[Deafening cheers and applause drown out Eddie.Abruptly, an agitated Steve Martin emerges from the audience and joins Eddie. The crowd goes wild.]Steve Martin: Hold it! Hold it just a minute!No, wait! I’m sorry! Wait! [cheers and applause continues as Steve Martin tries to get a grip on himself – Eddie looks on blankly – the rest of the cast is standing in the background as the crowd in Studio 8H goes nuts] Hold it just a second! I’m sorry![Steve puts a hand on Eddie’s shoulder as the noisesubsides] You know, I’m sitting at home, watching the show, they say there’s gonna be no host! I’m sitting home alone. I say, “What’s goin’ on here? No host?!” And I’m sittin’ home alone?! … [applause] I mean, Eddie — you’re takin’ money out o’ MY pocket!… I’m a professional host! I mean, you got a lot o’guys! [counts on his fingers] You got Letterman, yougot Carson, you got me, you got Buck Henry! We’re sittin’ home alone?! … I mean, I got mouths to feed! I got thirteen illegitimate kids across the country. … [applause] I called three girls up tonight. None of ’em’d go out with me! You know why?[sobs] ‘Cuz I hadn’t hosted in two years! … I’m sittin’ home alone! There’s no host! Nobody calls me![suddenly angry] This is the kind of thing that really irritates me! I’ll tell ya something–! And if you feel OFFENDED — and your cast and your producer feel OFFENDED — that I’ve come out here like this– Well,EXCUUUUUSE ME!