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00:07From Studio 6B and Rockefeller's center in the heart of New York City,
00:12it's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
00:17When I join Jimmy and his guests, Nicky Glazer,
00:20Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alice Gillis,
00:23comedian Isabel Hagen,
00:25and featuring the legendary Roots Kermit.
00:2822-7, yeah!
00:31And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon!
00:51Thank you!
00:52Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
00:56Oh, come on.
01:03Ah, I love you. Thank you so much.
01:07Have a seat. Enjoy yourself.
01:09Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Tonight Show.
01:12This is it, you hear? This is the show.
01:14It's the one to be at.
01:17Let's get to some news, everybody.
01:19Guys, tomorrow marks the end of the two-week ceasefire deadline set by President Trump,
01:24and no progress towards a peace deal with Iran has been made.
01:28Yeah, this is what happens when you spend two weeks clicking remind me tomorrow.
01:32Yeah.
01:33You can tell time is running out, because today, Trump was like,
01:36Check GPT, draft a peace deal, very smart, no mistakes.
01:44Yep, with the deadline expiring tomorrow and no progress made,
01:47Trump just announced that he will once again extend the ceasefire with Iran.
01:51Yeah, it's the most unexpected move he's made since he did this same exact thing two weeks ago.
01:56So, yeah. Critics are once again saying Trump always chickens out.
02:00But in his defense, today is Taco Tuesday.
02:06Yeah, the big story is still Iran, and everyone's been monitoring the situation.
02:16With the Strait of Hormuz, it can be hard to keep up,
02:18but with the Strait closed, oil prices have been skyrocketing.
02:22After seven weeks of conflict, the Strait of Hormuz is officially open.
02:28Oh.
02:30That's amazing. That's big news.
02:34Anyway, as I was saying...
02:36We are now hearing the Strait of Hormuz is once again closed.
02:41Wow.
02:43That was fast.
02:46Anyway, as I was saying...
02:48JK, the Strait is open again.
02:51JK.
02:53Okay, well, anyway, as I was saying...
02:55Our bad, bestie. It's closed again.
02:58What is going on over there?
03:00Anyway, as I was saying...
03:02The Strait is open, but the Hormuz is closed.
03:05What does that even mean?
03:08Anyway, as I was saying...
03:10The Strait is open from 12 to 3,
03:12then closes until 5 to set up for dinner.
03:15That doesn't make sense.
03:23I'm going to have a chance.
03:25Anyway, as I was saying...
03:27The Strait is still closed,
03:29but my relationship with Donna is now open.
03:32Who's Donna?
03:33Anyway, as I was saying...
03:35President Trump posted a picture of himself as Jesus
03:38walking across the Strait of Hormuz.
03:41That's enough. No more updates.
03:42No more updates. We're good. We're good.
03:45We don't need any more updates.
03:47Guys, I saw today that Trump said
03:49that he would have been more successful
03:50than previous presidents
03:51in conducting wars in Vietnam and Iraq.
03:55Everyone was like,
03:55how about you focus on being successful in this war?
03:59You guys see this?
04:00A new poll shows that Trump's approval rating
04:02has dropped the most among Gen Z.
04:05It's bad.
04:06Right now he's polling between sus and DeLulu.
04:12Some more political news.
04:13Tonight, Trump did a live Bible reading
04:15from the Oval Office.
04:18Yeah, Trump took part in a public reading of the Bible.
04:21He was really into it, actually.
04:23Check out the video he put in.
04:24This is President Trump,
04:26and when it comes to the Bible, I am an expert.
04:28I know about all the books,
04:30like Job,
04:32Pissams,
04:33Gene Simmons,
04:35Dexter's Laboratory,
04:37101 Dalmatians,
04:39Eczema is Nasty,
04:41Chronicles of Narnia,
04:43Kardashians,
04:45Obladi Oblada,
04:47The Thong Song.
04:48But no matter the book,
04:49I just love reading the new and old testicles.
04:53All right, then,
04:53just the whole thing.
04:54What?
04:55The whole thing's a disaster.
04:57It's a thong song.
04:58What?
05:01Well, listen to this.
05:01I read that this week,
05:02dating app Grindr
05:03is hosting its first-ever party
05:05for the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
05:08Here to discuss this
05:09is White House staffer Barry Jones.
05:11Welcome to the show, Barry.
05:12Thanks for having me, Jimmy.
05:16So, what can you tell us
05:17about this party
05:18that Grindr is hosting
05:19at the White House?
05:20Not much, Jimmy.
05:21I've never heard of Grindr
05:23before in my life.
05:26Really?
05:28Stop interrogating me.
05:30I'm not, uh,
05:31it's just a pretty well-known app,
05:32that's all.
05:33Yeah, apparently it's for men
05:35to romantically connect
05:37with other men.
05:39You can see who's nearby
05:40and you can meet up with them
05:42at a restaurant
05:43or bar
05:44or a White House bathroom,
05:46I guess.
05:48It's the first
05:49I'm hearing about it.
05:50It seems you're familiar
05:52enough with it.
05:53And it seems like
05:54like you're accusing me.
05:56I'm not accusing you
05:57of anything, Barry.
05:58Good.
05:59Because I'm a straight,
06:00non-curious,
06:01White House staffer
06:03who does not use Grindr.
06:08I think your phone
06:09is going off.
06:11Sorry about that.
06:12I forgot to silence it.
06:13And no,
06:14that was not the Grindr
06:15new message notification sound.
06:18I didn't say it was.
06:20Barry, can we start over?
06:21I think we got off
06:22on the wrong foot.
06:24Fine.
06:27Hi.
06:29Hi.
06:32How are you?
06:35Good.
06:37Good.
06:39You want to meet
06:40in the White House bathroom?
06:41No, Barry, no, I don't.
06:43We have to move on.
06:44White House staffer
06:45Barry Jones, everyone.
06:46I do not use Grindr.
06:49Yeah, I'll turn his mic off.
06:51Oh.
06:58Do you guys see this?
06:59Red Lobster is bringing back
07:00their endless shrimp promotion
07:01for the first time
07:02since it helped
07:05just this side of the audience.
07:07That's weird.
07:09We hate shrimp.
07:10Yeah.
07:11We divide our audience
07:12into shrimp lovers
07:13and shrimp haters.
07:16Red Lobster is bringing back
07:17their endless shrimp promotion
07:19don't clap
07:20for the first time
07:23since it helped
07:23drive them towards bankruptcy.
07:27Now you're happy you clap?
07:31So you're bringing it back.
07:33Isn't that wild?
07:34They actually released
07:34a new commercial about it.
07:35Check it out.
07:36Endless shrimp is banned
07:37and we're bankrupt.
07:39Damn it.
07:39Red Lobster.
07:40Oops, we did it again.
07:42Oops.
07:45Hey, get this.
07:45A Carnival cruise passenger
07:47just won a $300,000 lawsuit
07:49for claiming that
07:50the shift's staff
07:50served her 14 tequila shots
07:53in the span of eight hours.
07:55Carnival was like,
07:56how else are we going to kill
07:57the Norovirus?
07:59And finally,
08:00I heard about a man
08:01in California
08:01who was arrested
08:02after he allegedly purchased
08:03Lego sets from Target
08:05and then returned the boxes
08:06with pasta inside.
08:10Meanwhile, someone eating
08:11a bowl of Legos
08:12at Olive Garden
08:12was like, hey,
08:13this tastes better than usual.
08:14We have a great show.
08:15Give it up
08:15for The Roots.
08:17Seven, one day.
08:18Yes, thanks.
08:19What if you could just, just?
08:20Come on, blank yourself.
08:22So wait, I'll be the 9th, 11th.
08:24Resign at the Mecca,
08:25rest in South section.
08:26You're, uh, two for ten.
08:29Well, hey, guys.
08:30We got some good news today.
08:31We won six Webby Awards.
08:33Go, six!
08:35Webby!
08:38Six Webby's.
08:39That's the most we've ever won.
08:41Wow.
08:41Since we've been doing this,
08:42how cool is that?
08:43I want to thank everyone
08:44at the Webby's.
08:45I want to thank everyone
08:46who voted for us,
08:47everyone who worked so hard
08:49here at the show,
08:49and, of course,
08:50I want to thank
08:51our amazing digital team.
08:52This is a real honor.
08:53Six Webby's.
08:54Six Webby's.
08:55Yes!
08:56Wow.
08:56That's awesome.
08:59It's a real honor.
09:01Speaking of real honor,
09:02this is true.
09:03This just happened.
09:05What?
09:05Uh, I'm on the cover
09:06of this month's Mad Magazine.
09:08Whoa!
09:16This...
09:16Is that unbelievable?
09:18That's fantastic.
09:19It's the...
09:20It's a special late-night issue.
09:23Here's all the hosts here.
09:24If you can see all the hosts in there,
09:25there's Letterman
09:26sleeping in the sleeping bag.
09:27Uh, and Alfred E. Newman's there,
09:30and Kimmel, and Seth,
09:32and everybody.
09:32Uh, if you're a comedian,
09:34this is like being on the cover
09:36of Rolling Stone.
09:37Yeah.
09:38Or the Sports Illustrated
09:39swimsuit issue,
09:40which I'm still holding out for.
09:42Yeah, still.
09:43But I used to read this
09:44all the time as a kid,
09:45and you learn so much about comedy,
09:47and humor, and writing.
09:48It's always been so funny,
09:49and now to be in it,
09:50and to be on the cover
09:52with Alfred E. Newman
09:53is just so cool.
09:54It's out now,
09:55so go pick it up
09:57at your local comic book store.
09:59I love Mad Magazine.
10:01Yeah.
10:03I mean, I still...
10:04I have my old ones
10:04from when I was in high school.
10:05I mean, I still...
10:06I collected them.
10:07I saved them.
10:08It's an honor.
10:09And they have the folding.
10:10The folding still?
10:11Yeah.
10:12It's everything.
10:12They got all the jokes.
10:13I'm so excited.
10:14Come on.
10:14Come on.
10:14Give them time.
10:15Man, man.
10:19What an honor.
10:21Guys, have you ever seen
10:22a photo in the news
10:23and think that headline
10:24could be better?
10:25It's time for a bit
10:26called News and Improve.
10:27Here we go.
10:35You ever have that
10:36happen to you, Higgins?
10:37Yeah, always.
10:38I'm sitting there,
10:39I'm reading the paper,
10:39and I look at a picture,
10:40and go, nah,
10:41that could be better.
10:42You think the headline...
10:44Yeah, the headline...
10:44You say to yourself...
10:45And what do you have,
10:45a digital copy, I'm assuming?
10:47Yeah, no, I get a...
10:48My eyes aren't so good,
10:49because I'm older,
10:50I get a giant print version.
10:51Oh, yeah, I know
10:52that printer company,
10:53the human business.
10:54They print out newspapers
10:55for you in giant print
10:57so that you can enjoy
10:59reading the headlines of today.
11:01But every time I look at them,
11:02I go, eh, could be better.
11:05Just by judging the photo?
11:06Is that what you're saying?
11:07I look at the photo.
11:08Of course.
11:08And then I look
11:09at the print beneath it,
11:10and I go...
11:11Or above it.
11:11Or above it.
11:12Above it, not so much.
11:13Oh, okay.
11:14You know, the eyes.
11:15Yeah, your eyes.
11:15So I go below,
11:16and I'll go, mm, not so good.
11:19Then I'll think of a humorous...
11:20I'll go, I will go,
11:21and I wish I could think
11:21of a humorous way
11:23to make this headline better,
11:25but there's no...
11:25What can I do?
11:28Let me show you something
11:29that we're working on.
11:30What?
11:31Eh, I think you're gonna like it.
11:32What are you talking about?
11:33Well, look at this first photo.
11:35Okay, let me take a gander.
11:37Oh, I don't like that.
11:38I don't care for that.
11:38A French minister discusses conflict solutions.
11:41The headline could definitely be improved.
11:43Like what?
11:44Well, if you only looked at the photo,
11:45the headline could have been,
11:46uh-oh, date using air quotes
11:47to describe science.
11:50It's one of my icks.
11:52It's one of my icks.
11:55Look at this next headline.
11:56Let me see.
11:57Scottish leaders speak ahead of election.
11:59Okay.
11:59That's the headline?
12:00That could be better.
12:02How about this one?
12:09Is that possible?
12:10That's vampire glass.
12:11That's unbelievable.
12:13This next headline was,
12:14Italian Prime Minister Maloney
12:16prepares for debate.
12:18Headline could have been,
12:19man sneezes directly into co-worker's ear on accident.
12:22He didn't know she was there.
12:26Up next, this headline says,
12:28India hosts president of South Korea.
12:30The headline could have been,
12:31that feeling when you and bae agreed
12:33to go halfsies on the marijuana plant.
12:38Wow.
12:39Bae, halfsies, and marijuana plant.
12:41Wow.
12:42A trifecta.
12:43This next headline was,
12:45Pope Leo addresses journalists.
12:46The headline could have been,
12:48man absolutely crushes choosing Texas at karaoke.
12:51Here from Texas, I can tell by the way.
12:57Next headline was,
12:58Alpaca Society National Show begins.
13:01Oh.
13:01Headline could have been,
13:02family hasn't seen mom this happy since the divorce.
13:07Uh-oh.
13:08That's Randy.
13:10This next headline was,
13:11King Charles visits art venue.
13:13Headline could have been,
13:14DJ asks,
13:15are y'all ready for some harpsichord?
13:18Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
13:23-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
13:28-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
13:30-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
13:32-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
13:33-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
13:47Thank you. That's a good club.
13:48Yeah.
13:50The shrimp lovers loved it.
13:52This next headline was...
13:58Man!
14:03I'll just live here.
14:07Finally, this headline was...
14:17That's all the time we have for News & Improves.
14:19Stick around. We'll be right back with Nikki Glaser!
14:39Our first guest is a hilarious comedian
14:42whose new stand-up special,
14:44Nikki Glaser, Good Girl,
14:45premieres this Friday on Hulu.
14:47Please welcome Nikki Glaser.
14:50Good girl, girl!
14:57Good girl, girl!
14:59Come on! That's what I'm talking about.
15:02This is fantastic. Come on.
15:05Nikki Glaser! Good girl!
15:07That's right.
15:09Hi!
15:12They love you. We love you.
15:14Welcome back.
15:15I am so glad to be here.
15:16I have to say, my voice is a little hoarse.
15:19I lost my voice screaming at Coachella.
15:22That's the name of my housekeeper.
15:25Oh, my God.
15:26She stole my watch that I was wearing.
15:28She was screaming at Coachella.
15:30Oh, my God.
15:31You never get hoarse. You kind of feel sexy.
15:33I'm kind of like, oh, it's a little bit like Dua Lipa.
15:35Yeah. Yeah, I do like it.
15:37My Dua Lipas might fall out of the stress, too, by the way.
15:39Oh, my God.
15:40I want to say congratulations on a lot of things,
15:43because we always love it when you come here.
15:44But since the last time you've been on the show,
15:47your stand-up tour, the Alive and Unwell tour,
15:49was one of the top ten highest-grossing comedy tours of 2025.
15:54Oh, my God. Thank you.
15:54Nikki Glaser.
15:56Yeah.
15:57You were also named one of Time Magazine's
16:00100 Most Influential People for the second year.
16:03Yes.
16:06You also hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time.
16:09Yes.
16:09You were fantastic on there, by the way.
16:11Thank you. It was so fun.
16:12Best week of my life.
16:13You also hosted the Golden Glows for the second time,
16:16and it was announced that you'll host again for a third time.
16:18Go, Nikki Glaser.
16:22That's what I'm talking about.
16:24Thanks.
16:24You are great at that job.
16:28Thank you. You've done it.
16:28I mean, it's so hard. It's a tough job.
16:32Yeah. You nailed it.
16:33Thank you. It's, you know, so much of it,
16:35I have to say, depends on the crowd.
16:38Like, the celebrities being able to laugh at themselves.
16:40And I work really hard to make sure the jokes are good,
16:43and the audience at home, like, likes how far I'm going,
16:46but then I don't go too far. I don't ruin anyone's night.
16:48But there's some jokes that you just don't know
16:49until you tell them, like, how they're gonna land.
16:52So after I do it, I always send flowers
16:54to everyone that I made fun of that, like,
16:56was a good sport about it, which was everyone,
16:58just to say thank you, because it is a part of why
17:00I'm successful at it.
17:01And, um, the only person who sent something back to me,
17:04I did a joke about Leonardo DiCaprio,
17:06which I was really struggling with, because I was like,
17:09I just don't want to make the joke about how he has young girlfriends.
17:11It's been done so many times. I mean, it's been...
17:13That joke's been going on longer than, you know,
17:15his current girlfriend's been alive.
17:17You know, like, it's truly been around forever.
17:20And I'm like, I don't want to do it.
17:22But then it was like, there was nothing else to say about him.
17:24And then I was like, well, that's kind of funny.
17:26So I was like, let's try to find, like,
17:29this guy doesn't reveal anything about himself.
17:30Let's find something he's revealed.
17:32And so me and my writing team found a Teen Beat article
17:35from 1991 where he revealed that I was like,
17:37Leo, we don't know anything about you, you know?
17:39The only thing we know about you is from a Teen Beat article in 1991
17:41where he told us your favorite food is pasta, pasta, and more pasta.
17:45And it really was real.
17:47And then he sent me three baskets of pasta as a thank you.
17:52He sent me pasta, pasta. So funny.
17:54That's a good dude.
17:55So good. That's funny.
17:56And part of me was like, does Leo want to smash?
18:01Like, I was like, all right.
18:02Backstage, you were telling me that you have an obsession
18:04with the new food.
18:06Oh, I can't stop eating Uncrustables.
18:09It's my favorite food.
18:11Has anyone let this food into their heart in a real way?
18:14What? Have you tried them yet?
18:16No.
18:16Oh, my God.
18:18Because I always, like, looked at them like, that would be good.
18:20But then I started eating them.
18:21I have, like, four a day.
18:23I started on them because I was babysitting my nephew,
18:25and he went to sleep, and I took an edible.
18:27And so I got into them.
18:28And I realized, like, they're marketing for little kids,
18:31but they're really for high adults is what they're for.
18:35And they are so good.
18:36They, um, and I buy them bulk because I eat, like, four to six a day.
18:41And so it is awkward, like, going to Target with all the...
18:44And there's always the conversation of, like, oh, got a lot of kids at home.
18:47And I'm like, no, I'm a pedophile.
18:48You know, this is my bait.
18:50I don't know what to say.
18:51It's just an awkward conversation.
18:53But they are so...
18:54You have to try.
18:55They're so good.
18:56The bread is, like, so soft.
18:58And it's, like, it is funny because they're like,
19:00it's an easy peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
19:02It's like, oh, yeah, like, because, you know,
19:04sometimes you just don't like to cook.
19:06And it's, like, it's because it's the easiest food made even easier.
19:10It's, like, a bidet that, like, poops for you.
19:12Like, it's, like, it doesn't need to be easier than peanut butter and jelly.
19:15But they cut off the crust.
19:16The bread is so soft.
19:17It's, like, temper foam material, I think.
19:20It's...
19:21It's...
19:21It really is the consistency, I feel like.
19:24Like, when you ever see, like, a baby's chunky arm,
19:26and you're like, I just want to bite it.
19:27Yes.
19:28And you're like, you can now.
19:30It's so good.
19:31I have them on me all the time.
19:34I... Even tonight, I have them right now.
19:36I, um...
19:39I wear them as shapewear now.
19:42They literally work.
19:43Look how deflated I am now.
19:44Oh, my God.
19:45Now it's all gone.
19:46Wow.
19:46But this one's for you.
19:47Thank you so much.
19:48This is the way you should have it.
19:50Mushed and warm.
19:53I am honored.
19:55I am honored.
19:56I am honored.
19:57Thank you so much.
19:58And literally try one.
19:59I want you to get in on that.
20:02It's very warm.
20:03Isn't it?
20:04Yeah.
20:06It's...
20:06It's very warm.
20:08All right, feed it up.
20:08These are the strawberries.
20:09Yep.
20:09They're almost...
20:10They're almost toasted.
20:13How did you do that?
20:14Wow.
20:15Um...
20:15If you want grape, I have those in my bag.
20:17I know.
20:17I know.
20:18But I need that batting.
20:19That's my PBL.
20:20I'm full.
20:21I want to talk about...
20:22Here, I have a nap.
20:24That's great.
20:24I want to talk about your very funny new stand-up special.
20:26Yeah.
20:27Nikki Glaser, Good Girl.
20:28Good Girl.
20:29Yeah.
20:29It's on Hulu.
20:30Yep.
20:31Premieres this Friday on Hulu.
20:32Yes, it does.
20:33It's, like, my most personal thoughts.
20:35It's, um...
20:35It's really out there.
20:37I almost don't want people to see it,
20:39because it's so vulnerable.
20:40So, if that...
20:40But I think you should,
20:41because I worked really hard on it.
20:43It's really funny.
20:43That's how we got to know you.
20:44It's gorgeous.
20:45It's really well done.
20:46You're a great stand-up comedian.
20:46Thank you so much.
20:47That's how we got to know you.
20:48You're amazing.
20:49Good Girl.
20:49Yeah, thank you, Jamie.
20:50Good Girl.
20:51On Hulu, I want to show a clip.
20:56I'm gonna get a facelift in a couple years,
20:59and thank you for cheering that on.
21:00Most people are like,
21:01don't.
21:02Don't do it.
21:04I don't know whether to be insulted
21:05by you cheering it on or not,
21:07but I appreciate that.
21:08What I don't want when I get a facelift
21:10is anyone being like,
21:11that's so sad she did that.
21:13Why did she do that?
21:14And the answer is,
21:15it's because it's gonna lead
21:16to a better life for me.
21:17I'm on TV a lot.
21:18I'm gonna look amazing.
21:19I'm gonna get better roles.
21:20I'm gonna get paid more for those roles.
21:22I'm gonna get fire emojis
21:23from Kristen Cavallari.
21:25Like, it's...
21:27Do you know how good it feels
21:29to have Bowen Yang write diva
21:31with 19 A's underneath a picture of you?
21:34Looks like he just fell asleep on the keyboard
21:36because I was so slay.
21:38Come on! You are so slay.
21:41Nikki Glaser, everybody!
21:43Her stand-up special, Good Girl,
21:45premieres this Friday on Hulu.
21:47Jesse Tyler Ferguson joins us after the break.
21:49Stick around.
21:50You are...
21:51You are too, buddy.
21:52Be sure.
21:54Guaranteed to be like having a boy.
21:59Try it, yeah.
22:00I got a purpose in 215, man.
22:04Our next guest is a Tony-winning actor
22:06who stars as Truman Capote in the play
22:09True at House of the Redeemer
22:11here in New York City through May 10th.
22:14Please welcome Jesse Tyler Ferguson!
22:17True at the Pony!
22:22True at the Pony!
22:27True at the Pony!
22:29Look at you.
22:31That's the original.
22:32Come on!
22:34Hey, welcome back.
22:35Hi!
22:35Love having you here.
22:37Love being here.
22:37Last time we talked on the show,
22:39you were excited about...
22:40you were having a joint birthday party.
22:42Oh, gosh.
22:43Yeah, I turned 50 this year.
22:44Yeah, happy birthday.
22:45Yeah, let's applaud.
22:46Let's applaud for that.
22:47He made it. He made it that far.
22:49My husband is 10 years younger and turned 40,
22:52and we did a big 30-40 birthday,
22:54you know, 10 years ago,
22:56and it was like a rager.
22:57Yeah.
22:58And so this year, we had a party.
23:00We have two kids now,
23:01and our party started at 3 p.m.
23:04That's right.
23:05It ended at, like, 7.
23:06That sounds good.
23:07And people were kind of making fun of us
23:08for doing that, but I was like...
23:10That sounds like the best part.
23:10But at the end, they're like,
23:11this was amazing.
23:13But we didn't have any kids at the party,
23:15except for our kids,
23:16and at one point, my younger son, Sullivan,
23:20sort of fell off this stool,
23:22and the closest person next to him...
23:24I wasn't near him.
23:25It's fine.
23:26There was lots of people near him.
23:27But the closest person next to him
23:29was Joshua Jackson.
23:30Ooh.
23:30And so Joshua Jackson picks him up
23:33and sort of coddles him,
23:34and then my son pees on him.
23:38There was that, so I was like,
23:39I'm so sorry.
23:40And he was like,
23:40well, I definitely feel like
23:41I've been initiated into your family.
23:43But then I was, like,
23:43noticing, like, women and gay men,
23:45like, I'm falling, too!
23:48Like...
23:48It's Joshua Jackson.
23:49Oh!
23:50Oh, hi!
23:50Joshua!
23:52The vapors!
23:52The vapors!
23:53Yeah, exactly.
23:54I was like, all right,
23:54everyone needs to calm down.
23:56Yeah.
23:56I saw that you recently
23:57took your kids to go see Spelling Bee.
23:59I did, yeah.
24:00That's how I think
24:00the first time I saw you in that play.
24:02You originated.
24:03Yeah, 20 years ago.
24:04Yeah, so there's a revival now,
24:05and I was like,
24:07well, this would be cool
24:07to, like, take my kids to the show
24:08that I originated, you know,
24:1020 years ago in New York.
24:11And I wanted to make
24:12a special night out for them,
24:13and, like, you know,
24:14I wanted to take them
24:14to, like, a nice dinner,
24:15but then I realized, like,
24:16that's just for me.
24:17So I took them to McDonald's
24:19on 51st and 8th,
24:21and they were, like, stoked.
24:22Yeah!
24:22Yeah.
24:23Yeah.
24:24But, like, such a rookie mistake
24:25for me, because, like,
24:26Mitchell from Modern Family
24:27walks into, like,
24:28the most touristy modern family.
24:30I've met McDonald's ever.
24:32Everyone's pointing?
24:32Everyone's pointing.
24:33I'm, like, signing autographs,
24:35you know, as I'm just trying
24:35to get Happy Meals.
24:36And the guy next to us,
24:39he actually recognizes me
24:40from Spelling Bee.
24:42And so he tells my kids,
24:43he's like, you know,
24:43your dad, your papa, like,
24:45was one of the originators
24:47of the first production
24:48of Spelling Bee.
24:48So my kids, you know,
24:51took that information
24:52into the theater with them,
24:53and they were telling
24:53all the people around us
24:54that I created the show.
24:59My papa created this,
25:00you know, just to say.
25:01There was a laugh.
25:02Like, my papa wrote that.
25:03Aw.
25:03It was very sweet, yeah.
25:05Let's talk about this play.
25:06This is a...
25:07True is the name of the play.
25:09And where is it at again?
25:11It's at this...
25:12It's on the Upper East Side
25:13on 95th and Park Avenue.
25:14It's an old turn-of-the-century
25:17Gilded Age mansion.
25:18And I perform it in the library there.
25:20It's for 99 people a night.
25:22And I play Truman Capote.
25:23You walk in,
25:24and it's my living room.
25:25It's Truman Capote's living room.
25:26So I interact with the audience,
25:28and it's really very special
25:30and very cool.
25:30This is where y'all go,
25:31Ooh.
25:32Ah, yes.
25:33Look at that.
25:34Oh!
25:35Oh!
25:37Ooh!
25:38See how close this audience...
25:39Although I love...
25:41It's just...
25:41This guy,
25:42when we shot these photos...
25:43Yeah.
25:44This guy is falling asleep
25:45in, like, all the pictures.
25:46No, no.
25:47Yeah.
25:48Does that bum you out?
25:49I mean, do you get to see...
25:50Normally, on theater...
25:51On stage, you...
25:51You don't see anyone.
25:53Yeah, they're having their own experience
25:54in the dark,
25:55but here I see everything.
25:56Like, if you check your watch,
25:57I see it.
25:58There was a woman...
25:59There was a woman who spilled her drink
26:01the other day,
26:02and she was, like, mopping it up,
26:03and she was pulling focus.
26:05You know, it's my show.
26:06Hello.
26:06And everyone was, like,
26:06watching this woman, like,
26:08mop up her wine.
26:09And as Truman Capote,
26:10I had to go over and be like,
26:11I have housekeeping coming in later.
26:14Don't worry about it, my dear.
26:15It's fine.
26:16There's so much liquor on this rug.
26:18Don't worry.
26:19Oh, my gosh.
26:20It's like, stop her from...
26:21But, like, as the character.
26:23Yeah.
26:24And you just dive right in
26:25and become Truman Capote.
26:26It's a great impression.
26:27I mean, I've watched a lot of videos of him,
26:30and I do have, like, little exercises.
26:32You know, I do Shakespeare as Truman Capote sometimes.
26:35Just because, you know, that's the type of guy I am.
26:39It's fun for you, yeah.
26:40Yeah.
26:40So, yeah, it's fun.
26:42And as you're doing Truman Capote,
26:43do you see more of Truman Capote
26:45popping up in your life, like, randomly?
26:47You know, it's...
26:48I'm trying to get away from him,
26:49because he's, like, he's everywhere right now.
26:51And I'm, like, I'm just...
26:52I'm kind of tired of him, to be honest.
26:54I love him.
26:55But I'm also, like,
26:56I've had a long day of Truman Capote.
26:58So, I went home the other day,
26:58and I turned on RuPaul's Drag Race.
27:00Good.
27:00A drag queen was doing Truman Capote.
27:03No way!
27:04You're joking.
27:05Jane Doan, who does a brilliant Truman Capote, by the way.
27:07But, yeah, I was like,
27:08God damn it!
27:10I mean, yeah.
27:11Yeah, yeah.
27:12But it's everywhere.
27:13Yeah.
27:13I love that Truman Capote is part of pop culture,
27:16and, like, people are being reminded.
27:17He's a genius.
27:18Was a genius.
27:19He's no longer with us.
27:19But he is.
27:20Yeah, he was a genius.
27:21But what an experience this is for 99 people
27:24to sit in a room, and you just...
27:26Do you just enter as Truman Capote?
27:27I just enter as Truman Capote, and for 90 minutes,
27:29you're just sitting in the space with me as Truman Capote.
27:32And it's really, it's quite something.
27:33It's a beautiful play.
27:35Yeah.
27:35I'm loving it.
27:36It just got extended, right?
27:37It just got extended.
27:38I just got nominated for a drama league.
27:40What are you talking about?
27:42Come on!
27:43What are you talking about?
27:45Congratulations!
27:47What am I doing?
27:48What am I doing?
27:48Why am I doing this?
27:49Whatever you're doing, you're doing very, very cool.
27:52Um, yes, no, it's a little, it's a joy to do,
27:57and I'm very excited.
27:57People are loving it, so...
27:58Congratulations on all the great reviews.
28:00Thanks for coming on the show.
28:02Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
28:03True is playing at House of the Redeemer
28:06in New York City through May 10th.
28:09More Tonight Show after the break.
28:10Stick around.
28:26Our next guest is a talented actress,
28:29who you can see in the third and final season of the series
28:32The Comeback.
28:33New episodes stream every Sunday at 10.30 p.m. on HBO.
28:37Please welcome Ella Stiller!
28:55Hi.
28:55Hello!
28:57Welcome to the show.
28:58Nice to meet you.
28:59Thank you. It's so nice to meet you.
29:01You grew up in New York City.
29:03Of course, yes.
29:04What's that like as a kid growing up in New York City?
29:06It's the greatest way to grow up.
29:08I'm a true New Yorker, and I'm proud of that.
29:12Yeah.
29:12Yeah, but you have...
29:13Yes!
29:14Yes!
29:15For life.
29:16For life.
29:17But you have some, you know, interesting experiences as a kid
29:21that maybe not other people do.
29:23Like, for example, I went to a school where we didn't have walls.
29:28No walls.
29:29Once you got into the school...
29:31So you go in and there's, like, some bookshelves, and there's a class going on over here.
29:39Class going on over here.
29:40Call the teachers by their first name.
29:42Wow!
29:43Yeah.
29:43Do you sit in chairs?
29:44You do sit in chairs.
29:45Okay, yeah, okay, good.
29:46Yes.
29:47That's normal.
29:48And is it an actor's school?
29:51It is not an actor's school.
29:53Like, do you imagine walls?
29:54No, yeah, exactly.
29:55You have to imagine...
29:56Doors, space work.
29:57You have to do some real imagination work.
29:59Can you close the window, please?
30:02Mime school?
30:03It's definitely not mime school.
30:05Not mime school, wow.
30:06I did do that, though.
30:07Kind of, yeah.
30:08Well, I didn't do mime school, but I did drama school.
30:10Yes, you did.
30:11Oh, you went to Juilliard.
30:12I did.
30:13Come on, not too shabby.
30:14Come on, bud.
30:16Come on.
30:17Not too shabby.
30:19What's that like, Juilliard?
30:21Juilliard's so intense.
30:22It's so crazy.
30:23It sounds like a dream.
30:25It's bizarre, yeah.
30:25It's bizarre, yeah.
30:26What do they make you do?
30:27Because that is a full-on acting school.
30:29Oh, you do so, so many different things.
30:32I mean, I feel like everyone knows about, you know,
30:34you do your mask class.
30:37Mask?
30:37Mask work.
30:38Masks, yes.
30:39Wearing them?
30:40You're wearing them, yes.
30:41Wearing them, embodying them.
30:43You have to sort of look at them and learn who it is.
30:46They tell you.
30:47The mask tells you.
30:48It teaches you who it is.
30:50Then you wear it, and then you are the mask.
30:52And then there's, of course, the animal work.
30:54But we also, we would put our characters in a ring of fire.
31:01Mm-hmm.
31:02And watch the character that we just played burn.
31:07To say goodbye, of course.
31:09Wow.
31:10To let go of that.
31:11Wow, that's intense.
31:12Yeah, you imagine it, of course.
31:13It's not in real life.
31:14It's all in your mind.
31:18This is more mime school stuff?
31:20Yeah, exactly.
31:22Putting out the fire with an extinguisher.
31:24Exactly.
31:24Good work, Elle.
31:25You did great.
31:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:27But you must learn so many things there that you put on your resume.
31:30You're like, dude, I can burn my character.
31:32Yeah.
31:33I mean, I can walk on stilts.
31:35They do stilt work?
31:37Yeah, because apparently, if you can't walk on stilts,
31:39you're not a real actor.
31:41That's just the truth.
31:44You're making it happen.
31:45The schools did well.
31:47They taught you well.
31:48Yeah, they taught me well.
31:49Let's talk about the comeback, because, gosh, it's funny.
31:51And you star alongside Lisa Kudrow, who's just hilarious.
31:54She's the greatest.
31:55She really is, right?
31:56She's the greatest.
31:57She's, like, you know, she's the real deal.
31:59I love her.
32:00You filmed on the Warner Brothers lot, and here are you sitting
32:03in front of the Friends Fountain.
32:05Come on.
32:07Yeah.
32:07Do you get nervous when you go on?
32:11Because they've been doing the show for...
32:13When did they start Comeback?
32:14It was probably...
32:152005.
32:1620 years ago.
32:17Yeah, and so it's...
32:18But you're the newcomer.
32:19Really walking into this family who have known each other
32:22for so long and have such history, and that's really intimidating
32:25and really scary, and all I wanted was to just, you know,
32:29sort of seamlessly integrate into this beautiful world
32:33that they've built.
32:33I came on as a fan of the show.
32:35Like, I started work, and I was like,
32:37oh, my God, I'm talking to Valerie Cherish right now.
32:39This is the craziest thing in the world.
32:40Yeah, yeah, exactly.
32:40Because, also, Lisa will start just doing improv
32:43to just get into it, and that's a scary thing to do.
32:46Yeah, and that's fun.
32:47But it was so fun and so amazing, and everyone...
32:49They're like my family now.
32:50I love them.
32:51Yeah, you work so well together.
32:51I love them, love them, love them.
32:53What do we say about what's going on in season three?
32:55Well, season three, so we're sort of in the midst of it
32:58right now, and Valerie has signed on to do the first ever
33:02AI-written sitcom.
33:04Ooh.
33:05Yes.
33:06And I play her social media manager, Patience.
33:09Patience, yeah, that's a great name.
33:11Patience.
33:11Yes.
33:12Patience may be a hypochondriac at times.
33:15Maybe.
33:16But she always shows up to work.
33:18Always.
33:18Kind of, yeah.
33:19She does show up, yeah.
33:20Yes.
33:20It's very, very good, very funny.
33:22I want to show everyone a clip.
33:23Here's Ella Stiller in The Comeback.
33:25Take a look.
33:27Patience is anyone, anyone standing up for me.
33:30It's a lot of TV writers on social media
33:32that each only have, like, 12 followers.
33:34Okay.
33:35Yeah, but it's catching fire.
33:37Everybody's picking this up.
33:38Nobody in TV.
33:40Okay.
33:40Is NuNet saying anything, or CompSpot, or any of them?
33:44I've seen nothing.
33:44You know what, Billy?
33:45Call your guy at NuNet, the one you're sleeping with.
33:48I'm not calling him.
33:49He screamed at me at the GLAAD Awards.
33:51Okay, well, God forbid you should be embarrassed
33:53when the entire world is tearing me apart.
33:56No, it's just Hollywood.
33:57Oh, just Hollywood?
33:58Okay, yeah, that's good.
34:00Just where I live and work.
34:02It's an end-of-day dump, which is good.
34:04By this time tomorrow, the story will be dead.
34:06Okay, yeah, it'll be dead.
34:08Like my career.
34:10Yeah, come on.
34:11Ella Stiller, everybody!
34:14New episodes of The Comeback airs Sundays
34:17at 10.30 p.m. on HBO.
34:19We'll be right back with more Tonight Show, everybody.
34:21Come on back.
34:37Our next guest has her comedy special,
34:39Isabel Hagen at the Bitter End, available on YouTube.
34:43Please welcome the very funny Isabel Hagen.
34:54Thank you so much. Thank you.
34:56It's great to be here.
34:57I was walking down the street earlier,
34:59and I heard a guy go, hey, beautiful.
35:01And I didn't look at him.
35:03Not because I felt harassed,
35:05but I thought, there's a chance he's not talking to me.
35:09And I don't want to risk it and be like, who, me?
35:12He's like, oh, no.
35:15And then I just have to be like, oh, sorry.
35:23I just thought, like, beautiful.
35:28Turns out he's just doing his daily affirmations.
35:30He's like, hey, beautiful.
35:34You got this.
35:36It's fun.
35:37If you're insecure enough, you kind of can't get harassed.
35:41Right?
35:41Like, I was walking behind a guy, and he was walking a dog on a leash,
35:44and the dog kept looking back at me.
35:48And the guy was very smooth.
35:49He said to the dog audibly, he's like, why do you keep looking at her, huh?
35:55Just because she's cute and blonde.
35:58And instead of thinking, like, oh, that's a clever way to hit on a woman,
36:01I just thought, nah, that dog's not attracted to me, probably.
36:08But I'm married.
36:10I am. I'm married.
36:11Yeah.
36:11Oh, yeah.
36:14I love my husband.
36:16I love him.
36:16He loves to camp.
36:18And I think camping is stupid.
36:21It's so dumb.
36:23Because you go outside, and then you do all this work,
36:27and you bring all this crap with you to make it feel like you're still kind of inside.
36:34You could just stay home and let a couple squirrels in.
36:39Right?
36:41But I get it.
36:42You gotta go camping.
36:43You have to have all the different experiences in life
36:45just to know that you didn't have to have any of them.
36:51That's the only way to know.
36:52You gotta just do it and regret.
36:56Like, I didn't have to go apple picking,
36:58but I needed to to know that I shouldn't have.
37:03I had to have the experience of, like,
37:14Is it just, like, all of them, or what are we doing here?
37:20You gotta go through it.
37:22Because you don't want to wonder, what if?
37:23What if I went apple picking?
37:25Right?
37:26Because wondering is the fear of regret.
37:29Regret is just knowledge.
37:31So I think, do as much and regret as much as you can.
37:34That's why I got married.
37:35I'll regret it later.
37:36You know?
37:45But then I'll know.
37:46You know?
37:46I won't be up at night like,
37:47Oh, is he the one that got away?
37:49Nah, he should have gotten away.
37:53But I'm out late a lot doing comedy,
37:55And I was getting food after a show recently.
37:57And the guy was giving me my change.
37:59And, uh, he pulled the quarter from out of my ear.
38:03And I didn't like that.
38:07He did a non-consensual magic trick.
38:11You gotta ask first,
38:13Do you want to see a magic trick?
38:15Otherwise, it's just deceit.
38:19And the thing is,
38:20All deceit in life is actually fine
38:23If you just start it with,
38:25Do you want to see a magic trick?
38:28All deceit.
38:29If my narcissistic ex-boyfriend
38:31Had just begun the relationship.
38:34Hey, you want to see a magic trick?
38:38I love you.
38:44And five years later, he breaks up.
38:46He's like, ta-da!
38:47I'm like, whoa!
38:49How'd you do that?
38:56But I'm in a healthy marriage now.
38:58It's good.
38:58I'm trying to eat healthier, too.
38:59I'm thinking of giving up meat.
39:01My friend, she's not a full vegetarian.
39:03But she doesn't eat smart animals.
39:06That's where she draws a line morally.
39:08No pigs.
39:09No octopus.
39:10Apparently, they're very intelligent.
39:11She doesn't think they should be eaten.
39:14Kind of a mean way to decide
39:16Who gets to live.
39:19I'm walking by a pig or an octopus.
39:21I'm just like, yes, hello.
39:23Carry on.
39:25Very smart.
39:27Oh, I read that, too.
39:33I walk by a chicken.
39:34I'm like, you stupid chicken.
39:35I'm gonna eat you.
39:37You're so dumb.
39:38You're just like...
39:42The chicken's just looking at me.
39:44And I'm like, nah, that chicken's not attracted to me, probably.
39:48Thank you so much.
39:49I'm Isabel Hagen.
39:57Come on!
39:59Come on!
40:00Her special, At the Bitter End, is available on YouTube.
40:04We'll be right back, everybody.
40:06Come on.
40:07It's fantastic, right?
40:19My thanks to Nikki Glaser, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ella Stiller, Isabel Hagen once again! Come on!
40:29And the Ruth's right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
40:34Stay tuned for Late Night with Seth Meyers.
40:37Good night, everybody.
40:37Thank you!
40:38Do it!
40:38Get involved!
40:40Gotta get involved!
40:42Gotta get involved!
40:43Get, get, get involved!
40:44Get into it!
40:46Do it!
40:48Ha!
40:50Uh-huh!
40:51Oh, uh, uh.
40:51Uh.
40:52Oh, oh, God.鍵
40:52dear. Oh!
40:52adjectives. Good
40:54I'm ready to finish
40:54this. incredibly skinny and five.
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