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Sep 9, 2013

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Sep 9, 2013

I've been friends with Tom Bergeron for over 20 years. People always ask me if he's as nice as he seems. No. He's even nicer than that. The biggest mensch on the planet. And has worked non-stop since the day I met him. Did you know that he was a MIME? Join us for Tom's first Tawk!!!

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Suzanne Whang · 12:30 AM

FLAPPING JAW! Welcome to your first TAWK!
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Tom Bergeron · 12:30 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

Tom, Are you drinking enough water?

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Suzanne Whang · 12:31 AM

Tom? Are you there?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:32 AM

Have we started yet? Is this thing on???
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Suzanne Whang · 12:32 AM

Yes. Vanessa claims you two had sex. Discuss.
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Tom Bergeron · 12:32 AM

It's like Fantasy Football. I wasn't there but Vanessa has me on her team
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Suzanne Whang · 12:33 AM

And Nancy Lee Grahn?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:33 AM

★ Spotlighted from Dylan Brody

Type louder, Tom!

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Tom Bergeron · 12:33 AM

OKAY DYLAN!!!
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Tom Bergeron · 12:33 AM

Well, Nancy and I were very drunk....(jk)
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Tom Bergeron · 12:34 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

who is in the new cast of DWTS? who is gonna steal the show this season?

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Tom Bergeron · 12:34 AM

Google the names, Vanessa. I'll get writer's cramp
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Suzanne Whang · 12:34 AM

And what was it like when you danced on DWTS? Would you ever do it again?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:35 AM

★ Spotlighted from Mano Dogs

Hi Tawkers! Hi Tom Bergeron! You are cool.

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Tom Bergeron · 12:35 AM

Thank you, Mano. Yes I am.
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Suzanne Whang · 12:35 AM

Yes, he is.
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Suzanne Whang · 12:35 AM

Did you see my Q above?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:37 AM

I might dance on the show again. During the final season (which my dancing would insure)
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Suzanne Whang · 12:37 AM

Yay!!!! Let's discuss this photo: http://haverhillfever.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/1694.jpg
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Tom Bergeron · 12:38 AM

I was doing Seacrest's radio show and his staff was telling him "Tom's more fit than you, Ryan." I flexed. They snapped the picture.
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Suzanne Whang · 12:38 AM

No wonder Vanessa had imaginary sex with you.
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Suzanne Whang · 12:38 AM

Do you work out every day?
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Suzanne Whang · 12:38 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jay Nickerson

Tom, the photo is very small but it looks an awful lot like you're holding Shatner's bobble head. True?

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Tom Bergeron · 12:39 AM

I work out 5-6 days a week. Or month. I forget which.
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Suzanne Whang · 12:39 AM

I had no idea you were so ripped.
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Suzanne Whang · 12:39 AM

Jay (my fiance') is talking about your Tawkers profile pic...
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Tom Bergeron · 12:39 AM

Suits don't show much muscle tone
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Tom Bergeron · 12:40 AM

Oh, that's MY bobble head, although Bill and I did exchange bobble heads over dinner
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Suzanne Whang · 12:40 AM

So you're actually friend with Shatner?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:40 AM

★ Spotlighted from Nancy Lee Kelly

GREAT PHOTO ,,,NO KIDDING,,, ONE THING ARE WE SUPPOSE TO HEAR THIS OR JUST TYPE/

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Suzanne Whang · 12:40 AM

Nancy, just type
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Tom Bergeron · 12:41 AM

You can hear my typing, Nancy
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Tom Bergeron · 12:41 AM

★ Spotlighted from Heather Kelly

Really loved "Supper Club." What was your experience?

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Suzanne Whang · 12:41 AM

Be vewwy vewwy quiet and you can hear it
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Suzanne Whang · 12:41 AM

How did you first meet Shatner?
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Suzanne Whang · 12:42 AM

★ Spotlighted from Sherry Lawler

I want to work out with Tom!

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Tom Bergeron · 12:42 AM

Supper Club was a good idea that rapidly became too repetitious. 13 episodes was about right.
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Tom Bergeron · 12:42 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

Tom, why does Nancy scream at me?

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Suzanne Whang · 12:43 AM

Bunny, shhhhhhhh
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Tom Bergeron · 12:43 AM

She's jealous of our imaginary relationship, Vanessa
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Suzanne Whang · 12:43 AM

Were you a Trekkie before you met Shatner? (I'm not giving up on this)
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Tom Bergeron · 12:45 AM

Yes, Suzanne, loved the original Star Trek. That we're friends today is a real bonus from my career.
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Tom Bergeron · 12:45 AM

★ Spotlighted from Dylan Gadino

Tom, do you ever have twisted fantasies while hosting DWTS-- like in the middle of someone's performance just taking out the dancing couple?

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Tom Bergeron · 12:46 AM

Never homicidal DWTS fantasies, Dylan, but I'll plead guilty to some others
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Suzanne Whang · 12:46 AM

Ha! What are some other highlights from your personal life that have only happened because of your career success?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:47 AM

Becoming friends with Carl Reiner (who was a guest on my Boson talk show)
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Suzanne Whang · 12:47 AM

Boson = Boston. Which is where we met, over 20 years ago
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Tom Bergeron · 12:47 AM

Exactly!
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Suzanne Whang · 12:47 AM

CARL REINER!!! Come ON!!!!
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Suzanne Whang · 12:47 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

Tom when do you feel the happiest or the most peaceful and content?

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Tom Bergeron · 12:48 AM

When you're tweeting about our fantasy relationship, Vanessa
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Tom Bergeron · 12:48 AM

★ Spotlighted from Blake Ian

Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks eating kosher deli and watching Jeopardy on Seinfeld's web show was the best thing I saw all year.

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Suzanne Whang · 12:49 AM

I met Tom when he hosted the show "People Are Talking" in Boston and I was in an improv comedy troupe called The Angry Tuxedos. And the rest is blisstory.
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Tom Bergeron · 12:49 AM

Comedians in the Car Getting Coffee is a remarkable web series. Some fascinating (and funny) chats
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Suzanne Whang · 12:50 AM

I'd love to see you on Between Two Ferns (funnyordie.com) So you've been married to the same woman forever. To what do you attribute the longevity of your relationship?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:50 AM

★ Spotlighted from Dylan Brody

Tom, if your career were to take you exactly where you wanted, what would you be doing in five years?

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Tom Bergeron · 12:50 AM

Fishing
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Tom Bergeron · 12:51 AM

Honestly, Dylan, I think in 5 years I'll be ready to pass the hosting baton
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Tom Bergeron · 12:51 AM

★ Spotlighted from mark despotakis

Tom, you say that the most fun you had in TV was doing fX Breakfast Time. What's your favorite memory from that show? (aside from working with Suzanne)

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Tom Bergeron · 12:53 AM

The entire run of BT was my favorite. A favorite FOX After Breakfast moment was the late David Frost interviewing Bob the Puppet about his imminent firing. Frost and Bob (Al Rosenberg) were hilarious!
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Tom Bergeron · 12:53 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

Who makes you laugh out loud more than other comedian PRESENTLY?

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Tom Bergeron · 12:53 AM

Vladimir Putin
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Suzanne Whang · 12:54 AM

Yes! Is Al Rosenberg on this Tawk? We love you, Al!
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Suzanne Whang · 12:54 AM

Bwahahahahahaha
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Suzanne Whang · 12:54 AM

Most people don't know that you were a mime
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Suzanne Whang · 12:54 AM

What drew you to learn an art form that makes most people cringe?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:54 AM

I WAS a mime. Here's an example: " ."
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Suzanne Whang · 12:55 AM

Have you seen Billy the Mime??
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Tom Bergeron · 12:55 AM

Mimes never recovered from Shields and Yarnell.
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Suzanne Whang · 12:55 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxevX0sexrs
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Suzanne Whang · 12:56 AM

Billy the Mime is the exception
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Suzanne Whang · 12:57 AM

Don't watch it now, Tom. To what do you attribute the longevity of your marriage to Lois?
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Tom Bergeron · 12:57 AM

Not getting divorced
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Tom Bergeron · 12:57 AM

Plus, we genuinely enjoy each other's company
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Suzanne Whang · 12:57 AM

I love her
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Suzanne Whang · 12:57 AM

I have imaginary sex with her
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Tom Bergeron · 12:58 AM

Me too!
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Tom Bergeron · 12:58 AM

I was responding to your "I love her" comment!
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Suzanne Whang · 12:58 AM

That was hilarious
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Suzanne Whang · 12:59 AM

Did you have fun acting in "Castle"?
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Suzanne Whang · 12:59 AM

And is there more acting in your future, after hosting and before fishing?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:00 AM

Castle was great fun. Nathan, Stana & the gang were wonderful and welcoming, although Nathan kept trying to crack me up during my morgue scene!
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Suzanne Whang · 1:00 AM

What a douchecanoe. You're so smart and funny -- other than your book "I'm Hosting As Fast As I Can," have you written anything else? Short stories, novels, plays, screenplays?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:01 AM

Tweets. Mostly I write tweets.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:01 AM

As the busiest workingest guy I know, do you find time to decompress? Do you meditate, hike, do yoga, get massages?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:02 AM

Meditate daily. Work out regularly. Got a massage today!
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Suzanne Whang · 1:02 AM

What kind of meditation?
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Suzanne Whang · 1:03 AM

TM?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:03 AM

I think it's just you and me Suzanne. We can do this on the phone. :)
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Tom Bergeron · 1:03 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

Playboy Magazine or Online Comic book series "Superputin" in the bathroom?

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Suzanne Whang · 1:03 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

OMG - How have I survived my entire life without the word douchecanoe?

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Tom Bergeron · 1:03 AM

Who, in this Age of the iPad, needs a magazine??
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Suzanne Whang · 1:04 AM

Tom, did you just hit on me?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:05 AM

★ Spotlighted from Blake Ian

TOM - Do you practice TM?? Harry Martinian is in the audience, he is my teacher and one of the premiere teachers in NY. He learned from the Maharishi in 1968.

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Suzanne Whang · 1:05 AM

We want to know if you practice TM. I went to a documentary screening about David Lynch's journey with TM
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Tom Bergeron · 1:05 AM

Yes, I've been TMing for over 30 years
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Suzanne Whang · 1:06 AM

Did you try other forms of meditation before that, or was that the beginning of your journey?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:06 AM

In truth, I think TM is a brand of meditation. It's what I do, but other forms are just as good.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:07 AM

So you have a mantra that you repeat to yourself silently?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:07 AM

Focusing on one's breath, a phrase, a flame, whatever. It's all about being in the present moment.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:07 AM

And what's more important than that?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:07 AM

Yes, I have a mantra. And no, I won't tell you what it is.
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Tom Bergeron · 1:08 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

@Manodogs did you just ask me out?

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Suzanne Whang · 1:08 AM

Or you'd have to kill us all
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Tom Bergeron · 1:08 AM

Is someone moving in on me, Vanessa?
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Suzanne Whang · 1:08 AM

Yes, Tom. There's a long line.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:09 AM

What qualities do you find sexy in a woman?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:10 AM

There's quite a few. A sense of humor (and sarcasm) are biggies. And if they look hot, that's good.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:11 AM

So.... Vanessa.
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Tom Bergeron · 1:11 AM

She definitely fits the bill!
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Suzanne Whang · 1:12 AM

Vanessa is obsessed with Dexter. What shows do you watch on TV?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:12 AM

Dexter. The Newsroom. Longmire. Episodes. That's a few.
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Tom Bergeron · 1:12 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

Tom Will you whisper "Stay in the present moment to me" on your Ipad

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Tom Bergeron · 1:13 AM

Of course, Vanessa.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:13 AM

★ Spotlighted from William Shatner

Hey! You stopped chatting on Twitter so I came here.

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Suzanne Whang · 1:13 AM

Welcome, William!
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Tom Bergeron · 1:13 AM

Bill, such a stalker!
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Suzanne Whang · 1:13 AM

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:15 AM

This is like having a chat with narcoleptics
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Tom Bergeron · 1:15 AM

A sudden burst of chatter followed by ZZZzzz
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Suzanne Whang · 1:15 AM

Tom, who's your team? Patriots? I've been a Redskins fan since birth.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:16 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

William Shatner. You are the MAN.

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Tom Bergeron · 1:16 AM

I'm a bit of a fair weather fan but it's the Boston teams for sure. Red Sox, Pats, Celtics
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Suzanne Whang · 1:17 AM

Who's Bill's team?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:17 AM

★ Spotlighted from Sherry Lawler

Tom, I'd like to know your favorite vacation spot.

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Suzanne Whang · 1:17 AM

For those of you who aren't on Twitter, all you need to know is that I'm getting married next month and William Shatner is going to be my maid of honor, in drag.
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Tom Bergeron · 1:17 AM

Portsmouth, NH
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Suzanne Whang · 1:17 AM

And what's your favorite travel spot outside of the U.S.?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:18 AM

Just got back from Sydney, Australia. Loved it. But I'm still trying to wipe that image of a cross-dressing Shatner out of my brain!!
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Tom Bergeron · 1:18 AM

★ Spotlighted from Suzanne Silva

I'm so late to this Tawk! Arrrgh! Did I miss anything good!

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Suzanne Whang · 1:19 AM

Use your mantra. Have you ever been an answer in the New York Times crossword puzzle?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:19 AM

I think I have, actually.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:19 AM

Was there a particular moment in your career when you felt like you had achieved "success"?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:20 AM

Yes. When William Shatner invited me to ride horses with him.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:20 AM

Are you an accomplished equestrian?
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Suzanne Whang · 1:20 AM

★ Spotlighted from Jordan Birnbaum

does "Shatner in drag" include make-up?

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Suzanne Whang · 1:21 AM

Jordan, I'm not sure. But he's wearing a dress, hat, and Manolos for sure.
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Tom Bergeron · 1:21 AM

An accomplished equestrian? No. And I had the saddle sores to prove it!
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Suzanne Whang · 1:22 AM

Everybody follow @WilliamShatner on Twitter. And @Tom_Bergeron and @VanessaMarcilG and @suzannewhang
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Tom Bergeron · 1:22 AM

★ Spotlighted from Vanessa Dexter

Tom, YOUR IN A CHAIR IN THE SKY!!!!

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Tom Bergeron · 1:23 AM

Huh, Vanessa?
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Suzanne Whang · 1:23 AM

It's a Louis CK reference
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Tom Bergeron · 1:23 AM

Ahhhh
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Suzanne Whang · 1:23 AM

When people complain about air travel these days, he wants people to remember to be grateful because it's a miracle that "YOU'RE SITTING IN A CHAIR.... IN THE SKY!!!!!"
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Tom Bergeron · 1:24 AM

I've got about 5 more minutes for this Adventure in Sentence Fragments
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Suzanne Whang · 1:24 AM

Me too. Any final questions, Tawkers?
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Suzanne Whang · 1:25 AM

What's the last book you read and the last movie you saw in the theater?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:26 AM

Reading "Francona" about Terry Francona's Red Sox years. Last movie I saw was "The Way Way Back."
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Suzanne Whang · 1:26 AM

★ Spotlighted from Suzanne Silva

Suzanne, we know why u love Vanessa so much...can you tell us why u love Tom? (Besides the obvious, i.e., spill secrets! Lol)

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Suzanne Whang · 1:26 AM

I fell in love with Sam Rockwell in The Way Way Back.
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Tom Bergeron · 1:27 AM

Okay, Suzanne, spill secrets and then we'll call it a night!
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Suzanne Whang · 1:27 AM

@Suzanne Silva, other than the fact that he's so smart and funny, he's the most authentic, down-to-earth, generous, kind, fiercely loyal friend you could ever ask for. And he's great in bed. Wait... what?
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Tom Bergeron · 1:28 AM

And....scene!!
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Suzanne Whang · 1:28 AM

Thanks for tawking to us, Tom!
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Tom Bergeron · 1:28 AM

G'night all. Love ya' Suzanne! (you too, Vanessa!)
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Tom Bergeron · 1:29 AM

Okay....you too, Bill.
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Suzanne Whang · 1:29 AM

Love you all! Goodnight, everybody!