I'm filming you tonight from my house on my phone, so I hope you can see me and hear me.

Okay.

I wanted to make it a small message because today is the fifth anniversary of our late late show.

First ever airing here on CBS on duh.

We had so many big plans for tonight for the show we were gonna give to you, Um, for obvious reasons, we call give you that show right now.

So we thought what we would play tonight is our first ever episode of the late late Show on episode, which, if I think back to it, I'm filled with nerves and excitement on a feeling of when that curtain opened in our walked out for the first time, I didn't know if I was gonna fool flat on my face or if this was all gonna be okay.

And I never thought that day that would be here today talking to you.

Five years on.

And that first episode is also important to us because it makes me think of Tom Hanks, who was our first ever guest on the show.

Who, uh, our thoughts go out to him and Rita in Australia right now, and I thought to go out to all of you, wherever you are.

This is the strangest, strangest time.

And all we've ever wanted to do on our show is bring you some some light in the dark in the corner of your room every night.

And we're gonna do our best at some point to continue trying to do that.

Thank you for this last five years for letting me talk to you every night.

I, uh I never expected it to be quite the journey that has been.

So this is a look back at the first ever episode of the late, later stay safe out there.