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WE HAVE BEEN DOING A THING WITH OUR GUESTS CALLED LATE LATE SHOW
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AND TELL WHERE WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO SHOW SOMETHING FROM THEIR
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HOME WE MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE GET TO SEE.
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DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS EVENING?
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>> YES.
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MANY PEOPLE KNOW BUT MANY DON'T THAT I GREW UP WITH A DISABLED
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MOTHER WHO RESIDES AT THE ACTOR'S FUND NURSING HOME RIGHT
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NOW, SHOUT OUT TO THE NURSING HOME IN INGLE WOOD, NEW JERSEY!
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER, AND
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WHEN THERE WERE ARTS IN THE SCHOOLS AND THINGS OF THAT
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NATURE, SHE MADE AN ASHTRAY OUT OF -- A CERAMIC ASHTRAY.
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WHAT I FIND SO INTERESTING ABOUT IT IS THAT THERE'S A STRENGTH TO
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IT, THERE'S A GIRTH TO IT, THERE'S A HEAVINESS TO IT,
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THERE'S A GROUNDEDNESS TO IT THAT REMINDS ME OF MY MOTHER'S
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SPIRIT.
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I STOLE THIS FROM HER WHEN I WAS 21.
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( LAUGHTER ) I HAVE HAD IT EVER SINCE.
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MY MOTHER DOES NOT SMOKE, MY MOTHER DOES NOT DRINK.
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SHE IS A ERELIGIOUS WOMAN.
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I CAN'T NECESSARILY SAY THE SAME THING FOR MYSELF.
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( LAUGHTER ) SHE DOESN'T HAVE HER MOBILITY,
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RIGHT, SO SHE CAN'T DO FIGURE FOR HERSELF.
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SO WHEN SHE HAD HER MOBILITY, SHE MADE THIS.
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>> James: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING SOMETHING SO PERSONAL.
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BLESS YOU, BILLY.
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REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUEST THIS EVENING?
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>> Reggie: I DO.
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TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO -- ( DRUM ROLL )
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-- LET'S MAKE IT FOR MR. PORTER.
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>> James: OKAY.
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>> Reggie: WHAT IS BEAUTY?
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WHAT IS BEAUTY?
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OOOH!
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THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION.
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BEAUTY, I THINK, AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS, IS
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BEAUTY IS THE CAPACITY TO LOVE YOURSELF.
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THAT IS WHAT BUTTE IS TO ME.
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( APPLAUSE ) >> James: ( BLEEP ) BILLY, WE
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LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
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IS THAT CORRECT, REG?
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>> Reggie: THAT IS CORRECT.
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>> James: OF COURSE, IT IS.
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THE ONE, THE ONLY BILLY PORTER.
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WHEN WE COME BACK, DAVID BYRNE IS GOING TO BE HERE.
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COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.
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