. >> jimmy: that you toured with kenny roger. >> kenny rogers!hotograph of this little show. but tell me what you -- tell me what you did with kenny rogers. >> so i was an elf on the kenny rogers christmas tour. do you want to show? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: these are your fellow elves? >> that's me in the hat. >> jimmy: in the snakeskin elf costume. >> suzanne and bob. and this is elfus. and this guy in the middle is kenny rogers. >> jimmy: it sure is. >> we went on christmas tour. and it was $500 a week. oh my god, yeah, i want that job. by the way, it's still kind of amazing for a 20-something-year-old. >> jimmy: more than kind of. sure. >> so we would go, and we would be stoned before every show. we'd be so high. >> jimmy: kenny too? >> no, not kenny. so the first part of the show was kenny's old standards and whatever. and then the middle of the show, we came out and sang "we need a little christmas" right? and we would change the whole set with a bench and a tree and all the snow and the [ bleep ] everything, right? it was crazy. and so we're

>> yes, my name is kenny, like kenny rogers. that's exactly what he. with the mayor of a nearby village. the mayor called the philippine army. and the army arrive in humvees. >> it seemed like hundreds of them. and i just like, this is all for me. i couldn't believe it. i realized that i would see my family again. i'm going to see my friends. i'm going to have my life. back >> but would he have his mom? four months, kevin had been grieving. afraid she had been executed by the militants. but then the mayor gave him the phone. and kevin heard a familiar voice. >> hey, mom, is that really you? i didn't know for months what happened to you. once i heard her voice and knew that was her, i think at that point i felt alive again. there was a color in my life again. >> after that 14 year old amazing escape, the u.s. military put him on a plane to manila, where his mother was waiting on the tarmac. >> the door was too slow to open. i was ready to climb that plane and open the door. and he stood there on the plane, right there looking around. it's like, i'm righ

the grooming and the sudeikis wolf, it was too shaggy it was like -- and honestly, it was like a kenny rogersby the way, i thought you needed to be worried about scientologists coming after you, but when the "snl" beard department sees this -- lock your doors hey, um, here's my last question do you think, you know, because you have a family -- >> yeah. >> seth: -- where you were not the first best-selling author. your daughter, alice, wrote a book best seller, "raise your hand. does she have any fear that you're going to overtake her, or does she just sort of scoff at the fact that you're second to the party? >> i am the last in the totem pole of the tapper family. and i don't know where you are in yours, but i am underneath the dogs so, you know, alice isn't even looking down at me i mean, like, that's like looking at the kansas city royals >> seth: sure, sure. >> last place. she actually has an idea for another one, but the problem is -- she is 13 now, so she's got other stuff she wants to do. so - >> seth: right it was -- it just speaks to her being ahead of the game a little bit, that she

kate rogers has the story. >> kenny wen has built a career around helping others to find their voice.orkshop >> reporter: he's the ceo of 368, a marketing and innovation agency and while he's fanned success helping brands protect their messaging and identity, he realized he was starting to lose his own voice as an asian-american. >> i was assimilating. i stopped speaking up for myself, because i was worried about how would the world see me, and this happens a lot in our communities, because, you know, we want to be seen as successful, and sometimes being successful means getting in line. >> reporter: as hate crimes have swept the country, nguyen felt he no longer could stay silent he offered free online workshops. all to sharpen their own voices. he got a big response with some 200 people signing up. his message -- the time to speak up is now. >> we get people from all different professions, and i made a lot of new friends, and i think these people will speak up. >> he's also hoping to >> reporter: he's hoping to mentor others and help elevate their careers. asian-americas represent 1