GIVE ME MORE!

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NOW GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

THAT'S RIGHT, I AM ANTHONY ANDERSON FILLING IN FOR THAT

OTHER GUY.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) YEAH, I'M FILL MG FOR THAT OTHER

GUY, JAMES CORDEN O'BRIEN LETTERMAN COLBERT HALL STHVMENT

A FUN CHANGE OF PACE FOR ME.

YOU KNOW, USUALLY I AM OWE ON A TV SHOW DURING A TIME SLOT WHERE

PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY AWAKE.

(LAUGHTER) YEAH, I HAVE TO SAY, I'M A

LITTLE UPSET THAT I AM THE THIRD GUEST HOST.

ALL RIGHT.

ALICIA KEYS HOSTED ON MONDAY.

GIVE IT UP FOR ALICIA KEYS.

SO I AM NOT THE FIRST BLACK GUEST HOST OF THE WEEK.

(LAUGHTER) HARRY STYLES HOSTED LAST NIGHT.

SO I'M NOT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SEX SYMBOL GETION

HOST OF THE-- GUEST HOST OF THE WEEK EITHER.

DAMN YOU!

YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM THE SHOW BLACK-ISH.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> OKAY, I SEE YOU.

WE HAVE BRAND NEW EPISODES RETURNING JANUARY 7th.

AND YOU CAN FIND THE CHRISTMAS EPISODE THAT I DIRECTED ON THE

ABC APP.

AND OF COURSE IN ADDITION TO BLACK-ISH THERE IS THE LITTLE

SPIN OFFER CALLED MIXED-ISH.

AND AND CALLED GROWN-ISH BUT SINCE I'M FILL MG FOR JAMES

TONIGHT YOU COULD ALSO SAY I'M A LITTLE BRIT-ISH.

(LAUGHTER) THANK YOU.

NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME HEADLINES, EARLIER TODAY TIME

MAGAZINE ANNOUNCED ITS LIST OF PERSONS OF THE YEAR.

OF COURSE I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE THIS PERSON OF THE YEAR, GRETA

THUNBERG, BECAUSE OF HER INCREDIBLE WORK ON CLIMATE

CHANGE.

(APPLAUSE) AND I ALSO HAVE TO CONGRATULATE

BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR DISNEY C.E.O. BOB IGER.

THANK YOU.

BECAUSE DISNEY OWNS ABC WHICH MEANS HE'S MY BOSS.

GREAT JOB, BOSS.

WAY TO GO ON THAT MERGER.

LIZZO WAS NAMED ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) AND AS AN ENTERTAINER MYSELF,

THAT ONE STUNNING ME A LITTLE BIT.

BUT AS LIZZO WOULD SAY, TRUTH HURTS.

(LAUGHTER) AND HERE'S A CRAZY STORY FROM

FLOOR DASM A SCHOOL BUS THERE HAD TO BE EVACUATED THE OTHER

DAY DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING SMELL OF, AND YES, THIS IS TRUE,

AXE BODY SPRAY.

(LAUGHTER) IT WAS A BUS FULL OF MIDDLE

SCHOOL BOYS.

AXE IS THE BEST THING IT COULD HAVE SMELLED LIKE.

IMAGINE THAT.

EVERY DAY YOU ARE DRIVING AROUND A CREEKY OLD SCHOOL BUS FULL OF

WILD TEENAGERS AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES YOU GO OH NO, NO, STH

WHERE I DRAW THE LINE.

BODY SPRAY.

EVERYONE HAD TO EVACUATE BECAUSE OF THE OVERPOWERING SMELL.

OR AS THE KID WEARING THE AXE BODY SPRAY DESCRIBED IT, PURE

JEALOUSY.

(LAUGHTER) AND FINALLY, THE KFC YULE LOG IS

BACK FOR CHRISTMAS.

YEAH.

YOU GUYS REMEMBER THIS THING FROM LAST YEAR, RIGHT TRK IS A

FIRE LOG JENTED WITH 11 HERBS AN SPICES THAT WILL MAKE YOUR WHOLE

HOUSE SMELL LIKE KFC.

BECAUSE FOG SAYS IT IS THE HOLIDAYS LIKE HAVING YOUR HOME

SMELL LIKE THE THIRD CHOICE AT A HIGHWAY REST STOP.

IT'S PERFECT FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO SIT BY THE COZY FIRE WITH

THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE AND ENJOY A NICE ROMANTIC GLASS OF WARM

GRAVY.

IT'S A 2014, BABY, HOW IS YOURS.

OOH, BABY, MY GRAVY IS LUMPY.

>> A KFC YULE LOG NOT TO BE OUTDONE, ARBY'S JUST RELEASED

THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY GIFT IDEA.

THE LOOSE MEAT ROAST WREATH.

(APPLAUSE) THERE WE GO.