[ cheers and applause ] . Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests tyler perry. Abigail spencer. Musical guest van morrison. And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 550 jimmy fallon . . [ cheers and applause ] ths hi, hey welce,elcomewelcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, everyone. Welcome to the tonight show [ cheers and applause ] i youre here. You made it. Thank you for being here. Im your host, jimmy fallon. You guys, this weekend is the second president ial debate between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. And i read that hillary took time off the campaign trail to get ready. Thumbs for another 3 00 a. M. Twitter meltdown. [ laughter and applause ] apparently, hillary says shes expecting a prepared and focused donald trump to show up to sundays debate. [ light laughter ] trump said, wrong. [ laughter and applause ] you dont say that. Nobody says steve why would he say that . Jimmy actually, Hillary Clinton just did an interview with elle magazine, and said in high school she ran for class president and. But it got weird when she showed up at her high school eight years later and ran again. [ laughter ] couldnt stop. Steve wow. Had to do it. In the same interview, Hillary Clinton told a story about when she wore a fake pony tail to school that got pulled off in front of everyone. She said it was the worst moment of her life. Even hillarys Fact Checkers were like, uh, sure. Yeah. [ laughter and applause ] yeah, thats the worst that pony tail. Lets go with that. But heres some good news for swing state of new hampshire. [ cheers and applause ] but trump said he didnt care, because if he cant win new hampshire, hell just build an even newer hampshire and make the old hampshire pay for it. [ laughter and applause ] this is the newest hampshire ever. Heres a little entertainment news. Its rumored that jayz is going on a world tour next year to respond to beyonces album, lemonade. [ audience ohs ] which is a pretty round about way of saying hes still locked out of the house. [ applause ] i saw that bachelor winner, lauren b. , is claiming she felt very alone after ben chose her, because they couldnt reveal their relationship. While ben said he felt very alone, because he was just down to one girlfriend. [ light laughter ] used to nine around the house. This is pretty amazing. A british man just solved the worlds smallest rubiks cube using tweezers and a magnifying glass. When asked if he got any help from friends, the man said, friends . Ill never solve that puzzle. [ light laughter ] and finally, this is cool. It was Just Announced that a a live production of mean girls is coming to washington, d. C. , next year. [ cheers and applause ] then hillary said, youre damn right it is. [ laughter and applause ] hey, we have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] . . [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you, guys thank you very much happy friday, everybody. Guys, come back again next week. On monday, taraji p. Henson will be here. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy cookie steve cmon i love to see cookie. Jimmy and we got great music from phish will be here on monday as well. [ cheers and applause ] then later next week, kevin hart will be back. Going to do something fun. Bryan cranston will be here. Steve oh jimmy vin diesel will be here. Steve what . [ cheers and applause ] jimmy and jon hamm will be joining us. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] slice of hamm. Jimmy and we have great music performances from james bay, barry gibb [ cheers ] steve barry gibb . Jimmy barry gibb will be here. And kings of leon will be here steve yo [ cheers and applause ] jimmy all next week. Its going to be good. But first, we have a fantastic show tonight. He is one of the most successful and talented guys around. He has a new movie called boo a madea halloween. Tyler perry is here. Steve oh [ cheers and applause ] jimmy boo madea herself may stop on may stop by a little bit later, too. Steve really . Jimmy maybe. Not sure. Probably will. Plus she stars in the giant new nbc show timeless. Abigail spencer is stopping by. Steve oh. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy and we have music steve from the one and only. Jimmy from the one and only. Van morrison is here, ladies [ cheers and applause ] jimmy guys, today is friday and thats usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. I check my inbox, i return some emails, and of course send out thank you notes. And i was just [ cheers and applause ] i was i thought if you guys wouldnt mind, id just like to write out my weekly thank you notes right now. Is that cool . [ cheers and applause ] roots, can i get some thank you note writing music, please . [ laughter ] steve looks suspicious. Jimmy no, no confident. Hes confident. Like james bond. Steve like james bot . Hes like a robot james. Foa jimmy here we go. . Thank you, Vice President ial debates, for being a couple of people sitting around a table fighting about donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Or as most of us call that, thanksgiving. [ applause ] there you go. Thank you, ted cruz, for calling people to remind them to vote for trump, but looking like a guy whos telling his wife he just lost the Kids College Fund at the track. [ laughter and applause ] oh, you picked up. I didnt think you were going to pick up. Steve thought i was going to go to the machine. Jimmy yeah. . Thank you, leaf piles, or as adam and eve calyo steve its what they wore. They wore leaves. That was their clothes. . Jimmy thank you, stella artois, for making every guy say, uh, i forgot it came in this stupid glass. [ laughter and applause ] i like that glass. Steve love it. Jimmy something different. Steve classy. Jimmy something different. Steve pinky out. . Not being called milk horses. [ laughter and applause ] theyre not called that. Steve dont call em that. Thats your beef with cows. [ light laughter ] . Jimmy thank you, pumpkin carving for assuming that after being ripped open, disemboweled and stabbed, the pumpkin would be smiling. [ laughter and applause ] horrible. Steve horrible thing. Pumpkinocide. . Or as i like to call it, practice for emergencies. [ applause ] just in case. I would be going faster. . Thank you, tom brady, for spending your fourweek nfl suspension for deflategate sunbathing naked in italy, riding a scooter in rome, and visiting the beach with your super model wife. I hope you learned your lesson. [ laughter and applause ] those are my thank you notes. Well be right back with more of the tonight show, everybody [ cheers and applause ] . When its time to potty train. Its time for training underwear new pampers easy ups. Has an allaround stretchy waistband. And pampers protection. 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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy welcome back, everybody. Guys, the election is only a a month away, and both candidates are scrambling to get every vote they can. In fact, i heard Donald Trumps been reaching out to africanamerican and women voters by calling them himself. [ light laughter ] its true. We actually got footage of his very first phone call to an africanamerican woman, and it is fascinating stuff. Take a look at this. [ phone ringing ] who that calling me . [ cheers and applause ] hello . Jimmy congratulations, youre speaking with donald trump. I know damn well you aint calling about how you get my number . List. Is this media . First of all, my name is madea. Ma to the damn dea, okay . [ laughter and applause ] thats my name. Learn how to talk, dernald. Jimmy look, media, id like to conduct a quick survey with you. Do you mind if i ask you a few simple questions . Yes, i mind. Goodbye. Jimmy perfect. First question, what is your biggest concern this election . Oh, thats simple. You. You are my biggest concern. Next question, please. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy okay, when i win this election what should be my first act as president . Oh, i think you should have the National Guard and all the army people bring out jackets and give to everybody. The quilted lined kind. Jimmy why is that . Because if you win, hell done froze the hell over. [ laughter and applause ] jimmy okay. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Not. This is not a debate, donald. This is not a debate. Jimmy have you seen my poll numbers lately . Have you seen my poll numbers . Have you seen my poll numbers . Have you seen my poll numbers lately . [ laughter ] theyre very impressive. Size of your hands so trust me, im sure that your poll number is not that impressive. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy theres no problem with the size of my hands. Trust me, theyre big, theyre beautiful, and they are fantastic. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] are you done . Can i get off jimmy hold on. [ growling ] all right, boy. Okay. Hes not thirsty. Look, is there anything i could say to convince you to vote for me . Oh, yes, very simple. Hello, my name is [ cheers and applause ] jimmy okay, moving on. What is your opinion on building the wall . Oh, im all for that. Jimmy really . Yes, yes, i think jimmy the wall . I think you should build a a wall, yes. Jimmy because i want a tall wall. Yes, you should have a tall wall, a tall wall. A tall wall in a circle around trump tower so i can lock your ass up, because thats exactly what you deserve. [ cheers and applause ] hallelujah somebody. Jimmy okay, okay. I dont what is with all the hostility . Havent you heard the old saying, if you dont have anything nice to say, tweet it at 3 00 a. M. Instead . One thing that you and i have in common, okay . Its that we both say whatevers on our minds. For instance, you can say that a beauty queen is disgusting. Aint that what you said . And i can say that i heard that you look like a pumpkin sitting outside my house. The truth is you look like the jackolantern that sit out of my house. In this case its a a jackassolantern. Jimmy okay. Like, can you please get off my phone . Jimmy wrong. I prefer the term, trumpkin. [ laughter ] now, look, lets cut to the chase. On election day, will you be voting for donald trump . Aint no black people voting for you donald. Dont you understaha . Lord help him understand help him understand lord help him understand . [ laughter ] . Help him too timothy help him understand . Jimmy what was that . Is that some kind of hymn . I love hymns. Theyre so much better than hers. [ laughter ] all right, media, i have to move on to my next caller, but before i go, i got to tell you, if youre voting for Hillary Clinton, you really need to wake up. First of all, im woke, okay . Im woke. Im woke like a rooster. [ laughter and applause ] yeah. 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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest tonight is one of the hardest working people on the planet. He is an actor, writer, director, producer, and best selling author. On october 21st, you can see him in the new movie, boo a a madea halloween. Everyone please welcome the multitalented tyler perry [ cheers and applause ] jimmy tyler perry hello. Hello. Hello. Jimmy tyler perry. Thank you. Thats pretty funny, man. Jimmy that was fun. I love your donald. Your donalds hysterical, man. Jimmy thank you for doing that. That was so much fun to do with you man, i appreciate it. Jimmy i never know what youre going to say. cause its so fun, kind of like improvising a scene. You never know what im going to say . I never know what youre going to say. Jimmy you know the little hand. [ laughter ] the hand was good. The hand was really good. Jimmy you posted this picture yesterday and i wanted to know what was on the picture. You and Bernie Sanders. Jimmy Bernie Sanders . Yeah. Jimmy where was this . [ applause ] i was leaving a hotel in detroit and oh my god, this is so awful. Im leaving this hotel in detroit and i walk up to him and im kind of fan girling. Like, oh my god thats Bernie Sanders, i want to say hi to him. So i walked up to him i kept up with him, and i said, hi, im tyler perry i im he people have that look where they have no idea who you are . [ laughter ] he totally had that look. So im like, hey, im tyler perry how you doing. Im really good. I say, youre here stumping for hillary, right . Yeah. Yeah, i am, i am. Okay. Well, can we take a photo together . Just do it quickly, do it quickly. [ laughter ] jimmy he had no idea who you are. No, no, not at all, right . So, im like, okay, okay. So then i say im losing him, right . So i say, listen, i know lots of black people. This is going to be good for elections. I felt like such a tool, man. I said that to him. [ laughter ] i said that to him. I said that to him. Jimmy make it quick. Make it quick. Yeah. Wait. So he goes, make it quick, right. Then i say i know lots of black people and he looks at me like, who the hell are you saying this to me right now . It was really funny, man. So im sure some of his people are telling him tonight, hey, bernie, im tyler perry. How are you . Good to meet you. Im a huge fan. Huge fan. Huge fan. [ laughter and applause ] jimmy i know that, when they have no idea. Yeah, yeah, you know that face where its like jimmy that face where like i am not gonna i dont know who you are. Jimmy i dont recognize you at all. How is it doing . Detroit, you know what. Let me tell you something about detroit. The people are so resilient, so i think detroit is going to be fine. As long as the people and the attitude and the spirit thats there now continues to live there, it will be fine. Jimmy very good. I love detroit. Shout out to everyone in detroit. [ cheers ] yeah. Jimmy i hope it comes back, because its a beautiful place. And happy belated birthday. Yes. Jimmy im a september birthday too. Yes, virgo. Jimmy yeah. Virgo. [ cheers ] we have four or five people, yeah. We have four or five people in the audience. But were usually more introverted than that. That was pretty loud. Jimmy yeah, exac chill out, virgos. Jimmy yeah, exactly. You sure youre not on the cusp . [ laughter ] youre a cusp kind of person. Right, right. Right, right. [ laughter ] jimmy virgos wouldnt do that. Thats a cusp move. Never. Were chill. [ light laughter ] jimmy we had a good horoscope coming up, though. I think octobers supposed to be good for us. Or november is supposed to be good for us. Something like is that right . Jimmy yeah, weve got a a good couple months coming in, yeah. Ill take it. Jimmy youre 47 years old this year . And so far, i 20 plays, 853 episodes youve written and directed. [ cheers and applause ] youre only 47. Only 47, yes. Jimmy not bad. No, not bad. Jimmy thats pretty impressive. And the finale of my show, too close to home, is on tlc this monday night. [ cheers ] so yeah, were pretty excited about that. Jimmy you just love working . You love the reaction . What do you like . All of it. I love the work. I love the reaction. And i work really hard but then i take breaks and i take really hard breaks too. I take long periods off. Jimmy so like a vacation for you is an actual vacation, do you actually just chill . I write on vacation. Jimmy you do what . I write. Jimmy i thought you said you ride. Im like no, see thats that sounds like, yeah, i did 87 miles in three days. Thats not vacation. No. No, no, no, no. Yeah, i know those kind of people. Something. Its my birthday, you know . Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] jimmy give me something, man. Let me have something. Jimmy let me have one thing. But you do so now you have boo a madea halloween. Yeah. Jimmy i just i want to get into, because i know the idea, the origin of how it came in. But madea if you dont know the story about what tylers done, i think its the coolest thing ever. You do these like like it was a was it a character or a oneman show . No. s so its like broadway, just with black people. [ laughter ] yeah. Yeah. And its jimmy i know. Yeah. Right. [ talking over each other ] i was doing a show in chicago was where it started about 18 years ago. I did this i had this play called i could do bad all by myself, i think it was the first one. And madea was in the show, but there was a lady who was supposed to show up who didnt, so i had a small role, but it became much bigger because that person didnt show up. Night, i was apologizing to the audience because im like, ive been advertising that this person would be there. She had a hit record on the radio and she didnt show up. And the audience is chanting, we dont care, we dont care. So thats how it all started. Jimmy isnt that unbelievable . Yeah, so for all of you who hate madea, youve got chicago to thank for it. [ laughter ] jimmy no, we love madea so much. As we just saw. Thank you. Thank you, baby. Thank you so much. I appreciate that. Thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy i dont know what youre going to say. No, neither do i. Thats the thing. Thats so scary. To have no cl