not the same sheep. >> hey, it's -- it could be the dick van dyke of sheep. >> seth: yeah, that's truest to go full circle there. >> seth: do you -- when you first saw the sheep, there was no recognition in the sheep's dead black eyes? [ laughter ] >> you know what? he does look a little familiar. [ laughter ] >> seth: have you ever had a problem with a live animal on stage? where it was the sheep, in the spectacular, when you're eight years old, you probably didn't have any sheep skills at that time. >> i didn't have any sheep skills. no, not that i recall. i mean, there were some difficult situations with, like, camels and things like that. >> seth: got you. >> and llamas. >> seth: well, this really was a spectacular. [ laughter ] >> well, it's the "radio city christmas spectacular." i mean, the only thing with that particular show is that i had to -- when i came in for the audition, i had to dance, i had to sing, and i had to do, like, a monologue from something. and i was, like, 12 years old. it was kind of like insane. and then, i got there to do the show, and they didn't have eno

. >> i recently didn't win an emmy, lost an emmy to dick van dyke.'m not going to win. [ laughter ] we're in the third hour of this thing, if he's sticking around, he better win. >> jimmy: nobody's beating dick van dyke anyway. >> yeah, yeah. you shouldn't, yeah. >> jimmy: have you -- how much research have you done? have you been watching shows to figure out -- >> yeah, doing a ton of research. yeah, been watching past monologues to see cut-away shots. who's a good laugher? who's paying attention, who cares? it's usually comedians. comedians, anyone involved in comedy is going to be rooting for me. a martin short, a steve martin, even i think de niro's a great laugher. >> jimmy: that's true. >> his shots are great. who have you noticed? who would you recommend? >> jimmy: de niro's really good. >> damon? >> jimmy: matt damon? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: let me explain. first of all, he's not nominated for anything. [ laughter ] >> good point. >> jimmy: he's not invited to the show. >> no, he won't be there. >> jimmy: you know, he doesn't understa

and this was a show being made as if it was produced in the era of the "dick van dyke show." - i lovee, and come back in and tell me about it. - don't sleep on the couch! i just cleaned down there. - in fact, the pilot, i put in this true thing that happened to me, wherein i sent my parents a gift for the holidays of the fruit of the month club. - did you know you sent me a box of pears from a place called fruit of the month? - yeah, yeah. that's right, that's right. how are they? - and my mother reacted as if i had sent her a box of heads from a murderer. - why did you do this to me? - oh, my god! - i can't talk! there's too much fruit in the house! - ohh! what is happening? - what do you think we are? invalids? we can't go out and get our own fruit? - i tried to tell him. - all right! i'm canceling the fruit club! - the real story is where the real connection with your audience is. thank god all your families are crazy too. - looks like you got the whole family together. - yeah, yeah. it's dysfunctionpalooza. - and now, ladies and gentlemen, here's johnny! [cheers and applause] [ban