Ive got a great story for you. Its not only going to knock your socks off, it may be a soso story but its my show, i can do what i want. Here is what i want to talk about. Have you ever had that thing where you try something once and then you have a bad experience and you never want to try it again, it stays with you, it haunts you . Of course, im talking about balsammic vinegar. [laughter] ellen im talking about balsamic vinegar. [laughter] ellen the word balsamic, it sounds italian and romantic but its like anything romantic. It will burn you and make you cry. Here is what happened. We were out to dinner the other night and we were having a salad to start, mixed greens with carrots, we were having a salad and she had the balsamic and dressing, and i looked away for a minute and i looked back and i see her going and right away i knew it was either the balsamic vinegar or she was doing that Robert De Niro impression she always does, i tried to warn her, do not order the balsamic vinegar. Thats i didnt never have it. You may call it salad dressing but i call it the devil a condiment. Everyone has that. One bad experience and you are scarred for life. Roller blading or opening your parents room without knocking. You never do it again. It always surprises me what people are scared of. They have a bad experience with a massage. They dont like is it so theyll never do it again. They say it tickles and makes them uncomfortable. I say relax and enjoy it, stranger in front of me at starbucks, relax. [laughter] ellen i think you have to be open to everything. You cant let one bad experience ruin it. Think of all the things you will be missing out on. Like a lot of you here today, a long time ago you didnt like the taste of alcohol. You said, no, alcohol, no and look at you now. You have three kids and youre drunk. A lot of you. Not everyone. [cheering] ellen some of you. Im going to make sure yr first time on my show is a good one, because right now, im going to dance with you. [applause] [cheering] ellen aint nobody hating that song. Say hello to my guest d. J. , nelly over there. Thats awesome, thats awesome. Ellen hello, handsome. Hi there, pretty lady. Ellen can i ask you a question . Your hit song, hey, porsche, is that about my wife . I guess im not d. J. ing any more, huh . No, no, no, it was just a hell of a coincidence, ellen. Ellen yes. Seriously. But no, after after i did the song i did kind of get that playback in my head, i was like, wow, i think ellen would love this. Ellen we both did. We loved it. Are you originally from st. Louis . I am originally from st. Louis. Ellen you stayed there, you have not left . I love that. Im still there to this day. Ellen thats fantastic. Thank you. [applause] ellen on the c. D. , i see you sing with correlle and he produced a song or two, and miley cyrus. She was here the other day, you probably know that and i think shes extremely talented. You do too . Yes. Ellen what do you think about all the stuff going on with her . We have to remember, people must be able to express themselves. When youre talking about music, music is a art form, its not made to be politically correct, its made to be expression so you have to let people express themselves. I think shes very talented. I dont think that shes hurt anyone i mean, ive saw a 50yearold kiss two girls on that same stage before and nobody said anything. [cheering] [applause] ellen yes. I enjoyed it all. [laughter] ellen youre not complaining about any of it. No. Ellen shes 20 years old, also, i think. I think thats the age to experience a lot of things and to get it out of your system. Ellen thats right. Then we all watch. [laughter] ellen speaking of watching. You are in such great shape. You are working out like crazy, arent you . Youre in amazing shape. Thank you very much, thank you very much. [cheering] [applause] ellen i say that i think you are. I cant tell with the shirt on but it seems like youre in great shape. You got me wired up. Im wired. Im pretty wired. You got me wired up. Ellen we dont mind seeing wires on you. [cheering] ellen all right. Last week i mentioned something that always happens this time of year. Pumpkin spice is popping up everywhere. I dont know why but there is Pumpkin Spice lattes, Pumpkin Spice candles, Pumpkin Spice air fresheners and this is a brand new network called the Pumpkin Spice channel. Youre watching the Pumpkin Spice channel. Umm, ooh. Pumpkin. [laughter] spice. [laughter] orange you excited for more pumpkins . Stay tuned for gourds gone wild. [laughter] [applause] ellen all right. Lets move on to something less disturbing. If you saw the show last tuesday, lee and morty kaufman were here. They are the stars of the very funny swiffer commercials that everyone is enjoying, and i just loved them on the show, theyre an adorable couple and i thought i would get their opinion on other topics. Here are lee and morty on the movie gravity. No, neither have i heard of it. I just finished 96 lectures on astronnomy by alex pinkel and he never mentioned anything like this. Ellen here is lee and morty on me hosting the oscars. Excited. Wonderful. I think you will do a fabulous job. She can conquer any audience with those blue eyes. Very penetrating blue eyes. [laughter] ellen finally, lee and morty on britney spears. Never heard of her. Never heard of her. [laughter] do you think we should . Quite a bit. Indistinguishable. You have to move fast to this. Whats it called . Its called really. Does her mother know . [applause] ellen thank you, lee and morty. Hey, if you see an adorable old couple in a commercial you think i should see, send them to me. Well be right back. [cheering] ellen you live with your exhusband . Best friends. Ellen best friends . Yeah. Ellen last night i was watching tv. It wasnt turned on, i was staring at it. If you love great tv, you will love the next ellen from how we met your mother Alyson Hanigan. Ellen. Take a look at the light in this color. Brilliant. Sparkling. Like a jewel. Thats superior preference loreal. Preferences lightreflecting color is never opaque. Always brilliant. It shines and sparkles for weeks and weeks. Loreal superior preference. [ male announcer ] experience new febreze sleep serenity and let the soothing scent of moonlit lavender lull you to sleep. An official product of the National Sleep foundation. Breathe happy. Sleep happy. Wow. Look at you. Ive always tried to give it my best shot. These days im living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. At first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, could i up my game . My doctor told me about eliquis. And three Important Reasons to take eliquis instead. One, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. Two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. And three. Unlike warfarin, theres no routine blood testing. [ male announcer ] dont stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Ive got three Important Reasons to up my game with eliquis. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor today if eliquis is right for you. [applause] ellen that was very entertaining. And at first she was unfazed like im dancing with nelly, its ok. Oh, boy. Our first guest is the embodiment of blonds having more fun. Please welcome my fellow International Sex symbol [laughter] ellen pamela anderson. [cheering] [applause] in westwood. Ellen did your parachute get tangled up on you again . A revolution. Its been on the runway. Vivian westwood. Ellen its fantastic. I love it. Ellen i didnt know what it was at first but its good because it can act as a lot of Different Things. You can make them, when you get home, draperies. A bedspread. So many Different Things. Is it keeping you warm . Keeping me warm. Ellen hour you . Great. How are you . Ellen good, thank you, havent seen you in a little while but i saw pictures of you. Oh, dear. Ellen you were at was it a nude beach that you were at . Oh, dear. If i knew there was a photographer there i would have taken the bottoms off too. Ellen and youre obviously trying to cover yourself up. At what point did you see that they were where were you . Where is that . France. Ellen very nice. Yes. Ellen theyre all naked in france, right . Yes. Nobody cares. Ellen a lot of news beaches there. But they got you . They got me. Ellen you were there with your exhusband. Well ellen right . Are you back together . I say were best friends. Ellen best friends . With benefits. Ellen thats good that you are friends with your exhusband. You keep going back to the same guys. You like youre married recycling. [laughter] ellen it is. Im very. Hes happy. Hes a great guy. Ellen how old are the boys . 17 and 15. Ellen thats crazy. I know. Theyre doing great. Bret is surfing and winning contests and brandon is interning all over the world and he was in brazil last summer, going to london next summer. Ellen doing what . Entering an interning for an advertising agency. Hes doing really well. Considering the gene pool, they are perfect gentlemen. Ellen she said, considering the gene pool, theyre perfect gentlemen. [laughter] very proud of them. Ellen you should be proud of them. And you are doing something pretty amazing. Youre training to run the new york city marathon. Yes. How long is that . Ellen its, like [laughter] ellen 26 kilometers . Ellen no. I know. I know. Im in training. For six months. Ellen how like what kind of training . First of all, did you work out beforehand . No. No. Ive never even run across the street. I started running and i hated it, of course, everyone hates running for the first mile, if youre running two miles or 20 miles it always hurts and now i love t. I look forward to it. Its good. It clears my head. Ellen its great. If i have bad knees. I used to run all the time. Now how far are you running . What is the furthest you have run . 12 miles. Ellen when is the marathon . Two weeks. Three weeks . But its going to be so much fun and so much excitement. Im going to get there. I think if my son was hurt i could run 26 miles to him. Ellen you think that, but no. [laughter] im doing it for haiti. Im doing it for a good cause. Ellen youre doing it for a good cause, youre doing it for haiti and thats a good thing but honestly, youre not going to make it. You can walk. Im doing it for charity. Im not going to finish top 10, im doing it for haiti, i can walk, i can run, i can jump on someones back, my brother is going to run with me and he talks a lot so ill be running away from him. Ellen has he trained also . Hes run his whole life. Ellen hes probably going to not be with you. Now, hes not going to leave me, he promised me hes not going to leave me. Ellen anyway i saw also, we dont have it here but brazilian vogue and something is missing there. [laughter] ellen you didnt is that as long as it goes . Or did you not pull it down . Is that what that shirt looks like . Yeah. On most people. Ellen you look beautiful, though. Look at that. Thats great. Thank you. Ellen beautiful. Mario sestino . It was close to my house on the beach and i thought we were going to do beautiful glamour photos, he didnt put any makeup on me and pulled my hair back in a ponytail and i wanted to die. Ellen you look fantastic. It looks cool. Ellen do you always wear makeup . I dont. I dont. But i mean for pictures, it seems like the character but it was a really interesting ellen i like it because its a different way for people to see you like that. I think its beautiful. Thank you. Ellen youre welcome. Were going to take a break and im going to help you train for the marathon. I have some things to do that will if you can get through this, you will be able to make it. Ok. Good. Ill prove to you. [cheering] ellen it rained a lot in new york. [laughter] ellen oh, my god. You said that your favorite part of the show is when we surprise fans at home, right . Yes. Oh, my god. [applause] [cheering] ellen this is vivian westwood. I dont know if im wearing it right. Am i wearing it right . Do yourself. Ellen we want to help you prepare for the marathon and we also want to help you raise money for haiti, a beautiful cause, we thought we would see how you would do because there are lots of things going on in new york, there is weather, there are elements, there are Different Things so were going to get you completely ready and for every obstacle you overcome our friends will donate 1,000 to the haiti fund. Well put it on our website as well. I offered to you should take those off but you said no. Its very windy in new york. Very windy . Ellen run in place, youre just going to run in place. Very windy. I said, its very windy. Very windy. [laughter] ellen and its fall so the leaves are going to be theres definitely a lot of leaves. Who knows how windy it is, and there are leaves. There could be snow. You dont know. It could be snow. Oh. There could be hail. You never know if there is hail. There is hail. It rains a lot there too. It rains a whole lot in new york. [laughter] [applause] ellen oh, my god. I want more water. More rain. Ellen there is fog. There is smog. And then all right, thats it. [cheering] ellen they celebrate. When you cross the finish line, they celebrate like crazy. There is confetti if you make it. [applause] ellen were going to round were going to say 10,000 to the fund. Thank you. Ellen the street. Careful. There are cars. We have something for you to run because you need something nice to run in so youre going to use this to run in. Were going to show you what it looks like once you have it on. [laughter] ellen then youre going to wear these pants. [laughter] thank you. Thank you. Ellen if you want to help pam raise money for haiti relief, go to our website. Jimmy buffett after this. [cheering] [applause] wasting away again in margaritaville ellen can we pan out and see the living room . You have been there a year. You dont have to take time any more. Were going to fix that. Ellen ellens all new with Alyson Hanigan from how i met your mother. So, um, do you want to come up for a coffee . Yeah. kay. Uh. Od. So. So, uh. You make yourself at home and ill be. Yeah. Right back. Sure. gasp oh, i th. I thought we were. deep inhale coffee grinder whirring ooh. With authentic, expertly crafted roasts and legendary brews, eight oclock is the coffee for those who put coffee first. This is nice. Ellen our next guest is a defining legend in music here to perform his classic margaritaville. Please welcome jimmy buffett. Nibblin on sponge cake watching the sun bake all of those par rotheads covered with oil strum min my sixstring on my front porch swing smell those shrimp, hey, theyre beginning to boil waistin away again in margaritaville wasting away again in margaritaville searching for my lost shaker of salt some people claim that theres woman to blame but i know its nobodys fault i dont know the reason i stayed here all season nothing to show but this brand new tattoo but its a real beauty a mexican cutie how it got here i havent a clue wastin away again in margaritaville searching for my lost shaker of salt some people claim that theres a woman to blame and i know its all ellens fault [laughter] i blew out my flipflop stepped on a poptop and broke my leg twice, i had to limp on back home but theres booze in the blender and soon it will render that frozen concoction that helps me hang on hang on, hang on, hang on wastin away again in margaritaville searching for my lost shaker of salt salt, salt, salt some people claim that theres a woman to blame but i know its my own damn fault yeah, and some people claim that theres a woman to blame but i know its my own damn fault olympic [cheering] [applause] ellen i love it. I love it. Well be right back. Jimmy buffett. Ellen yous that your favorite part of the show is when we surprise fans at home, right . Yes, oh, my god, yes. Ellen it would be so cool [cheering] she changed her dress three times, but all you notice is her beautiful, healthy skin. Jergens ultra healing moisturizer makes even your driest skin look healthier, instantly. With Beautiful Skin from jergens, youll always make an entrance. Jergens®. The beautiful difference. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, notll food choices add up. Some are giant. Some not so giant. When managing your weight, bigger is always better. Ho ho ho green giant ellen is all new with Alyson Hanigan from how i met your mother. [applause] ellen for 40 years, no other artist has made us want to drink tequila more than our next guest. His new c. D. Is called songs from saint somewhere. Please welcome jimmy buffett. [cheering] ellen hey, jimmy. Hey, ellen. Im well. How are you . Ellen its always summer time for you. Im ready to play. Ellen do you like cold weather . I can adjust to it occasionally. Ellen cu . Yeah. Ellen you dont mind wearing long pants and shoes . I have a pair. I do. Ellen youre touring like crazy and you have the most loyal fans, i think, of any musician that ive ever seen. I am very grateful for that. Yes. [applause] and it was like before there was social networking, it was like our fans kind of were the original there were deadheads and parrotheads, with the music, and i thank everybody who raises their children on this music literally every night because it regenerates that audience for four decades. Ellen they bring their kids. I never thought i would grow up to be family entertainment. Ellen i dont know why i forgot. Do you want a drink . I know you like tequila. [cheering] is it 5 00 . Ellen yeah. Somewhere it is. Oh, that is a nice little bottle of tequila. Im not flying today. Ellen you can have that shot. Thats yours. I have to sing later so its kind of aiming fluid. Ellen exactly. It needs to warm up your throat. Nothing like a little don julio. I feel better already. I will run that marathon if you want. [applause] ellen keep pouring it, then. I should pour it now because this sunday was a tough one for our new orleans saints. Oh, but always the optimist. Ok. I know, but i cant delve on it the way everybody else does because weve come from a generation of decades of misery. I was at the very first game at tulane stadium i was 18 years old, working on bourbon street, john gilliam ran the first kickoff back for a touchdown and we thought this was going to be easy, and it wasnt, so flash back to the to last sunday, im still very happy being 51 and really not being chased as a 60 team because weve got a good team and were going to be fine. Ellen were going to do it . Were going to end up in the super bowl . Nobody talked about us in the beginning, nobody cared about us, i know sean and i and we have parrothead coaches on that team ellen . We do . We do. Ellen i thought it was a great game. The saints played well but that last five seconds it reminded me of old saints games but were ok. Ellen good to hear it. Lets talk about your wristbands. You always wear wristbands. That is your thing. Tell us about that. Well, in the old days it was like we played hot places and they were necessary because you sweat a lot up there, and we just we just played in a little club in paris called the trabindo, and it was a flash back to those days where sweatbands were totally necessary, but as a child of the mardi gras, i want to throw something. Ellen youre throwing the sweat bands . I want to use them, its so hot in here im probably going to sweat a drop or two and then ill hurl them into your audience. [cheering] ellen they will love it. I made a special you can throw these to your audience too. I want to give you ours too. Im going to give you these. Ellen all right. Ill wear these. Mix and match . Ellen do one of each. That would be great. We need to make a bigger size. And one of those out there. See, it worked. Ellen shes calling for it. Like dub loans. More than beads. I i like dubbloon s. Jimmy is going to perform from his new c. D. , songs from st. Somewhere and everybody in the audience is going home with a copy. Well be right back. Ellen can we pan out and see the living room . Look at the living room. You have been there a year. You dont have to take your time any more. Were going to fix that. J. C. Penney is going to give you [applause] [cheering] ellen nellys new song get like me. I love that song. Thank you, thank you. [applause] i had your girl on, there nicki minaj and ferrell. Ellen i love it, i love it. All right. We get thousands of emails from viewers at the show and one that we readas from a woman named selena green in philadelphia, pennsylvania, and selena wrote to our website saying she wished she lived in california so she could come to a taping so today were going to bring the show to her. Jeanie is outside her home right now and im going to call her. She does not know. Hi, jeanie. How are you . Ellen are you that close that you have to whisper . [phone ringing] hello. Ellen is this selena . Ellen hi, selena, im calling from the Ticket Department from the Ellen Degeneres show how are you . We happen to have tickets to the taping in burbank. Are you able to come tonight . No. No. Ellen oh. Oh, thats a shame. No, oh, my god, oh, my god, no. Ellen no . We live in philadelphia. Ellen oh. Thats too far. Oh, my god. Someone calling about tickets. Im talking to my family. Ellen i see. Selena. Yes. Ellen yeah, this isnt rebecca. Its ellen, hi. [screaming] ellen you know what . Oh, my gosh. Ellen i got your email. I cant believe youre on my phone. Ellen im on my phone but youre on yours. Listen. Listen. I read your letter. You said that your favorite part of the show is when we surprise fans at home, right . Yes, oh, my god, yes, oh, my god. Ellen is it crazy like all of a sudden if you heard a knock at the door right now it would be so crazy. [screaming] oh, my god. Wait. Ellen then someone was knocking and ringing the door bell. They couldnt stop ringing the door bell. Yes, hi, im sorry, i put the phone ellen. [cheering] ellen hi, selena. [screaming] ell she doesnt have to be on the phone any more. Can you hear me . Who is there with you . This is my daughter. My husband. Ellen hi, yall. My god. Ellen i love your letter that you said you wanted to come to a taping and we learned you just moved into the house a year ago. Can we pan out and see the living room . You have been there a year. [laughter] ellen you have been there one year. So what are you waiting for . There is no furniture in there. No. We are im very picky and right now with the time and the money, its just not there yet. Im taking my time. Ellen you dont have to take your time any more. Were going to fix that because j. C. Penney is going to give you 10,000. [cheering] thank you so much. Ellen you can use that like as a lounge chair until you get something. I want to meet your family. Were going to fly you here. Put you up. I cant wait to meet you and your family. Thanks for writing in. Well see you soon. Well be back with jimmy buffett. Hes going to perform. [applause] [cheering] [ corbett ] if you havent checked your medicare drug plan this year, you could be at the corner of im throwing away money and i had no idea. Well, walgreens has your back. Our expert pharmacists can help you find a plan that could save you more with our free comparison report. So you can keep your money where it belongs. Check your plan at walgreens. And you could save up to 75 on prescription copays. At the corner of happy and healthy. [ sniffs ] girl scout [ clears throat ] hi. I just finished an energy audit of this building and started my own dog walking business. 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For high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. Be ready with childrens motrin. Makes everything more exciting. Like the four amazing new colors of Pillsbury Funfetti that turn everyday moments into celebrations of delicious fun. Celebrate more vibrantly. [ giggles ] ellen i would like to thank nelly. How great was nelly today . [applause] [cheering] ellen i would like to thank pamela anderson, and jimmy buffett. Here to perform his new hit. Something bout a boat. Please welcome one more time the wonderful jimmy buffett. Somethin bout a about sitting on the sea out there in the wind sitting on the free take you around the world bring you back home gives a man hope something about a bout something about this old guitar and the way it still rings after all the smokey bars and the broken strings played a million songs broke a lot of hearts made some people stars somethin about this old guitar aint it crazy how something seems like nothing at all take a big old room, make it seem so small seein windows where there are walls makes a whole lot of something out of nothing at all ellen something about my dog sitting by my side if i had a bad day, she aint gonna run and hide just a wearing that grin, wagging that tail, talking about my dog, makes her my best friend aint it crazy how something seems like nothing at all take this big old room you make it feel so small seeing windows where there are walls makes a whole lot of something out of nothing at all makes a whole lot of something out of nothing at all something about my dog something about this guitar something about a boat gives a man hope [applause] [cheering] life can take you almost anywhere, and thats exactly where American Airlines flies. Book your travel now on aa. Com. Anyway. You are watching wbaltv 11. At 5 p. M. News getting back to normal. One of hundreds of federal sites reopen tonight after 16 long days of government gridlock. Thanks for joining us. From coasttocoast, a quarter of a million federal workers are back on and headed into work. Began with Team Coverage of where things stand today. I look at how maryland is reacting. We begin with steve handelsman, outside the national mall. Good evening from washington