hello, everyone, i'm tommy maitland.t for the triumphant return of "the gong show." >> season 2 of "the gong show" premieres june 21st here on abc. please welcome mike myers! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? >> i'm great. >> jimmy: it's good to see -- [ cheers and applause ] it's very good to see you. the last time you were here, you were -- >> sorry. >> jimmy: -- fully in character as tommy maitland. it's okay to call it a character? >> it's called an offering. no it's totally fine to call ate character, yes. >> jimmy: i'm curious, i know will arnett is one of the executive producers of the show. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and will, did he pitch this to you? or did you pitch this to him? >> i pitched it to him. i got a call, do you want to be the host of "the gong show"? and i loved "the gong show." i'm an old punk rocker. and to me that show was punk rock. >> jimmy: really? interesting. >> yeah. these different acts, they get in, they get out, somebody gets hurt. [ laughter ] my favorite