make an
excuse for Ellen's lack of interest with Kirsten, explaining, "She's very tired..." At that
point, Ellen was looking so guilty and began saying sheepishly, "What happened was...." Of 'coz
she couldn't finish it 'coz the audience just erupted! She was very apologetic to Kirsten, saying that she only recognized her
after she left the bathroom! Apparently, that night, Ellen was at the pre-Oscar bash hosted by Justin Timberlake who invited
her to do the intro of his mini performance for a charity. The event, of 'coz went on pretty late, so she was probably just hanging
out in the club after that. But the whole "Dory Syndrome" that Ellen pulled again that night was simply hilarious! She's done
that to quite a few celebrities, who'd been on her show whom she wouldn't recognize or remember their names! Poor soul! But Ellen kept
apologizing to Kirsten who was clearly enjoying herself with the whole thing. You can see that Kirsten really likes
Ellen. Even one of her friends was in the audience whom she mentioned but the camera didn't pan to her. Shelby Lynne performed with Live and sang "Runaway," from Live's CD "Birds of Prey." Ellen's a big fan of Live & Shelby Lynne. Steven Webber came on and talked about his recent 43rd birthday celebration which was supposed to be a big surprise bash that his wife was gonna give him. But he foiled the plan so they ended up going to a very expensive restaurant instead. He has 2 sons, by the way. Then Ellen found out that Steven had a recent run-in with the law - well, to be exact, Steven got snapped by the traffic camera when he ran the red lights, not once, not twice, but THREE times! So he has to go to traffic school now which he's not very excited about. Steven has a new drama series called, 'The D.A." airing on Fridays at 10p on ABC. Then, the moment of a big finish (which they started doing last Friday after Ellen received a fan letter complaining about the show's crummy endings!) arrived - this time, Ellen, Tony and someone dressed in a big owl suit did the tap dance (or at least attempted to, anyway) and gave a final bow! Pretty hysterical! So, watch out for new big finishes at the end of every show from now on! |
| March 19, 2004
(Notable Guests: Christina Aguilera, Molly Shannon) |
Ellen was very excited to welcome Christina Aguilera on the show. The 3-time Grammy Award winner came out, dawning yet another new look - her hair is ginger (red) now & she wore a tan-colored pant suit which looked really cool. The audience went wild! "You're extremely talented and your voice is superb!" expressed Ellen enthusiastically. Then she asked Christina about her ever-changing looks & styles which the petite diva told her that she likes to be adventurous in the way she looks but most importantly, she doesn't take her styles and looks too seriously. Gee, that's cool! Then they talked about her Stripped/Justified tour with Justin Timberlake where Ellen met Christina. Apparently Ellen was turned away initially 'coz there were a lot of people wanting to see Christina back-stage after the show. Ellen didn't think Christina knew her but when Christina found out that she was back-stage, she immediately got her in. Christina knew that Ellen's a dog-lover so she wanted her to meet her dogs. And Christina really liked Ellen's "Dory" performance in "Finding Nemo," but for some reason, when she saw Ellen, she called her "Doris" instead of "Dory!" That was cute! Ellen found out that Christina, like her, is into games. So they talked briefly about "Scrabble" & "Boggle". Then Ellen mentioned about Christina's recent SNL gig in which she played "Samantha" in SNL's send-up of "Sex & The City" raved about what a great impression she did on Kim Cattrall's character especially the voice! So she asked the thoroughly open and willing songstress to do a little "Samantha" impression right then! And Christina did, right on cue!! That's very difficult but Christina just obliged even though she had forgotten some of the lines that she said on SNL! What a good sport she was, not to mention, the interview was going great too. Christina was very open to everything that Ellen asked of her. There was a good rapport going on there between Ellen & her seemingly fearless guest. Then Christina revealed a couple of embarrassing stories she went through on her tours. One was during the Stripped/Justified tour where her pants kept ripping at the crotch every time she was doing her dance moves that required her to bend down! Fortunately, she was wearing a leotard underneath so she wasn't exposed! And another incident, which was more painful than embarrassing, was during her 1st tour when she was on stage singing "What A Girl Wants." She was somewhere in Europe. Just as she was singing the song, she approached the end of the stage which was very dark beyond but since she saw the hands of her fans reaching out to her, she thought there was something concrete to step on between the end of the stage and where the crowd was. Little did she know, there was a huge gap in between! So, the moment she stepped beyond the stage, she was like, "What A Girl...." thump!..& fell into the hole! To make matters worse, the bouncers who were standing there thought it was part of her act, so they just stared down at her & didn't help her up! So she was trying to tell them that the sudden drop was not intentional at all & she needed help to get back on stage!! Wow, what a terrible thing to happen to such a tiny person like Christina, & on her own tour overseas, too! Yes, she was bruised after that. That marked the end of the interview but Christina would later sing her hit song at the end of the show, "Beautiful," which Ellen expressed how she absolutely loved it. Molly Shannon, best known for her 6-year gig on SNL & has a new show on FOX called, "Cracking Up," came on looking all excited. Ellen started talking about how she loved most of the characters Molly played on SNL and raved about how hilarious she's always been! Molly watches Ellen's talk show all the time. FYI, Molly has a 5-month-old baby girl named Stella. She told Ellen a funny story when she was in labor. Apparently, on the day Molly felt that she could be in labor, she called up her doctor who told her to relax and could continue doing her daily stuff and encouraged her to go out. So she did. She went to the street market (Molly lives in New York) and saw some mouth-watering corn-on-the-cobs which she couldn't resist. But just as she started to have a bite at the corn, her contractions started. But she didn't want to waste the corn, she was literally chomping the corn while having multiple, painful contractions! Ellen looked flabbergasted on hearing that 'coz while Molly was telling the story, she made some hilarious noises to iterate how she was chomping her food! It was really funny! Christina Aguilera came on again to perform "Beautiful." Wow, she did a fantastic version of it, starting with just her crisp, clear, powerful voice, no music, then half-way through, the music and her back-up singers joined in. It was fantastic. After the song, Ellen came over and gave Christina a warm, endearing hug and said, "That's singing! That's not lip-synching, that's singing! You're a-m-a-z-i-n-g!!" After the last commercial break, came the moment of anticipation - the closing! Instead of the usual "We hope you enjoyed the show today. See ya, bye!" remark, Ellen started sounding very enthusiastic and exclaimed, " Wasn't that a great show?! I had so much fun!" And she brought out her guests again, starting with "..the breath-taking Christina Aguilera!!" & "The Incomparable Molly Shannon!!" Both stood in front of the camera and Ellen joined them. Yes, and then they did the big Broadway-style bow, accompanied by roses being thrown at them!! FANTASTIC!!! Ellen promised that she & her crew will continue to build on the closing so it'll look bigger and better as the shows progress! Can't wait to see what's in store for us next week! |
| March 18, 2004
(Notable Guests: Jim Carrey, Jamie-Lynn DiScala) |
Ellen was obviously very excited to have Jim Carrey on the show today. She was raving about how she likes him, not just because he's funny, but a very good actor, too. She saw Jim's latest movie, "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," & has been singing praises about it ever since Kate Winslet came on this past Monday. Naturally, when Jim Carrey came on, she was very excited, and the audience was ecstatic! Jim was spotting a bald head and as usual, he started making his infamously flexible, wacky face expressions, & Ellen just couldn't stop laughing! His daughter was in the audience who surprised Ellen 'coz she's so grown up now. When Jim finally settled down, Ellen started telling him that she and her crew had been trying to get him on the show forever. Initially, Ellen couldn't really get anything in 'coz Jim just continued doing his usual antics, getting all hyper, and made her laugh so much! Then he told her that he wanted to have a ride on the Mustang bike which earlier on, Ellen had given to a kid who got Houston to do the bathroom for him and his mother in Louisville, KY. Speaking of the bike, Jim told a story about when he was a kid, he really wanted to have a bike but his dad would try to postpone it. So when he was in class one day, his substitute teacher was telling he & his classmates that if they wanted anything, they should do the rosary and pray to Virgin Mary every night. So he did!! And after 2 weeks, he got a surprise! He won a Mustang bike from a raffle which he never even entered! Apparently, his friend did but used Jim's name instead! So, since then, his life was pretty much like that - he wished for something and he got it! Finally, they talked about Jim's movie, which they both were saying what an original idea and concept it was, and really moving, not only intellectually but romantically as well. Apparently, Ellen didn't know it was written by Charles Kaufmann, who incidentally wrote such originals like "Being John Malkovich" & "Adaptation." So when Jim told her that, she understood why the movie had that same kind of conceptually mind-boggling feel to it. Ellen then recommended people to go check out the movie which opens nationwide this Friday, 3/19. As usual, Ellen started introducing her next guest, Jamie-Lynn DiScala. But halfway through, Jim just burst out from backstage, riding his Mustang bike around the stage!! But lo & behold, when he tried to do the "wheeler" act, he fell flat on the ground!! But being Jim, he immediately picked himself up and screamed, "It's part of a trick! It's part of a trick! Ellen, you're gonna cut this out, ok?!" and then picking up the bike, he rode off toward the backstage & was gone!! By that time, Ellen had already lost control - she was laughing & cackling so hard that she couldn't really speak! Obviously, the producers had to later edit out for TV so that the show could continue seamlessly. So, the next thing we saw on TV was Ellen having regained her composure already. I'm sure the audience had a blast watching the unedited version when Ellen was trying very hard to stop laughing for a while! Anyway, after she obviously regained control of herself, she welcomed her next guest, Jamie-Lynn DiScala, on. Jamie-Lynn, as you know, plays "Meadows Soprano" on the HBO hit drama, "The Sopranos." Ellen is apparently a big fan of the show so she was very interested to know what's gonna happen throughout the season. They also talked about Jamie-Lynn's recent marriage to her manager, and the mishaps at her wedding ceremony. Then they talked about Jamie-Lynn's TV movie, "Call Me - The Rise & Fall of Heid Fleiss," in which she plays the infamous Hollywood Madam. At the end of the interview, Ellen gave Jamie-Llynn a little, pink bike 'coz she didn't want her guest to feel left out since Jim got his! |
| March 17, 2004
(Notable Guests: Angelina Jolie, Mark Ruffalo) |
It was time for Angelina Jolie to come on. When she came out, the audience were cheering, applauding, and screaming!! Yes, lots of fans there to see her - not to mention in the Experience room too, which Ellen would eventually take her to greet them after the interview. When the audience had finally quietened down, Angelina, looking very cheery but a little embarrased 'coz of all the attention she was given, quickly told Ellen, "It's really nice to be here! " And Ellen replied, "It's nice to have you here! We've been trying to have you come on for a while, so thanks for being here." Angelina, obviously sounding flattered uttered, "I wanted to come. I just hadn't had an excuse..." which Ellen said, "You don't need any excuse. You can come anytime!" "Oh good, I can just show up, then," Angelina said. "Yeah," Ellen went on, "you can just sit here & we'll move the other guests over! You can come whenever you want!" Then Ellen started asking her about her son, Maddox, who's 2 1/2 years old, and went on to say that she saw Angelina at the Oscars. So she asked Angelina if she went to the parties after that. Apparently, after staying for only 45 minutes at the Oscar ceremony, Angelina left & went to In-&-Out Burger in Hollywood 'coz she was hungry!! Then she went home so she could tuck her son in to bed herself. That's so sweet! Ellen went on to ask her if Maddox was talking at 2 1/2. Angelina explained that he can only say a few words here and there in different accents 'coz they've been traveling a lot. Guess what Ellen said next? She brought up the conversation she had with Brittany Murphy who was on the show a couple of weeks back! "Brittany Murphy was on, you know, the actress? (Angelina nodded in acknowledgement) She claims that she started talking at 6 months & full paragraphs when she was 9 months!! (At this point, Angelina just looked at her, wondering if she was kidding!) Yeah, she's a liar!" That just brought the house down! It was simply hilarious! FYI, Angelina doesn't live in the U.S. anymore. She and Maddox live in England and Cambodia (Maddox was adopted from Cambodia). As you may know, Angelina is juggling quite a lot of tasks in her life - being an actor, a mother, and also a Goodwill Ambassador to the U.N.!!! Ellen was clearly amazed at the young woman's ability to balance everything so well and really admires her. She then asked Angelina to explain what she does for the U.N. As a Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina works very closely with the UNHCR - visiting the third world countries, working with the refugees, getting involved politically in some areas, and humanitarian in some others; all to bring awareness to the world. Ellen also mentioned that Angelina wishes to adopt a baby from every country because she likes to have many children from different cultures and religions in one roof living happily and peacefully, "just as how the world should be," said Angelina with conviction. With that noble comment, everyone including Ellen applauded in amazement. Apparently, Angelina is going to carry the Olympic torch in August!! And to prepare her for
that, since Ellen thought she would want to take Maddox with her while she jogs her way with the torch, Ellen presented her
with a cute little buggy/stroller equipped with a fake torch on the side!! Angelina just couldn't believe her eyes and
immediately hugged Ellen in gratitude! That marked the end of the Angelina Jolie interview so before the show went to
commercial break, Ellen led Angelina to the Experience room to greet her fans. Mark Ruffalo came on and Ellen raved about the movie he was on a couple of years ago,
"You Can Count On Me" which received great reviews from all film critics alike. And now, he's in another movie that
Ellen also enjoyed watching, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," which he's co-starring with Jim Carrey, Kate
Winslet & Kirsten Dunst. Mark has a 2 1/2-year-old daughter named "Keen." Ellen asked how he got such a unique name.
Apparently he & his wife didn't have a name for their daughter for 2 weeks after she was born until they were basically forced to
name her by a specified deadline by some birth certificate committee! So, of 'coz Mark rushed to the dictionary and started
looking at nouns & stumbled upon "keen," which he thought would make a great name! There you have it! |
| March 16, 2004
(Notable Guests: Jason Biggs, Paige Davis) |
Jason Biggs came out and started dancing & Ellen joined in but they screwed up when Jason tried to twirl Ellen! When they finally sat down, Jason immediately congratulated Ellen for the 12 Emmy nominations. Then they talked about what he was doing recently. Jason just returned from a weekend trip to Costa Rica. He was raving about the beautiful nature all around which interested Ellen very much for she said she'd like to go to Costa Rica, too! There were a couple of things we found out about Jason & Ellen. Apparently they shared something in common. Jason used to work at Subway (the sandwich franchise) while Ellen also worked at a sandwich shop, only it was a restaurant. And, both of them also worked in the clothing industry as well - Jason used to work at Gap Kids/Baby Gap while Ellen used to work at JC Penney's! Very interesting.. Paige Davis, from the TLC show, "Trading Places," came out doing a little dance with Ellen as well. They then talked about Paige's show which is a hit. It's a program where 2 couples exchange their homes for a make-over but only have $1,000 to spend for the re-modeling effort. It's like the British show, "Changing Rooms" if you've seen it. Anyway, apparently there's a competition & a contest going on the show right now and the winner will have his/her home mortgage paid off! On hearing this, Ellen immediately went, "How do I get in?" The contest is open to everyone who visits the TLC website and enters his/her name. |
| March 15, 2004
(Notable Guests: Kate Winslet, Marlo Thomas) |
Kate Winslet came out looking all bubbly and cheery. She admitted that she was nervous about doing the show 'coz it'd been a long time since she did all the public interviews and promos as she only had her baby 10 weeks ago! Ellen jumped quickly to the baby-talk. Kate has 2 kids - her daughter's 3 and she has a newborn baby boy who's 10 weeks old. Ellen didn't hide her surprise about how young Kate is and she already has 2 kids! Kate's 28-years-old. Just as Ellen was beginning to ask her about her newborn baby, Kate interrupted her all of a sudden, "I'm sorry,.. but I'm sitting here with Dory, everyone!" This is my world..it's "Finding Nemo". My daughter - it's what she watches everyday. Absolutely loves it. And you were so fantastic!" Ellen was flattered but was a little apologetic about her cold and said, "She [Kate's daughter] may not recognize the voice when she sees this show 'coz Dory has a cold right now! 'Coz this is not really Dory's sound...do I sound like Dory right now?" Kate immediately replied, "I'm afraid you do..very much so." It was hilarious! Obviously Ellen couldn't let Kate leave without giving her a huge basket of "Finding Nemo" goodies for her to take home to her Dory-loving daughter! Kate was clearly delighted to see all the good stuff! Ellen, again, did a fabulous thing for someone today. Yes, this time, it was a couple. Apparently, the husband sent a tape in to ask if Ellen could attend his wife's birthday party as a surprise. But instead of Ellen going to them, she flew them to LA instead as a birthday present for the wife! The wife is a huge fan of Ellen's ever since her sitcom days. Well, if you think that flying the couple to LA was the only thing Ellen did, think again! She practically showered them with tons of gifts - a signed framed poster of that guy who plays the young Superman in "Smallville," an HP digital camera & printer, a TiVO set, a 10-day cruise, and... a HUGE cardboard cut-out of Ellen herself since she guessed that the wife's a huge fan! The couple was speechless...obviously! Wow, what else will Ellen be giving out next?! Marlo Thomas, a 4-time Emmy Award winner, and one of Ellen's favorites, came on. Ellen kept raving about Marlo's classic sitcom, "That Girl," becoz the show really inspired Ellen when she was growing up. They talked about Marlo being married to Phil Donahue, for 24 years! Ellen wasted no time in asking Marlo about the magic of a lasting relationship! "Knowing how to fight & fight well, & knowing that you don't have to fix everything for your spouse. Sometimes you only need to listen." That was what Marlo had to say. Then they talked about Marlo's Lifetime movie which she co-stars with William Devane. It was filmed on location in New Zealand. Of 'coz Ellen had to ask, "Hey, did you see any hobbits while you were in New Zealand?" Very cheeky! |
| March 8, 2004
(Notable Guests: Gillian Anderson, Donald Faison, Russell Levering) |
Ellen was happy to have Gillian Anderson come on the show today. "She's a friend of mine, she's an amazing actress...Gillian Anderson's on the show today!" When Gillian came out, both she and Ellen were looking at each other adoringly & gave each other a big, long hug before finally sitting down to chat. "I can't believe I have to come to a talk show to see you now 'coz I haven't seen you," exclaimed Gillian, looking at Ellen. Gillian has very long blonde hair now and Ellen immediately asked her about it. "Your hair is so long!" The last time they saw each other, it was 7 months ago, and Gillian's hair was a little shorter then. Gillian dyed her hair blonde as soon as "The X Files" ended. Then she went to London and did a play there for 5 months and took a year off. Gillian grew up in London so she'd always wanted to go back to London to reside in some capacity. So she bought a place there already and has been going back & forth between London and LA. These 2 friends had clearly missed each other as they were joking around and being playful. Ellen started asking Gillian if she knew about the growing feet phenomenon which she knew but was in denial! She used to be a 7 but wears a 7 1/2 now. While explaining it, Gillian asked Ellen if she remembered her flip-flops which of 'coz, Ellen couldn't remember - "Don't you remember my flip-flops?!" Gillian asked and Ellen replied, "No..but I'm sure I have a picture of 'em somewhere..!" Anyhow, Gillian likes wearing flip-flops and has been wearing them for the last 7 years. Then Ellen started asking if she was still engaged...Gillian hesitated a little, but said "Yes." Despite sensing the little hesitation, Ellen told everyone that when they returned from the break, they'd talk about the engagement & Gillian immediately said, " No, we won't!" but Ellen countered, "Oh yes, we will!" Then they had to go to a commercial break, & as the camera panned out, both blondies gave each other a kiss in the cheek & were talking & whispering away! Guess they're real close friends! When they returned from the break, Ellen asked, "So you don't wanna talk about your engagement?" Gillian replied playfully, "No..next topic.." At this point, both of them were looking at each other smiling, & Ellen clearly not wanting to let it go, asked, "Are you happy? " Gillian said with a touch of embarrassment, "Yes!" Ellen then said, "But I haven't seen him yet" which Gillian reassured her that she would, sometime in May. It was endearing to see how good their friendship is! Then Ellen switched gears & asked about Piper, Gillian's 9-year-old daughter. And they both started reminiscing about the time when 3 of them were by the pool when Piper said something really amazing. Then both remembered at the same time, but Gillian started first & said, "I remember we were sitting by the pool one day & Piper swam up to us and said, 'you know what, Mom, I know...'" but Ellen chimed in correcting her, "no, she said, 'I realize that I know the things that I know, & I don't know the things that I don't know.'" There was a moment of silence and then there was laughter from the audience while Ellen continued, "And then we lit some incense & danced around her!" Then they tried to remember what bedtime story Ellen used to tell Piper but neither one of them could remember! Very soon, they were out of time so Ellen asked what Gillian's plan is. Gillian's going back to London to do another play called, "The Sweetest Swing in Baseball," which will be played at the Royal Court from March 31st. Russell Levering, Welch's 5-year-old spokesperson, came on the show with a "Dory" toy in his hand! He was so cute and adorable that half the time, Ellen was just smitten by his utter cuteness! Then Russell told Ellen why he brought out his "Dory" toy which was for Ellen to sign it! How adorable!! Before he left, Ellen gave him a big basket of "Finding Nemo" stuff which made Russell a real happy kid! Donald Faison came on, looking quite shy. Apparently, he met Ellen 2 weeks ago at the Stevie Wonder show when he went up to Ellen like any other fan and began telling her how funny he thought she was after he saw Ellen's recent stand-up gig on HBO. He then told her that he was going to be on her show. Unfortunately, Ellen didn't know who Donald was and asked him, "Now, what do you do?" It was very embarrassing to Ellen 'coz Donald had to tell her that he's on the NBC sitcom, "Scrubs"!! And then she remembered! To make it up, Ellen insisted that Donald should come back to the show soon 'coz she owed him a lot! It was really funny but Donald was really sweet about it. Apparently, Donald is a dancer so he showed Ellen some dance moves which Ellen couldn't really imitate! FYI, Donald has 4 kids!! Wow! |
| March 3, 2004
(Notable Guests: Prince, Brittany Murphy) |
Prince performed his first song from his “Musicology” album – a re-invented version of “Kiss.” Then he sat down with Ellen to chat a little. Prince is such a shy guy! Ellen revealed to him just how big a fan she’s always been ever since the release of his 1st album & started going into which songs she really enjoyed from that album, etc… Ellen loves music, that’s for real!! That made Prince really happy and he turned to the audience and told everyone that was why he’d want to be on her show ‘coz Ellen is an old-school kind who knows what she’s talking about when it comes to music! Prince will start his tour beginning of 3/29. He then performed his 2nd song, a stylish rendition of “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Ellen told everyone how she really likes Brittany Murphy & thought she’s funny but was surprised that they never actually met before! Brittany Murphy, best known for her acclaimed performances in “Clueless,” “8 Mile,” and also being the voice of “Luanne” on the Fox animated series, “King of the Hill,” came out greeting everyone with such hyper enthusiasm!! Brittany revealed to Ellen that she’s her humongous fan ever since Ellen’s first appearance on the “Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” back in the 80s!!!! She even remembered the “Airplane” routine that Ellen did on that show!! Ellen, obviously very amused by this hyper, adorable fan of hers sitting beside her, was surprised ‘coz Brittany must have just been a toddler back then! Brittany revealed that she’s always been a fan of late night talk shows. She was born in 1977 so she was only a few years old when she saw Ellen on TV doing the stand-up routine on “The Tonight Show!” Then they talked about how weird that they never met especially when they have the same circle of friends – through Kathy Najimy. For some reason, whenever there’s a party, they always miss each other – either Ellen arrives after Brittany leaves or vice versa! Ellen brought up something that she found out about Brittany – that she started speaking when she was only 4 ½ months old!! Ellen was looking at Brittany in disbelief and continued to accuse Brittany for lying ‘coz nobody starts speaking at a mere 4 ½ months old!! Brittany corrected her and said she started saying some words when she was 4 ½ months old but only began communicating in sentences and paragraphs when she was 6 months old. Well, that didn’t sit well with Ellen either ‘coz she just couldn’t believe that anyone could speak, let alone communicate in sentences & paragraphs!! The whole thing was hilarious, Ellen dismissing Brittany as a liar while Brittany was trying to explain that she was speaking the truth and had proof! She even mentioned Dakota Fanning (who co-starred with her in a movie before) who also started speaking at a very early age – 5 months old!! Ellen was clearly appalled by such insanity & said to Brittany, “I know Dakota Fanning. I think she’s brilliant, I like her, but again, a LIAR, like you!!” Huge laughter from the audience & Brittany literally bent down and kissed Ellen’s feet!!!!! The whole thing was simply too funny!! Brittany IS a funny gal! When the laughter finally died down, Ellen vowed to bring on Brittany’s family and give them a lie detector test ‘coz she still couldn’t believe that Brittany started speaking at such an early age! Then she asked Brittany what her 1st memory was of her childhood. Brittany actually remembered her time in Georgia (she was born in Georgia but grew up in New Jersey) when they had to move. She was less than a year old!! Wow, what a great memory!!! And she remembered starting reading in school when she was 2. Again, Ellen was flabbergasted on hearing that and exclaimed, “You should be in a think-tank somewhere, not an actress!!” Ellen had such a great time with young, adorable, smart & funny actress that she told Brittany that she wanted her to come back to the show soon…“You’re adorable, but…a liar!!” Prince closed out the show with another song – “Feel For You.” |
| March 2, 2004
(Notable Guests: Robin Williams, Juliette Lewis) |
It was time for Robin Williams to come out but not before Ellen gave a forewarning to everybody – "Hold on to your seats!" Of 'coz, being the unpredictable, downright hysterical Robin Williams that we all know him to be, he danced & swayed his way out to Ellen! And before he finally sat down, he had to do his Janet Jackson routine again (he kept doing that at the Oscars, fyi) – the right-nipple-revealing gesture! Robin started talking about how hairy he is and told the hilarious story about his experience when he had his back waxed. "Half way through, the lady asked me, ‘Do you mind if I take a break?’" And he gave a few more outrageously hilarious examples of how he’s just too hairy which by the time he finished, everyone including Ellen was exhausted from laughing too much! And every now & then, he’d do the nipple-revealing gesture and commented about Janet Jackson's exposed nipple, " Looked like a sundial…either a sundial or a door knob!" which drew hoards of laughter from the audience & non-stop cackling from Ellen! After the laughter & the cackling died down a little, Ellen asked Robin if he really did have his back waxed and he replied, “Yes, ‘coz it kept putting my wife’s eye out!” Then he told another story about how he was hit on by an 800-lb gorilla named, “Coco,” simply because his hairy body!! After the commercial break, Ellen talked about Robin’s TV series, “Mork & Mindy” which was 26 years ago! No wonder Robin couldn’t really remember much about it when Ellen asked if he had any memories of his TV series which lasted 4 years on ABC. “Mork & Mindy” was actually a spin-off from the classic show, “Happy Days” as a result of Robin’s one-time appearance on the show playing an alien, “Mork!” Then Ellen had to stop him to go to a 2nd commercial break within such a short period of time! So Robin joked, “Wow! How much money have we raised?!” Ellen was really grateful to Robin for appearing on her show especially when he really didn’t have anything to promote! But Robin was thoroughly enjoying the show and said it was “kick-ass fun” to be on! And Ellen asked him to come back anytime. But Ellen did mention that Robin had recently just finished filming his next movie called, “Final Cut.” Robin also took the opportunity to congratulate Ellen for the Oscar win of “Finding Nemo” & for being a part of animation history forever! Before they had to go to break again, Ellen showed Robin the infamous Ass-Cigarette Dispenser which really cracked him up!! FYI, Robin Williams has won 5 Emmys, 5 Golden Globes & 1 Academy Award!! Ellen also raved about his performance in “The World According To Garp” & “One Hour Photo” – both movies that she liked very much and urged everyone to watch them. Juliette Lewis came on the show, & did a little dance before sitting down beside Ellen. She immediately told Ellen how happy she was to be on the show ‘coz she thought Ellen & her show are so unique, so special, and great! Obviously Juliette has watches the show! She’ll be appearing on the comedy, “Starsky & Hutch” which opens this Friday (3/5), playing Vince Vaughn’s girlfriend. Ellen also asked her about her experience at the Academy Awards – she was nominated once before for her performance in “Cape Fear” when she was only 19! Then before Juliette left the stage, she showed Ellen some of her dance moves including how to push away someone who dances too close to you in a club! |
| March 1, 2004
(Notable Guests: James Caan, Peri Gilpin) |
James Caan, from the NBC series, "Las Vegas," came on, gave Ellen a kiss on her hand (& vice versa!) & gave her a present! It was a nice looking black strapped watch! Ellen then gave James a tiara which he wore…for a brief moment ‘coz he dropped it! FYI, James & Ellen never met before he came on the show. James was telling Ellen how her show is fantastic ‘coz he watches it whenever he has a chance. He sometimes even plays sick so he can stay home to watch the show & laugh! James admitted that he seldom laugh when he’s at work. Ellen went straight to the topic of James’ TV series which is gambling. She asked him what the biggest bet he made in his life & after a second, he replied, "I think it was my 2nd marriage…." [big laughs from the audience] " I bet big & lost…big!!" Then Ellen mentioned that James is actually a 6th degree karate title though he hasn’t been doing it in a long time. He then showed Ellen his busted right fist as a result of being challenged into doing a karate stunt which he had to do even though he was out of practice ‘coz he admitted that he’s a bad loser! Guess what Ellen did after hearing James’ story? She challenged him into doing the same stunt again – the karate chop to break a wood! He was such a good sport – he did it with his left fist & then used his head too!! Ellen followed suit & she did it successfully! You can watch James Caan in "Las Vegas," which airs on Mondays on NBC. Peri Gilpin sat down with Ellen and talked about her 2nd time being in the labor ward – with Jane Leeves, her co-star on "Frasier!!!" Yes, she accompanied Jane during her 1st labor & she did it again when it was time for Jane to give birth to her 2nd child!! But this time around, they ran into a bit of a bad luck. When it was time for Jane to undergo a C-section procedure, there was a power shutdown in the hospital & Jane had to actually go home that day and return the next day for the surgery!! To Peri’s dismay, the change in the surgery schedule coincided with her facial appointment which she made a long time ago! But she couldn’t tell Jane about that. As a result, she went with Jane to the hospital, waited until she was wheeled into the surgery room, and rushed to her facial appointment, did it and rushed back to the hospital before Jane came out of surgery! That was some story!! Then Ellen talked about the series finale of "Frasier" & asked how Peri and the other cast members were taking it. Peri explained that they’d all shed tears about it already ‘coz they had one year to let the whole finale sink in. Now, she said that it’s all gonna be bittersweet in the end! "Frasier" airs on Tuesdays at 9p on NBC. |
| February 27, 2004
(Notable Guests: Harry Connick, Jr., Donald Trump) |
Harry Connick, Jr. came on, getting huge cheers from the audience. Guess what, Harry from Ellen's hometown of New Orleans, too!! What's even weirder is, both Harry & Ellen's dads know each other since they were kids! Talk about living in a tiny, little world!! Harry has 3 kids so he was commenting on Ellen's monologue about her take on kids earlier, and could understand the child-proof thing in the house. He himself has everything all locked up so that his kids can't access them. But instead of the usual child-proof locks, he & his wife use the "squinchies" (the rubbery thing that one uses to hold her ponytail?!) to lock the drawers & cabinets! But unfortunately, Harry doesn't know how to remove those things so he can't eat when he's alone at home 'coz he can't access those locked cabinets!! Ellen was raving about Harry's performance on "Will & Grace" and asked if he's gonna return to the show anytime soon. Harry replied that he's scheduled to go back for filming next month but admitted that he doesn't know what's gonna happen to his character on the show. "But I hope that I'll hook up with Jack," he remarked with a twinkle in his eye! Well, that WOULD be wild if he did!! And Ellen was also raving about his success not only in his music but his acting as well, having appeared in quite a few movies. Harry remembered that he first started his acting debut about 15 years ago. His first movie was "Memphis Belle" which he thoroughly enjoyed doing. Donald Trump from his hit show, "The Apprentice," came on. He's famous for his 2 words on the show, "You're Fired!" Ellen kept saying that! Ellen was telling Donald how she likes his show and asked if he's ever been fired in his life. He never did, fortunately, 'coz he was working for his dad! Lucky guy! Donald also finds it very easy to fire people, to Ellen's amazement! But hey, we're talking about THE Donald Trump here - the biggest developer in New York!!! In the middle of the interview, Donald suddenly looked toward direction (off-camera) and said, "There's a beautiful woman right there.." He turned to Ellen and asked, "Is that your mother?!" And the camera immediately panned to the direction where Betty DeGeneres was sitting! She was obviously looking embarrassed! The audience roared!! Guess what Ellen's response was? She turned to Donald and said, "She's available, if you're interested!" Naughty Ellen!! Then Donald talked about the lowest time of his life - when he was $900 million in debt back in 1991!!! Obviously, he's recovered fully since then 'coz he's worth..$5 billion!!! Harry Connick, Jr. closed out the show with a performance of a song from his latest CD, "Only You." |
| February 26, 2004
(Notable Guests: Ray Romano, Dee Dee Davis, Precious) |
Ray Romano, from "Everybody Loves Raymond" & his new movie, "Welcome to Mooseport," came on. Ellen mentioned that despite both of them started out as stand-up comedians and on TV, they don't know each other! Ray agreed and asked her when she started in showbiz. Ellen started doing stand-ups back in 1981 whereas Ray started 2 years later. What was surprising was that Ray only first met Ellen on the red carpet several years ago when she was doing the Grammys pre-show for CBS! Anyway, Ellen asked if "Everybody Loves Raymond" would continue on next year, which Ray hoped it would - not for the money, 'coz Ray admitted that he doesn't need it. He's got..a lot of it..and as far as he knows, his wife doesn't need any - all the money goes straight to his wife, anyway! Then they talked about Ray's move to the big screen in his new movie, "Welcome to Mooseport." Ellen thought that was his first big screen gig, but Ray corrected her, saying that his movie debut was as an animtated character in "Ice Age". As Ray said, "I wanted to weane the movie-goers to seeing me on the big screen, so I wanted to start off with doing a voice-over." "Welcome to Mooseport" also co-star Maura Tierney ("ER") and Gene Hackman, who plays the President in the movie which is in theatres nationwide now. You can see Ray in action on the small screen in "Everybody Loves Raymond" airing on Mondays @ 9p on CBS. Dee Dee Davis, the little girl from "The Bernie Mac Show" came on, holding her purse. Almost immediately, Ellen wanted to see what was inside her purse but Dee Dee wouldn't tell her. That, of 'coz, made it worse 'coz Ellen wouldn't let up since then, pestering the poor girl every chance she had but Dee Dee proved too tough for her 'coz she just wouldn't budge, "lecturing" Ellen that "whatever is in a girl's purse is private!" She was adorable! Ellen even tried to bribe her into giving up her stance on "purse privacy" by giving her a giant-sized basket of toys and goodies! Nope, that didn't work! Ellen asked Dee Dee what it was like working with Bernie Mac on the show. Dee Dee immediately revealed that Bernie always messes up his lines so sometime she has to tell him off!! You go, girl!! It was time for Precious, the orangutan, to come on. It was her 2nd visit to the show. But this time, she wasn't very attentive toward Ellen despite the host giving her bananas and drinks! In the end, the crew brought out a swing & both Ellen and Precious started swinging like two primates having a good time! You can catch Precious on NBC's "Passion" every day. |
| February 25, 2004
(Notable Guests: Allison Janney, Liev Schreiber, Hazel Smith) |
Before Allison Janney came out, Ellen had this to say - "Hey, I love her. Allison Janney is on the show today. She's mainly here for the ping-pong rematch! I want you, Allison, I want you!! I'm tired of her saying to me that I can't win. It was complicated the last time..I don't know who won. It could've been me, it could've been her..."(well, we all know that Ellen lost the last time!) But clearly, Ellen and Allison are truly becoming real buddies 'coz they always have such a great time when they're together, such fantastic rapport they have, which is not very common between the host and the guest, you know. Anyway...Ellen went on telling everyone that whoever wins the rematch would take home the "Grudge Cup" (a huge trophy). Then Ellen made the "official" introduction of Allison and she came out, wearing a jumper and a pair of jeans but she had a thin-thin, see-through long polyester-like skirt which wasn't really a complete skirt 'coz there wasn't anything at the back! It was more like a "sarong" type, wrapped around the waist, only it's made out of extremely thin fabric. Allison began to dance to the song, "Hot Stuff" which Tony played & invited Ellen to dance with her, which she ended up banging bums with Ellen! It was a ruckus, those two wisecracks can bring the house down! When they both finally sat down, Ellen immediately turned to Allison, staring down at the "skirt, "What the hell..?! Is this an apron??!" Well, we should've known..Allison wore that skirt so that if Ellen loses the ping-pong rematch, Ellen would have to wear it! That was Allison's challenge which Ellen immediately exclaimed to Allison, "Bring it on!" Then both of them started talking trash to each other, trying to psych each other out! It was hilarious!! After all the trash-talk, and both hysterical women had settled down, Ellen started talking about Allison having a flu recently which lasted 5 days. Ellen herself also got the stomach flu which she said it was going around everywhere. The last time Ellen saw Allison was at the Golden Globes this year. But Ellen was behind the bar serving drinks! Ellen explained that because she likes to arrive early at any Awards show, this time when she arrived early, the bartender wasn't even there yet. So she went behind the bar and started serving drinks to the guests! She served Allison a drink, which Allison said, "You serve a mean vodka tonic! It was a whole vodka - it was very strong!!" Allison was saying how all the Award shows always makes her very stressful. She remembered on her 1st Emmys show, her very tight-fitting dress by Pamela Dennis just split open on her bottom at the eleventh hour & had to literally be sown onto it later! It was horrible, so Allison doesn't like the stress that the Award shows always make her feel. Then she talked about wanting to have a puppy which Ellen strongly discouraged & kept trying to convince her to get a grown dog instead. But Allison didn't budge 'coz she really wants to get a puppy! Ellen then warned her that she'd regret it 'coz puppies need a lot of work! And finally, they talked about tonight's episode of "The West Wing." Allison mentioned that she was worried about her mother watching this episode. Tonight's episode, according to Allison, is supposed to have a different look at her character, "C.J." But she wouldn't elaborate more. So, naturally, Ellen got curious and asked, "Were you naked?" FYI, these 2 women have been talking about being naked all the time ever since Allison told Ellen, when she was on the show for the 1st time, that she & her boyfriend once drove naked on Beverly Hills in a convertible! And Ellen, of 'coz, can't forget about that! Anyway, Allison wouldn't say what happened to "C.J." on tonight's episode and there wasn't a clip to show, either. Before the show went to commercials, Ellen told everyone that she and Allison would have the ping-pong rematch at the end of the show and taunted Allison again by saying that she'd actually won the 1st time around instead of Allison! Ellen was telling her, "I'm not kidding this time," which Allison retorted, " I'm not kidding around, either. I'm mad as hell! I'm gonna go back & warm up. I'm going. Goodbye." And she actually stormed off the set in a huff! But of 'coz we know she & Ellen were just doing the trash-talk again 'coz Allison turned back when she was walking towards back-stage, pointed her finger at Ellen with a wicked grin & shouted, "I'm gonna come back for you!!" The whole segment was deliciously funny & hilarious!! You can see funny & playful Allison Janney in action on "The West Wing" every Wednesday @ 9p on NBC. Hazel Smith was invited back to the show again 'coz Ellen ran out of time the last time she was supposed to be on. So today, Hazel demonstrated the way to make country-fried steak. Ellen, of 'coz, screwed up her gravy! It looked nothing like gravy...more like a lump of fat on the frying pan!! Liev Schreiber came on and Ellen told him that she found out something about Liev when she was doing her research. It seems that both Liev & Ellen, when they were kids, wanted to be an elevator operator!! Wow! Then they talked about Liev's upcoming Showtime movie, "Spinning Boris," which was made a couple of years ago when campaign reform was a hot topic. The story's about Boris Yeltsin's election campaign & how he covertly hires a group of political consultants to win the campaign. It airs on Showtime on Sunday, March 14th. Ellen also mentioned to everyone how absolutely great Liev was in the movie, "A Walk On the Moon," which also starred Diane Lane. She urged everyone to check it out if they haven't seen it yet. And now, finally, the long-awaited Ping-Pong Rematch between 2 rivals, Ellen DeGeneres & Allison Janney! The whole set up was hilarious 'coz they made it like a boxing match where Allison & Ellen came trodding down to the famous theme from "Rocky," from behind either side of the audience, wearing the familiar boxer robes w/ hoods hiding their faces!! And then the match began!! It was a 5-point match, where there wasn't going to be any serving. Whoever wins the 5 points wins the match. The game started and Ellen served. Both played well until Ellen started hassling Allison to tell her if she was going to be naked on tonight's episode of "The West Wing" & before we know it, Allison missed and Ellen won her 1st point!! Then it was all Ellen psyching out Allison - very successfully this time - when she went on asking Allison what her mom would think of her if she watched tonight's episode & found out something that she wasn't going to be happy about! Yup, Allison was clearly distracted from Ellen's endless questions, and got clumsy with the ball and screwed up her game! At the end of the very exciting match, Allison only had 1 point and Ellen got 5!! Oh, you should have seen Ellen's reaction to her win!! She was gloating everywhere while Queen's song, "We Are The Champions," played on!! It was so funny 'coz Allison took the "Grudge Cup" and Ellen actually thought that she'd run away with it so she kept on warning Allison, "Don't touch that! Don't touch that!" But in actual fact, Allison was going to hand over the trophy to Ellen like a good ol' loser! And after handing it over, Allison, looking all droopy, went to the corner, hugged one of the assistants, and pretended to be all upset and cried! The whole thing is simply not to be missed, folks! One of the most hilarious episodes to date, I must say! Anyway, Houston ended up wearing Allison's see-through skirt! And the show closed out with Ellen & Allison still playing ping-pong!! Wow, they truly are very competitive & love the game! Well, let's see if there's gonna be another rematch later on, eh? |
| February 24, 2004
(Notable Guests: Jim Belushi, Mischa Barton, Tom Jones) |
Jim Belushi made his 2nd visit to the show! Tom Jones was also on today so Jim was saying how excited he was 'coz he's a huge Tom Jones fan! He actually saw Tom at the "House of Blues" when he started his band 9 years ago. He even got Tom's autograph on his Tom Jones CD! Talk about a big fan, eh? Ellen mentioned that Jim's brother, the late John Belushi, was finally getting a star on the Walk of Fame. Guess when the inauguration is gonna be? APRIL 1ST, April Fool's Day! Talk about ironic, what with John Belushi being a comedian all his life, and all..! Then Jim told Ellen that he still tours with his band across the country along with buddy, Danny (Dan Akroyd). They usually do their "Blue Brothers" songs and stunts while on stage. Ellen immediately asked him to do one of those "Blues Brothers" moves..& he did!! What a good sport! Yup, he did the back flip! You can see Jim Belushi in action on "According to Jim" every Tuesday @ 9p on ABC. Mischa Barton, from the hit FOX show, "The O.C.," came on the show, being very polite with Ellen..just a handshake! Ellen began asking Mischa about her unusual name, which is Russian. But the funny thing is, Mischa's not Russian! She's actually half Irish, half German! She admitted that her parents did have an odd way of naming their kids! Mischa grew up in New York but just moved to L.A. recently. So obviously she's not used to driving yet but loves to drive...FAST! Unfortunately she gets distracted very easily while driving, like she'd accidentally step on the gas paddle instead of the brake! Incidentally, the whole cast & crew on the set nicknamed her "Leftfoot Barton"! Ellen was then commenting on the hit show being something like "Beverly Hills 90210" but set in Orange County, and filled with soap opera plots & sub- plots! Finally, before she let Mischa go, Ellen had to ask her about rumors running around that she and co-star, Benjamin McKenzie, are going out in real life. The spunky gal very clearly and nonchalantly confirmed that the rumors are...NOT TRUE! So, for those of you who've been wondering, the lady has spoken, so.. You can catch Mischa Barton and gang on "The O.C." every Wednesday @ 9p on FOX. Tom Jones performed one of his classic hits, "It's Not Unusual" from his latest CD, "Reloaded - Greatest Hits." Then he closed out the show with another song. |
| February 23, 2004
(Notable Guests: Queer Eye Guys, Jeffrey Tambor, Murphy Lee, Nelly & Jermaine Dupri) |
The Fab Five aka The Queer Eye Guys, came out & started dancing with Ellen before finally
sitting down to have a little chat with the happy host...well, not until Jai (Culture Vulture) did a solo hot dance
first! Ellen was very happy to have those guys on the show 'coz she apparently had been trying to get them on for ages! Carson
(Fashion Savant) revealed that people have been telling him he looks like Ellen...mostly from behind, that is! Ellen was
commenting about the huge popularity of their show, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," which she likes to watch very
much. Then she asked the guys how their popularity has changed them. Carson almost immediately replied,
"Before the show, when I was walking in the mall, people would be like, 'eww, it's that gay guy!' Now it's,
'Oh my God, it's the queer guy!'" The audience erupted! Then there was a Q&A session when Ellen read out the questions posed by
the audience members before the show started. Questions like: The Queer Eye Guys have a couple of books out and a CD featuring all the music from their show. "Queer Eye For The Staight Guy" airs every Tuesday at 10p on BRAVO. Murphy Lee along with Nelly & Jermaine Dupri danced with the audience & Ellen when they sang their songs, "What Da Hook Gon Be" & "Shake Ya Tailfeather" from Murphy's CD, "Murphy's Law" (which Ellen liked very much & was the song Tony played when Ellen danced to her seat earlier on ). After the fun & energetic performance, Nelly gave Ellen a big hug! Cool! Jeffrey Tambor came on and Ellen started telling everyone what a hilarious guy Jeff is. She remembered when she was sitting next to him on "Hollywood Squares" he made her laugh so much! Ellen then talked about Jeff's comedy show, "Arrested Development," and how she absolutely loves it. She urged everyone to check it out, not only because it's very funny, but it's very unique too. "Arrested Development" is developed by the same guy who developed Ellen's last sitcom, "The Ellen Show," & one of its executive producer is Ron Howard who also does the voice overs on the show! Then both Ellen & Jeff talked about their attendance at this year's Golden Globes. Jeff shared his "awful" red carpet experience! "I remember, as I was walking down the red carpet, I realized that on my right was Tom Cruise & on my left was Catherine Zeta Jones! I'm telling ya, I could've lit fire to myself & people would just be like, 'Could someone remove that ball of fire out of the way?!' It was awful! I never felt so small!! " "Arrested Development" airs every Sunday at 9:30p on FOX. |
| February 20, 2004
(Notable Guests: Meg Ryan, Indigo Girls) |
Meg Ryan, whose movie opens today, "Against the Ropes," came on & gave Ellen a hug. Before Meg came on, Ellen labeling her as "one of the most beloved actresses" to everyone, & repeated that to Meg when she sat down beside Ellen. Then Ellen started complimenting on Meg's hair, saying that she was always curious what kind of hair-styles Meg would have all the time 'coz like Jennifer Aniston's famous hairdo trend, Meg's hair-styles set the trend as well. Ellen really liked Meg's hair (which is her usual bop-style, not the clean bop..more of like a "just got out of bed" bop!) which she labeled it "very cute" which made Meg a little embarrassed but flattered! Meg started telling Ellen that people keep mistaking her for Ellen in places like "7 Eleven" which caused a big roar of laughter from the audience especially after Ellen uttered bewilderingly, "Were they holding a brown bag, with a bottle inside?!" Ellen then asked what those people would say to her when they thought Meg was her. Meg told her that she'd get free stuff sometimes, and they'd let her use the bathroom when you normally wouldn't be allowed to if you're not a patron. Ellen was very flattered to hear this & said that people have told her that she "seemed" like Meg Ryan but she's never been mistaken for the mega star. Then they talked about Ellen being invited to Oprah's recent 50th birthday party & Meg was at John Travolta's in Mexico where it was a surprise birthday bash organized by his wife, Kelly Preston! Then they went into playing games..Meg's also a games person. She plays "running charades" which Ellen said it could be dangerous 'coz it's a very competitive, team game! However, Meg doesn't know "poker," which Ellen said she knows a little - she's been invited to the "Celebrity Poker" show (don't know when it's gonna air on TV). Ellen also likes to watch boxing (this was brought up when Meg talked a little about her new movie and asked Ellen if she knew about the sport). Ellen showed a commercial which Meg made when she was very young - an AIM fluoride (toothpaste) commercial - which brought back memories to Meg! She couldn't remember that one..but only the BK commercial which she said she did it once with Sarah Jessica Parker before! Meg seemed to be enjoying herself (she's pretty shy!) very much on the show and thanked Ellen for having her on! Indigo Girls performed a song from their latest CD, "All That We Let In." Before they performed, Ellen told revealed how grateful she was that Indigo Girls agreed to come on the show 'coz she didn't know if she was forgiven for apparently "screwing up" their performance at the Lilith Fair some time ago when she was asked to sing along with them on-stage only to end up screwing up her lines! But of 'coz it's all water under the bridge 'coz Ellen and the Indigo Girls are buddies! Ellen closed out the show with another performance by Indigo Girls and this time, she went to the duo and sang with them! |
| February 19, 2004
(Notable Guests: Marg Helgenberger, JC Chasez) |
Marg Helgenberger came on and expressed her appreciation to Ellen in having her on the show and was very excited! She clearly likes Ellen very much and vice versa. Both of them started chatting about the last time they saw each other which was at the Grammys. Marg brought her 13-year-old son and his friend with her and said it was probably one of the best Grammy shows she'd seen in a long while due to some of the greatest performances from both the veterans & the today's popular singers alike. Ellen apparently first met Marg's son when they bumped into each other during vacation in Big Sur. Marg was telling Ellen how her son was not at all interested in Big Sur with its beautiful vistas while she loved it. And Ellen uttered, "Well, that's the thing. When you're getting older, you appreciate the vista a little more.." and Marg started to chuckle endlessly, she & Ellen looked at each other, & the audience just burst into laughter too, which made Ellen even more embarrassed & Marg chuckled even more, seemingly enjoying herself! Then they talked about how "CSI" has become such a pop phenomenon. Ellen brought some latex gloves & asked Marg to show everyone how to get them on. When asked if it was a difficult thing to do, Marg basically said that women are better than the guys on the show..."Women are better with their hands than men in general. Guys would need assistance..," uttered Marg who turned to the audience with a twinkle in her eyes & a cheeky look, as she spoke! And before you know it, the audience just erupted! Marg was looking toward Ellen, laughing, and Ellen immediately said, "I'm not even gonna go there!" Very funny indeed! The Krapp Brothers, who have a show on the National Geographic channel every Sunday at 8p, were on the show again, bringing with them some exotic animals - amadillo, lynx, ground hornbill, and even a zebra!!! FYI, Tony, the DJ, is terrified of birds (as a result of watching Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" which is the common reason of some people who fear birds!) so he wasn't looking forward to this segment at all! When the brothers brought in the huge ground hornbill, there were 2 guys holding a net each guarding the area where Tony was standing! It was pretty funny! According to the brothers, of all the animals they've worked with, they found chimpanzees and orcas to be among the smartest. JC Chasez performed a song from his first solo CD, "Schizophrenia." |
| February 18, 2004
(Notable Guests: Jane Kacszmareck, Jeff Probst) |
Before Jane Kacszmareck came on, Ellen mentioned about Jane's last visit where she took out the "chicken cutlets" from her bra & gave one to Ellen! Jane then came on and they both chatted Valentine's Day and Ellen asked what she & her hubby, Bradley Whitford, did. I thought I'd mention that Ellen screwed up Brad's name when she called him "Bradford" instead of "Bradley!!" Jane didn't seem to mind 'coz she admitted that Brad's full name is interchangeable - he could be Bradford Whitley or Bradley Whitford in a jiff! Anyway, Jane revealed that she & Brad spent Valentine's Day at home, basically just staying home and went to bed early! No, no hanky-panky there, insisted Jane. They just slept after drinking champagne and reading magazines in bed! Their children were taken care of by their nanny so they could have the whole day to themselves! How adorable and lovely! Ellen then asked Jane if she thought her TV family in "Malcolm in the Middle," was dysfunctional and what she thought of it. Jane replied that she didn't think her TV family was that odd 'coz she grew up with a very "resourceful" (or frankly, thrifty!) dad in her family with 4 kids in the house that only had 1 bathroom! They also talked about their favorite TV shows. Jane's favorites are "Arrested Development" & "The Apprentice." The 100th episode of "Malcolm in the Middle" airs this Sunday at 9p on FOX. Jeff Probst made his 2nd visit to the show. He & Ellen talked about "Survivor: All-Star" and how psychological the show is, with the things and environment the contestants are being thrown into. Jeff also talked about how he nearly died while diving. Apparently, he dove much too quickly so he got high while underwater. Had his friend, who was with him at the time, not pull him away from the sharks which were surrounding them after they drifted from where they dove, he would have died without knowing it 'coz he was too high to notice anything dangerous! Wow, what an experience indeed!! A word of caution: Never dive too quickly underwater or you'll get high & won't know what you're doing anymore, and never ascend to the surface of the water too quickly or you'll explode due to the pressure! |
| February 17, 2004
(Notable Guests: Lauren Graham, Melissa Etheridge) |
Lauren Graham came on and chatted with Ellen. She began telling Ellen about how she and her friends
decided to get Ellen some birthday gifts while she was filming on location. It was more like a fun thing to do instead of having a
lunch break, so they had a competition on who could get Ellen the best gift for $10, which was supposedly their lunch money! Ellen
showed everyone the little gifts that she received from Lauren & her friends but admitted that she didn't open them 'coz she didn't
know what they were! Lauren had to explain the hotdog & bun warmer, the yellow illuminating plastic case with a happy face,
and the malfunctioned voice-activated bird's nest with chirping birds! All joking aside, Lauren apologized for not getting
Ellen a proper birthday gift but she did give Ellen a lovely birthday greeting so Ellen was very appreciative of it. Ellen then asked
about Lauren's upcoming birthday which falls on the day after St. Patrick's Day. Ellen found out that Lauren
loves to ride horses but due to her busy work schedule, she hasn't had the time to do that. So, as a birthday gift to Lauren,
Ellen had 2 horses waiting for them behind the studio so she and Lauren could have a ride! Lauren couldn't believe her
ears when she heard that! Both of them rode the horses (the horse which Ellen was riding was actually Tom Cruise's horse in
" Melissa Etheridge performed "Breathe" from her latest CD, "Lucky," which has been hailed as her best in her career! It's also Ellen's best Melissa Etheridge CD yet! Melissa then sat next to Ellen to chat a little. Melissa admitted that she felt a little strange sitting next to Ellen doing a talk show 'coz she's known Ellen for "...like a hundred years!" as Melissa put it and they're buddies. Ellen then talked about how she was Melissa's fan before they were friends. She remembered waiting outside of a store on Melrose Ave. for Melissa so she could tell her in person how much Ellen liked her songs! Ellen also remembered the first song she heard by Melissa was "Bring Me Some Water" on the radio but she didn't know who sang it, and actually thought it was Tina Turner! She finally found out Melissa's name so she could go and get her CD! Then they talked about Melissa's 5-year-old kid who's growing up fast. The show ended with William Hung singing John Lennon's "Rocket Man" and Ellen joined him! |
| February 16, 2004
(Notable Guests: Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider) |
The first guest from the latest comedy, "50 First Dates" was Drew Barrymore. Drew came on and immediately told Ellen how happy she was to be on the show 'coz she watches it all the time. Ellen told everyone that Drew recently received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame which was very exciting to Drew. Both Drew and Ellen found out they have quite a few things in common. Both Drew & Ellen cry a lot. They cry easily, even about very little things, 'coz both are very emotional. Ellen then showed an old commercial that Drew did when she was only 3! It was a Pilsbury cookie dough commercial. After the clip, both Ellen & Drew were dabbing their eyes with a Kleenex! Drew was telling Ellen how much she was forced to eat the cookies while doing the commercial, so much that by the end of the shoot, she was so sick of cookies & since then, she hasn't been a fan of sweets and cookies! Ellen immediately commented to everyone, " That's a good idea! Maybe you should force feed your kid with lots of cookies when they're young, so they'll get sick of it later! " Ellen doesn't like sweets or cookies either! They both like macaroni & cheese, & pizza, too! Next, was Adam Sandler. He's such a shy guy and was having quite a hard time trying to explain to everyone what the movie, "50 First Dates," was about! Ellen & Drew had to finally help him out! Then Ellen showed an old clip of Adam when he was on "The Cosby Show" during his early career! He looked so young! Rob Schneider came on. By this time Drew, Adam & Rob were sitting side by side, talking to Ellen. Rob and Ellen go way back during their stand-up days, along with Adam. Rob remembered doing a gig together with Ellen so they were car-pooling to Santa Cruz! Ellen pretended to remember it, but of 'coz she didn't 'coz she does have a short-term memory! He also revealed that he tried Ellen's comic style of rambling and stuttering but failed miserably! He found out the hard way that only Ellen could pull it off so successfully..case in point, "Finding Nemo!" At the end of the show, Ellen gave her guests each a brand new surf board which had their names on theirs along with a picture of Ellen at the back of each board! |
| February 13, 2004
(Notable Guests: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Edie Falco, KC & The Sunshine Band, Hazel Smith) |
After KC & The Sunshine Band played "Do A Little Dance," Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen came out together & presented Ellen with a box of heart-shaped chocolates all the way from Martha's Vineyard which were Mary's favorite! She hinted to Ellen to offer her some! FYI, Ted & Mary have been married for 8 years. Ellen wanted to see if the couple were really that loving and close, so she played a game with them - Mary had to answer questions about Ted & vice versa, & Ellen would compare the answers to see if they were correct! They were pretty accurate! Ted & Mary will be starring in a TV-movie on CBS to celebrate Valentine's Weekend. KC & his band then performed "Shake Your Booty" & "Put On My Boogie Shoes" before Edie Falco came out. Apparently, Edie & Ellen both always get mistaken for each other by practically everyone they meet! The funniest one was when Doris Roberts (from "Everybody Loves Raymond") mistook Ellen for Edie at the Emmys and began talking about how she thought Edie should've won for her great performance in "Sopranos," & of 'coz Ellen didn't know what Doris was talking about. "I didn't want to say anything 'coz I thought, you know, she must have lost it," explained Ellen to Edie about Doris' mistake! FYI, prior to "Sopranos," Edie was a struggling actress. She was a waitress for 15 years & did quite a few odd-jobs here & there. So "Sopranos" was her big break & now she's famous! The new season of "Sopranos" will premiere on HBO on March 7th. Due to time constraints, Ellen had to cancel poor Hazel Smith (country cook), who's been invited back to the show for the 3rd time already! Ellen apologized deeply & promised to bring Hazel back very soon. |
| February 12, 2004
(Notable Guests: Britney Spears, Tom Cavanaugh) |
Today's big guest was Britney Spears! She performed one of her songs in her new CD, "In The Zone." Britney then sat with Ellen to have a little chat. Britney's not very talkative on TV so Ellen was basically just hit her with a lot of questions 'coz Britney only gave very short answers. But the 22-year-old superstar was having a lot of fun with Ellen especially when Ellen asked her to show her some sit-up tips which she did! So the interview continued to the floor when both Ellen & Britney were lying on the floor doing different sit-ups! Britney also expressed her gratitude about Ellen's show 'coz it gives her a reason to watch such a great show every morning! COOL! Britney will be touring North America for about 9 months, starting from San Diego. So since she won't have time to have fun due to her hectic schedule, Ellen presented Britney with a BIG gift - a normal-sized basketball hoop and balls! Apparently Britney loves to play basketball and is pretty good at it. So when she saw it, she was very excited and both of them started shooting some hoops. Ellen didn't do too badly although she kept on saying how bad she was in basketball!! Tom Cavanaugh, star of "Ed" airing on Wednesdays at 8p on NBC, came on. Ellen really likes him a lot and thinks he's adorable! Tom's Canadian but grew up in Ghana when his parents moved there to teach. He didn't return to Canada until he was in his high-school age. So he had to adapt to the culture & lifestyle of his own homeland when they moved to Southern Quebec. Because they didn't have TV in Ghana, Tom missed out on a lot of the TV shows, the pop culture,...he didn't even know how to swear! Tom's still learning the pop culture even on his show. He then did a sweet thing to Ellen - he played a song for Ellen with the guitar! When Ellen asked what song he'd play for her, he said in dedication to Britney's upcoming tour visit to Canada, he'd sing one of her songs...in French!! So he did - it was the French version of Britney's "Hit Me, Baby, One More Time!" He was great! Finally, both he & Ellen shot some hoops before the show ended! Tom's a very good shooter! |
| February 11, 2004
(Notable Guests: Simon Cowell, Annie Lennox, Keisha Castle-Hughes) |
Simon Cowell came on and talked about the new season of "American Idol" which Ellen follows 'coz she especially likes the audition phase. Ellen asked Simon the obvious question about why he's so brutally honest all the time. Simon admitted that he's been like that since he was 3! His first victim was none other than his poor mom when she was wearing a mink fur hat & made a mistake of asking his child if she looked pretty. At 3, Simon replied to his mom, "No, you look like a poodle.." Simon also expressed his deepest regret for letting go one of the contestants who had a great voice but got kicked out simply because Simon didn't like how he answered the panel's question about what to do if he won the $1 million! So, on the show, he publicly apologized to the guy on TV!! Simon has a new book out called, "I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But..." Keisha Castle-Hughes, the youngest actress to be nominated for an Oscar for "Best Actress" for her stunning performance in "Whale Rider" came on, looking pretty nervous. She was only 13 when she played that role and not only that, she had never had any acting experience before! Keisha's from New Zealand and has a very heavy New Zealander accent which Ellen had trouble understanding for she had to ask Keisha to repeat a few times, sheepishly saying, "Now, all that I heard, but I didn't understand...." It was hilarious! Annie Lennox sang her nominated song, "Into The West," the love theme from "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." The guy who built the incredibly huge domino set on Ellen's 100th show, Robert Specka, was invited back. This time he built "Happy 101st Show, Ellen!" It was absolutely humongous & the domino effect worked perfectly!! |
| February 10, 2004
(Notable Guests: Sting, & It's Ellen's 100th Show!!) |
Sting, the 16th-time Grammy Award winner, performed his first song - the classic "Walking on the Moon." Before Sting came to sit beside Ellen, she was telling everyone how she absolutely loved Sting's new CD, "Sacred Love," even proclaimed it to be Sting's best CD yet! And she made a public plea to the record company to release her favorite song on the CD, "Inside," as the next single! Sting sat down with Ellen when she congratulated him for his Grammy win on Sunday for the song, "Whenever I Say Your Name," a collaboration with Mary J. Blige. Ellen commented that Sting was wearing a "dress" which Sting corrected her instantly 'coz it was actually a "kilt." And before Ellen could say anything more about the "kilt," Sting looked at Ellen as if he knew what she was going to ask him, & said, "The answer to your obvious question is NO!" That brought the house down! When the laughter subsided, Ellen couldn't help herself & responded, "My question to the answer was, 'Should I wear one?'..I guess I won't wear one, then!" Sting is also nominated for an Oscar for the love theme in the nominated movie, "Cold Mountain," entitled, "You'll Be My Ain True Love." He played a little of that to Ellen with his guitar which Ellen said thereafter, "We all have good moments. That was a really good moment for me." Sting then performed another song, "Prisoner of Love," from his new CD. To mark the special 100th show, Ellen invited a guy who's the record holder for building the longest domino set - Robert Specka. He actually build a huge domino set that spelled, "Happy 100th Show, Ellen" along with a big U.S. flag at the bottom!! Ellen did the honors and started the "domino effect." The whole domino effect took a good while to finish through and at the end of it, Ellen just lied down beside the fallen dominoes! AMAZING!! |
| February 9, 2004
(Notable Guests: Naomi Watts, Five for Fighting, Shoshana Johnson) |
Naomi Watts came out & pretended to wipe off Ellen's invisible footprints from the guest couch! (well, earlier, when Ellen did her routine dance, she was standing on both her own couch & the guest couch!! Yup, she just loves hip-hop music!) FYI, Naomi is actually English. She was born & raised in England but she & her family moved to Australia when she was 14, thus her Aussie accent. Naomi was also wearing tennis shoes (like those of Ellen's!) much to Ellen's pleasant surprise! Ellen then congratulated Naomi for her Oscar nomination ("21 Grams") and began telling her this, "I have to say, I'm very honest & I'll always be honest....the other day, Charlize Theron was on the show & she's been nominated for "Monster" & I told her on the show, I said, "I believe you will win.", & I'm just telling you right now...she doesn't have a shot in hell!!" That impromptu comment caught Naomi off-guard as she was actually listening to Ellen quite intently so she wasn't expecting it & then that remark which brought huge laughs from the shy, very talented actress! Ellen, having fun w/ it, continued on looking at Naomi teasingly & said, "It's A-L-L you. What can I say, she (referring to Charlize) was next to me, I had to say it! " After the laughter subsided, Ellen asked Naomi the obvious question - "So who will you take to the Oscars?" And before Naomi could answer, Ellen took out a 'Heath' chocolate bar & said, "Excuse me, I'm hungry, I'm just gonna have a 'Heath' bar..would you like one? I just like the name 'Heath'." Naomi just didn't know what to say..she was a little embarrassed..like she knew what Ellen was getting at..! Then Ellen just looked at her 'Heath' bar & then at Naomi and said, "Hey, aren't you dating Heath Ledger?" Very, very cheekily sly of Ellen to put Naomi on the spot about her relationship with Heath!! But she succeeded in bringing out the answer from the shy Naomi. She's bringing her mom & yes, of 'coz her beau, Heath Ledger!! Well done, Ellen! Five For Fighting performed "100 Years" from their new CD, "The Battle For Everything." Tomorrow (Tuesday, 2/10) will mark the 100th episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"!!! Sting is the special guest! |
| February 2, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Amy Brenneman, Kathy Najimy, LeAnne Rimes) |
Ellen's first guest, Amy Brenneman, star of the CBS drama, "Judging Amy." Amy looked to be very cold. She wasn't aware how cold it'd get in those studios and she wore her "Fabulous" dress, as Ellen commented, so Ellen got her a nice red throw blanket. Ellen showed off a picture of Amy's daughter, Charlotte, which Ellen described as one of those photos you buy with the frame and you want to leave it that way because it's so cute. Amy then told a horror story that made her daughter sound not so cute!! The idea for Amy's hit show, "Judging Amy," came from her mother, actually. She told us that she wanted the title to be "Chasing Grey" but the people on the show thought it was dull. So they paid GOOD money to a company that came up with titles for all sorts of shows. So the company came up with titles like, "My Mother's A Judge" and "Order, Order"!!! They both agreed that it's hard to have your name in your hit show's title, because you'll always have to be the main character. Ellen also told Amy that "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" wasn't the first title for her talk show. Ellen thought of other ones like, "Give Me Another Chance"! That's hilarious!! Ellen's next guest, Kathy Najimy, better known in her hilarious role in
"Sister Act" is also currently the voice of "Peggy" on Fox's cartoon series,
"King of the Hill". Kathy came out wearing the same blanket Amy had, as a
shawl. She and Ellen talked about Kathy's daughter, who is indeed Ellen's god-daughter. I
thought I'd put this all in Kathy's words for all... LeAnne Rimes performed a song from her greatest hits CD. |
| January 30, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Julie Bowen, George Eads, Fefe) |
Julie Bowen from the TV Series, "ED," was nervous about being on the show because she realized that a lot of people watch it including a lot of other celebrities. They talked about being clueless about football, and Julie being a cross-country track star in high-school. She said that was the sport she liked because it didn't involve balls and a lot of coordination. She also enjoys sky-diving but has sketchy details about her experience so Ellen joked and accused her of lying about really going sky-diving! 18 year old Fefe made her daytime debut and performed her hit song. George Eads from the TV hit show, "CSI" chatted with Ellen about her liking his Rolling Stones T-shirt. They also talked about the Golden Globes and seeing each other there. He used to sell copiers door-to-door when he lived in Texas, and Ellen coincided with her own story of when she sold vaccum cleaners in a mall in Texas. She had a customer ask her once why they needed a light on the front of the vaccum Ellen was selling. She told the customer that was so they could vaccum at night and not wake anyone up by turning on the lights!! And guess what, her rationale apparently worked 'coz the customer bought it! George then showed Ellen how to make a great Super Bowl dip by using a block of Velvetta cheese, stewed tomatoes, and ground beef - melt the cheese and tomatoes together, and then cooked ground beef and VOILA!! Ellen commented when she took it out of the microwave "WOW!! That looks... Disgusting!" She still tried it and did like it even though she thought it was a little spicy. |
| January 29, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Ashton Kutcher, Deidre Hall, Travis) |
Ashton Kutcher came on and Ellen commented on how well he was dressed. They talked about being at the Golden Globes. Ashton was actually feeling under the weather so he didn't go to any after-parties. Ellen asked about Demi, and said she was allowed to because she knows her and commented "She's an amazing person, so if you're with her, you must be an amazing person." Ellen admitted she was a little mad at Ashton for being mean to Justin Timberlake on his hit show, "Punk'd." Ellen remarked, "He didn't even get mad, he's so sweet." She showed the clip of the show where Justin's house and belongings were being taken because of "back taxes". Justin called his mother and was almost crying! That was indeed one of the great "Punk'd" episodes! The band Travis from Scotland performed from their CD, "12 Memories." Deidre Hall talked about her role on "Days of our Lives" in which she plays Marlana, and IS THE SALEM SERIAL KILLER!! Deidre didn't even know until recently that her character was the serial killer and she's been shooting episodes for months! She and Ellen happened to be wearing the same type of Converse tennis shoes. Deidre then told everyone that more characters will be dying on the show. FYI, Deidre knits in her spare time now and actually made Ellen an extra long scarf!! |
| January 28, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Burt Reynolds, Meredith the Bachelorette) |
Ellen called the Meredith the Bachelorette about a bachelor on her show who called himself "Metrosexual" and Ellen and Meredith both agreed they didn't understand what exactly it meant! Ellen heard that it's straight men that have impeccable personal hygiene, and like pedicures and manicures. "It should be called "Pedisexual" or "Manisexual," where does the "Metro" come in??" But Meredith said she's in love so we'll just have to watch and see if she picks the Metrosexual! Burt Reynolds came out and talked about his layout/centerfold in a 1972 issue of "Cosmopolitan." He was the first man centerfold in the magazine. They looky-looed the picture and scribbled over the parts that may offend. He wasn't wearing anything but a bear-skin rug in the picture in which Ellen commented that she hoped the bear was just tired in the picture and Burt said the bear was exhausted. He had hosted the "The Tonight Show" 100 times over the years. The first time he was on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" as a guest he was told about the rules like, don't touch him, the pencil, his coffee cup, or his hair. So since Burt was such a bad-ass in the 70's he went out and immediately broke the pencil, poured the coffee cup over his head, and sprayed whipped cream on his head that he got from a prop guy! He figured Johnny was ready for it as a change from everything proper. Burt has just finished a movie in New Zealand called "Without a Paddle." We'll watch for it. Nick Cannon trotted out showing off his Ellen Boxers and Ellen noticed his HUGE diamond encrusted watch, made by Jacob the Jeweler. Ellen yelled out that she wanted some jewels from Jacob! Nick just got done working with J-Lo in a movie. He took the show out performing his hit single, "Gigolo". |
| January 27, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Betty White, Amy Smart) |
Betty White came on and talked about her guest appearance coming up on "The Practice" where she plays a blackmailer. They showed a clip of her along side James Spader. Betty and Ellen discussed their love for animals. Betty has been the LA Zoo commissioner for 33 years!! Ellen asked, "Do you carry a badge or gun or anything??" Betty told us in detail about the 4 times that Gracie the Chimp got out of the LA Zoo, one of them being recently. None of the other chimps try to do it. And Gracie never trys to get away, she just goes to the Zoo gate and they let her back in. Ellen and Betty then played "Password" with 2 audience members. Ellen and her partner won! Amy Smart from the new movie, "The Butterfly Effect" came on. The movie, also starring Ashton Kucher, is also the #1 movie in the country! Amy's only 27 but started doing commercials when she was 14. She talked about when the movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, all of the free stuff they gave celebrities, like a toaster, etc. She also talked about still being star-struck and when she first met Brad Pitt she sat with him and was doubling her Cosmopolitans and ended up getting drunk! Then he introduced her to his friend... Tom Cruise!!. Brad asked her to a charity benefit later but she was working on "Varsity Blues" and turned him down!! Gavin DeGraw performed "I Don't Wanna Be" from his CD "Chariot". |
| January 26, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Kim Cattrall, Bobb'e J. Thompson, & IT'S ELLEN'S BIRTHDAY!!!!) |
Ellen's first guest, Kim Cattrall, came bearing gifts, a hoe, for Ellen's garden, silly!! Ellen asked Kim about the crowd she hangs out with now, regarding a picture of her with Beyonce and Jay-Z. Kim talked about her dating scene, she's still single, she can't decide if she wants a young guy because they're cuter and easier to manipulate! Or an older guy because they're smarter and have more wisdom in a relationship. Ellen said she cried when she saw the "Sex in the City" episode where Kim's character, Samantha, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Right now, not even Kim knows how the show ends and what happens to all of the characters. People are now approaching Kim on the street saying that their friends are now getting mammograms after seeing the show. Inspiring. "Sex and the City" airs on Sundays @ 9p on HBO. Bobb'e J. Thompson came out and got lost in Lil' Bow-Wow's song for quite a while, dancing, showing off for Ellen. He won a rapping competition a little while ago. He talked about when he auditioned for the Tracy Morgan Show, how much Tracy adored him as well as everyone else. He's just 7 years old and Ellen was noticing his choice of "bling-bling". He rapped a birthday rap for Ellen an presented her with a birthday gift, a little "bling-bling" of her own ~ A necklace with a diamond E! Ellen addressed all of us with this.. "First of all, I don't think we should just celebrate birthdays, we should celebrate life, because every single day is worth celebrating." She thanked her parents for "birthing her"... "My life is REALLY good right now, I feel really happy and I appreciate because I feel a lot of love and support and I thank you all for making me feel good on this day. " |
| January 23, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Mike O'Malley, Aisha Tyler, The Thrills) |
Ellen talked to Aisha Tyler about playing "Ross"' girlfriend on "Friends." Aisha also does some stand-up, and speaking of standing up, Aisha is 6 foot tall! She came on with a sprained elbow. Acually it was broken but they put an ace bandage on it. "Ahh, I was in a bar fight, stabbed a couple of people! Naa, I did it snowboarding!" So Ellens' gift to her was a sling that had 'Ellen' printed on it, & Aisha wore it proudly! Mike O'Malley and Ellen talked about how they both enjoy football, even though Ellen didn't know the names of the teams that are playing in this year's superbowl! Mike informed her that it's the Patriots, and the Panthers, and that he's a Patriots fan. Ellen somehow knew this and had a Patriots jersey made for him that had 'O'MALLEY' printed on the back with a HUGE picture of Ellen's face! I love how she makes people sport her face. It sells! |
| January 22, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Merv Griffin, Topher Grace) |
Twenty-three years ago he was the host of "The Merv Griffin Show," and now Merv Griffin loves to watch "The Ellen DeGeneres Show!" He also loved how Ellen filled his dressing room full of gifts, like his new Ellen Boxers! Ellen helped him put the boxers on OVER his pants to see if they'd fit! He tipped Tony, but not before asking for change. He talked about seeing Ellen at an award show and he didn't know if he should stop her and talk to her because he wasn't sure if she even knew who he was! So as Ellen passed him she said, "I love you" to him! Then just kept on going. The show Merv did a while ago was equivalent to Johnny Carson's. He then told everyone an interesting fact that on October 1st 1962, he and Johnny started their shows on the same day, in the same studio for the same network!! He also commented about the censorship. "One woman came on with a low-cut dress, so right before she came out, a stagehand panicked and shoved a tissue down her "cravass" and she came out like that! I asked if she had been eating just before she came out! " Then Merv was picking on Ellen by repeating everything that came out of her mouth AS it was coming out of her mouth! Hilarious indeed! Ellen then playd "Which Came First?" with the audience. For instance 'Mustard or Mayonaise??' The answer is mustard because it was invented in the 1300's. Another one was 'Betty White or Snow White?' Can you believe that it was Betty??! From the new film, "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton," Topher Grave told Ellen that his unique name came from the second-half of Christopher!! He would introduce himself as Christopher and the person would say, "Well, hello Chris!" and he would say "...Topher." Ellen was suprised to know that Topher was discovered in a school play and his first acting gig was "That 70's Show" which is now in it's 6th season. "That's too amazing, that never happens people." He was quite lucky to have had the producers just happen to be there at his school play 7 years ago and offered to have him come to LA! |
| January 21, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Ruben Studdard, Neve Campbell) |
Neve Campbell sat and chatted about dancing (ballet) which was the basis of her new movie, "The Company." They talked about her unique name, 'Neve,' and how Conan O'Brien just named his new baby that. Her name came from her mothers' maiden name. Neve pointed out that her name, spelled backwards is "even," and Ellens' is "Nelle." She started taking ballet lessons at age 6 and was in "The Nutcracker" at 9. "How do you get your toes to do that point thing?" Ellen asked. "Well, you start at 10 and you get your bones and toes to become strong enough. " Her new movie was actually Neve's idea 10 years ago and she got a woman to write the script and others to direct and produce. Ellen and Neve got dressed into too-too's and Neve taught Ellen some ballet techniques! It's always nice seeing Ellen in a too-too!! Ellen then played "Diner Slang or Not" with the audience. Some popular ones are "Shingle with a shimmy and a shake" which is buttered toast! and "Wreck 'em" is scammbled eggs. "Put out the lights and cry" is liver an onions . "Paint a bow-wow red" is a hotdog with ketchup. Ellen is always teaching us! Ruben Studdard performed a song from his new CD, "Soulful" and chatted about winning the American Idol and its new season, and also being nominated for a Grammy!! He was doing and interview for CNN when he got the news. Ruben said, "It's so nice to meet Ellen. Ya know, YOU HAVE GOT IT GOING ON!" |
| January 20, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Richard Simmons, Randy Jackson, Lynne Cox) |
Ellen's first guest, Richard Simmons, will be corresponding for E! during the Golden Globe Awards. Instead of his dolphin shorts, he'll be dressed in a tux! Richard brought Ellen a lovely corsage which she immediately put on her wrist. He talked about being very nervous that he was going to be meeting and interviewing big celebrities at the Golden Globes. He showed the audience his Ellen-underwear but in order to do so he removed his shoes, socks and his pants!! Then he ran over to Tony to give him the records that he brought which included "I Will Survive", "YMCA" and Barbra Streisand, all unopened! Ellen didn't even have to interview him, as he ran around the studio like an excited puppy, he's all the entertainment we need!! Ellen even got bored half-way through Richard's running around stint, and started reading her Book "The Funny Thing Is..!" FYI, Ellen will be at the Golden Globes live this Sunday (1/25)!! Lynne Cox is the first person to swim a mile in the freezing Antartic ocean. Ellen showed a clip of her swimming - "Look at the snow on those mountains! There's penguins looking at her saying she's crazy!" Lynne said the hardest thing about the freezing water was breathing, she did 90 strokes a minute to keep her body temperature up. There weren't sharks but there were killer whales and killer seals! She's written all about it in her book "Swimming to Antartica." Before Randy Jackson came out, Ellen showed clips of the "American Idol" auditions that didn't go well, in fact they were horrible! Randy's on the cover of "People" where he talked about how he lost 100lbs! He did the surgery method. He says it's a jump-start, but you still need to diet and exercise right. You have to be on a puree diet for 6 weeks after, and chew your food immensely because your stomache is so small. There's a new "American Idol" episode that started tonite. Did we all know that Randy was in the rock group "Journey"??? Ellen remembered seeing Randy at the Emmys or something and he said, "What up dawg?" to her, which, is the title of his book that talks about getting into showbiz. He gave us a hint about the new American Idol, he thinks it will be a girl winner this year. |
| January 19, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Sean Astin, Breckin Meyer) |
Sean Astin was ammused with the smoking donkey. Out of all 3 "Lord of the Rings" films they have made over 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS!! Sean has 2 children. One of whom spent 3 birthdays in New Zealand with him while he filmed. Ellen just discovered that Sean's mom is Patty Duke! Now that Ellen is into eBay she saw that his mom's house in North Idaho is up for auction on the site. They showed the property on the "looky-loo" and it included a very large piece of land. Sean said, "There's enough room for Ellenwood!" Ellen replied, "Yup, I'd put the water park here... we have to figure out what kind of rides because i don't like the scary ones... Or, we'll just have a huge dance area, we'll do that, Okay! I'll buy it!" I'm sure she was joking but you'll never know, tomorrow we may hear that she bought it for charity! Ellen played the most difficult game on daytime television called, "Lord of the Rings, or a type of cheese?" Breckin Meyer sat and chatted about his new ABC sitcom, "Married to the Kellys." He and his wife had their first baby on New Year's Eve this year. He talked about being nervous about it because he was unfamiliar with babies as he'd never even babysat before. He talked about his struggle with the diapers. Ellen brought up the fact that she couldn't imagine having to change the baby, back in the day when they had cloth diapers and bobby-pins! She knew that she'd end up poking the baby a lot! Baby Bash peformed his hit single, "Sugar, Sugar" from his album, "The Smoking Nephew." |
| January 16, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Donny Osmond) |
Before Ellen introduced Donny Osmond, she went into her story about her crush on him. "It was beyond a crush, I truly thought I was gonna marry him when I was younger!" Donny then appeared on stage the same way as Ellen, in a bed made with Ellen's sheets - "Now I can say that I was in a bed with Ellen!" To which Ellen replied, "Well yes, yes you can, and not many people can say that!" Ellen, about her crush on Donny - "I thought if you would have just met me, that you would've wanted to marry me, I really did!" They took a question from Detroit. One asked who Donny had a crush on in his younger days, and he admitted to having a huge crush on Jane Seymour!!! Another question - "Ya know, Donny, I sent you a letter when I was in your fan club, and you never wrote me back!" Donny said that was the only letter he didn't reply to. Ellen chimed in with saying that she ALWAYS writes her fan letters back. Donny said he'd make it up to the woman by calling her after the show! Ellen showed a clip of Donny on "Celebrity Fear Factor." He was in a tank with scorpions and other stinging creatures. He said he got stung 3 times! Ellen screamed that she would never do it, even if she didn't have to eat gross stuff! Donny hosts the day-time game show, "Pyramids," airing in syndication. Ellen to Meredith from "The Bachlorette:" "I knew it! I knew that she would be next! Okay, so the whole joke started when Bob was on and I kept saying that he picked you, then he didn't pick you, so I had her on 'cause he should've picked you, but it's a good thing cause BOB ISN'T EVEN WITH ESTELLA ANYMORE! That didn't work out, so who did you pick?" Ellen tried to throw that last one in there to see if she could trick Meredith into telling her before the show's over. "I almost fell for it too!" exclaimed Meredith. Meredith said that yes, she is in love, and no, she didn't pull a Bob and make out with all the guys. They both agreed that kissing is a good thing, though. Ellen said she's bringing kissing back to daytime. She brought attention to the "Looky-Loo" to see all the guys that were potential Meredith lovers. Ellen asked Meredith about the terribly long rose ceremonies, and she said there are even longer in real life!! Before the end of the show, Ellen talked about what a great guy Donny was because he had already called the woman whose fan letter he didn't reply to! |
| January 15, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Debra Messing, Burt Bacharach & Ron Isley, Sue Johanson) |
Debra Messing waddled out, oh so pregnant! It's her first child and she's due at the end of Spring. She doesn't know the sex of her child, as opposed to Cheryl Hines who knew the sex of her child but wouldn't tell Ellen. Debra told Ellen that if she touched her, Ellen would now become pregnant, it's contagious! Ellen told Debra that she needed to stay for the sex expert. Debra admitted to having cravings for Frosted Mini Wheats, which she eats 3 times a day. They discussed seeing Barbra Streisand in concert, how Barbra likes to abknowledge popular stars in the audience and pointed Debra out one time. Ellen replied with telling Debra how she saw Barbra at the Emmys and waved to her and Barbra said, "Well, hello, Helen." Ellen took it in stride. It was, after all, Barbra Striesand! Houston brought Debra a GIANT-SIZED box of Frosted Mini Wheats that included little boxes inside of it. Debra was giddy with excitement! You can see Debra Messing in action on "Will & Grace" on Thursdays at 9p on NBC. Plus, she'll be in a new movie called, "Along Came Polly" which also stars Jennifer Anniston. Burt Bacharach and Ron Isley entertained Ellen & the audience with their performance of "Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head." Next, sex-expert Sue Johanson came on the show. Ellen insisted that she was fine with the stuff, then a long pause. There were a lot of long pauses in this interview, I don't think I've ever seen Ellen quite this speechless! Ellen asked Sue how she could feel comfy talking about the subjects she does! "I'm trying to figure out how to ask this," asked Ellen sheepishly which Sue motioned her to bring it on. "Okay, say if you're a chef, and you cook all day long, when you get home the last thing you want to do is cook, right..." Sue said she's been married a long time and is still active!! At the end of the interview Ellen sprayed Lysol insisting, "I feel dirty, I needed that!" |
| January 14, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Minnie Driver, Jason Bateman) |
Minnie Driver talked about her guest appearances on "Will and Grace." They also talked about her British accent. She'd lose it for some parts and keep it for others. Minnie likes to surf, said she would be surfing now, if she wasn't with Ellen! The two of them played a game together they liked to call, "Celebrity" - celebrity names are on a card and the person gives any clues so the other can figure it out..kind of like, Charades. The dog named Benji was even in there! Minnie will guest-starring on "Absoulely Fabulous" airing on the Oxygen Network. 9-year-old Angel came on to talk about how she raised over $90,000 dollars for a local Zoo. She wrote to the paper and had the idea that if everyone in her town donated $1 to the local Zoo, they would have enough money so it wouldn't have to shut down. She sent the letter in with a dollar. So to help Angel and her zoo, Ellen is now auctioning off Ellen Dishware!! Go to the site or look for it on eBay. Star of Fox's "Arrested Development" (airing Sundays @ 9:30p), Jason Bateman, was celebrating his 35th birthday today. He talked about finishing the past 2 LA marathons! And he's a smoker! But he said he's quitting for the next marathon. Ellen talks about how she had just caught his show on TV and how much she loves it. " It's hard to catch all the shows, they're all so great and some of them are on at the same time ." Guess that's what the ratings are all about, which one is better! So far, from the quotes on TV Guide and Times, Ellen's show is the best this year!! Ellen then brings out a huge chocolate cake for Jason's birthday, which was shared with the audience. The audience attempted to sing "Happy Birthday" but wasn't exactly in unity! |
| January 13, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Leah Remini, John Spencer) |
Ellen brought to our attention that she's had a lot of pregnant women come on the show, Leah Remini coming on today's show being one of them, so she realized that she was bringing pregnancy back to daytime! Leah Remini came on & talked about having to hide her pregnant belly on her show. This woman is hilarious, a great combo with Ellen. Leah wants a girl, her doc thinks it's a 90% chance, so Leah's worried about the other 10%. If it's a boy he may not be endowed well and she dreads having to tell him that! Leah has obtained some allergies from her pregnancy, but the crew thought she was sick, so during the commercial break, Ellen was sprayed with disinfectants and wiped with anti-septics! Leah seemed offended, in a humorous way, and made a joke of it by wiping her nose with a tissue and wiping Ellen's hand with the same tissue, she also tried to sneek a drink of Ellen's water, but Ellen freaked. Leah even refused to talk to the crew member, Andy, saying, "You think I'm going to infect your star, Look! He's standing there waiting for the break with a handi-wipe!!" Chef Poon showed Ellen how to make General Tso's Chicken. He had a thick Chinese accent. Ellen welcomed him by saying "How are you?" and "Your food is great!" in Chinese!! He responded with, "That's great Hebrew!!" Funny! He also showed Ellen how to make monkeys, birds, and other great shapes out of the rids of vegetables like squash and fruits like watermelons. John Spencer, from the "West Wing", brought Ellen a beautiful yellow rose from his own garden. "You even took all the thorns off!" exclaimed Ellen. John & Ellen share their passion of gardening. Ellen likes to plant trees and shrubs in her yard. They took the show out by having John show Ellen one of his favorite Yoga moves. Worth mentioning - When James Spader was on, he showed Ellen how a pillow case with his face on it was being auctioned on eBay. He showed how it was only going for $12. So Ellen told her audience to up the bidding. Before the show was over it went up to $50! Well, Ellen told us that at some point after that, the bidding went up to $80,000!!!!! The pillow case eventually sold for a whopping $1,500! Ellen said she had to call the woman that auctioned it off to see what she thought of all this. Ellen - "Hello? Joy? this is Ellen DeGeneres" Joy - "Oh My God, You sound just like you do on T.V!!" Apparently Joy made the pillow cases herself, she sold a Russell Crowe one for $58. But now the James Spader pillow cases are selling like hot cakes!! Ellen saw how bedding was such a big seller so she made her own. You can go to the website and get the link to bid on the bedding which includes a fitted sheet, a top sheet, and pillow cases. Ellen said they were working on a dust ruffel. The bedding has Ellen's face across the top of it. GO BID NOW!! All proceeds go to ASPCA. |
| January 12, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Anthony LaPaglia, Cheryl Hines, Larissa Meek) |
Anthony LaPaglia from the series "Without a Trace" on CBS, Thursdays at 10p came on. He talked about his Golden Globe nomination, and his 1-year-old boy that Ellen baby-sat one night when Anthony and his wife wanted to play "Running Charades" and Ellen didn't want to play, so she watched his young child. Anthony's a huge soccer fan so he and Ellen shot some soccer balls into a net that Houston was guarding as the goalie. Houston certainly wasn't afraid of falling down! Cheryl Hines from HBO's hit comedy, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" sat and talked about her pregnancy. Ellen insisted on Cheryl telling her the sex of her unborn baby but Cheryl wouldn't! Ellen congratulated Cheryl on her new baby by giving her a "Moses' Gift Basket" that included a lil' baby robe. Ellen held up both a blue one and a pink one and told Cheryl she had to pick one!!! How sly of Ellen! Cheryl still wouldn't budge on telling Ellen the sex of her baby, much to her dismay! Larissa Meek from "Average Joe Hawaii" airing on Mondays on NBC came on. Ellen - "So did you choose the hunk or the Joe??" Larissa - "Well, which would you choose?" Ellen - "Well... probably neither!!" The crowd erupted! Ellen - "Well, are you in love? Have you seen him naked yet??" Larissa - "I'd have to think if I'd want to see him naked." Ellen - "Well then you're not in love, are ya??" |
| January 9, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: James Spader, Sherri Shepard) |
James Spader visited Ellen from "The Practice" (airs Sundays on ABC). Ellen immediately showed the repeat of the hug/kiss between her and James right after they sat! James & Ellen used to be neighbors! James has 3 very large dogs, and one day they cornered and bit a make-up artist who was walking up Ellen's driveway! James admitted to being a terrible neighbor. Ellen said she soon after sold that house to Courtney Love! James then talked to the TV viewers when he said, " You know, when they go to commmercial, there's a rave in here!!" James loves the FoodNetwork show Iron Chef. He said he'd just leave the TV on the Food Channel, and has learned so much. Sherri Shepherd from "Less then Perfect" joined Ellen for a nice 'lil dance. I mean they really got their groove thing on. Another must see. She talked about trying to have a baby and her doctor has made it so there's 7 availble eggs for fertilization. "So now, I'm afraid I'm gonna have like, 12 babies... That's okay tho, if I do, I'll just give one to Ellen... We'll name him Jamiel DeGeneres." On that, Ellen responded, "If they're twins, I'll name them Tylenol and Advil." Sherri told her story of going to Micheal Jackson's Neverland Ranch for Micheal's father. She was upset 'coz they ran out of food. Then her truck wouldn't start. She said she was on Micheal's porch "Latoya, come on I know ya'll see me in the video camera, Tito, someone's got to help me with my truck!" |
| January 8, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Mandy Moore, Michael Imperioli, animal expert, Kelly Diedring) |
Mandy Moore's new movie, "Chasing Liberty" is out in theatres now. Ellen commented that Mandy looked very cold as she was wearing a tank top and skirt only. So they gave Mandy a throw towel. Ellen remarked, "It's not as bad as Letterman's studio, it's like 40 degrees in there!" Mandy's new CD called "Coverage" has cover songs by greats such as Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, and Elton John. Mandy told her story of meeting Elton and how he told her that he loved her version of his song. Mandy's list of things to do before she's 30: Ellen told Micheal Imperioli what a huge fan she was of the Sopranos, with new episodes starting March 7th. Ellen tried long and hard to find a clip from the Sopranos that didn't include cursing. They found one which consisted of Micheal saying "Harry Winston Baby!" and that was it. His new movie called "My Baby's Daddy" is about 3 men that grew up together whose girlfriends all had babies at the same time. The movie opens on Friday. Animal Planet's first reality game "King of the Jungle"'s winner Kelly Diedring has been vying for the opportunity to become the next Nature Show host. They showed a clip where she was in a tiger den and the tiger pounced at her while talking to the camera. She was fine, and the tiger was just a teen so it was playing. Ellen asked for Kelly's comments on the Steve Irwin incident (popular nature host who was holding his 2-month-old baby and dangling food for a croc at the same time. Comparable to Micheal Jackson's infamous stint outside the hotel window!) Ellen had the opinion of knowing how important it was to hold a baby's head and she didn't see Steve doing that, she said the baby's head was definitely not secure!! Scary. Kelly told Ellen that the owl in the backyard is a Great Horned Owl. They get up to 2-feet tall! Kelly warned Ellen to make sure her dog is supervised at night outside because that's when the owls hunt. Ellen remarked, "You know what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna buy my dog a Great Dane suit! So then of course he would look too big for the owls to eat." Kelly brought out a sloth. Have you noticed that Ellen did know a lot about animals when the nature hosts came on? When Jeff Corwin was on, she got every animal name right that he asked. Ellen insisted that if she wasn't in show biz, she'd do something like Kelly, something with animals. |
| January 7, 2003
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Tracy Morgan, Tia Texada, Pete Yorn) |
SNL alumni, Tracy Morgan, and Ellen talk about Tracy's new show, "The Tracy Morgan Show," which airs Tuesdays on NBC at 8 p.m. They discussed his New Year experience where he performed for a large audience. Ellen commented that New Year gigs were the worst for stand-up comics. Tracy talked about his wife of 12 years and his 3 boys - 17-,16-,and 12-years-old, respectively. They all appeared in an article on People magazine. Ellen raved about the two little boys that play Tracy's son's on his show. He talked about missing the night life when he was on SNL. Ellen of course mentioned that she saw him get "Punk'd". They tried to tow his car & his infamous remark was, " That Jaguar wasn't going anywhere!!" -Pete Yorns performs from his new CD "The Day I Forgot." You can purchase the CD and Ellen's website. -Tia Texada from "Third Watch" discussed with Ellen how the show has their 100th episode airing soon. She told Ellen that they shot the episode in 10-minute cuts. Ellen commented, "That's almost like doing it live!" It was Tia's first talk show appearance and raved about the Ellen underwear. But she wanted both the Ellen underwear and and Ellen bra! Tia and Ellen discovered they were both from Atlanta and Tia even knew the guy that Ellen dated in high school, Phil Rice! At this point in the show, Ellen was wearing a corn cob hat and she kept saying "Look at me now!! Look what you're missing!!" |
| January 6, 2003
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Elijah Wood, Terry Bradshaw) |
Elijah Wood came on & talked about his nail biting resolution. Ellen admitted to sucking her thumb until she was 9 or so. Her brother put tabasco sauce on her thumb to get her to quit. It worked, but now she hates tabasco sauce! Elijah's new movie, "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" has just been released in theatres. It was filmed in New Zealand. He'd worked on all 3 films for the last 4 years. He has a new apartment in NY that he's excited about decorating and being able to finally get organized. Ellen also admitted to biting her nails.."I had a manicure appointment, but I cancelled because there was nothing to manicure!" Elijah asked Ellen if she gradutated from finger-nail biting to toe-nail biting. Ellen was like, "WHAT??!! Oh, you have so many cute girls that adore you, we'll pretend you didn't say that, we'll just edit that out." Ellen and Elijah's birthdays are the 26th and 28th. Ellen asked Elijah if he wanted to have a party, to which Ellen asked, "Well I figured you have a nice place, and you drink don't you?" Elijah replied, "Well, yea, I drink, but I drink booze AND alcohol, so I don't know if you'll like that." Ellen then played "Country or Not?" with the audience. Ellen asked one member if she liked country music, which the girl answered with a no, but she didn't hear it that much, and told Tony he'd have to play some. Tony responded with " They stole it in England!" The crowd immediately gave a unified "AWWWWWW"! Terry Bradshaw, the host of FOX NFL Sunday, came on & talked about Ellen's show being the only show he's been on in all his years of shows that gave the guests underwear. Ellen and Terry had met before on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno." "And," Terry said jokingly, "and we also met in drug rehab for drinking." He mentioned he would go on blind dates. In fact, one of his dates was actually with him and was back stage, so Ellen persisted that she came out. Terry told Ellen a dating horror story. Then he brought out his beautiful date Anastasia, and he & Ellen agreed to Ellen paying for the third date, after she first offered to let them get married on her show! |
| January 5, 2004
- recap done courtesy of Lisa [thanks, Lisa!] (Notable Guests: Steve Martin, John Cryer) |
Steve Martin and Ellen were almost sitting down to chat, but Steve noticed that the outfit he was wearing matched the chair on Ellen's seat! So they debated whether to stand for the entire interview, or put a bright-colored shirt or something to drape over the chair! But then, Steve finally sat down and Ellen was already cracking up. Ellen asked Steve about his Christmas and New Year, and of 'coz we knew it hadn't happened yet at the time of the taping, so Steve thought Ellen was joking and looked around at the audience like he was stuck or something, but then he went on and on about how wonderful it was. He even talked about how his new movie, "Cheaper by the Dozen" which was scheduled to open on Christmas Day. "And the reviews!! Who would have thought it would be such a hit!?" Ellen showed Steve in a magazine being one of the 50 most beautiful people which Steve facetiously remarked, "First it's hard, you really can't escape it, if you go to a party and the other 49 people are there, well, you're the most beautiful, so it's really akward and tough." Steve then showed Ellen his talent of playing the banjo, so Ellen tested him with juggling, card tricks and rope tricks! He nailed everyone, and stated that the rope he was using was the one he got from a cowboy a long time ago, it was 45 years old! At one point Steve dropped a card and they both dove at it, and started to wrestle really hard over retrieving the card! John Cryer has a show called "2 1/2 Men" which airs on Mondays at 9:30 on CBS. He's widely known for is role on the 80's movie "Pretty in Pink" where he played Ducky. BTW, Charlie Sheen also stars in the sitcom with him. So John told Ellen how he and Charlie decided not to get gifts for each other for Christmas, normally like married couples do. But Charlie got him one anyway, and John never got him anything. "So now Charlie Sheen is my wife," cried John. John said if Charlie hears you belly-aching about anything he'd go and fix it for you. John couldn't get tickets for Duran Duran, so Charlie got him some, John wanted a satellite T.V in his trailer, Charlie got it AND programmed his remote!! Ellen was amazed, "Wow!! He really is your wife! We'll be right back to clear this up, people are probably scared at home!" John also talked about always being mistaken for Matthew Broderick! Everyone in the audience today received the new DVD trivia game, "Scene It". During the end credits, Ellen pointed out on a pedestal in big bold letters, "TODAY IS MONDAY JAN. 5TH!!" Too funny!! |