Glad some of you caught it- I taped it last Thursday- and I tried not to look exhausted even though I was there running on 3 hours of sleep coming from a gig in San Diego on Wednesday night. They bumped my call time last minute so I didn't get the extra sleep I had planned on- no biggie though.
I had previously performed for some of the producers at a party a few weeks prior- and they called because they were tasked with finding audience members with hidden talents- and they wanted to find a way to work the magic in. It wasn't the most ideal way to be introduced after a bar stunt- and before a unicycle rider, but it doesn't always work out perfect. Plus I had 4 studio-caliber HD cameras zoomed in tight on the shot, so I had to make sure I hit it.
Given the nature of the other performances I think Ellen was caught off guard, because after the change she looked at me like "WTF?" But its her instinct to keep the atmosphere very lighthearted-, and thats what she did. After the show I had tons of people from the audience coming up and giving me compliments on it-and I heard that there were some hot-shot executives in the control room during the taping that were really impressed. Anyway, few more things happening we will post about soon-
-TI-
