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00:07from video six feet in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city
00:11it's the tonight show starring jimmy fallon
00:16can i join jimmy and his guests will smith jeanette mccurdy
00:21jock hart musical guests the lemon heads and featuring steve legendary roots
00:28first 22 43 and now here he is
00:34jimmy fallon
00:37thank you
00:43hey
01:03I love you. Thank you very much.
01:05Enjoy yourself, everybody.
01:07Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Tonight Show!
01:10That's right. Oh, yeah.
01:14Well, guys, right now, we're experiencing a major cold snap.
01:18It is freezing in New York City.
01:20Whew! This morning, my face was so frozen,
01:23I kept getting mistaken for one of the real housewives.
01:29Seriously, it's so cold, even straight hockey players
01:32are spooning.
01:33You know, that's how cold it is.
01:35Whoa!
01:37It's so cold, Al Roker said he walked into Benihana
01:39and squatted over an onion volcano.
01:41What is he talking?
01:44What is he talking?
01:45That's cold.
01:47Meanwhile, it's also freezing in Washington, D.C.
01:50It is so cold, all the animal on Trump's cognitive tests
01:53were Arctic-themed.
01:55Polar bear, penguin, walrus.
01:58Walrus.
02:05It's so cold, Trump traded his Nobel Peace Prize
02:08for a Hot Pocket.
02:11It's so cold, Trump said,
02:12Forget Greenland, we're invading Cancun.
02:16It's so cold, Trump styled his hair into a hat
02:18with the ear flaps.
02:19I mean, it's freezing cold.
02:24That's cold.
02:27Speaking of Trump, today marks the one-year anniversary
02:29of him taking office for his second term.
02:37It's amazing, just one year ago,
02:39we thought renaming the Gulf of Mexico
02:40would be the craziest thing he does.
02:43Today marks the one full year since Trump took office,
02:46so we thought we'd take a look back
02:47at everything Trump has done this year.
02:49Here we go.
02:50Flipped off an autoworker.
02:52Took someone else's Nobel Peace Prize.
02:53Held a meeting about the importance of whole milk.
02:55Fell asleep during a meeting about the importance of whole milk.
02:58Got up in the middle of a different meeting
02:59just to stare out the window.
03:00Threatened to invade Greenland.
03:02Threatened to invade Iran.
03:03Threatened to reinvade Venezuela.
03:04Leaked the French president's private texts.
03:06Vacationed at Mar-a-Lago
03:07and blocked the Epstein files.
03:09Wow, what a crazy year.
03:11That was just last week.
03:13Oh.
03:19Did you guys see this?
03:21Last night, Trump posted a private text message
03:23from French President Emmanuel Macron
03:25that said,
03:29Then Trump threatened Macron saying
03:31they'll put a 50% tariff on all Emily's living in Paris.
03:36I saw that a new poll found that only 6% of Americans
03:39are satisfied with how many of the Epstein files
03:41have been released so far.
03:43Here now to talk about this is a pollster
03:45who works for the Trump White House,
03:46Stephen Hunter.
03:47Welcome to the show, Stephen.
03:48Y'all, great to be here, Jimmy.
03:52So, uh, how are you feeling about this new poll?
03:55We've never felt better.
03:57Seriously?
03:58Oh, definitely. I mean, think about it.
04:00If you take 6% and round up, you're at 10%,
04:03which is halfway to 20%,
04:06which, as everyone knows, is basically 25%.
04:09So that means one in four Americans are satisfied.
04:12Another win for the Trump presidency.
04:15Hang on. That math is a little confusing there.
04:17Uh, I don't think so.
04:19Uh, 6 becomes 10.
04:2110 is half of 20.
04:22Then you're at 25.
04:24Then when you round up, you're at 50%.
04:26And that means one in two people are satisfied.
04:28Booyah!
04:29Th-that's not accurate.
04:30The number released is 6%.
04:32Yeah, sure.
04:33But this poll had a 94% margin of error.
04:36Which means that 6% instantly becomes 100%,
04:40so everyone is satisfied!
04:42I-I-Stop doing that. Stop.
04:44God, Jimmy, I'm sorry you're not a numbers guy.
04:47I don't think you are either. I...
04:49Okay, okay. Let me take this slow for you.
04:52The number reported is 6.
04:55That could easily be incorrectly flipped
04:57and actually be a 9, which rounds to 10.
05:00Then you carry the 1.
05:01What 1?
05:02That becomes 11.
05:04That's 1 away from 12,
05:05and 12 is a dozen, which Americans love.
05:08We're talking eggs, donuts, juries.
05:11All very patriotic things.
05:13And if 12 people are satisfied,
05:14that's basically a full table at a restaurant,
05:16and who doesn't love to eat?
05:18I mean, come on.
05:20What are you talking about?
05:21Yeah.
05:22This is all basic math.
05:24I mean, this is what I studied in college.
05:26Where did you go to college?
05:28Trump University.
05:29Okay, there you go.
05:30Trump culture, everybody.
05:31T-U! T-U!
05:34We're gonna sue you!
05:35We're gonna sue you!
05:36We're gonna sue you!
05:37T-U! T-U!
05:39Oh, thank you.
05:40He's still here. Thank you.
05:41All right.
05:43Switching gears, I want to say congrats
05:45to the Indiana Hoosiers for beating the Miami Hurricanes
05:47and winning their first national championship!
05:52Wow, that was a great game.
05:53What a game.
05:56Indiana announced that they will celebrate this Saturday
05:58in Bloomington, Indiana.
06:00They're in Miami, and they're like,
06:01Nope, we got to go where the party is.
06:03Bloomington, Indiana.
06:06Well, get this.
06:06I guess I saw the company that built the Las Vegas Sphere
06:09announced plans to build a smaller version in the D.C. area.
06:12Ooh.
06:13Actually, I heard that they might get two of them,
06:15but I think the placement is a little weird.
06:17Oh, no.
06:17I just think it's just...
06:19I don't think they should...
06:20That's awful.
06:20I wouldn't do it.
06:22Don't do it.
06:22I wouldn't do it.
06:23And they're blue?
06:24Yeah, I wouldn't do it.
06:25They have to be blue?
06:28Wow. Family show.
06:29I don't think they're...
06:31And, finally, I read that Magic Mike Live
06:34is coming to New York City.
06:39All the performers were like,
06:40Hey, could you come see the show
06:41when it's a little warmer out?
06:42We have a great show.
06:44Give it up for the Roots, everybody!
06:50Oh, thank you very much.
06:56What a show we have for you tonight.
06:58He's a giant movie star who you can see
07:01in the National Geographic series
07:02Poll to Poll, which is the number one trending series
07:05right now on Disney+.
07:07Will Smith is here tonight!
07:12Yeah!
07:15She is a New York Times best-selling author
07:17whose new book Half His Age is out now.
07:20Jeanette McCurdy is joining us!
07:23Love Jeanette McCurdy.
07:26She's awesome.
07:28And he's a starting guard for the New York Knicks.
07:31Josh Hart is here tonight!
07:35Go, New York!
07:38And one of my favorite bands.
07:40I'm so psyched here.
07:41They have great new music.
07:42The Lemonheads are here tonight!
07:46Whoo!
07:50Whoo!
07:51It's gonna be fantastic.
07:52I had a good night last night.
07:54What did you do?
07:54I went to Molly's Pub over there on 3rd Avenue.
07:58I had a couple of beers watching the game.
07:59We were singing.
08:01It got me thinking.
08:02I love nothing more than I love
08:03than a good old-fashioned Irish drinking song
08:05that everyone can sing along to.
08:06And I thought that tonight, with all of you,
08:08could be kind of fun.
08:09Let's do one here.
08:10Time for the Tonight Show Drinking Song.
08:12Here we go.
08:13Tonight Show Drinking Song.
08:14Tonight Show Drinking Song.
08:16Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
08:20All right, everybody!
08:21When I get to the refrain,
08:22I want everyone to sing along.
08:23You ready?
08:24Yeah!
08:24Here we go!
08:25The football playoff started,
08:27they're already so fun.
08:29Whether college or the NFL,
08:31I bet on everyone.
08:32Well, Drinking's makes it easy,
08:34I can bet right from the phone.
08:36And when I go and lose it all,
08:38they come and take me home.
08:39Oh, hey-ho!
08:40Tonight Show!
08:41Upsy-daisy, down she goes!
08:43Hey-ho!
08:44Tonight Show!
08:44Upsie-daisy, down she goes
08:47Cheers!
08:48Cheers!
08:50Well, the Oscars are a-come
08:53And they're the best films of the year
08:55Some of them made us laugh
08:56And others killed our eyes with tears
08:58But exactly what they were about
09:00To me it isn't known
09:01Cause I watched them all while scrolling
09:04Through TikTok on my phone
09:05Oh, hey-ho, tonight's show
09:07Upsie-daisy, down she goes
09:09Hey-ho, tonight's show
09:11Upsie-daisy, down she goes
09:13Cheers!
09:16Here we go
09:17My wife, she has been distant
09:19In her room, she's locked away
09:21She says she's been reading books
09:23But I sent some things astray
09:24She must think that I am a fool
09:26And I can plainly see
09:28That she's binging every episode
09:30Of heated rivalry
09:31Oh, hey-ho, tonight's show
09:33Upsie-daisy, down she goes
09:35Hey-ho, tonight's show
09:37Upsie-daisy, down she goes
09:40Cheers!
09:41Thanks for staying with me
09:42Stick around, we'll be right back
09:43With tonight's show
09:44One-Shot Jackpot
09:45Come on back, everybody
09:50One lucky audience member
09:52Is going to come down
09:53And try to make a half-court
09:54Basketball shot
09:55Tonight's prize is $18,000
09:59You got this a straightaway shot, Danny
10:01I have faith
10:12Welcome back to the Tonight Show
10:15Guys, we're in the middle of an exciting NBA season
10:19Which means it's time for the Tonight Show
10:21One-Shot Jackpot
10:22Here we go
10:25Tonight's show
10:27One-Shot Jackpot
10:32That's right, each week
10:33One lucky audience member
10:34Is going to come down
10:35And try to make a half-court
10:37Basketball shot
10:38Last time, $17,000
10:40Was up for grabs
10:42Unfortunately for them
10:43They missed
10:44But that means tonight's prize
10:45Is $18,000
10:52And tonight, we have a special guest
10:54To select the seat number
10:55He's a standout guard
10:57For the New York Knicks
10:58Please welcome
10:59Josh Hart
11:02What's that?
11:04What's that?
11:05Come on, boy
11:05Great to see you, pal
11:08That's right
11:08It's Josh Hart
11:13Thank you for coming to the show
11:16Thanks for doing this now
11:17In that basketball
11:17Are numbers representing the seats
11:19In our audience
11:20Everyone look at your seats
11:21If Josh picks your number
11:23You have to jump up
11:24And let us know where you are
11:25You have to take this shot
11:27And win all this money
11:29Quest, can I get a drum roll, please?
11:31Whenever you're ready
11:32Josh, go for it, bud
11:37406
11:39406
11:42Come on
11:51Come on
11:52How you doing?
11:53I'm good
11:54How are you?
11:54I'm great
11:55What's your name?
11:55Where are you from?
11:56I'm Dani
11:56I'm from Long Island
11:57Yeah, I love Long Island
11:59Come on
12:01Dani, do you play basketball?
12:03I do not
12:04Okay
12:04That makes it a little tougher for you
12:06But it's exciting
12:07You get your one shot
12:08If you score
12:09You win $18,000
12:11That is beautifully floating
12:12And flying around
12:13That Tonight Show
12:14One shot jackpot
12:16What would you do
12:17With the money if you win?
12:18I think save it
12:21You're just going to save it?
12:22Yeah
12:24That's so smart of you
12:25That's fantastic
12:26I really got to save it
12:27Yeah, you got to save that thing
12:28All right, good
12:29It's time to shoot
12:30Let's get into position
12:31Come on, over here
12:34All right
12:34Dani, you got this
12:36Here's the game ball
12:37Now, you have another choice
12:39Okay, before you do this
12:40Okay, you can
12:41You can either make this
12:42Half-court shot
12:43And try to win $18,000
12:44Or you can take a foul shot
12:46From over there
12:47For $2,000
12:48But you have to be wearing
12:50The hashtag the panda
12:51Mascot head
12:53It's a tough choice
12:54Which one do you think
12:56You're going to do?
12:57I want to take it from here
12:58Yes!
13:00$18,000!
13:02Dani from Long Island
13:04You've got to do this
13:05Take your time
13:06Okay, you've got one shot
13:07So if you hit the lights
13:08Or anything
13:08That counts as your shot
13:10So really go for it
13:12You've got this
13:12A straightaway shot
13:13Dani, I have faith
13:24Oh, gosh
13:25So close
13:26If you were like
13:2720 feet closer
13:28You would have nailed it
13:29Dani, you didn't make it
13:31That means that we increased
13:32The jackpot here
13:33To $19,000
13:35But no one here
13:35Goes home empty-handed
13:36That's right
13:37You will receive
13:38An autographed sweatshirt
13:39From me
13:40That says that you were here
13:41Ah, come on
13:43Raise your color
13:44It's perfect for you
13:46Thank you for playing
13:47We'll be right back
13:47With Will Smith, everybody
13:49Come on back
13:56It's all muscle
13:57Really?
13:58You feel this?
13:59Dude, I can feel this
14:00No, it's moving
14:01It's constricting
14:02Right in your shoulder
14:03It's happening
14:04It don't like my shirt
14:06You don't like
14:16Our first guest
14:17Is one of the biggest
14:18Movie stars in the world
14:20You can see him
14:21In the new
14:22National Geographic series
14:23Poll to Poll
14:25It's streaming now
14:26On Disney Plus
14:27Everyone, please welcome
14:28Will Smith
14:30The world is coming
14:31The world is coming
14:33To my party tonight
14:36The world is waiting
14:39It's anticipating
14:41To my party tonight
14:43That's what I'm talking about
14:45The world is coming
14:47That's what I'm talking about
14:49That's what I'm talking about.
14:54That's what I'm talking about.
14:55Will Smith!
14:57That's how you do it.
14:58That's how you do it.
15:00Thank you. That's right. Come on now.
15:03Oh, my God. See?
15:04That's fantastic. That's what I'm talking about.
15:06Welcome back to the show, Will Smith.
15:08That's been great. That's all we thank you.
15:09Will Smith, everyone, take care of this.
15:13Welcome back to the show, bud. Looking good.
15:15What is up, man?
15:16Thanks for being on the show.
15:17It's a big show for us because we're following the NBA game.
15:20I know. You're on NBC.
15:21And I know that you are a big basketball fan.
15:23Yes. I used to love it.
15:24But my knees were younger.
15:26Yeah, yeah, exactly. No.
15:27I found a photo of you that I wanted to ask you about,
15:30playing basketball. No, it's real.
15:33This is Jaleel White going past you and Reggie Miller.
15:38Wow.
15:40What is... What? Do you remember this?
15:42What is that? That's the MTV...
15:44Is that the Rock and Jock?
15:45Rock and Jock, yeah.
15:47That is... I mean, I thought Reggie had him.
15:50You know?
15:51He got past both...
15:52I think Reggie Miller, like, he should have been able to stop...
15:54Something, yeah.
15:55...like, Urkel.
15:56Yeah, exactly. You let Urkel go past you.
15:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:59Because I was defending somebody else.
16:01Of course you were.
16:02Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course, yeah.
16:04We'll take you right after that.
16:05I want to talk about your show, Poll to Poll.
16:07By the way, it's trending number one right now on Disney+.
16:10Congratulations.
16:11People are loving it.
16:12Yeah, man.
16:14It's a travel show.
16:15It takes Will Smith around the world.
16:17It's South Pole, North Pole.
16:19It's frightening.
16:20When did you start doing all this Daredevil stuff?
16:23Because I know that you dove to the deepest parts of the ocean.
16:27You're on the tallest building in Dubai and stuff.
16:30Yeah, you know, it was...
16:32You know, I blame Denzel, actually.
16:34You do? Thank you.
16:35It's a long story. It's a long story.
16:37But probably, like, 15 years ago, I went to go to talk to Denzel,
16:43you know?
16:44So we go to his house, and, you know,
16:46Pauletta and Jada go off.
16:47And Denzel had worked all day, right?
16:50So he comes in. He sits down.
16:52And I could tell Pauletta made him talk to me, you know?
16:56So he sits down, and he says...
17:00He says, everybody's 40s are funky.
17:03You have your... I call it the funky 40s.
17:06You know, you've built this life up for yourself and everything.
17:10And, you know, some parts of it don't work for you anymore.
17:14But then, you get to the eff it 50s.
17:18And you get to your 50s, and you just say, eff it.
17:23Yeah.
17:25Thank you for sending me this.
17:26Yeah. Thank you.
17:28You just say, eff it.
17:29And he said, and you decide you're just gonna be yourself.
17:32Go for it.
17:33And you're gonna do what you want to do and take what the world gives you.
17:38Yeah.
17:39And then, uh...
17:42I wanted to go out, and I wanted to venture.
17:46Like, I was at the point in my life where I was kind of, like,
17:50beyond my material pursuits.
17:53Yeah.
17:54You know, I, like, achieved my dreams and stuff.
17:56And I, like, I knew there was, like, another thing I was looking for.
18:00And I knew it would be inside of, like, my deepest fears.
18:05So, I wanted to do some of the things I was most terrified of.
18:10The ice thing is the most scariest thing I've ever seen.
18:12Yeah, yeah.
18:12The ice thing.
18:14No, let me tell you.
18:15The one was...
18:16Oh, yeah, that's...
18:16Yeah, that right there.
18:18No, this scared me because...
18:19So, we went scuba diving at the North Pole, right?
18:25So, we did a dive under the ice, right?
18:29So, you have to go under the ice...
18:30So, you go under...
18:31In the hole.
18:32...and we...
18:32You go under the ice.
18:34And the ice can be up to, like, ten feet thick.
18:38So, we're under.
18:39We went out about 40 yards away.
18:41And you have a tether on that goes back to...
18:43Forty yards.
18:44Forty yards away.
18:46So, it's like an upside-down ice mountain range, right?
18:51So, we went under and I start hearing, abort dive, abort dive, abort.
18:57This is real.
18:58Abort dive.
18:59And I'm like, oh, no, right?
19:00So, I went to ascend and hit ice.
19:03So, I'm under the ice.
19:05This is, like, everyone's biggest trick.
19:08So, you go, where is that?
19:10Right, right, right, right.
19:11Help!
19:11And I was like, oh, no, Will, calm down, calm down.
19:14I had to grab...
19:14So, you have a tether on and you have to grab your tether
19:17and pull yourself back to the hole, right?
19:22I grabbed and accidentally pulled my mask off.
19:27To oxygen.
19:28To oxygen.
19:29And I was like...
19:30And I put my mask back on my face and I was like, oh, no.
19:33And I was like, Will, calm down.
19:35And I was like, if I get out of here,
19:38I'm gonna only do black stuff from here on out.
19:51That's so funny!
19:56What am I doing?
19:58I promise, Lord!
19:59I promise, Lord!
20:01I promise, Lord!
20:01African American behavior from here on out!
20:06Yeah.
20:07And you made it out.
20:08Oh, man.
20:09And it was, so I'm laying there and I'm calming down.
20:12And then I feel myself just start floating
20:14like somebody had grabbed my tether up top
20:17and started pulling.
20:19And when I realized I was good,
20:21I just relaxed and I looked around.
20:24And when I tell you, like the sun is coming through the ice
20:29and all of that.
20:30And it went from like terror to like the most spiritual,
20:34beautiful thing.
20:36And I was just like, whoever up there,
20:38don't let go of my tether.
20:41I love you.
20:43I love you.
20:46I promise.
20:48No more.
20:53Oh, man.
20:54In the Amazon, you see all sorts of bugs and snakes.
20:58And you don't like snakes.
20:59I don't like bugs.
21:01And like that was the rough one.
21:03I was, we were, so we went to the Amazon jungle
21:06and I was, we weren't doing real expeditions.
21:08So I was with real scientists and I was like tagging along
21:11on real expeditions.
21:13We went on a hunt for an anaconda.
21:16So we were with the, we were with the natives.
21:20And like, they, they, they didn't, they didn't even have no clothes on.
21:24Right.
21:25Like they, their whole name and address was hanging out.
21:27Oh, wow.
21:28Really?
21:29In the waters?
21:30And they, they, so we're going, you know, down the river
21:34and they see the anaconda and jump out of the boat into the water
21:39and swim for the anaconda.
21:41No, no, no.
21:42Yeah.
21:42So you're not afraid of snakes anymore?
21:44No, I mean, I mean, I've been with an anaconda.
21:46Yeah.
21:47But I mean, like, if I say, I don't know,
21:50brought out a boa constrictor, would you be cool with it?
21:53I mean, in hypotheticals, man, we could really talk about.
21:57This is a Tonight Show.
21:58We don't live in hypotheticals.
21:59We live in reality.
22:02We always got a snake back.
22:04What if I brought out a boa constrictor?
22:06Could you have it?
22:07Could you hold it for 30 seconds without freaking out?
22:10I mean, I just don't know why you would do that.
22:13Because you're our first guest and you're a good friend to the show.
22:17You have a boa constrictor?
22:18Let's bring out that snake.
22:19Come on, let's see what's up.
22:28Hey, how you guys doing?
22:30How you doing?
22:31Oh, my God.
22:33All right, well, don't freak.
22:35Don't.
22:35Wow.
22:36Is it?
22:37No.
22:37No, no.
22:38Okay.
22:40Start the timer.
22:41Start the timer.
22:42Start the timer.
22:42Go.
22:4230 seconds on the clock.
22:44Go.
22:44All right, Will.
22:45It's moving.
22:46Yo.
22:47No, it's moving.
22:49It's moving.
22:50Guys, don't clap too loud.
22:51All right.
22:52No, Will, how's it feeling?
22:53He's not looking at you, but his tongue...
22:56It's really strong.
22:58Like, I've never had...
23:00Like, it's all muscle.
23:02Really?
23:02You feel this?
23:03Dude, I can feel this happening.
23:04Yeah.
23:04No, it's moving.
23:05It's constricting right in your shoulder.
23:07It's happening.
23:08It don't like my shirt.
23:10You don't like...
23:11It's a different animal.
23:12It's a different animal.
23:133-way, he did it.
23:143-way.
23:143-way.
23:15All right.
23:17Yo.
23:18While Will's like this, I want to show everyone a clip.
23:20Here's Will Smith in Pole to Pole.
23:22Take a look at this.
23:23Oh, my gosh.
23:23The team is hoping that, like, I would find my own species, but I'm pretty sure that's not going to
23:33happen, because I'm not really going to look.
23:41Yeah, it's nothing here.
23:44Oh, there's a spider.
23:46You don't see that?
23:48Ooh, it's a family of them.
23:50Damn.
23:51It's like 10.
23:53Like, somewhere around 10 spiders is where I leave.
23:57Will Smith, everybody.
23:59Pulling the pole and streaming now on Disney+.
24:01More tonight's show after the break, everybody.
24:26Our next guest is a New York Times best-selling author whose brand-new novel, Half His Age, is available
24:34everywhere now.
24:36Please welcome Jeanette McCurdy!
24:48Buffalo.
24:52Buffalo.
24:54Come on.
24:55Good to see you.
24:56Good to see you, too.
24:57It's been so long.
24:58It's been a while, but congrats on everything.
25:01Congrats on your book.
25:01Half His Age is out right now.
25:03It's a big deal.
25:06Before we get to this, I want to congratulate you on your memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, was the
25:13title.
25:14And, man, oh, man, it was a giant success.
25:16And it was amazing.
25:19It was interesting.
25:20It was sad, but it was funny.
25:23You have such a great sense of humor.
25:25And I just heard your voice when I read it.
25:27And I was like, oh, my gosh.
25:29It was just well, well, well done.
25:30Congratulations on that.
25:31And that was a...
25:33Thank you so much.
25:36Did you expect the reaction when you wrote that book or had the idea?
25:40Well, there are sort of two different responses to this, and both are true.
25:44One is that I was completely shocked and blown away.
25:47And then the other is that I...
25:49This is going to sound kind of woo-woo, but I have, like, a manifestation journal.
25:52Okay.
25:53And in my journal at that time period in my life, I wrote, I'm Glad My Mom Died is going
25:58to become a pop cultural phenomenon.
26:01So...
26:01You put it out there.
26:02I put it out there.
26:04I guess this is your sign to start manifesting.
26:05All of you, if you want to start manifesting, it works, apparently.
26:08Yeah.
26:09I love it.
26:09The memoir hit 80 weeks on the bestseller list.
26:1280 weeks.
26:13That's fantastic.
26:15It's actually currently still on.
26:17It is.
26:17Paperback just came out.
26:18You posted a video to celebrate that, and it went viral, but it has over 50 million views.
26:22We have a little bit of this.
26:23What's this?
26:24Oh, boy.
26:26I'm scared.
26:27Okay.
26:30I'm...
26:31I hate...
26:31This is a bad idea.
26:32I hate loud noises.
26:36Oh, my God.
26:38Oh, my God.
26:39Yeah.
26:41What?
26:42I'm sorry.
26:42What happened?
26:43I have a loud scream.
26:44I'm very jumpy.
26:45Yes.
26:45That's my genuine scream.
26:46I'm sorry.
26:47But was it louder than you thought it was going to be?
26:50It was so much louder.
26:50It was so...
26:51Like, it's a, you know, modestly-sized confetti cannon.
26:54I figured it would have a modestly-sized sound.
26:57But instead, it literally sounded like a cannon went off.
27:00I have never written an Amazon review in my life.
27:02I came this close to writing one and just saying,
27:04do not get this, it's too loud.
27:05You cannot save yourself.
27:06For volume, yeah, save yourself.
27:08Well, you might have to celebrate again because your new book, Half His Age, is out now and
27:13is a novel, this one here.
27:15How do we describe, what is Half His Age about?
27:18Hmm, I would say Half His Age is an exploration of female rage and power and desire as told
27:26through the lens of a very lonely and very ravenous 17-year-old girl, which I feel like
27:32all 17-year-old girls are lonely and ravenous.
27:33But she's particularly lonely and particularly ravenous.
27:36And when did you first come up with the idea for this one?
27:40Randomly, I was on a solo trip to Japan when I was 24.
27:43And I was on a shinkansen, a bullet train.
27:45And that's when I first kind of knew that I was going to write this.
27:49I had the seed of the protagonist, Waldo, and then the seed of just kind of the hook of it.
27:55But it didn't come back around until about eight years later, so I've been working on it for
27:59two years, and yeah, now it's out in the world and I can't believe it.
28:02Yeah.
28:08Your writing is also, the topic is heavy because she is dating a guy who's half, she's half
28:16his age, so it's a tricky topic, but it's also very funny.
28:21Are you good at that, making comedy out of tragic moments or stressful moments or real,
28:27serious moments?
28:28Well, it's really the only way I know how to write, you know, and I like to do that.
28:33It's also the kind of art that I appreciate the most, whether it's a book or a film or
28:36a TV show.
28:37I really appreciate when somebody can take a subject matter that's inherently heavy and
28:41make it funny and make it, you know, bring some levity to it and make it more palatable
28:44in that way without watering it down or making it flippant.
28:47That's like, that's the goal.
28:48I certainly try to do that.
28:49And when you do your audio books, which I also listen to as well, you do it in your
28:55voice, it's very straightforward.
28:57It's almost like I'm talking to you and you're just like saying, do you like doing that?
29:01Well, I have so many strong opinions about audio books.
29:04Why's that?
29:05Well, okay, I feel like everybody talks at a snail's pace when you're listening.
29:11They're like, and then I went to the store.
29:14I don't know why it's so slow.
29:16So I'm always listening to audio books on two, like times two, right?
29:21You do?
29:22Yes.
29:22I don't do that.
29:23What?
29:24No, I listen to...
29:25No, I go negative two, yeah.
29:27Oh my God.
29:28Then I went to the store.
29:33It's a great book, by the way.
29:34I feel like they're so slow.
29:35So my goal was to try to get people to listen to this on a one.
29:39Yes.
29:39I want you to not have to speed it up at all when you're listening.
29:42And then the other piece is that I really don't like when there's, you know, a female
29:46narrator and she gets to like a guy character and she goes, hey lady.
29:49And she like does a husky guy's voice.
29:51I find it so unsettling.
29:53I can't stand it.
29:55No, it's so good.
29:56Congratulations on this book.
29:57It is out.
29:58We can celebrate.
29:58This is a big deal.
29:59Half his age.
30:00I figured it'd be kind of something fun.
30:02Let's do a little confetti.
30:03But these are, these are noiseless confetti.
30:05Oh, okay.
30:06Great.
30:07So all you have to do is, all you have to do is flick it.
30:09Okay.
30:10You flick it and it will.
30:11Amazing.
30:12Yes.
30:12You want to flick it at me, I'll flick it at you.
30:14Should we stand?
30:14Should we sit?
30:15Yes, we should stand.
30:16We'll hold the book because this is a big deal.
30:18It's finally out.
30:19You worked so hard.
30:20Where do we shoot it?
30:21That way?
30:21Towards the camera?
30:22Or are you going to do it at me?
30:23Should we?
30:23I'm going to do it up there.
30:24Ready?
30:25One.
30:25Can I shoot it?
30:26Are you doing one, two, three or three, two, one?
30:27Three, two, one.
30:28Okay.
30:28Three, two, one.
30:30Congrats.
30:31Oh my.
30:31Yes.
30:36Jeanette McCurdy.
30:38Half his age is available everywhere now.
30:40We'll be right back with Josh Hart.
30:42Stick around.
30:59Our next guest is a standout guard and fan favorite for the New York Knicks.
31:05Please welcome Josh Hart.
31:22Thank you, thank you, thank you.
31:24Thank you for being here.
31:26I'm always so happy to see you.
31:28Usually, I'm at the garden when I see you,
31:30and I just want to kind of ignore you.
31:32Because I want you to play well and not look at me.
31:36Because I'm like, hi, you know?
31:38I like the interact with you guys.
31:39Yeah, no, do you?
31:40Yeah.
31:41But how are you feeling?
31:42Come on, are you giving us a championship?
31:44Come on.
31:44That's the goal.
31:47New York, you know, they love their Knicks,
31:50and it's, you know, their due.
31:51Are you feeling it?
31:52Are you feeling like you got this?
31:54Yeah, I think, you know, we had a rough couple games,
31:56but I think where our mentality is,
31:59I think we're going to respond very well
32:01and continue to improve for the rest of the season.
32:04You and your Knicks teammate, Jalen Brunson,
32:07you guys were roommates, right?
32:09Mm-hmm.
32:10He called you a hoarder.
32:12Are you a hoarder?
32:16I have a lot of stuff.
32:19At times, it's hard for me to part with some of those things.
32:22That's what a hoarder is.
32:24Yeah.
32:25But he was always in my room,
32:28because I had the snack drawer,
32:29and he always came in there, grabbed snacks,
32:32so he never complained about it when he was doing that.
32:34But now...
32:35All of a sudden.
32:35Yeah, all of a sudden, I'm the hoarder.
32:38You have twin sons, Hendrix and Hayes,
32:41two of the cutest kids I've ever seen.
32:44There was one clip that went viral from a game last month.
32:47You know what I'm going to talk about?
32:48You were sitting on the bench with Hayes,
32:51and all of a sudden, you realized you had to go back in the game.
32:53Yeah.
32:54Just take a look at this.
32:56Hey, when Red did that,
32:57you got your shoes untied and everything.
32:59You got to try to get back out there.
33:03Wait, wait, wait, wait.
33:05What? What?
33:06I mean, like, here, hold on, take it.
33:08What?
33:09Yeah.
33:11No, dude.
33:12That, yeah.
33:13What? I didn't know what was happening.
33:15What?
33:17So, normally, in a basketball game, you know,
33:19when you're up by, like, 15,
33:20I think it was, like, a minute and a half left in the game, right?
33:24So, we were playing, I think, the Magic.
33:26They took their starters and everything out.
33:28And when you do that, you kind of wave in the white flag.
33:32So, Mike took, you know, all of us out.
33:35And it was kid day, so my kids were there.
33:37They normally don't come to game.
33:38So, I was like, oh, this is so cool.
33:40We're winning.
33:41I had them on the bench.
33:43Hendrix did not want to be on the bench,
33:44but Hayes was loving it.
33:45There's a minute left.
33:46A minute left.
33:47Yeah, I'm just like, I'm, like, it's over soon.
33:49And then we have a turnover.
33:51They score.
33:52Turnover, they score.
33:53They're shooting free throws.
33:54And I'm just like, oh, God, please don't, like,
33:57don't make me go back in.
33:58I'm like, I'm so mentally checked out.
34:01My kid's right here.
34:02And I'm looking at Mike, like, looking down,
34:05and he put Jalen in the game and put Kat.
34:07And I'm just like, oh, for the love of God, please don't.
34:11There's 19 seconds left.
34:12There's no way.
34:13And then he yells, Josh.
34:14I'm like, oh, no.
34:15And I just, I threw my kid to the closest person.
34:19And it was Mitchell Robinson.
34:22Yeah.
34:22Not my first choice.
34:24Does he?
34:27The funniest thing is, like, if you look at Mitch's face
34:30when I do it, he's so clueless.
34:31He has a kid.
34:33He looked so lost.
34:34He had no idea what to do.
34:35He was just like, oh, God.
34:36And then, like, pass it to the next person.
34:39Oh, my God.
34:39Poor kid was just...
34:41Just all the way around the garden.
34:42It was like, everyone did a wave.
34:44They just passed Hayes around.
34:45It was a tough 19 seconds.
34:46Yeah, yeah.
34:48I was wondering, do you have any things that you're superstitious,
34:51anything you have to do before a game?
34:54I eat Mike and Ike's before every game.
34:56You eat Mike and Ike's?
34:57I eat Mike and Ike's before every game.
34:58That's your candy?
34:59Yep.
34:59That's my candy of choice since I was 14.
35:02So, yep, do that.
35:04I always...
35:06But you would eat that before every game?
35:08Yeah, before every game.
35:09In college, I used to do it.
35:11Coach Wright wouldn't really let me.
35:13So I used to, like, take a box, like, dump them out of my parka jacket
35:16and, like, periodically go back and forth from my locker.
35:19Doesn't sound the most, like, you know, it kind of sounds nasty
35:23now that I say it out loud.
35:24No.
35:24But, you know, that, um, I got to eat popcorn.
35:28My dad sent me scriptures that I read before every game,
35:31and then I just, I go out and hoop.
35:33Yeah, but I heard that you, Mike and Ike, reached out to you
35:37and made you, like, the president of candy operations.
35:40Yes, they did.
35:41And it was a dream come true.
35:43I have them on me at all times.
35:46Come on.
35:47You will never see me without these.
35:49Is that right?
35:50Yeah.
35:51I have a little bit.
35:52I'll tell you, they'll change your life.
35:53You're the best, bud.
35:54Come on.
35:55I love you.
35:55Best of luck for the rest of the day.
35:57Go Knicks.
35:57You got this, bud.
35:58Appreciate it.
36:00Dr. Hart, you can catch the NBA on NBC all season long.
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