"Um.....thank you for your performance. Were you going to say something just now? No? Well......um, like we said, Simon called in sick. You just performed for us, and you stood in line a long time for this audition.....didn't you? And now here you are standing before us... Oh, we already covered that? Well, um, you performed, and ....I guess we usually say something or do something now, but see, there's this writer's strike going on.... I'm just not sure what's next. So....what's that--were you going to say something just now? Oh, you weren't? Um............."