And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 572. Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi, Everyone Welcome [ cheers and applause ] welcome welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. This is it. You made it. [ cheers and applause ] youre here. Youre watching. Thank you very much. Hot crowd tonight. Heres what people are talking about, you guys. I saw that president obama was in greece yesterday, to meet with the greek prime minister. Yep, obama went to the birthplace of democracy to say, spoiler alert. [ laughter and applause ] thats right, obama began his final foreign trip in athens, greece. While back at the white house joe biden held his final toga party as vice president. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] dads gone was like a are we the conga line . What are we doing . [ cheers and applause ] its like a pizza on the turntable. Steve yeah. Jimmy or the record, i dont know. Steve somebody playing the base. Jimmy dads gone. We didnt do anything, dad. [ light laughter ] but to mark obamas visit, greeces president made a toast in his honor. It was very nice. Check out what he said. [ speaking Foreign Language ] [ laughter ] jimmy it was very interesting. Isnt that nice . I think that i think thats the translation. Steve i think that. Yeah, i dont speak greek. Its all greek to me. Jimmy i dont know, yeah. [ laughter ] between now and inauguration day, Donald TrumpsTransition Team has to appoint 4,000 people. And because they need to hire so many people in such a short time, they made a special job application for anyone interested. And so right now im going to tell you, the best way to fill it out to land a job in the trump administration. For example, the first question is, did you vote for trump . [ laughter ] youre going to want to answer yes on that. Next question is, did you hear anything trump said during the election . For that youre going to want to answer no. [ laughter ] thats a [ applause ] and finally, for the question, are you a u. S. Citizen . Youre going to want to circle, is this a trap . [ laughter and applause ] and there you go. Just, just a little helpful hint and youll be in there. Dont worry about it. Steve little fyi. Jimmy dont worry about it. Yesterday donald trump and mike pence reportedly received their first president ial Daily Briefing of Sensitive National intelligence. Or as trump asked putin, do you prefer email or fax . [ laughter ] meanwhile, its been announced that Donald Trumps name will be removed from the trump place apartment buildings here in manhattan. But trumps already found another place for it. Take a look. Its subtle. [ laughter ] i think its you barely, you barely notice it. Steve tasteful. Tasteful. Jimmy it is classy, it is beautiful, its fantastic. Im guessing nobodys more upset about trump being elected than this man in iowa. He made a bet with a friend last week and things didnt turn out so well for him. Check this out. Zach colbert supports bernie sanders. But he promised to get a tattoo of donald trump on his body, if trump won the election. Zach went to a tattoo artist and posted every mark live on facebook. Im thinking about my life and how how it went wrong. And now im in a chair getting a trump stamp. [ laughter ] jimmy trump stamp. Steve trump stamp. Jimmy he got a trump stamp. Might as well get the trump tattoo now before theyre mandatory. [ laughter ] trump stamp. Jimmy i saw that snapchats Parent Company has filed paperwork to sell its stock publicly. Snapchat, yeah. Now comes the hard part, teaching its Parent Company how to use snapchat. [ laughter ] like, no. Dad, just dont do it get off it check this out, the ride sharing app lyft is going to debut a new color changing displays on car dashboards on new years eve to make it easier for you to find your ride. Though on new years eve most people will be lucky if we can tell the difference between a a car and a mailbox. Its like [ laughter ] see you later. I think my car is here. Oh, its for you. Hold on a second. Listen to this. I saw that denver just approved a law that will make it the first city in the u. S. That lets people smoke marijuana in Public Places like bars and restaurants. [ cheers ] which is great news for the three stoners who actually leave their homes. [ laughter ] so that would be a big deal to them. Im going to venture out, dude ah [ light laughter ] finally, heres a crazy story coming out of california. Apparently a man there was just arrested this is real for terrorizing residents in his neighborhood by blasting an air horn in the middle of the night. [ laughter ] this is not, im not, im not joking. Take a look at this guys mugshot. Look. [ laughter ] kind of looks like he might have aimed the air horn backwards. [ laughter ] oh, my goodness. Can we see that guy again . Forget the air horn. Are we sure that he wasnt just making that noise himself . [ air horn ] we have a great show tonight give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi, everyone before we get started, i want to say congratulations to lorne michaels. Today, he was named a recipient of the president ial medal of freedom. Steve yeah. Jimmy which is the [ cheers and applause ] it is the highest civilian honor that you can receive. Were all so excited for for him. Congratulations, lorne. We love you, buddy. [ cheers and applause ] thats amazing. Thats so cool. Steve its like jimmy you guys, tomorrow night, this is big here at nbc. Nbc has thursday night football. Steve oh, yeah jimmy oh, yeah. This is gigantic. This is big. Theyve never had thursday night football. Steve nope. Jimmy no, no. What are they going to do with it . Weve seen what other people do with it, and we go, okay. Steve yeah. Jimmy but nbcs never had it. Lets see what they do with it. Steve yeah. Jimmy im sure theyll do a a great job. We love nbc sports, but this is big. Bigtime. Yeah, and its a good game. Saints versus panthers. Steve love it. Jimmy yeah, and even, yeah. Thats tomorrow. 7 30, i think. On nbc, right . Steve right. Jimmy get your chips, get your dip. Steve seven layer dip. Jimmy get your cheese nips. Steve yep. Jimmy cheese, your chips, dips, and nips. Steve and then get dressed, and get your food. [ laughter ] jimmy but even if were following the show immediately we have a show. We have a big show for us. Academy award winner Nicole Kidman will be here steve oh [ cheers and applause ] jimmy yeah. Steve come on. Jimmy be sure to tune in for that. Plus, we have Michael Shannon and Miranda Lambert will be joining us. Its a big show. [ cheers and applause ] then on friday, we have megyn kelly. She and i are playing a game of box of lies. Steve ooh [ cheers and applause ] jimmy but first, we have a a fantastic show tonight. He stars in the upcoming new hbo series, the young pope. Hes fantastic, i love that dude. Steve love him. Jimmy jude law is here ladies and gentlemen steve come on [ cheers and applause ] jimmy he knows how to do it. Steve come on jimmy speaking of knows how to do it. From the number one new show of the season this is us, sterling k. Brown is stopping by [ cheers and applause ] plays chris chris darden. And we got great new music from Macklemore Steve yeah jimmy featuring ariana deboo [ cheers and applause ] big show tonight. And the last two nights ive been i cant get this out of my head, because ive been watching a lot of Gilmore Girls. Gearing up. Gearing up the choochoo train for the netflix special thats coming on, after thanksgiving, im like, its four its four shows, its one off. Its just, im freaking out. Anyways, i picked my top four characters on the show besides rory and lorelai. Steve right. Jimmy of course, they were taylor, you know, the town mayor guy, whatever. Steve yes. Jimmy yeah. He just makes me laugh. Luke, of course. Kirk. And then paris geller. My number one, love her. But anyway, so anyways, i talked about it last night on the show, they tweeted me today, and they said they were psyched, they were like joking around. They were that was cool. And it was trending. Just cause people, they just want to know, those trending top4 no, gilmoregirlstop4. Yeah, so anyways, that was trending. cause people were saying, even the actors were saying, who their favorites were. But then i thought of a more interesting thing, is this. cause i had the invisible fifth. Which is, i just made that up. There is no top top four with an invisible five. I said well, the invisible fifth is gotta be sookie, who is melissa mccarthy. Shes great. [ cheers and applause ] then i rethought it. Steve what . Jimmy i stayed up all night, i didnt sleep. [ light laughter ] no, but i thought about my new invisible five, its going to be amy shermanpalladino. Steve oh. Jimmy yeah, no, yeah. [ laughter ] steve i love it. Jimmy shes the writer, the creator of the show, Gilmore Girls. But she wrote all of them, and up to season six. And she told everyone, im going to end the show with four words. Then she didnt tell she famously said this. Then she didnt come back til season seven. Some type of contract issue. I dont know. I dont wanna get into how the sausage is made. But this is [ laughter ] steve so you jimmy i just sit back, i enjoy the Gilmore Girls. Steve yes. Jimmy i enjoy the way its shot, directed, written, acted. I enjoy it. I dont want to know any of the business. Hollywood business behind. Steve nothing behind the scenes. Jimmy no. Amy shermanpalladino, a. S. P. Was not there. [ laughter ] steve for season seven . Jimmy a. S. P. [ laughter ] but she had the four words we were guessing, what are the four final words of Gilmore Girls. The obvious ones are, will you marry me. Steve right, sure. Jimmy too obvious. Steve no. Jimmy thats something amy a. S. P. Would never do that. Steve no, a. S. P wouldnt stoop so low. Jimmy no, i mean, it should be a hashtag a. S. P. , and your favorite aspm. Steve what do you think the last four words would be . Jimmy no, any fourword sentences. Steve oh. Jimmy well, i think it could be steve i drank my invisible fifth. No, thats five words. Jimmy no, thats five words. You only do four words. You can do an invisible fifth word. Which is probably uh. Steve or the. Jimmy i think its um. Steve umm. Jimmy my invisible fifth words are, i think my words are, ill always be here. [ audience aws ] no, okay. [ laughter ] i think the four is, i think they might be, i love you more. [ audience aws ] still invisible fifth word is, um. But anyways, i cant wait to find out. Im catching up, ive been watching every night. With my wife going to sleep, i watch Gilmore Girls to try to catch up. I just finished season four. Rorys grown up. [ laughter ] steve they grow up fast, man. Jimmy they grow up fast, man. [ laughter ] steve they grow up so fast. Jimmy and deans back in the mix. And im team jess, obviously. Steve totally. Jimmy i dont even know whats going to go down. But anyways, i have 60 episodes i have to get into it before next thursday, or next friday. [ laughter ] steve thats not that many, you can do that. Jimmy so right now, its average around seven episodes a a day. Steve seven episodes, thats not bad. Jimmy i think i can do it. Steve what do you need sleep for . They have those studies, you dont really need sleep. Jimmy thank you, thank you. Anyways, im talking about the double gs, and talking my a. S. P. s. You know. Steve yeah. [ light laughter ] jimmy guys, back in september, metallica came on our show. Yeah. Thats right. [ cheers and applause ] they have a new album right here, its called hard wired to selfdestruct. It comes out on friday. Well anyway, after they performed their song, they ripped the roof off this place. They stepped into the tonight show music room. So me and the roots grabbed some classroom instruments and we did our own version of enter sandman. Take a look. [ cheers and applause ] one, two, three. [ cheers and applause ] say your prayers little one dont forget my son to include everyone tuck you in warm within keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight exit light enter night take my hand were off to never never land [ cheers and applause ] somethings wrong shut the light heavy thoughts tonight and they arent of snow white dreams of war dreams of liars dreams of dragons fire and of things that will bite sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight exit light enter night take my hand were off to never never land [ cheers and applause ] hush little baby dont say a word and never mind that noise you heard its just the beasts under your bed in your closet in your head exit light enter night take my hand were off to never never land [ cheers and applause ] jimmy how fun was that . Metallica [ cheers and applause ] their new album hard wired to selfdestruct is out this friday, november 18th. Stick around, well be right back with more of the tonight show, everybody. Come on back. [ cheers and applause ] this piece is so you. I saw it and i was just like oh, i have to have it. State farm knows that every one those moments, theres one of these. This piece is so you. I saw it and i was just like i have to have it. From renters insurance. To rewards credit cards, state farm is here to help life go right. No. They come from thes come stomach. Heart. Give the gift of quality time with an applebees gift card. And receive a 10 bonus card for yourself. Only at applebees. State farm knows that for every one of those moments. What . Theres one of these. Sam, i gotta go. Is this my car . This is ridiculous this is ridiculous from Car Insurance. To car loans. State farm is here to help life go right. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy welcome back, everybody it is time for tonight show kid letters. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] tonight show kid letters kid letters tonight show jimmy now, we get letters from kids all over the world. They send us ideas, jokes, suggestions for the show. Theyre always great. I want to share some with you right now. These are real letters from real kids. We do not make this up. So our first kid letter comes from connor. He is 10 years old. He writes, hi, mrs. Fallon. [ laughter ] oh, connor. Oh, man. [ light laughter ] he says, i love your show. Im a big fan. Im in fifth grade. My mom says you look like peewee herman with macklemore hair. [ laughter and applause ] definitely a first [ laughter ] for me there. Can we see what that would look like . [ laughter ] we go set can you go set that over my face . [ laughter ] i dont really like this one. That one. [ laughter ] im headed downtown, cruising through the alley. Ha ha cruising through the alley. [ cheers and applause ] ha ha going downtown. [ light laughter ] thanks, connor. Heres a letter from julia. Shes 6 years old. She said, i am happy that your show is funny. Thanks. Why do you sing . Why are you funny . [ laughter ] well, i guess im funny because i try to sing. [ light laughter ] and i sing because i try to be funny . My brain hurts. Youre 6 years old. Go to bed, julia. Thank you. [ light laughter ] the next ones from cohn shacon . Is that real . [ light laughter ] cohn shacon . Hes 10 years old. Cohn shacon, sounds like a a sammy davis jr. Cohn shacon. [ light laughter ] look at this guy. Hes 10 and he says, dear little jimmy [ light laughter ] my name is cohn shacon. Im in fifth grade. When i was in fourth grade, i just started watching your show. It seems interesting. [ light laughter ] p. S. , ymg, yo my goodness, nerds rule, stay in school. Hey, that rhymes. Hashtag pepperoni equals pizza, equals life, equals heavens of awesomeness, equals gods of coolness, equals dot dot dot, tacos. [ laughter ] give an evil look at the camera when you say tacos. Tacos [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] peace out. Guard up. Guard down. Cohn. [ laughter ] guard up, guard down. Cohn shacon, thats fantastic. Heres the last letter here is from abigail. Shes 5 years old. She said, i watch you every night. I wish i could watch you more. [ light laughter ] i wish you had it. And i wish you had a really funny beard. Love, abigail. And she included a picture of me. Take a look at this beard. [ laughter ] red things on the bottom. I think its a pretty good picture. And actually, i want to try out that beard. I think that would be kind of fun. [ cheers and applause ] let me see the picture. Can i see the picture again . This is great. Thank you for the style advice, abigail i love it. [ cheers and applause ] thats all the time we have for kid letters. Thanks to all the kids who sent in letters. If you want to see yours on the show, just email them to kidletters tonightshow. Com. 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To be in the same room as metallica and the roots, that was jimmy oh. I was just a little bit jealous. Jimmy i mean, tha