1 00:00:00,417 --> 00:00:02,287 - What's your guilty pleasure? - Mmm. 2 00:00:02,336 --> 00:00:04,586 Like huffing the top of a baby's head. 3 00:00:04,630 --> 00:00:06,630 - Yeah. - Gimme that baby! 4 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:08,933 Ooh, God! Why do they smell so good? 5 00:00:08,967 --> 00:00:11,927 [uplifting music] 6 00:00:11,970 --> 00:00:18,020 ♪ ♪ 7 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:19,770 - [blows] 8 00:00:19,811 --> 00:00:21,861 Thought I was dead, didn't ya, bitch? 9 00:00:21,897 --> 00:00:24,477 Sorry, I was daydreaming. 10 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:27,395 Thinking about my next guest, Maya Rudolph. 11 00:00:27,444 --> 00:00:30,864 When I think of Maya, I think of magic 12 00:00:30,906 --> 00:00:32,866 and the magical world she creates. 13 00:00:32,908 --> 00:00:35,288 We are about to get into it 14 00:00:35,327 --> 00:00:38,787 and find this woman's spirit flower. 15 00:00:40,415 --> 00:00:42,075 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:42,125 --> 00:00:46,125 ♪ It's another day ♪ 17 00:00:46,171 --> 00:00:50,381 ♪ That the Lord has blessed us ♪ 18 00:00:50,425 --> 00:00:52,135 ♪ Da, da, da, da, da ♪ 19 00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:53,507 Good day, Maya Rudolph. 20 00:00:53,554 --> 00:00:55,144 - Good day, Maurice Harris. 21 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:57,020 - Welcome to "Centerpiece." - Thank you. 22 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:59,557 - My warm, fuzzy place. - Mmm. 23 00:00:59,601 --> 00:01:02,061 - Got Mom on the ones and twos, 24 00:01:02,104 --> 00:01:03,484 AKA the organ. 25 00:01:03,522 --> 00:01:04,862 We've got Pauli on the drums. 26 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:06,478 MAYA: Hi, Pauli. [drum plays] 27 00:01:07,651 --> 00:01:08,821 - Let's get "serrus." 28 00:01:08,861 --> 00:01:11,701 - Please remove your glasses and prepare for liftoff. 29 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:13,738 - It's an important step. 30 00:01:13,782 --> 00:01:15,082 [laughter] 31 00:01:15,117 --> 00:01:19,247 And now let's take a journey to the center! 32 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:21,418 [laughs robustly] 33 00:01:21,456 --> 00:01:23,496 When and where were you happiest? 34 00:01:24,168 --> 00:01:25,538 - Hilts Avenue. 35 00:01:25,586 --> 00:01:26,626 [organ playing] 36 00:01:26,670 --> 00:01:29,010 Westwood, California. - Okay. 37 00:01:29,047 --> 00:01:31,467 - We used to have this great pool, 38 00:01:31,508 --> 00:01:32,928 my childhood house, 39 00:01:32,968 --> 00:01:35,638 and birds-of-paradise. 40 00:01:35,679 --> 00:01:36,969 We'd get in the raft. 41 00:01:37,014 --> 00:01:40,184 We would pretend with my dad that it was like a little tropical island 42 00:01:40,225 --> 00:01:41,975 that we were going to. 43 00:01:42,019 --> 00:01:43,349 The best memories. 44 00:01:43,395 --> 00:01:45,515 - Where did that imagination come from? 45 00:01:45,564 --> 00:01:49,234 - I remember very clearly being with a friend, 46 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:52,026 and she was sad, and I didn't want to see her sad, 47 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:54,410 but I didn't want to experience the sadness. 48 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:56,868 - Okay. - So I made her laugh. 49 00:01:56,909 --> 00:01:59,239 And I remember thinking, "I'm good at this. 50 00:01:59,286 --> 00:02:01,786 This is what I feel more comfortable with." 51 00:02:01,830 --> 00:02:03,620 - How old were you when that moment happened? 52 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:07,035 - I think I was like seven, eight. 53 00:02:07,085 --> 00:02:10,205 - As children, we decide who we're gonna be as adults 54 00:02:10,255 --> 00:02:11,795 and how to protect ourselves. 55 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,340 - Yeah, I don't know how to be a mom 56 00:02:13,383 --> 00:02:14,893 because I don't have my mom. 57 00:02:14,927 --> 00:02:17,547 I don't know how to be a woman because I don't have my mom. 58 00:02:17,596 --> 00:02:19,176 I don't know how to be an adult 59 00:02:19,223 --> 00:02:21,233 'cause I didn't have that mirror. 60 00:02:21,266 --> 00:02:25,596 - So how did you press forward? 61 00:02:25,646 --> 00:02:27,056 - Comedy. 62 00:02:27,105 --> 00:02:29,525 - That pain that we have to experience 63 00:02:29,566 --> 00:02:32,856 to get us to such a beautiful place... - Mm-hmm. 64 00:02:32,903 --> 00:02:34,573 - And where you're able to just share your magic, 65 00:02:34,613 --> 00:02:36,663 I just think that's, like, 66 00:02:36,698 --> 00:02:37,908 incredible! 67 00:02:37,950 --> 00:02:40,240 [band plays] 68 00:02:40,285 --> 00:02:42,405 If you were a flower, what would you be? 69 00:02:42,454 --> 00:02:44,874 - I wouldn't be a typical flower. - Okay. 70 00:02:44,915 --> 00:02:47,745 - I love a flower that looks like it's plastic but it's not. 71 00:02:47,793 --> 00:02:49,713 - Okay. - Like bright... 72 00:02:49,753 --> 00:02:51,213 - Uh-huh, uh-huh. - But it's like so bright, 73 00:02:51,255 --> 00:02:52,625 that like, "Is that a flower?" 74 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:53,803 - Uh-huh. 75 00:02:53,841 --> 00:02:55,591 ♪ ♪ 76 00:02:55,634 --> 00:02:58,104 And now, let's go deep. 77 00:02:58,136 --> 00:03:00,756 [birds twittering] 78 00:03:00,806 --> 00:03:02,346 [chime] 79 00:03:02,391 --> 00:03:04,771 - Ooh. - Dramatic lighting change. 80 00:03:05,936 --> 00:03:08,476 Do you like it hard or soft? - Hard. 81 00:03:08,522 --> 00:03:10,322 [band plays note] Soft. 82 00:03:10,357 --> 00:03:12,527 [band plays] [laughter] 83 00:03:12,568 --> 00:03:14,188 - Land or sea? 84 00:03:14,236 --> 00:03:15,526 - Both! 85 00:03:15,571 --> 00:03:17,411 Give me an island! 86 00:03:17,447 --> 00:03:20,407 [band plays] 87 00:03:20,450 --> 00:03:22,790 - Prince or Michael Jackson. 88 00:03:25,372 --> 00:03:26,752 - Prince. 89 00:03:26,790 --> 00:03:28,290 [band plays] 90 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:31,043 - Boop, boop, boop. And lastly... 91 00:03:31,086 --> 00:03:32,746 my favorite question of all, 92 00:03:32,796 --> 00:03:34,836 you've done many impressions. 93 00:03:34,882 --> 00:03:37,432 You've done Beyoncé. 94 00:03:37,467 --> 00:03:39,217 You've done Whitney. 95 00:03:39,261 --> 00:03:41,641 I'd even throw Rachel Dolezal up in there. 96 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,770 - I mean, one can dream. 97 00:03:43,807 --> 00:03:46,807 [laughter] 98 00:03:46,852 --> 00:03:49,402 - But can you please grace us 99 00:03:49,438 --> 00:03:50,978 with an impression of me? 100 00:03:51,023 --> 00:03:53,693 MAYA: I've never been asked to do someone 101 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:56,534 right in front of them like this before. 102 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:59,110 That is messed up, sir. 103 00:04:00,365 --> 00:04:01,905 But by the way, 104 00:04:01,950 --> 00:04:03,490 I'm gonna try. - Okay. 105 00:04:03,535 --> 00:04:05,195 [laughing] 106 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:07,035 - Uh! 107 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,540 [laughs] 108 00:04:10,042 --> 00:04:11,212 Right? 109 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:12,251 - We're out of here. 110 00:04:12,294 --> 00:04:13,714 - Yes, yes? - Yes, yes. You nailed it. 111 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:16,174 You nailed it. You nailed it. 112 00:04:16,215 --> 00:04:19,425 Girl, it's time to process. 113 00:04:20,302 --> 00:04:23,562 Maya talked about floating past birds-of-paradise 114 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:24,967 as a young girl, 115 00:04:25,015 --> 00:04:27,935 dreaming about who she would become one day. 116 00:04:27,976 --> 00:04:31,476 Her limitless imagination and endless capacity 117 00:04:31,522 --> 00:04:35,152 to share joy, laughter to people around her 118 00:04:35,192 --> 00:04:36,902 are truly otherworldly. 119 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:38,744 I mean, it's insane. 120 00:04:38,779 --> 00:04:42,989 Her centerpiece will be an exotic technicolor paradise. 121 00:04:43,033 --> 00:04:48,043 A dream resurrected for that special, funny little girl 122 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,250 who still lives inside of her. 123 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:53,340 [birds chirp] 124 00:04:53,377 --> 00:04:56,047 [drum plays] 125 00:04:58,090 --> 00:05:00,340 This is your big moment. MAYA: I'm nervous. 126 00:05:00,384 --> 00:05:03,304 - Thank you for your time, your energy, opening up. 127 00:05:04,555 --> 00:05:07,715 I wanted to take a moment just to reflect 128 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:09,516 your creativity, your magic, 129 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,650 your energy back to you through flowers. 130 00:05:12,688 --> 00:05:15,268 - Wow. No one's ever done that for me before. 131 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:16,395 - Well, here we are. 132 00:05:16,441 --> 00:05:18,441 Gentlemen, gentlemen. Start your engines. 133 00:05:18,485 --> 00:05:19,775 - What's happening? - And one, 134 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:21,740 two, three, four... MAYA: Oh! 135 00:05:21,780 --> 00:05:24,450 MAURICE: Five, six, seven, eight. MAYA: Oh. 136 00:05:24,491 --> 00:05:26,871 Oh, she pretty! 137 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:28,330 Why do I feel like I'm gonna cry? 138 00:05:28,370 --> 00:05:29,540 Do we have a baby? 139 00:05:29,580 --> 00:05:31,750 - Come to your island, your oasis. MAYA: Oh. 140 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:33,710 MAURICE: I wanted your pink ocean. 141 00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:35,840 You are a tropical paradise. 142 00:05:35,878 --> 00:05:38,168 MAYA: All of this feels so familiar 143 00:05:38,213 --> 00:05:40,013 and also like a dream. 144 00:05:40,048 --> 00:05:44,258 MAURICE: Now that we're in our magical, brand-new boat, 145 00:05:44,303 --> 00:05:46,013 I think we need to go somewhere. 146 00:05:46,054 --> 00:05:48,684 But... - How are we gonna do that? 147 00:05:48,724 --> 00:05:50,774 We don't have any oars. - Oars! 148 00:05:50,809 --> 00:05:53,899 I think our words, our vocals... 149 00:05:53,937 --> 00:05:55,897 ♪ Me, me, me, me, me ♪ 150 00:05:55,939 --> 00:05:58,149 - ♪ Me, me, me, me, me ♪ 151 00:05:58,192 --> 00:06:03,362 - ♪ Me, me, me, me, me ♪ - ♪ Me, me, me, me, me ♪ 152 00:06:03,405 --> 00:06:05,315 - We're gonna get there with the music. 153 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:07,195 Hit it, DJ! 154 00:06:07,242 --> 00:06:08,872 [dance music plays] 155 00:06:08,911 --> 00:06:11,251 - Ooh! - There's a mic. 156 00:06:11,288 --> 00:06:12,788 - Of course there is. 157 00:06:12,831 --> 00:06:14,541 - ♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪ 158 00:06:14,583 --> 00:06:16,253 ♪ Gently down the stream ♪ - ♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪ 159 00:06:16,293 --> 00:06:17,793 ♪ Gently down the stream ♪ - ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ 160 00:06:17,836 --> 00:06:19,506 ♪ Life is but a dream ♪ - ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ 161 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:21,256 ♪ Life is but a dream ♪ - ♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪ 162 00:06:21,298 --> 00:06:22,798 ♪ Gently down the stream ♪ - ♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪ 163 00:06:22,841 --> 00:06:24,681 ♪ Gently down the stream ♪ - ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ 164 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:26,088 - ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ - ♪ Life is but a dream ♪ 165 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:27,466 ♪ I said row, row, row your boat ♪ - ♪ Life is but a dream ♪ 166 00:06:27,513 --> 00:06:29,473 - ♪ Gently down the stream ♪ - ♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪ 167 00:06:29,515 --> 00:06:30,925 both: ♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪ 168 00:06:30,974 --> 00:06:35,314 ♪ Life is but a dream ♪ 169 00:06:35,354 --> 00:06:37,814 - Hallelujah! - Praise it! 170 00:06:37,856 --> 00:06:40,726 [laughter] 171 00:06:40,776 --> 00:06:41,856 - And cut!