Musical guest dram featuring bigbabymom, and the legendary roots crew. Questlove 796 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh oh i feel the love i feel the love i give it right back to you. Welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show this is it, baby youre here. [ cheers and applause ] youre at the right place right now. Welcome, everybody. Well, heres what people are talking about. Some major, Major Business news here. Papa johns founder John Schnatter announced that hes stepping down as the companys ceo. [ audience groans ] people were people were shocked. People were shocked. They said, oh, my god his last name is schnatter . [ laughter and applause ] steve what . Jimmy papa John Schnatter . Ive been eating at papa schnatters pizza . Steve ew [ laughter ] jimmy gross. Steve oh. Shadoobie. Jimmy lets [ laughter ] check in on president trump. I heard that he will celebrate new years eve with a party at maralago. [ audience oohs ] when asked who can go trump said, anyone whos been indicted i mean invited. [ laughter and applause ] steve wall. Jimmy oh, yeah, its almost time for the big countdown to the new year. Im very excited. I love new years eve. But since its been such a a crazy year with trump in office. We decided to count down our favorite trump moments of 2017. Very quickly. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] theres only five. Steve five of them. Jimmy very quick, very short. Steve very short. Lets see. Jimmy here we go. Lets take a look. Five. Does red does red mean its on or its off . Four. [ applause ] three. Hang on, let me two. Steve yeah one and god bless the united shtates. Steve yeah [ laughter and applause ] jimmy god bless the united shtates. Steve shtates. Jimmy guys, christmas is just three days away and [ cheers and applause ] and i guess ups has had a hard time keeping up with all the packages this month. In fact, they just lost a a familys 800,000 inheritance in the mail. [ audience oohs ] they said they asked the delivery man what happened, but he just quit to live on his own private island. [ laughter and applause ] 800,00 steve oops. Jimmy check this out, guys. A six flags in georgia set a a world record by hanging 500 pickle ornaments on a a Christmas Tree. [ laughter ] they beat the previous record for pickles on a Christmas Tree by 500 pickles. [ laughter and applause ] steve really . Jimmy congratulations. That must feel that must feel great. This is kind of strange right here. I saw that a store in texas is selling a smoked brisketscented candle. [ light laughter ] its the perfect way to make your guests very excited, then very disappointed. [ laughter and applause ] we all make choices. You know . [ laughter ] listen to this. The u. S. Coast guard just rescued a sea turtle that was caught in these giant floating bundles of cocaine worth 53 million. [ laughter ] when reached for comment, the sea turtle said, this is the greatest day of my life. Im swimming to all the oceans. Atlantic, pacific, indian, antarctic wheres greg . Greg . Anyone seen greg . Greg greg . Is that greg . Great, great, great, great. This is is great. I love life. Heroes in a half shell. Turtle power [ cheers and applause ] steve wow. Jimmy are you serious, his last name is schnatter . [ laughter ] turtle said that. Steve turtle said that about papa John Schnatter . Jimmy yeah. [ laughter ] guys, the nfl regular season is winding down, and tomorrow the Minnesota Vikings will take on the green bay packers. Thats right. Yeah, now as you know, at the end of the season they give out the most valuable player award. But they also give out other awards during the season. Sort of like the ones in high school yearbooks. Like most likely to succeed, class clown, stuff like that. So with that in mind its time for tonight show superlatives. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] tonight show superlatives jimmy first up from the packers, we have wide receiver trevor davis. He was voted most likely to be the love child of bruno mars and marge simpson. [ laughter and applause ] next up for the vikings is tight end kevin mcdermott. He was voted most likely to become aroused reading the wall street journal. [ laughter and applause ] Third Quarter profit margins. [ laughter ] steve mm. Oh. [ laughter ] heyo. Jimmy next up for the vikings is jeremiah sirles. He was voted most likely to catch a snausage in his mouth after he scores a touchdown. Hes like [ laughter and applause ] good boy come come on, boy. Next up for green bay is brett goode. He was voted most likely to put a cigarette out in his belly button. [ laughter and applause ] steve ill save it for later. Jimmy next [ laughter ] next up for green bay we have mason crosby. He was voted most likely to be Harry Connick jr. Slowly transitioning into blake shelton. [ laughter and applause ] steve wow. Wow. Jimmy next from the packers we have kyler fackrell. [ laughter ] he was voted most likely to tell his phone, siri, remind me to blink every half hour. [ laughter and applause ] next up for the packers is haha clintondix. [ laughter ] he was voted most likely to google his own name and have to talk to hr. [ laughter and applause ] thats my name thats my no. Next up for the packers is clay matthews. He was voted most likely to be eric trump if he got swole. [ laughter and applause ] he got swole. Steve he got swole. Jimmy next up for the vikings we have ryan quigley. He was voted most likely to be a grow your own Football Player that hasnt been soaked in water yet. [ laughter and applause ] i dont know, chuck, hes going to get to be like that big, a a real size. [ laughter ] next from the packers we have ulrick john. He was voted most likely to have a helmet with a double chin strap. Steve oh. [ laughter and applause ] and finally from the vikings we have kai forbath. He was voted santas oldest elf. [ laughter and applause ] there you have it, you guys. Those are the nfl superlatives. Give it up for the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hey, everybody, welcome welcome, welcome, welcome. And thank you so much. Oh, my goodness. This is our last show of 2017. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy we have got a a fantastic show tonight. They are hosting cnns new years eve live special together this year. Anderson cooper and andy cohen are joining us [ cheers and applause ] theyre great. Theyre a great combo. Fantastic. Plus she just got nominated for a golden globe last week, from hbos insecure, issa rae is stopping by. Steve oh [ cheers and applause ] jimmy and tonight we have a a very special holiday performance. Grammy nominated performer dram is here and he is performing with his mom. Steve aw. [ audience aws ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy she goes by bigbabymom. Dram and bigbabymom. [ cheers and applause ] look at that. The album is one happy holiday. This is pretty cool. Guys, we have exactly one show left before we go on christmas break. This is it. Steve this is it. Jimmy yeah. Which means its time for that beloved tonight show tradition. Its time for 12 days of christmas sweaters. Hit it. [ cheers and applause ] 12 days of christmas sweaters no more shows jimmy that is right look at that. [ cheers and applause ] every night for the past 11 shows weve been giving one lucky audience member an outrageous christmas sweater from the countdown to christmas cabinet. [ cheers ] now, since this is the last day, lets open the last door. Door number 1. [ drum roll ] [ cheers and applause ] you working out . Yeah. Jimmy oh, my. Im strong. Jimmy wow. Im strong. Steve oh, my god. Jimmy were cool, right, man . Please, i hadnt seen it. Youve been working out this year. I get excited. Jimmy you really do. Oh, my gosh. [ laughter ] you tore the door open. Look at this sweater, you guys. Oh, my goodness. [ cheers and applause ] that is beautiful. Now lets see whos going home with the last christmas sweater. [ cheers and applause ] everyone look at your seat number, and if i call your number i need you to jump up and let me know where you are. Quest, can i get a drum roll, please . [ drum roll ] who wants me to pick their number . [ cheers and applause ] it is 121 get over here how you doing . 121 . Is that your seat . Yeah, thats me. Jimmy 121 i think so. Jimmy hey, congratulations. Thank you. Jimmy you won this unbelievable more of a wow. Jimmy its like a cape. Its a its beautiful. Jimmy its a cloak. It is just gorgeous. Do you have anything like this . No. Jimmy no i mean, now i do. [ laughter ] jimmy what is your name and where are you from . My names katie. Im from new jersey. Jimmy yes [ cheers and applause ] katie from new jersey gets our last sweater we are honored. Would you like to try it on . Oh, of course. Jimmy yeah, this is great here. Yeah. He can hold the microphone, yeah. Here you go. Let me get this clip off here. All right, here we go. [ cheers and applause ] look at that. Oh, my god. You look gorgeous. Look at that youre beautiful fantastic congratulations. Thanks. Jimmy ill see you around new jersey. Thats fantastic. Ill totally notice you. Thank you, buddy. Hey, guys im in the christmas spirit. The spirit of giving. I dont want to give away one sweater. Oh, no [ cheers ] i want to give away two sweaters [ cheers and applause ] thats right. We have one more christmas sweater to give away. Thank you very much. Look at this one. Not bad. Who wants it . Who wants this sweater . [ cheers and applause ] yes you right there. Front row. You can get it. Here you go. Yeah, stand up, stand up, stand up. This will be good. What is your name and where are you from . Gisele and im from westside, queens. Jimmy hey hi. Jimmy welcome, gissell. Thank you. Jimmy do you have anything like this . No. Jimmy lets try this, see how this looks. You want to try this thing on . Is it going to fit me . Jimmy yeah, this is its a its more of a draping thing. [ light laughter ] yeah, this is good. Everyones wearing it in new jersey, trust me. I just [ laughter ] look at this. Oh, look at this. [ cheers and applause ] you look beautiful. Thank you. Thank you so much. Jimmy hey, you know what . I have to Say Something here. I know a little bit about you. You do . Jimmy and youre a pretty incredible person. Youre a single mother of five. And earlier this year you and your family were homeless. And you saw a real need at your shelter for positive leadership for girls. And so you started girl scout troop 6000, which is the first homeless girl scout troop right here in new york city. [ cheers and applause ] because because of your idea, the girl scouts of Greater New York and new york city are now working together to expand the Program Citywide with the goal of serving 500 girls in homeless shelters. That is amazing. You are fantastic [ cheers and applause ] troop 6000 has done so much for others, and we wanted to help make the holidays a little brighter for you and your kids. So in honor of troop 6000, were giving a check for 6,000. [ cheers and applause ] that is not all. Right now theres so much need for a troop like yours that theres a waiting list to join. So our friends at jcpenney heard about you and wanted to help you out. Theyre donating 50,000 to troop 6000. [ cheers and applause ] do you know these girls . Give them a hug. Give them a hug. Thats her daughters right there, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] theyre so happy. You can expand the program and help more girls in need become girl scouts right now. Thank you for all youre doing for young women and thanks to our friends at jcpenney, where you can get everything on your list for less than you think. If youd like to donate to girl scout troop 6000 you can go to our website at tonightshow. Com girlscouts to find out how. Stick around. Well be right back with thank you notes, everybody. You guys are great [ cheers and applause ] its the final days of the ford year end sales event. Im on top of the world, hey. Its your last chance of the year to get our best offer of the year zero percent financing for seventytwo months, plus an extra onethousand cash back across a full lineup of ford cars, trucks and suvs. So hurry and save big on americas bestselling brand. Its the final days of the ford year end sales event with zero percent financing for seventytwo months plus an extra onethousand cash back see your ford dealer before jan 2nd and save. This holiday, the best gift you can give, is your time. Volunteer at neighbhorhoodofgood. Com. 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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy welcome back, everybody. That was fun. Guys, today is friday. And thats usually when i catch up with some personal stuff. You know, i check my inbox, i return some emails, and of course, i send out thank you notes. Now i was wonder [ cheers and applause ] running a bit behind. So i thought if you guys wouldnt mind, id just like to write out my weekly thank you notes right now. Is that cool with you guys . [ cheers and applause ] james, can i get some thank you note writing music, please . [ laughter ] jimmy wow. Hes been hes been naughty. [ laughter ] thank you, going home for the holidays, for suddenly turning me into my familys i. T. Guy. [ laughter ] steve just plug it in. Jimmy ill fix it steve you got to plug it in. Jimmy now have you unplugged it . Okay, good. [ laughter ] thank you, lol surprise, for being the name of this years hottest Christmas Toy and the gop tax plan. [ laughter ] [ applause ] surprise steve surprise, whats in there . We dont know. Youll find out. [ laughter ] jimmy thank you, gingerbread men, for thinking the best way to dress for the cold is like a chippendales dancer. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] steve here he is, ginger [ laughter ] jimmy hey you guys order a pizza . Steve ginger breadman. [ laughter ] jimmy his name is ginger breadman . Steve yeah, his name is ginger breadman. Hes a hot cookie. [ laughter ] this is his house. [ laughter ] jimmy just go just get out just go. Just leave. Just get out of here. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] steve higgins, everybody. Steve higgins, right there. Steve higgins in the house right there. [ applause ] steve woo its hard out there for a pimp. [ laughter and applause ] jimmy thank you, the higher your voice gets after opening a a present for letting me know how much youre fake liking it. Its like, oh cant believe it [ laughter ] thank you, holiday popcorn tin, for taking me ten minutes to eat two of the sections and six months to eat the third. [ laughter ] what is that . Steve is that caramel corn . Jimmy it stayed fresh. I dont know how, but the airtight seal on the tin, thats no. Steve garlic vinegar. Jimmy i dont know how they do it. Thank you, person who finished the midterm way sooner than everyone else, for either being a genius or a complete idiot. [ laughter and applause ] im done. Pencils up. Thank you, stocking stuffers, for being the only time you wrap deodorant. [ laughter ] [ applause ] yeah, i need it. I need it. Steve he needs it. Jimmy i need it. Thank you, mini candy canes, for making great Walking Sticks for mice. [ laughter and applause ] there you have it right there, you guys. Those are my thank you notes. Well be right back with Anderson Cooper and andy cohen. Come on back, everybody. 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It airs december 31st on cnn starting at 8 00 p. M. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Anderson Cooper and andy cohen [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy wow. Look at that. They love you. We love you. [ cheers and applause ] oh, thank you. Wow. Jimmy new york city loves you. Welcome. Hey, guys. Jimmy you guys look great. Thanks. Jimmy its always good to see you guys. Why are you chuckling . What is funny right now . Jimmy i just like the Different Energy already. Yeah, yeah, yeah, i mean totally you came bursting out. Yeah. Jimmy you have a a turtleneck. And i love your elbow patches. Holidays. Yeah. Yeah. Jimmy and he just youre Anderson Cooper. Yeah. Yeah. Jimmy youre very nice and youre like, yeah. [ laughter ] im heavily medicated. Jimmy yeah, okay. Perfect. Yeah. I will be watching you new years eve definitely. But you guys, i want to know more about you. You guys have known each other for a long time, been friends. Yeah. Yeah. We were actually set up on a a blind date. You know when straight people know two gay guys, theyre like, oh, you guys should meet. [ laughter ] so we were set up on a blind date. We had a phone call to set up the date. I was a young reporter at abc. He was at cbs. And i knew within 45 seconds i was never going on a date with andy cohen. [ laughter ] jimmy why . You just well, i imagined him on like a Bluetooth Headset with like gesticulating. He was all excited. Andy violated my cardinal rule, which is if you ask me about my mom within the first minute of talking to me. I wanted to date the vanderbilt boy. I was excited. [ laughter ] yeah, yeah. Jimmy oh my gosh. You remember it that way as well, andy . I mean, i remember that something that i did made him shut down. So now i know. Jimmy did you think it yeah. It wasnt even a question. It was just like, your mother is gloria vanderbilt. I was like okay, yeah, this is not happening. No, it didnt happen. Jimmy did you never did you ever go on a date . Nope. No no. Never did. [ laughter ] its you know what . It worked out for the best. Here we are. Yeah. Yeah. Jimmy and youre best of friends. Yeah. Yeah. Jimmy do you think that you would be best friends if you were growing up, if you were like two young kids, would you end up being we had such different childhoods. We were so different. His mom took him to studio 54. When i was 11. He was 11. Twice. When i was 11 i had a paper route in st. Louis, missouri. I worked too. Say what your job was. I worked. I worked. Say what it was. I was a child model. [ laughter ] i mean anderson its that, anderson, you have sportswear today. Jimmy oh, my gosh. You better andersons so tired from smiling today. [ laughter ] in his formalwear. For some reason he thinks my mom has a southern accent. Jimmy southern accent, yeah. [ talking over each other ] its not a southern accent. Do you watch andys shows . Do you watch housewives . I do. I mean, i dont watch them all, but ill watch the reunion shows so i can catch up. Or ill watch, you know, watch his late night show as well. Jimmy yeah. Which i dvr. But weve been on tour together for the last two years. So we have a stage show called ac2. Jimmy yeah. We go around, we just tell funny stories. But all these when you go out with andy, all these people come up to him and say tag lines from the housewives. And i have no idea what theyre talking about. Theyre all like people come up all the time, theyre like, hey, pat the puss. Im like what . [ laughter ] apparently thats a tag line. Thats some sort of and theyre like or they like, hey, what are you doing here without dorinda . Im like, i dont know who dorinda is. [ laughter ] whats going on . Jimmy yeah, i mean, is that the way its like when you go to the airport and youre going to do your gigs . I mean oh, no. Traveling, we are so different. Traveling with him is like when i go to the airport, im in a a hat i just check in, i stand in the tsa line. The hair. Hes like Katniss Everdeen with the hair. He has the hat. Girl on fire. It attracts a lot of attention. Yeah, yeah, yeah, when andy arrives at the airport, though, its like the arrival of queen elizabeth. [ laughter ] he comes in like a red velour track suit. [ laughter ] no. Im not kidding. No. I have a muted adidas tracksuit on. As an homage to missy misdemeanor elliott. Jimmy yeah. So that when i take my ambien and my wine jimmy yeah. Which you should not do. And then it becomes pajamas, right . It becomes pajamas. Jimmy yeah. And then i wake up and its like evening to daywear. No, but when he arrives on the plane, its like hes greeting like a housewives reunion. Like all the flight attendants love him of course. And then afterwards he like so hell go, hell like walk down the aisle, and be like, hey, everybody, its tvs andy cohen, hey, nice to see you. [ laughter ] and then and then hell go to the separation between Business Class curtain and coach. And hell go across and be like, hey, everybody, tvs andy cohen. Yeah, no, ill come back later, well take some selfies. Okay, no, ill bring some things, okay, bye. [ laughter ] jimmy hes a people person. Yeah, yeah jimmy hes a man of the people [ applause ] yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, im fun. He is not. Yeah, thats right. Im reality. Hes escape from reality. Thats right. Jimmy i want to see did you ever think that youd go on tour together and do this thing . No. No. No. Were at the beacon two nights in january. Jimmy the beacon were so excited. Jimmy youre like the allman brothers yeah. Jimmy youre gonna be at the beacon theater. We are so the allman brothers. Jimmy youre going to be in boston on january 10th. Chicago and jimmy toronto and chicago. So check it. Ac2 live is yeah. Jimmy when you check these guys out, or im very excited about this. New years eve. Its gonna be great. Were so excited. Ive been looking for a cute coat all week. [ laughter ] okay, he doesnt understand its freezing there. And hes he literally said to me, oh, i have a fitting for a coat. I was like, a fitting . You need like an arctic parka. [ laughter ] you need arctic boots. Jimmy yes. And this is not sounding fun anymore. And you told me you were going to send me a picture of those boots and you never did. Oh, my god, if only there was a machine you could type in arctic boots and a picture would show up. I dont need to send you a a picture of arctic boots. [ laughter ] how hard is it to figure out what an arctic boot looks like . You had promised me that you were gonna send me a jimmy just google arctic boot and youll find it. He literally is having fittings for im like no, you dont need fittings. You need layers. Jimmy are you doing different changes . No. No. I just want one great coat. Thats all. Its got to be a money coat. Jimmy yeah, but its gotta be its really going to be freezing. I know. And its cumulative. Its 4 1 2 hours. I know, i mean youre downselling it to me now. I think he imagines like we have a big set and like space heaters or something. Like were on a riser. Jimmy yeah. We have like 10 inches of space between us. Jimmy youre on like a a crane. Yeah, were on a crane. Like, univision is right next to us. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah, yeah, yeah. And they have a big show, yeah. Im bringing a flask. Oh they do a big show. Jimmy they do a big show. Im bringing a flask. Jimmy well i thought it could be kind of fun if we could maybe just kind of fake ring in the new year. Just for now. Oh, nice. Okay, nice. Jimmy what colors . Anyone want to choose . I like a color. Jimmy perfect. Yeah. Jimmy and everyone gets a a horn. Wow, these are nice glasses. Jimmy theyre not bad. 2000 2000 they actually worked. Because they were two right. Yeah. 2018. Jimmy now once the ones start coming in. [ laughter ] yeah. Jimmy this barely works. This is so bad. Jimmy this really doesnt work at all. Some dudes make a lot of money off this. This is like, oh, i get it. 2000 it like barely fits me. You like took my jimmy oh, everyone can always see through a one. That doesnt make any sense. Its a good thing im kind of crosseyed because my eye can go through both sides of the eight. [ laughter ] jimmy oh my heaven. Well i want to wish you all the best. All right. Jimmy and heres to a great 2018. Happy new year. Cheers. Jimmy happy new year. I love you guys. [ cheers and applause ] new years eve live with Anderson Cooper and andy cohen airs december 31st on cnn starting at 8 00. More of the tonight show when we come back, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] toasting dad im not one for speeches. But heres to. To many more years of friendship. And feasts crowd [laughing, cheering] to presents a mi familia que lo es todo. To being right here, right now, with you. Sfx dog bark. And you. 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Get zero percent financing for 63 months on select models, plus well donate two hundred and fifty dollars to charity. Its a better place, since you came along since you came along your touch is sunlight through the trees your kisses are the ocean breeze everythings alright when youre with me and i hold my favorite thing i hold the love that you bring but it feels like ive opened my eyes again and the colors are golden and bright again theres a song in my heart, i feel like i belong its a better place since you came along this holiday, the best gift you can give, is your time. Volunteer at neighbhorhoodofgood. Com. State farm. Toasting dad im not one but heres to. To many more years of friendship. And feasts crowd [laughing, cheering] to presents a mi familia que lo es todo. To being right here, right now, with you. Sfx dog bark. And you. Toasting dad i guess what im trying to say is, heres to family. Were proud to bring your family amazing value every day. T. J. Maxx. Marshalls. Homegoods. Family is the greatest gift. Miim alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our next guest is a a New York Times bestselling author and a twotime golden globe nominated actress. She created and stars in the hit hbo series insecure. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome issa rae. [ cheers and applause ] hey, yall. Hey there. Jimmy man, good to see you. And congratulations on everything. Thank you. Thank you for having me on your last show of the year. Jimmy i know. This is it. Youre our last guest. Last guest of the year. Jimmy yeah, i know. Were so happy were so happy youre here. Because last time i talked to you, insecure hadnt come out yet. No, it hadnt. It was like brand new. I was i was very nervous. I was ready for it to come out and people to see it, but nervous about how theyd receive it. Jimmy but they and it crushed, people love you. Youve got nominated for a a golden globe yes. Jimmy i mean two. I mean this is unbelievable. [ cheers and applause ] are you youre also now producing producing two shows. Youre working on two shows for hbo. Yeah, three. Weve got three shows, working with different creators. One im writing with cowriting with a girl named raamla who writes for scandal. Its like a black teen show set in windsor hills, which is like the black beverly hills. Im working with Angela Flournoy whos an amazing author, for a black family drama set in the 90s. And then im working with who i know, you know travon. Jimmy travon free. Oh, hes fantastic. On his show, yes. Hes jimmy this is fantastic, though. He is hes brilliant. But you are now doing all this stuff. This is this just started from like a web series thing and turned into it was a a book and what was it, the misadventures the misadventures of awkward black girl. Jimmy of awkward black girl, yeah. Shout out to the internet. The internet did that. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy the internet did it. [ cheers and applause ] now youre big time. I mean, barely. Jimmy no, not barely, i mean life life has changed now. Those are people i mean, its changed, but it hasnt, you know . I still have like i was telling a story about how i was in atlanta, i was i shot my first movie in atlanta this past fall. And, you know, when people come up to me, theyll be like, oh, does anybody ever tell you look like issa rae . Theyll never be like, oh, issa rae. [ laughter ] and so, i was walking to an elevator and this guy was like, did anybody ever tell you look like issa rae . And normally id be like, uh, yeah, i get that all the time. And i said that and then ill follow it up with, but its me. [ laughter ] but before i could follow it up, these other two girls were getting in the elevator and he was like, yo she look like that girl, issa rae, huh . And somebody was like the girl behind me was like, i hate that show. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] and i was like i wanted to get feedback and be like i was on my phone, i was like, well, what do you what do you hate about it . But i didnt jimmy no, because because the girl behind the girl behind her was like, oh, you hate it . I heard it was good. And she was like, i hate that show. [ laughter and applause ] so, i was like, you know what, i dont even like the show either, its not worth getting [ laughter ] [ fail horn ] jimmy dont even get involved dont get involved with it. No. Jimmy are you excited to i know thats are you excited to go back to the Golden Globes . I am. If they if i get food this time. [ laughter ] because i thought it was like a i mean did you eat . Jimmy no, i did not eat. Well jimmy theres a trick to the whole thing. Well, i got there thinking like i didnt eat all day, cause i was like, oh, its a a dinner, why would i eat and jimmy yeah, its like a a bunch of stars sitting around eating dinner together. Thats what i thought it was. Jimmy thats pretty good. But it wasnt. Jimmy thats what they tell everyone it is. It wasnt. As soon as i got there, i was like, cool, im a little dizzy, i was drinking a lot because thats also what you do there. But i was like, its cool because theres food foods going to come. Jimmy thats all you have there, yeah. And then, when i sat down, they were serving dessert and so i was like, oh, okay, that like i guess hollywood like serves dessert first. [ laughter ] thats weird. And then jimmy that is perfect. That is so awesome. Crazy, so i never got jimmy yeah. I brought my showrunner prentice with me and i asked them later, like after an hour passed you did a great job. But after an hour passed, i was like, wheres the food at . And he was like, girl, they served it like four hours ago. Before everybody gets there jimmy they do thats the secret of the Golden Globes, they do serve dinner, but its at like two in the afternoon or which isnt dinner thats not dinner [ laughter ] jimmy its not dinner its called lunch yeah [ laughter ] they barely serve that, yeah. Now, insecure, this is season one now two. Yeah. Jimmy and youre currently writing three. It became a giant thing. Rotten tomatoes, everyone loves it. All the critics love it, the fans love it. The obamas love it. Oh, yeah they do. Shout out to my obamas. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy shout out to my obamas. How great is that . And how did they find out about it . Well, i got to visit the white house this time last year. Ill never be back. [ laughter ] and i got to go and they invited us and [ laughter ] it was such a good time. Like it was a great Christmas Party and i brought my mom with me. And he hugged my mom. And then he, you know, my he complimented our shows soundtrack and was like, i cant quote any of your show until after i become president. And then, i met Michelle Obama with Tiffany Haddish just a a couple months ago. Jimmy yeah. And how was michelle . The greatest. Michelle was the best. She told she was like mad about our finale. Jimmy she was mad when you first met. This is when we first met. Jimmy and then everyone was cool and civil doesnt she look my auntie . [ laughter ] like were related. We are. Jimmy and then here is this is when she was very, very upset about the finale. [ laughter ] she was telling me like, why did you do that . But you have to watch the show and see, i dont want to give any spoilers. Jimmy yeah. But she told me that sasha and malia put her onto the show, which was amazing. And i was like, wait, sashas like mad young, though, so like i dont think she should be watching it. [ laughter ] jimmy you keep talking people out of watching your show. No, no, no. I know, but she was like, sashas all that, okay . She can she can watch the show. So jimmy theyre great kids, yeah. She brought her jimmy and Tiffany Haddish was like she was talking to michelle, i thought you guys were going to have a get together, right . No, yeah, were supposed to we invited ourselves to like cook for them. Well, tiffany said she would cook, i would just bring the drinks. [ laughter ] and michelle was like, yeah, come through to chicago. And so were just waiting. On you michelle were ready [ cheers and applause ] jimmy yeah, michelle, ill come too ill come too, itll be girls and a guy, you know . Yes. Jimmy im down. Im down with that. Come through. Jimmy yeah, exactly and youll be happy when you see season three. Shes writing it right now. Im writing it right now just for you. We could shoot it at your house. Jimmy there you go perfect [ laughter ] i want to show a clip. Heres issa rae in season two of insecure, take a look at this. What . I said are you originally from here . Oh. Yeah. I grew up in windsor hills. But i live in inglewood now. Do you live near here . Yep. Born and raised. So where are you from . Honestly, it doesnt matter what i say because this isnt going anywhere. Oh, yeah. I used to work in inglewood. Im in cerritos now. High school kids . That sounds tough. You like working with kids . So, how is it working with kids . To be honest, [ bleep ] them. But im trashed too, so, you know . So how long have you been unhinged . How long have you been on bowman . How are you still single . [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats right. Issa rae, everybody. Seasons one and two of insecure are available on hbo on demand, hbo now, and hbo go. Well be right back with a a performance from dram featuring bigbabymom. Stick around its great [ cheers and applause ] its a small finger. A worm like, a dagger . A tiny sword . Bread. Breadstick . A matchstick a lamppost coin slot no . Uhhh. 10 seconds. A stick a Walking Stick eiffel tower, Mount Kilimanjaro ding time sorry, its a tandem bicycle. What . What . as long as sloths are slow, you can count on geico saving folks money. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Gstores are now open 24 hours. Take an extra 20 off when you spend 100 or more and get kohls cash for you short on time . Buy online and pick up free in store give joy, get joy right now at kohls. Lines . An develop fine lines what lines . The chapstick total hydration collection. Our advanced skin care formulas instantly smooth and transform your lips. Chapstick. Put your lips first. Got the right gifts under the tree . Oh no, mmmm, but i like socks. Well of course son. Everyone loves socks. They keep your feet warm. 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Oh, those silver bells silver bells silver bells silver bells its christmas time in the city [ cheers and applause ] oh ring a ling ring a ling hear them ring hear them ring soon it will be Christmas Day its christmas time in the city strings of street lights even stoplights blink bright red and green as the shoppers run home with their treasures hear the snow crunch see the kids bunch this is santas big day and above all the bustle you hear what did they hear mom oh those silver bells silver bells silver bells silver bells its christmas time in the city oh ring a ling ring a ling hear them ring hear them ring soon it will be Christmas Day [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh dram bigbabymom 1happyholiday is out now well be right back, ladies and gentlemen [ cheers and applause ] dram, bigbabymom [ cheers and applause ] miim alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Its just my eczema again,t. But its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy my thanks to Anderson Cooper, andy cohen, issa rae, dram, bigbabymom. [ cheers and applause ] and the roots right there, everybody from philadelphia, pennsylvania. Stay tuned for late night with seth meyers. Thank you for watching. Have a great weekend. I hope to see you next week. Happy holidays, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] announcer from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in new york, its late night with seth meyers. Featuring the 8g band with mark guiliana. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. Seth good evening, im seth meyers. This is late night. Hows everybody doing tonight . [ cheers and applause ] thats great to hear. In that case lets get to the news. Well, roy moore may have lost last nights election, but well never forget all the people he touched. [ laughter ]