I still have the green sweater, Richie said.

One of these days, long down the road somewhere, theres gonna be a Lionel Richie Museum.

Either that, or my sons gonna sell it.

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Kimmel demonstrated that Richies albums often had a crazy centerfold photo inside.

The cover for 1983sCant Slow Down,for instance, shows Richie chilling outMiami Vice-style.

But the inside fold-out features an ecstatic Richie jumping on a pole, for no discernible reason.

Of course that was the last shot of the shoot, Richie said.

I remember that so well.

A guy gave me this pole and said, Just jump up on the pole.

I didnt think it was gonna read well for my career.

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