2 00 a. M. On saturday is when your drunk friend gets in the back of a police car because he thought it was an uber, and then barfs on himself. [ laughter ] 2 00 a. M. Is when your friend whos into coke says, im going to get some more coke. [ laughter ] Senate Democrats on friday criticized republicans for making lastminute handwritten changes to the tax reform bills, hours before there was a vote on it. I cant even read this, said trump, about a different thing. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a new poll has found that 48 of roy moores supporters plan to vote for him because hes the best person for the job. Whats the job . Male stripper for Nursing Homes . [ laughter and applause ] [ cheers ] stand back, ladies. Former National Security advisor Michael Flynn on friday pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about contacts with the Russian Ambassador. And if thats what he pleaded to, you know whatever he did was worse. [ laughter ] its like if o. J. Had pleaded guilty to changing lanes without signaling. [ laughter and applause ] according to a former Trump Campaign manager cory lewandowskis upcoming book, White House Communications director hope hicks steamed president trumps suits during the campaign while he was wearing them. [ laughter ] so thats not a tan. Thats a seconddegree burn. [ laughter and applause ] give me a little just a little hot steam here. [ laughter ] a possum broke into a Florida Liquor store recently and was found by an employee on a shelf next to an empty bottle of liquor. Said the possum, i do not recall those events. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i was out with friends, having a perfectly nice night. [ laughter ] and then i woke up here. [ laughter ] a drunk driver in australia recently threatened and yelled at a mcdonalds staff after they told him the 200 mcnuggets he ordered were not available. But, ladies, he is. [ laughter ] a minnesota cat has been banned from a College Library after sneaking in on multiple occasions. So i guess itll never get to the bottom of laser pointers. [ laughter and applause ] very very very reluctant applause for a cat who learned how to read. A brooklynbased brewery has released a beer named after beyonce called beeryonce. [ laughter ] and its selling a lot better than their jzima. [ laughter ] and, finally, this is very exciting. Thanks to new Technology Just developed, we here at late night now have the ability to record the inner voice that is in Donald Trumps head. So here this is a very exciting night. This is the launch of this. For the very first time here is the tiny voice in the back of Donald Trumps head. Hey, donald, its me, the tiny voice in the back of your head. And im here to say all the things you know are true deep down inside. Youre not good at this job, donald. Youre very bad at it. Look at you sitting here awkwardly with your hands in the steeple position. [ light laughter ] theres flags behind you, but youve already forgotten where theyre from. Because you dont listen. You always say youre going to listen, but you dont listen. Oh, youre stupid. [ laughter ] i hope none of the reporters ask you the name of the man sitting next to you. Oh, that would be bad. You would say it in a way that would definitely be racist. [ laughter ] do you think he won the popular vote . I bet he won the popular vote. Oh. [ cheers and applause ] seth you guys are here on a fantastic night joining us tonight, from tbss full frontal with samantha bee, samantha bee is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] so excited. She was here two years ago. So much to talk about since there. From netflixs the crown, matt smith is here, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] fantastic show and a great actor. And we have two music icons with us tonight. Two of my favorites, steve earle and lucinda williams, will perform together for us later in the show tonight so [ cheers and applause ] as i said, excellentnight to be here. Before we get to all of that, one of president trumps closest associates pleaded guilty on friday to lying to the fbi as part of the escalating russia probe, but that didnt stop Senate Republicans from forging ahead with a radical plan to slash taxes on corporations and the wealthy. For more on this its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth as special Counsel Robert Mueller has handed down a series of indictments and gathered more evidence in his russia investigation, one guy seemed especially quiet trumps former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn. The lack of any news about flynn stirred speculation that he might be cooperating with mueller. Suspicion that trump himself seemed to confirm with a cryptic comment during a rambling address to members of the coast guard on thanksgiving. With the air force were ordering a lot of planes, in particular the f35 fighter jet, which is, you know, almost like an invisible fighter. I was asking the air force guys, i said, how good is this plane . They said, well, sir, you cant see it. I said, yeah, but in a fight, you know, a fight. Like i watch on the movies. Fight, theyre fighting. How good is it . They said, well, it wins every time, because the enemy cannot see it. Even if its right next to them, it cant see it. So, i said, the stuff that we have is always a little bit better, too. You know, when we sell to other countries, even if theyre allies, you never know about an ally. An ally can turn, you understand . Youre going to find that out. Seth no, youre going to find that out. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it makes sense trump was talking to the coast guard because he was babbling like a shipwrecked sailor who just got dragged out of the ocean. Thunderstorm, giant squid, invisible airplane. [ laughter ] that speech made so little sense the coast guard threw trump a life preserver. [ laughter ] but it turns out trump was right to be worried about flynn, because on friday he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi, specifically about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador while trump was still president elect. As you might recall, president obama imposed sanctions on russia and expelled their diplomats as punishment for their election meddling. And it seems like flynn and the trump team were essentially trying to get the russians not to retaliate. Which sheds new light on this trump tweet from december after putin announced he would hold off. Great move on delay by v. Putin i always knew he was very smart to which putin responded, um, i have a girlfriend. [ laughter ] also, v. Putin . Its almost like he was trying to maintain plausible deniability by not using his full name. Who . Vladimir putin . Oh, no, i was talking about vince putin from from putin motors movers. [ laughter ] you know the commercial with vince, the furniture is putin your house. [ laughter and applause ] very good. Flynns guilty plea also sheds new light on this exchange trump had with reporters a few months later in february, when he seemed to swing wildly back and forth between saying he didnt tell flynn to contact the russians, and also, that flynn was right to contact the russians. I dont think he did anything wrong. If anything, he did something right. Whhich certainly would have been okay with me if he did it. I would have directed him to do it if i though he wasnt doing it. I didnt direct him, but i would have directed him. [ laughter ] seth trump likes to give this kind of weird twopart answer. Heres one answer and then heres a different answer for when you find out the first answer was a lie. Its like saying, i have a girlfriend who lives in canada, and also, theres nothing wrong with not having a girlfriend. [ laughter ] well, unsurprisingly, trump furiously backpedaled away from flynn on friday, but might have accidentally incriminated himself. As you may recall trump tried to get thenfbi director james comey to shut down his investigation of flynn calling comey into the oval office and telling him, i hope you can let this go. Now, if trump knew at that time that flynn had committed a crime, like, for example, lying to the fbi, and was trying to stop the investigation of that crime, then that could constitute obstruction of justice. So, if youre trump, the one thing you dont want to do is admit that you knew flynn had lied to the fbi when you fired him. The president tweeting this i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Seth man, he is so bad at this. [ laughter ] hes like one of those burglars who leaves his drivers license behind. [ laughter ] except he tweets his drivers license. [ laughter ] so trump is admitting that he fired flynn for lying to the fbi, then tried to get the fbi director to stop investigating flynn for lying to the fbi. Its almost like he wants to get indicted. If trump somehow serves out his full term, i wouldnt be surprised if this was his farewell letter. [ laughter ] in fact [ cheers and applause ] that tweet that tweet was so incriminating that trumps team then tried to downplay it by claiming that the tweet wasnt actually written by trump but by his lawyer john dowd. Dowd told abc news he wrote those words and had done so in a sloppy manner. And he told axios, im out of the tweeting business. [ light laughter ] are you also out of the lawyer business . [ laughter ] because you basically admitted that your client committed a crime. That would be like if Johnny Cochran got up and said, the glove does fit, my clients full of [ bleep ]. [ laughter and applause ] so trumps former former Campaign Chairman and National Security advisor have now been charged as part of an investigation into the president s campaign and ties to russia. And the president himself basically admitted that he tried to obstruct justice. So how did Senate Republicans respond . They decided to overlook all of that and vote in the middle of the night to pass one of trumps biggest legislative priorities a massive tax cut for corporations and the wealthy. Republicans passed the bill at almost 2 00 a. M. On saturday in a frantic late night push, during which they were making handwritten changes to the bill behind closed doors. And democrats like montana senator jon tester complained that they couldnt even read what they were voting on. Its the night were going to be voting on the tax bill. I just got the tax bill 25 minutes ago. This is the tax bill. See how thick it is . [ thud ] this is what it looks like. Oh, no, lets look at the bill. This is what it really looks like. I want you to take a look at this, folks. This is your government at work. Heres the bill as its written. Heres the modifications that are in it. I can read one word, its called add this language. Can you tell me what that word is . [ light laughter ] if you can, you got better eyes than me. Seth and i mean thats insane. Senators should be able to read the bill. The only justification for handwriting that messy is if the bill was so depressing they had a doctor write a prescription for zoloft on it. [ laughter ] and it actually got worse than that, because not only was the bill filled with lastminute, handwritten changes that were impossible to read, some of those changes didnt make it on to the page because of the copier. Page 257, out of the 479. Why did i pick this page . Because they didnt have time to type it. They wrote it out in longhand. Were not even teaching cursive in a lot of schools anymore, but someone on the staff knew it enough to try. The problem is [ laughter ] they wrote it in cursive along the margin here. Its about subchapter S Corporations and how much tax they pay and what they dont pay. I defy anybody to read it, because the problem was, when they copied it, they chopped off lines. So there arent full sentences here. Theyre just kind of like little phrases and words. Seth even the copier didnt have enough time to read the bill. [ laughter ] senator Elizabeth Warren did her best to try to make out what those words said, but didnt have much luck. Adjustments attributable to conversion from s corporatia oh, its been cut off. To corporation. Section 481 is amended by adding at the en i assume they mean end. But again, its all cut off. The following new subsection. Adjustments attributable to conversions for a corporation something c corporation, paren dangerous . That cant be right. Uh ingenious . [ laughter ] seth if its in this bill, its definitely not ingenious. [ laughter ] this is a bill that could affect almost every aspect of American Life and senators are reading it like nic cage finding a secret message written on the back of the constitution. [ laughter and applause ] its a tax cut for corporations. Now the centerpiece of this legislation of course is a giant cut in the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 20 . That cut is permanent. The cuts for middle class tax payers, however, expire after eight years which means that by 2027 people making 40,000 to 50,000 would pay a combined 5. 3 billion more in taxes while the group earning 1 million or more would get a cut of 5. 8 billion. On sunday Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell was asked why republicans just write a bill that guarantees that all middle class people will get a permanent tax cut and said it couldnt be done. Why not in putting this bill together make it make it so that you could say everybody in the middle class will get a tax cut thats permanent . Ha ha. Well, its impossible to do that. Seth what is with that laugh . [ laughter ] it sounds like it got caught in his neck pouch. [ laughter ] huhhuh, huh, huhhuhhuh, haa haa haa. [ laughter ] to help pay for those Corporate Tax cuts, the gop also added a provision that repeals the obamacare insurance mandate, which would lead to 13 million fewer people having Health Insurance by 2027. And on top of everything else, the gop tax bill would increase the federal deficit by nearly 1. 5 trillion over a decade. Now republicans claim, despite the evidence, that the bill would pay for itself, by stimulating economic growth, a myth that has been proven false over and over again. But that hasnt stopped republicans from repeating it. Like louisiana senator john kennedy, who said that if you pass tax reform, then you get an easy chair and a can of beer and sit back and watch this economy roar. If youre trying to say this tax bill will create jobs, maybe dont use the universal symbol for unemployment. [ laughter ] yes, sir, if this bill passes [ applause ] if this bill passes, get ready to live in your moms basement and watch all the afternoon courtroom shows. [ laughter ] of course, when that doesnt happen, republicans will inevitably use the deficits they created as an excuse to cut spending. Specifically safety net programs like social security, medicare and medicaid. Now, the way republicans try to skirt this issue usually is by claiming that they wont cut benefits for anyone whos currently on those programs, but would make changes for future enrollees. And during a debate on thursday, senator Bernie Sanders got one of his gop colleagues, pat toomey, to admit that thats exactly what republicans plan on doing. Do i have your word now that you, as a senator i know you cant speak for everybody that you as a senator, after this bill is passed and i suspect it will be you will not support any cuts to social security, medicare, medicaid. Do i have that word from you . I im not going to support any cuts to people who are on the program and need those benefits. Oh, there it is but i want this program to survive. Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming im going to acknowledge excuse me we reclaiming my time we need this program for the next generation. All right, you just the he just the cat out of the box, or whatever the phrase is. [ laughter ] he just told you hes going to cut social security. Seth thats right. They let the cat out of the box. [ laughter ] although id love to hear someone explain that phrase was wrong to Bernie Sanders. The point is, the jig is over and the chickens are coming home to dance. [ laughter ] reclaiming my time. [ laughter and applause ] but what what bernie what bernie got toomey to admit there is that republicans are coming for social security, medicare and medicaid next, and theyre doing it all so they can pay for tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy with this bill. Republicans have once again made clear who they serve, and its not you. And trump has once again revealed who he really is. If youre someone who voted for trump because thought he was your ally, just remember you never know about an ally. An ally can turn. [ laughter ] seth this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with samantha bee, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] announcer for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. What are you asking santa for . I want a rabbit train whistle blowing hey, thomas. Thats not how you get a rabbit. If you want a rabbit, you ask for a pony and then let them work you back down. Mmhmm. 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Please welcome back to the show our friend samantha bee, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] seth hi, sam hi. [ cheers and applause ] seth so happy youre here. Ooh. What a spicy crowd. Seth it is we were talking backstage. Yeah. Seth you were here the last time you were here, was right before your show is started. Thats right. Yes, two years ago. Seth two years ago. And the other guest that night was an upandcoming politician named Hillary Clinton. Yes. Seth and had you met her before . I had never. That was the first time i ever met her. And my friend alanna totally rushed her in her dressing room and made us take a picture together. And its so blurry because were all too excited. Seth i think thats nice. To have a photo so blurry to show the moment. Its great. Exactly, yeah. Seth how compared to what you thought it would be like and what its been like, how has your show affected you over these last two years . Well, as a citizen, i would say its a similar experience, where i thought it was going on one way, and it became another way. Seth yeah. But its been a very wild ride. Its been really fun, its been invigorating and terrifying, and a lot of different things. Seth well thats good. I certainly enjoy watching it. Another show i really enjoy watching you actually share a studio with last week tonight, with john oliver. I do, yes. Seth and you guys have obviously known each other for a long time. Yeah, we have. Seth you used to work together. Sharing the same physical space, do you ever leave notes for one another . We never really cross paths that much. [ light laughter ] but i did actually i did engrave my i did engrave something in his desk. And i dont know if he knows that. [ laughter ] i took like at night i dont know. I guess i was randomly holding a knife. [ laughter ] and i think under his desk as one does. Under his desk somewhere, it says like, sam bee was here. Seth oh thats great. Yeah. Seth what a fun thing to find one day. I know. Seth and then probably work backwards to the same question of, why does sam have a knife . Its been years. [ laughter ] i know. Seth your show, obviously, very hard on the president. To a point that some people believe theres something shady going on. Theres a bit of a Conspiracy Theory out there about your show. Yes, my dad has a lot of friends, who think that they have conspiracy theories about me. They think that every time i mention Hillary Clinton i get 25. [ laughter ] which i do because were best friends, but im sure you get that, too. I mean, everybody thinks that when you make jokes in the typical comedy sphere, that, like, george soros provides you with seth yeah, its so funny to me that no one thinks you can just come to these conclusions independently, without yeah, no, no, no, no. Seth without cash reward. Its for a 25 per diem. Seth yeah. [ laughter ] Just Cruising along with all that sweet, sweet george soros cash. Seth and last friday you guys were off for a little bit. We were. Seth because obviously friday we had to wait till today. You guys are going to approach it this in two days, on wednesday. I know. You have to do it every day. Im so sorry. Seth no, but i [ laughter ] i mean, like, no, its good. Seth i think there are great difficulties to doing it once a week as well. Yes, there are. I mean you get to cover the news. You get to do it every day. Seth well, i think its so much is im trying to find the right word for it. So much is [ bleep ] out every day that [ laughter ] doing the show every day youre just like were just running around with a bucket. Sure, totally. Seth like youre an actual plumber who like might actually fix the toilet. We get the fire hose in the face of feces as well. Seth yeah. [ light laughter ] l but we get to sit back and kind of analyze for a you know, a couple of days at least. But you know, theres a lot of man things to talk about. Seth yeah. You [ laughter ] not you. Seth no, no, i know. But there are being on team man, its been a i feel like were not a its not a great week, we need to fire our coach and hire a new gm or something. [ laughter ] oh, i know, you do. Seth but what on friday, obviously the plea deal happens. What is the reaction in the full frontal offices . Uh, well okay, theres a moment i guess when it comes to the plea deal, it really is sad what passes for joy. Seth yeah. Because you feel that where youre like, oh its so exciting and then youre like, everything i every smile is joyless. Every piece of laughter is mirthless. Like i remember i woke up friday morning and i listened to the New York Times podcast, and they were really intensely talking about how the tax was like a trillion dollars off. And i loled. I was like, ha ha ha a trillion dollars . [ laughter ] seth yeah. Oh, my god. [ light laughter ] and then it passed. So its really a trillion and a half, dont worry. Seth we listen to the same podcast. I dont know if you found this recently mmhmm. The music is very triggering now. Seth the music is triggering. Its the daily. Its fantastic. I sometimes the news is so bad that i just speed it up. Like i try to listen to it just like talking very fast like, and now it looks like republicans will pass the bill and its going to be 1. 5 trillion. Its going to hurt the middle class. Im like, oh, just get it out. Just get it out. [ laughter ] i dont want to spend a lot of time with it. Right. Seth people always ask me if this is something i always wanted to do. And i feel like to some degree i knew, comedy and stuff. I feel like you knew that you knew that you wanted to do news. Jokes about the news. I did. I have always even when i was a little girl, i did jokes about the news. Seth this is a photo of a show a comedy show you did. Yes, i did. Seth that you recorded it on a tape cassette. When i was six or seven years old. Seth six or seven years old. This makes me so happy that you knew at six or seven that you wanted to record on a tape, a show called news for goofs. Side one. [ laughter and applause ] theres two sides. Seth two sides. Well the problem yeah, cause like if you listen to side two of news for goofs first, thats all the jokes. You miss all setups. Side two is the deep dive. Seth and so do you still have news for goofs . I still have news for goofs. Seth are you worried about like actually putting it into a cassette player . Im very worried about it. I actually dont exactly know how to deal with it. Theres two worries. One is that ill just break the tape and the second worry is that it wont be funny at all. [ light laughter ] seth oh, but i have to imagine like, a sixyearold or a sevenyearold doing news jokes, how can it not be . I was a very shrill seven year old. [ laughter ] seth that is delightful. Youre canadian. You obvously have a lot of canadian friends. I do. Seth do they [ cheers and applause ] are there canadian friends in the audience . Were all going out after. Seth do they kind of rub Justin Trudeau your face . Oh, of course. Have you seen him . Seth yeah, no. I mean, congrats. Yeah, i know. Hes thank you, i accept your congratulations. [ laughter ] seth but like do you also then feel like you maybe like you finally got like this guy out there, and then youre down here with you know who . The contrast is remarkable. Seth yeah. I take a lot of heat from my family. Because they still live there and theyre like, couldnt you have chosen someone like this . And im like, i didnt i didnt choose him. I tried really hard and no one listened to me. Seth yeah. Its fine. Seth i also want to i incorrectly assumed, because your husband jason jones, who was also a really funny correspondent on the daily show. Thank you. Seth i assumed you guys met there, but you met years ago. No, we met doing regional childrens theater. Seth regional childrens theater. As most couples do. [ laughter ] most loving couples. Seth that was before tinder, that was it. [ laughter ] we played costume characters in a liveaction remake of the sailor moon anime cartoon, so [ cheers ] its a very beautiful and sexual love that we share. Seth and were you guys love interests in the show . We were love interests in the show. But we didnt actually like each other when we were playing love interests. It just kindled a deep fire that has weve been together for 20 years now. Seth thats amazing. So its kind of seth yeah. [ cheers and applause ] you can really forge your relationship in the fires of love, when you see each other, like, changing into spandex costumes behind a flat. [ laughter ] seth yeah, for kids. For kids. Seth like also, like, we have to see this for children. For children who hate this show. Its bad. [ light laughter ] seth well because, when i think of who the fans of sailor moon are, i actually dont think of children. Is that wrong . Like i feel like of older people who like anime. Well there are a lot of at the time there were children. Seth okay, gotcha. Who appreciated it. Seth i just know them now as adults. Yeah, no, its different now. Things have changed. Seth well, thank you so much for being here. Its just such a pleasure to see you. Happy to be here. Thank you. Seth and im so happy you got a show on wednesday. Thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] seth such a pleasure to see you. Samantha bee, everybody full frontal. Wednesday nights on tbs. Well be right back with matt smith. [ cheers and applause ] at tmobile, when you holiday together, great things come in twos. Like tmobile and netflix. Right now when you get an unlimited family plan, netflix is included. Ho ho ho tmobile covers your netflix subscription. Best Christmas Gift ever . 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Then why on earth would you do Something Like that to your hair . Whats wrong with it . I thought it was tidier. Sensible. Adjectives to stir the loins. Apparently, its very a la mode. All the regimental wives are wearing their hair like this now. Really . Yes. Its certainly very practical. And should you ever feel compelled to ride a motorcycle, it could always double as a helmet. [ laughter ] seth please welcome to the show, matt smith, everybody [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome hello [ cheers and applause ] seth i am hello. Seth very everything all right . Well seth what happened . Ive eaten like, i just eat so much in this city, and seth oh, yeah. You know, you wear a suit and ive just got a bit fat for it. Seth yeah. And then we have we put, like, cookies in the dressing room and stuff. Oh, man. Seth i hope we werent to blame, as well. No, no, no, absolutely. Youve all been marvelous. Seth okay, thank you. Thank you for having me, seth. Its good to be here. Seth i am a big fan of the show. Im so happy its coming back. I would imagine this was a very exciting role to get, yet you had some family members who were not that excited, when you were first cast. Me grandad wasnt very happy, yeah. He said, bloody hell, youre playing bloody burke, are you . [ light laughter ] hes from nottingham, which that probably doesnt make much sort of sense here. But its in the north of england, or the middle of england, yeah. Seth and he called him a burke . A burke. Seth okay, gotcha. Meaning . Meaning an idiot. Seth okay, gotcha. [ light laughter ] because my granddad thinks that Prince Phillip is an idiot. But hes not hes a very astute, clever, charming, intelligent man, i like to think. But so is my granddad. Hes, you know seth and you you actually met Prince William . I met william and harry, yes. Seth and had had the show been on yet . No. Seth okay, gotcha. I was i was presented to william at the polo. Seth oh, thats the most british thing that anyones ever said on this show. [ laughter ] yes, i know. But i was presented to william seth that was like a hat trick presented, Prince William, the polo. [ light laughter ] yeah, yeah, yeah. And im not really very posh, either. I mean, i talk posh when im nervous seth no, your your grandfather says burke, we know where youre from. Yeah, exactly. [ light laughter ] and the lady next to me said, oh, yeah, hes playing and i thought, dont do it, dont do it, dont do it, dont do it. Hes playing oh, dont do it hes playing Prince Phillip. And i went, oh, christ, shes done it. And all he did was, he went, legend. [ laughter ] seth thats great. Im like, what . And he went, hes a legend. And i went, yeah, he is a legend. Seth oh, thats great. Its very nice to hear that from Prince William. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Seth now this is a an interesting time for the show. Its going to keep going, but you will both you and claire are going to be recast. Weve been moved on. Seth yeah, cause theyre going to get older actors to play them older. Yes, yes, yes. Seth are you it has not been cast yet, right . Is that correct . Well seth so, you maybe know. I maybe know. I mean i dont know if i know. Im not meant to know, but i maybe know. [ light laughter ] seth okay, now, is part of you though oh, is thats who they think im going to look like in ten years . Or if its the person that it could be, i was just totally flattered. Seth oh, great. How marvellous. [ light laughter ] seth oh, thats exciting. cause you this has happened once before. We were talking backstage, one of my favorite movies is in bruges. Yes. Seth you played there was a flashback scene where you played a young ralph fiennes. Yes, yes. Seth which is a fan i mean, that is you cant ask for more than that. And its martin mcdonagh, and its such a great film. And ralph is one of my favorite actors. I just think hes electric, so seth so, is this on the level of is this ralph good, or is this maybe a little lower . Like where are you at here . Well, you know look, i dont want to kind of speculate too much. But yeah, no, hes brilliant. Seth okay, good. Well, im if its the person i think it might be. And hes incredibly handsome as well. Which you know seth all right, good. Well, fingers crossed for you. I really hope. [ light laughter ] i have morphed into someone far better looking than i. Seth i want to ask about this, because obviously when you take on Something Like playing a member of the the royal family, theres going to be intense, sort of, fan attention to it. But you maybe did something that has even more fan attention when you played the eleventh doctor. Yes. Seth on doctor who. When i played harry in in bruges, yes. Seth yeah, exactly. [ light laughter ] so when you got that role to play the doctor, had you did you understand that world you were stepping into . Not really. Nothing nothing can really prepare you for the sort of enormity of that part. And funny enough one of the papers sort of found out and then at the time, i had a brazilian girlfriend. And one of the british newspapers went up to my granddads house, again. Im just bringing my poor granddad into it again. And they knocked on his door and they said, oh, you know, and they actually offered him a huge amount of money, and said, whos his girlfriend . And he said, i dont bloody know, carmen miranda. [ laughter ] who is a famous brazilian singer. Seth yeah. And slammed the door in their face. And i went, yes, gramps. Good lad. [ laughter ] seth but the fans were they great . Like, once you enter that world yes, i mean, at first they hated me. Because david was so popular and they were like, dont break doctor who. And everyone hated me and i thought, oh, god, im just going to die. And it was an awful thing. But then eventually, i hope, that theyve now accepted me. But you know, the great thing about that show is, is that they love or they hate their doctor. So everyone has their doctor. And for some people, i will be their doctor and to some people David Tennant will be theirs and et cetera, et cetera. Seth well, thats a nice way of looking at it. You again, weve heard a lot about your grandfather which im very happy about. Yeah. Hes a top boy. Seth and so, seems like a salty guy. You seem again, very kind, very well put together. Certainly we see you on that show. Me . Seth yeah, very polite but then thank you very much. Seth true story that you were a fight . oi did you get in fights in schools . Oh, yes, i have had a fight at school. Seth just one though . Well, yeah. Well well, yeah. One that was significant i suppose. Seth memorable . Yeah, you know. Ish. I mean seth did you start it . What happened . No, i didnt start it actually. It was in history, and that was the one subject that i was in the top set for. Im more intelligent than i look. [ light laughter ] and you know, we were debating a point, and there was one very clever lad, chap, in school, who was demeaning me, frankly, and my point of view. So, then, you know, i proceeded anyway, i mean, you know i leapt over the desk and told him i would shove his trumpet up his ass. [ laughter ] cause he was the school trumpeter. Seth yeah. [ applause ] and he was a smug pillock. [ laughter ] seth that escalated so quickly. Yeah, and then there was fisticuffs, and i got suspended and i went home. And i told my dad and he laughed. Seth okay. And i thought i had him on side and i was very nonchalant about it. And then my dad was like, oy, reign it in. Sort it out, dont get suspended. Seth well, i think if anything, he should have given that speech to his father, because obviously thats where it all started. [ laughter ] yeah, yeah exactly. Seth well, hey, man, thanks so much for being here. Thanks for having me, seth. Seth great to meet you, congrats on the show. [ cheers and applause ] thanks, mate seth matt smith, everybody Second Season of the crown is streaming in its entirety on netflix this friday. Well be right back with more late night. [ cheers and applause ] dad molly, can you please ou . sigh dad molly trash whoo mom hey, molly . Its time to go bell ringing class, lets turn to page 136, recessive traits skip generations. Who would like to read . molly i reprogrammed the robots to do the inspection. Its running much faster now. See . Its amazing, molly. Thank you. thank you. Let out your inner child at the lexus december to remember sales event. Lease the 2017 is turbo for 299 a month for 36 months. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. It all comes down to this. The energizer bunny™ gets the snap hes still going [crowd cheering] nothing outlasts energizer® ultimate lithium™. Theseare heading back home. 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