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00:05From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, it's Late Night with Seth Meyers.
00:12Tonight, Lizzo.
00:14From Broadway's all-out comedy about admission, comedian and actor, Jake Shane.
00:18An all-new Quarzer look.
00:25And now, Seth Meyers.
00:28Good evening, Seth Meyers.
00:29This is Late Night.
00:30We hope you're doing well.
00:31And now, if you don't mind, we are going to get to the news.
00:34Scientists announced this week that they have found microplastics inside tumors removed
00:39from patients' prostate glands.
00:41Oh, I'm sorry.
00:42Would you rather talk about the State of the Union speech from last night?
00:46All right.
00:47But I'm telling you, this is less gross.
00:52President Trump last night delivered the longest State of the Union address in modern history.
00:56He basically has only two modes.
00:59Fully asleep or trying to prove he can stay up all night.
01:03It's like having a Coke dealer or a toddler as president.
01:07Or worse, a Coke-dealing toddler.
01:11During last night's State of the Union address,
01:13President Trump awarded two Congressional Medals of Honor and a Purple Heart.
01:17He even gave some awards to other people.
01:22During the same address, President Trump did not mention the Jeffrey Epstein files,
01:26which seems very rude, considering how much they mention him.
01:35These are bad manners.
01:38While entering the House chamber before the State of the Union,
01:41President Trump shook hands with Democratic Senator John Fetterman.
01:44That's why today, the hand makeup wasn't nearly enough.
01:50Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered the Democrats' response
01:53to last night's State of the Union address and spoke for 12 minutes.
01:57Well, she sighed for nine minutes and spoke for three.
02:01According to a new report, the UFC fight scheduled to take place this summer
02:05on the White House South Lawn will feature a weigh-in at the Lincoln Memorial.
02:09Wow, you've got to work pretty hard to be the worst thing
02:12that's ever happened to Lincoln.
02:20We have a writer named Mike Scollins. He wrote that.
02:24That's what he looks like.
02:27Today was FBI Director Cash Patel's 46th birthday,
02:31and there wasn't a surprise party.
02:33That's just how he looks.
02:39It's just always, every day, is a surprise.
02:43Duncan has begun offering iced coffee in 48-ounce buckets
02:46that have a handle, lid, and straw,
02:48which is handy because after 48 ounces of coffee,
02:51you're gonna need a bucket.
02:56A Florida convenience store manager was arrested this week
02:59for allegedly stealing more than $300,000 worth
03:01of scratch-off lottery tickets in a scam that netted him
03:04almost $5 and two free tickets.
03:10So we don't know what those have.
03:13A new study suggests that the Tyrannosaurus rex
03:16would chase its prey by running on its tiptoes.
03:18Scientists believe it's the only dinosaur
03:20to go extinct from bullying.
03:30And finally, Bloomberg published an article this week
03:33on the cheaper cuts of beef Americans are consuming
03:36amid rising prices.
03:37You know what that means?
03:38The McHoof is back!
03:41And that was a follow-up, everybody!
03:45We've begun.
03:46The show has begun.
03:48We've got a great one for you tonight.
03:51She's a multi-talented musician, songwriter,
03:54one of my favorite people to day drink with.
03:56Catch her performing here in New York for six shows.
03:59At the Blue Note, starting this Friday,
04:01Lizzo is back on the show, everybody!
04:05You know him from Hacks
04:07and his very funny podcast therapist with Jake Shane,
04:11now available on Netflix.
04:12He just made his Broadway debut,
04:14starring in an all-out comedy about ambition,
04:16playing at the Niederlander Theater.
04:18Jake Shane is on the show, everybody!
04:20How about that?
04:21So excited to talk to him.
04:24Before we get to all that,
04:26Donald Trump threw a tantrum
04:27when Democrats refused to stand and clap for him
04:30at the State of the Union
04:31and tried to co-opt the men's hockey team's gold medal win.
04:34For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.
04:40Trump's desperate to prevent Democrats
04:42from winning back Congress in November,
04:44not because he wants Congress to do anything,
04:46but because it would be bad for him.
04:48At a Republican policy retreat yesterday,
04:50President Trump issued this warning to his party.
04:53You've got to win the midterms,
04:54because if we don't win the midterms,
04:57it's just going to be...
04:59I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me.
05:02They'll find a reason?
05:05They're not going to have to work hard.
05:07Looking for a reason to impeach Trump
05:09is like looking for Waldo
05:11in a book called Oops! All Waldos.
05:14Going to be like a game of whack-a-mole
05:16where the machine's broken
05:17and those moles are just sitting ducks
05:19and you get to just wail on them.
05:20You get so many tickets
05:22that the girl at the prize counter's like,
05:23um, you definitely cheated.
05:25And you're like, um, I definitely didn't.
05:27Now give me my giant minion.
05:31It wasn't supposed to be a picture of me.
05:34It was a hypothetical.
05:36I was pretending to be a kid.
05:39I got minion money.
05:46But, Donald, if you're wondering,
05:47if you're wondering, Donald,
05:48what they might find to impeach you over,
05:50how about the fact that your family's crypto company
05:52took half a billion dollars from an Abu Dhabi royal
05:55known as the spy sheik,
05:57or the fact that he let a drug kingpin
05:59who, quote,
05:59flooded America with cocaine out of jail,
06:01or the fact that you're terrorizing cities
06:03and rounding up children,
06:04or the fact that your name appears more often
06:06in the Epstein files,
06:07then Eddie Murphy's name appears
06:09in the credits of the nutty professor.
06:12At this point, Trump's best defense
06:14will be that he didn't do any of this stuff,
06:16and it was Don Jr. dressed as him
06:18in full clumps makeup.
06:20They did it while my back was turned,
06:22and they did it very fast.
06:23They put the makeup on so quickly,
06:25they didn't have time to finish the hand.
06:29And I do...
06:31I do apologize that we haven't had time
06:34to do a full deep dive on the fact
06:36that our president has what's known
06:37as Adam's family hand.
06:40Because that bad boy definitely comes off at night
06:42and just runs around the Oval Office.
06:45So if Trump doesn't want to get impeached
06:47for a third, fourth, or fifth time,
06:48although I don't know what he's worried about,
06:50he could show up at his own impeachment trial
06:52and scream,
06:52that's right, I did it, and I'll do it again,
06:54and Republicans still wouldn't vote to convict.
06:58Afterwards, Lindsey Graham would tell the press,
07:00I saw a president today, he's learned his lesson.
07:04He was very contrite.
07:06But still, Trump's worried about breaking his own record
07:09for most impeachments,
07:10which is why the polling right now
07:12is so troubling for him.
07:13Trump's net approval rating,
07:14look at all the pre-SOTUS polls,
07:17the State of the Union, look at this.
07:19Okay, we're at this point, look at that.
07:21Negative 27 points, my goodness gracious.
07:23Compare that to where he was in 2020, 2019, and 2018,
07:27and turn one going into those State of the Unions.
07:29Minus 10, way lower now.
07:31Minus 15, way lower now.
07:33Minus 15, way lower now.
07:36You don't have to be a mathematical genius
07:37to know that minus 27 points
07:39is considerably lower than minus 15 or minus 11.
07:42It is also the weakest that Donald Trump
07:44has ever been with independents.
07:47Look at this drop.
07:48We've been talking about it the past few months.
07:50At this point, a year ago,
07:52Donald Trump was at minus 13 points.
07:54Look at this.
07:56Minus 47 points among independents.
08:00Trump's numbers are so bad,
08:01the pollsters are out of breath.
08:04And we are big fans of Harry Enten here.
08:06Love the energy, love the enthusiasm.
08:08But the midterms are still months away,
08:09so could somebody please tell him to pace himself?
08:11He's like a guy at a pickup basketball game
08:14who immediately plays full-court press.
08:17And you're like, dude, it's the Y.
08:19We all have knee braces on.
08:22So Trump's polling is brutal,
08:24which is why, according to the media,
08:26there was a lot riding on this State of the Union address.
08:29Now to the high stakes ahead of President Trump's
08:32State of the Union address on Tuesday.
08:34The high stakes address.
08:35The high stakes speech.
08:36His high stakes message.
08:38The president's high stakes State of the Union address.
08:41I think this is now a pretty high stakes State of the Union.
08:43No, it's not.
08:45Between this show and SNL,
08:47I've been through over 20 of these State of the Union addresses,
08:50both Republicans and Democrats.
08:51And if there's one lesson I've learned, it's this.
08:55No one gives a f***.
09:01Look, the whole thing, no matter the party,
09:04it's a stupid idea to begin with
09:06to let the person in charge of the nation
09:08give the State of the Union speech.
09:11What are they supposed to say?
09:12Hey, this place is a dump.
09:13Who's running this circus?
09:15It's like if I let my writers
09:16do their own employee evaluations.
09:18Everything I think of is funny,
09:19and I think noon is a perfectly fine time to come to work.
09:28No, that makes up for you using me in the Dave and Busters.
09:33No one remembers anything from a State of the Union address.
09:37You're more likely to remember the person giving the response
09:39to the State of the Union address.
09:41Like, I don't remember anything Barack Obama said
09:43in his State of the Union in 2013,
09:44but I definitely remember Marco Rubio
09:46stopping in the middle of his response
09:49to grab a bottle of water.
09:51Like, for some reason, he did it like he thought
09:53maybe the camera couldn't see him.
09:56Point is, that's all I remember in the State of the Union.
09:59You know why I remember it?
10:00Because Donald Trump reminded me.
10:01It's Rubio!
10:11That's what it is.
10:16Here's something fun we realized
10:17in the course of working on this segment.
10:19This week is the 10th anniversary of that clip.
10:22That's why Criterion is re-releasing it on Blu-ray.
10:26Trump even does the audio commentary.
10:29It's Rubio!
10:32Even more fun, the guy Trump made fun of works for him now.
10:34And not only does Rubio work for Trump,
10:37he glazes Trump while Trump sleeps right next to him.
10:39This war started, it never would have happened
10:41if you'd been president.
10:42But this war is going on,
10:44and the president is trying to end it.
10:45Not because, listen, we've got a million things
10:47to focus on in the world as a country,
10:49but he's the only leader in the world that can help end it.
10:51Does he know that?
10:54Because I don't think he can hear you.
10:56You don't have to lavish praise on him.
10:58He's asleep.
10:58Like, when my kids doze off in the middle of a bedtime book,
11:02I don't finish the chapter.
11:04I just get up and leave the room.
11:06I don't care how it ends up for Encyclopedia Brown.
11:08That dude's a dork.
11:11Also, Trump has since claimed he wasn't sleeping.
11:13That's just his listening face.
11:16That is not the face of a man who was listening intently
11:19to what's being said.
11:20That's the face of a man who's listening to a white noise machine
11:23after drinking a bottle of NyQuil.
11:25And even if he was listening, that's a rude face to make.
11:29Like, imagine if a guest on this show was telling a story,
11:31and then it cut to me looking like that.
11:33Here, I'll show you.
11:35It's much friendlier here.
11:37So, like, it's much friendlier, appreciative.
11:40People like something.
11:41They want to show you how much they like it.
12:03I'm listening.
12:05By the way, Republicans actually think
12:07this kind of thing makes Trump look good.
12:10We got the hardest-working president ever, ever.
12:13President Trump sleeps about two hours a day.
12:15Yeah, and those two hours are during meetings.
12:19Also, sleeping two hours a day is not a brag.
12:22It's a troubling diagnosis for a meth addict.
12:25And we know he's not using the time well.
12:27He's only sleeping two hours a day
12:28because he's up at ungodly hours,
12:30posting AI videos of himself playing ice hockey
12:33or flying a plane that dumps poop on protesters
12:36or announcing he's going to send a great hospital boat
12:39to Greenland to take care of the many people
12:42who are sick, even though no one knows
12:44what the he's talking about.
12:46And, by the way, they have universal health care.
12:49We don't.
12:49The U.S. sending a hospital boat to Greenland
12:52is like Ireland sending a pasta boat to Italy.
12:56No thanks.
12:57We look good.
12:59You're going to love our noodles.
13:04I should never try to go from Irish to...
13:06I can't do both at once.
13:10They've got to put a lot of gap.
13:11Hey, hey, hey, hey.
13:12All right, here, here, here, here.
13:17It's an old key.
13:20So, Republicans want you to think
13:22that if Trump just gives one really good speech,
13:24he'll suddenly be super popular again.
13:26But, as you can see from the polling conducted
13:28after the speech, that's not true,
13:30even if you poll a group of people
13:32who are mostly Republicans.
13:33This is a poll of speech watchers.
13:35They tend to be fans of the president.
13:37So, the polling universe here
13:40is about 13 points more Republican
13:43than the overall population usually is.
13:4538% said they had a very positive reaction
13:49to the speech.
13:49Joe Biden, four years ago,
13:5141% very positive reaction.
13:54Trump's State of the Union
13:55pulled worse than Biden's.
13:56But, I mean, that's not a fair comparison.
13:58Joe Biden was riding high.
13:59We all remember what happened
14:00immediately after Biden's speech.
14:02He crushed his debate with Trump,
14:03coasted to his second term,
14:05had his face added to Mount Rushmore,
14:07and won the Tour de France.
14:09What? Oh, I'm sorry. What's that?
14:11He was so unpopular, his own party forced him out?
14:13All right, well, I'm sure that's where
14:14the parallels end, right?
14:16Uh-oh!
14:19Now, in fact, Trump might want to go back to sleep
14:21when he seized the polling,
14:23which found that his State of the Union speech
14:25was the least popular this century.
14:27So, it was the least popular.
14:29That's okay.
14:30I'm sure it was the most something.
14:32At one hour and 47 minutes,
14:34it was the longest State of the Union speech in history.
14:37So, bad news, it sucked.
14:38Good news, it went on forever.
14:41I'm sorry, but if I'm going to sit through something that long,
14:44it better end up back at the Shire.
14:47So, the polling was bad before the speech
14:50and bad after the speech,
14:51and on top of that, it was long and boring.
14:53Or, if you're a Republican
14:55and you have to be nice to Trump...
14:57I think it was the best State of the Union speech
14:58that I've seen.
14:59President Trump gave a majestic speech tonight.
15:02I think this could have been the best speech
15:04he has ever delivered.
15:05Any historian who's writing about this presidency
15:08has to watch the speech tonight
15:10and read it carefully.
15:12Historians have to read it carefully?
15:13Trump didn't even read it carefully.
15:16Seriously, listen to this
15:17and tell me this isn't the first time
15:19he is seeing these words.
15:21Americans ventured out across
15:23the daunting and dangerous continent.
15:26We carved paths through an unforgiving wilderness,
15:31settled a boundless frontier,
15:33and tamed the beautiful
15:34but very, very dangerous Wild West.
15:38From empty marshes and wide-open plains,
15:41we raised up the world's greatest cities.
15:45Together, we mastered the world's mightiest industries
15:49and shattered histories, monstrous tyrannies.
15:55It's right here.
15:56Let's take a look.
16:00It's never a good sign when a guy's just, like,
16:02gripping the podium.
16:07But we, as we go through
16:11this great nation,
16:15such a smooth switch
16:18from one teleprompter to the other.
16:26And yet, despite the fact
16:28that it strained everyone's attention spans,
16:31Trump expected everyone, everyone to leap to their feet
16:34and applaud for him, including the Democrats.
16:36And his feelings were very hurt when they didn't.
16:40Look, nobody stands up.
16:41These people are crazy.
16:43I'm telling you.
16:44They're crazy.
16:46These people are crazy.
16:48They said electric boat batteries cause shark attacks.
16:51They called Hannibal Lecter a wonderful man.
16:53They sent a hospital boat to Greenland for no reason.
16:56Oh, I'm reala...
16:57Those are all things I did.
16:59I'm hearing myself now and realizing
17:01maybe I'm the crazy one.
17:02Let's see.
17:03Pull up a big of my face and tell me if I look crazy.
17:05Oh, it's me.
17:07I'm the crazy one.
17:09In fact, Trump is so desperate for a win,
17:11he tried to co-opt the U.S. men's hockey team's
17:15Olympic gold medal like he had something to do with it.
17:17Our country is winning again.
17:20In fact, we're winning so much
17:21that we really don't know what to do about it.
17:25People are asking me,
17:27please, please, please, Mr. President,
17:29we're winning too much.
17:30We can't take it anymore.
17:32We're not used to winning in our country.
17:34Until you came along,
17:36we're just always losing,
17:38but now we're winning too much.
17:40And I say, no, no, no.
17:42You're going to win again.
17:43You're going to win big.
17:45You're going to win bigger than ever.
17:47And to prove that point,
17:49to prove that point,
17:50here with us tonight is a group of winners
17:53who just made the entire nation proud.
17:56The men's gold medal Olympic hockey team.
18:01Hey, man, you're not winning.
18:02They're winning.
18:03You didn't win.
18:05I didn't see you out there lacing up your skates,
18:07taking slap shots with your weird
18:09Death Becomes Her Hand.
18:11Although maybe the hand showed up by itself
18:13and scored a goal.
18:15Taking credit like that,
18:16you sound like our cue card guy, Wally,
18:18when the Patriots win a game.
18:19Oh, Seth, we played great on Sunday.
18:21Oh, did you?
18:24How many yards did you get, Wally?
18:27How many yards is it
18:28from your couch to your kitchen?
18:35Trump.
18:41Trump used this speech
18:42the way he uses all of his speeches
18:44as a vehicle to attack anyone
18:46who doesn't bend the knee.
18:47And since that's a majority of the country,
18:49his polling is terrible.
18:50Republicans think this strategy is working,
18:52but that's only because...
18:53They're crazy.
18:58This has been...
19:04A Closer Look.
19:10We'll be right back with Lizzo, everybody.
19:18For more of Seth's Closer Looks,
19:19be sure to subscribe to Late Night on YouTube.
19:30Our first guest tonight is an Emmy and Grammy
19:34award-winning musician, songwriter,
19:36and she also happens to be one of my favorite people
19:38to day drink with.
19:39She's performing six shows at the Blue Note
19:41here in New York City starting this Friday.
19:43Please welcome back to the show
19:44our very good friend, Lizzo!
20:08Hello!
20:10Hello!
20:10Hello!
20:10Hello!
20:11How are you?
20:12I'm wonderful. I'm back.
20:14I feel like I'm always here. Are you sick of me?
20:16I'm very happy. I'll have you anytime you want to come.
20:18And you look amazing.
20:20So well put together.
20:24This is... I like this.
20:25I don't know why I'm doing that.
20:26I know. It's just like a new move in your repertoire.
20:29This is my cat's audition.
20:31And you know what? I feel like you can get away with it,
20:32and I don't feel like I could.
20:34No, you did good just now.
20:36Really?
20:37Wouldn't you think if I started every show,
20:39be like, welcome to late night.
20:40Rrrr.
20:41Okay, you like...
20:42The eyes are a little crazy, but it's...
20:45You got a soft in the eyes.
20:47It's a smolder. It's a rrrr.
20:48I don't know. I think it's connected.
20:49I think when I'm aggressive with my hands,
20:51my eyes get crazy.
20:52Here, I'll try to do it soft. Ready?
20:54Rrrr.
20:55You can't. You're like...
20:58Oh, God.
20:59That's so exciting. We talked a little bit backstage.
21:01But the Blue Note, this is a famous jazz club in New York City.
21:04This is a very small venue for someone who can fill an arena.
21:07Are you so excited about this?
21:09I'm so excited.
21:10I just played some in L.A., and it was incredible.
21:15Literally, people are, like, eating at my feet.
21:17Like, I smelled someone's food.
21:19Yeah.
21:19And then they were like, you want a veggie burger?
21:22By the way, I love that you said it's incredible,
21:24and then described something that does not feel incredible at all.
21:27But you know how, when you're doing a show,
21:29and you want to smell other people's dinner?
21:31Yeah!
21:32Well, the Blue Note has great food.
21:33Yeah, there you go. That's good.
21:34So let's start there. That's why.
21:34But I'm here in New York now doing it, and this is, like, the tiny one.
21:38Yeah.
21:39So we're about to be crammed on that stage.
21:40Well, we've talked before about, you know, you can, again, do these giant concerts.
21:43But when you're at SNL, smaller room, more nerves.
21:47Do you feel more nerves in a room like this?
21:49Or is it just the freedom of being with fans who are seeing something special?
21:52It's like you walked in, I say this every night, like, you walked into my living room.
21:57Yeah.
21:57And I'm just jamming.
21:58Yeah.
21:59Yeah, but you have to make it your house, or else you will freak out.
22:02Because people are literally just sitting there, and you're like, do you hate me?
22:06Like, what are you thinking?
22:07What is the light?
22:08Like, can you see full expressions?
22:10Is the lighting such that you can, like, sort of see how they're all reacting?
22:13Sometimes.
22:14But, like, I literally just imagine, like, I look above everyone's heads.
22:18So people are always like, I felt like you looked at me.
22:20I'm like, I was looking at the exit sign.
22:22But it's okay.
22:25And run list-wise, do you sort of change it night in and night out when you're doing a show
22:29here?
22:29Mmm, it's the same songs, but the vibe is different.
22:34Like, I come out and I improv on flute with my jazz band.
22:36So we're just, like, fluting and vibing.
22:39Sometimes it's 30 seconds, sometimes it's five hours.
22:41You know, who knows?
22:42Very exciting.
22:43And I would be very...
22:44If I went and there was no flute, I would be very disappointed.
22:46Oh, my God. You know Sasha had to be there.
22:48I had to pay her 50K.
22:50No, the contracts are crazy for Sasha.
22:53But she's there, baby.
22:54That's very exciting.
22:55And then you're transitioning.
22:57Really, it does speak to the sort of breadth of your appeal.
23:00You're doing a tiny jazz club in New York City,
23:02and then you're performing at a rodeo in Houston.
23:06Yeah.
23:0770,000 people sold out.
23:1170,000 people.
23:14It's my first stadium I ever sold out by myself.
23:22And it's the city that I grew up in.
23:25So, yeah.
23:25So did you used to go...
23:27I mean, first of all, congratulations.
23:28That's massive and...
23:30Yeah!
23:31They must be...
23:32I mean, I would imagine the extra bonus of being in an audience
23:36watching your homecoming.
23:37Was the rodeo somewhere that you would go?
23:40Yeah, absolutely.
23:41Like, I saw John Mayer perform at the rodeo.
23:45I saw Beyoncé perform at the rodeo.
23:47Wow.
23:47Ooh! I know, right?
23:49And now me, so...
23:50That's fantastic.
23:51Did you ever...
23:53Did you ever go to the rodeo for, like, rodeo stuff?
23:57Um...
23:59Rodeo stuff.
24:00Yeah.
24:01I mean, like, you know, when...
24:02Like, you mean horses and bull ?
24:03Yeah.
24:05Well, when you're like...
24:06Like, if somebody said, like,
24:07what do you think of when you say rodeo,
24:08I wouldn't be like, John Mayer.
24:12You wouldn't.
24:13But John Mayer is very country sometimes.
24:15Yeah.
24:17Not John Mayer.
24:18Um...
24:18Yeah, there's great food.
24:19Yeah.
24:20Yeah, so...
24:21We actually...
24:21Because you're in honor of this very exciting rodeo tour.
24:25And also, I know you can't say when,
24:27but a new single coming out.
24:28Yes.
24:28Don't Make Me Love You.
24:29Yes.
24:32Yes.
24:34Can I sing my single?
24:35You want to sing it right now?
24:36Yeah.
24:36Yeah.
24:36Yeah, okay.
24:37Okay.
24:43Don't make me love you.
24:46Don't make my heart beat out of my chest.
24:50Don't make me want you.
24:53If you just want something else,
24:56don't you me, baby.
24:59If this ain't it, just tell me tonight.
25:03Don't make me love you.
25:07If you're just gonna change your mind,
25:10don't waste my time.
25:18You're really good.
25:19You know, I do it for a living sometimes.
25:22I mean...
25:23I know.
25:25Your turn.
25:25I know this is crazy.
25:26Should I do it?
25:27Yes, come on.
25:29Don't make me.
25:32Wait.
25:32You might have, like, perfect pitch.
25:34That was at the end.
25:35No, how did you know what note I was singing?
25:37He has perfect pitch, you guys.
25:38Oh, my God.
25:39Go.
25:39La.
25:41La.
25:42Oh, my God.
25:43No.
25:45You don't know how hard that is for some people.
25:47Really?
25:47Yeah.
25:48I feel like we're day drinking again,
25:50and you're just telling me lies.
25:52I'm not that drunk.
25:53All right.
25:54We brought some rodeo food.
25:57What do we have first?
25:58Oh, my God.
25:59This is some of the stuff you can get at the old rodeo.
26:00This is gumbo.
26:02Okay.
26:02And Miss Tina knows, Beyonce knows his mom,
26:04is doing a gumbo stand at the rodeo,
26:06and I cannot wait to try it.
26:08Really?
26:08And I'm sure hers is gonna be better than this.
26:10No shade.
26:10Okay, gotcha.
26:11This is not Beyonce's mom's gumbo.
26:12So, it's rice.
26:13This is a Louisiana.
26:15Mm-hmm.
26:15Look at us.
26:16Look at us eating.
26:17I love a gumbo.
26:18Now, this is...
26:19I have a question about this.
26:20Um, I do love a corn dog.
26:23I need some salt.
26:24Yeah.
26:25And some pepper.
26:26Um, are you a corn dog fan?
26:28Baby, let me show you.
26:29And more and more...
26:35Get your mind out of the gutter.
26:38Okay.
26:38Yeah, proper technique here.
26:40Okay, so, actually, we don't have any ketchup or mustard.
26:42Yeah.
26:43We don't.
26:44No.
26:47All right, so, take the top.
26:48Okay.
26:48Oh, I didn't realize you could do it like this.
26:50Yeah, rip off the top like that.
26:51And then expose the little wiener like that.
26:54Yeah.
26:55And then what you want to do is you want to...
26:58To be fair, I don't know how they can think of anything else.
27:00Right.
27:01No, but it's like a little hat.
27:02Yeah, it's a little hat.
27:03So, now you have, like, a little hat.
27:04And then you get the protein.
27:05This is, um, yeah.
27:07You see that?
27:07Mm-hmm.
27:08Mm-hmm.
27:08It's like being at a bris.
27:12Okay.
27:13And then you get your protein.
27:14Uh-huh.
27:15Mm.
27:15Mm.
27:16And then I'm going to go with a little cup of mine.
27:18Mm-hmm.
27:19Mm-hmm.
27:20Mm-hmm.
27:20Mm-hmm.
27:21But you're supposed to...
27:23You're supposed to fill your hat with ketchup and mustard.
27:27Gotcha.
27:27Mm-hmm.
27:28This is gonna be like a little...
27:30Not exactly.
27:31Thank you so much.
27:31Oh, my God.
27:33I think it speaks.
27:34All right.
27:38All right, last but not least.
27:41Corn dogs are my favorite food.
27:42Oh, my God.
27:43So...
27:43Wait, hold on.
27:44Let me see this.
27:45We have to do this.
27:46We have to...
27:46We're gonna create the longest cheese pool.
27:48Oh.
27:49So, all right.
27:50Are we gonna, uh...
27:51This is gonna be crazy.
27:52Are we gonna lady in the tramp?
27:55You will be the tramp today.
27:56All right.
27:57All right, here we go.
27:58Oh, my God.
27:58Wait, you first.
28:00Here we go.
28:09Wait, you first.
28:12Let's do it.
28:14Let's do it.
28:15Let's do it.
28:15Linzo, everyone.
28:16We're taking some more information.
28:17We're going to visit...
28:18Linzo, videocamp.
28:20All right.
28:21We're taking this.
28:21Take care.
28:37Our next guest, a very funny comedian,
28:39you know from his work on Hacks
28:41and his wildly popular podcast Therapist
28:43with Jake Shane, which is now available on Netflix.
28:46Last week, he made his Broadway debut
28:47and is currently starring in all-out comedy about ambition,
28:51which is playing at the Neenerlander Theatre.
28:52Please welcome to the show Jake Shane!
29:08Please!
29:10A Broadway debut!
29:11Jake, congratulations!
29:16How do you find out that you're gonna be making your Broadway debut?
29:20Well, I was on a plane.
29:21Okay.
29:22And someone I work with texted me and they said,
29:26please call me.
29:28And I said, okay, like, is everything okay?
29:31And they wouldn't tell me if everything was okay.
29:32And they were like, when do you land?
29:33I was like, 20 minutes.
29:34And then they kept checking in.
29:36And then I finally landed.
29:38And sorry, no one asked for all these details.
29:41And then she called me and was like,
29:44do you want to do a Broadway show with Ray Romano,
29:46Nicholas Braun, and Jenny Slate?
29:47And I fell to the damn floor.
29:49Yeah.
29:50It was really great.
29:51I would imagine there was a lot of anxiety on the plane,
29:53not knowing what the text was gonna be,
29:55what the actual news was gonna be.
29:56Yeah, there was anxiety for the first five minutes.
29:58And then after that, I was just like, well,
30:01there's always death.
30:03You know, like...
30:06And you mentioned an incredible cast.
30:08It must be very cool to work with them.
30:10Yes, yes.
30:10And this is maybe something that was like destined,
30:13the idea that you would be on Broadway.
30:14I know, I know, I know.
30:15This was your e-mail signature when you were 11.
30:18It's Jake, a soon-to-be-a-Broadway star.
30:23Because...
30:26Not a bad call.
30:27Because I was auditioning for Thoroughly Modern Millie,
30:30and I thought, like, if I marketed myself as a Broadway star,
30:34like, it would lead me to get the role more.
30:37So I would e-mail, like, the sixth-grade casting person,
30:40who probably, like, was just like, I don't care.
30:42And I put that as my handle, and it worked.
30:47It took a little bit of time, but it worked.
30:49A little.
30:49Thoroughly Modern Millie.
30:50So you auditioned for Thoroughly Modern Millie.
30:53Yes, I was 11.
30:54You were 11.
30:54And we actually have some footage.
30:57Yes, yes.
30:58Is it from when I was from my mom's computer?
31:01Yeah.
31:02So, I mean, I was going to say talk us through your emotions,
31:05but I feel like your emotions are on full display,
31:07so maybe we'll just watch the clip.
31:09Yes, yes.
31:10Let's take a look at Jake here.
31:11Okay.
31:12Oh, my gosh.
31:13I'm nervous.
31:14I need that.
31:15I need to play Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie,
31:19the school play.
31:19I, like, I just, I just need to.
31:21It goes.
31:23Everything today is thoroughly modern.
31:26Check your personality.
31:28Everything today makes yesterday slow.
31:31Better face reality.
31:33It's not insanity.
31:35So beat the drums, cause here comes Thoroughly Modern Millie now.
31:45Great.
31:47I, there's also nothing funnier than auditioning for a musical
31:51where you immediately sing the title of the musical.
31:53Right, of course.
31:54Yeah, just like it's right out there, right out of the gate.
31:56Yes.
31:56So you want to let the casting people know,
31:58I know what show this is.
31:59Yes, please.
32:01I'm going to say the title a lot.
32:02Yes.
32:03That's so wonderful.
32:04Did you, were you somebody who loved going to,
32:05I know you grew up in the city.
32:06Did you go to a lot of shows?
32:07My mom took me to a bunch of theater.
32:09I saw Hair Off-Broadway.
32:11I remember seeing Wicked for my birthday.
32:13I saw Fun Home when it was here.
32:14Fantastic.
32:15Was your mom, has your mom seen the show here yet?
32:17Yes, she saw Opening Night.
32:19Must be so exciting.
32:20Yeah, she was so happy.
32:21That's fantastic.
32:23And she was, yeah, she was really, cause I remember when I,
32:26I did like, when I took my podcast on tour, she, I got off stage
32:30and every time she was like, I hate this show.
32:33And so, but then after this show, she was like, you did so good.
32:37So I know that she meant it.
32:38Well, that, I will say, I think it's very valuable to have a parent
32:41that also tells you when they don't like something you're in.
32:43Because then you can actually value the praises.
32:45Yes, exactly.
32:46Yeah.
32:47Exactly.
32:47You have a lot coming up.
32:48You have a movie coming out of South by Southwest,
32:51premiering there.
32:52Very exciting.
32:54Is it true, a show you star in and help produce?
32:58Yes.
32:58A show on Hulu written by Genevieve Aniello,
33:01directed by Paul Berganti, produced by Alec Berg and Amy Solomon.
33:04It's a good group.
33:05It's a good, good, good group.
33:06I'm really, really, really excited.
33:08That's fantastic.
33:09Will you stick around?
33:10I have a lot more to ask you.
33:11Please, I don't want to leave.
33:11All right, you guys, big team.
33:13You're welcome.
33:34Welcome back, everybody.
33:35We are here with Jake Shane.
33:37You mentioned your podcast, Therapist.
33:38Yes, yes.
33:39About two years old now, is that right?
33:41Yeah, yeah, two years almost to the date.
33:43And do you feel, did you have any expectation as to how well this would be received when you kicked
33:48it off?
33:49No, but because my manager told me, he was like, when you do this, you cannot expect any type of
33:55growth for two years.
33:57Right.
33:57So I said, okay, that's fine. That's the expectation I went into it with.
34:01And then I was very, very, very lucky.
34:03My two friends, Tate McRae and Renee Rapp, came on the show.
34:08And it really just, like, kind of opened up the floodgates for other people to come on.
34:12And it's just been awesome and racist.
34:14It is very nice when you have friends who are a gateway to then other fantastic guests.
34:19Yes, yes.
34:20I do, as far as origin stories go, yours is one of my favorites.
34:24Which is, you sort of first came into public, you know, knowledge for a lot of people.
34:28Because, what was it? Was it a... What would you say?
34:32TikTok, you were trying out. It was past the puss.
34:34It was past that puss.
34:36Past that puss, excuse me.
34:37And then TikTok wouldn't let me have that username.
34:39So it became OctopusLover8 because it ate tentacles.
34:41Yeah.
34:42And I would rate and review octopus.
34:45Now, this is the most niche thing.
34:48Like, so you sort of recognized the market did not have an octopus rater.
34:52I think what it was is I had this internship at a record label.
34:58And I, they were like, okay, you need to finish school.
35:02Like, you need to...
35:02Because I wanted to drop out and just work there.
35:04And they were like, no, please trust us.
35:06Like, please just finish school.
35:07And I was really, really bored my senior year.
35:10And I was just getting high all the time.
35:11And I was like, what if I...
35:16What if I just like...
35:18I used to love eating octopus and we would always be like, puss, puss.
35:22And then, so, somehow I started doing skits, like reenactment skits.
35:27Well, that's the great thing about this story is that you would think
35:30if it was just an octopus raider site, like, there's a very low ceiling
35:33as to what that could become.
35:35But then, like, independently, I guess you started interacting
35:38with the people who liked it.
35:39And they had this idea.
35:40They would sort of pitch you, what, like, ideas for skits?
35:42So, yeah, I was like, I had 60,000 followers at the time.
35:46And I was, like, celebrating 60,000 followers.
35:48And I saw Julia Fox was doing this thing where she was like,
35:50comment something you want me to act out, and I'll act it out.
35:53So, I was like, I'll do the same thing.
35:55And basically, the one that started it off was I was Bill Clinton,
36:00like, denying his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
36:02Yeah.
36:02And I was, like, Googling, like, how to speak like him.
36:05And then I was just like, screw it.
36:07Like, I'm just gonna, like, deliver it kind of as Jake.
36:10Because I was also, like, again, really high.
36:12And then, so that one did well.
36:14And then I was like, okay, well, this John Hancock scenario
36:17was funny.
36:17Let me do this one as if it was me and my friends.
36:21Right.
36:21And then that took off, and I just kept doing them
36:23and doing them and doing them and doing them and doing them.
36:25And then I was an assistant to this guy named Zach.
36:30And now he manages me.
36:32Oh, that's fantastic.
36:32Yeah.
36:34Real quick, for anybody who wants to know,
36:36this is the first time I became aware of you.
36:40It was very, very funny.
36:40This is you as John.
36:42This is you as somebody right after.
36:43This is, okay, so this is John Hancock, like,
36:47infamously signed the Declaration of Independence.
36:53Very, very largely.
36:54Yeah.
36:55Like, he wrote his name very big.
36:56And so I was the person that came after.
36:58Yeah, so let's take a look.
36:59Yeah.
36:59And so, yeah.
37:10Keep him about ten.
37:17And so .
37:18Wait.
37:22Right?
37:22Guy said my face,
37:23What can you do?
37:25You have to be .
37:26Not my face.
37:26Oh!
37:27Your face!
37:28Well, look.
37:30I mean, my favorite thing about that is I've never...
37:32I've always obviously pictured them in their powdered wigs,
37:34but I've never pictured them doing this.
37:36Oh, this?
37:38I've been... Yeah, people always call me out on doing this.
37:41I always do it. I have no hair to do it with,
37:43but I don't know.
37:44You had a rating system, a very...
37:46I have a very good rating system.
37:47It's out of eight tentacles.
37:48Yeah.
37:50And, yeah, because they have eight tentacles.
37:53But, yeah, it's...
37:54So you're kind of an expert on octopus.
37:56Octopi. Octopi, sorry.
37:58But when I'm... Yeah, when I get high,
38:01I crave, like, very salty, savory foods.
38:04Yeah.
38:05Yeah.
38:06Like, if I was, like, your roommate at college
38:08and I was like, we're stoned, I'm like,
38:10should I get some Funyuns? And you're like,
38:11or do we do octopus?
38:14Well, yes.
38:15Yeah, it just... I don't know.
38:17It's like... Okay, so I call it the chicken of the sea,
38:19because it's very, like...
38:21And I have the system. It's the cot system.
38:24We're gonna... Do you mind? We do have Ava across the street.
38:26We ordered some octopus.
38:27Do you mind if we bring it up?
38:28Please, I have a...
38:29We would love to have a little bit.
38:31So we have to do the whole thing.
38:32We have to... I mean, of course we're gonna do the whole thing.
38:34This is fantastic. This is beautiful.
38:36And, by the way... I'm gonna hate this.
38:37I'm telling you right now.
38:38You're gonna hate it? What? Why?
38:40Because I can just... Trust me.
38:44So I'll tell you why immediately.
38:45Okay.
38:46So, you did... No. Take it out.
38:48Spit it out!
38:50You have to... Okay.
38:52So, ready? Pick up the...
38:53By the way, can I just say,
38:54Lizzo was a lot more cool.
38:56Okay, but...
38:58Okay, okay, okay, okay.
38:59So we have to cheer his eyes, and you have to say,
39:01Pass that puss.
39:02Okay, ready? Yep.
39:03Pass that puss.
39:12Okay, so, I lied. I actually really like this.
39:14Yeah.
39:15And I'll tell you why I thought I wasn't gonna.
39:17Okay.
39:17Sometimes octopus, when it looks boiled,
39:20can have a very, like, chewy texture to it.
39:24This is actually quite tender.
39:26Yeah.
39:26Very salty.
39:27I can taste the capers, which I appreciate.
39:30And I like the olive oil touch.
39:32I would give it a 6.8 out of 8 tentacles.
39:34That's a lot.
39:35That's a lot of tentacles.
39:37Congratulations. I mean, I think they'll obviously...
39:39They're obviously gonna want to get that on the website.
39:42Yeah.
39:42Hey, congrats on your Broadway debut.
39:44Thank you. Thank you.
39:46So lovely to meet you. Thanks for being here.
39:48You guys, this is Jake Sage.
39:50All out, Blaine Mouth, and Newton Adam McLean.
40:36I wanna thank my guest Lizzo. Jake, Shane, everybody.
40:39Thanks for watching. We love you.
40:43Thanks for watching. We love you.
40:44We love you.
40:44We love you.
40:45We love you.
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