If there's one thing I've learned from doing 2,499 shows,

it's that things don't always go as planned.

And that is OK.

Watch.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

(SINGING) You're such a motivator.

I gotta you there to set the scene.

Yes, sir, yes, sir.

[LAUGHS]

[SHOUTS]

Backwards from this deck.

Whoa!

Where'd it go?

Hold on.

I got it.

Whoa.

I got it.

I got it.

You got it?

All right.

Oh, oh.

Oh, nice to meet you.

Yeah.

Yell out, I need a hug.

Just yell that out real loud.

I need a hug.

I need a ho.

[LAUGHTER]

No.

No.

No, no, it's not a ho.

Not a ho, a hug.

Pickle Boy, please bring me my joke.

[CHEERING]

Which one is it?

[LAUGHTER]

Stop.

[LAUGHTER]

All right.

[SIGHS]

That's lovely.

I get this really good feeling.

And getting a deep breath, that's

the most important thing too.

Especially when you have bronchitis like me right now.

Do you have bronchitis right now?

I do.

I do.

Oh!

[LAUGHTER]

[CROWD CHEERS]

[CROWD GASPS]

[LAUGHTER]

And one of you's getting this.

[VIDEO PLAYS IN BACKGROUND]

[LAUGHTER]

What?

[LAUGHTER]

Would those really work to keep your manicure perfect?

[LAUGHTER]

Look at these.

[LAUGHTER]

You can catch our first guest every week

on the hit NBC show, The Office.

Take a look.

My boss is sending me abroad to do a presentation

to an international client.

Please welcome--

I love you, Ellen!

Oh, my god!

[CROWD CHEERS]

Got her!

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

[LAUGHTER]

I'm looking into the camera.

Look at what you did now.

What the [BLEEP] did she do?

I hurt you.

Am I-- am I OK?

No.

It's OK?

No.

It's OK.

Let's do it.

[LAUGHTER]

[MUSIC - "LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO" BY TAYLOR SWIFT]

(SINGING) Look what you made me do.

Look what you you made me do.

[LAUGHS]

You're a doll.

Exactly.

[LAUGHTER]

You have 30 seconds to make Kim go outside.

She fell down.

[LAUGHTER]

[SCREAMS]

All right.

[LAUGHTER]

We even made a game for your backyard.

What's it called, William?

[LAUGHTER]

What's it called?

Cornhole.

Excuse me?

[LAUGHTER]

It's called cornhole.

[LAUGHTER]

Why is that funny?

[LAUGHTER]

(SINGING) I check it once.

Then I check it twice.

Ah!

[POPPING]

That's OK.

[CROWD SCREAMS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

Andy?

I'm OK.

[LAUGHTER]

[ELLEN LAUGHS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

(SINGING) --what you just made me

do, what you just made me do, what you made me do,

what you just made me do.

This one is called the face [INAUDIBLE]..

Claudia, will you put this on?

[LAUGHTER]

OK.

We got it.

Yeah, it goes over here.

No, don't pull your hair out.

[LAUGHTER]