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00:07From Studio 6B and Rockabella 7 in the heart of New York City,
00:11it's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
00:15Hey, hey, hey, hey!
00:17Tonight, joining Jimmy and his guests,
00:19A$AP Rock, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.,
00:23Walker Stovell, comedian Antonio Kareem,
00:26and featuring the legendary Cruz Cruz.
00:2822, 22, 22, G!
00:31And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon!
00:38Hey, hey, hey, hey!
00:41Hey, hey, hey, hey!
00:44Oh, yeah! That's right!
00:47Come on! That's right!
00:49Thank you, everybody!
00:51Thank you!
00:52Thank you! All right!
00:54Hey, hey, got it!
00:57That's right!
01:08Thank you very much. Enjoy yourself.
01:10Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome
01:12to The Tonight Show.
01:14This is it. You're here. You made it.
01:15Thank you for watching. Thank you.
01:18Well, guys, I want to wish everyone
01:20a happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
01:26It's such an important holiday.
01:28Today, President Trump said,
01:29I think we can all agree MLK would want me
01:31to have his Nobel Peace Prize.
01:36Yeah, did you guys see this?
01:37During a private meeting at the White House,
01:39Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Carina Machado
01:42gave Trump her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize,
01:45and he accepted it.
01:49It means a lot to Trump.
01:50He hung it on the wall right next to his
01:51McDonald's Customer of the Month plaque.
01:55Makes me cry.
01:58That was a nasty September, I remember.
02:02When asked why he won Machado's Nobel Prize,
02:04Trump said she offered it to me.
02:07Yeah, because you told her to.
02:09It's the same reason your doctors let you eat fries
02:12inside the MRI.
02:13I mean, it's not normal.
02:15See if you can track this one.
02:20Let's have this one.
02:21These two are going to race each other.
02:24Meanwhile, the Nobel Committee said that
02:26the award still belongs to the original winner,
02:28even if they give away the medal or the prize money.
02:31Trump heard and was like,
02:32wait, there's prize money?
02:33Oh, Maria!
02:37Everyone's talking about this.
02:38Over the weekend, Trump texted Norway's prime minister
02:40that one of the reasons he's trying to take over Greenland
02:43is that he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.
02:46Then a little bit later, Trump said he's taking over Venezuela
02:49because he didn't win a Latin Grammy.
02:51That's why.
02:52He's mad.
02:53He got snubbed.
02:56You know the prime minister of Norway
02:57was screenshotting Trump's texts
02:59and sending them to Europe's other leaders like,
03:00you believe this freaking guy?
03:04Meanwhile, Trump is going to impose new tariffs
03:07on European nations
03:08unless they agree to give up Greenland
03:10and, in response, the European Union
03:12held an emergency meeting yesterday.
03:14Yeah.
03:15Do you know how mad Europeans have to be
03:17to work on a weekend?
03:21I just popped the cork on this Chateau Margaux.
03:27I don't know.
03:30I couldn't have...
03:31Let's make this fast.
03:34Can we Zoom?
03:35Yeah.
03:36Get this.
03:37Trump announced that he is creating
03:38an International Board of Peace
03:40to keep peace around the world.
03:42Yeah, and he's charging every country
03:44$1 billion to join.
03:48It'll take a wild guess
03:49who they can make the check out to.
03:50Yeah, yeah.
03:51Or you can Venmo me.
03:54I'm switching gears, guys.
03:55This is exciting.
03:56Harry Styles announced
03:57that he's got a new album coming in March.
04:00Ooh, wow.
04:05It is called
04:06Kiss All the Time, Disco Occasionally.
04:09Yeah.
04:10Well, this is cool.
04:11We've teamed up with the country's top scientists
04:13to create a Harry Styles album generator.
04:15It can take any person in the news
04:17and give them their own Harry Styles album title.
04:19Oh.
04:20Yeah, let's try it out.
04:21So, Harry's title is
04:22Kiss All the Time, Disco Occasionally.
04:24But if we put in President Trump,
04:26it says his album title is
04:28Sleep All the Time, Invade Occasionally.
04:31See what I'm saying?
04:32Yeah, I see that.
04:33Scientists.
04:34Here's one for Rudy Giuliani.
04:36It's
04:38Broke All the Time, Wet Occasionally.
04:40Oh, it's...
04:42A little something here.
04:43A little something.
04:45Here's one for the CEO of Verizon.
04:47It's...
04:48Yeah.
04:49Oh, oh, sorry.
04:50That didn't work.
04:51Sorry.
04:52Didn't work.
04:53Sorry, it didn't work.
04:53That one didn't work.
04:55We won't air that.
04:57That'll be cut.
04:58That one glissed.
04:59A little glissed.
05:00That was a mistake.
05:01Here's one for Kevin Hart.
05:02This one is...
05:04Baby Gap All the Time, Oshkosh Begosh, Occasionally.
05:08Wow.
05:11Here's one for Trader Joe's Employee.
05:14Yep.
05:15It's flirty all the time, stoned occasionally.
05:18And finally, here's one for Heated Rivalry.
05:21It's...
05:23Sex All the Time, Hockey Occasionally.
05:26I think that's a good app.
05:30Helpful invention.
05:36Well, some sports news after an exciting weekend of games.
05:40The NFL playoffs are down to just four teams.
05:42The Seahawks, the Rams, the Broncos, and the Patriots.
05:48Even with only four left, they can be tough to keep straight.
05:51Oh, I can help you with that, Jimmy.
05:54Oh, thank you, sir.
05:55How?
05:57By doing a rap with you from the audience, of course.
06:00Oh, I don't know if we have time for a rap.
06:02Awesome.
06:03Hit it, Quest.
06:06A Seahawk is a...
06:07Animal.
06:08A Ram is a...
06:09Animal.
06:09A Bronco is a...
06:11A Patriot is a...
06:12Oh, uh...
06:14Uh, just, it's a guy, or...
06:16A Seahawk is a...
06:18Bird.
06:19A Ram is a...
06:20Sheep.
06:20A Bronco is a...
06:22A horse.
06:22A Patriot's a...
06:24Uh, a dude.
06:25He's just a patriotic dude, I guess.
06:30But the Seahawk goes...
06:32The Ram goes...
06:33The Bronco goes...
06:35The Patriot goes...
06:36I don't know, Jimmy.
06:37I don't know.
06:38I don't know.
06:39I don't know what a Patriot is exactly.
06:41I'm sorry.
06:42Calm down.
06:42It's okay.
06:43It's okay.
06:43No, I'm embarrassing myself.
06:45You wanted to do this rap with me, and I'm embarrassing myself.
06:47I didn't want to do a rap with you.
06:48You told me you wanted to do a rap with me, and that's a melon?
06:51No, you stood up in the middle of my monologue, and the man did, I do it.
06:54I'm just letting you down.
06:55I'm letting you down.
06:56You want to do a rap with you, you want to do one with me.
06:57No, don't be hard on yourself, okay?
07:00Look, if you had to guess where Patriot comes from, what would you say?
07:04I don't know.
07:04I guess Boston's rich history is the cradle of the American Revolution honoring the colonists
07:09who rebelled against the British rule.
07:12That's exactly right.
07:13Yeah!
07:16See, all trans, Broncos, and the Patriots.
07:18You got it.
07:19They are called the Patriots because Boston's patriotic.
07:22Thank you so much, sir, and help me.
07:24See?
07:25Ah!
07:26We got it, bud.
07:27We got it.
07:27You're welcome.
07:28No problem.
07:31Well, some business news, everybody.
07:34I saw that Beyond Meat is launching a protein drink.
07:38Finally, an alternative to my daily meat smoothies.
07:45The usual strawberry beef tallow, please.
07:49Throw a little lamb in there, why not?
07:51Guys, we are midway through January,
07:53which means a lot of people have given up their New Year's resolutions.
07:57Yeah, people are throwing in the towel,
07:59but Planet Fitness doesn't want you to give up just yet.
08:01Check out their latest app.
08:03We here at Planet Fitness believe you can do it.
08:05Come in today and stick with it, because you've got this.
08:08Planet Fitness, don't give up.
08:12That's nice.
08:13That's nice.
08:14That's inspiring, yeah.
08:15Oh, hang on.
08:16I'm hearing that Domino's just put out their own ad in response.
08:20Watch this.
08:21Give up, bitch!
08:22You know you want some cheesy bread with sauce!
08:25Planet Fitness?
08:26Yeah.
08:27Planet Fitness pizza in your mouth!
08:29Don't stick with it!
08:30Stick a cinna stick down your bread hole!
08:33Your gluttonous, gluttonous, simp!
08:35Domino's!
08:36There's always next year!
08:38Woo!
08:38Oh, my God!
08:41God!
08:41I believe they'll air that.
08:45Wow!
08:48Hey, I saw there's a viral trend where people are posting photos of themselves from 2016
08:53and reminiscing about that year.
08:54You know what I'm talking about?
08:55Yeah.
08:56I thought I'd join in and show you some of my photos from 2016.
08:58Does that sound good?
09:00Yeah!
09:00Okay.
09:00All right.
09:02Great.
09:02So here's me interviewing Will Ferrell.
09:05Love that guy.
09:06Here's me doing the monologue.
09:08That was a good show.
09:10Here's me at the beach.
09:12Here's me at the desk.
09:13Hang on.
09:14And I remember...
09:15Hold on, hold on, hold on.
09:15Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
09:16Jimmy, that photo that you just showed feels a little bit suspicious.
09:19Can you go back one?
09:20You mean the one of me at the desk?
09:23No.
09:25Me doing the monologue?
09:26No.
09:27Oh, me interviewing Will Ferrell?
09:29Oh, no.
09:31So at the desk?
09:32No.
09:33The monologue?
09:34No.
09:34Then Will Ferrell?
09:36No.
09:37Was his desk monologue at Will Ferrell?
09:38No, it was the one of you.
09:40You're at the beach.
09:42What's the problem?
09:43What's the problem with that?
09:45Come on, man.
09:45I think it's pretty obvious what the problem is.
09:48You cropped me out of the photo.
09:50Oh, my bad, dude.
09:53That was a fun day.
09:54Man, that was the best.
09:56Tariq Trotter, everybody.
09:57Come on now.
10:05I remember that day, man.
10:07And finally, a new study found that major U.S. airlines
10:09could save $580 million a year on fuel
10:12thanks to weight loss drugs.
10:16That's on top of the other $500 million
10:18they save in fuel by not taking off.
10:20We have a great show.
10:22A$AP Rocky is here tonight.
10:26Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is joining us.
10:31Walker Scobel is here.
10:34And we have stand-up from Antonio Kareem.
10:38Stick around.
10:39We'll be right back with A$AP Rocky.
10:47A$AP Rocky.
11:00Our first guest is one of our favorites.
11:03He's a multi-talented rapper and actor.
11:06His long-awaited fourth studio album,
11:08Don't Be Dumb, is out now.
11:11Please welcome A$AP Rocky!
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11:47Ow! That's what I'm talking about right now.
11:50Come on. First of all, you killed it on Saturday Night Live
11:54this past week. That's how you do it.
11:55Come on. Thank you.
11:56That's how to do it. Thank you.
11:59Congrats on the album. Congrats. You have a new baby.
12:03Yes. Come on.
12:05Busy, busy, busy.
12:08That's a beautiful family portrait right there.
12:11So, a girl, a daughter.
12:13Baby Rocky. Names it right after me.
12:15Come on.
12:17How's Baby Rocky? Has it changed you at all?
12:20It's amazing, and it's, like, uncomparable.
12:22It's just unexplainable, you know?
12:24I feel like a new man again and again and again.
12:26And again. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:28Congratulations.
12:29Where did you first meet Rihanna?
12:31It was crazy. We met outside of a nightclub,
12:34ironically, here in New York.
12:35I wasn't famous at the time. She was obviously Rihanna.
12:41And I couldn't get in.
12:42The bouncers didn't want to let me in,
12:44and I was with my friend, late, great Virgil Ablau
12:46and Matthew Williams.
12:48You know, we kind of was getting into it with the bouncers,
12:51and she kind of came out, and we locked eyes right away.
12:54And I was just, like, in a daze.
12:56And, you know, I was a little embarrassed that she caught me,
12:59like, you know, bickering with the guard and stuff like that.
13:02You're like, that's not me.
13:03Hey, I'm cool. I'm on the list.
13:05Does she help you get in?
13:06No.
13:11Yeah, man. You got to work for it, man. Come on.
13:13I want to talk about your new album.
13:15By the way, it's called Don't Be Dumb.
13:16Whoo! Yes! I love that.
13:23And here's what I really love. Look at this.
13:26Get the vinyl, too, if you can. Get everything.
13:28Yeah, stream it on Spotify, whatever you got.
13:30Apple Music, whatever you got, your music.
13:31But also get the vinyl, because Tim Burton did the drawings?
13:34Yes. Tim Burton. Come on!
13:36That's my dude. Tim Burton, man.
13:38Wait, how did you get Tim Burton to do this?
13:41Yo, so I had to basically stalk and harass him for a few years.
13:44Okay. You know?
13:45So, yeah, you got to give me one.
13:47I hit him up, and I was just like, yo, man, I'd be delighted
13:49to, like, kick it with you, play you some vibes and stuff.
13:52So I went out to Malibu to kick it with him when he had a break,
13:55and he was just, you know, he was into it.
13:58So we was like... You played the album?
13:59I played him the album, the early rendition of it,
14:02and he was rocking with it.
14:04So I was just like, yo, you think maybe you could do
14:08the illustration for it? Like, you know what I mean?
14:10And he was, like, keen to it.
14:12And next thing I knew, he had, like, Wednesday,
14:15and shout-outs to that Beatle Juice 2 and stuff.
14:17And I was just like, damn, now that means this thing is prolonged.
14:20Hey, come on. Remember you said you're going to get through that?
14:22Just give me a little sketch.
14:24Give me a little taste of what you're going to do.
14:25The interesting part is when I went there,
14:27I saw a sketch laying on the table, and I was just like, yo,
14:29you know, you did this? He was like, yeah, but, you know,
14:31every morning, me and my daughter, what I do is I do half of a sketch,
14:34and then she comes and she revises it or just completes it.
14:38So every day, that's what they practice.
14:40And they looked at it as a bond.
14:42I looked at it as like, oh, nah, this is valuable.
14:45We need to...
14:46Yeah, yeah. I'll take that right now.
14:48Right now. Right now.
14:49Give me that, and that's my album cover.
14:51Yeah, exactly. Yo, dude.
14:53But you're happy with it?
14:54Man, I'm so pleased that it's finally out.
14:57You know what I mean?
14:57It's out. Come on. Everyone pick it up.
14:59It's good, man.
15:04I also want to say another cool thing that you did.
15:06I don't know how much press I got or anything,
15:08but you did a thing with...
15:10Built.
15:11You partnered. Can you tell me what you did?
15:14Because this is the coolest thing.
15:15I was like, I love this dude, man.
15:16But this is good. You're giving back.
15:18Well, some people might not know much about, like,
15:20my early days, my past and my background.
15:22So I grew up in, you know, the homeless shelter system,
15:24right? Me and my family.
15:26And for me, you know, when I look online and stuff,
15:29and I see, like, TikToks of people doing things
15:31like donating to, you know, homeless people.
15:33It's usually with a camera there.
15:34And for me, that's a little pretentious or, like, you know,
15:37it's a little embarrassing for the recipient, right?
15:39Yeah, of course.
15:39And so I wanted to do something that felt like, you know,
15:43giving back but without, like, trying to be too much...
15:46Flash. Yeah, flashy about it.
15:47So I found about it somewhere, and I wanted to bring it up
15:49because I thought it was cool.
15:50Yeah, so we paid the rent for everybody,
15:53all the tenants in my grandmother's building
15:55that I grew up with in Harlem on the Hump 40th and Linux.
15:58Yeah.
15:59That's got to feel great.
16:00Yeah, it feels amazing.
16:02It feels amazing.
16:03I also read that somewhere in that little article,
16:07I read that someone did this to you,
16:09or they gave you something, or they got you a movie ticket
16:12or something. Yeah, so I was in a shelter
16:14called Volunteers of America, VOA, right?
16:17And basically, they would let, like, different volunteers
16:20come and, you know, do things with the kids or donate anything.
16:23This particular weekend, Harry Potter had came out.
16:26I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, right?
16:28And so I couldn't afford to go see the movie, obviously,
16:31you know, due to circumstances at the time.
16:33And this lady, whom I never met, she just, you know, came through and they took about, like,
16:39ten of us kids and each person had an adult to, you know, pay for their way.
16:43So when it was over, we were walking back to the shelter and I'm just like,
16:47lady, you must be rich. Like, how did you, how could you afford to do this?
16:51She was like, honey, no. I'm a substitute teacher. I can't even make ends meet right now.
16:55And I'm like, so why would you take your little bit of money to take me to the movie theater
17:01and stuff like that? She was like, because it just feels great to do something like that,
17:05you know? And I was just like, people do that?
17:09Right? And did you ever see her again?
17:12I don't even know the lady's name, but God bless you.
17:15Thank you so much. You know?
17:16And it sticks in your head, right?
17:18It's stuck in my head.
17:20I love you, bud. Congrats on the new record.
17:22A$AP Rocky, his new album, Don't Be Dumb, is available right now.
17:27We're doing something fun after the break.
17:29Stick around, everybody. Come on back.
17:48Welcome back, everybody. I'm here with A$AP Rocky.
17:52His album, Don't Be Dumb, is out now.
17:56And we're about to play a fun musical game called Back That Track Up.
18:00Here we go.
18:05All right. Here's how it works. We're both going to hear a song.
18:07As soon as you know what the song is, hit the buzzer, okay?
18:10If you're correct, you get a point.
18:11If you're wrong, the other player can steal.
18:14Sounds easy, right? But here's the catch.
18:15All the songs will be played backwards.
18:19Can't practice this.
18:20All right, ready? You ready for this?
18:22I'm ready, man. Here we go, bud.
18:23Three, two, one.
18:29I know that. Hey, y'all.
18:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:33Yeah.
18:34Ah!
18:35Yeah, you got it.
18:37Black Dog gave me all the answers.
18:39No, no, it did not. Here we go.
18:40All right, here we go.
18:41So, hey, y'all. All right, you got the first one.
18:42Here we go. Now my competitive juices are full.
18:45Come on. Let's hear that second clue.
18:47Give me a Jim Jam on this.
18:54All right, I probably did that too soon.
18:57Sounds like Coldplay.
19:00Well, I think it's... Let me just hear a little bit more.
19:02I think it's the symphony.
19:05I think it's the symphony.
19:06No.
19:07It's the symphony.
19:08Yes.
19:09The verb.
19:10That's it.
19:10Yes.
19:11Wow.
19:12Yeah.
19:14Yeah.
19:15It's the symphony that's high.
19:20That's a good jam. All right. All right.
19:21All right. So, to beginner's luck.
19:23Yeah, okay.
19:25All right. This is good. What's the next clue?
19:32You know you're not ready, man.
19:35Is it...
19:35Cream, Wu-Tang, Clint.
19:36Come on.
19:42Spanked!
19:45Cream, you get the money.
19:46Dollar bill, y'all.
19:48All right. I'm getting spanked on this one.
19:51All right. Here we go.
19:52I should have bet you, man.
19:53Whoo!
19:54All right. Round four.
19:55This is the one that really, really tests you.
19:58Like, people say, whoever wins round four is a real chap.
20:03Okay. Round four. Here we go.
20:06Where is that, whoopsie, who's next?
20:12Bjork! Bjork!
20:13Bjork!
20:15That is, uh... Is it so quiet?
20:18Yeah, it's oh-so quiet.
20:19Man!
20:19I got...
20:23It's oh-so-same.
20:26All right. Love you, Bjork. Love you, pal.
20:28I love that video.
20:29Oh-wee!
20:31The game's getting good!
20:34Ha-ha!
20:35All right. Here we go.
20:36Next clue.
20:41Oh, yeah.
20:42Seed by The Roots.
20:45Yo!
20:48Come here.
20:53Hey, he better have got that right. Come on.
20:56Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. Out of respect. Thank you for letting me have that one.
20:59All right. Here we go.
21:00Oh, you know what that sound means. Do we?
21:03It's time for the last round, and we're gonna up the stakes a bit. This time, the song will not
21:08only be played backwards, but also be pitched up and sped up.
21:12Are we doing a bunch of these, or just one? One and done?
21:16So whoever wins this wins the whole jam?
21:18Yeah.
21:21All right. Backwards, pitched up, sped up. A$AP Rocky. Let's do it.
21:34Is it the theme from Rocky?
21:36What?
21:46You beat me first, too.
21:49Nah, nah, you won't. You killed me. This guy knows A$AP Rocky the best. Don't pick up. He's everywhere
21:56now. Don't pick up the record. Stick around. We'll be right back with more Tonight Show, everybody.
22:20We're joined right now by an Emmy winner, a Harvard professor and a prominent historian. He's also the host of
22:27Finding Your Roots, which airs Tuesdays at 8pm on PBS.
22:31Everyone, please welcome Dr. Henry Louis Gaines Jr.
22:36Thank you, buddy.
22:37Yeah, always. Always a pleasure.
22:41You look sharp.
22:42Thank you. Happy Martin Luther King Day.
22:44Happy Martin Luther King Day. Thank you for being here. I appreciate this.
22:47My pleasure.
22:47I always love having you on the show. We have so many things to get to, but one thing I
22:51have to ask you about, because this is unblue, you went to the Vatican and you actually talked to Pope
22:56Leo.
22:56I did.
22:57And you showed him his ancestry?
22:59My wife and I had a 30-minute audience with the Holy Father.
23:04Wow. Talk to me. But what is this experience like? This is one in a zillion.
23:08Well, the Pope was elected on May 8th.
23:11Yep.
23:11And I had given a lecture in Phoenix, and I'm flying back. And I get a text from Darren Walker,
23:18who is now the former president of the Ford Foundation, and Dean Bekay, who is the former executive editor of
23:24the New York Times.
23:25And he said, the Pope is black. I go like, what? The Pope is black? That is, you know, I
23:31couldn't believe it.
23:33I can't believe it is. So, and Darren said, Dean, you know, knows a family in New Orleans. And so
23:44I thought, wow, that's amazing.
23:46The next morning, front page of the New York Times, a brilliant genealogist from New Orleans named Jari Honore breaks
23:55the story that he had uncovered the Pope's black and Creole roots in New Orleans on his mother's side.
24:02And so, right after that, I get this emergency call from Jake Silverstein, the editor of the Sunday Times Magazine.
24:11And he says, Zoom meeting, we need to talk. He goes, how quickly can you do the Pope's family tree?
24:16The whole family tree. And I go, well, how much time do I have?
24:19A year? I don't know. It takes years. He said, can you do it in two weeks? What? I said,
24:25if you let me hire these two fantastic genealogical companies, one is American Ancestors, the oldest genealogy society in the
24:36United States, in Boston.
24:37And the other is the Cuban Genealogical Club of Miami. And we've worked with both of them before. And they
24:45said, deal. And two weeks later, they had finished the Pope's family tree, going back 500 years to his 12th
24:55great grandparents. Isn't that amazing?
24:56That is amazing.
24:58That's what I love about your show, Finding Your Roots. What part of his family history that blew him away?
25:06Did anything?
25:06Did you see his reaction to anything?
25:08Yeah. I wanted to get this right.
25:10Oh, good.
25:10So this is what this is. So I had my little cheat sheet.
25:14Yeah.
25:15We went back to his 12th great grandparents who were from the Cantabrian region in Spain.
25:22He had 42 French ancestors, 24 Italian, 21 Spanish, eight Cuban, six Canadian and 18 black ancestors.
25:33OK. So the first thing that he asked. Oh, by the way, now, this is cool.
25:38You'll like this. He is also through one Canadian ancestor, distant cousins with Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary
25:49Clinton, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac.
25:52And you're ready for this. Madonna.
25:56Yes! What?
25:59Madonna is related to the Pope?
26:03This is headline news. Thank you for saving it for our show.
26:07Madonna?
26:08Madonna is a distant cousin to his holiness, Pope Leo.
26:15I thought it'd be kind of fun because I always play these games with our guests on the show where
26:20I'll ask them questions.
26:21But I thought it'd be fun if maybe you wrote up a couple of questions and asked me.
26:24Oh, yes, of course.
26:26And see if I can guess who's related to.
26:28All right.
26:28And these are real.
26:29It's going to be multiple choice.
26:30Oh, I love multiple choice.
26:32Name of a famous person and give you three options who their cousin is.
26:36And you guess which one's right.
26:37Okay.
26:38Perfect.
26:38Sound good?
26:39Yes.
26:39Okay.
26:39Here's the first one.
26:41Bernie Sanders.
26:42Is he related to Deion Sanders, Larry David, or Elizabeth Warren?
26:52If he's related to Larry David, that would be the greatest thing that ever happened in the face of the
26:56earth.
26:57I would open with that if going to Pope Leo.
27:00I would say, I'm going to say Larry David for fun.
27:06Bingo.
27:10That's so funny.
27:11No way.
27:11That is correct.
27:13And the last one, Bill Hader.
27:15Is Bill related to Martha Stewart, Catherine Hahn, or Carol Burnett?
27:25Oh, my gosh.
27:26He would flip out if he's related to Carol Burnett.
27:29I'm just going to risk it all.
27:31Carol Burnett?
27:32Carol Burnett?
27:33She got it.
27:34Whoa!
27:39Yeah!
27:41That's the best.
27:42You got it.
27:42That's the best.
27:43You got it.
27:44I love it.
27:45I want to show everyone a clip.
27:46Here's Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in the new season of Finding Your Roots.
27:50Take a look at this.
27:51Your aunt remembers that they owned two adult elephants and a baby elephant.
27:57What do you mean they owned elephants?
27:59They just had elephants?
28:00Yeah.
28:00I mean, like you have a dog.
28:02Do you have a dog?
28:03No, I don't have a dog.
28:03We have a rabbit.
28:04They had elephants.
28:12This is so weird because when I was a kid, I asked my dad, well, my sister really wanted
28:17a dog.
28:18Mm-hmm.
28:18And he was like, no pets.
28:20We have Hassan.
28:23And he had a, in his family, they had elephants.
28:29Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Finding Your Roots airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on PBS.
28:36And donate to PBS.
28:38More tonight's show after the break.
28:40Stick around, everybody.
28:58Our next guest stars as Percy Jackson in Disney's Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
29:04The season two finale streams this Wednesday on Disney Plus and Hulu.
29:09Please welcome Walker Scobel.
29:25Walker, welcome, welcome, welcome to the show.
29:30I'm such a fan of yours.
29:32I love Percy Jackson.
29:33You're fantastic.
29:34You're great in it.
29:35I'm a big fan of you, too.
29:36This is, uh, there's a lot of people here.
29:39Yeah.
29:45You don't have to speak into this microphone.
29:47You can just use it.
29:48Oh, okay.
29:48Yeah, you just talk regularly.
29:50I'm so happy you're here.
29:52You're in New York.
29:53You're doing everything you can while you're in New York.
29:55I know you went to SNL this past weekend.
29:57Yeah, I did.
29:57I did.
29:58I made some good friends.
30:01Rihanna's a good buddy of mine now.
30:02Oh, my God.
30:02Yeah, really?
30:03Is that right?
30:03Yeah, she smiled at me.
30:05She did?
30:05She did.
30:07I want to wish you a happy birthday, too.
30:09You turned 17?
30:10I did, yeah.
30:11Oh, happy, happy 17.
30:13It's a big deal.
30:15Thank you, yeah.
30:16You get any good gifts?
30:19Well, I got one.
30:21I got a lot of great gifts, but the one that I think sticks out is my friend T, who
30:25plays
30:25on the show, she got me a patch of land in, like, the Scottish Highlands, so now, technically,
30:32I'm, like, legally a lord.
30:34Wow.
30:35Yeah.
30:36Wow.
30:36I can put that on, like, my...
30:37Yes, I wanted to kneel in front of you in your presence.
30:40Wait, she got you a piece of land?
30:42Yeah, it's like...
30:44Oh, that...
30:45It's about, yeah, it's about this big.
30:46That big.
30:46Okay, well, that still counts, lord.
30:49Oh, yeah, of course it does, yeah.
30:51Wow, that's a great gift.
30:53Uh, let's talk about Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
30:56You play Percy, who is a demigod.
31:01You are so good.
31:03You are so great.
31:04The show is fantastic.
31:05It's well done.
31:06The writing, the direction, it's like little movies.
31:09They're not just shows.
31:10I mean, these are, like, movies that you're making right now.
31:12And our pal Lin-Manuel Miranda's in it, as well.
31:14Yeah.
31:16He's the best.
31:17How is he to work with?
31:19I think, you know what, in the nicest possible way, it's really hard.
31:23Because I can't not laugh when he, like, improvs.
31:26I'm really bad at that.
31:27Yeah, it's difficult.
31:28I wouldn't know what that's like.
31:29Yeah, I'm pretty professional.
31:32So.
31:33I'm, uh...
31:34I also worked with Kate McKinnon recently.
31:37Come on.
31:37These are heavy-hitting.
31:38Awesome.
31:39Yeah.
31:39And it was a similar thing.
31:40It was like, I just have to cover my face,
31:42because I just can't do it.
31:44No, she's unbelievable.
31:45Oh, yeah.
31:46She will make you cry.
31:48Yeah, with a crumple, yeah.
31:49All right, let's set up Percy Jackson.
31:51In the show, you do a lot of awesome stunts.
31:54I thought it would be kind of fun
31:55if you could show me one here tonight.
31:58I have...
31:59Oh.
31:59I'm sorry.
32:00I have your...
32:02Oh, wow.
32:03...sword.
32:04And I have a sword for me,
32:06and I was just wondering if you could show me a little,
32:07maybe a little fight scene and what we could...
32:09Let's do that, yeah.
32:10Do you want to set the stage a little bit?
32:14Oh, wow.
32:16Okay.
32:23I'm going to come at you pretty hard, so...
32:24Uh-oh.
32:25I'm not going to joke around.
32:26This is like...
32:26I don't fool around.
32:27Yo, this is serious.
32:28This is serious.
32:29This is too...
32:30When I have a plastic sword, it's go time.
32:33What are you looking at, you crazy dude?
32:39Shit.
32:41Ah!
32:43Ah!
32:44Ah!
32:44Ah!
32:45Ah!
32:45Ah!
32:46Ah!
32:46Ah!
32:48Ah!
32:50Ah!
32:51Ah!
32:52Ah!
32:52Ah!
32:54I want to show a clip.
32:55This Walker's co-balanced season two finale
32:58of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
33:00Take a look.
33:02We all grew up hearing these stories about heroes.
33:06You think that story, that quest, that prophecy, it's got to be about someone else.
33:22But it's not.
33:24It's just us.
33:27There is no bigger hero or divine intervention to come to our rescue.
33:32We have to take care of our own.
33:35Because that's what real heroes do.
33:38We stand up for each other.
33:41We stand up for each other.
33:43We stand up for our own.
33:46Yes!
33:48Walker Scobel, everybody.
33:51The season finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians streams this Wednesday on Disney Plus and Hulu.
33:57We'll be right back with standard from Antonio Kareem.
34:00Stick around, everybody.
34:01The man in hand, the pool, the school, and the beach, and teach the blind, and find that way from
34:06A to Z.
34:06Reach the most, the boat so loud and proud to gain, and reign, and remain when I do that thing.
34:12And the heat is on, you feel the fire.
34:21Our next guest can be seen at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles January 31st, making his Tonight Show debut.
34:28Please welcome the very funny Antonio Kareem.
34:45All right, all right.
34:46Don't embarrass me in front of Jimmy.
34:48How y'all doing?
34:49We good?
34:50Everybody good?
34:53That's good.
34:54I'm not doing good, man.
34:56I'm going through a breakup right now.
34:58Aw, thank you.
35:00I'm going through a breakup.
35:01It's weird.
35:02Anybody in long-term relationships in here?
35:05Okay, long-term.
35:06For the fellas, real quick.
35:08If you a guy and you in a long-term relationship, you've been with your lady for a long time,
35:12man, my only advice to you is just, just stay in it, dog.
35:18Just stay in it.
35:19No matter how cool you think you are, you're going to be so creepy if you've got to come back
35:23to these streets.
35:25Aw, you can't come back to these streets.
35:28I thought, it's happening to me right now.
35:29I didn't even know I could be creepy.
35:31I was cocky when my girl broke up with me.
35:33Cocky?
35:34I was like, oh, you breaking up with me?
35:36We breaking up?
35:38Do you know who I am?
35:41You messed up, because all the girl's about to be on me.
35:44Yeah, all the shorty's about to be on me.
35:46All the girl's about to be on me.
35:48But the thing is, they not.
35:52I'm creepy as ever right now, dog.
35:54I was in my relationship for eight years.
35:58Yeah, eight years.
35:59You don't come out of that with game?
36:02I don't got no game right now.
36:04I don't know what I'm doing.
36:04For three months, I've just been in girls' DMs like, well, well, well.
36:12What do we have here?
36:17Creepy as ever, man.
36:18I've been talking to girls like, I'm a Scooby-Doo villain, dog.
36:22For three months, just commenting on girls' Instagram pictures.
36:25I'm like, zoinks, girl.
36:28Let's look crazy in Miami.
36:34I like being in relationships, but I'm terrible at them.
36:37I'm bad at relationships.
36:38I'm realizing it's not 100% my fault, though.
36:41I had terrible role models growing up.
36:44Anybody grew up in the hood in here?
36:48Okay, not that many.
36:51Actually, I kind of saw that.
36:53It's too much whimsy in here, dog.
36:56Too much whimsy going on.
37:00I had terrible role models, man.
37:02Like, all the people I looked up to, all I heard from them growing up was that toxic stuff, you
37:06know?
37:06Like, all I heard growing up was stuff like, you know, these girls ain't loyal.
37:12You know?
37:14Money over hoes.
37:18And it's crazy, because when your mom talking to you like that, man, you got to do a deep dive.
37:25You're like, yo, what?
37:26Why is my mom and Lil Wayne saying the same thing right now?
37:31That's not a healthy household.
37:33My mom was the most toxic dude I ever met.
37:40It's crazy.
37:41I'm immature when it comes to dating.
37:43That's my problem.
37:44I think I'm immature.
37:44I still do immature stuff, you know?
37:46Like, I still got a...
37:47I still have a type.
37:49Yeah, that's dumb.
37:51Shouldn't have a type as a man, because it's not based on anything real.
37:54It's not based on character or morals.
37:56It's just what's exciting to you, you know?
37:58Like, my type right now is dumb.
37:59My type right now is witches.
38:03Yeah, Crystal Girls.
38:04That's my favorite thing.
38:07Yeah, I love y'all.
38:08Y'all fun.
38:09Y'all sexy.
38:10Y'all outside manifesting.
38:15Love manifesting.
38:16Love manifesting.
38:18But that's just my type.
38:20I can't...
38:20I can't settle down with a Crystal Girl.
38:24I'm sorry.
38:25I'm not...
38:25I'm not talking mess, okay?
38:27If there's any Crystal Girls in here, I love y'all, okay?
38:30I love y'all.
38:31I wish I could marry one of y'all.
38:33Honestly, I do.
38:34But I can't.
38:35Because the thing is, I just never seen one of y'all doing well in life.
38:43You know what I'm saying?
38:44It's like they got a crystal for everything but success.
38:49Like, which one of these crystals gonna help you finish up this resume?
38:53You know?
38:54We can't both be unemployed.
39:02I'm trying to be better.
39:03I'm not trying to be toxic anymore.
39:05I'm going to therapy now.
39:07Yeah.
39:08Going to therapy.
39:10I think I found a good therapist, man.
39:11She old.
39:15She a black woman.
39:17Uh-huh.
39:18Yeah, this lady, she look like Harriet Tubman, dog.
39:22But I love her.
39:23She perfect.
39:24Because if you don't know what that means, she old, she black, that means she don't give
39:27a damn about my feelings at all.
39:30She don't care about none of that.
39:31She get right to the core of the issue.
39:33She don't waste no time, you know?
39:34Like, when I first met my therapist, she didn't even say hi to me or nothing.
39:39She didn't say nothing.
39:40I walked in and she looked at me and she was just like,
39:43Mm-mm.
39:46Mm-mm.
39:48Look, sleeping with all these astrology girls is not going to bring your dad back.
39:54You're right, Harriet.
39:57You're right.
39:58The amethyst ain't working no more.
40:00All right, I'm Antonio Kareem.
40:01Y'all have a good night.
40:04Whoa, whoa.
40:06Well, well, well.
40:07Look, look.
40:08Look.
40:11Antonio Kareem!
40:13See him at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, January 31st.
40:19My thanks to A$AP Rocky, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Walker Scobell, Antonio Kareem once again.
40:29And the Ruth's right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
40:35Stay tuned for Late Night with Seth Meyers.
40:37Good night, everybody.
40:39Get involved.
40:40Better get involved.
40:42Get, gotta get involved now.
40:44Get into it.
40:46Do it.
40:48Uh-huh.
40:50Yeah.
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