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from "the mentalist" simon baker and we'll have music from lloyd banks. oh, by the way, i want to show an actual photograph of my new little cousin franki. concheti marceglia is the correct way to pronounce it. he's italian. and, you know, they come out all gross but they get pretty cute right away. congratulations to them. for ten seasons and then two other seasons, our first guest played one of our best-ever friend, joey. now he has a new show premiering sunday night on showtime. it's call ed "episodes." please welcome matt leblanc. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? you got some -- you got a little gray in the hair, very distinguished. >> thanks. >> jimmy: very nice. it does look good. >> i'm 1,000. >> jimmy: yes, you're very elderly. how are you? how was christmas? >> it was good. >> jimmy: did you get a go-kart? >> i did not. >> jimmy: that's a shame. i did. >> it has feathers on it. >> jimmy: i know, it does. well, that's because i was the angel for ellen. i saved her life. so she put angel stuff on it. because i'm an angel. i'm like a g

from "the mentalist" simon baker and music from lloyd banks. oh, by the way, i want to show an actual photograph of my new little cousin franki. she's italian. and, you know, they come out all gross but they get really cute right away. congratulations to them. for ten seasons and then two other seasons, our first guest played one of our best-ever friends, now he has a new show premiering sunday night on showtime called "episodes." please welcome matt will bllebl. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? you got some -- you got a little gray in the hair, very distinguished. >> thanks. >> jimmy: it does look good. >> i'm 1,000. >> jimmy: you're very elderly. how are you? how was christmas? >> it was good. >> jimmy: did you get a go cart? >> i did not. >> jimmy: that's a shame. i did. >> it has feathers on it. >> jimmy: i know, it does. that's because i was the angel for ellen. i saved her life. chef put angel stuff on it because i'm an angel. i'm like a guardian angel. have you ever saved anyone's life? >> no. [ laughter ] well -- no. >> ji

and later this week simon baker, snooki, amy adams. and music from lloyd banks. join us all this week, if you'll be so kind. our first guest knows her way around a family. she has her own and two from tv. her big hit show "the middle" airs wednesday nights at 8:00 on abc. >> i have tripped over my last tennis ball. sat on my last joystick. you guys are going to start keeping all your crap in your room. dig in this pile for what's yours because anything left is going in the trash. >> oh, my gosh, what did you do to family room! what did you do to the family room! >> you like it? i've always wanted it this way. >> no, i don't like it. it's like you're trying to pretend you never had us! >> jimmy: please say hello to patricia heaton. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ you look fantastic. thank you for coming. >> you look thin. are you losing weight. >> jimmy: it's inmy new year's resolution. i'm plan to put it all back on by july. >> that's easier. >> jimmy: do you make resolutions? >> it's one of those things. it's like being a cleveland browns supporter. you kind of do i

julie benz will be here and later this week simon baker, snooki, amy adams. and music from lloyd banks. join us all this week, if you'll be so kind. our first guest knows her way around a family. she has her own and two families from tv. her big hit show "the middle" airs wednesday nights at 8:00 on abc. >> i have tripped over my last tennis ball. i have sat on my last joystick. you guys are going to start keeping all your crap in your room. so dig in this pile for what's yours because anything that's left is going in the trash. >> oh, my gosh, what did you do to the family room? what did you do to the family room? >> you like it? i've always wanted it this way. >> no, i don't like it. it's like you're trying to pretend you never had us! >> jimmy: please say hello to patricia heaton. [ cheers and applause ] you look fantastic. >> you look thin. are you losing weight? >> jimmy: it's my new year's resolution. yeah. no, i'm planning to put it all right back on by july. >> that's easy. >> jimmy: do you make resolutions? >> it's one of those things. it's like bein