i'm ryan seacrest, nice to meet you. >> you're ryan seacrest?ing in a mirror! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is weird. that's "american idol." a new season premieres on sunday night. you guys, they didn't find a lionel richie. they find a lionel. >> they find a lionel, you won't find too many lionel richies. >> jimmy: no -- >> thank god, thank god. >> they really push us to our limits on "american idol." >> you have no idea. >> jimmy: i bet you met a number of katy perrys before? >> i haven't, that was my first one. we filming, such a long day, intense day. at the end of the filming they brought all these people out that literally on their birth certificates have the same names as us. they just brought them out one by one. we thought, no way, no way. then it just -- then ryan seacrest. we were all melting. this is crazy! >> you have to understand, what you were saying about that story i just told you? >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> it's crazy on this show. when i say nuts -- >> oh, this show, yeah. >> it's out of control. >> it's so fun. >> fi

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guys like ryan seacrest, he's always around, always getting the jobs i want.udition and they say no we're going with ryan seacrest. you know, television, it's a very interesting business but you do have to have the skills, okay, to succeed. bob barker had that extra special thing, he had a movie star quality as a came show host which is very -- game show host. rachel: there was something old hollywood about him. >> he wanted to be an actor. the only role i remember him in was happy gilmore. >> he came to h hollywood to be an actor, like i did, i was doing standup, i want todd be a movie star but you do cable news and realize the audience is out there i have a better audience on cable news than i ever had. rachel: bob would never have a moment like that. he would turn that around. >> he would have it ready, quick. >> i'm no barker. rachel: to be fair, it's still in the 6:00 hour, will. >> we miss bob barker. rachel: we do. >> thank you for sharing your thoughts. >> let's turn to a few additional headlines. bernie sanders scolding democrats for losing the suppor

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you and ryan seacrest. [ laughter ] >> i appreciate it. seacrest. build a boat and seacrest could holler out where to go from the crow's nest. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: your costar in this episode is murray bartlett, who played the hotel manager in the first season of "white lotus." and really -- >> won 18 trophies and rightly so. >> jimmy: yeah. did you know him beforehand? >> no. when i got sent this script and the offer to do this part, we -- we shot this a year and a half ago, so the timing was such that we had just finished watching "the white lotus" season one. and so i said that it felt like i'd just seen "the raiders of the lost ark" and they said, "we want you to do this show, your costar is going to be the guy with the hat and the whip." the most charismatic performance of the year. >> jimmy: i agree with you, yeah, it was. >> so it was undeniable. i was so grateful to get to work with him. >> jimmy: well, it's -- if you haven't seen it, check it out. it's "the last of us." it's sunday's episode. it's what they call a standalone episode, so e