It is so nice to be here with you talking about your new book the witches are coming. I want to start by asking you because your writing in this book is always is very funny. Would you call yourself a humor writer . I think so thank you. [laughter] people love to call me a comedian which i dont think it is accurate because i dont do standup comedy. I did a long time ago its very hard and i do not like it. I am a comedy writer with the comedy tv show and i am a humor writer thats my main mission. As a writer Political Writer and cultural critic how is humor a useful entry point . And thats like to write but it feels like a great way to sell challenging concepts or con people into consuming challenging ideas. Because even back when i was a film critic i always try to make everything funny or everything piece of entertainment in itself. Because if you can make something funny you can get people to swallow stuff like big feminist ideas are radical political concepts are things that are cha
Guests adam sandler jenny slate, comedian megan gailey, and featuring the legendary roots crew questlove 1150 what steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause jimmy thank you very much. Hello, everybody hi [ cheers and applause welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Thats right youre here. [ cheers and applause you made it. Thank you very much. Guys, im very thrilled hes here adam sandler is my guest tonight [ cheers and applause he stars in the new movie uncut gems and hes already getting some oscar buzz for his performance. Id love to see him win an oscar, because if the orchestra tries to cut off his speech hed be like [ speaking gibberish ] [ laughter ] shut up shut up you might see it hes actually phenomenal in this movie, yeah this is exciting earlier tonight abc aired the Little Mermaid live. [ audience oohs the production started off at frozen, but thanks to Global Warming they had to change it to the L
With a christian band performing worship songs in the rose garden and its nice to know that every once in a while hes suffering, too. [ laughter ] according to a new survey, 89 of americans are able to recite the first three words of the constitution said one american, i believe its me, the person. ] [ light laughter [ applause ] President Trump announced in a tweet today that his Federal Reserve nominee, stephen moore, has withdrawn himself from consideration following criticism from some republican senators oh, why is that, republican senators are you afraid he was unqualified . Dinyou think, maybe, he didt understand the job [ light laughter ]yb mayou thought he would do permanent damage to the institution . [ light laughter ] or maybe you thought that just because someone was on t mfor a while didntn he could responsibly handle a complex and difficult job with repercussions for the world economy. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause in any case, way to dodge that bullet, republican s
The white house celebrated the national day of prayer, today, with a christian band performing worship songs in the rose garden and its nice to know that every once in a while hes suffering, too. [ laughter ] according to a new survey, 89 of americans are able to recite the first three words of the constitution said one american, i believe its me, the person. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] President Trump announced in a tweet today that his Federal Reserve nominee, stephen moore, has withdrawn himself from consideration following criticism from some republican senators oh, why is that, republican senators are you afraid he was unqualified . Did you think, maybe, he didnt understand the job [ light laughter ] maybe you thought he would do permanent damage to the institution . [ light laughter ] or maybe you thought that just because someone was on tv for a while didnt mean he could responsibly handle a complex and difficult job with repercussions for the world economy. [ laughter ] [ c
hey, you doing everybody? aha. it s friday so you know what that means? let s welcome tonight s guests. like a genie she can also fit in a bottle. co-host of america s newsroom, dana perino. hide him from your wives because he ll probably kill themselves. comedian joe matchy and my thirty favorite lou. mr. that joke is not funny anymore lou perez. she does her best lifting at the gym. bestselling author kat timpf. [applause] alright. yeah. okay. before we get to some news stories let s do this. gregs left overs it s left overs where i read the jokes we didn t use this week and it s my first time reading them so if they suck we ll throw mackey in a meat grinder and make meatballs and force feed them to steve doocy. up first. medical researchers say nose picking can lead to memory loss. [lau [laughter] i really don t have to say anything. this is easy. speaking of joe, yesterday special counsel investigating joe biden s counsel called him an elderly man with a poor