Steve from Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight join jimmy and his guests jesse eisenberg, Blake Griffin, musical guest gracie adams and featuring the legendary roots crew and now heres your host, Jimmy Fallon Jimmy wow. Oh, my goodness. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Hey, everybody, welcome to the show thank you for watching im jimmy fallon they are the roots right there [ applause ] thank you for tuning in. Its been a pretty crazy day with the storm hitting the east coast. Extreme winds and thousands of power outages. So everyone out there, stay safe and were thinking about you guys all right. Lets get to some news and jokes. Well, guys, everybody is talking about this last night hbo aired jonathan swanns interview with President Trump and lets just say, it was so bad it made his coronavirus briefings look good the interview was such a a disaster, at one point fema showed up and wrapped trump in a foil blanket [ light laughter ] you could tell things werent going well because midway through trump asked if he could talk to Chris Wallace instead. Incidentally, i took the test, too, when i heard that you passed it. Yeah, how did you do . Well, its not the hardest test no. The picture the last and its an elephant. Jimmy well, elephant, it didnt really look like an elephant [ light laughter ] if you dont know jonathan swan, hes an australian reporter. Which is fun because we got to see a trump interview go down the drain in the opposite direction. [ laughter ] trump did so poorly the only hbo interview hell do now is elmos late night talk show. [ light laughter ] thats right the interview was on hbo, which is why beforehand they showed this graphic adult content, child language, brief stupidity. [ light laughter ] the interview started off with swan asking trump about his response to the coronavirus. Lets see how that went. When they hear you say everythings under control, dont worry about Wearing Masks right now, i think its under control. How a thousand americans are dying a day. Theyre dying, thats true. And you it is what it is. [ light laughter ] jimmy it is what it is youre the president of the United States. Youre not paulie walnuts delivering bad news to tony soprano sorry, t. Things got a little messy. It is what it is, capisce . [ laughter ] at funerals while everyone says my condolences, trumps like, it is what it is. [ laughter ] where are the refreshments . That reminds me of the moment after the attack on pearl harbor, when fdr said, what are you going to do . Yeah, move over, maga, we got a new hat on the market. There it is. It is what it is. [ laughter ] from there things escalated when swan directly confronted trump on the countrys covid statistics and trump responded by pulling out a bunch of charts watch this United States is lowest in numerous categories. Were lower than the world lower than the world . Were lower than in what in what . Take a look right here look here is the United States. You have to go by the cases. You take the number of cases look, were last meaning were first. Last . Take a look again, its cases. Jimmy trump looks like every dad looking at ikea instructions this one, hold on, this was the wait. You put the flugendorf in the flugen no im holding the flugen, how can i put it in there . [ light laughter ] eventually trump just tossed 500 pages into the air and when they landed, he was gone can we see one of trumps charts again swan was like, sir, thats just the alignment page from your printer. [ laughter ] okay so his response to the coronavirus questions wasnt trumps finest moment. Lets see if he can bounce back heres swan asking about civil rights icon john lewis how do you think history will remember john lewis i dont know. I really dont know. I dont know i dont know john lewis. He chose not to come to my inauguration [ light laughter ] jimmy he can hold a grudge, huh . You know trumps probably keeping stimulus checks from all the kids who didnt show up to his 5th birthday party. [ light laughter ] trumps upset john lewis didnt come to his inauguration, he was like, i hoped hed be there. I even held 2 million seats open for him. If all that wasnt bad enough, for the second time in two weeks, trump was asked for his thoughts on Jeffrey Epsteins former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell and once again he said this shes now in jail uhhuh. Yeah, i wish her well id wish you well. Id wish a lot of people well. Good luck. Let them prove somebody was guilty her boyfriend died in jail and people are still trying to figure out, how did it happen. Was it suicide was he killed . And i do wish her well im not looking for anything bad for her. Jimmy man, for a guy who owned a bunch of casinos you think hed know when to stop doubling down. Stop wishing her well. Shes an accused sex trafficker, not a kid going off to college for the first time. Hes so nice to Ghislaine Maxwell, which can only mean she went to his inauguration [ laughter ] yeah, a lot of people are calling trumps interview a train wreck. And get this, apparently hbo had to delete some of the best moments for time but we managed to get our hands on the footage check this out how do you think history the dalai lama didnt come either neither did mother teresa. Shes very mean. Very nasty, very nasty to me she was. [ beep ] i dont know anything about john lewis for me for me, it goes, person, woman, man, camera, tv, and then way down the list maybe john lewis well see. [ beep ] the criticism of you that is most prominent is about the communication. Its the Public Health experts saying that it needs to be based in reality jimmy look, it is based on reality. What people dont realize is america might have a lot of americans with covid, but we have very few british people with covid unlike, by the way, british land no one talks about that. You wont report that. [ beep ] well, no, look, look at these look at these look at these charts here. Very impressive. Four colors. I walked right into kinkos, i saw this chart on the wall, i said, boom, thats the chart. Then the kinkos guy started with all this, sir, thats just a sample chart to demonstrate our printing. So there may be some problems with kinkos but were looking into were looking into staples were looking into office max. A lot of people are calling them stinkos, by the way. [ beep ] people people are dying thats right it is, as they say, what it is i love that saying it is what it is or as they say in french people say, hakuna matata. [ beep ] america excuse me america is far lower than the world. Lower than world . Jimmy thats right when other countries look at us, they think, america, lower than the world [ beep ] you know, we have some of the best doctors around. Great doctors. Some even women doctors. I call them nurses [ beep ] the other day a reporter asked you about Ghislaine Maxwell. You said, quote, i just wish her well, frankly. Jimmy i do, i do wish her well i wish a lot of people well. I actually sent her something at the, you know, at the jail. It was a bear, or as we call it, a buildabear and when you squeeze its hand it says, shh. Snitches get stitches. [ beep ] excuse me. Excuse me. What what even is axios when i said id do this, i thought i was going to be interviewed by a cologne by neiman marcus. Axios by jimmy choo. [ beep ] sometimes i can put my ill put my hands out like this sometimes ill give you two palms. Sometimes i go in, out, in, out, in, out sir, the question was how will you ensure hospitals dont reach capacity [ beep ] jimmy well, no, look at these. These are the latest numbers, jonathan maybe you have more up to date numbers. Youre australian. I know australia is, what, one day ahead or is it two days ahead . I havent been to europe in a long time. [ beep ] who are you with again Axios Hollywood . Why didnt they send mario lopez . I love mario lopez everyone loves mario lopez [ beep ] jimmy interesting interview. Yeah, it was a rough night for trump. Unfortunately, things didnt get much better for him today. During a bill signing, he was talking about National Parks and he had a little trouble reading the word yosemite. Watch this we want every american child to have access to pristine outdoor spaces when they gaze upon yosemite [ laughter ] yosemites towering sequoias [ laughter ] jimmy americas full of beauty from yosemites national park, to the mighty misspiipii river. [ laughter ] to the Appalachian Mountains to to new yorks viagra falls. [ light laughter ] all right. Lets get to some other news listen to this i saw that kraft is replacin on its iconic blue macaroni and cheese box look at this yeah for breakfast. Yeah im excited about it because now i can finally stop melting kraft singles on my cheerios [ light laughter ] meanwhile, velveeta is like, who knew wed be the classy brand . Mac and cheese for breakfast in a related story the ceo of kraft must be going through a divorce. And finally, this isnt good at a museum in italy a tourist snapped three toes off a 19th century statue while posing for a photo. Heres the moment where it happened oh, yeah when the Security Guard saw three toes on the floor, he was like, okay, which three statues are missing their penises . [ laughter ] afterwards the tourist was like, it is what it is. We have a great show for you tonight. Hes got a new audible original called when you finish saving the world. Jesse eisenberg is here. Applaus] plus, hes out with a new podcast called the pursuit of healthiness. Blake griffin is here. [ applause ] and weve got great music from one of my new faves, Gracie Abrams. [ applause ] guys, its time for tonight show hashtags here we go Hashtag Hashtags jimmy hey, we do this thing every week where i send out a hashtag and i ask you guys to respond to that topic. And this week i thought it would be fun to try add a word, ruin a tv show for example, i sent out a tweet that said, the last chicken dance. Thats my goto, man [ light laughter ] they dont do that at weddings anymore. Tariq oh, the chicken dance. Jimmy yeah tariq yeah, sure, they do. Jimmy no [ laughter ] tariq nah. Jimmy i dont get invited to weddings anymore. So maybe they do do you think they do tariq i know they do [ laughter ] jimmy no no, they do the other one, like move to the left tariq oh, yeah, the chacha slide. Jimmy yeah, they do that instead of chicken dance. Tariq oh, they do it in addition [ laughter ] jimmy you know what, ooshi [ laughter ] within minutes it became a a trending topic in the u. S. So thank you for playing along we love playing this with the twitter and all that stuff so thank you guys so much for doing this its fun we do it every week. So now i thought id share some of my favorite add a word ruin a tv show responses from you guys this first ones from amandathinks13. She says, love handles island. [ laughter ] finally, a realistic dating show this ones from ilovegiraffes she says, daniel tiger king. Oh [ laughter ] thats unfortunate this ones from limea she says, crop top chef. [ laughter ] cant handle the heat, put on a crop top this ones from misscoachk. She says, the babysitters fight club. Oh, yeah first rule of fight club, no jumping on the bed this ones from rebeccakilcline she says Mitsubishi Outlander. Is that a real thing could be could be sounds like a mitsubishi car tariq yeah, theres a car that they make called the outlander. Yeah, subaru. Jimmy oh, there is yeah, subaru. Tariq wait, subaru outlander . Subaru outlander, aint it . Tariq i mean, i you would know no, kirk would know tariq no, youre a soccer dad. No, kirk has a subaru [ laughter ] jimmy hey, guys, guys, guys, lets take a lets settle this at the peoples court. Tariq all right, all right jimmy lets call judge judy on this one, man Mitsubishi Outlander subaru outlander sounds about right tariq yeah jimmy mitsubishi should think about maybe owning it. Yeah, whatever this one is from lakeitis he says, whose cocaine line is it anyway . [ laughter ] that shows only that shows only ten minutes long. [ laughter ] oh, this last one here is from jrodcasell, he says, picard, any card. [ laughter ] ah there you have it. Those are our tonight show hashtags to check out more of our favorites go to tonightshow. Com hashtags its interesting saying this without usually im yelling it over the band tariq i know jimmy so i dont even know what im saying. Tariq just yell it, anyway jimmy okay to check out more of our favorites go to tonightshow. Com hashtags well be right back with more of the tonight show, everybody. Thats better. Tmobile and sprint have merged. Now tmobile has thousands more locations across the country. More towers and more coverage than ever before. Tmobile is americas largest 5g network. With more 5g coverage than verizon and at t combined. Experience it now with our best deal ever. Unlimited for 25 dollars a line for four lines with 5g access included. Its time to join tmobile. 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Discover at your local xfinity store today. Jimmy well, welcome back, everybody. As you guys know, were always striving to get better here at the tonight show. Harde better faster stronger which is why we asked viewers at home to send in any suggestions they have just to get some feedback about what you guys think of the show. Things youd like to see us do that kind of stuff so tonight lets look inside the audience suggestion box. Look into the box suggestion box jimmy oh, here we go, yall. This first one here is from hugh funk. Says, hey, jimmy, youre a pretty good guitar player. Oh, thank you. But do you play any other instruments . Actually, i play a little kazoo. But i i dont want to do it tariq come on, man do it. Jimmy theres other things to do. Do it, do it. Jimmy theres other things to do in the show. Well, i can just i havent played in a while. Here we go one, two, three. [ light laughter ] apologize. Like i said, i havent played in a while let me try one more time [ laughter ] uh, let me try one more time is that okay no edits, right . Cool tariq yeah, youre a little rusty. Jimmy yeah, need a little practice need a little practice all right. Lets get another sugg from the sugg box here we go this is from Brian Mcginnis. Hey, jimmy, i want to propose to my girlfriend in a creative way and she loves your show. Can you say, jeana, will you marry brian . yeah, absolutely jeana, will you marry brian . Hope that helps. Good luck, buddy lets get to another suggestion oh, its another one from Brian Mcginnis hey, jimmy, brian again so, jeana didnt accept my wedding proposal because [ laughter ] she thinks you kind of halfassed the delivery and now she broke up with me can you just say, i hope the mets have a goods season . because thats all i have to look forward to in my life. So sorry to hear that, brian id love to wish the mets a good season but im a yankees fan, so no can do. [ laughter ] this ones from shanice larson oh wonder if thats shanice from i like you know i like your smile i like your smile i like your smile tariq that was a good song jimmy that was a good jam. Youd think that the kazoo would sound like it did earlier. [ laughter ] but it didnt. Tariq back to normal jimmy nope [ light laughter ] interesting. This one, shes like, hey, jimmy, ive been watching that new netflix show, floor is lava. Me, too. I love it. I was wondering, is your studio floor lava . I dont think so right . Tariq of course not. I mean, watch. Oh hot. Hot. Ahh im melting [ laughter ] jimmy oh, hot. Oh, hot. Oh ho oh hot oh hot bab im melting melting this ones from roseanne kipp. Hey, jimmy, i havent checked out hbo max yet and i was wondering if its worth signing up for any thoughts . Well, a lot of people really love it, but if youre looking for something simpler, hbo Just Launched a second new streaming app. Its called hbo min. Here, check this out from the makers of hbo max, hbo is proud to announce hbo min. A new streaming platform with just one show. The sopranos ayys and ohs only edition. Ooh ayy ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ayy oh. Ooh hbo min still 16 bucks a month jimmy yeah, id sign up for that i love that. All right. Lets get another suggestion here this one is from nicole king hey, jimmy, have you heard of liam neeson balloons . You should try one on your show actually i have heard of liam neeson balloons theyre the big hit now during quarantine every kid is posting tiktoks of it and everything. We have one right here do you wanna we can try it if you want. Gosh i havent tried this before. Liam neeson balloon. If youre looking for ransom, i can tell you i dont have money, but what i do have are a very particular set of skills jimmy thats pretty cool [ light laughter ] all right. Were down to our last suggestion here. This last ones from john sinclair. Hey jimmy, i love shock top beer and this is kind of weird but i think the shock top logo kind of looks like you. Can you do a side by you of you and the shock top logo . I dont know if i really look like the logo, but i can try and see. Can we see the shock top logo . Weird. It does look a little like me. Let me try something here. Hold on. [ laughter ] yeah i kind of see it now all right. Thats all the time we have for audience suggestion box. Stick around well be right back with jesse eisenberg, everyone. Boost mobiles new upgraded network has a stronger signal and faster speeds. Its not just fast its super fast. We like it. But how can we say its more than super fast . Boost mobiles upgraded network its eeeeeyooouuuuuuuu fast curious how do you spell eeeeeyouuuuuuuuu . . . Get boost mobiles shrink it plan, and watch your bill shrink to 35 month after just 6 ontime payments. Plus get a free Samsung Galaxy a11 when you switch, all on our new, upgraded network. 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Com here is jesse eisenberg. Jesse [ applause ] hello hello. Jimmy oh, thank you so much in my seat. Jimmy for coming on i really appreciate this thank you so much for having me on my computer. Jimmy yeah you did something that ive dreamt of doing my whole life except you did it during a a pandemic you took an rv trip. Id love to know about this. Yes, yes. I mean, it was out of necessity, not like any kind of, you know, dream or whim. It was like we were, like, stuck in los angeles when, you know, the world shut down and we had to get back to indiana where we lived and so, yeah, we rented an rv so we can kind of, like, quarantine safely and also move jimmy and you obviously, you took the baby with you yeah. Jimmy did he like it was he like, whats going on well, hes three, hes almost four. I just asked him today, do you remember when we spent that amazing week in the camper van he said, no. I showed him a picture jimmy hes like, no. Put on paw patrol. Enough i said this was, like, the best week of your life i showed him pictures. I said, you said this was the best thing in your life. He said, i dont remember that i dont remember it at all jimmy ive had that conversation before, too yeah im wondering, do we have to do anything nice for our children before theyre seven . Theyre not going to remember. Jimmy no, sevens the age. Thats when they start remembering, yeah. Really . So i might just hold off jimmy they dont care. They dont care at all no, nothing. Until seven. Ill just buy myself from now on jimmy were you nervous to drive that giant rv . Yeah. I mean, i was a little nervous its a bit of a learning curve with the rv. And then, if youre kind of like an idiot like me, you know, you feel cocky way premature like, way too prematurely. So like, you know after, like, 20 minutes once i didnt get into an accident, i started, you know, changing lanes without signaling. Yeah, exactly. Jimmy onehander yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, like the idiot 7yearold boy who, like, is on a bicycle for 20 seconds and comes back with a split lip because he decided to pop a wheelie. Jimmy yeah, with no hands. Exactly jimmy did you get to meet the communities . Because thats what im obsessed about, too, like, the rv world its a culture. Its a whole culture jimmy its fantastic and the interesting thing is the rv culture does not end at like the rv park now, like, when i see an rv in town, like where i live, you know, i kind of give the guy a a nod. And he gives me a nod. And then we usually discuss hitches. You know [ laughter ] its like a whole and like, everybody has the same gripes. Like, why cant the forester just carry something bigger . Like, everybody has the same very specific gripes that sound absurd if you dont know the culture. Jimmy yeah, ive done a tiny little rv trip. You know, ten minutes away from my house just to see if i would like it in a campground. And i did. I loved it i did it twice and i just want to be close enough to home you rented an rv for a tenminute drive jimmy yeah i didnt even actually drive it there. My friend drove it there and parked it and then i went and stayed there well, that is a definite dry run. Jimmy yeah, i want to make sure, you know, if i went out, i got out, you know. Good test, you feel jimmy i loved it i loved the people everyone was so nice to me they were offering me things it felt so neighborly. And it was just something kind of beautiful about it. It was a very interesting thing. I thought id be like, i dont want to see people i was the opposite i was like, hey, ill share this with you. I think its because we no longer we feel like so infantilized in our normal lives like in new york city, you know because you dont, like, fix anything and then here because youre in charge of everything, you feel, like, confident enough to talk to people. Like, you know, the way early man used to talk to people because youre not, like, infantilized by, you know, Mass Technology jimmy yeah did you did you get to see the country and take pictures and all that stuff yeah. I mean, it was totally surreal in the sense that, like, so, you know, i mean its probably already a surreal experience because youre kind of like on the open road, or whatever thats supposed to be. But during a pandemic it was truly, like, empty like, we went to the grand canyon which was open and we were the only ones there like, we went to these amazing towns, you know, lawrence, kansas, st. Louis, albuquerque, and no one was there we would park, like, we would park on the grounds of, like, a museum and we would, like, walk around. And it was like i was in big or honey i shrank the i dont know, whatever movie that conjures that nice experience. Jimmy this is a dream for me thats unbelievable. That is unbelievable that you did that i love that you did that youre going to have to wait for another pandemic jimmy you didnt freak out because we talked about this, youre open about dealing with anxiety. Did you have anxiety at all during do you have it now during the pandemic . No, no, ive been anxiety free since whenever the pandemic struck. Any time theres a real crisis in the world, im like kind of an American Hero 364 days of the year, american coward crisis, American Hero. Jimmy yeah no, because im im in a a panic that something terrible is going to happen i mean i think theres been generations of me, you know, in my lineage that are in a panic waiting for the bad thing to happen and so it makes us look really out of step with society and worried. But when something actually happens, were the only one thats ready for it. You know what i mean jimmy thats true. I carry a flare in my back pocket just in case. It looks weird most of the time but then, you know, if your car gets jimmy a flare. If you blow a tire. [ light laughter ] jimmy hey, can we talk about the audible original i love that people are doing this now this is the one thing i think is kind of a little bit cool thing thats coming out of this awful situation that were in, is everyones getting very creative and seeing what they can do to just give people content and help people. And any second of normalcy, it just feels good for people you did this audible, almost like an audible movie kind of called when you finish saving the world. You wrote it you star in it how would you describe this . Yeah, its essentially like a kind of its like a novel told from the three characters perspective but its all audio so its like it would be structured like a book and it takes place over the course of 30 years i play a new father and then you jump 15 years into the future in 2032 and finn wolfhard, the actor, plays my son at 15 and then you jump back 30 years to 2002 and kaitlyn dever, the actress, plays my wife before we met and so its like this kind of a story of a family over the course of 30 years all centered in this town in bloomington, indiana. Jimmy i love that. I cannot wait to listen to this this is fantastic. Thank you so much jimmy youre already going to make a film version about this is that true yeah. So, yeah, i adapted like a a small part of it and wrote a a movie that im going to direct with Julianne Moore and then this wonderful company, a24, is coming on to produce it so were about to leave for manitoba where there is, you know, very little virus. Jimmy i love a24, by the way. Any time i see that logo come up i go, oh, this movies going to be cool i know. I was i know im having trouble, like, just because of my own pessimism picturing the thing that im worried im going to make coming after the logo that i have a lot of confidence in. Jimmy well, im looking forward to that and im looking forward to listening to your audible original its always good to see you. Stay safe. Thank you jimmy yeah, wait another four years then do another rv trip thanks, ill see you on the road we can give each other a a knowing nod. Jimmy my thanks to jesse eisenberg. See, i dont even have the nod down i know. Jimmy when you finish saving the world is out now on audible. Com. Well be right back with Blake Griffin. Stick around, everybody. Adventure. To reconnect and be together. And once we did that, we realized his greatest adventure is just beginning. avo male welcome to the most adventurous outback ever. The allnew 2020 subaru outback. 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Jimmy my next guest is a a sixtime nba allstar who plays for the detroit pistons. His new podcast, the pursuit of healthiness with Blake Griffin, is available now on audible here is Blake Griffin. Blake, welcome to the show thank you for doing this thank you jimmy i appreciate this. We have a lot to talk about. Nba is back, but its not really, but it is. Where were you, and what how close were you to being in the bubble or im not sure. So like, early talks i thought maybe we were all going to go back but it ended up being just a certain amount of teams. So were kind of on the outside watching which is unfortunate, but its kind of nice to have this time and this structure, and its nice to be able to, you know, sit and watch basketball now jimmy when was the last time you had that in your life i think the last time i was in one place for this amount of time was probably like, middle school, before i really started getting into basketball. Jimmy wow. And you have friends and former teammates in the nba bubble. Have you what have you heard about the experience i talked to one of my friends after the first night of games i was like, how was it, you know, with no fans . He was like, its kind of weird. They play the crowd noise but you know the crowds not there you see screens everywhere. He was like, its kind of like playing a basketball game inside a episode of black mirror. so, i think thats the best way ive heard it described so far jimmy wow, i mean it is bizarre to watch im so happy that theyre back and so happy theyre taking it serious, you know, so cause millions of people are watching but with the season shut down, you, personally, you made a donation to the arena workers in detroit i thought that was a really cool thing so im happy to have you on just to say thank you for doing that that was really that was just a nice thing to do. What made you i appreciate it jimmy think to do that actually a couple other guys had done it. Kevin love had done it giannis had done it for milwaukee. For us, those people are at the arena before we get there every day. Theyre there when were leaving after the game theyre working long hours theyre making sure that the arena is safe, and running, and Everybody Knows where theyre supposed to be and keeping us safe so, if youre not taking care of those people because, unfortunately, those are sometimes the people that are getting hurt the most in this whole situation. So, just felt like it was important to take care of them jimmy yeah i thought that was i thought that was awesome that you did that last time you were on the show, we talked about standup and doing standup and all that stuff. And someone videoed you at a a club and put it on youtube and said, like, Blake Griffin does standup actually funny. I thought that was great that they and it was great but i guess people assume because you are a pro athlete theres no way you can also be good at standup. Do you feel that way yeah. I think people people theyre always like, oh, youre funny for an athlete. So, you know, you take the compliment, i guess, but you know, i hope someday to shed that for the athlete part and just be just be funny. But ill take whatever i can get at this point. Jimmy is there any comedians that might be good at basketball that we dont know of good at basketball for a comedian is like what i always say, just to get back at people who say the athlete funny thing. Jimmy yeah, exactly. I guess the best comedian basketball player i probably ever played with is adam sandler hes like a scrappy little guard, like, pass first. Hes got like a little bit of, like, swagger to his game and, he loves the game of basketball you can tell just by the way he plays. So, i probably have to give the nod to him jimmy oh, i love that. Sand man is the best i love that. Thats so fun. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy did you used to play those pickup games at Garry Shandlings house . I never played, no. But, i heard about them. I played with him like some of my friends would play in like a saturday, just pickup game random pickup game every saturday so a couple times i saw him up there and played with him. He was on my team one time so we just kind of we had some fun. Hes really good jimmy yeah, hes the coolest. Maybe you could have him as a guest on the podcast cause its a good segue. The pursuit of healthiness. Yes jimmy all ten episodes are out today on audible did you ever think you would do a podcast . I didnt. I didnt i was always kind of like, i had a couple offers to do some sports stuff, or maybe some sports comedy crossover stuff. And i just was always like, you know, theres so many podcasts like, everybody has one. I dont really have a lot to say, but also been very interested in health and wellness my whole life you know, my mom was very, very healthy. We were the kids where, like, you came over to spend the night, and the next morning you had to eat, like, the healthy cereals. And, like, we had, like, our vitamins out so nobody wanted to spend the night [ light laughter ] and then from there i was, you know, i was jimmy your vitamins out. Yeah, it was a mess but i was a health and exercise science major in college even in the nba ive always had a big interest in health, and wellness and all the things that come along with it. So i decided, at the very least, this is really cool chance for me to talk to, like, some leading people in the health and wellness industry and have great conversations that i wouldnt have otherwise so happy that its finally here jimmy yeah, you had great guests michael b. Jordan is on it karlie kloss i know you had Andy Puddicombe from headspace im interested in every Single Person chelsea handler, you have on there. Is there anything you learned that you go, like, i didnt really know about that or honestly, yeah. I mean, every episode, i think we try to focus on, you know, each person sort of has their own individual vertical within the health and wellness space, and the reason we did that is because, you know, a lot of times you hear about these things but you dont understand the intricacies of them and you know, chelsea with her cannabis line and michael b. Jordan, you know, having just an unbelievable workout regimen, getting ready for movies, all the way down to Andy Puddicombe. You know, he was a monk. And then he was in the circus and then he started doing the headspace stuff, the meditation stuff. So just learning about all that and about these people, you know, was a lot of fun for me. Jimmy how did it feel to be on the other side of the interview, to being the interviewer . It was interesting. I tried to sort of do my own research at first. I really found, like, just the more casual conversation you have, like, the better the interview turns out. So i sort of, you know, i tried to make sure i did my research and i knew everything going into it, but i really tried to relax and just, you know, have that casual conversation so hopefully it gets better as the season goes on jimmy no, its fantastic actually, it already renewed for a second season, so congrats thank you thank you. Appreciate it. Jimmy dude, always good to see you. Thank you so much for coming on our show the pursuavlable now on audible well be right back with a a performance from gracie abr john tysons motto was, when better chickens are hatched, we will hatch them. Its why all of the tyson chicken that bears his name is raised with no antibiotics ever. Every nugget, strip and drumstick. Keep it real. Keep it tyson. Go go go go go go go on a real vacation. Visit go rving. Com or your nearest rv dealer. 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