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01:02The Legendary Roots Crew
01:02That's a cop.
01:04Yes!
01:05Thank you very much. Enjoy yourself.
01:07Welcome, welcome, welcome, everybody, to The Tonight Show.
01:11You're here. You made it.
01:14It's going to be fun.
01:15Thank you for watching at home, too.
01:16Let's get to some news.
01:17Well, guys, of course, everyone's still talking about Iran.
01:20And today, the White House said that President Trump attacked Iran
01:23based on a good feeling that they were planning to attack the U.S.
01:28It's historic.
01:29This could be the first war ever launched based on vibes.
01:35Yep, Trump's one step away from telling us his whole strategy is a magic 8-ball.
01:39It's like, ask again later, ask again later.
01:44You know, when most 79-year-olds get a good feeling,
01:47it's just their knees predicting rain.
01:49You know?
01:51That's right.
01:52It's now day 5 of Trump's military operation in Iran.
01:56Remember the good old days when he was just demolishing the White House?
01:58That was...
02:00Yeah, things in Iran are continuing to escalate,
02:03which is surprising, because usually when Trump gets involved,
02:05the escalation stops.
02:17Yeah, Trump got into Iran, but he has no idea how to leave.
02:21It's the same problem he has sitting on a deep couch.
02:25He's like, okay.
02:26Pull my arms on three.
02:28One.
02:30Roll me and pull me.
02:31Roll me.
02:34Trump attacked Iran suddenly and without a clear plan,
02:37so that's two rash decisions he made this week.
02:43Well, people are talking about this.
02:46Admit the ongoing conflict overseas.
02:48Gas prices here in the U.S. are skyrocketing.
02:53It's bad.
02:53Today, I saw a guy filling his tank with Four Loko.
02:56What?
02:56Yeah.
02:58Yeah, these are tough times if you need oil.
03:00I mean, Iran is under attack,
03:01and P. Diddy is still in jail.
03:02So, I mean, it's almost...
03:06I don't know how I'm going to get oil.
03:08How am I going to get...
03:09Yeah.
03:10Now, listen to this.
03:12I read that one of the favorites
03:13to replace Iran's supreme leader is his son.
03:16Oh.
03:17Yeah, right.
03:17Now it's actually between two of his sons,
03:19Ayatollah Eric and Ayatollah Jr.
03:22Meanwhile, with the war ramping up,
03:24I saw that the military is starting to run
03:26some new recruitment ads.
03:27Take a look at this.
03:28Do you want to serve your country?
03:30Yes, sir.
03:31Do you have what it takes?
03:33I do.
03:33Can you do 50 push-ups?
03:35Are you crazy?
03:36How about 25 push-ups?
03:38I can't do it.
03:39All right.
03:39Can you do one push-up?
03:41Close.
03:42Zero.
03:43Well, how much can you lift?
03:44Uh.
03:45Uh.
03:46Well.
03:47Never mind.
03:48Everyone else, join the Marines.
03:58Switching gears to some big entertainment news.
04:00I just heard that a Game of Thrones movie is in the works.
04:06I can't wait.
04:07I love the Game of Thrones.
04:08Dude, same.
04:10I absolutely love Candy Crush.
04:13What?
04:14Oh, Tariq, that's a Game on Phones.
04:17I'm talking about Game of Thrones.
04:19Oh, oh, right.
04:20But wait, wait, wait.
04:21Is it the one about curling?
04:23No, that's a Game with Stones.
04:25I'm talking about Game of Thrones.
04:26Oh, right, right.
04:27Wait, wait, is it the fibula and tibia?
04:30No, that's the name of Bones.
04:32This is Game of Thrones.
04:34Oh, right.
04:34Wait, is it Dolly the Sheep and Jim Carrey?
04:38No, those are famous clones.
04:40This is Game of Thrones.
04:42Is it the grocery store where cashiers flirt with you?
04:44No, that's Trader Joe's.
04:47When Judi Dench eats pastries?
04:50That's a dame with scones.
04:53Some random Irish guy?
04:55That's Cheyenne S. Jones.
04:57When someone's shy in the bedroom?
04:59That's ashamed of moans.
05:01Okay, when your ice cream stand catches on fire?
05:05That's flaming cones.
05:07When you compliment your detective friend, Sherlock?
05:10That's glazing homes.
05:12When you trade whimsical garden ornaments?
05:15That's exchanging gnomes.
05:18This noise?
05:21That's lame trombones.
05:24When you always find fault with the Chiefs quarterback?
05:27That's blame Mahomes.
05:29Hang on, hang on, hang on.
05:31I think I've got it.
05:32Is it the popular fantasy series with multiple spinoffs?
05:35Yes!
05:35That's awesome.
05:36I love Lord of the Rings.
05:40Tariq Trader, everyone.
05:48Did you see this?
05:49Harry Styles is getting a lot of attention...
05:53...
05:53...
05:56...for appearing shirtless on the cover of Runner's World magazine.
05:59Take a look at this.
06:04Yeah, but he's not the only celebrity to appear on the cover of Runner's World.
06:08There was also, of course, Oprah Winfrey in 1995.
06:12George W. Bush in 2002.
06:14And this is a little embarrassing, but a few years ago, I also appeared on the cover.
06:19And there you go.
06:21There was that.
06:24Wow.
06:25Was that the only magazine cover you were on?
06:27No, I was also on the cover of Bon Appetit.
06:29Oh, really?
06:30Yeah.
06:30Oh!
06:36Hey, this is fun.
06:37I saw that a Disney Cruise Line just launched their largest ship ever.
06:41It's perfect for anyone who's ever looked around Disney and thought,
06:44if only I could be trapped at sea with these people.
06:47And finally, you guys, you ever see a photo in the news and think the headline could be better?
06:51It's time for News and Improved.
06:53Here we go.
07:00For example, check out this first photo.
07:03The original headline was,
07:05Lady Gaga performs at Grammys.
07:07Headline can definitely be improved,
07:09because if you only looked at the photo,
07:10the headline could have been,
07:11Weird Lamp in a Hotel Room, Impossible to Turn Off.
07:14I don't know where...
07:17I don't know.
07:19This next headline was,
07:23Headline could have been,
07:24Man Who Lied on Resume Opens Excel for the First Time.
07:27Okay.
07:29All right.
07:32Up next, this headline says,
07:36Headline could have been,
07:37Man Sets Record for a Number of Mm-Hums Before a Boss Hangs Up.
07:41Mm-hmm. Yeah.
07:42Mm-hmm.
07:43Mm-hmm.
07:44Mm-hmm.
07:44Mm-hmm.
07:45Okay.
07:46Next headline was,
07:50Headline could have been,
07:51Dad's Midlife Crisis Getting Dangerously Closed to Buy a Motorcycle Zone.
08:00Next headline was,
08:05Headline could have been,
08:06Family Worries Grandma's New Husband Only Marrying Her for Money.
08:10For Honey.
08:13Honey.
08:15This next headline was,
08:16London Fashion Week Kicks Off.
08:19Headline could have been,
08:20Tide Pod Comes to Life Walks Runway.
08:28And finally,
08:29This headline was,
08:30India's Prime Minister Pledges to Support Allies.
08:33Headline could have been,
08:34Nurple Moments Away from Being Purpled.
08:37There you have it.
08:38That's all we have for News and Improve.
08:39We have a great show.
08:41Jamie Lee Curtis is here tonight.
08:46Sam Heughan is joining us.
08:50Award-winning director,
08:51Andrew Jarecki is here.
08:55And she's got the number one album in the country right now.
08:59Megan Maroney is here to perform.
09:02Stick around.
09:03We'll be right back with Jamie Lee Curtis.
09:05Come on back, everyone.
09:08You said somebody is behind you.
09:12And I turned around like this.
09:13And Nicole Kidman is standing like this.
09:18Just standing behind me in this seat.
09:22And I looked up and I was like...
09:33From Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center
09:36in the heart of New York City,
09:37it's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
09:41Hey, hey, hey, hey!
09:42Can I join Jimmy and his guests?
09:44Jamie Lee Curtis,
09:46Sam Heughan,
09:47Andrew Jarecki,
09:49musical guests,
09:50Megan Maroney,
09:51and featuring the legendary Roots crew.
09:54Turn it through, sir, sir, sir!
09:56And now,
09:58here he is,
09:59Jimmy Fallon!
10:03Hey, hey, hey, hey!
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10:14Hey, hey, hey, hey!
10:15Thank you very much!
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10:19Oh, I love you!
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10:23Oh, I love you!
10:27That's a cup!
10:30Yes!
10:31Thank you very much.
10:32Enjoy yourself.
10:33Welcome, welcome, welcome, everybody,
10:34to The Tonight Show!
10:36You're here!
10:37You made it!
10:39Oh, it's gonna be fun.
10:40Thank you for watching at home, too.
10:42Let's get to some news.
10:43Well, guys, of course,
10:44everyone's still talking about Iran,
10:46and today, the White House said
10:47that President Trump attacked Iran
10:49based on a good feeling
10:50that they were planning to attack the U.S.
10:54It's historic.
10:55This could be the first war
10:56ever launched based on vibes.
11:00Yep, Trump's one step away
11:02from telling us his whole strategy
11:03is a magic eight ball.
11:05It's like,
11:06Ask again later.
11:07Ask again later.
11:09You know, when most 79-year-olds
11:11get a good feeling,
11:12it's just their knees predicting rain.
11:14You know?
11:17That's right.
11:18It's now day five
11:18of Trump's military operation in Iran.
11:21Remember the good old days
11:22when he was just demolishing
11:23the White House?
11:24That was...
11:24That was...
11:26Yeah, things in Iran
11:27are continuing to escalate,
11:28which is surprising,
11:29because usually when Trump gets involved,
11:31the escalation stops.
11:42Yeah, Trump got into Iran,
11:44but he has no idea how to leave.
11:46It's the same...
11:48It's the same problem
11:49he has sitting on a deep couch.
11:50He's like,
11:51Okay.
11:52Pull my arms on three.
11:54One.
11:55Roll me and pull me.
11:57Roll me.
11:59Trump attacked Iran suddenly
12:01and without a clear plan,
12:02so that's two rash decisions
12:04he made this week.
12:09Well, people are talking about this
12:11amid the ongoing conflict overseas.
12:13Gas prices here in the U.S.
12:15are skyrocketing.
12:18It's bad.
12:19Today I saw a guy filling his tank
12:20with four loco.
12:21What?
12:22Yeah.
12:23Yeah, these are tough times
12:24if you need oil.
12:25I mean, Iran is under attack
12:26and P. Diddy is still in jail.
12:28So, I mean, it's almost...
12:31I don't know how I'm going to get oil.
12:33How am I going to get...
12:35Yeah.
12:36Now, listen to this.
12:37I read that one of the favorites
12:38to replace Iran's supreme leader
12:40is his son.
12:41Oh.
12:42Yeah, right.
12:43Now it's actually between
12:43two of his sons,
12:44Ayatollah Eric and Ayatollah Jr.
12:48Meanwhile, with the war ramping up,
12:50I saw that the military
12:51is starting to run
12:51some new recruitment ads.
12:53Take a look at this.
12:54Do you want to serve your country?
12:56Yes, sir.
12:57Do you have what it takes?
12:58I do.
12:59Can you do 50 push-ups?
13:00Are you crazy?
13:02How about 25 push-ups?
13:03I can't do it.
13:04All right.
13:05Can you do one push-up?
13:06Close.
13:08Zero.
13:08Well, how much can you lift?
13:12Never mind.
13:13Everyone else, join the Marines.
13:23Switching gears
13:24to some big entertainment news.
13:26I just heard that
13:26a Game of Thrones movie
13:28is in the works.
13:32I can't wait.
13:32I love the Game of Thrones.
13:33Dude, same.
13:35I absolutely love Candy Crush.
13:39What?
13:40Oh, Tariq,
13:41that's a game on phones.
13:43I'm talking about Game of Thrones.
13:44Oh, oh, right.
13:45Wait, wait.
13:46Is it the one about curling?
13:48No, that's a game with stones.
13:50I'm talking about Game of Thrones.
13:51Oh, right, right.
13:52Wait, wait.
13:53Is it the fibula and tibia?
13:55No, that's Name of Bones.
13:58This is Game of Thrones.
13:59Oh, right.
14:00Wait, is it Dolly the Sheep
14:02and Jim Carrey?
14:03No, those are famous clones.
14:05This is Game of Thrones.
14:07Is it the grocery store
14:09where cashiers flirt with you?
14:10No, that's Trader Joe's.
14:13When Judi Dench eats pastries?
14:15That's a dame with scones.
14:18Some random Irish guy?
14:20That's Sheamus Jones.
14:23When someone's shy in the bedroom?
14:25That's ashamed of moans.
14:27Okay, when your ice cream stand catches on fire?
14:31That's flaming cones.
14:33When you compliment your detective friend Sherlock?
14:36That's glazing homes.
14:38When you trade whimsical garden ornaments?
14:41That's exchanging gnomes.
14:43This noise?
14:47That's lame trombones.
14:50When you always find fault with the Chiefs quarterback?
14:52That's blame Mahomes.
14:54Hang on.
14:55Hang on, hang on.
14:56I think I've got it.
14:57Is it the popular fantasy series with multiple spinoffs?
15:00Yes!
15:01Awesome.
15:02I love Lord of the Rings.
15:06Tariq Trotter, everyone.
15:14Did you see this?
15:15Harry Styles is getting a lot of attention
15:21for appearing shirtless on the cover of Runner's World magazine.
15:25Take a look at this.
15:29Yeah, but he's not the only celebrity to appear on the cover of Runner's World.
15:33There was also, of course, Oprah Winfrey in 1995, George W. Bush in 2002, and this is
15:41a little embarrassing, but a few years ago, I also appeared on the cover.
15:45And there you go.
15:46There's that.
15:49Wow.
15:50Was that the only magazine cover you were on?
15:53No, I was also on the cover of Bon Appetit.
15:55Oh, really?
15:56Yeah.
15:56Oh!
16:01Hey, this is fun.
16:02I saw that Disney Cruise Line just launched their largest ship ever.
16:07It's perfect for anyone who's ever looked around Disney and thought,
16:09if only I could be trapped at sea with these people.
16:13And finally, you guys, you ever see a photo in the news
16:15and think the headline could be better?
16:17It's time for News and Improved.
16:19Here we go.
16:20News and Improved.
16:22News and Improved.
16:22News and Improved.
16:23News and Improved.
16:23News and Improved.
16:27News and Improved.
16:28News and Improved.
16:30News and Improved.
16:31News and Improved.
16:32Headline can definitely be improved,
16:34because if you only looked at the photo,
16:35the headline could have been
16:36Weird Lamp in a Hotel Room, Impossible to Turn Off.
16:39I don't know where...
16:42I don't know where...
16:44This next headline was
16:45Prince William Attends E-Sport Tournament.
16:48Headline could have been
16:49Man Who Lied on Resume Opens Excel for the First Time.
16:53Okay.
16:55All right.
16:58Up next, this headline says
16:59Mike Johnson Speaks on Capitol Hill.
17:02Headline could have been
17:03Man Sets Record for a Number of Mm-Hums
17:05Before a Boss Hangs Up.
17:07Mm-hmm.
17:07Yeah.
17:08Mm-hmm.
17:08Mm-hmm.
17:09Mm-hmm.
17:10Mm-hmm.
17:10Okay.
17:12Next headline was
17:16Headline could have been
17:17Dad's Midlife Crisis Getting Dangerously Closed to
17:19Buy a Motorcycle Zone.
17:26Next headline was
17:27Queen Camilla Meets with Paddington.
17:29Oh.
17:31Headline could have been
17:32Family Worries Grandma's New Husband
17:33Only Marrying Her for Money.
17:36For Honey.
17:39Honey.
17:40This next headline was
17:42London Fashion Week Kicks Off.
17:45Headline could have been
17:46Tide Pod Comes to Life Walks Runway.
17:54And finally, this headline was
17:55India's Prime Minister Pledges to Support Allies.
17:59Headline could have been
18:00Nurple Moments Away from Being Purpled.
18:03There you have it.
18:04That's all we have for News and Improve.
18:05We have a great show.
18:06Jamie Lee Curtis is here tonight.
18:11Sam Heughan is joining us.
18:15Award-winning director Andrew Jarecki is here.
18:20And she's got the number one album in the country right now.
18:25Megan Maroney is here to perform.
18:28Stick around.
18:28We'll be right back with Jamie Lee Curtis.
18:30Come on, Megan.
18:31Go.
18:34I said, somebody is behind you.
18:37And I turned around like this.
18:39And Nicole Kidman is standing like this.
18:44Just standing behind me in this seat.
18:47And I looked up and I was like...
19:00Our first guest is an Oscar and Emmy winner
19:03who stars in and produces the new series Scarpetta,
19:07which premieres March 11th on Prime Video.
19:10Please welcome Jamie Lee Curtis.
19:32I was trying to figure out what you were going to play for me, Isma.
19:40I thought you were going to play.
19:41You know what I think you were going to play?
19:44What do you think I was going to play?
19:45The Rocky theme.
19:47I told Questlove on his pod.
19:50Is that what you call it?
19:52Yes.
19:52Okay.
19:52It's called a podcast.
19:53All right.
19:55Talking about his pod?
19:57No, I wasn't.
19:59Ew.
20:00God.
20:01So fast, so early in the performance here.
20:06I know I'm dressed a little slutty, but...
20:08No, you are.
20:09Oh, I am.
20:10No, no.
20:16No, I was telling Questlove that I used to listen to the theme from Rocky before auditions.
20:23Oh, I love that.
20:24I would sit in my car and listen to the theme from Rocky to pump me up.
20:29And get pumped up.
20:30Yeah.
20:30Wow.
20:31I was like 18 or 19 years old and I was sitting in my car.
20:34I love that.
20:35I was actually just going to ask you about your first appearance on TV.
20:39Well, this is my second time with you.
20:42I don't know why.
20:43Why have you rejected me?
20:45No, it's like...
20:47Yeah, right.
20:47Why have you rejected me so much?
20:49Oh, give me a break.
20:50You are unbelievable.
20:51I was only here twice.
20:53Yeah, but you live in L.A. I think is the only reason.
20:56We love you.
20:57Well, thanks for, like, ridiculing me from where I live.
21:00I'm born and raised in the city of angels.
21:02The city of angels.
21:04It is the city of angels.
21:06I know, but no one calls it that.
21:07You're here.
21:08But, Jamie...
21:12Any time you're in New York...
21:13Are we going to get into, like, a thing?
21:15No!
21:16The thing is this.
21:17You have an open invitation.
21:19And I want you to come on the show any time you're in New York.
21:21Open.
21:22I don't care what you have going on.
21:24Anything.
21:25I absolutely adore you.
21:26And everyone on the staff absolutely adore you.
21:29That's very nice of you.
21:30Yes.
21:31I...
21:31Here's what's weird.
21:32I was on...
21:33It's weird.
21:34I was on The Tonight Show, my second job in show business.
21:38I was under contract at Universal, and I did a couple shows.
21:41My first job was a Quincy, and then my second job was a Columbo.
21:48And I played a waitress in a diner that he walks in, you know...
21:53Peter Falk?
21:54Peter Falk.
21:54And he walked in with a donut.
21:57And I play a bitchy waitress.
21:58And he walks in with this donut, and...
22:01Well, anyway, I was...
22:03And he took that clip on The Tonight...
22:06What was the scene?
22:07No.
22:07On The Tonight Show.
22:08Okay.
22:09To promote the show.
22:11So I was on The Tonight Show.
22:13My second job in show business was on The Tonight Show.
22:16Wow.
22:18Yes.
22:19Yes.
22:20What's the scene?
22:21I want to hear what he walks in with a donut?
22:23Well, he walks in with a donut.
22:24And, of course, she says, you can't eat that here.
22:27And he goes, oh, oh, yeah, oh, I'm sorry.
22:31Oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm sorry.
22:35And then he hands me the donut.
22:37Yeah.
22:37And then I glare at him.
22:39Then I leave.
22:39Then they do something about the show.
22:41And then I come back, and I go, have you decided what you want?
22:45And he goes, oh, oh, I'm sorry.
22:48Oh, I'll have a donut.
22:51And then I glare.
22:53But the thing that's so good about it is that it's a patented glare.
22:57So I've kind of, so here, I'm going to do it to you right now.
23:00All right, yeah.
23:01Ooh.
23:03Wow.
23:05Wow.
23:06That was, that's fantastic.
23:07Because I could tell that in your, in your brain, you're nothing but love.
23:12For you?
23:13Yes, I do.
23:14Yeah.
23:14You're a very nice man.
23:15You're handsome.
23:17I love this.
23:17You have a very talented group of people.
23:19Yeah.
23:19You're a nice audience.
23:20Yes, you have the best.
23:23This is why I want you to come back every week.
23:25Oh, fine.
23:26It's so good for my ego.
23:27I want to talk about Scarpetta, by the way.
23:29This is massive.
23:30You and Nicole Kidman?
23:31I know.
23:31It's so fun.
23:32Ooh, it's so good.
23:34It's based on the, the, the popular books.
23:36Oh, my gosh.
23:37I don't want to say it's 120 million.
23:39Oh, easily.
23:40120 million books have sold.
23:42But she's written 36 books.
23:44She is a friend of mine.
23:45We are, we are friends.
23:46And, you know, one, I'm a producer now.
23:48So one of these, one day I said to her, hey, what's up with Scarpetta?
23:51Yeah.
23:52And she was like, nothing.
23:53I was like, what do you mean?
23:54She goes, nothing.
23:55I said, okay.
23:56So I, I, I called Jason Blum.
23:59I'm sure you've met Jason Blum.
24:01Yes.
24:01We produced the movie The Lost Bus last year.
24:03And now we're producing Scarpetta.
24:04So I brought them to him.
24:06We're now producing the show.
24:07And we were trying to cast the show.
24:10And so then the question of who's going to play Scarpetta.
24:12And this is a true story that no one has ever heard.
24:15And I know you have something here that has to do with it.
24:18So in 2021, I was presenting the Oscar to, it was the in memoriam to Betty White.
24:26I'm sitting at a table, minding my own dang business.
24:30Yeah.
24:30And I was talking to my friend, Heidi, looking up like this.
24:34And she said, Jamie, somebody wants to talk to you.
24:35I said, what do you, what do you mean?
24:37She said, somebody is behind you.
24:40And I turned around like this.
24:42And Nicole Kidman is standing like this, just standing behind me in this seat.
24:50And I looked up and I was like, hello, hi, Nicole Kidman.
24:56Yeah.
24:57Hello.
24:58And she looked at me, never met her, never seen, I've seen her, obviously, in her work.
25:03And she looked at me and she said, I see you.
25:08I see what you do.
25:10And I see how you do it.
25:12And I see what you say and what you care about.
25:15And I want you to know you need to keep doing it.
25:19And you're amazing.
25:24Wow.
25:25This does not happen.
25:28That does not happen.
25:30That doesn't happen.
25:30Like, that doesn't happen.
25:32Wow.
25:33And I just was like, okay.
25:37Wow.
25:38And you're cool.
25:38You're really good, too.
25:40And she was nominated for an Oscar that year for Lucille Ball.
25:44And then she walked away.
25:46And I was like, so anyway, so it turns out Nicole has always wanted to play Scarpetta because we had
25:53a meeting with her producing partner.
25:55And so all of a sudden she hears we're producing a show of Scarpetta.
25:59She says, we hear she wants to be in it.
26:01But then, of course, she says to me, and you're producing the show, Jamie.
26:06And I'm like, yes.
26:07She goes, and you're in it.
26:13I am now.
26:14Yes!
26:15Yeah, of course.
26:16Queen.
26:18Of course I'll be in it.
26:19Yes, of course I'm in it.
26:21I'm in it.
26:21Is that the funny way that those things happen?
26:22That's how I am in this show because Nicole Kidman said, and of course you're in it.
26:28And you know what?
26:29It's called the Nicole Kidman effect.
26:31It's an extraordinary thing, what happens.
26:34You know, right away we got a two-season pickup at Amazon, like that.
26:38Yeah, because that's right.
26:39Because that's Nicole Kidman.
26:41Here she is.
26:42And this was the picture.
26:45Somebody took a picture of me meeting her at the Oscars.
26:51This is actually a historic moment.
26:52That's real.
26:54Isn't that amazing?
26:55Isn't that crazy?
26:57Isn't that crazy how life works?
26:58That there's a picture of that moment?
27:01Yeah.
27:01It just blew my mind.
27:03Yeah.
27:03Absolutely blew my mind.
27:04What a cast, by the way.
27:06You and Nicole Kidman at Meridian.
27:08Fantastic.
27:08Bobby Cannavale plays Marino.
27:11I know.
27:11That was him.
27:13I know.
27:14I'm like a pit mom.
27:16Yeah, I'm out of here.
27:17Look at my moves.
27:18He plays Marino.
27:20Ariana DeBose.
27:20She plays my daughter, Lucy.
27:22That's my pal.
27:22And Simon Baker.
27:25Oh, plays, yeah.
27:26Wow.
27:27Yeah, he plays Nicole's husband.
27:28He plays Nicole's husband.
27:29Yeah, I was.
27:29And we all live together in a house.
27:32So the way it happened is Lucy's had a tragedy, and the whole family comes together.
27:37And now these four adults are all now living in this house that was part of Simon Baker's
27:43family legacy.
27:44Yeah.
27:44I want to show everyone a clip.
27:45Here's Jaylee Curtis in Scarpetta.
27:47Take a look.
27:48Can you believe this?
27:50No.
27:51Did you know?
27:51Morning.
27:52You gave my husband a job.
27:57Yeah.
27:59Why would you do that, Kay?
28:00Because I needed help.
28:03Well, why him?
28:04Because I'm surrounded by vipers in that office, and I need someone I can trust.
28:09Yeah.
28:10Can we all remember, please, that this was once my former, what do you call it, vocation?
28:14What about the private PI business that you were going to start with Lucy, Peter?
28:19How are you going to start that up now that you are, what, former vocating with her?
28:24Yeah.
28:25Cheers.
28:26I mean, cheers.
28:27That's how you do it right there.
28:29Jamie Lee Curtis, everyone.
28:32Scarpetta premieres March 11th on Prime Video.
28:35More on tonight's show.
28:36After the break, stick around.
28:45The internet's kind of going crazy because there's rumors that your character may die.
28:52The internet, not me, the internet.
28:55Jimmy, how dare you?
28:57How could you?
29:05Our next guest stars in the very popular series Outlander.
29:12The eighth and final season premieres March 6th on Starz with new episodes every Friday.
29:19Please welcome Sam Heughan.
29:21I was all right, Danny's all right, Danny's all right, he just seemed a little weird, Amanda, Amanda, Amanda.
29:32That's right, that's right.
29:38That's right.
29:40All right.
29:43Yeah, it's a hot show tonight.
29:45It's a hot show.
29:46Thank you, bro.
29:46Thank you so much.
29:47Wow.
29:49Sam, welcome back to the show.
29:51We always love it when you're here.
29:53You obviously know how to perform in front of a crowd, an audience.
29:57You're a theater background.
29:59Yeah, I am.
29:59Yeah, yeah.
30:00I started in theater.
30:01And actually, I was very lucky.
30:02I got to do a sort of full circle moment where I went back to my roots.
30:06I just played Macbeth.
30:08I can say it.
30:08There's no superstition around it.
30:12There is a superstition, right?
30:13And Peter, you're not allowed to say the word Macbeth.
30:14I think if you say, you've got to, like, stand up, turn around three times.
30:17Yes.
30:18Touch.
30:18But here you can say it because we're not.
30:19I was Macbeth, so I think I'm all right.
30:22Yeah.
30:22All right.
30:23Couldn't you?
30:24But it was cool.
30:24We were at the RSC, the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, which was really cool.
30:28Oh, my gosh.
30:29That's a good thing.
30:30Yeah.
30:30And we set it in a bar, in a Scottish bar, because obviously I'm very at home there.
30:34Yeah.
30:35But it was kind of immersive for the audience because they were right in amongst it.
30:39So they got, you know, they got blood, they got sweat, they got spit on them.
30:42Wow.
30:43It was fantastic.
30:44Oh, my gosh.
30:44They had to wear a poncho.
30:45They came out like, that was a lot.
30:48That was a lot.
30:48I guess I was going to ride a Zoom flume.
30:51You've just stopped filming a new series now.
30:54You just...
30:55I'm just filming right now.
30:57Actually, about two days ago, I was hanging partially upside down in an elevator shaft.
31:01I'm doing, like, this action thriller called Embassy.
31:04It's with an amazing cast.
31:06We've got Anna Kendrick, who's incredible, and the brilliant J.K. Simmons, who is just...
31:11Oh, he's fantastic.
31:13Oh.
31:14I could stare into that man's eyes all night.
31:16Yeah.
31:16He's quite...
31:17Like yours.
31:17I'm feeling...
31:18I'm staring at you.
31:19I know what you mean.
31:19I'm looking at it right now.
31:20Oh, wow.
31:21You've been dreaming.
31:22You are, yeah.
31:23Woo!
31:24Yeah.
31:25But I do want to get into Outlander and talk about all that, but I know that next month
31:30you're going to be the Grand Marshal for the 2026 New York City Tartan Day Parade.
31:35Come on.
31:36Come on down.
31:37Come on.
31:38Now, talk to me about the Tartan Day Parade.
31:41Look at it.
31:41Isn't it fantastic?
31:42It's great.
31:43It's a great day where we take over.
31:45Scotland takes over.
31:46Yeah.
31:46Sixth Avenue.
31:47We're walking down there.
31:49I believe, actually, we walked past your offices here.
31:53By the way, I have a photo of this.
31:54Way back.
31:54This is you waving on Sixth Avenue, and here's our marquee, the Tonight Show, right there.
31:5920...
31:592014?
32:00This is when you started doing the Tonight Show as well.
32:02Yes.
32:03We've been doing it about as long as you have.
32:05Wow.
32:05But it's fantastic.
32:06It's a great day out.
32:06Come on down.
32:07There'll be lots of bagpipes, and it's a real celebration of Scotland.
32:11I know you always...
32:12You just set a great spokesman for Scotland, and you have your own whiskey.
32:17Very successful.
32:18Do you?
32:20Sassanac.
32:20That's right.
32:21Sassanac.
32:22Sassanac.
32:22Dude, congratulations on this.
32:24And you actually have a giant distillery as well, right?
32:26We have, yeah.
32:26I was born and raised in the southwest of Scotland, a place called Galloway, and it's this most amazing
32:31place, people don't really know much about it, but there's so much history, amazing coastline,
32:35castles, lochs, great, great dark history as well, and we're very close to Ireland.
32:40You can see Ireland, it's only 12 miles away across the water there, but we've built the
32:44Galloway distillery there, so we're producing our own spirits down in the southwest of Scotland,
32:48so you must come down.
32:48I know you've been to Scotland.
32:50Oh, I had the greatest experience in Scotland.
32:52I know, I've heard all about it, and I love that place you went to in Bremar.
32:55It's the greatest hotel I've ever...
32:57Five Arms?
32:58Five Arms, but also Bremar itself is where they hold the Highland Games.
33:01Oh, that place, it's the most charming place.
33:03It looks like a Hallmark movie.
33:05It is.
33:05Next time you come, you'll...
33:06Like, that cute, it's that cute, like, oh my God, this is all fake.
33:09It's the most gorgeous, beautiful place ever.
33:12It's stunning, yeah.
33:13Yeah, they all love you there.
33:14You've got to get a hero's welcome when you go back, huh?
33:16I love it there, I mean, I love Scotland as a whole, but I would love you guys to come
33:20and visit, and come down to the south of Scotland.
33:21It's the most beautiful place on earth.
33:23I can't wait to go back.
33:25I'm going to call you next time I go back, because I cannot wait.
33:27It's the most beautiful place on earth.
33:29Let's talk about the final season of Outlander.
33:33I mean...
33:33Do we have to?
33:35I know, dude.
33:36Last time you were here, we were talking about it, you were filming it, but now it's kind
33:39of, it's in the can.
33:40It's here.
33:40We had our premiere two nights ago in New York.
33:42What?
33:43Is anyone there?
33:45Fantastic.
33:46The fans were out overnight in the freezing cold.
33:48They waited 18 hours.
33:50They're here right now, yeah.
33:52They're thawing out.
33:52They're just thawing out right here, yeah.
33:54They've been here frozen.
33:56But it was such an amazing night to celebrate with the fans, celebrate with all the cast.
34:00We're there.
34:01It's been, you know, over a decade, 101 episodes.
34:04It's your life.
34:05And we've said goodbye.
34:06Quarter of my life, yes, playing this character.
34:08And there's, the internet's kind of going crazy, because there's rumors that your character
34:12may die.
34:15The internet!
34:16Not me!
34:17The internet!
34:19Jimmy, how dare you?
34:20How could you?
34:21No, I mean, in the trailer, we do hit, he gets some information.
34:24He gets a book from the future that tells him that he's going to die in a battle.
34:28And, yeah, he's obviously not sure if this is true or not, but that is something that he's
34:32certainly contending with this season, yeah.
34:34Oof.
34:35Does he die?
34:35I don't know.
34:36You'll have to tune in to find out.
34:37I don't know the ending.
34:38You really don't?
34:38I actually don't know the ending.
34:39You shot multiple endings?
34:40We shot multiple endings.
34:42I was there, but I don't know how it ends.
34:44So I'll be watching with you guys.
34:46You'll be watching as well, yeah.
34:47How are you feeling that the final season is here and what it's done for?
34:51Honestly, it's done so much for me.
34:53I'm so proud of Scotland.
34:55I'm so proud of the work we've done.
34:56It's emotional.
34:57It's bittersweet.
34:58It's really hard to say goodbye to these amazing people I've worked with and to the
35:02character, Jamie, you know.
35:04So, yeah, it's been an amazing journey, but I'm very, very grateful.
35:08You did a very cool thing to mark the end of the series.
35:11You have a collection from your distillery.
35:14That's right.
35:15We've collaborated with Starz, Outlander, Sony, created the Sassanac special bottling,
35:19the Jamie Fraser collection.
35:21It's got a bottle of our whiskey.
35:24But it's got a wee treat inside.
35:26Not only the whiskey, which does taste delicious, but I've written a letter to my character,
35:30Jamie, to say thank you.
35:32So, you'll get the letter inside.
35:33It's wax sealed.
35:34I won't tell you what's in the letter.
35:36Maybe the invoice.
35:37But it's in there.
35:39And, yes, you get to read that while you sip your whiskey.
35:41Well, let's toast to the final season, my friend.
35:48You have been to Scotland, I can tell.
35:51Yeah.
35:51Exactly.
35:53What do you call a pour in Scotland?
35:55This is a, well, a dram, I guess.
35:56A dram, yeah, yeah.
35:57This is probably a large dram.
35:57Yeah, this is what I'm talking about.
35:59That's how we do it in Scotland.
36:00Come on, buddy.
36:01Thank you all for it.
36:06Smooth as silk.
36:07I want to show a clip.
36:09Here's Sam Heughan in the final season of Outlander.
36:11Take a look.
36:13Kids are finally asleep.
36:15I'm bored.
36:16I'm still going to believe it.
36:17Sight of you.
36:18Here.
36:19I wasn't even sure if the letters would reach you when we left them at the bank.
36:24Or as a, well, an inheritance.
36:27I suppose we thought you should get what had become of us.
36:31We'd never have dreamed you'd have used them to find your way back to us.
36:36To coming home.
36:38To family.
36:40Slanger.
36:41There you go.
36:43Sam Heughan, everybody.
36:45The final season of Outlander premieres March 6th on Starz with new episodes every Friday.
36:51You're the best, bud.
36:52Thank you so much.
36:53More Tonight Show after the break.
36:55Stick around, everybody.
36:57Yeah.
36:5921 pound.
37:01You get it.
37:05And you say.
37:12Our next guest is an Emmy-winning director, and he is now nominated for his second Oscar
37:17for his latest documentary, The Alabama Solution, which is streaming now on HBO Max.
37:23Please welcome Andrew Jarecki.
37:34I got you directing right there.
37:37Welcome back.
37:42Looking good, bud.
37:43Welcome back to the show.
37:45And you've directed.
37:46Sid, I just don't know how you keep doing this.
37:49You make some of my favorite documentaries I've ever seen.
37:52But how do you...
37:54Well, I mean, Capturing the Freedmans, The Jinx.
37:58How do you know when you have a good story?
38:01I think we always try to go in without a preconceived notion of what the story is going to be.
38:06We just try to see what we can see.
38:07And in this case, it was so surprising because we never expected to have access to the Alabama
38:14state prison system.
38:15That's a very secretive system.
38:16Not that different than when I was making Capturing the Freedmans, and I thought I was making
38:20a film about professional children's birthday party entertainers, and later it turned out
38:25to be about child molestation, or, you know, the usual.
38:30Or we, you know, started out making a film about Robert Durst.
38:33We didn't know that he was then going to sit down for 21 hours of interviews, that we were
38:37going to do this investigation, and he was going to get arrested based on the material in the film.
38:42Yeah, you don't know what's going to happen next.
38:43Yeah.
38:43But when I'm watching the Alabama Solution, I kind of got that same kind of vibe, because
38:49it starts, I mean, how did you choose Alabama, and seeing the corruption behind the prison
38:55system?
38:56You know, I was always interested in the problems with incarceration in America, and I was fascinated
39:02by Alabama, but it's such a secretive system.
39:05They don't let the press in.
39:06They don't even really let the government people in to see what's going on there.
39:09So, of course, what's going on there is not good.
39:11And I was talking to my daughter, who was 14 at the time and was a big reader, and she
39:17was reading a book by a man who had been wrongfully convicted in Alabama, and she said, I know
39:21you're interested in this.
39:22Maybe we should read it together.
39:24So we read it together, and then we just spontaneously decided to take a road trip, kind of father-daughter
39:28trip.
39:29We went down there, and we met a man who was the first black prison chaplain in the state
39:33of Alabama.
39:34And he said, if you're interested, why don't you come in?
39:38And I said, well, I'm a filmmaker.
39:39They're never going to let me bring cameras in.
39:41And he said, well, you know, the Lord works in mysterious ways, and let's see what happens.
39:45And we ended up being able to film for one day in that prison.
39:49But you go, and it's kind of like a party.
39:53It's like a barbecue, almost.
39:55This is the truth.
39:56And then you're there filming this barbecue, and then a couple of the incarcerated individuals
40:03go, of course you're here on this day.
40:05This is not life at all.
40:07Yeah.
40:07This is, they set you up.
40:09This is not what our life is.
40:10And you go, right?
40:11Yeah, I mean, you know, I said to the men when we first met them, my partner Charlotte
40:17and I, who were making the film, we said to them, you know, how are you doing?
40:22And they said, what you're seeing right now has nothing to do with our daily life.
40:26You're seeing this beautiful revival meeting, and they're feeding us food that we would never
40:30see in a million years.
40:30Our food says not fit for human consumption on the packages.
40:34And therefore, you know, you need to get into this.
40:37We need you to help.
40:41That's what we're allowed to see, that tin building is where they've had men in there
40:44in solitary confinement for five years, individuals.
40:48And so there were so many disturbing things that we were seeing.
40:51And then, of course, we get a little too nosy, and then they kick us out, you know, which
40:56I wasn't that surprised by.
40:58You know, we started, the warden said to us, don't talk to the men when you go inside.
41:02Just talk to these two men.
41:04These guys are okay to talk to.
41:05Everyone else is going to be dangerous and scary.
41:07And, of course, we went in there, and very quickly, we realized we felt much more comfortable
41:12with the incarcerated men than we did with the guards who were bringing us in.
41:15And then we were worried that we weren't going to be able to tell the story.
41:18And then we have this responsibility, because now people have told you this story.
41:21Nobody else is going to get in there.
41:22You've got to dig deeper.
41:23And so we realized when we got out that we should start talking to some people who were
41:28out, and they said, you know, there's a network of leaders, these brilliant guys inside who've
41:32been managing, kind of leading a non-violent protest effort, doing work strikes and doing
41:38hunger strikes, and they have access to contraband cell phones.
41:43And they get these cell phones?
41:45Well, it's funny.
41:46I didn't know when I first heard about it.
41:48I said, wait, people in prison have cell phones?
41:49And everybody said, no, of course they don't have cell phones.
41:53But then they did.
41:54And I said, you know, how do these phones come in?
41:56I was talking to one of the incarcerated men on a cell phone, and I said, where are these
42:00phones coming from?
42:01And he looked at me like I was an idiot, and he said, you know, we don't leave here, right?
42:07And I said, yeah.
42:09And he said, so who leaves and comes back in every day?
42:13And I said, the prison guards.
42:14And he said, bingo.
42:15Those are the people that are bringing in the cell phones.
42:17The two main guys in the film both have life without parole.
42:20So it's not like they're about to get out.
42:23They're trying to do this for the other people.
42:24He's in solitary confinement.
42:26And you're talking to him.
42:27Yeah.
42:28Yeah.
42:28When we film the opening of the film, we start talking to Robert Earl Council, who goes
42:31by Kinetic Justice.
42:33And it's like, honestly, it's like talking to Mandela.
42:36This is a guy who never should have been incarcerated.
42:39His crime had to do with somebody getting shot when he was in the process of getting run over
42:45by a car.
42:46So clearly, that would have been a self-defense case.
42:48But he's a very, very powerful speaker and motivator.
42:52And, you know, you can read his words and really feel inspired.
42:56I felt so lucky.
42:57And people say, well, these are unlikely heroes.
42:59It's kind of true that they're unlikely heroes.
43:01But heroes, nevertheless, they're worrying about people other than themselves.
43:06And they're doing these extremely risky things to get the word out.
43:11It's fascinating.
43:11And it's shocking.
43:13But also, the governor of Alabama is a pretty big character in this.
43:19Have you heard from...
43:20Yeah.
43:21Yeah.
43:21Her name is Kay Ivey.
43:22And she and Steve Marshall, who's the attorney general, are kind of presiding over this very
43:27deadly system.
43:28I'd like to believe they don't know everything that's happening in this system.
43:32But one would...
43:33That's a little hard to imagine.
43:35She didn't react at all to the film since it came out at Sundance.
43:39Really?
43:39They had no comment.
43:41But then, when the film got nominated for the Oscar, she came out with a statement that
43:46was, we always knew the Oscars had a low bar.
43:51So, you know, here she is getting into fisticuffs with the Oscars.
43:55So we thought, well, you know, in a way, let's try to meet this with kindness.
44:00You know, maybe she doesn't know what she's doing.
44:02You know, she's called Meemaw.
44:05Maybe there's a grandma in there somewhere that would be worried about this.
44:08And so we reached out to her and to Steve Marshall, the attorney general.
44:13And we said to them, we'd like you to come to Los Angeles, you know, March 14th, the day
44:19before the Oscars.
44:20We'd like you to watch the film with us and with the family members of some of the people
44:24who have lost their children in this system.
44:27Some 1,500 people have died in that system since we started making the film.
44:31And then we'd like you to acknowledge the problem and then come with us and those families
44:37to the Oscars.
44:38We have not heard back yet, but we're hopeful.
44:41Wow.
44:43It's amazing that you did this and keep doing what you do.
44:48I want to show a clip.
44:50Here's a look at Andrew Jarecki's Oscar-nominated film, The Alabama Solution.
44:54Take a look.
45:00We're in these walled-off secret societies.
45:06These are state institutions.
45:10But it's one of the only state institutions that the public or the media has no access to.
45:19How can a journalist go into a war zone, but can't go into a prison in the United States
45:25of America?
45:28Andrew Jarecki, everybody.
45:29The Alabama Solution is available now on HBO Max.
45:34We'll be right back with a performance from Megan Maroney.
45:37Stick around, everybody.
45:38I love you.
45:51Her new album, Cloud Nine, just debuted at number one performing medicine.
45:59Please welcome Megan Maroney.
46:16I ain't heard from you in three long days.
46:19You won't hear from me for five.
46:22Oh, you gave your number to an L.A. bond.
46:25Well, I gave a quarterback mine.
46:27If you don't like a short black dress that's going out tonight.
46:33And if it hits the floor, it won't be yours this time.
46:38Is it bitter going down, down, down, down?
46:42You don't like it too much, do you?
46:45Coming back around, around, around.
46:48Ain't as small as happy to you.
46:51Oh, poor, poor, now who's a fool?
46:54Say I'm messing with your head again.
46:58Well, I like a taste of your own mess.
47:03You won't blame me, you can't sleep, busy pacing back and forth.
47:09I'm just doing what you've done to me a thousand times before.
47:15You're reading my texts, acting obsessed, and feeling just a little bit crazy.
47:22Now who's that certifiable baby?
47:26It ain't me.
47:27Is it bitter going down, down, down?
47:30You don't like it too much, do you?
47:33Coming back around, around, around.
47:36Ain't as small as happy to you.
47:39Oh, poor, poor, now who's a fool?
47:42Say I'm messing with your head again.
47:46Well, I like a taste of your own mess.
47:51Tell me how you like it, Jimmy.
48:03So take a shot, just throw it back.
48:07Don't worry, babe, I'm gonna call you back.
48:09In 120 hours, I'll bring you real nice flowers.
48:16You should check right in the shower.
48:17It's really great.
48:20It's so bitter going down, down, down.
48:24You don't like it too much, do you?
48:26Coming back around, around, around.
48:29Ain't as small as it's happened to you.
48:32Oh, poor, poor, now who's a fool?
48:35Say I'm messing with your head again.
48:39Well, I like a taste of your own mess.
48:45It ain't no lie, my phone just died.
48:48Ain't that what you said again?
48:52Is it bigger, even spilling your own mess?
48:57Baby, I like a taste of your own mess.
49:16Oh, I like it a lot.
49:20I love it.
49:21That's how you do it.
49:22Megan Maroney.
49:24Megan Maroney, the Cloud 9 tour kicks off in May.
49:28We'll be right back, everybody.
49:30That was awesome.
49:31Oh, my God, it looks great.
49:33Big, big brothers in it on a serious tip.
49:35In a pack, in a black trench, silly and lit.
49:38Mr. Black...
49:41Mr. Black Prince, hottest back-to-back shots are absent.
49:46My thanks to Jamie Lee Curtis, Sam Heughan, Andrew Jarecki,
49:51Megan Maroney once again!
49:55And the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
50:00Stay tuned for Late Night with Seth Meyers.
50:03Good night, everybody.
50:04Get involved.
50:06Get involved.
50:07Get, get, get involved.
50:10Get into it.
50:12Do it!
50:13Uh-huh.
50:16Yeah.
50:16football rugby, a new dance Wolfe.胡
50:18auch. .
50:18Do
50:19it. I'm
50:19ready. Do it.
50:19don't want to go out of the gym. If I can
50:19see you at the drive, I want to
50:19show you. Go. Why
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