harry connick, jr. from "man seeking woman," eric andrÉ. and keith urban performs.with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ >> jimmy: thank you for watching. i had an interesting night last night. after we taped our show here i raced over to a studio about a mile away from here to be on the bachelor after the final rose special where the bachelor and his new fiance come out of hiding, like ground hogs. and they announce the new bachelorettes. bachelorettes are going to have two this season. and at the end of the first episode, the guys in the house are going to pick one of them, and she alone will be the bachelorette. which a lot of fans seem to be upset about it. they say it's women compete. when you get down to two, no. anyway, i was there last night to give the bachelor, chris, and his fiance whitney an engagement gift, because he's a farmer, i gave them a cow, a live cow, which was a joke. but i was talking to chris after the show, he said, you know, i'd really like to keep that cow. i was like, oh. i don't know how we're going to get it on th

harry connick, jr. from "man seeking woman," eric andrÉ. and keith urban performs.with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ ♪

harry connick, jr. from "man seeking woman," eric andrÉ. and keith urban performs.

harry connick, jr. from "man seeking woman," eric andrÉ. and keith urban performs.to and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ ♪

tomorrow night from "american idol," judges harry connick jr., keith urban, and j.re, eric andre will be with us, keith urban will play for us. wednesday liam neeson, octavia spencer, awolnation. thursday sean penn and president barack obama will be here. that's right. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: tonight we have britt and kaitlyn, the bachelorettes, and thursday we'll have barack obama and sean penn. we like to mix things up here. our first guest is a legend wrapped in an icon inside a suit, a multi gold and platinum selling recording artist and a tony, golden globe, and emmy-winning performer who you can see in one or all of the 22-city tour. the divine intervention tour starts may 8th at the hard rock live in hollywood, florida. please welcome bette midler! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you for coming. >> thank you, i'm very happy to be here. >> jimmy: it's really good. >> that sounds great. >> jimmy: i learned something today i was unaware of. obviously we have a lot in common what with the talent and all that. but you started in radio. >> i did.