The Five 12-31-2025

Summary

The Five – December 31, 2025: New Year's Eve, Viral Trends, Superstitions & Oz Perlman

Episode Overview

On this lively New Year's Eve edition of The Five, hosts Joey Jones, Kat Timpf, Leslie Marshall, Rosanna Scotto, and Jimmy Falla reflect on 2025's cringiest and most viral moments, debate travel vs. staying home for NYE, dissect online trends, and explore quirky New Year's superstitions. The episode is punctuated by memorable comedic exchanges and features a visit from renowned mentalist Oz Perlman, who astounds the panel (and listeners) with mindreading feats. The discussion wraps with resolutions, personal stories, and rapid-fire “one more thing” highlights.

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Main Topics and Insights

1. New Year's Eve: Go Out or Stay In?

• Reluctance to Celebrate Publicly: The hosts discuss a poll indicating many Americans would rather go to the dentist or get a root canal than party on NYE.
  • Jimmy’s Perspective: Compares NYE to “the second half of the St. Patrick's Day parade,” highlighting the chaos and “amateur night” atmosphere. (01:46)
  • Rosanna’s Take: Prefers going out and pokes fun, “unless the dentist has better drugs than you're going to get out with your friends.” (03:05)
  • Joey, Leslie, Kat: Preferences range from wanting to celebrate at home (especially post-pandemic and after personal events) to reflecting on past party experiences.

2. Viral Trends of 2025

• The “Six Seven Crave”: A TikTok-fueled fast-food ordering meme so disruptive, chains like In-N-Out banned the number.
• Labubu Dolls: The new “Beanie Babies,” prompting nostalgia and warnings: "They're not investments. They will collect dust and just emotional memories." — Rosanna (05:39)
• 100 Men vs. 1 Gorilla Debate: The absurd hypothetical captivates the panel, blending humor and astonishment at internet culture.
  • “Every man's like, well, I could do it myself… it's like, no, you absolutely could not.” — Kat (07:28)
  • “The internet has no episodic memory.” — Jimmy, reflecting on how quickly topics recycle, from Harambe to gorilla battles. (07:50)

3. New Year's Superstitions from Around the Globe

• Diverse customs: eating 12 grapes at midnight, breaking plates, carrying suitcases, and eating lentils or black-eyed peas for prosperity.
• The panel shares personal quirks — from avoiding ladders to irrational pet fears, and family rituals bridging Polish, Sicilian, and Southern traditions.
  • “My family is half Polish and half Sicilian. So, like, we combine that. On Christmas Eve, we have the feast of the seven flushes...” — Jimmy (09:19)
  • "Each country has a tradition... In Spain, they eat 12 grapes to summon the new year." — Jimmy (09:38)
  • Kat is superstition-skeptical but wary: “With my luck, my dog will eat one [grape] and we’ll have to go to the vet. No caviar then.” (10:04)

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4. Guest Segment: Mentalist Oz Perlman Blows Minds

• Background on Oz: Mentalist, author of a new book “Read,” focuses on people skills, not the supernatural (13:06).
• Panel's Bewilderment: Live demonstrations—Oz reads Rosanna’s mind to “pick” a random page and word in a book.
  • “AI will never be spontaneous like a person. Spontaneity can’t be faked.” — Oz (16:16)
  • Rosanna “chooses” the book “Hollywood Fix” and the first word “Hollywood” (16:53), as Oz miraculously mirrors her choices.
• More Mindreading: Oz correctly identifies names (e.g., Joey’s friend “Blake,” Leslie’s first kiss “Mike,” Kat’s “Sean”).
  • “How’d you do that?” — Joey, stunned as Oz reveals his picked name (21:25)
  • "Friend zone. Yeah, well, he's gay..." — Kat, with self-deprecating humor as her first kiss is revealed (25:19)
• Oz’s Philosophy: “If there’s no fear of failure, there’s no amazement, there’s no reward.” (18:28)

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5. The Most Cringe-Worthy Political Moments of 2025

• Democratic Missteps: Choices likened to “try-hards” — lawmakers cursing for relatability, awkward campaign videos, and Kamala Harris's offbeat book tour.
  • "When you see all of those people cursing at the same point... you realize they were what my son would describe as ‘try hards.’” — Jimmy (29:20)
  • Kat draws the line between authentic and performative: “Throwing a few F bombs… is how normal people talk. At least the people I’m around. It sure beats ‘Hello, I am Kamala Harris. My pronouns are she, her, and I’m wearing a blue suit.’” (30:33)
• Trump’s Authenticity: Panelists agree Trump’s unscripted moments succeed because they're genuine, not forced.

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6. Resolutions for 2026: Sincere and Sarcastic

• Kat: “I want to spend next year making good out of all the bad stuff that happened to me... more speaking, more advocacy.” (35:20)
• Jimmy: “I want to lose weight… my clothes feel like the warm embrace of a loved one. And I don’t think that's good for a guy who works in television.” (35:48)
• Joey: “Spend more time at home… and in the hunting blind. Get both my kids their first buck by the end of the year.” (36:34)
• Leslie: “Continue my health journey… this year, I’d like to swim with humpback whales… and try not to cry too hard when both my kids go to college.” (37:09)
• Rosanna: “Finish all the half-read books at home... and read Dana Perino's new book cover to cover.” (37:38)

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7. "One More Thing": Whimsical News & Personal Highlights

• Joey: Viral kid rewarded for school spirit; gets Sugar Bowl tickets (38:34)
• Jimmy: Comedy tour plug, anecdotes from the road, and a runaway snow globe in South Carolina (39:03)
• Kat: Stand-up tour expansion, and Rex the wallaby found near a Walmart (39:42)
• Rosanna: The tale of two stolen mandolins returned with a “sorry I was drunk” note (40:04)
• Leslie: Buddhist monks’ walk for peace, gathering supporters en route from Texas to D.C. (40:28)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On NYE Partying:

  • “Going out tonight is a hassle, but the larger challenge is they have really good stay home options.” — Jimmy (01:46)
  • “First of all, I don't know why anybody would want to go to a dentist rather than going out…” — Rosanna (03:05)

• On Viral Trends:

  • “My kids think I’m a boomer. Because I asked them what [Six Seven] was.” — Leslie (06:16)
  • “100 men could not beat a gorilla. But also, you… every man's like, well, I could do it myself. Me and three of my buddies could do it. It's like, no, you absolutely could not.” — Kat (07:28)

• On Superstitions:

  • “We have the feast of the seven flushes…” — Jimmy, joking about Polish-Italian traditions (09:19)

• Oz Perlman, Mentalist:

  • “Spontaneity can’t be faked.” (16:16)
  • “If there’s no fear of failure, there’s no amazement, there’s no reward.” (18:28)
  • [On being called a witch] “My daughters are in trouble when they're a teenager, that's for sure…” (22:28)

• On Political Authenticity:

  • “…they were what my son would describe as ‘try hards’… trying too hard to be cool.” — Jimmy (29:20)
  • “Throwing a few F bombs… is how normal people talk.” — Kat (30:33)

• On Resolutions:

  • “I was in survival mode all year. I want this next year to be about healing and happiness and helping other people.” — Kat (35:20)
  • “I'm from Boston. We shoot animals with cameras.” — Leslie, about her family's approach to outdoor activities (37:09)

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [01:14] - NYE polling & party/hometime debate
• [04:52] - 2025 viral trends (Six Seven, Labubu, gorilla debate)
• [08:39] - Superstitions discussion
• [12:21] - Oz Perlman joins, mindreading segment
• [16:57] - Oz’s trick: word/page/book revelation
• [21:17] - More mindreading: friends’ names, first kisses, resolutions
• [27:22] - Most cringe-worthy moments of 2025 politics
• [35:14] - Panel’s personal New Year’s resolutions
• [38:34] - “One More Thing” closing highlights

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Tone and Language

The episode’s tone is playful, fast-paced, and irreverently comedic, marked by friendly ribbing, pop culture asides, and moments of sincere reflection—particularly in the New Year’s resolutions segment and during recounting of personal hardships.

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Bottom Line

The Five's NYE 2025 episode delivers a blend of reflection, humor, debate, and surprising mentalism. Through banter and honesty, the hosts offer a snapshot of the nation's zeitgeist on the cusp of 2026—from skepticism about public celebrations to skepticism about politicians’ authenticity, from viral absurdities to the pursuit of genuine connection and self-improvement. The visit from Oz Perlman adds fun and amazement before the panel wraps with personal hopes for the New Year.

Transcript

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[Oz Perlman]

Hey, everybody.

[Joey Jones]

I'm Joey Jones along with Kat Tempe, Leslie Marshall, Rosanna Scotto and Jimmy Fala. And it's five o' clock in New York City. And you guessed it, this is the five. All right, y', all, are you ready to party? We're saying goodbye to 2025 and hello to 2026. And we're just getting started right here at the table. We've got a loaded show as we ring in the new year. The most cringe worth moments of 2025. The top viral moments everyone couldn't stop watching. And mentalist Oz Perlman joining us at the table. I'm a little bit nervous about that one.

[Jimmy Fala]

He's a witch.

[Joey Jones]

Yeah, but he's a witch. But first, going out of town tonight isn't for everybody. Americans plan to avoid New Year's Eve parties like the plague. I'm one of those people. Some would even rather endure the painful medical procedure instead. Get this. One in four respondents said they'd rather visit the dentist than party. And one in five preferred getting a root canal to a night out. And that's how we're starting the show.

[Jimmy Fala]

Jimmy, who's ready for some comedy?

[Joey Jones]

I'm telling you. How do you feel about that? How do you feel about going out on the town?

[Jimmy Fala]

Well, I think there's two things at play here. Going out tonight is a hassle, but the larger challenge is that they have really good stay home options. Kat Tympf has a New Year's special. Jimmy Fala has a New Year special. Good luck packing your bar if that's the case. I think the 1 in 4 stat about they'd rather get a root canal than go out is just a fancy way of saying one in four people don't actually have dental coverage. You know what? I'll sign up for this instead. That's a free way to get the cleaning. But I'm pumped up as A comic. New Year's Eve is the worst night of the year because everyone is throwing up and crying. It's like the second half of the St. Patrick's Day parade if you're in New York. As an Irish guy, I have Irish relatives. The morning of the St. Patrick's Day parade is very optimistic. Everybody gets off the train drinking a Guinness. They've got shamrocks on, they're high fiving by noon, couples are breaking up, people are crying and someone's throwing up at the feet of a police horse.

[Joey Jones]

Getting a Falcons.

[Jimmy Fala]

Minus the 283 lead, getting blown at the end of the game. So I get that New Year's is called amateur night. Not on TV it ain't. Not with Captain Failure, the one two punch America needs.

[Joey Jones]

Rosanna, What. What do you think about this? You said you've covered all this in.

[Oz Perlman]

Times Square once for Good Day New York.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I've been out there as a reporter, but, you know, I'm not Gen Z. I like to go out. And tonight I'm going to party like it's 1999. How do you like that?

[Jimmy Fala]

Whoa.

[Rosanna Scotto]

First of all, I don't know why anybody would want to go to a dentist rather than going out. I mean, unless the dentist has better drugs, then you're going to have out with your friends. That's it.

[Joey Jones]

Jim, that's all I have to say.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Joey, that's it.

[Joey Jones]

Leslie, you're a West Coaster, right? So do you get to do this twice? Is that how that works? You're going to do it at midnight and then at 3 o' clock you're on the phone with family?

[Leslie Marshall]

That's funny. No, I'm going to a party on Long island tonight, but I would love to stay home. I have to say, after the fire and you know, my home was partially burned and we built it up and we're back in it. I just love being home and post Covid. I love just wearing my real comfy clothes and, you know, watching one of the many options on television, having that, you know, glass of wine with the fireplace.

[Jimmy Fala]

What do you mean by many options? There's one option. You get Tim Feather. I'm like, I'm Ryan Seacrest's chubbier brother, Brian Seacrest. I. Come on.

[Leslie Marshall]

But Jimmy, I was going to say, to your point, but the dentist, if he's hot, that certainly isn't.

[Kat Tempe]

Well, as someone who's had a lot of surgery this year, I will say I probably would rather get another one than go out in Times Square because at least then you Get Dilaudid. They let you have some medication as a little treat. I was out there just getting in. Nightmare. Total nightmare. I've done it. Glad I did it. Not doing it again. I'm staying home with my husband and we're going to get caviar as a little treat. I tried caviar for the first time this year. You guys will never guess where. Want to know where?

[Jimmy Fala]

Stop it.

[Kat Tempe]

Greg Gutfeld's one year old's birthday party.

[Joey Jones]

Tell me about that surprise.

[Kat Tempe]

I was like, this is so good. I was like, I know what Ludacris was talking about in that song. I'm 37 years old. First time at a one year old's birthday party, I tried caviar. And you know what? I can't wait to eat some again.

[Joey Jones]

Well, tonight will be the night. All right, next up, we're going to talk about some stupid viral trends in 2025. This one has me on edge. It's called the Six Seven Crave. Every kid in America is going nuts over it. And it led the chains, like in and out, banning the order number because of insane moments like this. Check it out. Oh, what TikTok has done to our minds. And we can't forget other trends this year like this Labubu doll. And that's creepy. And then of course, the one that I really enjoyed was whether a hundred men could beat a gorilla in a fight. Rosanna, I'll go to you on this one First.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I'm go with Labuubu because I just love the way it sounds. Yeah, well, first of all, my kids are older, but my kids were of the generation of Beanie Babies. So I feel like Labubus are this generation's Beanie Babies. And this is what I'm going to tell you. They're not investments. They will collect dust and just emotional memories.

[Joey Jones]

So you're saying they don't have the classic Princess Diana Labubu.

[Rosanna Scotto]

No, it's not. Do not. I have the Jerry Garcia beanie bag. And I thought I was going to retire on that and here I am.

[Joey Jones]

What do you think about it, Leslie? Which one really speaks to you the most?

[Leslie Marshall]

Well, actually there's two. The six, seven. Because my kids think I'm a boomer. Because I asked them what it was and when I asked them, they were like, oh, should we tell her? And also, I live in California, so In N Out Burger. My kids are probably in that crowd screaming when they said that. But the gorilla. I'd actually like to watch that. One of my bucket list things I got to do this Last year, actually, 20, 25, I went to Rwanda and I went gorilla trekking. And so I have been this close. I'm not calling you a gorilla, but this close to the silverback. And when the silverback walks by, humans kneel and put your head down. And the reason for that, because if they sense anybody, if they don't have.

[Jimmy Fala]

A gun.

[Leslie Marshall]

Thankfully, if they don't sense anybody's an. Or, you know, if they do threat, they rip off your appendages like that. So those guys really want to do.

[Joey Jones]

This cat, as the other person at the table who's had a few appendages ripped off.

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah.

[Kat Tempe]

You two double amputees.

[Joey Jones]

What is. Is it 100 men and a gorilla? Is it six, seven, something else?

[Kat Tempe]

Well, six, seven, it's. It's sad that they banned it, right? Like, God forbid people have a little bit of fun. You know, you experience a little joy in your life when you're going to go get fast food, which generally, like, you know, you're not, like, having the best day when you're usually in and.

[Joey Jones]

Out'S cool about stuff.

[Kat Tempe]

Y. Yeah, yeah. Let them, like, let them have it. I would say let people jump up and down and be excited, but 100 men could not beat a gorilla. But also, you. You're laughing. Every man's like, well, I could do it myself. Me and three of my buddies could do it. It's like, no, you absolutely could not.

[Joey Jones]

Jimmy. Doesn't matter who the hundred men are. If it's like 100 men from Guatemala, it's a little bit smaller person, a little tiny. But if it's 100 Vikings, it might be a little bit different.

[Jimmy Fala]

I really think the men could win, but I feel really bad for the first 10 guys. You know what I mean? The first 10 guys are not beating a gorilla, but the next 90 come along and probably get the job done. But what this is, it really shows you how the Internet has no episodic memory. When I first logged on to Twitter for the first time, the most viral trend out there was Harambe, the gorilla that died tragically. Here we are a few years later. We're like, hey, who wants to beat up a gorilla? You know, I feel like we've come full circle in the wrong way. But the 6, 7 thing, everyone doing it okay? And it's supposed to be, you know, obviously the number combination, it's just. Maybe it's a six, maybe it's a seven. That's kind of what it's born out of. It's tied into a rap lyric. But the people our age doesn't make sense because when we grew up, you went to the bar and if someone was a six, you drank till they were a seven. Okay? And I only know that because I was the six and I did just fine thanks to the people drinking their way to my seven.

[Oz Perlman]

Alright, well.

[Joey Jones]

And finally, New Year's Eve is basically the super bowl of superstitions. And here's a list of wacky ones. All right, folks, eat 12 grapes under a table. We've got some grapes here. Breaking plates. I've seen that one. That's I think South America. And then walking around the block with an empty suitcase. And then this one, I don't know what, they screwed it up. It says black eyed peas and lentils. I'm from Georgia. It's black eyed peas and greens, like mustard greens, collard greens. My grandmother used to tell me, you eat the black eyed peas and that's symbolic of like, change. And the greens are dollar bills. And it's about good fortune and prosperity. What are your superstitions?

[Jimmy Fala]

Well, my family is half Polish and half Sicilian. So like, we combine that. Like on Christmas Eve, we have the feast of the seven flushes. It's a little more complicated, but we eat lentil sou soup on New Year's Day in the Polish faith. And it's supposed to be called money soup. It's supposed to bring optimism. But I love how each country has a tradition, like the grape things. In Spain, they eat 12 grapes to summon a new year. In Somalia, they open 12 daycares and that's how it brings in a prosperous.

[Joey Jones]

You said Somalia. You meant Minnesota.

[Jimmy Fala]

Hey. Bang.

[Oz Perlman]

What are your superstitions?

[Kat Tempe]

I don't, I don't have any. I'm, you know, should I be doing that? Should I eat the 12 grapes? Should I eat the 12 grapes? But I'm worried that with my luck, I'll be in the process of eating the 12 grapes and then my dog will eat one and then will have to leave. On New Year's Eve, no caviar and.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Go to the vet.

[Joey Jones]

Leslie, any superstitions?

[Leslie Marshall]

I didn't think I was superstitious, but the other day I was walking down the street here at 6th Avenue and there was a ladder and I was like, do I go under it? Do I go around it? So maybe I am, or maybe I just didn't want to fall down.

[Kat Tempe]

I worry if we get a bigger bed, then my cat will die. Because right now my husband, my cat, my dog all sleep in the bed. Because it's a lot of people in the bed. If we get a bigger bed, that'll be the end of him. Not because he's 15 and a half.

[Joey Jones]

You should get a bigger bed.

[Jimmy Fala]

Okay.

[Joey Jones]

What about any New Year superstitions?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Well, yes, I'm of the Italian tradition Lento. Basically, they're in the shape of a coin.

[Jimmy Fala]

Yes.

[Rosanna Scotto]

They're supposed to bring prosperity and wealth to you. Now, you would think it would work, right? Because it's been passed on from generation to generation. I should own my own bank by.

[Jimmy Fala]

Now, but I don't.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Someone mentioned to me at least their belly's full. I know. Someone mentioned to me they're Irish and they said that they open up the windows at midnight and they bring in.

[Joey Jones]

They drink 12 Guinness.

[Oz Perlman]

Understatement.

[Rosanna Scotto]

That too. But they bring in the fresh air and try to get rid of the old air from the year before. I like that idea.

[Joey Jones]

You got to clear the energies. Okay. Coming up next, the man, the myth, the mentalist Oz Perlman joins us next live in studio. And he's ready to blow our minds.

[Leslie Marshall]

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[Jimmy Fala]

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[Oz Perlman]

Coach who?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Scarpella.

[Jimmy Fala]

Coach Scarpella. No way.

[Kat Tempe]

Why is it.

[Jimmy Fala]

Pure shock on my fat face after world renowned mentalist Oz Perlman absolutely melted my brain? Not to mention Jenny Phelis who was sitting there on the panel and wouldn't you know it, he is sitting here right now. Oze has a new book out called Read. You'd mind breaking down how he's been breaking brains left and right, from celebrities to your average Joe, just casually reading people like they forgot to put a password on their thoughts. Hey, girl.

[Oz Perlman]

Happy New Year, everybody.

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joey Jones]

Happy New Year.

[Jimmy Fala]

I'm nervous. I'm just a bit nervous here.

[Oz Perlman]

You didn't forget to put a password in the thoughts. I got the password.

[Jimmy Fala]

You just hacked it.

[Oz Perlman]

Yeah, pretty much.

[Jimmy Fala]

You just hacked it. Well, I'm sorry you're slumming it on the five. Last time I saw you, you were on a hot show, Fox News Saturday night with Jimmy Failer. But thank you for helping me put this show on the map.

[Oz Perlman]

Casual flex.

[Jimmy Fala]

I see big things in its future.

[Oz Perlman]

I big time.

[Jimmy Fala]

Can we talk process for a second?

[Oz Perlman]

Sure.

[Jimmy Fala]

Because you were on Fox News Saturday night with Jenny Fala Your wife. My wife. You figured out. I don't know, after that episode, it's touch and go, but you figured out her high school basketball coach's name. And not just any coach. Her jv. Like. Like sophomore year.

[Oz Perlman]

Right.

[Jimmy Fala]

And she's really relegated to the belief that you are some kind of a witch. Now, I don't believe that. I find you to be a nice guy.

[Oz Perlman]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fala]

But what is going on over here? Because you're everywhere in the world. Everyone's talking about you. What's happening over.

[Oz Perlman]

The best part of that show was that I asked Jimmy what is your wife's favorite color, and he had no idea. You can do the reverse of a mentalist.

[Jimmy Fala]

That's what Jimmy was bringing.

[Oz Perlman]

How many years of marriage? Honey, I don't know why you buy everything in this one color. So I wrote a book. Number three, New York Times bestseller. I was unbelievable. And it is not teaching you to be a mentalist, because, spoiler alert, that will not actually help you in life unless you want to be me. What is useful is being able to read people more effectively. Kind of walking into a room, captivating people, becoming the most memorable, kind of building confidence. Right now, you don't realize the confidence each of you have being on live national tv, and most people don't have that. So how can you fast track that and kind of rewire your brain, which has taken, for many of us, decades. I want to make people be able to do it near instantly, but without drugs. Without drugs, because we all have a process here. A lot of caffeine is fine, but illegal drugs, I am not condoning officially.

[Joey Jones]

So would you say what you do, is it more like being a psychologist or like being a magician? Is it the. Where the two come together?

[Oz Perlman]

I would say both. Even though I'm not really for Jimmy, it was kind of marriage therapy, given the situation, but. But it's based in magic, so. I am not psychic. I am not supernatural. I don't claim to be. When people come to me and go tell me the lottery numbers, I wish I knew them. I would have won that Powerball for 1.8 billion. I would've split it with you, Joey. Leslie's like, I'll take 50% as well. I take one of my chopped liver. But it's not knowing the future, because that's impossible. I would love to see someone who can do that. It's knowing how people think from 30 years of studying them. Can we try something fun?

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah, let's get fun, man.

[Oz Perlman]

What was the word of the year in 2025. You couldn't escape it, AI. Everybody just doesn't stop talking about AI. And what can AI do? Well, AI could read every single book in the entire world in a second. Large language models. But I think I found. How about this, Rosanna? There's one thing that I believe AI will never be able to do. I'm going to show it to you right now. I want you to close your eyes. We're going to visualize this. You're in your home. You're in your office. Let's say there's a stack of books on the desk. Does this sound about right?

[Rosanna Scotto]

It sounds.

[Oz Perlman]

Maybe it's on the shelf. And you walk up and you don't even look. You don't even look. You don't know what you're gonna do. So I can't know what you're gonna do. And you grab a book off the shelf. Could you see yourself doing that, Rosanna?

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah.

[Oz Perlman]

Right now, in this moment?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yes.

[Oz Perlman]

And now you flip open that book, pretend you're doing it, and you stop. Now, I would normally say pick a random page, but I don't want random. I want there to be process involved. So you flip the book over to a specific page that you. It's of your choosing. Are you on that page?

[Jimmy Fala]

I'm on it.

[Oz Perlman]

And you look down at the page number and you go.

[Jimmy Fala]

Okay. All right.

[Oz Perlman]

And then you look at the first word on the page in this book.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Okay.

[Oz Perlman]

Can you see yourself doing that?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah.

[Oz Perlman]

Open your eyes. And right when I snap my fingers in this moment, you close the book cover and you look at the COVID and you decide what that book is right this second. You don't know before this moment, do you? Right now. Tell us, what's the book? What's the title?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Hollywood Fix.

[Oz Perlman]

That's the book. Did you have any idea what you were going to say before that moment?

[Rosanna Scotto]

I had several books that I was thinking about in my. But you told me not to think of perfect.

[Oz Perlman]

How. Right in that moment. So here's the thing. AI will never be spontaneous like a person because all it's doing is reconstructing what we do. Spontaneity can't be faked. Close your eyes. I would have normally had to figure out the word, but there was a little bit of anger in her eyes. Keep your eyes closed, Rosanna. Keep your eyes closed. Can anyone see what I wrote down? Mm. Open your eyes. Close it one more time. This is just for fun. This is just for me. I doubt this, but who knows? Opened your eyes what was the first word on that page that you saw? Say, what was the word?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Hollywood.

[Oz Perlman]

Hollywood?

[Jimmy Fala]

Yep.

[Oz Perlman]

Hey, just for fun, what page did you open it to?

[Rosanna Scotto]

67.

[Joey Jones]

She opened it to 67. I don't know.

[Kat Tempe]

You seem like a very nice guy, but you also scare me a little bit.

[Rosanna Scotto]

That's so rude.

[Oz Perlman]

My sons are at home going back right now. Joey.

[Jimmy Fala]

Right now.

[Oz Perlman]

Did you see when she said the title of the book, how she slipped and got mad? I would have had to figure out what the title was. But she goes, oh, I shouldn't have said it because that was. What was the first word on the page? Did you see that?

[Leslie Marshall]

One of the things I love about you is that, you know, there are magicians that'll say, it's not magic, it's an illusion. And then they'll show you how they do the trick. I love those things and I have great respect for you. Not just because what you do and it's fascinating, but because you tell people, I'm not a psychic, it's not magic.

[Oz Perlman]

Like, you said you could do it too.

[Leslie Marshall]

But it's just fascinating.

[Oz Perlman]

It's learnable. Everything in it is scientific. It's not like a psychic, where I can't explain how psychic works. Do I have good intuition? Yes, but I've honed it over years.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Have you ever, like, read somebody wrong?

[Oz Perlman]

Absolutely.

[Joey Jones]

Every show.

[Oz Perlman]

That's why people call it a screen, right?

[Jimmy Fala]

Can I tell you?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fala]

I'm normally, like, the most at ease person I know on television. I was really nervous knowing the type of words in the books Rosanna reads. Don't write it down.

[Oz Perlman]

I can't get canceled right now. I can't get canceled.

[Jimmy Fala]

Have you.

[Kat Tempe]

Have you ever had somebody be scared to be around you because of this? Like, am I the first one?

[Oz Perlman]

For the last 20 years, yeah.

[Jimmy Fala]

That's not clear to her.

[Kat Tempe]

I'm on her side.

[Oz Perlman]

My daughters are in trouble when they're a teenager, that's for sure. Were you going to visit Ava? Look at me. Who's Mark? But no. So the funny thing is, people ask that question, what happens if you get it wrong? Because there's gotta be excitement. If there's no fear of failure, there's no amazement, there's no reward. Right? You gotta have big swings and on live national tv, there's no bigger risks. What if she had just. At 68, right? For the record, Jimmy thought 69.

[Jimmy Fala]

Very unprofessional. Hey, girl. Stay out of my search history, you witch. We were kids.

[Oz Perlman]

That was the only know if it's going wrong if you know where we're going. So the assumption is that you think you know if it's going wrong. But a lot of the times you might not know where I was going with it until the ending. There might be an ending you didn't even see coming.

[Jimmy Fala]

Folks, don't go anywhere because we're going to weigh O's to see if he's the same as a chicken, like Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We're just getting warmed up. And he promised his next trick will leave your jaw on the floor. Let's go, let's go. That's a down to Electric Avenue.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And then we're taking higher. Oh, we got a box.

[Jimmy Fala]

Down to Electrical.

[Leslie Marshall]

Welcome back. We're about to have our minds messed with in the best possible way by world renowned mentalist Oz Perlman.

[Oz Perlman]

Back for more. Are we keeping this party going?

[Leslie Marshall]

Yeah.

[Oz Perlman]

So I'm just shooting the breeze off camera with Joanne. I said, are there plans tonight? New Year's Eve party? He goes, I'm tired. I haven't slept much. And the same thing. What did you say? Most people would have a root canal rather than go to a New Year's Eve party. But let's say you got invited, you got a party. Maybe it's New Year's Eve, maybe it's a different occasion. And you go, I gotta go. I gotta go. What am I gonna do? You walk in the party. It's not even your party. How many people do you think are gonna be at this party? Give or take 30? But you made the cut.

[Joey Jones]

Yeah, of course.

[Oz Perlman]

Look at that.

[Jimmy Fala]

Come on.

[Oz Perlman]

Do you know who I am?

[Joey Jones]

No, I just mean. Cause I'm there. So obviously I made the cut.

[Oz Perlman]

You walk in the party, you start shaking hands, you start saying hello, you grab a beverage, and then somebody walks up to you, maybe guest of honor.

[Joey Jones]

Okay?

[Oz Perlman]

You look at this person, notice the reaction. Do you see that? There's familiarity. There's history. It's a guy. 100%, it's a guy. Count the number of letters in this person's first name. Just to yourself. Just to yourself. See how quick he did it? It wasn't instant. It was right in between. See, Leslie, if the name is Long Alexander, people kind of struggle. Oh, God. He didn't know he was going to be doing this. We literally talked 10 seconds ago.

[Joey Jones]

If their name's that long, I just don't.

[Oz Perlman]

He's not friends with. That is what it is. If it's short like Dan Bob, it's instant. That was Five or six letters. You can just observe. And look, his leg. It's five letters, isn't it?

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah.

[Kat Tempe]

Yeah.

[Oz Perlman]

Pick any letter in this person's first name. Just pick any letter to you that just.

[Jimmy Fala]

Bam.

[Oz Perlman]

Got one. You got one. He looked at the first letter because you read left, right? But you didn't do it. You jumped. You didn't do the first letter, did you?

[Joey Jones]

No.

[Oz Perlman]

K. Are you thinking K?

[Jimmy Fala]

Yep.

[Oz Perlman]

It's not Kenny. You played football with this kid Blake. Is that who you just thought of?

[Joey Jones]

That's it.

[Oz Perlman]

Swear to God?

[Joey Jones]

Swear.

[Jimmy Fala]

How'd you do that?

[Oz Perlman]

New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve. Leslie is one of those.

[Jimmy Fala]

Okay, I'm leaving. Yeah, I know. I called you. I'm leaving. I just called the dubra.

[Leslie Marshall]

Now he is a witch.

[Jimmy Fala]

At midnight.

[Oz Perlman]

If you are in a relationship, what do you do? If your spouse is with you, what do you do at midnight? Kiss, of course. Each of you go into the future. See yourself giving your husband or wife a kiss. That's the future. No one knows the future. I want you all to go in your past. Each of you close your eyes, and I want you to try to picture the face of the first person you ever kissed. Okay. Jimmy, that was, like, two weeks ago. Leslie, open your eyes. When was the last time. This is a weird question. Before today, right? Me asking you to think of this person. When was the last time they'd even entered your thoughts? Days, months, or years ago?

[Leslie Marshall]

Can I say months? Because his wife's birthday was on Facebook.

[Oz Perlman]

I like how his wife is like, why are you thinking about my husband?

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah, what about that?

[Oz Perlman]

Think of his name. Okay. If you saw him right now, and go, look who it is. Think of his name and think of a letter in his name. Oh, look at you. Two power suggestions. Six, seven. He thought of a K. You thought of a K also, didn't you?

[Leslie Marshall]

Yes, I did.

[Oz Perlman]

And you said it was too easy of a name.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Do you see?

[Oz Perlman]

She's mad herself. Mike. Was his name Mike? That's so funny.

[Kat Tempe]

Why are you looking at me?

[Jimmy Fala]

Why are you looking at me?

[Joey Jones]

Nervous?

[Kat Tempe]

Of course I'm nervous.

[Oz Perlman]

Have you ever. It's weird when certain things do, you know, new you. New Year, right? Do you ever hear that phrase, New Year? New Year. Everyone's going to say that today. Ny. NY are the initials, yeah?

[Jimmy Fala]

Yes.

[Oz Perlman]

We're in New York. New York, where the ball drops. Isn't that like a weird. Certain things, you see hidden signs and you can't unsee the messages. New Year's resolutions start Tomorrow, everyone give me one. What's yours? Give me a New Year's. It doesn't have to be about you, but what's your New Year's resolution? Say it. What'd you get?

[Leslie Marshall]

Oh, yes. Saving money.

[Oz Perlman]

Who doesn't like saving money? Go saving money. Give us yours. What do you got? What do you got?

[Joey Jones]

Go eat healthier.

[Oz Perlman]

Eat health. That's everybody, right? Eat healthier. I'm going. Eat healthier.

[Jimmy Fala]

Sorry about that.

[Oz Perlman]

What do you got? What was yours?

[Rosanna Scotto]

Apologize more.

[Oz Perlman]

I need to do that more often as well.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I think my husband's watching.

[Oz Perlman]

Apologize more. I'm writing these all down as quick as I can. Jimmy's like, I don't need anything. I'm perfect. What do you got? What was yours?

[Jimmy Fala]

It was. Remember the small moments.

[Oz Perlman]

Remember the small moments. Okay. Yes.

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah.

[Oz Perlman]

Okay. Remember the small moments. You know what? I've got one that my wife keeps telling me. You know what it is?

[Jimmy Fala]

What?

[Oz Perlman]

Nurture the kids. Nurture. You got to nurture. I'm putting this down. Nurture. I feel like. I don't know. I don't use that word often. That was a good one, though. Remember the small moments? Good. When I asked her to think of her first kiss, Kat looked up and wasn't exactly sure. Do you see that? You kind of looked and you were like. Once you see a message, New Year, New Year, you can't unsee it. You guys give me a bunch of different things, right?

[Jimmy Fala]

You could.

[Oz Perlman]

Anything. I'm not going to guess yours. I've already done it. What was the name of the first boy you ever kissed?

[Kat Tempe]

I just tell you.

[Oz Perlman]

Tell us.

[Kat Tempe]

Sean.

[Jimmy Fala]

Sean. Come on.

[Kat Tempe]

S, E A, N. Because I want.

[Oz Perlman]

To take a look. If we get rid of this one.

[Jimmy Fala]

No.

[Oz Perlman]

I have the name of your first name.

[Jimmy Fala]

I need to know. Whoa, Sean.

[Oz Perlman]

There.

[Jimmy Fala]

I didn't realize you were that tight with Hannity. I can't. Stop it. Stop it. Bring him in.

[Oz Perlman]

Hannity, get in here.

[Leslie Marshall]

Can I tell you something?

[Rosanna Scotto]

When you say.

[Leslie Marshall]

And then you said.

[Kat Tempe]

K. No, but how do you like what? I knew I.

[Jimmy Fala]

What? Too much. That's what it is.

[Kat Tempe]

No, but I did this. I've never. I don't. I've never talked about this before. And that's like. There's a list of, like, five things I've never talked about before. And I don't think I've ever.

[Leslie Marshall]

I don't think I've ever talked about mine either.

[Oz Perlman]

Cat was like. It wasn't even on the lips. I went to the chi because I didn't really? Like Sean.

[Jimmy Fala]

Sean was in the friend zone.

[Oz Perlman]

He was very. Friend zone.

[Kat Tempe]

Yeah, well, he's gay, so there's that.

[Jimmy Fala]

That's.

[Oz Perlman]

I knew that.

[Jimmy Fala]

Well, you.

[Kat Tempe]

That's very on brand for me, so it's not hard to know that.

[Jimmy Fala]

But he wasn't before that kiss. Yeah.

[Joey Jones]

You know what?

[Jimmy Fala]

This is all there is.

[Kat Tempe]

I got you beat.

[Leslie Marshall]

I found out years later Mike was my cousin.

[Jimmy Fala]

Wow.

[Joey Jones]

Yeah.

[Oz Perlman]

First or second cousin. That's illegal.

[Jimmy Fala]

You've done nothing to dispel the rumors that you might be a witch.

[Oz Perlman]

That's.

[Jimmy Fala]

You came here to make us feel better. Every time I see you, I feel a little more like your supernatural man. I drove a tacky for a long time. And you pick up people from time to time that you think are from other planets. You know, like I truly believe in that. And on some level you're tapped into something.

[Kat Tempe]

My mom would definitely throw a blessed salt on.

[Jimmy Fala]

It.

[Joey Jones]

Do you ever feel like you're letting this talent kind of go to waste? You know, like you could be out there scamming for billions of dollars.

[Oz Perlman]

Like get you in the room with Putin right now and let's solve this, damn it. Or let's get the parlays. I get both of those DMS all the time.

[Jimmy Fala]

Can you imagine if the only thing standing between us and the entire the Ukrainian war is knowing the name of the first girl Putin kissed? Let's go.

[Leslie Marshall]

For national security or for incredibly.

[Jimmy Fala]

That is amazing.

[Leslie Marshall]

Billionaire negotiation.

[Oz Perlman]

Strong extortion, blackmail.

[Joey Jones]

Trump's going to let you near the White House. You're a liability on that.

[Jimmy Fala]

He's going to. He's going to guess the nuclear codes by accident and start World war iii.

[Oz Perlman]

Or the vet. Best asset ever. Exactly.

[Leslie Marshall]

I was a huge fan before. Even bigger now. Thank you. Thank you so much, Pearlman. And you can get his new book read. You'd mind wherever books are sold now. Coming up next, get ready for the most cringe worthy moments of the year. And no, it's not Jimmy taking a shower.

[Jimmy Fala]

We'll be back. All right.

[Rosanna Scotto]

2025 was the year many critics say was full of cringe when it came to the Democratic party. Remember that wildly mocked choose your fighter video lawmakers posted on social media.

[Jimmy Fala]

Choose your character.

[Rosanna Scotto]

So many to choose from. Anyway, the Democrats also thought cursing like a sailor would make them more relatable to you. The voter.

[Jimmy Fala]

Think that Elon Musk or Donald Trump. Trump give a about our public schools.

[Oz Perlman]

It's total bull.

[Kat Tempe]

Absolute bull.

[Jimmy Fala]

Trump.

[Kat Tempe]

I don't swear in public very well that we have To Trump. Somebody slap me and wake me the up. Cause I'm ready to get on with it.

[Jimmy Fala]

If you could speak directly to Elon Musk, what would you say? Off.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And Kamala Harris wasn't helping her party's image with a book tour that was chock full of cringe worthy moments like this.

[Oz Perlman]

You know, a lot of people are coming up to me crying, actually crying.

[Kat Tempe]

Yeah, it was the tightest, closest presidential.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Election in the 21st century.

[Kat Tempe]

I'm not president right now.

[Joey Jones]

There's no president. I will confess to you, I do.

[Kat Tempe]

Not have all the answers.

[Jimmy Fala]

Joanne.

[Kat Tempe]

Yeah, I mean, part of my reflection.

[Oz Perlman]

Is that I don't have all the answers.

[Rosanna Scotto]

All right, Jimmy. I don't know where to start. So many to choose from. But maybe let's start with aoc. You know her fighter video. Is she running for Congress or is she auditioning for Rambo?

[Jimmy Fala]

Well, I know the name of the first guy she kissed was Gary. I don't think she knows what she's doing right now. I don't think the party as a whole, because what happened with the social media blame blitz is there was kind of this myth out there that Trump won because he was on social media. But the truth is he won because his policies were more popular and he happened to be pretty good at gaming the zeitgeist on social media. Do you remember what the garbage man memes when he put on the garbage man vest or he worked at McDonald's and he was actually tapped into something that people found funny. What the Democrats are doing looked very contrived. When you see all of those people cursing at the same point in the same sentence, some of whom apologized after the fact, you realize they were what my son would describe were kids to call a try hard. Like they're trying too hard to be cool. But when you watch Kamala, you know, the only takeaway is that 2028 is her blood alcohol content. It's not a serious electoral prospect.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Kat. You know, I love a good curse word. It's very therapeutic.

[Kat Tempe]

I do too.

[Rosanna Scotto]

But I'm thinking instead of like emulating Trump, maybe they should be emulating like Susie Essman from Curb youb, Curb your Enthusiasm. Did you ever watch that show?

[Kat Tempe]

Yeah, for sure.

[Rosanna Scotto]

I mean, she. She created new curse words. It was very authentic.

[Kat Tempe]

Listen, I got no problem with the cursing. I curse and when I like the victimless word, right? And people sometimes will get mad at me when I swear and they're like, you, that was a bad word. You disgusting, horrible mother, bad person. I'm like, of all the words, I think what you said was almost more mean than an F word, don't you think? And I do think it is a step in the right direction for them, though, if you think about the way they were acting when they lost the election. Okay. Throwing a few F bombs in there is how normal people talk. At least the people that I'm around, it sure beats, you know, hello, I am Kamala Harris. My pronouns are she, her, and I'm wearing a blue suit. I think a lot of it was, you don't talk like me. You don't sound like me. Like, do you remember how bad it got for a time? It was like, you can't eat rice. You're not Chinese. Like, I think that trying to be a little unfiltered is better than what they were doing because they set the bar in such a ridiculous place for themselves. I think so many people really were like, nobody talks like this.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Yeah, Joey. You know, Kamala was saying that people were crying when they were coming up to her. Even Joy Behar was like, what? Like, she was even incredulous about that.

[Joey Jones]

Listen, I've arrived to the conclusion that Kamala Harris goes to sleep at night and dreams whatever happens the next day and wakes up and she just believes that's the way. So I'm about to go duck hunting. Ducks wake up in a different world every day because they migrate. Right. She wakes up in a different world every day. Like, whatever reality she wants to be in today is the one she's going to go talk about. Rather, it's listening to rappers that were, I think, not even famous yet or dead by the time she was into college or whatever it was. With that on the Breakfast Club, she just goes on there, and much like what Kat was talking about, she thinks, who am I supposed to be right now?

[Kat Tempe]

Exactly.

[Joey Jones]

Not who am I? It may be that the best version of Kamala Harris as a candidate is the one that set up there and was, like, very bulldog and attacking on the Judiciary Committee when she was a senator, and she hasn't been that since. I mean, that's when she was probably most popular. But somebody's told her in some focus group or that, hey, you need to do this, you need to do that. And what it is, it comes across inauthentic. Trump doesn't do things that become viral. They become viral because Trump did them. And because Trump's authentic, it's hilarious to see a man I've never seen not wear a business suit or a polo in a McDonald's drive thru. It makes no sense at all.

[Rosanna Scotto]

You haven't even talked about the dance, right? That dance.

[Jimmy Fala]

Oh, the ymca, Yeah. I mean, Trump is the first man in history to invent a dance for a song that already had one. He did the YMCA for 50 years. And he's like, nope, the hands. Isn't that crazy?

[Rosanna Scotto]

It's so funny, Leslie. You know, Kamala's campaign lasted 107 days. The book tour is going a lot longer. It's like a victory tour. That really isn't.

[Leslie Marshall]

I don't think it's a victory Tour. And the 107 days was not her fault. Obviously she was thrown in at that point. That's the amount of time that she had. But no, I mean, honestly, I've always said, you know, I wasn't the biggest fan. You know, I don't think she certainly was the best candidate. But you give every. Even the president said she wasn't given enough time. But you know what she's doing now? I don't think that's necessarily helping her. If you talk about focus groups, focus groups say she would have won the gubernatorial election in California. And she's like, nope, not going for that. So she's not listening to the focus groups. If we're talking about swearing, I'm going to sound like a hypocrite for a minute because if my kids are watching, they're going to go, oh, come on, mom, I'm half Sicilian. I also swear like a truck driver. But when the president swears or when elected officials swear, it makes it harder. When you have a 17 and 18 year old at home like I do, and you tell them not to swear, not to swear makes it harder for mom not to swear. When you talk about cringeworthy videos, Republicans have some as well. One, kicking and beating up Santa Claus. What was that about? Yeah, two, Sorry, Pete Hegseth. But he couldn't. My husband was like, really? He couldn't do pull ups. And then like the next day on TikTok, this woman goes viral for just like smoking, you know, him and all the men out there, you know, with the pull ups.

[Jimmy Fala]

You can't call out Pete's pull ups if you're the party of Mamdani's bench press. Have you ever seen that?

[Oz Perlman]

That is horrible.

[Joey Jones]

Yeah, we don't even need to go there. It's 2026. We're going in the good direction.

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah, we are.

[Rosanna Scotto]

All right, let's talk resolutions, shall we? Don't go anywhere. Our New Year's resolutions are next stop because I'm having a good time.

[Jimmy Fala]

Having a good time. To the sky, like a tiger.

[Kat Tempe]

All right, let's get to our New Year's resolutions. I'm gonna start. Permission to be sincere.

[Jimmy Fala]

Okay.

[Kat Tempe]

Yeah. I want to spend this next year making good out of all the bad stuff that happened to me this year. So I do a lot of that with my standup shows. Like, you know, making people laugh about stuff that tried to kill you is really empowering. I'm sure that's something that you can relate to also, Joey, but just more speaking, more advocacy. I was in survival mode all year. I had a deeply traumatic year. So I want this next year to be about healing and happiness and helping other people.

[Oz Perlman]

That's awesome.

[Kat Tempe]

Thank you, guys.

[Joey Jones]

That's fantastic.

[Kat Tempe]

Jimmy, are yours similar?

[Jimmy Fala]

You know, world peace, obviously. No, to be clear, I want to lose weight for one reason. I am so gloriously fat right now that my clothes feel like the warm embrace of a loved one. And I don't think that's good for a guy who works in television. So I probably do have to hit the gym this year instead of gym's bar and grill. And my voice. My voice is a big thing because, like, doing radio three hours a day and, of course, hosting tv, I get so raspy by, like, Friday night, I sound like Macy Gray. And there's a thing, selfishly, I like to sing in a car. That's what kept me alive when I was a cab driver, singing along to the radio. But part of singing is, like, enjoying the sound of singing. And right now it's like, hey, what's up? You know? And I don't feel like I'm gonna win that Grammy, so I gotta take care of my voice.

[Kat Tempe]

All right, Joe.

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah.

[Joey Jones]

So I did not understand the assignment, but I think mine worked, so I want to. They're like, pick three. I'm like, okay. I want to spend more time at home. That's number one. Made job decisions based on being home more. I also want to spend more time in the hunting blind. So I'm putting a hunting blind at home. There we go. And then both of my kids got into some form of hunting this year. My daughter started using a bow and arrow. My son is just fantastic with a shotgun and started learning a rifle. So I want to get both my kids their first buck by the end of the year. There we go. Super redneck stuff there, Leslie.

[Kat Tempe]

Did he take yours?

[Leslie Marshall]

No, no, no, no, no. I'm from Boston. We shoot animals with cameras. I want to continue my health journey. I want to continue my bucket list, the Rwanda gorilla trekking last year. This year, I'd like to swim with humpback whales. You can do that in TD and some other places. And try not to cry too hard in August when I drop not one but both my kids off at college.

[Jimmy Fala]

That's a big deal.

[Joey Jones]

I didn't know the View did water shows that.

[Rosanna Scotto]

Well, you know, we alluded to this. I have a lot of books at home. As you know. I have a day job, Good day, New York. And we have a lot of authors on. So what happens is I read a few chapters, get the gist of their story, and then move on to the next book. So I have all these unfinished books. And since I'm sitting in Dana's seat, I'm going to say that I'm going to read Dana's new book that comes out this in 2026. It's called the Purple State. I'm going to read it cover to cover. However, I heard it's a rom com.

[Jimmy Fala]

A lot of smut.

[Joey Jones]

Yep.

[Rosanna Scotto]

And if it's from Dana Perino, I'm in for a rom com.

[Joey Jones]

Those you can't listen to out loud.

[Jimmy Fala]

Yeah, you don't know. You want to listen to that.

[Joey Jones]

I got a good hot bath going.

[Kat Tempe]

All right, One More Thing is up next.

[Joey Jones]

All right, it's the final One More Thing for this year. I'm gonna go first. So a couple weeks ago, this kid went viral for not singing Rocky Top at his school performance because he's a Georgia fan and nothing sucks like a big orange. So he chose not to do it because that's the Tennessee fight song. Guess what? He just got gifted tickets to Georgia Ole Miss and the Sugar bowl of playoff game by a company called Fanatics. His name is Nolan McGill. Nolan, you're a winner, brother. Keep it that way. And go, dogs. All right, Jimmy.

[Jimmy Fala]

Amen, Nolan. And you can also get tickets to see Jimmy Failor do stand up Comedy live in 2026 at foxacrossamerica.com It's a great hang. We sign the books, the boobs, the butts. I get groped a lot at shows. There's a lot of chubby chasers at the meet and greets that get a little bit handsy. But now's not about me. It's about South Carolina town where a snow globe broke loose and was rolling down the street. Do you see that right there? The holiday snow globe like the one we have at Fox where you take the selfie. Well, there's went for a ride and I have a soft spot for Carolina because doing comedy. One thing I will tell you is nobody's ever got offended by a joke within 20 miles of a cracker barrel.

[Joey Jones]

There you go.

[Jimmy Fala]

So get it together.

[Kat Tempe]

Well, I just added a bunch of new shows for my stand up tour. So we got St. Charles in Springfield, Missouri, Wilkesbury, Pennsylvania, Tulsa. Alcohol just added Santana. New Pueblo, New Mexico, huge. Come see me tickets@therealcat timf.com Also there was a wallaby that was missing and they found him by a Walmart New Jersey.

[Joey Jones]

Aw, so cute.

[Kat Tempe]

We're glad Rex is home where he apparently belongs.

[Rosanna Scotto]

So let me tell you about what happened in Teaneck, New Jersey. Surveillance video showed a guy sneaking two vintage mandolins worth about $4,000 into his big coat. A few days later, the mandolins magically reappeared at the front door in shopping bags with a note. The note said, sorry, I've been drunk. Merry Christmas. You're a good man. Obviously good apology comes with some sweets as well.

[Joey Jones]

Alright, Leslie, can you do it in 10 seconds?

[Kat Tempe]

Yeah, I'll try.

[Leslie Marshall]

A group of two dozen Buddhist monks are currently on a walk for peace across the country. And they drew their largest crowd of supporters yet on Monday in Atlanta, Georgia. The group started in Fort Worth, Texas back in October. They're expected to make it to D.C. by February.

[Joey Jones]

They'll be selling beads. Okay, that's it for us. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Have a great night. Night it'll be the next year. Next time we see you.

[Jimmy Fala]

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