Comedian jaboukie youngwhite, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 789 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats what im talking about. Please, enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. What a hot crowd great new york city crowd. Welcome, everybody. [ cheers ] welcome to the tonight show, baby. [ cheers and applause ] youre here. The tonight show welcome. Looking good. Looking good. Well, heres what people are talking about. A huge, huge political story. Last night, doug jones pulled a a off a shocking win over roy moore to become senator of alabama. [ cheers and applause ] and you know its been a crazy year when an alleged pedophile loses a senate race and were like, wow, what an upset. [ laughter and applause ] i thought the pedophile was going to win. Yep, roy moore became the first republican to lose an Alabama Senate race in 25 years. [ cheers ] it was so embarrassing, his horse went home in an uber. [ laughter and applause ] you sassy the horse . Get in. What kind of music you like . [ light laughter ] as the results came in, reporters said it was very quiet at Moores Campaign headquarters. But to be fair, it was a school night. So [ laughter and applause ] steve heyoh ho, ho. Ho. J one of moores spokesmen went on cnn to defend his beliefs that muslims cant run for office. And he got some surprising information. Watch his reaction. You dont actually have to swear on a christian bible. You can swear on anything, really. I dont know if you knew that. You can swear on a jewish bible oh, no you can swear on a i swore on the bible. Ive done it three times. Im sure you have. Im sure you picked a bible, but the law is not that you have to swear on a christian bible. That is not the law. [ light laughter ] you dont know that . All right, ted crockett [ laughter and applause ] jimmy blink twice for yes, ted. [ laughter and applause ] it looks like he just found out hes been saying his wifes name wrong for 20 years. [ laughter ] its lestlie, not leslie. But a lot of republicans a a lot of republicans are blaming steve bannon for the loss. Today, congressman peter king went on cnn and made some pretty interesting remarks about him. This guy does not belong on the national stage. He looks like some disheveled drunk that wandered on to the political stage. Did you just call steve bannon a disheveled drunk . [ light laughter ] no, its very precise. I said he looks like one. [ laughter ] jimmy im not saying hes ugly. Im just saying he looks ugly. Thats all im saying. [ laughter and applause ] i would never i would never say that. Steve hey. Jimmy and one of the big reasons for doug joness victory was because 98 of africanamerican women supported him. Joining me now to talk about it is tonight show correspondent yamaneika saunders, everybody. [ applause ] jimmy oh, no. Oh, no oh, no, what happened . Oh, oh jimmy oh, what happened . My back is hurting. Jimmy oh no, your back hurts . Yeah, every black womans back is hurting from carrying the election last night [ cheers and applause ] jimmy so youre excited about the results in alabama . Yeah, absolutely. Thats like kanye west saying, no, not anymore about me. More about you. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [ applause ] so youre feeling pretty good. Oh, yeah, i feel like superman. You know, because we both save the world and we both wear spanx. Jimmy absolutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [ light laughter ] mmhmm. Now, listen. This is the perfect example of black girl magic, okay . After the 2016 election we were like, you know what . Sit down. We got this. Jimmy really . Yeah black women get it done. I mean, yall seen hidden figures. Okay . We sent yall asses to space. Jimmy all right, thats [ cheers and applause ] thats a good point. You guys showed up. You showed up. Yeah, absolutely. We showed up like we thought barack, idris, and denzel were going to be there. [ light laughter ] jimmy uhhuh. Yeah. I mean, jimmy, this was our iphone release line. You know . Except we were waiting in line for a guy named doug. [ light laughter ] jimmy yeah, yeah, yeah. Iphone release line. Yes. Jimmy so do you think black women are celebrating in alabama today . Oh, yeah. Well, were super excited, you know would be if they let him back into limited too. [ laughter ] jimmy oh, yeah. Thats exciting. Yeah, yeah. Before i let you go, what do you think roy moore should do next . Oh, what do i think . Jimmy yeah. What do i think . I think he need to get back on that horse is saddle his ass up to westworld. [ cheers ] jimmy all right, very good. Yamaneika saunders, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] mandella 2020 mandella 2020 jimmy yamaneika saunders. Listen to this, you guys. Paul ryan revealed that he hasnt eaten sweets in ten years. He said hed rather eat grilled asparagus than a snickers. [ light laughter ] americans were like, and we thought roy moore was a a monster. [ laughter and applause ] i mean, this guy is insane what is he talking about . Happy halloween. Heres a grilled asparagus. [ light laughter ] its a funsize grilled asparagus. [ light laughter ] did you guys hear about this . Apparently George Clooney once gave his 14 best friends 1 million each. [ audience ohs ] ey 15th best friend was like, what the hell, man . [ laughter and applause ] we cool . Were you having a barbecue or something . Come on, man. Remember when we had that thing that one time . [ light laughter ] were kind of buddies, right . Come on. Finally, this is very cute. The other day, in indiana, a a little boy and little girl were in the middle of the School Wrestling match and the girls younger brother didnt seem to like what he saw. Check this out. [ yelling ] [ light laughter ] jimmy oh, there he goes. [ laughter ] and im told that kid just signed with the wwe. We have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy that sounded good right there. That is bassist, producer, and composer Jamaaladeen Tacuma sitting in with the roots, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Jimmy jamaaladeen. His album, the gnawa soul experience is available now. You can catch him performing his at winter jazz fest here in new york city in january. Were honored to have you here, buddy. Thank you. Jimmy i know a lot about ya. [ cheers and applause ] guys, i did this cool thing this morning. Remember i was talking about it . I have this kids book, everything is mama, and i put this out. And its fun, its great to put out a kids book, because it really has, like, seriously, maybe steve eight. Jimmy eight, ten words in the whole thing. [ light laughter ] yeah. Its just you know, its stuff like this. You know, its a very quick read. [ light laughter ] but anyways, i had this idea. I go, maybe ill go on facebook see if teachers or librarians or parents or anybody who wants me to read the story to their kids, they can do it. You know . And just do it ill do it 9 15 in the morning, kids are at school or whatever. I dont know, whatever theyre doing. Anyways, unbelievable response. Steve aw. Jimmy it was so cool. Over half a Million People were on facebook saw it live. [ cheers and applause ] like schools and you gotta see this thing. This is a library here, qrs library. Theres a bunch of kids watching me there. They just put it on this big screen at all these schools and stuff kids just watch i know. Its the coolest thing. I was freaking out. I didnt even think it would be this big. Two like a brother and sister were there. They loved it. [ audience aws ] its a cute baby. Come on. Steve aw. Jimmy cute baby. Come on. [ audience aws ] its like boss baby right there. You know . Its fantastic. [ laughter ] anyways, i flipped out. I didnt think it would be that big. But its so important to read to your kids and i thought it was such a great thing that all these people turned out and did that. So thank you to all the teachers and librarians and parents. Read to your kids. Its so great. And so fun. Guys, be sure to tune in tomorrow night. Weve got a huge show planned. Hes starring in the new jumanji movie and is hosting saturday night live this weekend. Kevin hart will be dropping by tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] plus were talking to Hailee Steinfeld and shes closing the show with a brand new song. You dont want to miss it. Thats going to be good tomorrow night. But first, we have a fun show tonight. We love this guy. Hes a talented, talented, talented actor. Hes a great actor. From the acclaimed new movie the shape of water, Michael Shannon is here, ladies and gentlemen. Steve yeah. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hes also super funny too. Hes one of my favorite people. Plus she was nominated for two sag awards this morning. Yeah. And a golden globe. From the new film the post, alison brie is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] and from glow. Heres alison brie right here. And then thats alison. And then we have great standup from a nice, young kid. Tonight. [ cheers and applause ] his standup is very funny. Very funny guy. Guys, we have exactly eight shows left before we go on christmas break, which means its time for that beloved tonight show tradition. It is time for 12 days of christmas sweaters. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] 12 days of christmas sweaters eight days left jimmy that is right. Every show between now and christmas, well be giving one lucky audience member a a stunning christmas sweater from the countdown to christmas cabinet. Now, since there are eight shows left, lets open door number eight. [ drum roll ] oh [ cheers and applause ] look at this. Wow. This [ cheers ] thats a lot of neck. There. A lot of neck. Extra neck. You got some nutcrackers and some necks right there. Its good stuff. [ light laughter ] now lets see whos going home with tonights sweater. Everyone, look at your seat number. Now, 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 . Its a good one [ cheers and applause ] 326 there we go. [ cheers ] get over here come on over hey, how you doing, buddy . Come on congratulations. How you doing . How are you, pal . Hey. There you go. This is for you. Can you hold that . Oh, i can. Jimmy what is your name and where you from . Joanne doyle, houston. Texas jimmy hey youre texas yeah jimmy lot of people texas. [ cheers ] i love texas well, it snowed the other day in houston, didnt it . Yes, four inches. Jimmy four inches. So youre going to need another sweater over your beautiful sweater that youre wearing. Id love it. Jimmy do you have anything like this . No. Jimmy oh, wow, thats surprising. Would you like to try it on . Sure. You have to hold this. Jimmy of course i will. Absolutely. This is just gonna be beautiful. That time of year. Snow in houston. This is happening. This is already i can tell, this is it. Perfect . Jimmy i mean, look at this. [ cheers ] are you kidding me . [ applause ] are you kidding me . You look gorgeous its fantastic. Thank you, pal. Thank you. Jimmy congratulations. Happy holidays. Nice to see you. Merry christmas. Jimmy thank you very much [ cheers and applause ] give it up for our great audience member right there. Stick around. Well be right back with screen grabs. Come on, back the tonight show, everybody. You look great [ cheers and applause ] giggling hey google, add coffee from walmart to my cart. Ce your order history has great value french roast coffee pods from walmart. Add to cart . Both yes anything you want add laundry detergent from walmart to my cart. Anything you need add paper towels. Add a baking pan. groan hey google, add a football from walmart. Anything at all you got it baby you got it when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. Yeah, my dad says our insurance doesnt have that. What . you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. dog growls named after a star. Crafted to celebrate an unforgettable holiday. Host one to remember. What if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely rid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh [ cheers and applause ] guys, welcome back to the tonight show. It is time for screen grabs. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy now, these are some weird, funny things you guys have found on the internet or other places, and then sent in to us. This first screen grab was sent in by boyd warner in brookville, ohio. He was watching his local news and he spotted some school closings. Noahs ark preschool closed due to flooding. [ laughter and applause ] i dont think they want to stay open for that one. Noahs ark school. Steve people are animals. Jimmy this next one was sent in by Alex Francisco from bloomington, illinois. He was shopping for some food online. Lets see what he found. Chickenflavored vegetarian ham. [ applause ] always wanted to know what every fake animal tasted like. Yeah, there you go right there. One tube. One tube right there. This next one was sent in by Donna Shawley in lexington, kentucky. She was watching her local news, and she saw this. Two inmates on the run. [ laughter ] well, thats [ cheers and applause ] this next one was sent in by rich robando in cary, illinois. He was reading the Chicago Tribune and came across this headline. Woman charged with dui near port wine road and daiquiri drive. [ laughter and applause ] steve how can i not . Jimmy probably lives in margaritaville. [ laughter ] next one was sent in by ben dryer in somerville, massachusetts. Whoo jimmy he was there he is. Hey, ben. Welcome. [ laughter ] he was trying to find a place to eat on yelp and came across this review. This is my favorite one. [ laughter ] this is my favorite one. [ laughter ] he went on yelp to see if he should go to this restaurant. This is the review for the restaurant. Steve im gonna go to this restaurant. Let me check on yelp. Whats it say . Jimmy this is the review. It says, i got stabbed here. [ laughter ] food was fresh. Drinks were tasty, but i got stabbed here. [ cheers and applause ] would consider going back. [ laughter ] consider going back . This food must be really good, man. Steve super good. Jimmy that service is really bad service there. Steve fantastic. Did get stabbed. Jimmy i was stabbed here. Steve i would are you going to go back there . Jimmy what . Yeah, i would consider it. [ light laughter ] this next one was sent in by jesse bunn in chester, virginia. Its a flyer that he was emailed that was promoting a a fun event at his kids school. Family art night. [ laughter ] family art family art night. What steve oh, my god. Jimmy family art whatd you do . Family art steve family art night. Jimmy thats correct. Steve from jesse bunn. [ laughter ] jimmy a family art night, yeah. I dont know about it, but this steve family fart night. Jimmy family art night. Well, either way. Steve oh, my god that sounds like jimmy sounds like a blast. [ laughter ] i beat you to it. Steve you beat me to the punch. Jimmy i beat you to it, yeah. This next one was sent in by sara ferrell in bentonville, arkansas. She was trying to find something online to help her with her teething baby. Says food grade silicone teething minifoot. I dont know if a babys going to want to chew on a foot, but lets take a look oh, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] dont care for it. Steve no, baby dont like it. Jimmy dont care for it. Baby doesnt like it. Steve oh, its a little bird. Jimmy were down to our last one here. Its from laura knispel in west palm beach, florida. Hey, she was watching an old nfl clip and saw a reporter interviewing a player. She said the reporter looks a a lot like me. I dont know if i see it. Lets take a look at this. That guy . I dont really see it, but i dont know. Let me try something. [ cheers and applause ] [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] kind of digging it. Im seeing it now. I like this. Thats all the time we have for screen grabs. [ cheers and applause ] if you have a funny screen grab, email it to us at screengrab tonightshow. Com. We might put it on the show. Come on back, everybody. Well be right back with Michael Shannon. [ cheers and applause ] youre that one on my i cant ignore more im gonna miss you but real love is never a waste of time mom stuffynosecold nosleep mouthbreather just put on a breathe right strip it instantly opens your nose. Up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone go to breatheright. Com today to request a free sample. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest is a a twotime Academy Awardnominated actor starring in the criticallyacclaimed new film, the shape of water. It was awesome. What a cool, weird film. I loved it. It received a golden globe nomination for best picture and is now in theaters nationwide. Please welcome the very talented Michael Shannon, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] this is absolutely this is absolutely amazing, and wow, you look fantastic. And i it bare it barely lights can we just dim the lights a little bit . It barely lights up. This is fantastic. Theres a light down here. Jimmy oh, yeah. Theres one right up here. Jimmy right in the middle there. Look at that. Theres one by my nipple over here. Can you say nipple on television . Jimmy yeah, you can absolutely say it. Michael, you look fantastic. Thank you. Jimmy thank you for dressing up and wearing that and you brought me out a a little a little what do we have . This is eggnog. Jimmy eggnog. Wow. Cheers. Jimmy cheers. Happy holidays. I was curious what nog meant because i had never heard it properly defined by anyone. So i looked it up today before i came over here and it simply means a beverage made with eggs. [ light laughter ] thats basically all it means. Jimmy eggnog . It cant mean no, nog. The egg is actually kind of redundant. You could just say nog. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah, it should be like nutmeg nog or Something Like that, yeah. The egg is in every nog. Or rum brandy nog, in my case. Jimmy rum brandy nog. Yeah, exactly, yeah. I know youre a music fan. Wh whats your goto holiday music . Oh, man. I always i always enjoy death metal, no matter what time of the year it is. [ light laughter ] but i i like that Charlie Brown stuff. Thats always real good. But my [ laughter ] i really do but i heard, actually, at a a restaurant the other night, someone played the Vince Guaraldi christmas song, christmas time is her