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here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi. thank you. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for being with us tonight. it's -- it's very nice. are you -- you ready to hear jokes from a man in a suit and then watch him talk to famous people? [ applause ] that's all well have planned, really. you know, the much anticipated premiere of "the hunger games" came out tonight at midnight. "the hunger games," of course, is the big screen adaptation of the show "america's next top model." [ laughter ] down the block from us, thousands of fans were lined up for a midnight screening and then for screenings after that, they have one every 20 minutes. i don't know if i would want to

be in a line with people who feel compelled to see a movie about kids killing each other at 2:00 in the morning. [ laughter ] apparently the movie is set in the future, in a future where the government chooses 12s underprivileged young boys and girls to fight to the death to feed their community. only one of the kids survives. why is it that in every movie about the future, the future is awful? it's horrible. just once, i would like to see a movie about the future where everyone just hangs out at applebee's and has a good time and flying home in jet packs, right? the movie is based on a very popular series of books and the books, you might not know, are actually based on a popular board game. the board game isn't mentioned in the book but it with a major influence on the film, which, well, that influence is represented in this never before seen long form trailer that i think you will enjoy. take a look. >> the 12 districts of pan am

shall offer up in tribute one man and women to be trained in the art of survival and to be prepared to fight to the death. >> five. four. three. two. one. >> oh my god! they're chasing us! >> oh! ah! oh, my leg! help! >> grab the ball. they eat them!

>> oh, no. they're multiplying. [ applause ] >> jimmy: milton bradley is going to make a fortune. that's what we did today. march madness started again today with the start of the round known as the sweet 16. i have already been eliminated from our office pool. i made a dumb mistake. my bracket sheet, instead of circumstance. ing the teams i thought we're going to win, i poured gravy all over it and ate it. like automatic disqualificatiod. president obama is doing very well. his bracket was in the top 2% of everyone who makes picks on espn.com. i guess it helps when you can send the cia in to scout the teams, but -- [ laughter ] ahead of almost 6 million people. he did this last year, too. once again, president obama is out of touch with regular hard

working americans who don't know how to bet on college basketball. [ laughter ] i'm always fascinated to learn the thought process people use when making their picks. some people really study and watch games all year long, they read things, they measure the distance between the host city and the team's hometown. and then you have people like my cousin mikki. she works here at the show and she fills out a bracket every year, though she probably hasn't ever seen a college basketball game. she's probably never seen a basketball, never mind a basketball game. mikki is currently in last place in our office pool, so, i thought it would be fun to find out how she arrived at the picks she made and, well, here's how she did. >> hi, i'm mikki. these are my picks for my ncaa bracket pool for 2012. here on my left, i have kentucky versus uconn. i went with uconn because it sounds like you can and i believe everybody should feel like they can. so, maybe uconn can too.

then, vcw versus new mexico. i picked new mexico because guillermo, he's mexican, so i want mexico to win. unlv versus san diego. i went to unlv, i picked them and i would like for them to win. north dakota versus duke. i picked duke because it just sounded cuter. it's a cuter word than north dakota. then, we go into long island versus saint lose and i picked the saints because i like saints. long beach versus louisville. so, louie, i went with, because my little cousin was born and he looked like louie anderson. so, i went louie. then, we go into marquee. marquee because it sounds like their name is on the marquee and if they won, it would be kind of fun. so, here we on on the right side, into harvard. harvard, i picked, because i'm very happy that these people are very smart and have big brains

so i want to support them that was they are going to do a lot of good things in the world. i picked them against montana, because my cousin jimmy likes to go fishing there. i thought it would be fun. then we end up with texas going loyo loyola, i picked, because it has the work loyal in there. then, we go into usf, because i really like san francisco. so then we end up with michigan versus san diego versus belmont, which belmont is a restaurant and had really good drinks. i thought, let's throw that in there for fun. then, now it gets tricky again. belmont versus the saints versus kansas versus usf so, it's like a whole morn posh of stuff over here and i put unlv to win the ncaa championship because that's my loyalty because i grew up in vegas and went to unlv. and i believe that they can still have a chance and win.

so, these are my picks and to wrap it all up, there's a method to everything. follow your heart. don't be a follower, like i said, and pick the people that are winning. be loyal, go with your gut and just have fun. thank you. >> jimmy: and you lose $10 while you're at it. don't anyone tell her that unlv lost already. and also, don't anyone tell unlv that she went to school there. [ laughter ] this is funny. someone sent this video to me today. apparently there's a st. patrick's day tradition in minnesota. the firefighters raise money for new equipment every year by dressing in drag. i don't nope how they turn that into cash. unfortunately, this year, during an event, a truck caught on fire and they had to go -- the guys had to go put the fire out in imagine dialing 911 because your

car is on fire and this is what shows up to save you. it's like "rescue me" moved to oxygen network. mitt romney's senior campaign adviser was asked during an interview with cnn if the conservative stance that romney has taken during the republican primary would hurt him with moderates in the general election and he said, this is a quote, i think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. it's almost like an etch a sketch. you can shake it up and start all over again. of course, that does not help with the perception that romney's changed his political views to help him win. in fact, romney was so upset, last night, he didn't even iron his dockers before he went to bed. he was -- [ laughter ] newt gingrich pounced on this. he brought an etch a sketch out during an appearance yesterday. he said, you have to stand for something that lasts longer than this, which -- i'm sure his

ex-wives got a good laugh at that one. if mitt romney is an etch a sketch, newt gingrich is an easy bake oven. and then rick santorum had an etch a sketch, ron paul showed an etch a sketch, though, when ron paul brought his out, he said, hey, look at my new ipad 3. [ laughter ] this is kind of nutty. in thissage of the internet, it's hard for local news organizations to keep up. there's a news anchor here in l.a. named kent, he's been around for a long time and now he has a blog on the station website. he's -- seems to be a pretty straight laced guy. but the topics on his blog -- i cannot believe that he cares about any of them. he writes these little opinion pieces and, well, this is the sort of stuff he writes about. >> today, extreme hot tub partying. it's picture time. >> jimmy: it is?

here's another one. >> today, getting whiplash watching pretty models. >> jimmy: okay. here's another kent topic. >> today, why it's so fascinating to talk about actress juliette lewis' hair. >> jimmy: here's another one. >> today, what to do when a tiger attacks you. >> jimmy: that's actually a good thing to knoll. what do you do when a tiger attacks you? i think you die, right? [ laughter ] and another internet-related sign of the times, the u.s. postal service is in bad shape. they are expected to lose more than $14 million by the end of this year. and that's just in the $5 checks your grandmother sent you. because of the internet and companies like felt ex, people just aren't sending as much mail anymore. so, the postoffice is encouraging small businesses now to send more junk mail. which -- just this morning i was thinking, nine bed beth and beyond coupons a day just isn't

enough. i would like -- i'm building a guest house out of val-paks right now. if the new program works, the postal service believes it could solve our problem of having too many unchopped down trees. that's great. instead of a mailman bringing us more garbage, why don't just have the garbage man bring us the mail? place mrau [ applause ] thank you. i'm a problem solver guy. and one more thing. it's thursday night, it's our weekly tribute to the fcc, where we bleep or blur things whether they need it or not. it's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> tim tebow is a great kid. if i want someone to [ bleep ] my daughter, it would be him. >> she is a lover of [ bleep ]. she and i love [ bleep ] very much. happy birthday. >> sum it up in three words. [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ].

>> there we go. >> don't let your children get in the habit of sucking on [ bleep ]. >> mayor bloomberg kicked off the stick's road paving season by unvafling a new [ bleep ] machine. >> they will [ bleep ] so loudly, god will hear it in heaven. >> you really know the difficulty of being a reality show star? >> all you got to do is [ bleep ] somebody on every episode. i can do that. >> the music business will [ bleep ] you. >> women are coming to me, are saying, will you please talk about [ bleep ] budgets? i'm loufing that. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> where the [ bleep ] have you been? >> i will [ bleep ] senator santorum, governor romney or newt gingrich. >> it's time for everyone who is 21 or over to whack your [ bleep ]. [ applause ] >> jimmy: tonight on the show, nascar racer jimmie johnson is here.

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steven seagal will be here. that will be good. from the oklahoma city thunder, kevin durant. the first celebrity casualty from "dancing with the stars," and ashton kutcher and justin bieber will be here together, i believe they are dating now. and we'll have music from the all-american rejects, shinedown, white rabbits, and the wonderful esperanza spalding, so join us next week. our first guest tonight packs a dumpster full of tony and emmy-winning talent into a tiny little package -- she's only 14 inches tall. true. you can watch her now on "gcb," which stands for god created bacon, sundays at 10:00 here on abc. please say hello to kristin chenoweth. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you?

>> i'm good. >> jimmy: great to see you. you look great. when you came out, you know, i gave you a little kiss but then, you know, didn't want to mess the makeup up and you looked up -- i kissed you on the chin. >> i'll never wash this chin again. >> jimmy: the chin of chenoweth. however nice. how is everything? i know you are preparing for your first big tour of the united states as a solo artist. >> yes. i am. >> jimmy: that's exciting. [ applause ] >> i am so excited because i've never been able to commit fully to a tour. i've done, you know, concerts all over the world bull never in a row. so i'm going on a bus. >> jimmy: oh, wow bus and everything. >> i'm doing the bus thing. >> jimmy: who is going to be on the bus? will you have your own bus or are you on the bus with everyone? >> i'll be on the bus with, you know, my band, my guys. >> jimmy: your band? >> yeah. boys. >> jimmy: all guys? >> well, three girls, but you knoll that bus is going to stink.

>> jimmy: yeah, it won't be -- [ laughter ] >> boys -- here is what boys do. they fart. >> jimmy: yeah. >> they fart. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and it's going to smell like farts and whiskey. i just know it. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you should put that on the side of the bus. >> it could be the rolling fart. >> jimmy: why not? >> i had an older brother, i know about toots and boogers and, you know -- >> jimmy: did he torment you, your brother? >> mark, yes. he lives in denver. he works for -- mark chenoweth is his name. >> jimmy: good chance to really call him out on some -- >> oh, mark chen know wealth, he's just the best. he would trap me under the covers and then fart. they call it a dutch oven. >> jimmy: yes. that's -- yes we do. >> you know this. >> jimmy: people of holland are very proud of that, i think. [ laughter ] how often would hall do that to you? >> any time he could.

and then he would hold me down, he's much bigger than me, but then again, who isn't? and he would hold me down and of course, this is very famous nor big brothers to do, hold you down and -- i was very ticklish and he would tickle, tickle, tickle and i would pee my pants. >> jimmy: classic move. >> he could -- stand up. this is what he would do. i used to be very flat chested. and -- i mean -- >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> i mean, i'm not huge, but i'm just saying -- >> jimmy: same here. at one time i was flat chested, too. now i'm a d-cup. >> he would be like, does that hurt, can you feel that? can you feel that? >> jimmy: why would he do that. >> because i had no, nothing going on in here. and then later he would like, dude, that punching helped. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: swelling.

>> he said i owe him. >> jimmy: he takes credit for that? >> full credit. >> jimmy: that's very weird. that's very weird. >> oh, that mark chenoweth of denver. >> jimmy: how do you prepare for a big tour like this? are you practicing? rehearsing a lot? >> i'm rehearsing. i started this new workout ri e regimen. i work out two days a week with my trainer, he worked with jessica simpson in "dukes of has saturday." >> jimmy: he made her pregnant? i like that -- >> he got her -- he's a wonderful trainer. i do this thing, 20 minutes of dance, aerobics, gyrotonics. >> jimmy: what is that? is that a real thing? >> i don't know. >> jimmy: sounds like an exercise from the '50s that we realized was ridiculous later on. do you spin around or something? >> no, e lean up against a wall with bands.

ill think that's what it's called. >> jimmy: maybe it isn't. are you drunk when you do it? >> i sure am. that's the kind of workout i like. >> jimmy: so, you got your -- you are using rubber bands. >> you have a bar backstage. that's the problem. >> jimmy: you seem very fit, just to start with. do you really need to be -- >> it's more about cardio and i run on the treadmill. >> jimmy: oh, you do. >> yes. and i've began -- i've gbegun t sing on the treadmill. i have headphones in. and people will look at me -- >> jimmy: you're at the gym? >> correct. >> jimmy: singing with the headphones on? >> yeah, and i'm like -- [ singeniing ] and there's a lady who is like, oh, that's so wonderful. she's my momma's age and she's very sweet and there's a lady who is very irritated and there's a man who is like

"interesting." and i'm like, you might need to rethink your shorts. that's a whole other topic. >> jimmy: is it a guy you see regularly? >> yes. and he wears really short shorts and nothing on underneath. you imagine what i see. and he runs, looking at me like that with his legs apart. i'm like -- so, my sicki insingt so bad. >> jimmy: that will prepare you for the band and the road trip. >> that's right. a couple of things i don't want to see. >> jimmy: two specifically, probably. >> that's right. >> jimmy: now i know the tour wraps up in your hometown. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's pretty -- is that -- that's got to be exciting. >> i'm very honored that it's broken arrow, oklahoma, where i grew up and they're nailing the auditorium after me. they have a beautiful performing arts center. >> jimmy: you'll be performing in the kristin chenowethed all or the yum? >> isn't that funny? >> jimmy: that's pretty good. that's exciting. that's -- [ applause ]

and that's got to be, maybe this is just a negative way of thinking but that's got to be great. anyone that was mean to you growing up, you are now there performing in your own auditorium. >> that's right. >> jimmy: is there anyone -- high school friends or, have been calling you or childhood, trying to get tickets? >> my friend tony brown, really good friend of mine called, said, we're all coming. i said, i hope almost every comes. >> jimmy: who do you hope doesn't come? >> there's a girl i hope doesn't come. she was very mean to me in high school. isn't it funny that we can still remember who was mean to us. and she probably doesn't remember jack. but i remember it. and she was much -- she was twice my height, really -- >> jimmy: what did she do to you? >> she said she wanted to beat me up because i was happy. >> jimmy: what? >> i was like -- i'm so not worth it. i'm not worth a punch. she's like, i just want to hit you, you're so happy all the

time. i'm really not. i hope she doesn't come. >> jimmy: yeah, well, i hope she does come and, you know what, she might be a good match for your brother, by the way. >> that's a good idea. >> jimmy: hook them up. we're going to take a break, when we come back, we're going to talk about the new show "gcb." it airs sundays at 10:00 here on abc. more with kristin chenoweth when we come back. sergio! christina! question for you.

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oh! >> why are you here? i mean, hi. >> insisted we bury the hatchet. i thought i would bring chardonnay. >> why can no one remember that i don't drink anymore? >> oh, i never forget you're an alcoholic. chardonnay's my nail girl. char. >> oh. >> i'm giving you the gift of peticure. after i saw your feet sunday, i wanted you to wear open-toed shoes with confident. >> jimmy: you're the mean girl. that's "gcb," here on abc sunday nights at 10:00. you know, this show originally was called "good christian bitches." that was the original title of the show and everyone got upset. newt gingrich got upset, right? >> can we just say newt? newt, newt, newt. your name is newt. >> jimmy: not unlike a lizard. yeah.

he was upset, even though the name was shortened, right? >> it was changed to "good christian bells" and abc wisely did that. and we got our call sheets and it just became "gcb" and it stuck. >> jimmy: it will be just "g". you brought a picture -- where did you get this photograph? do you know what this is? >> oh, so i went to a fashion show in new york and backstage i went to see the models and where they get ready and there was a sign that says "no drinking while pregnant." and for the models. and i thought, do they mean water? because the models are so thirsty, probably, and hungry. so maybe, you know -- >> jimmy: that seems like it would go without saying but with a model, they come from all different lands, maybe they don't know the customs. >> i just -- i don't know, i imagined what their babies must look like, a walnut or something. they come out, like, "i'm

hungry!" >> jimmy: if it saves one super model baby fetus then i think it was worth putting this laminated sign up on the wall. >> absolutely. they don't have the signs in the gym when i'm singing. >> jimmy: they don't, well, yeah, sure. maybe they will, but not now. jimmie johnson is here tonight. >> i'm very excited. >> jimmy: are you a fan of nascar? >> i met him -- yes. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you are? >> i actually went to upstate new york a few years ago and sang the national anthem and, have you ever heard of wally's world? yeah, it's the great thing that takes you around and i you embarrassed the crap out of my -- he per views you while you drive and i'd like to think i'm a southern girl and incan take it and my cousins, they drive fast and i had no -- i embarrassed the crap out of my entire family because i got -- >> jimmy: we happen to have -- we happen to have a clip of that. from wally's world. >> let's embarrass them again.

>> jimmy: you may have to move out of the south. yeah, lshgts leet's take a look. >> ahh! ahh! >> wow, what okayi iokayive is ? is that a four of a five? >> oh, my god. >> i've got to get it out of second gear. >> oh, don't! ahh! oh, my god. >> what about that dvd you're carrying that you want to say something about that? >> no. ahh! >> jimmy: that's quite an interview. he uncovered some stuff about you. [ applause ] >> if it's possible my voice went any higher. >> jimmy: is that how you sing on the treadmill? yes. >> jimmy: kristin chenoweth, everybody. "gcb" airs sundays at 10:00 here

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>> jimmy: hi there. still to come, music from neon trees. if our next guest was a pizza delivery guy, they'd be guaranteed in 30 seconds or less. he is the only five-time nascar sprint cup series champion in the history of the sport. on sunday, you can see him at the auto club 400 in fontana, california. please say hello to jimmie johnson.

[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you know, the last time you were here, i think you were only a three-time champion. which wasn't even that big a deal. but now five, that's pretty -- that's something special. >> i had to come back with a little more, so, yeah. >> jimmy: at what point is enough enough? were you upset when you didn't get your sixth in a row? >> yeah, definitely. winning is everything. that and that's really what motivates me and drives me. to come up short was not fun. we did, you know, midway through the chase had a good chance at winning it and really just made mistakes, so, no one to blame but myself and my team, which is fine. but losing is terrible, man. >> jimmy: who do you blame more? yourself or your team? [ laughter ] >> i'm in a sticky situation all of a sudden. >> jimmy: was it weird to start the season not in first place,

not as the returning champion? >> it was different. but man, to be honest, they have the whole procedure during a race weekend that the champion gets, like, the best parking spot, like, the team with the transport transporters, in the garage area. every time practice starts, the champion gets to be the first guy on the track and all these things that take place. so, we're testing in daytona, first race of the year, i come in the garage and i'm so used to going to that first stall, i blow by my guys down in the sixth stall flagging me down, i'm like, oh, wait, okay. >> jimmy: after five years. almost like every job, it's all about the parking spot. the spot you get -- [ laughter ] now, when you win, you get invited to the white house, as is customary in sports. and now, you must be bored going to the white house now. how many times have you been? >> four times. there was one year they missed. budget cuts or something. >> jimmy: so then it would be president bush and obama? >> correct. >> jimmy: do these guys know about cars? >> yeah, i mean, president bush

was on top of things, new some car staff. >> jimmy: he was? [ laughter ] >> the shocker to me was obama's knowledge of cars and he actually has an old camaro or corvette that he had at one point. >> jimmy: this is a photograph that was taken. i'm dying to know what was going on here. >> noll like the president looking under the hood, you know? >> jimmy: is he changing the oil for you? what is he doing? is he really -- when he's looking, when i look under the hood of a car, i pretend i know what i'm talking about, but i have no idea. there could be gerbils running around in there and i would go, oh, yeah, how many gerbils does this run on? >> there was a little pretending. but it's a cool picture. >> jimmy: where are you in the standings right now? >> 11th right now. >> jimmy: there was some controversy. we actually -- you won an appeal. >> we did. >> jimmy: you were penalized. what were you penalized for? >> long story but there's a

section called the c-post on the race which car. we were in an argument if they were legal or not. we just won the appeal and the penalties have been lifted. if they weren't lifted i was going to need a crew chief and i thought you could come and crew the car. i don't need you. >> jimmy: oh. i can still help. i got to learn what a -- what is it call? >> wedge. >> jimmy: wedge, yeah. >> yeah. pressure in the right rear? >> jimmy: i won't be of much help in that arena. but you won, which, that gives you -- that would have been -- that penalty -- points-wise, it's not like a frequent flyer thing where you can buy more, right? when the points are gone, the points are gone, you can't catch up. >> points are tough and especially with the chase or fa mott that we have, the top ten chanlser if into the final ten races to determine the champion, and 25 points in our sport, especially with the new point system is huge. it was like over 100 points

based on the previous point system we had, so -- nice to get those back. >> jimmy: do any of the drivers do steroids? is that an issue in your sport? >> can't you tell? i'm all ripped up. >> jimmy: do you think that would be an advantage in any way? i don't know if you can inject them into the tires or something like that. >> tires would work. the engine. that might help. >> jimmy: directly into the engine. i know you like to take photographs. you have really great ones. >> you sound surprised. >> jimmy: what are you taking these with, first of all? >> my phone. i'm rolling out to qualify for the daytona 500 and was sitting in my car and had my phone with me and took a picture. that is dale jr.'s team in front. >> jimmy: okay. >> actually stopped on the racetrack to take this photo. >> jimmy: you did? >> of course i did. why would i take a photo and drive. >> jimmy: how fast would you have been going had you not stopped? >> it would have been pretty fast. >> jimmy: like how fast? >> you know. fast.

i was stopped. >> jimmy: you were stopped. you could get a ticket for something like that. >> that is so true. >> jimmy: they take your license. you lost your way of life. >> my job. >> jimmy: that's your daughter. >> that's my daughter. >> jimmy: she's already competing, huh? >> she is. yeah. >> jimmy: when you drove her home from the hospital, did you go slow? >> man, that was the slowest driving i have ever done in my life. >> jimmy: was it? >> so amazing. you just inch out and every car driving by you think is going to torpedo your vehicle and -- >> jimmy: yeah. and this is -- what's going on here? >> how did you get my family photo? >> jimmy: wow. i didn't realize you were so religious. >> i can't get enough of scotties. >> jimmy: that's beautiful. all right, so you are at gone tan th gone tan that. you've done well there in the past. >> five times. make it six this weekend. >> jimmy: that would be nice.

this would be, what, number 200 for your team. >> yeah, our team owner is desperately awaiting the 200th win. we all are, as well as members of the team and the four drivers that drive for him -- >> jimmy: desperately? what do you mean by that? is he harassing you guys? >> yeah. evidently have these hats that have 200th win on them, toting them around for, like, six months, so -- drivers bet earl get to work. >> jimmy: you better, yeah, you don't want to -- have to carry the halts around. well, great to see you. congratulations on all your success. jimmie johnson, everybody. the auto club 400, lye frive fr gone t fontana, sunday at 2:30 eastern time on fox. when we come back, music from neon trees.

>> jimmy: this is their new cd. it's called "picture show." it comes out april 17th. here with the song "everybody talks," neon trees. ♪ ♪ hey baby won't you look my way i can be your

new addiction hey baby what you gotta say ♪ ♪ all you're givin' me is fiction i'm a sorry sucka and this happens all the time i find out that ♪ ♪ everybody talks everybody talks everybody talks ♪ ♪ it started with a whisper that was when i kissed her then she made my lips hurt i could hear the chit chat ♪ ♪ take me to your love shack mamas always gotta backtrack when everybody talks back ♪ ♪ hey honey you could be my drug you could be my new prescription too much could be an overdose all dis ♪ ♪ trash talk make me itchin' oh my my, shh ♪

♪ everybody talks everybody talks everybody talks too much ♪ ♪ it started with a whisper that was when i kissed her then she made my lips hurt i could hear the chit chat ♪ take me to your love shack mamas always gotta ♪ ♪ backtrack when everybody talks back never thought i'd live to see the day when everybody's ♪ ♪ words got in the way oh ♪ ♪ hey sugar show me all your love all you're givin' me is fiction ♪ ♪ hey sugar what you gotta say ♪ ♪ everybody ♪ it started with a whisper

♪ and that was when i kissed her ♪ ♪ and then she made my lips hurt ♪ ♪ i can hear the chit chat ♪ take me to your love shack ♪ mamas always gotta backtrack ♪ when everybody sttalks ♪ ♪ everybody talks ♪ everybody talks ♪ everybody talks ♪ everybody talks ♪ everybody talks back ♪ it started with a whwith a w t whisper ♪ ♪ that was when i kissed her ♪ everybody talks ♪ everybody talks back >> jimmy: i want to thank kristin chenoweth, jimmie johnson. apologize to matt damon, we ran out of time for him this week. "picture show," that is the new

cd. it comes out april 17th. playing us off the air with "animal," see the full performance at jimmykimmellive.com, once again, neon trees! good night! ♪ if you know it, sing it! ♪ here we go again i kinda wanna be more than friends so take it easy on me ♪ ♪ i'm afraid you're never satisfied here we go again we're sick like animals ♪ ♪ we play pretend you're just a cannibal and i'm afraid i won't get out alive ♪ ♪ i won't sleep tonight oh oh i want some more oh oh what are you waiting