it opens at the neil simon. mistake the other day when i was doing promos, and i called it the neil semen. [ laughter ] and it's just -- that could be a problem. but it's the neil simon, doggone it. stop it, you all have dirty minds. >> jimmy: no, we know -- there's a movie called "scandalous," playing at the neil semen theater, as well. [ laughter ] easily confused. but you -- you actually -- you wrote this. it took you a while. ten years to write this. >> i've been fascinated by this woman, it's called, "the life and trials of aimee semple mcpherson." a real woman, google her. lived in the 1920's and 30's. if you put five of the most beab today, together they would not be, together, what aimee was in the 1920's. >> jimmy: can you say her name again? >> aimee semple mcpherson. >> jimmy: mcpherson. >> this woman, in essence, was a -- was a faith healer and an evangelist. but, she was married three times and divorced twice. she was in the trial of the century. she gave john wayne his first acting job. charlie cha

the neil simon theater. a musical i'm writing will be coming to broadway this fall. it's called scandalous ♪ most shows want between six months and a year to prepare for a broadway run. we had five months. and so we're really under the gun. got my script. all right. thank you. bye, hon. so i try to use the trip into the city for scandalous business, as it were. have they announced it's official? ♪ nothing like a show on broadway, nothing like a broadway show ♪ >> first day of call backs. very excited. wish i could take you along, but sorry. ♪ okay. so everybody agrees she was the best. >> she was really strong. >> we'll have them back again tomorrow. >> excuse me, but our star has arrived. hello, star. ♪ >> it's been a thrilling ride. i pinch myself still. ♪ i'm looking forward to november 15th when my husband, frank, sits next to me and jimmy who started the whole process is next to me on my other side and we're watching scandalous on broadway. ♪ >> wow. >> i want to thank meredith for take. she did a gorge

neil simon theater.y excited. wish i could take you along, but sorry. ♪ okay. so everybody agrees she was the best. >> she was really strong. >> we'll have them back again tomorrow. >> excuse me, but our star has arrived. hello, star. ♪ >> it's been a thrilling ride. i pinch myself still. ♪ i'm looking forward to november 15th when my husband, frank, sits next to me and jimmy who started the whole process is next to me on my other side and we're watching scandalous on broadway. ♪ >> wow. >> i want to thank meredith for take. she did a gorgeous -- hoda has a tear in her eye. >> i do. that was really great. it's sinking in. >> we'll try not to be obnoxious about it, but i can't guarantee it. >> a reality check. the oldedest jonas brother, that's kevin respect right after will this. >> there he is with his gorgeous wife. ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make allie miss her favorite part of the day. [ laughing ] that's why there's beneful baked delights. from crispy crackers

these singer-songwriters started to come into popularity -- simon & garfunkel, joni mitchell, james taylor, jackson browne, crosby, stills & nash, neil forget somebody. laura nero was really important to me. judy collins, bonnie. that was it for me. that was it. that spoke to all my feelings and to what i wanted to do with the guitar. i loved to play it, and it was like the gates of heaven opened up and i had all this stuff to emulate. that was good stuff too, as we know, in retrospect, again. it was really good stuff too. then i just went off track and did -- not that i don't like country music, but i was in bands, i was in a lot of bands. rock and roll, country music, bluegrass music, pop music, tried to be a celine dion pop singer, and it just didn't work. i didn't feel comfortable with it. i took a year off at some point, after i got sober, actually, because i was told, "your identity is not necessarily -- that's not who you are, the music. you're another entity. the music is what you choose. it's what you do." i thought, well, i'm going to choose not to do it, then, and see who i am. about a year later i thought, but wait, i'm g