[ cheers and applause ] announcer from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in new york, its late night with seth meyers. Tonight Seth Macfarlane, music from sheryl crow, featuring the 8g band with Allison Miller. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. Seth good evening, im seth meyers, this is late night. How is everybody doing tonight . [ cheers and applause ] great to hear. In that case, lets get to the news. President trump tweeted this morning, quote, for all of those daca that are concerned about your status during the six month period, you have nothing to worry about, no action. Incidentally, no action was part of donald and melanias marriage contract. [ laughter ] ill sign the prenup and then you sign this. Thats right President Trump says that people covered by the Daca Immigration Program should not be concerned about their status during the 6 month period that congress has to replace it. Donald, theyre worried about what happens after that. [ laughter ] thats like a doctor telling a pregnant teen she has nothing to worry about for six months. [ laughter ] and then after that, everything changes. [ laughter ] President Trump held a press Conference Today with the emir of kuwait. And journalists were all provided with translators so they could understand what trump was saying. [ laughter ] President Trump called for a simplification of the tax system yesterday and promised that under his plan, 95 of americans will be able to file their tax returns on a single page. Wow thats only one more page than trump used. [ laughter and applause ] the white house is reportedly advocating for an oil embargo on north korea to be included in new United Nations sanctions against the country. Just to show you what that country what that could do to their country, heres a picture of what happened the last time there was an oil shortage in the u. S. [ laughter ] [ applause ] it was so nice of them to come in today and take that picture. [ laughter ] california lawmakers will be naming part of a los angeles freeway after former president obama. Because it rolls along smoothly for eight miles and then you drive off a cliff. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] Kim Kardashian and kanye west have announced theyre expecting their third baby. And this time theyre going to name the baby something normal. [ light laughter ] thats the name, something normal west. [ laughter and applause ] frozen food, a company, amys, has announced it will open a nationwide chain of vegetarian fast food restaurants which is strange because america already has a fast food chain that doesnt serve meat. [ laughter ] [ audience ews ] did you guys all come straight from there . [ laughter ] might as well get a little taco bell and head over to seth meyers. [ laughter ] mmm. I cant wait to hear this next joke. Aw. [ laughter ] and finally after a decline in sales, toy maker lego has announced it will cut 1400 jobs. Also cut by lego, 1400 feet. [ laughter and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we got a great show for you tonight. [ cheers and applause ] hes the creator and star of a brand new show on fox, the orville, Seth Macfarlane is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] yeah, its great to have you hear. And music from the fantastic, one of my favorites, sheryl crow is here, everybody so [ cheers and applause ] youre here on a wonderful night. Before we get to all that, President Trump is facing a series of crises, both natural and of his own making, from hurricanes to immigration reform. At every turn he continues to remind us he is just fundamentally unfit for the job of president. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth in times of crisis, people want the to hear gravity and reassurance from their president. Instead, we have a president who cant seem to strike the right tone when a new hurricane is on its way. Like when he tweeted yesterday, hurricane looks like largest ever recorded in the atlantic. [ light laughter ] hey, man, this is a serious an deadly threat. Save your exclamation points for when the mcrib comes back. [ laughter ] trump is clearly not suited for the president ial path of reassuring a worried nation. Just yesterday he had the opportunity to talk about the governments preparations for Hurricane Irma before a meeting with congressional leaders and this was all he could muster. Theres a new and seems to be record breaking hurricane heading right toward florida and puerto rico and other places, well see what happens. Well know in a very short period of time. But it looks like it could be something that will be not good. Believe me not good. [ laughter ] seth not good. You sound like a grandparent who just walked out of a transformers movie . [ laughter ] whatd you think grandpa . Not good. [ laughter ] how does a car that tall turn into a 30foot robot . [ light laughter ] wheres all the extra metal coming from . [ laughter ] makes no sense. [ light laughter ] but while he prepares to deal with Hurricane Irma, trump is also dealing with a political storm of his own making, his decision to end daca. The Obama Era Program that allows undocumented immigrants brought here as children to remain in the country. Even republicans, like House Speaker paul ryan had urged trump not to terminate daca so that congress could come up with a solution instead. And ryan made that clear last week. I actually dont think you should do that. And i believe that this is something that congress has to fix. These are kids who know no other country, who were were brought here by their parents and dont know another home. And so i really do believe that there needs to be a legislative solution. Seth there you go. Couldnt be clearer. Paul ryan did not want trump to end daca. Its not like ryan would ever change his mind as soon as trump chose to end daca, right . President trump was right in his decision. [ laughter ] he made the right call. Seth paul ryan flips so much, he should be at sea world. [ laughter and applause ] so now ryan and the rest of the gop leadership, which had previously urged trump to hold off on ending daca, have once again traded in their dignity and changed their minds to line up behind trump. And instead of rewarding them for their loyalty, just hours later, trump threw all of them under the bus out of nowhere by saying he might change his mind on daca, tweeting congress now has six months to legalize daca. If they cant, i will revisit this issue. So basically it went, dont rescind daca. Im rescinding daca. Well, in that case, we support your decision. I dont care what you do, just fix daca. [ laughter ] trumps pottery barn rule is, if i break if, paul ryan buys it. [ laughter and applause ] trump right now right now, trump is siding with democrats and undercutting his own party. Hes like a hurricane, except he doesnt follow any path. [ laughter ] oh, hurricane trump, hes heading for the democrats. And whoa hold on, hes changing course look out [ laughter ] so naturally everyones confused as to what it was that trump actually wanted. Reporters asked him yesterday if he was already regretting his decision to end daca. But hes insisted he was not. No second thoughts. Seth of course. Of course he doesnt have second thoughts. He doesnt have first thoughts. [ laughter and applause ] you cant you cant have a sequel to a movie that was never made. [ laughter ] i cant wait for wizard finger 2. [ laughter ] i didnt get it. Oh, im sorry, grandpa. [ laughter ] and then earlier today, trump issued a tweet that seemed to assure the dreamers they would be safe for the next six months, writing, for all those daca that are concerned about your status during the six month period, you have nothing to worry about, no action. And it turned out that tweet came via Nancy Pelosis suggestion after donald trump called her. Well, you know im not famous for going into details of conversations with president s. We di talk about some other issues but but because he then put out and i was reporting to my colleagues, i said, this is i asked the president to do and the tweet appeared so that looks good. Seth so [ laughter ] Democratic House leader nancy pelosi got donald trump to call her and the suggested he tweet something that he then tweeted. That is some serious jedi [ bleep ], nancy pelosi. [ laughter and applause ] bravo. These are not the immigrants that youre looking for. Now its important to understand that despite his tweet, Trumps Administration is already in the process of winding down daca. They arent accepting any new applications or recipients whos protections expire by march, need to make sure they reapply by october. So trumps tweet is confusing. Which is not surprising because trump often lacks a basic grasp of the details when it comes to policy. Just take tax reform as an example. Yesterday he flew to north dakota to talk about cutting government red tape. See if you can make sense of anything hes saying here. North dakota is an inspiring example of the Amazing Things that are possible when we unleash the genius of american innovators. Unite the red tape and ill tell you and we have to unite everything, and all that red tape becomes beautiful when you get rid of it. But and were getting rid of it are we getting rid of a lot of red tape, by the way . [ laughter ] seth he sounds like a regional theater actor who blanked on his lines. [ laughter ] to be or not to be because i mean [ laughter ] how can you be [ laughter ] if youre not being. Am i line . But somehow [ laughter and applause ] somehow trumps speech managed to get even worse when he decided to call his daughter and white house advisor ivanka to the stage in this cringeworthy moment. Come up, honey. Bring ivanka up, come on. [ cheers and applause ] sometimes theyll say, you know, he cant be that bad a guy, look at ivanka. Now, come on up, honey. Shes so good, she wanted to make the trip. She said, dad, can i go with you . She actually said, daddy, can i go with you . I like that. Daddy, can i go with you . I said, yes, you can. Seth oh, what was that . Bring your daughter to jerk day . [ laughter ] usually when you hear daddy and honey that many times you have to clear your browser history. [ laughter ] now trumps scattered grass of policy in the free wheeling nature of the white house may be why ne chief of staff, john kelly has tried to impose order. The New York Times reported last week that kelly has regimented the flow of paper, people and information inundating trump. The president for his part has marveled at the instillation of Management Controls that would have been considered routine in any other white house. With trump telling a senior aid, i now have time to think. And here is our best guess of what trump thinks about when he has the time. Ivanka. Ivanka. Wall. China. Wall. Ivanka. Golf. Wall. China. Lgbtq. [ laughter and applause ] seth but clearly clearly there are some close to trump who dont appreciate the new regime. Although their analogies dont always quite hold up. A politico a reporter for politico tweeted this week that a former white house official just described general kelly as the mrs. Doubtfire of the white house. General doubtfire because hes gentrified everything. Did you see mrs. Doubtfire . [ laughter ] this is not about gentrification. Its a sad story of a woman with face blindness who cant recognize her own husband in a wig. [ laughter and applause ] [ laughter ] you let them know we took down doubtfire. [ laughter ] we went after trump and got a little bit of doubtfire. Trumps inability understand daca is only making the situation worse. If he doesnt want to end the program, then the answer is simple, just dont do it. Instead hes needlessly throwing the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people into chaos. Thats whats the word for that. Not good. [ laughter ] seth this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with more late night, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] liz assumed she could trust her dating site. Liz assumed all dressings were made equal. Assume nothing. Just like the leading brands, these kraft dressings are made with high Quality Ingredients, at a price you can feel good about. No wonder kraft is so good. 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Only the Platinum Card gives you more reasons to go anywhere and everywhere. Earn rewards like never before with 5 times points on flights, from American Express. Because theres always more world, theres platinum. Backed by the service and security of American Express. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back everybody. Its really important, in these times more than ever, to remember that there are two sides to every news story. To make sure you get to see important issues from all sides, weve invited two of our writers who have very different points of view. We will examine their opinions in a segment we call, point counterpoint. [ cheers and applause ] seth im joined by amber and ally. Thank you so much for being here. Lets begin with our first topic, ending daca. Trump wants to end obamas daca policy, which would threaten to deport roughly 780,000 Young Dreamer immigrants trying to establish themselves here in the u. S. Is this going too far . Ally. Of course it is. Many of these Young Dreamers only know america as home. English is their first language and theyre in school for a career here in the states. We would essentially be deporting them to a foreign country. This heartless move is just pandering to the racism of trumps farright base. Seth pandering. Amber . When you say pandering, it makes me think about a panda giving me a ring. [ laughter ] how cute would it be if a panda proposed to you . A little bitty panda talk about, ill take care of you for the rest of our lives. [ light laughter ] i would say, i do. No, wait, i would say, bamboo. Seth thats great. Next topic, north korea. Trump is taking a hard stance against north korea Testing Nuclear weapons and doesnt think diplomacy is the answer. Is this dangerous, ally . Hes literally threatening to start a nuclear war over twitter. Not to mention hes dragging our allies like china and south korea in his tweets too. This isnt Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinsons relationship. This is nuclear war. The military needs to take away his twitter. Everybodys fed up. Seth you have a point. Amber . Everybodys fed up . That makes me think of that song, everybody, everybody. Its my favorite karaoke song because the only word you need to be able to sing it is everybody. Everybody everybody everybody everybody okay, see, that came out of nowhere . It came out of jock jams 2. A rare case of the sequel being better than the original. [ laughter ] jock jams 2 is magnificent. You can download it now and dance all night. Seth, what shes saying is completely off topic. Seth its called point counterpoint. You get to make a point, she gets to make a counterpoint. She can say whatever she wants. In this debate there can be no limits. No limit was also on jock jams 2. No no no no no no no no no no no no theres no limit [ laughter and applause ] seth next topic, Hurricane Harvey. President trumps response to Hurricane Harvey has now included two visits to texas and a promised personal donation of 1 million for recovery. Is that enough . Ally . First of all, his visit to texas were dog and pony shows where he and flotus paraded around their new hat merchandise and he complimented himself on his crowd size. And as for 1 million, he promised obama 5 million during Hurricane Sandy if he showed him his birth certificate. Heres a tip for trump, stop politicizing disasters. Thats a great tip, amber . [ cheers and applause ] i never know how much to tip. But i always know how much to tap. The answer is, all the time. Tippity tap tap tap tap dancers make me so happy. You hear all these taps, but they look like theyre not doing anything, like [ drumroll ] [ laughter ] we are trying to address important issues. Why cant you take this seriously . Someones got a little grump in their rump and they need to toot it out. Toot. [ laughter ] can we get to the next topic please . Seth sure. Artificial intelligence. Elon musk predicts that artificially intelligent robots pose a threat to humanitys very existence. Should we still pursue this technology . Ally . Are you kidding, now we have to talk about robots killing us . Talking robots . Oh my god, i want to talk to a robot so bad. I think i can make a robot my best friend. How do you only see the positive in all of this . I have to be upbeat. If im angry, i get arrested. [ laughter and applause ] yeah, its funny because its true. So, i mean, so what do you do . Well, whenever i feel down, i listen to jock jams. I like to move it move it i like to move it move it i like to move it move it you like to move it i like to move it move it i like to move it move it i like to move it move it take it ally. 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His latest album, in full swing is available september 15th. And his new series the orville premieres sunday night on fox. Please welcome back to the show, Seth Macfarlane, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] seth so good to see you. You almost said oscar winning. Seth i almost said oscar winning and i realized, oh, no wait a minute, thats impossible. Seth its impossible. But you know how i know its impossible . Yeah. Seth oscar winning actors would never come on this show. [ laughter ] we can get oscar nominees, were fine there. Yeah. Seth so before we move on to your new show and some other stuff i want to ask you about, i want to talk about donald trump because in 2011 i hosted the white house correspondence ceremony. I told some jokes about him yes. Seth but that year, you actually emceed people forget this happened very like soon before. You did the Comedy Central roast of donald trump. Thats right. Seth when you emceed it. And he actually seemed to be a pretty good sport. Certainly a better sport there than he was a few months later. What was your memory of that night . I you know, the strange thing was, i i have the same like hes hes taken all this. The only thing i think we werent allowed to joke about was the bankruptcy. Seth yeah. Bankruptcies. Everything else was kind of on the table. That was the one thing he was sensitive about. And seth i guess thats the one that goes the farthest against what he presents himself as. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Seth yeah. But i just remember thinking, man, this guy is really freaking boring. [ laughter ] seth yeah. Like in your interactions with him . Yeah. Seth yeah. Its like this guys just really dull and its its its, you know, i meet businessmen at that level that ive met in the past, its kind of the same reaction. Its like theyre just they just seem like dull guys. Seth yeah. And dull guys and unfortunately, yeah. Seth dull guys dont make for great roast cause they actually, they finished. They closed the night. Yeah. I mean, every joke that that we told, you know, its like, hey, donald trump i dont know what the hell the joke was, when he has sex he closes his eyes and imagines himself jerking off. [ laughter ] and i look over and that joke and every i look over and trumps face is like [ laughter ] its like kind of like, all right, ill give him that one. Seth yeah. So so not the same guy that he seems to be now. Seth no, hes hes turned hes evolved . [ laughter ] so yeah. Seth congratulations, family guys sixteenth season yeah. Seth thats amazing. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. Seth and, you know, its everywhere yep, yep, yep. Seth the show is everywhere, multiple countries and which is nice and easy when you have an animated show cause you just have people rerecord right. Seth in their language. But are there jokes that you make that do not translate into other languages. I there there have to be. Seth yeah. There have to be. The show has weird titles elsewhere. I was told that in korea the show is called, the shocking family. Seth oh, well. [ laughter ] thats thats the title of the show. Seth i like that they were worried that people would see it as like guidance if they didnt call it that. Yeah, exactly seth like this is a regular family. Yeah, so i dont know. I dont know. And that kind of gives everything away up front. Seth do you ever get to hear like do they run by, hey, heres the voice of the person in korea whos going to do the characters. You know, they they they dont. Seth yeah. They dont. And i i dont you know, like every once in a while ill catch a clip of like family guy or ted in german and its like peter, but hes like, halo, its Morgen Burton ist. Ja [ laughter ] and its like, that wow that i dont know whats going on, i dont know how the show is perceived there. Seth do you do when you hear it, do you have an appreciation where you say, thats a pretty good german peter. Im so im just glad somebody else is worrying about it. Seth yeah, thats i liked. Yeah. Micromanaging, that is thats a losers game. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Seth you these characters, these voices, do you just sort of like talk until you find something you like or are they based on people . You know, its they come from different places. I mean, stewie as ive said in the past is based on rex harrison. Hes the character actor from those henry higgins. Peter was based on a Security Guard that i went to you know, worked at my college, at the Rhode Island School of design. Seth does he know this . I think he i they dont know which one and ive never kind of made it clear which one. Theres a very specific guy, but they all theres actually several of them, you know, are like, oh, yeah, thats me hes talking about. [ laughter ] seth and do you think do you think when he says that and people hear it, they go, oh, it is you. Do you think it is it that close to him that they would say if if if yeah, yeah, its possible. Seth yeah. You know what, theyre a lovely bunch of guys, if i can make them all happy believing that theyre all peter seth thats true. Then that makes me happy. Seth and and so obviously you were Rhode Island School of design artist before anything else. Pretty much, right . Yeah, yeah, i was seth and you i was hearing that your first cartoon actually got you in trouble, which sort of certainly trends towards the show called, the shocking family. Yes, yes. Seth what was your early cartoon and your early complaint . Shockingly i i i wanted to work for disney when i was at the in college, if you can believe that. [ laughter ] seth yeah. And then that seth that would have been a whole different that went away. Seth yeah. And seth yeah. And, no, i got a a hate letter from the town priest for doing a [ laughter ] seth can it be a hate letter from a well, i dont know, listen, i was i was doing comics for a local paper, i was 10yearsold, getting a letter from a priest wait a second. [ laughter ] hang on. It just the you know, i was 10. The cartoon was a guy getting communion at church and he says, can i have fries with that . You know . Seth yeah. [ laughter ] i was 10yearsold. Seth 10yearsold, thats such a very yeah. Seth thats a really good, edgy, 10yearold joke. Sure, absolutely. Seth that anybody fourteen or over should not be offended by it. Yeah, no, its fine. Its fine. You might see it in family circus. Seth yeah. But, yeah, the letter said, shame on you for insulting the almighty god and those who love him. Seth wow there yeah, yeah. Seth that sounds like a priest who has been asked a few times, can i have fries with this . Yeah. And from that point on, i knew exactly what i wanted to do with my life. [ light laughter ] seth and when how far, like were you still disney was actually when you were at at college, yeah, yeah. Seth and like when did you realize, oh, this isnt gonna i shouldnt do disney. You know it it it was twofold. I started doing standup. Seth uhhuh. And was getting laughs with a certain type of material and i thought, well that this isnt going to fly there. Seth yeah. And then and then the simpsons obviously reinvented the whole ballgame and seth yeah. Oh, god, you can cartoons are one thing and not just for kids. So it was it was twofold. Seth thats fantastic, youre going to stick around. I want to talk about your new show, the orville. Ill be here. Seth Seth Macfarlane, everybody. More with him right after this. [ cheers and applause ] when i look at you, i look back on my life and i know what it was for. What if i struggled. What if i sacrificed. And what if i swore id succeed. So you could wake up one day with the choice to be anything you wanted. Well then, my great granddaughter. It would all be worth it. R the holidays, we get a gift for mom and dad. And every year, we split it equally. Except for one of us. I write them a poem instead and one for each of you too that ones actually yours. That one. 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What . Just like a little tiny bit. Its just a lot of dead space there. Just yeah just perfect, yeah. Sorry, you were just very weirdly framed. It was all i could focus on. Anyway, what is it you want . You know what i want. Sorry, right. Yeah, sorry im a little distracted lately. I just got out of a rough marriage and its been a difficult time. My wife had an affair. Oh, my god. Are you really bringing this up right now . Im trying to keep him talking so i can buy us some time. Oh, okay. In that case, you know what, youre an objective third party. Are you married . What . [ laughter ] seth welcome back to late night. Were here with Seth Macfarlane. [ cheers and applause ] that was a clip of your new show. Yes. Seth the orville. And it takes place 400 years in the future. Tell us a little bit. It does. It is an hour long scifi comedic drama is the best way to put it. Seth yeah. We kind of straddle a line between comedy and legit sciencefiction. Were kind of trying something new here. And its an hour, and there are theres an actual story and a plot. Yeah. Seth its not, you know, its not just based on your other work, its not a series of jokes that are like followed for the laugh. Yeah. In 30 minutes, we could make it a sitcom, but with an hour, you know again, its this is something that hasnt really been attempted. And we think weve kind of cracked the code. Seth is it an idea youve had for a long time . Yeah, yeah. Look, ive always been obviously a big fan of comedy. I worked in comedy. But i was always a big scifi fan. And had never really written in that genre, and, you know, its always a tough sell to kinda combine these two things. Seth yeah. You know, recently with things like guardians of the galaxy and dead pool, like this, audiences kind of seem a little bit more willing to kind of accept that marriage. And no ones ever really tried it for tv, in an hour long format. So i said what the hell, you know . Fox what do you think . Seth fox owes you nothing but money. [ laughter ] and you know, its a big swing. And well see if it goes. But we feel like weve got something special. Seth so i think, you know, one of an example of something that is both comic, but also character driven that leads to story, is your cocaptain is your exwife. Yes. Seth yeah. Yes. Seth is that something you sort of realized right away you wanted to have be an element of this . Yeah, but its so like you know, the best scifi for me is the stuff that kind of casualizes the world and humanizes it and makes it oddly mundane. A lot of scifi tends to be very operatic and very big. Seth yeah. And yeah, that just seemed like something that was you put captain and his first officers who is his exwife side by side every week, youre never going to youre never going to get too out of the realm of reality. Because youre always going to have that staring you in the face. Seth yeah. And of course, you know, if Adrianne Palicki from friday night lights is brilliant seth fantastic actress. Shes amazing. And i its different, and i think its going to surprise people. But hopefully in a good way. Seth you have some amazing cameos, jeffrey tambor, charlize is in it. And but you brilliant use of the legendary Norm Macdonald. Because, if youre going to have Norm Macdonald on a scifi show, feels like you have a lot of options. Yeah. Seth tell us what you went with and how you got there. He, you know, he plays a gelatinous blob. [ laughter ] named yaphit. Seth yeah. Which looks good on paper, then when you realize you have to do a cgi character every week, it starts to become very expensive. So you maybe write him back a little bit. But hes hilarious. And i called him, i said, norm, you want to be a blob . Seth yeah. [ laughter ] yeah, yeah, yeah, ill be a blob. Sure. [ laugter ] and then, you know, hes one of the funniest guys out there. Seth hes the funniest guy out there, and its really fun. You realize to hear his voice, you are immediately, the blob is norm. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Which is kind of the thing has no face, so it had to be something that seth yeah its just a mouth. All had to come from the voice. Seth and obviously its very hard, very timeintensive to you. It seems like norms got the best job on earth. What is he doing . Like 20 minutes a week . Yeah, yeah, hes set. Hes set. Seth yeah. But its a golden 20 minutes. Seth yeah its a golden 20 minutes. I feel like hes he figured out. So i want to ask about your album, in full swing. So was this exciting to do . Yeah, this was these things are always a blast. This is my other side gig. We recorded this at abby road in london with about a 40, 45 piece orchestra. Seth wow. Joel mcneely who actually does score scoring for orville did all the arrangements. And its you know, its all big band swing tunes with strings. Seth and how long how intensive time wise is that process to do an album with that many musicians . Its because its all kind of you know, we do as much of it live as we can. Youre in there with the musicians like they used to do. Its not the production itself is like three days. You record the whole thing in three days. Seth oh, wow. Because youre there, the bands there, and whats in the room is what winds up in the recording. Seth in the lead up, how hard is it for you to actually select down to what are you 16, 20 songs like around then . Yeah. Seth do you kind of know for years the ones you want to do . You know, i have a long list of things id eventually like to do. For these kinds of records, you cant really, because youre dealing with so many musicians and the time and the cost, you really do have to narrow it down beforehand. So we picked, alright these 15 or 16 and this is whats going to be on the record. No cuts. Seth do you think that janitor ever hears this album and goes, thats my voice . Its possible, yeah. Seth do people, do you know that people resent you, because you can sing and do a lot of other things and like is that right . Seth it feels like you should only be able to do like one or two of them . Man. Seth and then its like you kinda can sing and write and draw and act . Critics are always beating the [ bleep ] out of me. [ laughter ] seth yeah, theyre like theyre kind of like pick your lane, buddy. Grinding the axe. Seth with that said though, you obviously as weve discussed, youve made fun of people, youve made fun of celebrities. It does seem like people end up you end up getting cameos on your show. Have you ever had a situation where youve reached out to somebody to say, hey, youd be perfect for this. And they said, hey, actually im not going to do that, because you did this to me. Thats not that i can think of. Seth gotcha. Thats a very good question. No. Weve had people who have usually what happens is the other thing where well take a shot at somebody and well think that, you know, theyre going to hate us for this. Seth yeah. And then well run into the person or theyll call and say, i love that thing on family guy, can i come in and do the show . Seth oh wow. Then were obligated to, you know. Seth right, exactly. [ laughter ] it was a great moment where Peter Griffin took a shot at cary elwes. Seth uhhuh. What a weird shot to take. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Seth cary elwes, princess bride, fantastic actor. But hes writing kind of a fan letter to cary elwes. Thats full of you know, a couple jazz one day the writers and cary elwes just walks in and read the response that he had written. Seth oh, thats fantastic. Now hes like our friend for life. Seth you have terrible security. I know. [ laughter ] if cary elwes can just walk in to a television production, whats next . Seth well, thats fantastic. 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[ cheers and applause ] i like the sunshine bouncing off your mirror shades well i love that you love loving me cant you see i need a little more of your embrace you start to panic you cant stand still getting a message talk about a buzz kill i i i i want some attention i want to put you face to face i i i dont want competition so put your phone away lets rollerskate ive got your picture swimming round inside my head while all the kids snapping pics so they can click on what they missed i kinda like real life instead well how about a little of that human touch old School Contact would it be asking too much i i i i want some attention i want to put you centre stage i i i dont want competition i want a little face to face i i i i aint in no hurry but baby i dont like to wait i i i i want to be your distraction so put your phone away lets rollerskate i i i i want some attention i want to put you centre stage i i i dont want competition i want a little face to face i i i i aint in no hurry but baby i dont like to wait i i i i want to be your distraction so put your phone away lets rollerskate [ cheers and applause ] seth sheryl crow from the album be myself is out now. Well be right back. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] seth my thanks to Seth Macfarlane. Sheryl crow, everybody Allison Miller and the 8g band. Stay tuned for carson daly, well see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ]