Elton John is coming over to your house. What do you do? Obviously, have a BBQ and ask him to christen your piano.
Believe it or not, that’s exactly what actor Eric McCormack did years ago when he had Sir Elton and his husband, David Furnish, over. In the clip below from a June 2014 episode of Conan, the Will & Grace star explains that he and Furnish went to high school together. One day, Furnish phones McCormack to tell him he’s in town, and they should have dinner. McCormack’s wife is in the background while he’s on the phone and tell him to invite Furnish to the house for dinner, thinking Furnish was by himself. When he agrees, Furnish tells McCormack he and Elton will be by Sunday for dinner.
“What do we do? What do we do?” McCormack recalls asking his wife on what to prepare for the couple. She said, “Uh…BBQ?” Conan O’Brien then jokingly interjects, “You know how Elton loves BBQ!”
Cut to the dinner. McCormack said he had a few glasses of wine and a new piano in his home. The wine gave him the gumption to say, “Elton, after dinner, you’re going to have to christen the piano.” Elton then got up from the dinner table and walked into the next room and sat at the piano. He asked McCormack, “What would you like me to play?” McCormack wanted to impress Sir Elton with a deep cut from his catalog to prove he was a fan. He requested “I’ve Seen That Movie Too” from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
John’s response? “Oh, f— off! I don’t remember that song!”
Of course, McCormack and John had a classic interaction on-screen, too. The music icon famously made a guest appearance on Will & Grace in December 2002. In the episode, Will doubts the “Gay Mafia” is after Jack, believing it doesn’t exist. A chance encounter in a restaurant with Sir Elton makes Will realize that maybe he’s very, very wrong.
