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  • THREE THINGS THREE THINGS TO CHEER YOU UP.

  • >> HERE ARE THE LE THINGS TO CHEER YOU UP.

  • >> James: AS ZOOM MEETINGS ONLY GO SO FAR AT SOME POINT WE

  • ALL CRAVE REAL IN PERSON INTERACTION.

  • CHECK OUT THIS SCENE IN ITALY.

  • [ SPEAKING IN ITALIAN.] >> James: SEE, WHEN IT COMES

  • TO DRINKING WINE, ITALIANS WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY.

  • REG, I'VE ACTUALLY FOUND AN AMAZING WAY TO DO THIS WITH

  • TECHNOLOGY.

  • IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEY DID IN ITALY BUT IT'S BRAND-NEW

  • TECHNOLOGY.

  • I'VE ACTUALLY PATENTED HERE.

  • I'VE GOT A GLASS OF WINE AND I'LL PASS IT TO YOU THROUGH THE

  • SCREEN.

  • THERE YOU GO, SHOULD BE ARRIVING WITH YOU NOW.

  • LOOK AT THAT, ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE?

  • >> Reggie: SHOULD I GRAB IT?

  • >> James: YES, WATCH I'LL BRING IT BACK, YOU SEE?

  • >> Reggie: THAT'S CRAZY.

  • >> James: I'M BACK THROUGH THE SCREEN.

  • WATCH.

  • LOOK.

  • AND IT'S OUT.

  • OH NO, RIGHT THERE, YES NOW, SO YOU SHOULD --

  • >> Reggie: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

  • >> James: LOOK, I'M GOING TO PUSH IT ALL THE WAY TO YOU.

  • ALL THE WAY TO YOU.

  • >> Reggie: SORRY.

  • >> James: THERE YOU GO, NEW.

  • SO HAVE A DRINK ON ME REG, THERE YOU GO.

  • >> Reggie: THANKS.

  • IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE GLASS IN YOUR SHOT.

  • >> James: THAT'S THE INCREDIBLE THING.

  • I'VE DROPPED IT OFF.

  • >> Reggie: STILL HERE.

  • >> James: I KNOW.

  • IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY.

  • GIVE US A BREAK!

  • I'M ON MY OWN IN THE GARAGE!

  • MOVING ON.

  • HERE IS A TRULY INSPIRING STORY FROM MY

  • HOMELAND.

  • THIS IS WONDERFUL.

  • I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO CAPTAIN TOM MOORE, A 99-YEAR-OLD

  • ARMY VETERAN WHO SERVED ENGLAND IN WORLD WAR II.

  • AND YOU WOULD THINK, MAYBE THAT'S SERVICE ENOUGH FOR ONE

  • LIFETIME.

  • BUT CAPTAIN TOM, AS HE LIKES TO BE CALLED, IS DOING WHAT HE

  • CAN TO FIGHT COVID-19, AS WELL.

  • TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE IN THE U.K,

  • CAPTAIN TOM CHALLENGED HIMSELF TO WALK 100

  • LENGTHS OF HIS BACKYARD.

  • HIS GOAL WAS TO RAISE 1,000 POUNDS.

  • LOOK AT HIM GO.

  • IN JUST 24 HOU, HE ENDED UP RAISING 70,000 POUNDS.

  • SO, HE JUST KEPT WALKING, AND RAISING MORE MONEY.

  • TO DATE, CAPTAIN TOM HAS RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALL

  • OVER THE WORLD, TOTALING MORE THAN 8 MILLION POUNDS.

  • HE SAYS THE DOCTORS AND NURSES DESERVE EVERY PENNY.

  • CAPTAIN TOM, YOU DESERVE OUR THANKS.

  • WE SALUTE YOU.

  • YOU'RE THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF TALKING THE TALK AND WALKING

  • THE WALK.

  • INCREDIBILITY STORY.

  • AND FINALLY, THAT BRINGS US TO A THIRD THING THAT MIGHT CHEER YOU

  • UP A TODAY.

  • OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING AT DIFFERENT POINTS WITH BOREDOM

  • THESE DAYS.

  • BUT NOBODY HAS BEEN MORE HILARIOUS WHILE BEING SHUT IN

  • AND BORED THAN THE ACTOR LESLIE JORDAN.

  • NOW, YOU MIGHT KNOW LESLIE FROM "WILL & GRACE" AND "AMERICAN

  • HORROR STORY," BUT LESLIE'S HOMEMADE VIDEOS HAVE BEEN

  • GAINING A HUGE FOLLOWING.

  • HERE'S JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF HIS PRICELESS INSTAGRAM POSTS.

  • >> WHERE (BLEEP) JUST HAVING MAKEUP THINGS TO DO TO PASS THE

  • TIME.

  • I CAME UP WITH A GOOD ONE TODAY THOUGH.

  • I PAINTED MY TOENAILS.

  • I MESSED THIS ONE UP.

  • WELL (BLEEP), WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING?

  • SCREWING?

  • I FEEL LIKE Y'ALL OUT THERE SCREWING AND HERE I AM JUST

  • SITTING.

  • WELL, SCREW ON!

  • ANOTHER BOY DIED.

  • HELLO, I SEE YOU, I DO MY HAIR, CHECK MY NAILS, BABY HOW YOU

  • DIN'?

  • I HAVE A LITTLE SONG I'M GOING TO SING TO CHEER EVERYBODY UP.

  • HOA, I DIDN'T MAKE UP THIS SONG, I'M BORED (BLEEP)LESS!

  • HOA, I DIDN'T MAKE UP THIS SONG, I'M BORED (BLEEP)LESS!

  • >> WE THOUGHT WE WOULD CHECK IN WITH HIM TODAY.

  • HE'S JOINED US TODAY.

  • HOW ARE YOU LESLIE?

  • >> ABOUT AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED AT AN AIRBNB IN

  • CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

  • NO COMPLAINTS!

  • >> James: YOUR VIDEOS HAVE GOTTEN NOT JUST ME BUT SO MANY

  • PEOPLE THROUGH THE DAY.

  • AND WHEN DID YOU THINK, I'M JUST GOING TO START SHARING

  • EVERYTHING ONLINE AND JUST PUT EVERYTHING OUT THERE?

  • >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I HADN'T EVEN BEEN ON INSTAGRAM UNTIL A YEAR

  • AGO.

  • AND I WAS DOING THIS PROGRAM, THIS TELEVISION SHOW CALLED THE

  • COOL KIDS.

  • AND EVERY TIME I'D SAY SOMETHING FUNNY, THE PUBLICITY GIRLS WOULD

  • SAY POST IT.

  • I THOUGHT THEY MEANT POST IT NOTES.

  • THEY SAID YOU ARE NOT ON INSTAGRAM?

  • I SAID HUH-UH.

  • WITHIN A WEEK I HAD 20,000 FOLLOWERS.

  • THEY SAID THAT'S NOTHING.

  • I GO 20,000 PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

  • AND THEN MEGAN MULLALEY FROM WILL AND GRACE JUMPED TO 80,000

  • FOLLOWERS.

  • THEY SAID IT'S NOTHING.

  • AND IT STAYED THAT UNTIL I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT A WEEK AGO,

  • AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED.

  • IT JUST -- WENT!

  • PEOPLE, I WAITED MY WHOLE CAREER FOR THIS KIND OF ATTENTION.

  • I WON AN EMMY IN 2006, SEE HOW I GOT THAT IN?

  • I HADN'T GOTTEN ATTENTION LIKE THIS.

  • THIS IS JUST CRAZY.

  • >> James: BUT WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE FOR ANY OF US WHO

  • ARE INSIDE, AND WE'RE BORED, TO BEING OUR BEST SELVES RIGHT NOW?

  • WHAT CAN WE DO?

  • >> WELL, YOU HAVE TO FIND EVERYDAY OBJECTS LIKE A BACK

  • SCRATCHER OR A SPATULA, AND THINK OF SOMETHING CLEVER TO DO

  • WITH IT.

  • I HAVE NO IDEA.

  • I'M ABLE TO ENTERTAIN MYSELF.

  • I'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, BY MYSELF.

  • I HAVE IDENTICAL TWIN SISTERS WHO ARE JUST WITH ME, I CAN

  • ENTERTAIN MYSELF FOR JUST HOURS.

  • I TURN ON MY VIDEO AND THERE'S NO -- PEOPLE THINK MAYBE I

  • THOUGHT IT UP.

  • THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN ELLE MAGAZINE WHO DISSECTS WHAT I DO.

  • LIKE HE DROPPED THIS ONE AND DROPPED THIS ONE.

  • LIKE IT WAS PLAYING OR SOMETHING.

  • I'M JUST BEING SILLY MANY.

  • >> James: LOTS OF PEOPLE ABOUT WANT YOUR ADVICE.

  • MY WIFE AND I ARE IN THE HOUSE TOGETHER.

  • WE HAVE THREE YOUNG KIDS.

  • HOW DO MY WIFE AND I KEEP ROMANCE ALIVE WHEN WE ARE ALL

  • QUARANTINED TOGETHER IN ISOLATION?

  • WHAT CAN I DO?

  • >> I'M A GAY MAN!

  • I DON'T KNOW HOW (LAUGHING) ...

  • >> James: JUST SEEING YOUR FACE HAS CHEERED ME UP.

  • I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST.

  • IT REALLY, REALLY HAS.

  • >> LISTEN, HAVE YOUR WIFE CALL ME.

  • I'LL TELL HER A THING OR TWO.

  • I'LL GIVE HER SOME SECRETS.

  • >> James: BLESS YOU LESLIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEEP ON

  • BRAINING UP OUR DAYS.

  • IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR LESLIE OR MIGHT NEED ADVICE,

  • JUST SEND THEM TO US HERE.

  • WE'LL CHECK WITH LESLIE FOR A FEW WEEKS AND PLELZ CAN ANSWER

  • ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

  • DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A PLAN LESLIE?

  • >> NOT ALL OF THEIR QUESTIONS BUT MOST.

  • >> James: KEEP ALL RIGHT, LESLIE, STAY SAFE OUT THERE,

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >> James: WE LOVE YOU, SEE YOU SOON.

THREE THINGS THREE THINGS TO CHEER YOU UP.

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