OK, Bluesky. I am convinced that at some point during my early childhood I saw Billy Joel sing "I Love You Just the Way You Are" to Erma Bombeck on a TV special. I don't know who the host would have been; either one is equally plausible. Or maybe it was someone else's show and they were both guests?

John Denver did sing it to her.

John Denver and the Ladies seems to be the special.

Watching now. This is somehow even more insane than I thought it was.