Wednesday, March 22nd: Andrew Long...International Spy

ITH THE
NEW STAR.
♪
>> ♪ ANDREW LONG, HELLO, HOW DO
YOU DO? ♪
KAREN: ANDREW LONG AN INSTANT
HIT ON "THE TONIGHT SHOW
STARRING JIMMY FALLON."
>> ♪ NOW IT IS MORE THAN
PROBABLE WE SAY GOODBYE ♪
ANDREW: IT'S BEEN PRETTY
AMAZING.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO I AM NOW.
KAREN: THE 23-YEAR-OLD FROM
ALTON PLUCKED OUT OF THE
AUDIENCE FOR THE HILARIOUS
SEGMENT, FREESTYLING WITH THE
ROOTS.
JIMMY ASKS ANDREW RANDOM
QUESTIONS, THEN THE BAND MAKES
UP A SONG ON THE SPOT USING HIS
ANSWERS.
JIMMY: THE OSCARS WERE THIS PAST
WEEKEND.
IF YOU COULD MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT
YOUR LIFE, WHICH ACTOR OR
ACTRESS WOULD YOU WANT TO PLAY
YOU?
ANDREW: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.
I'M A MUSICAL THEATER NERD.
SO NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.
[APPLAUSE]
JIMMY: NPH.
AIMING HIGH.
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT MOVIE BE
CALLED?
ANDREW: ANDREW LONG --
INTERNATIONAL SPY.
[LAUGHTER]
KAREN: ANDREW'S QUICK WIT EVEN
CRACKING UP JIMMY.
JIMMY: WHAT?
INTERNATIONAL SPY?
ANDREW: BUT WITH -- BUT WITH MY
LUCK, I WOULD BE MORE OF AN
AUSTIN POWERS THAN A JAMES BOND.
[LAUGHTER]
JIMMY: MORE OF A COMEDY THAN A
SERIOUS STRAIGHT-UP STUD.
ANDREW: YES.
JIMMY: YOU'RE A MUSICAL THEATER
NERD, SO IT WOULD BE A MUSICAL
THING.
ANDREW: YES.
KAREN: ANDREW WAS SITTING NEXT
TO HIS MOM WHEN JIMMY CAME
BOUNDING INTO THE AUDIENCE
LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
ANDREW: I WANTED TO BE CHOSEN
MORE THAN ANYTHING, BUT I DIDN'T
EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN.
>> WHEN I SAW HIS ARM FLY UP
WHEN JIMMY WAS LOOKING IN OUR
DIRECTION -- THEY DIDN'T SHOW
THIS PART, BUT HIS ARM IS FLYING
UP AND I'M LIKE, OH GOD, HERE WE
GO.
JIMMY: I WAS GOING TO GO TO YOU,
BUT YOU CAME TO ME, WHICH WAS
VERY NICE OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
ANDREW: I WAS TRYING TO GET OVER
THERE AS QUICK AS I COULD BEFORE
HE CHANGED HIS MIND.
KAREN: DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR
JIMMY TO RECOGNIZE ANDREW'S
CHARM, INVITING HIM ONSTAGE
FRONT AND CENTER.
JIMMY: WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN
WITH ME FOR A SECOND?
COME HERE, COME ON.
LET'S GO.
KAREN: UP UNTIL THAT POINT,
ANDREW NEVER FLINCHED BEING ON
NATIONAL TV.
BUT AS HE APPROACHED THE STAGE,
HE SUDDENLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
MIGHT COME NEXT.
ANDREW: I HAD NO CLUE.
I HAD NO CLUE.
I WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF NERVOUS
FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE I'M A
MUSICAL THEATER FAN AND I REALLY
CAN'T SING.
I REALLY CAN'T SING THAT WELL.
SO I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT HIM
SAYING, ANDREW'S GOING TO DO A
SONG FOR US.
>> I WAS DYING THE WHOLE TIME.
I WAS JUST IN SHOCK.
I'M SHAKING.
I WAS SHAKING.
LIKE I SAID, I HURT MY THUMB I
WAS CLAPPING SO HARD.
NERVES AND HAPPY.
KAREN: FORTUNATELY, JIMMY LEFT
THE SINGING UP TO HIS BAND,
BELTING OUT THE SONG ABOUT
ANDREW THEY MADE UP ON THE FLY.
>> ♪ CHECK OUT THE MOVES OF MY
MAN
ANDREW LONG, INTERNATIONAL SPY ♪
KAREN: ANDREW KILLED IT, DANCING
ALONGSIDE JIMMY, THE AUDIENCE
EATING IT UP.
ANDREW: I FELT HAPPY WHEN THEY
WERE CLAPPING REALLY LOUD.
♪
KAREN: HIS DANCE PARTY WITH
JIMMY HAS GONE VIRAL -- MORE
THAN TWO MILLION VIEWS ON
FACEBOOK.
HIS OWN TWITTER HASHTAG, MEDIA
INTERVIEWS, AND THE RADIO CITY
ROCKETTES NAMED HIM THEIR DANCER
OF THE WEEK.
>> IT'S CRAZY.
IT'S OVERWHELMING.
IT'S HEARTWARMING.
IT'S -- I MEAN, I DON'T THINK
I'VE HAD SLEEP SINCE THEN.
ANDREW: YES.
IT IS GIANT, BIG.
IT IS ENORMOUS.
KAREN: A SHINING MOMENT FOR THE
YOUNG MAN LIVING WITH A
DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER SIMILAR
TO ASPERGER'S.
ANDREW HAS ALWAYS LOVED THE
SPOTLIGHT, A BACKGROUND IN
MUSICAL THEATRE AND STAND-UP
COMEDY, PERFORMING IN AND AROUND
HIS HOMETOWN OF ALTON.
MOST OF HIS GIGS ARE GRATIS,
EXCEPT FOR THIS BIG EVENT FOR
THE MOUNT WASHINGTON CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
ANDREW: WHO IS THIS LITTLE DEBBY
AND WHEN WILL SHE GROW UP?
[LAUGHTER]
ANDREW: AND WHAT IS IN THOSE
CANDIES AND COOKIES AND TREATS
SHE MAKES.
IT MUST BE THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
OR SOMETHING BECAUSE SHE HASN'T
AGED IN DECADES.
KAREN: AS AN AVID VOLUNTEER,
ROTATING BETWEEN THE DOVER FOOD
PANTRY HERE AT THE MCCONNELL
CENTER, TO THE NEW DURHAM
LIBRARY, TO THE ALTON SENIOR
CENTER, ANDREW TRIES NEW
MATERIAL OUT ON HIS COLLEAGUES.
>> I LIKE IT WHEN ANDREW COMES
IN BECAUSE I CAN LAUGH MY BUTT
OFF.
>> I CONSIDER HIM A STAR.
KAREN: A STAR ON THE SLOPES,
TOO.
HE JUST WON THREE GOLD MEDALS AT
THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
ANDREW: THIS ONE IS FOR SUPER G.
THIS ONE IS FOR SLALOM.
AND THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS FOR
GIANT SLALOM.
KAREN: IN HIS RARE QUIET
MOMENTS, HE'S RE-WATCHING HIS
BIT WITH JIMMY FALLON, AND HE
ADMITS HE'S SEEN IT A TIME OR
TWO.
ANDREW: ABOUT LIKE MAYBE 10 OR
15.
>> HE'S WATCHED IT 10 OR 15
TIMES?
I HAVE WATCHED IT 75, 80 TIMES.
♪
ANDREW: THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD EVER
HAPPEN.
KAREN: NOT ONLY DOES ANDREW MAKE
US LAUGH, HE WARMS OUR HEARTS.
>> ♪ ANDREW IS AN INTERNATIONAL
SPY
YOU KNOW HE IS A NATURAL GUY ♪

Wednesday, March 22nd: Andrew Long...International Spy

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