beyondre is one thing dispute tonight, this is really me. i am really here.he record on that count is days and bad, and bad, in times of great confidence or controversy, i have actually shown up here for eight straight years. [applause] looking back, that was probably a mistake. [laughter] givenight years i have you enough material for 20. this is a special night for me for a lot of reasons -- jay leno is here. [applause] now -- no matter how mean he is to me, i just love this guy. because together, together, we give hope to gray-haired, chunky, a.b. boomers -- baby boomers everywhere. [applause] [laughter] tonight marks the end of an era. the after dinner party hosted by vanity fair. as you may have heard, it has been canceled. years, thefor eight vanity fair party became more and more exclusive. tonight it has arrived at its inevitable completion. -- of this year, no one made the guest list. actually i heard the bloomberg party will be harder to get into than the vanity fair party was. i am not worried, i am going with janet reno. [applause] [laughter] now