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I thought the clues were pretty good.
What did you think?You know what?
The experience of doing the show, you are so sequestered.
They really take the security part of it really seriously.
Youre in a trailer outside the building.
Then youve got that giant head on when youre rehearsing.
So youre not even aware of stuff like [the clues].
You certainly dont see or hear the other contestants.
That was my experience.
I didnt know what the hell was going on.
It was such a coup to get you.
Whenever I was home, I would watch it, because it was just so crazy.
It the midst of all that bizarreness, they were really going for vocal quality.
Who is the best singer in these strange costumes?
So it was a funny combination.
When I got the call, I just said, absolutely.
What a funny thing.
It did not let me down.
It was just as crazy as I wouldve thought.
Did they give you a choice in costumes?Yes, they did.
I dont have a beautiful vocal instrument.
Strategically, maybe that was a mistake.
But Skelly and I became very close alter egos by the time we were done.
On the first night, I noticed that they had to help you come down the stairs.
Was that because you couldnt see?It was both.
You cant look down.
Youve got a big head on you.
But also, I thought the Skeleton should come out like a bag of bones.
Like he can barely walk, you know?
Then when the music hits, he jumps to it.
I was trying to do that as well, trying to play that all at once.
Apparently, they told me later, there was a teleprompter with lyrics, but who could see that?
I had to know it.
Rappers Delight I knew from way back in the day.
Thats the one they thought I should start with.
I remembered Jet performing it on Letterman, and I liked it.
I liked it then.
Let me have a go at do something a little more contemporary.
Thats one I thought maybe I could pull off.
Theres some speaking in that too, which I took advantage of.
And the style, its rock.
Jenny McCarthy, by the time I got on, already knew it was me.
She figured it out somehow.
Did you ever work with her or know her well?No, I dont think so.
But they were all talking about sidekicks, because that was one of the clues.
They were saying Andy Richter.
Then I said to myself, why not Paul Shaffer?
I was trying to get the mic to say, why not Paul Shaffer?
I didnt get that line in.
Dont ask me why or how she figured it out.
Rappers Delight, I mean, lets face it: Its simply me talking.
In retrospect, it was kind of easy to recognize my voice from that.
I didnt!Well, Im glad to hear it.
The whole thing was so much fun, though.
I didnt even know about them.
There was something on the gravestone about the number of shows we had done on Letterman.
People were tweeting at me, You got the number of shows wrong.
I didnt even know that number was in the set on the gravestone.
So viewers did recognize you.Yes, thats right.
He started tweeting that we got the numbers wrong.
I got a little team too.
But anyone who you tell has to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
So my 20-year-old son, William, who is in college, all his friends were asking him.
He couldnt say anything.
He knows about these nondisclosure agreements.
I know how you walk.
Thats how he recognized me, from my walk.
We were together every day for 33 years, after all.
The Masked Singerairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
