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  • -Oh, my -- No, you're too close.

  • -Hi! -Ken, you're too close

  • to the camera. -Oh, it's so good to see you.

  • I'm still getting the hang of this, man.

  • -No, you're too close --

  • Ken, we've been doing Zoom meetings for a long time.

  • You're a little bit close. -Okay.

  • -Maybe I'm too far -- -Not a good angle?

  • -Maybe I'm too far away. It's not even a good --

  • That's a perfect angle. [ Laughing ]

  • -Okay. -Just step back like another --

  • No, you're very close.

  • Just step back another 3 feet, maybe.

  • No, that's --

  • Why you are doing that with your chin?

  • [ Laughing ] -Oh.

  • That's how God made me, Jimmy. -Oh, that's not true.

  • -I didn't know you would be attacking me so quickly.

  • -I'm not attacking. Stop doing that with your chin.

  • [ Laughing ]

  • Ken, look at you. That is what I wanted to see.

  • Look at you. Come on.

  • You look great, buddy. How you doing?

  • -Thank you.

  • Did you tell my chins that, too, Jimmy?

  • Thank you. How dare you.

  • [ Both laugh ]

  • -Are you -- you're working harder than any human right now.

  • It's unbelievable, all the stuff you're doing.

  • All great work, by the way. Congrats.

  • -Thank you so much. I'm just very --

  • just like everybody else,

  • just blessed to be healthy and to be working.

  • It's a double blessing, for real, so...

  • Speaking of doubles.

  • -No, no! I don't want -- The chin, I know.

  • Ken, I don't know if you know this,

  • but your name came up not too long ago on our show

  • when your pal, our pal, Joel McHale was on the show.

  • -Um... -Yeah, he --

  • -Oh, yeah. He said -- I saw that clip.

  • 'Cause Joel tweeted at me. He goes, "Ken."

  • And that is my impression of Joel McHale.

  • 'Cause, like you, I do a lot of great impressions.

  • "Hey, Ken -- [ Gibberish ] -- 'Fallon.'

  • What are you watchin'? I maybe mentioned you.

  • D-u-u-uh!" -[ Laughs ]

  • Wait. If I close my eyes...

  • -Yeah. "Hey, hey! I'm gonna be on 'Fallon'!

  • I'm first guest on 'Fallon'! It's great!

  • Bluuh!" -[ Laughing ]

  • I was like, "Cool, man, cool. Can't wait to see it."

  • -Great. -And, apparently, he mentioned

  • that I was, and I quote, "A terrible doctor,"

  • was sued way too many times,

  • and disbarred and kicked out from medicine.

  • -That's true, yes. -None of that is true.

  • -Oh. -And it's -- He's a horrible --

  • I don't want -- I don't want --

  • I hope maybe we can cut this out because I trust you

  • and the editorial team, but he's a horrible person,

  • he's a stupid man. -Okay.

  • -I can't believe I worked with him for six years

  • on "Community" on this very network.

  • He's been on "The Masked Singer," my show,

  • like, more times than anybody else.

  • I mean, there is no worse person's essence

  • that I've ever worked with on a TV set than Joel McHale.

  • I hate him. He's a -- He's a stupid man.

  • -You want this -- He's a stupid man.

  • And I will never talk to him. -You want this edited out?

  • -Yeah, you can write all that. I will never talk to Joel McHale

  • until I see him next week when we resume

  • our "Darkest Timeline" podcast.

  • 'Cause he's amazing to work with.

  • He's a talent. He's amazing.

  • And so funny. -Yeah.

  • -He's just a horrible human being.

  • -We'll make this all -- We'll make this all work.

  • -Yeah, we'll make it all work. We'll make it all work, so...

  • -Congrats, by the way, because you don't have --

  • -And Joel's an evil genius, by the way,

  • because I have things to promote, and still,

  • because of that, Joel makes me say his name

  • on a segment that he has nothing to do with.

  • He has nothing to do with any of these projects.

  • -I didn't even think about that, yeah.

  • -He's an evil genius.

  • -He has nothing to do with these amazing projects.

  • Really, I want to get to these,

  • because we have limited time to talk to each other.

  • You have not one but two huge blockbuster shows

  • on Fox right now, back-to-back.

  • "Masked Singer" is crushing. Now it's in fourth season.

  • And then, you have your new show, "I Can See Your Voice."

  • Back-to-back. You're knocking it out of the park, man.

  • -Knocking it out of the park on Kednesday.

  • Kednesday. You can write that down

  • with your Sharpie -- Kednesday -- K-E-D-N-E-S --

  • because I like to be accurate. Kednesday.

  • -So, Wednesday now on Fox is Kednesday.

  • It's all you. -It's all me.

  • -How did you figure this out? How did you --

  • -Well, you know, it's a whole process, James.

  • And I told the network, I said, "I need a day all to myself,"

  • and they were like, "Okay. Hey, on it.

  • You're the best." And like that.

  • And then, I was like, "Okay. What about Kemonday?"

  • I was like, "Mm. Doesn't make sense.

  • Ketuesday? You know?"

  • I was like, "No. How about Kednesday?"

  • And they're just like, "Wow! Oh, my goodness.

  • We'll make a poster." -Yeah, "What've we been doing?"

  • And then, oh, my poster, I went like this.

  • -[ Laughing ] -Kednesday!

  • [ Both laugh ]

  • -Oh, yeah, I know. They did that. Yeah.

  • -Bood pi casa boko so Kednesday.

  • -Oh, my God. [ Both laugh ]

  • -Oh, my God. -Oh, gosh.

  • -You know what I like about these Zoom interviews, Jimmy?

  • I'm so grounded. [ Both laugh ]

  • -Oh, my gosh.

  • Dude, I want to talk about your movie.

  • You have a great movie out, called "Over the Moon."

  • I loved this movie. I watched it with my daughters.

  • We loved it. "Over the Moon" is on Netflix.

  • The animation is insane, by the way.

  • -Thank you so much, man.

  • It was really a labor of love,

  • and shout-out to the director, Glen Keane, who --

  • He's an Oscar-winning director for -- he's also animated

  • "Aladdin," "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast."

  • -Ken, you sing -- you sing in this movie.

  • It is so awesome. I was like --

  • I wish I have -- I asked you for your cell number

  • many times, but I wished I could text you and say...

  • -Yeah, I'm more of an iMessage kind of gal, so...

  • -Yeah. I was like, "Whoa.

  • This is really Ken singing."

  • Have I heard you sing before in a movie?

  • -No, I've actually never sang before,

  • sincerely, maybe ever in my life...

  • -It was great. -...much less in a movie.

  • I really appreciate that, especially coming from you.

  • It was really -- I really appreciate

  • the directors and the producers trusting me with their music

  • as well as their dialogue.

  • And, honestly, because it's an all-Asian-American cast

  • and the message of the movie,

  • it's honestly one of my favorite projects I've ever done.

  • It really is just -- I'm just so happy

  • people are liking it right now, and I'm just truly humbled

  • by all of it. -I loved it.

  • -I thought it had a great message.

  • I thought you were fantastic in it.

  • You were funny, but then, also, like...

  • Should we set up the movie at all

  • for anyone that wants to see you?

  • -Nope. I think we should just watch it.

  • I think we should just watch it.

  • -It's sweet. A girl --

  • It starts off a little sad. A girl loses her mom.

  • -It's about a girl dealing with love, life, and loss.

  • Brilliantly portrayed by Cathy Ang.

  • And she builds a rocket ship to the Moon

  • to find the fabled Chinese moon goddess, Chang'e,

  • played by Phillipa Soo, who is Eliza on "Hamilton."

  • It's such an incredible, stellar cast.

  • -Yeah, I mean, Phillipa Soo, she's just -- just rocks it.

  • I want to show a clip. Here's Ken Jeong as Gobi,

  • singing in "Over the Moon." Take a look.

  • -♪ Do you ever hug your scales? ♪

  • -Huh?

  • -♪ Shake your tail and make a light show?♪

  • -You asked her that?

  • -♪ A dance of colors and hues

  • -What are you doing?

  • -♪ Well, I do

  • Here right before your eyes

  • ♪ A bright kaleidoscopeSurprise!

  • -Ken Jeong, everybody.

  • "Over the Moon" is streaming now on Netflix.

-Oh, my -- No, you're too close.

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