though i bet the turkey would feel more confident about that if they would stop calling him drumstick. [ laughter ] "you have a very bright future ahead of you, white meat." [ laughter ] just call me jeff! [ light laughter ] cbs news today fired host charlie rose after eight women accused him of sexual harassment. it's too bad, but if you want to keep your job, you've got to get that number up to 16. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] pbs also cut ties today with the "charlie rose" show after accusations from eight women, including allegations that rose would walk around naked in their presence. or, they could just rebrand the program and call it "antique rod show." [ laughter and applause ] an alabama pastor expressed his support for accused senate candidate roy moore in a recent interview and said, quote, "there are some 14-year-olds who, the way they look, could pass for 20." he's the pastor of the first church of the virgin mary, according to her, anyway. [ applause ] according to a new report, new york will set a new tourism record this year with almost 62 million people visiting the city in 2017. they were here to visit popular hot spots, like the middle of the sidewalk and the top of the escalator. [ laughter and applause ] according to a new study, people who are emotionally attached to the character "harry potter" are less likely to be prejudiced against minority groups. that story, again, nine-year-olds usually aren't racist. starbucks recently released a limited edition juniper latte. juniper, or as betsy devos calls it, the biggest planet. [ laughter and applause ] and finally, pringles has launched several new potato chip flavors, including turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie. or as single dads call it, thanksgiving! [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight! he is starring in a new dramatic western series on netflix, "godless." jeff daniels is here, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] fantastic guy. so happy to have him back. she's one of our favorites. you know her from netflix's "orange is the new black," danielle brooks is back on the show, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] and music from r&b artist daniel caesar. so you're really here on a good night. [ cheers and applause ] the reality is, even though we do this every night, we don't always have time to cover all of the recent news. so here with a recap is one of our writers, amber ruffin, in a segment we call, "amber says what." [ cheers and applause ] >> hey, you guys! things have been crazy! okay. first of all, a billion people have been accused of sexual harassment! and folks are like, "what!" but women are like, "what?" [ laughter ] then, blake shelton was named sexiest man alive. and i was like, "what --! [ laughter ] -- happened to idris elba, is he okay?" and they were like, "yeah, we just think blake shelton is the sexiest man alive." but i was like, "what!" you know who the sexiest man alive actually is. model and actor kofi siriboe. whoo! he is so hot that if a white girl brought him home to meet her parents, they would be like, "ooh." [ laughter and applause ] then, australia voted to legalize gay marriage. and i was like, "what? they didn't already have it?" [ laughter ] gay marriage was too weird for you, but you let these whatchamacallits run around everywhere? [ applause ] then the keystone pipeline burst, and i had so many "whats?" first of all, "what did you think was going to happen?" secondly, "what did you think all those protests were about?" and lastly, "what do you need all that oil for?" is it for your oily children? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] silky smooth. then, at the amas, everybody said p!nk made a face at christina aguilera, as she was singing a tribute to whitney houston. and i was like, "what?" that's not like p!nk. and p!nk was like, "what! i didn't do that. that's just people trying to start drama between women." and i was like, "amen!" then -- [ cheers and applause ] oh, yeah. i felt the same way! but then i watched the clip. ♪ [ laughter ] >> i was like "whaa-aa-aat!" ooh, i love her, though. then serena williams had a spectacular wedding. whoo! i saw those pictures, and i was like, "what? i cannot handle how beautiful this is." and then i was like, "there had better not be a photo of them and their adorable baby. whaaat!" then i was like, "there had better not be a big family photo that shows how much they all love each other. whaaat!" [ laughter ] and then i was like, "well, as long as there is not a photo of beyonce at the wedding. whaaaaaatt! [ glass breaking ] this has been "amber says what." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: amber ruffin, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] moving on, more sexual assault allegations have rocked congress and the news business as allegations surfaced against some of the biggest names in those industries. meanwhile, president trump broke his silence on alabama senate candidate roy moore, coming out in support of an accused sexual predator. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: for almost two weeks, trump has faced repeated questions about his position on moore, and for two weeks trump has done everything he could to avoid answering them. for example, yesterday he ignored shouted questions from reporters about moore, and announced that for the thanksgiving holiday he had plans to get out of d.c. altogether. >> i just want to wish everybody a very, very happy thanksgiving. we're going to be working very hard during the recess in florida. we're going to florida. >> seth: only trump could get "we're going to be working very hard" and "we're going to florida" in the same sentence. maybe trump thinks he's working hard because twitter went from 140 characters to 280. [ applause ] "my workload -- [ applause ] my workload has doubled. [ laughter ] sometimes i have to type tax cuts and #maga in the same tweet." [ laughter and applause ] so now for two weeks, since the news about moore first broke, we have been waiting to find out if trump could summon at least a shred of decency and disavow a man accused of preying on teenaged girls. and today we found out that the old saying is true. sexual predators of a feather flock together. >> we don't need a liberal person in there, a democrat. >> is an accused child molester better than a democrat? is an accused child molester better than a democrat? >> well, he denies it. look he denies it. i mean, if you look at what is really going on, and you look at all the things that have happened over the last 48 hours, he totally denies it. he says it didn't happen. >> seth: and in fairness, to trump, who are you going to believe? nine women who don't know each other and whose stories have been corroborated by dozens of independent sources, or a guy who looks like the marlboro man's deadbeat dad? [ cheers and applause ] "i've got to run out for cigarettes." "but i am cigarettes!" [ laughter ] one of the most revealing parts came when trump denounced moore's democratic rival, doug jones, a lifelong prosecutor who convicted the kkk members responsible for the birmingham church bombing that killed four little girls as soft on crime. >> jones. i've looked at his record. it's terrible on crime. i could tell you for a fact, we do not need somebody that's going to be bad on crime. but i can tell you, you don't need somebody who is soft on crime like jones. >> seth: he's soft on crime? you're siding with an accused child molester over a guy who prosecuted the kkk. you're so soft, you look like a tub of melted play-doh. [ cheers and applause ] and trump, of course, is not alone. he's not alone in backing moore, who has been accused of sexual assault by nine women, several of whom were teenagers at the time. yesterday white house counselor kellyanne conway urged alabamans to vote for moore to help pass gop tax cuts. and an adviser to a pro trump super pac, katie walsh, a former white house official, made a similar argument. listen as she tries to have it both ways on moore. >> the allegations against, you know, judge moore are deeply troubling. and i believe he should step aside if there is any truth to them at all. but the reality is, kellyanne is right, that we need the votes to pass tax reform. and so where the president is on this believe and sarah sanders has been vocal on this, which is it's up to the people of alabama. i think, you know, they'll make decisions in a couple weeks here. >> seth: so there position is literally "roy moore should step aside, but if he doesn't, you should vote for him." that's going to make their pro moore tv ads very awkward. >> who is roy moore? the "new york times" says four more women have accused roy moore of misconduct. and the "the new yorker" reports moore was banned from the gadsden mall. and more than 20 republicans have called for roy moore to step aside. but if he doesn't, you should vote for him anyway so we can give corporations a giant tax cut! roy moore. he should step aside. but if he doesn't, you know, make him a senator, okay? paid for by a group of chicken [ bleep ] ass[ bleep ]. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: meanwhile, as trump sides with roy moore the avalanche of sexual assault allegations that have consumed virtually every aspect of society from politics to entertainment to media continued this week. for example, yesterday we learned that eight women told the "washington post" that long-time television host, charlie rose, made unwanted sexual advances towards them, including lewd phone calls and walking around naked in their presence. good lord. usually when someone that old is walking around naked, a couple of male nurses lead him right back to his room. [ laughter ] that's right, charlie rose walked around naked. it's the only time anyone has ever said "thank god there are no lights on this set." [ laughter ] here's a good rule of thumb -- if your face isn't pulling in the babes, your penis isn't going to make the difference. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] everybody's penis is 100% less attractive than their face. women don't love the penis. if they love the man, they'll tolerate the penis. the best -- the best your penis can ever hope for is, "well, all right." [ laughter ] this whole situation is like a reverse "bachelor." nobody wants to accept this rose. [ light laughter ] in fact, the "post" reported that there were striking commonalities in how rose treated the women around him. two said that while they were working for rose in his residences and were traveling with him on business, he emerged from the shower and walked naked in front of them. a woman, then in her 30s, who was at rose's home in 2010 to discuss a job opportunity said rose appeared before her in an untethered bath robe, naked underneath. you know, i'll just say it, it might be time to retire the bath robe entirely. it's a terrible idea for a garment. here's a giant towel that you tie together with a skinnier towel. and you never hear a positive news story involving a bath robe. it's never family of four pulled from burning house by man in bath robe. [ light laughter ] it is always some creep was creeping it up in a creepy [ bleep ] bath robe. [ applause ] and rose wasn't the only powerful man in media accused of harassment yesterday. there was also "new york times" white house correspondent, glenn thrush. yesterday vox published a piece about thrush's history of bad judgment around young women journalists. in that report the author described how thrush cornered her at a bar, by essentially dismissing a female colleague who was with them. thrush tossed a $20 bill at her and told her to take a cab and leave us, the grownups, alone. i'm sorry, but you don't get to call yourself a grownup if you dress like you're wearing a reporter halloween costume. [ laughter ] another similarity in all these stories is the degree to which alleged abusers like thrush went to silence the women they preyed on and undermined their careers. this culture of bullying and intimidation is toxic and pervasive. and in thrush's case, he reportedly sought to portray the women he victimized as aggressors. thrush frequently told versions of this story with different young women as the subject. he would talk up a night out drinking with the young attractive woman, usually a journalist, then he claimed that she came onto him. in his version of these stories, thrush was the responsible grownup who made sure nothing happened. can you imagine having the confidence to say young women came onto you while you were also wearing a fedora? [ laughter ] and it wasn't just the news business that was rocked by sexual harassment allegations yesterday. buzzfeed reported last night that michigan congressman john conyers settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 with a former employee who alleged that she was fired because she would not succumb to his sexual advances. but you never heard the story, because the former employee was offered a settlement in exchange for her silence that would be paid out of conyers' taxpayer-funded office budget. his office would rehire the woman as a temporary employee despite her being directed not to come into the office or do any actual work. a temporary employee who shows up but doesn't do any work. so basically, they made her a member of congress. 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[ cheers and applause ] >> seth: and fred, i love having you back. i love talking to you. you always have such incredible stories. i will say -- don't take this as a criticism. it's more of a note. i feel like sometimes if you feel like you don't have an incredible story, you make something up to impress people. and i just want to assure you that the people here -- [ laughter ] the people here, we're your family. we love you. and you don't ever have to make anything up for us. [ laughter ] >> fred: okay. >> seth: okay? >> fred: okay. >> seth: because i heard you backstage saying, you know, that the rockefeller christmas tree is up but that you actually have started a new holiday tradition here in new york that you claim will be bigger than the tree. >> fred: yes. [ laughter ] >> seth: this is not a lie. >> fred: this is not a lie. >> seth: so what is it? >> fred: okay. so it's the penn station play-doh -- it's these little play-doh clay balls that i've put together. and it covers the entirety of the floor. so it's all these little balls, these like -- different colors. and they're just all over the floor in penn station. it looks so beautiful. it's for the holidays. and i put a lot of effort into it. and it's the biggest. >> seth: okay. [ light laughter ] a quick question. so obviously, penn station is a very busy place. people walking back and forth. are they stepping on these play-doh balls? >> fred: no, they're not allowed to. so -- [ laughter ] they have to be on the perimeter, looking at them, take pictures, whatever you guys want to do. >> seth: okay. so there's now just a -- a small perimeter hallway in penn station. >> fred: yes. >> seth: for hundreds of thousands of commuters. >> fred: and tourists. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] [ talking over each other ] so you have your normal commuters and then on top of that, you have all the commuters who are here in new york for the holidays. >> fred: yes. >> seth: and you have taken a very busy thoroughfare, and you've covered it with play-doh that they're not allowed to walk on. >> fred: for the holidays. >> seth: yes. [ laughter ] >> fred: this is for the -- come down, take pictures, bring your friends. >> seth: have you gotten any early feedback from people? do they like it yet? >> fred: yeah. no. [ laughter ] so they said, "please take these away immediately." >> seth: okay, good. >> fred: yes. >> seth: and what is it called? what do you call your installation? >> fred: seth's wonderland. [ laughter ] >> seth: i don't want my name on that. [ cheers and applause ] i don't like that. our first guest tonight is an emmy award-winning actor you know from "the newsroom" and such films as "dumb and dumber" and "steve jobs." he stars in the netflix limited series "godless," which begins streaming tomorrow. let's take a look. ♪ >> what all got you so mad at me? dammit, i raised you up, roy. >> ride on out or i'll take your [ bleep ] head off. >> this ain't my death. [ gunshot ] [ horse whinny ] ♪ >> roy! >> seth: please welcome back to the show, jeff daniels, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: welcome back. >> thank you. >> seth: very happy to have you here. >> happy to be here. >> seth: so this is -- from the clip, we can tell, you're -- well, i guess we don't really know who the good guy or the bad guy is in the clip. but you're kind of an old-school villain in this. >> yeah. oh, he's definitely got bad tendencies. he's got some -- he's got some issues he's working out, you know, with his gun. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] that was a big issue with people in the old west. was their bad tendencies. >> apparently. apparently. you know, it was 1880s. he needs a shrink. he really needs a shrink. >> seth: and there was only, like, one shrink per town. >> per state. >> seth: oh, per state. >> you know -- >> seth: very hard. >> yeah, so it's just kind of walking around, spinning around with a lot of mental health issues. >> seth: and did you -- obviously, this seems very different from you. to play a western villain. did you enjoy that? >> i loved it. because it is the bucket list. i mean, every actor wants to be in a western until you're in a western and you realize you don't want to be in a western anymore. [ laughter ] because you've got to ride those damn horses. >> seth: right. >> because i'm -- you know, i'm not -- i'm from michigan. i didn't grow up on a -- you know, a horse-riding -- >> seth: famously, michigan put horses out of business. >> did we? [ laughter ] did we? so i got trained by a guy in michigan that taught the county mounted division. he was a rodeo -- it was great. because if i hadn't done that, it would have been -- i would have fallen off more than three times. because i fell off -- thrown off -- >> seth: three times? >> three times. yeah, over three months. yeah, which is a pretty good batting average. >> seth: yeah. >> for actors. >> seth: yeah, for actors. for horsemen, it's terrible. >> and such an attitude with the wranglers. the wranglers, you know -- i mean these guys, they're just, you know, walking around like this all of the time. [ light laughter ] and they're looking at the pretty boy actors from hollywood who said, "we can -- oh, i can ride. absolutely." we can't ride. >> seth: yeah. >> and they literally -- you're galloping, and you've got a wrangler and a wrangler on both sides who look like outlaws and their whole job is to save your ass when something goes wrong. and it will go wrong. i mean, it's like motorcycle riding. there are people who have gone down and people who are going to go down. it's just a matter of time. >> seth: right, exactly. did you ever ask for a horse that was lower to the ground? did you -- [ laughter ] did that ever come up? >> i didn't want -- i got to be a bad guy, and i'm leading real men. real outlaws. >> seth: and i don't want to be on a shetland pony. [ laughter and applause ] can't do it. >> seth: can't do it. >> i can't do it. >> seth: well, i don't think this is much of a spoiler, because it happens in the first episode. but your character also loses an arm. >> i do lose an arm. >> seth: so then you have to ride with one arm. >> yeah. not only can you not ride, and you're going to have to learn, but you're going to have to learn to ride with one arm. so out of all the -- you're only -- you have two arms, like, for a day out of three months. [ laughter ] so it's all about this. and, you know, for -- you've got the special -- first of all, you're riding, and it's -- you know. where's your balance. [ light laughter ] oh, here it is. >> seth: you actually had a disadvantage over someone who actually has one arm, because your arm is still there, like, leading you to be even more imbalanced. >> yeah. and it's great fun when you're spending eight hours on a horse, and you've got to shove it down the crack as far as you can get it. [ laughter ] you know, wedge it in there. because we can't see the arm. it can't be this. it's got to be this. okay. all right. all right. and, action! big speech. cry. [ laughter ] ridiculous. >> seth: now, you -- you're an actor, obviously. you're also a musician. and i think this is really cool. you were touring around your home state of michigan with your son. >> i am. >> seth: and how old is your son? >> ben is thirty -- three? >> seth: oh, my goodness. >> it just changed. 33. my son lucas is tour manager, lighting guy. >> seth: oh, wow! >> my daughter-in-law, amanda, sings. we got all these -- it's his band. it's the ben daniels band. it's -- and it's supposed to suck. i know it's supposed to suck. >> seth: okay, gotcha. >> because of the whole william shatner thing and the whole -- >> seth: you mean the idea of an actor being a musician is supposed to suck. >> yeah. they ex -- the expectations are so low. >> seth: oh interesting. >> when an actor walks out with a guitar. and i play right into it. i'll do the first song by myself, and i'll show just enough. and you can see them. they'll go, it's -- it doesn't suck. >> seth: oh, wow. [ laughter ] >> you know, i said, "and you were worried, weren't you? some of you thought it was going to be a train wreck." >> seth: that's great. >> you know. it still might be. so hang on. [ laughter ] but it's great. i mean, to be out there with my son. i mean, it's just -- >> seth: and you write songs, as well. and you wrote one about your father. >> i did. >> seth: so what is it like to sing a song about your father with your son? that must be -- >> well, that's part of what this show -- it's an acoustic show. and i wrote a song -- my dad passed away about five years ago, and he said a lot of things that i put into this song. you know, always be looking for the good on the bad side of town. be kind to strangers -- you know, being kind to strangers. you run the risk of them being kind to you. you know, just good life stuff. and so i mean, there's -- third song of the set, i'm just playing that with that setup. and people are going, you know -- people are starting to do this. and my son ben walks out and starts playing. and so that just -- i mean, people just go like that. >> seth: oh, that's wonderful. >> yeah, that's great. >> seth: and that's great. congrat -- and you're just going around michigan. you play in old theatres and stuff? >> opera houses and clubs. you know, you don't go into 2,000 seaters. you know, it's not springsteen coming to detroit. [ laughter ] but you gotta -- you dial it down to the 300 seaters. you know, and there are some incredible opera houses. much like the broadway theaters. you know, where you go in a broadway theatre and they go, "you know, brando played 'streetcar' here." >> seth: wow, that's amazing. >> you go to the opera houses, "you know, the marx brothers did their vaudeville act here. mark twain spoke here." that's pretty cool. >> seth: that's very cool. i'm so glad you're doing this. i want to ask about this, because i also -- i know you recently went to morocco. >> yeah. >> seth: i went as well. i went this summer. and -- >> why? >> seth: well, my wife wanted to go. yeah. i mean, i enjoyed it. i get the sense you didn't so much? no? >> no, not at all. [ light laughter ] >> seth: what, uh -- >> i was there shooting something for about five weeks, and i went -- and i'll get it wrong. there's the market -- >> seth: the souk. >> souk. >> seth: yeah. s-o-u-k. >> souk. souk. >> seth: souk, that's it. that's it. >> went there, and you've got lambs, goats hanging and all of this stuff. and you're going, wow, fascinating. [ light laughter ] and you're walking around and then you see these hand-made bags. >> seth: yeah, they're beautiful. >> incredible hand-made bags. and you're going, "my god, the workmanship. and the thing --" and got to have one. 80 bucks? that's nothing. it'd be 500 -- so you buy one. you take it back to the hotel room. and i don't know why i didn't smell it in the souk. >> seth: uh-huh. >> but you get it to the hotel room, and it stinks. it just reeks. and you put it out on the little balcony and you can still smell it through the -- [ light laughter ] and you go, what the -- and then it's because it's been tanned in cow urine and pigeon [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] it's been mixed up, because that's the secret ingredient that makes it feel so -- [ laughter ] we googled it, and they said, "you know, took me six months to get the smell out." >> seth: really? >> yeah. so i just said -- i went and gave it to my driver as a gift. >> seth: and was he grateful? >> he was -- he wept. [ laughter ] >> seth: thanks so much for being here. congrats on the new show and the tour. >> thank you, seth. >> seth: jeff daniels, everybody. "godless" begins streaming on netflix tomorrow. we'll be right back with danielle brooks. 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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> hey! >> seth: hi! [ cheers and applause ] i'm glad to have you here. >> i'm so glad to be back. i had so much fun last time! >> seth: i had so much fun last time, too, which was why i was taken aback by something. >> oh, boy, what? >> seth: saw you did an interview. >> uh-huh. >> seth: they asked you what five people you would have at a dinner party. >> okay. >> seth: martin luther king. >> yes. >> seth: your grandmother. >> mm-hmm. >> seth: katt williams. >> ay! >> seth: future husband. >> hallelujah. [ laughter ] >> seth: and then your fifth person was jimmy fallon. >> mm-hmm! [ screams ] [ laughter ] well, seth, you know i got love for you. we will make room for you at that dinner table, okay? >> seth: oh, that's very kind of you. >> i will make sure of it! >> seth: all right, thank you so much. you know, let's just make it a six-person dinner party. >> yeah, we're good. >> seth: than we don't have to worry about the rest of it. >> we're good, we're good. >> seth: i'm so happy you're here. congratulations on another season of the show. >> yes. >> seth: i know people love the show so much they will yell taystee out to you on the streets. ♪ taystee >> all of the time. i get it all of the time. >> seth: i hope they -- but they don't all sound that beautiful. their voices are not that good. >> yeah, normally nobody sings it, but yeah. >> seth: but you have a -- you also gave yourself a nickname back in the day. this is something you did to yourself on purpose. >> i did. and it was not smart. i mean -- so when i was auditioning for colleges, i auditioned for a lot of schools. and one of the first one was minnesota and guthrie. >> seth: uh-huh. >> the guthrie program. >> seth: so these were theatre schools. >> these were theaters schools. >> seth: you're coming from south carolina. >> 17 years old. >> seth: uh-huh. it's, like, 40 people all in a room, standing up, saying their name and where they're from. and it started to get boring. and so i was like, "you know what? i'm going to stand out." my ass decided to stand up and say, "hey, y'all, my name is peaches! i'm 17 years old and i'm from greenville, south carolina!" [ laughter ] yo. and i was like, "okay, i'm just kidding, it's danielle." and it took -- from guthrie -- because it's mostly the same theatre kids. from guthrie to juilliard, where i attended, these people were calling me peaches for a year. [ laughter ] i kept saying, "that's not my name. that's not my name!" so taystee, peaches, all of it just sticks. >> seth: yeah. i mean, i will say it's tough for those people, because you explicitly said it was your name. >> i did. [ laughter ] false evidence. i did. yes, it was my bad. >> seth: so that -- you know, i imagine the pressure of auditioning for those theatre schools, in a way, prepares you for auditions the rest of your life. because that seems so intense and you're so young. >> yes. >> seth: when you auditioned for taystee -- >> uh-huh. >> seth: you really went for it there, as well. >> all the way. i was, like, kind of -- what do you call it? i just -- jumped into the role. >> seth: uh-huh. >> so in the description, it said, don't wear any makeup, make sure that, you know, you look like an inmate. [ laughter ] and so i decided -- it also said she wore a mumu, so i was like, "you know what? i'm going to pick the biggest shirt i have in my closet." and i remember going to the audition and having, like, a pair of pants. and i was like, "you know what? i think i'ma have to take these pants off." [ laughter ] and like -- so it could look like a mumu -- it was a long -- >> seth: yeah. >> shirt dress thingy. took it off. and, like, did my little thing. corn row my hair back. and sang a little chaka khan. and i got the job. >> seth: oh, there you go! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] with that said, i do want to stress for everybody watching, don't take your pants off in auditions. >> don't. [ laughter ] not smart. >> seth: it worked out for danielle. >> yeah. >> seth: but that's just not -- >> not the way to go. >> seth: i always think this is nice to see that successful actors did some other stuff before they were on the show we know them for. you had a job in new york where you would sing at a m.a.c. cosmetics store. >> yes, you guys! >> seth: so this is shopping, and you would just sing? >> i would sing in m.a.c. stores. they would dress us up like little dolls. >> seth: uh-huh. >> as you can see. and they would do our faces. and normally, they would make me look like a drag queen. no offense to the drag queens. because y'all look fierce. but it was a lot of makeup. >> seth: uh-huh. >> and i told the person who did my makeup that didn't make me look like a drag queen, i said, "if i ever make it big --" i was singing in a window! nobody knew me! [ laughter ] i was like, "if i make it big, i want you to be my makeup artist." and less than six months later, i called him! michael patterson, i love you. i said, "um, actually, i got this show, 'orange is the new black' and i don't know what it is, but can you be my makeup artist?" he has been my makeup artist for six years. >> seth: that's fantastic! what a nice story. >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: this is by my request. last time you were here, you made balloon animals. >> yes. >> seth: you are an accomplished balloon animalist. >> yes. i'm a little rusty. >> seth: a little rusty. but we brought some balloons. would you as, a thanksgiving treat to me, make some balloons? >> i'd be honored. >> seth: okay, great. [ cheers and applause ] how many do you need? two? are these colors all right? >> uh -- acutal -- yes. >> seth: okay. >> this is fine. >> seth: what are you going to make for us? >> so my first one -- i've been -- you know, i recently went to the moma -- >> seth: okay. >> sorry, sound department, again. i went to the moma. >> seth: uh-huh. >> and i discovered this. it -- you can only see this if you go to the vip section. >> seth: okay. >> but the vip two. >> seth: oh. >> not the first one, yeah. >> seth: oh, so it's a second vip section. >> yes, yes. so a lot of people -- >> seth: more v than the first one. >> oh, yeah. >> seth: yeah. >> and more p, too. >> seth: oh. [ laughter ] >> and a lot of people don't know about this animal. but it's actually a sphinxasaurus. >> seth: okay. >> and it was discovered by king tut. >> seth: oh, my goodness. >> yes. and it actually, if you go, you have to go. >> seth: so it's part sphinx, part dinosaur? >> yes. >> seth: okay. >> yes. this is it. and -- [ laughter ] if you go, i'm telling you, go vip two. it comes -- and, like, they display it in gold and metallic. >> seth: okay. >> and it is incredible. >> seth: well, that's great. so this -- okay. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> seth: okay. what else are you going to make for us? >> and this one is special, seth. i am bringing this one to you. you are going to love it. it looks similar to the last one. but -- [ laughter ] this one -- what makes this one so special, it's from -- it's called the eeligator. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] >> the eeligator that you will find in jamaica. and it is from montego bay. >> seth: okay. >> and the thing about this one, it's red. [ laughter ] and it only moves if it's in the light. that's the only time that it moves. and if it's not in the light, it immediately will stop and go like -- like that's what it does. [ laughter ] so that's from jamaica. it's very rare. very rare. [ laughter ] >> seth: can you just tell me, like, where the eyes are? >> the eyes are in the beholder. that is where -- [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: danielle brooks, everybody! >> the beholder. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: the fifth season of "orange is the new black" is currently strreaming on netflix. we'll be right back with music from daniel caesar. 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