Welcome to the Eric Mettaxas show with your host, Eric Mettaxas.

Hey, folks, I tried to get a big star, and I couldn't get a big star.

And then they said, no, no, no, Eric, we got Paul Anka.

I said, well, come on, not the Paul Anka.

They said, no, no, no, really?

The Paul Anka.

I said, I don't believe it.

I'll believe it when I see him.

And here's the thing.

I see him now.

Welcome, Paul Anka.

Hello there, Eric. It is I. How are you? It is I. See, I'm an English major, and I say it's me, and that's wrong. It's so good to see you. Thank you for coming on here. I want to talk to you about everything. Where do we start? First of all, I'm embarrassed. You're wearing a sweatshirt. I'm embarrassed. I'm not wearing a sweatshirt. What is wrong with me?

Well, you shouldn't be. Listen, if I wasn't in this chair, I'd be pretty much dressed like you when I'm away from my home. I got it all down. The Charvee shirt. I'm trying to guess the tie. It's either Turnbull and ass or Polo. You know what? Let's see. This one is there actually Herod's Men's Shop.

So it's not really a fancy.

It's Herod's, you know, from England.

But listen, I don't know where to begin with you because you've had such an amazing career.

For people, now there are a lot of young folks who might not be familiar with you. And I thought,

boy, they're in for it here. But where do we start? First of all, you were a huge teen idol.

That was a little bit before my time. A gigantic teen idol. How did that happen for you? You're from

Canada. Yeah, born in Canada, raised in Canada. I was in school, wanted to be a journalist.

My father wanted to be a lawyer. Put me in an English class, a class with 40 girls to learn

out of type in shorthand. I hated the shorthand. I got thrown out a shorthand, which was fine.

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