NOW YOU HAVE JOINED US TODAY ON A VERY, VERY SPECIAL DAY HERE AT

THE "LATE, LATE SHOW."

IT'S JANUARY 29th, 2020.

WHICH MEANS IT'S BEEN EXACTLY ONE YEAR SINCE STEVE AND I MADE

A LITTLE BET TO SEE IF HE COULD GO ONE YEAR WITHOUT SHAVING.

AND TO OUR SHOCK AND HORROR, (LAUGHTER)

, HE DID IT.

LET'S' TAKE A LOOK AT STEVE'S JOURNEY.

>> MOWCH HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD I HAVE TO GIVE YOU FOR YOU TO NOT

SHAVE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

>> QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY I THINK.

>> James: ROUGHLY.

>> I WILL DO IT FOR TEN GRAND.

>> James: WILL YOU DO IT FOR $10,000.

$10,000.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

♪ I WILL REMEMBER YOU.

(LAUGHTER) WILL YOU REMEMBER ME.

♪ DON'T LET YOUR LIFE PASS YOU BY.

>> James: I DON'T MEAN ANY DISRESPECT BUT YOUR BEARD LOOKS

LIKE IT WAS ABANDONED UNDER A BRIDGE.

(LAUGHTER).

>> James: WE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT HERE AT THE SHOW SOME

SORT OF MEASURE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE YOUR BEARD EVERY MONDAY.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) NOW THIS IS A SURPRISE FOR STEVE

BECAUSE WE TOLD HIM WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO THIS IN THE

SHOW.

AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP HIS BEARD FOR THREE MORE WEEKS.

WHICH AS YOU CAN IMAGINE DID NOT GO DOWN WELL, BUT STEVE, THIS IS

IT.

IT IS CRUNCH TIME, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

>> ALMOST KIND OF BITTER SWEET.

HE IS LIKE MY BUDDY NOW.

>> James: WELL LOOK, THE QUESTION IS THIS, ARE YOU READY

TO LOSE THE BEARD?

[BLEEP] .

>> [BLEEP] YEAH!

>> James: ALL RIGHT, GET OVER HERE, STEVE, COME ON OVER HERE.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) COME ON, COME ON.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> James: KM ON, LOSE THE SHADES, I OKAY.

SIT YOURSELF DOWN, STEVE.

HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

WOW.

[BLEEP] THIS IS IT, DUDE, IT'S HAPPENING.

I KIND OF FEEL EMOTIONAL MYSELF.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE LOSING THE FIFTH MEMBER OF THE BAND.

>> WE KIND OF ARE.

>> James: ALL RIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANY, DI DI I WILL GIVE YOU

A MICROPHONE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS FOR THE BEARD?

>> WELL, IT'S BEEN NICE GOING TO THE PARK TOGETHER, SHOPPING.

>> James: DON'T MILK IT STEVE, IT'S TIME TO BREAK UP.

>> James: IT'S TIME TO BREAK UP, OKAY, HERE WE GO.

BAND, CAN I HAVE SOME SORT OF JAM.

OKAY, READY, LEAN BACK.

CHEES PLAWS.

>> James: OH YEAH.

OH, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS, WHEN WE COME BACK WE'RE

GOING TO SEE STEVE'S FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A YEAR.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.