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00:00From Hollywood, it's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
00:04Tonight, Jon Favreau and James Taylor with The Kletos.
00:11And now, Jimmy Kimmel!
00:15Jimmy Kimmel Live!
00:32Oh, it's very nice.
00:34Jimmy, I'm the host. Thanks for watching.
00:37Thank you for joining us here in Hollywood, California.
00:41It's very good to have you here.
00:43I got up very early this morning
00:46because it is our son Billy's birthday.
00:48He turned nine years old today.
00:51And he was very excited.
00:53So last night, my wife, Molly, is laying in bed with him.
00:57Is it laying in bed or is it lying in bed?
00:59They're in bed, and she's lying to him.
01:02And our daughter Jane walks in.
01:03She's 11, and she says,
01:06Hey, Billy, ask Mom where babies come from.
01:09And walks right out of the room.
01:12My wife's like, my wife's stunned.
01:15And Billy goes, Well, where do babies come from?
01:17And as my wife is figuring out how to handle this little bomb,
01:21Jane dropped on her and left there.
01:22Alexa, you know, the Amazon speaker deals.
01:26It makes a bleep and says,
01:28Jane is dropping in on Billy's room.
01:30This is like an intercom system.
01:32But nobody says anything on the other end.
01:34Molly says, Jane, are you there?
01:36Jane says, Yeah, I'm here.
01:37I'm listening in.
01:38I don't want to miss this.
01:42She says, Forget I'm here.
01:43Keep talking.
01:44Billy, ask any questions you want.
01:49Luckily, Billy declined to hear the whole deal.
01:51Did you give your son the talk, Guillermo?
01:54Yes, of course.
01:55You did it yourself?
01:55Yes.
01:56Yes.
01:56I told him, look, when two people are in love,
02:00and then they make sex, that's how baby comes.
02:03I have to let, you know.
02:04It's all right there.
02:05Well, I have to let it that way, you know.
02:08I have to tell you, it feels like my birthday tonight,
02:11because one of my all-time favorites,
02:12the great James Taylor, is here.
02:15James is here.
02:18Ahead of his tour with his all-star band,
02:22and he's promoting his upcoming UFC fight
02:25on the White House lawn.
02:28The White House is not a fun place to be right now.
02:30The Strait of Hormuz is like Toys R Us.
02:34Nobody has any idea if it's still open or not.
02:37The ceasefire was scheduled to end tomorrow night.
02:40Last night, the president said
02:42it was highly unlikely he would extend the truce.
02:45He said if a deal wasn't reached,
02:47Iran was going to be bombed like Kash Patel
02:49at the Poodle Room in Vegas.
02:52And that line in the sand was reinforced
02:55by his tween-age press secretary.
02:57President Trump has proven before,
02:59he does not bluff.
03:01When he makes a promise, he follows through on it.
03:03And I'm not sure why, after 10 years
03:05of covering this president,
03:07the American media still cannot understand
03:09when President Trump says he's going to do something,
03:12he's going to do it.
03:13That's right.
03:15Said he was going to end the war in Ukraine in one day.
03:18He said he's going to release his tax returns,
03:20the new health care plan, the wall, Greenland.
03:23This is a man whose word is as good
03:25as the gold commode he sits on.
03:27And then, of course, about three hours ago,
03:30he went ahead and extended the ceasefire.
03:33He wrote,
03:33statement of President Donald Trump.
03:36Based on the fact that the government of Iran
03:38is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so,
03:41and upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Mounir
03:44and Prime Minister Shabhad Sharif of Pakistan,
03:47we have been asked to hold our attack
03:49on the country of Iran
03:50until such time as their leaders and representatives
03:52can come up with a unified proposal.
03:55Well, you know what?
03:56It is Taco Tuesday, so why not?
04:01It's all over the place.
04:04What Trump is doing right now,
04:07it's like if you hired a plumber
04:10to install a new toilet
04:12and the plumber tells you
04:14it'll only take an hour to put it in.
04:15And then there you are eight weeks later
04:17and you still have a hole in the ground.
04:19So you call him and he says,
04:21installation's going great,
04:22everything's perfect ahead of schedule.
04:24In fact, he actually finished the job back in March.
04:27But as soon as he can get his vice plumber
04:30over there to flush it,
04:31your bowel movements will go down
04:33better than ever before.
04:35Definitely better than Joe Biden, okay?
04:38CNN reported that they were close to a deal
04:41before the weekend to end all this,
04:43but Trump derailed it with his crazy posts.
04:46Anonymous White House officials told CNN
04:48the negotiations have been harmed
04:50by the fact that Trump is live-tweeting them
04:53like a ninth-grade girl watching Euphoria.
04:56I wonder if they've considered
04:58getting him one of those tin can phones
05:00like the kids have that are not on the internet.
05:02The president has been all over the place on this.
05:04He told ABC News J.D. Vance
05:06wouldn't be part of the negotiations over there.
05:08At the same time as people were saying
05:10J.D. Vance would be part of the negotiations,
05:12he's obviously either not in the loop
05:15or just ignoring the loop,
05:17and so I am sure his people absolutely love it
05:21when he picks up the phone like he did today
05:23to call into Squawk Box on CNBC.
05:26I just looked at a little chart.
05:28World War I, four years and three months.
05:30World War II, six years.
05:32Korean War, three years.
05:34Vietnam, 19 years.
05:35Iraq, eight years.
05:37I'm five months.
05:39Okay? Five months.
05:40Yeah, come on, guys.
05:42Quagmires take time.
05:44You have to let them bake.
05:45It's such a crazy thing to say,
05:47comparing it to...
05:48And not even correct.
05:49He's not five months into it.
05:51He's two months.
05:51He doesn't even know how long
05:54this war that's been going on too long.
05:57That's been going on.
06:01Not only...
06:02Wait till you hear this.
06:03Not only is he bragging about the ten wars
06:05he has allegedly ended,
06:06he is now giving himself credit
06:08for ending wars from more than 50 years ago.
06:11I would have won Vietnam very quickly.
06:14I would have if I were president.
06:16That's right.
06:17The man who actually dodged the draft
06:20to stay out of Vietnam,
06:22who got a note from a podiatrist
06:25that rented office space from his dad
06:27to claim he had bone spurs
06:29even though he was on the football,
06:31baseball, basketball, and soccer teams
06:33at the military academy his parents sent him to.
06:37Had a young Donald Trump not sustain
06:38that incredibly well-timed boo-boo on his foot,
06:43not only would he have fought in the war in Vietnam,
06:45he would have risen straight to the top
06:47and won it very quickly for the United States.
06:49And if he had been captain of the Titanic,
06:52Leo DiCaprio would be alive today.
06:56That's right.
06:57He's...
06:59He's flailing.
07:01I mentioned last night,
07:03Trump has fallen out
07:04with many of his most loyal maggots,
07:06including Tucker Carlson,
07:08who went so far as to apologize
07:10for ever supporting him in the first place.
07:12You and me and millions of people like us
07:14are the reason this is happening right now.
07:17Yes.
07:18So I do think it's like a moment
07:20to wrestle with our own consciences.
07:25You know, we'll be tormented by it for a long time.
07:27I will be.
07:29And I want to say I'm sorry for misleading people.
07:32It was not intentional.
07:34That's all I'll say.
07:34That's big.
07:35That's...
07:36I mean, Tucker Carlson apologizing
07:38for helping Trump get a...
07:39I believe they call that liar's remorse.
07:41It's, uh...
07:43Tucker also admitted
07:44he's in a same-sex relationship
07:46with a green M&M.
07:47So it was very...
07:49All the coops are breaking ranks.
07:52Marge Taylor Greene, Alex Jones,
07:54Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens,
07:55and now Tucker,
07:56and that was his brother Buckley.
07:58Did anyone know Tucker had a brother Buckley?
08:01Tucker and Buckley,
08:03that is as white as it gets.
08:05That's...
08:06I mean,
08:07it doesn't get any other than that.
08:11Their parents wear an ascot and a monocle.
08:15But lest you think Tucker
08:16is a completely changed man,
08:18don't worry, he's still plenty nuts.
08:20Doctors are like the worst people in America,
08:22um,
08:23because they break them
08:24at the outset.
08:26Exactly.
08:26They make them complicit in a true crime.
08:28Yes.
08:29And once you're complicit,
08:30it's like you can't join MS-13
08:31until you kill somebody.
08:32You can't be an OB-GYN
08:34until you murder a baby.
08:35Then you're, like, in on it.
08:39Thanksgiving at the Carlson's
08:40must be a barrel of laughs.
08:43Doctors are the worst people.
08:45I hope that when Tucker Carlson
08:47shows up at an emergency room one day,
08:49all he hears from the doctors is this.
09:17Sometimes laughter is the worst medicine.
09:20Back at the White House,
09:22the ranty Christ took a break
09:23from insulting the folk today
09:25to release a, uh,
09:27pre-recorded reading from the Bible.
09:30It's part of a week-long event
09:31called America Reads the Bible.
09:33They had Trump read it.
09:35The White House has asked Americans
09:36to pray for an hour a week.
09:38Oh, believe me,
09:39since he took office,
09:40we've been praying
09:41for at least that.
09:43It's done.
09:44It's done.
09:46As you know,
09:47as his followers know,
09:49has a very personal relationship
09:51with the Bible.
09:51Every night before bed,
09:52he takes the Bible
09:53from his nightstand.
09:55It burns his hand,
09:56and he goes back to sleep.
09:58And it shall be answered,
09:59because they forsook
10:01the Lord God of their fathers,
10:03which brought them forth
10:05out of the land of Egypt
10:06and laid hold on other gods
10:09and worshipped them
10:10and served them.
10:11Therefore,
10:12has he brought all this evil
10:14upon them.
10:23Sometimes God works in ways
10:25that aren't so mysterious.
10:27President Dr. Jesus
10:28has also been praying
10:29for Spirit Airlines,
10:30which is currently
10:32facing liquidation.
10:33Spirit Airlines,
10:34for those who have not flown on it,
10:36is like a regular airline,
10:38but every seat is a middle seat.
10:40Trump said he would love
10:41for somebody to buy it
10:43and suggested that
10:43maybe the government
10:44could step in and help.
10:46That's how he asked
10:47for another free plane,
10:48is maybe the government
10:50will help.
10:50Donald Trump,
10:51in many ways,
10:52is the Spirit Airline
10:53of presidents,
10:54so it makes sense
10:55that he would get involved
10:56in this.
10:57You know,
10:57airlines have been hit hard
10:58by rising fuel costs
11:00and fewer people wanting
11:01to visit the United States.
11:02Meanwhile,
11:03you remember those
11:03big, beautiful tariffs?
11:05So in February,
11:06the Supreme Court ruled
11:07that Trump's tariffs
11:08were illegal
11:08and had to be paid back,
11:10which means our government,
11:11which means we,
11:12now owe up to
11:14$175 billion
11:16in refunds.
11:17Over 56,000 companies
11:19have registered
11:20to get that money back,
11:21and to no one's surprise,
11:23the tariff refund portal,
11:25the website,
11:26doesn't work.
11:28One business owner said,
11:30I can't even get to the point
11:31where I'd receive
11:32an error message
11:33because the portal is down.
11:34The website is so bad,
11:35it can't even load the page
11:37that tells you
11:38it can't load the page.
11:40And while Quentin Tariff Tino
11:41is doing his best
11:42to stiff these companies
11:43on refunds for money,
11:45he said China and the others
11:47were going to pay
11:48in the first place.
11:49Inflation is up,
11:50according to the
11:51Consumer Price Index,
11:52which is interesting
11:53because I seem to remember
11:54him telling us
11:54it would be down.
11:56You remember this story
11:57about the old lady
11:58and her apples?
11:59I tell the story
11:59about a woman,
12:00she got three apples,
12:02an old woman.
12:03Three apples,
12:04an elderly woman
12:04brings them up
12:05to the counter.
12:06Three apples,
12:07that's what she lives in.
12:08And she brought them
12:09up to the cash register
12:11and she looked at the woman
12:13and she said,
12:14is that the right price?
12:15And then realizes
12:16that price has gone up
12:18by 40%
12:18and then she says,
12:19oh, I can't afford it.
12:20She brings one apple back.
12:22She didn't have enough money
12:22for one of the apples.
12:23She brought it back
12:24to the refrigeration.
12:25She buys two apples
12:26instead of three.
12:27She bought two apples.
12:28That shouldn't be happening
12:29in our country.
12:31No, it should not.
12:32Now, I assume this was
12:33not a true story,
12:34but we did some digging
12:35and we managed to find
12:37the woman
12:38with the three apples.
12:41Her name is Mary Aldrich.
12:43She's from Fresno
12:44and we have her
12:45with us live now.
12:46Hi, Mary.
12:49Thank you for...
12:50Thank you for joining us tonight.
12:53It's no bother.
12:54So how are you doing these days?
12:57I'm doing just fine.
12:59I'm glad to hear that.
13:00But I see you have
13:01a big bowl of apples there.
13:03Yes, I do like apples very much.
13:05Okay, now I'm wondering,
13:07you know, before
13:08when Joe Biden was president,
13:09you had to put an apple back
13:11because you couldn't afford it.
13:13That's true.
13:14My Social Security
13:16didn't go very far
13:17with Biden's inflation.
13:18Okay, but inflation
13:20is still very high today.
13:21How do you afford
13:22all those apples?
13:24Excuse me?
13:25I said, how do you afford
13:27all those apples?
13:29Oh, I give handjobs.
13:36Excuse me.
13:38I'm sorry, what did you say?
13:39I said, I give handjobs
13:41to men to make ends meet.
13:45Oh, my God.
13:46I do it in the alley
13:47behind the supermarket.
13:49Men pull up,
13:50I get in their cars
13:51and get to work.
13:53May I ask how old
13:55a woman you are?
13:57Old enough.
13:59And when my work is done,
14:01I take the money.
14:03And do you know
14:04what I do with it?
14:05You buy apples?
14:07I buy apples.
14:11This is incredibly depressing,
14:13but I thank you
14:14for talking to us, Mary.
14:16Thank you, sweetheart.
14:18And if you're ever in Fresno,
14:20I'm behind the big green
14:21dumpster at Bon's.
14:23That's very kind
14:24of your offer, Mary.
14:25I wish you all
14:26the apples you can eat.
14:28We have a good show tonight.
14:30A real-life American treasure.
14:32Mr. James Taylor
14:33is with us,
14:34and we will be right back
14:35with Jon Favreau.
14:46All right.
14:46Well, I'm back.
14:47Tonight, one of the
14:48all-time greats,
14:49and if you don't believe it,
14:50you can see him on tour
14:51with his all-star band,
14:53live starting this Sunday night
14:55at the Yamaha Theater
14:56here in L.A.
14:56James Taylor
14:57is here with us
14:58this evening.
14:59It's not a...
15:01It's not an album,
15:02by the way.
15:03No, it's not.
15:03It looks like an album,
15:04but it's just
15:05a piece of cardboard.
15:07You cannot buy this,
15:09so don't bother looking.
15:10Tomorrow night,
15:11we'll be joined
15:11by Adam Scott,
15:13and the governor
15:14of Minnesota,
15:15Tim Walz,
15:15will be here.
15:16Our first guest tonight
15:18is a master
15:20of the Nerdiverse.
15:21He is friend to Spider-Man
15:22and director
15:23of the newest
15:24Star Wars duo,
15:25The Mandalorian
15:26and Grogu
15:27opens in theaters
15:28May 22nd.
15:29Please welcome
15:30Jon Favreau.
15:45How are you?
15:47Good to see you.
15:49Nice to see you.
15:49I don't see you that much.
15:50We text a lot,
15:51but I don't see you that much.
15:52We text,
15:53but only about food.
15:54Only about food,
15:55that's right.
15:55Yeah, yeah.
15:56About food,
15:57kitchen equipment.
15:59You're the guy.
16:01You don't know,
16:02but Jimmy's actually
16:03the kind of,
16:04he's not a chef,
16:07but he's friends
16:08with a lot of chefs.
16:09Yes.
16:10But among the not chefs
16:11in Hollywood,
16:12he's top tier,
16:13and we all kind of,
16:14yeah, yeah, for sure.
16:15I think of you
16:15as top tier,
16:16and I appreciate
16:17your saying that.
16:17So I'm Italian,
16:19I'm half Italian,
16:20New York,
16:20and I have to,
16:22there's only one person
16:23I reach out to.
16:24I'm like,
16:24are you doing
16:25the Feast of the Seven Fishes?
16:26And then I feel very sad
16:29because he shows me photographs
16:31of his whole spread
16:32that he himself makes.
16:34Yeah, I do like to do,
16:35yeah.
16:36So what was in your Feast
16:37of the Seven Fishes?
16:38Oh, everything.
16:39You know what I've done?
16:39I used to, you know,
16:40I got sick.
16:41I got up to like 23 fishes.
16:42It got,
16:43it became too much.
16:44And then I decided
16:45to challenge myself
16:46and try to just do
16:47seven fishes.
16:49So for those of you
16:50who don't know
16:50or aren't Italian,
16:52at Christmas.
16:53We apologize.
16:53Yeah, sorry, sorry.
16:55We can cut all this out.
16:56But you,
16:57but you have a big,
16:58a big pasta dish,
16:59and it's traditional
17:00Italian families
17:01that have fish
17:02on Christmas.
17:03Right.
17:03And if you could work,
17:04the more,
17:05Christmas Eve, excuse me.
17:06And the more,
17:06the more fish variants
17:08that are in your dish,
17:09the more Christmas-y it is.
17:11Now, when I started
17:12racking the numbers up,
17:13I started cheating.
17:14Like, if I'd make
17:15a Caesar salad
17:16and I had anchovies in there,
17:17I counted that as a fish.
17:18I'm not sure if it does.
17:20Yes.
17:20If I had two different
17:21kinds of oysters,
17:22I'd count each oyster
17:24separately.
17:24Yes.
17:24You know?
17:25Do you do that
17:26or you go pretty...
17:27No, I usually get catering.
17:29Oh, you do?
17:29Okay.
17:32That's good, too.
17:33You were in Las Vegas
17:34last week.
17:35Yes, I was.
17:36I was in Vegas
17:36this weekend also.
17:37Were you?
17:37You were there, though,
17:38for a big deal.
17:39I was there for,
17:39for CinemaCon
17:40to present
17:41the Mandalorian
17:42and Grogu footage
17:43to the crowd.
17:43That was the first time.
17:46Just for those
17:47who don't know
17:47how it works,
17:49you've got a room
17:50full of very
17:51hardcore fans.
17:52Yes.
17:53And theater owners.
17:54And theater owners.
17:54It's really a trade event.
17:56It started off
17:56as a trade event.
17:57It still is,
17:58where the theater owners
17:59from all over the world
17:59and the country
18:00come there.
18:01So look at sneak previews
18:02of the films
18:03that are coming up
18:03this year.
18:04And you show the footage
18:06for the first time
18:06anybody's seen the footage,
18:07That's right.
18:08We show a lot, yeah.
18:08Is it nerve-wracking
18:09or just fun?
18:11After working on it,
18:12I'm used to doing
18:12a TV show,
18:13which is every year
18:14you get another season.
18:15This one we worked
18:15for almost three years
18:16on this thing.
18:17So I'm excited
18:18to show it to people.
18:19And I've never gotten
18:20to do Star Wars
18:21where you present it
18:23to a crowd.
18:23And I grew up
18:24seeing Star Wars
18:25in the movie theater.
18:26And then it was before
18:2877 when the first movie
18:29came out.
18:29I was a little kid
18:30and I was like
18:31your son's age
18:32and there was no video.
18:35So you just kept going
18:36back to the movie theater
18:37and then after that
18:37you just had the album
18:38and the toys.
18:39Right, yeah, right.
18:40Yeah, yeah.
18:41Yeah, no.
18:41And I think, by the way,
18:42kids, including my nine-year-old,
18:44are very excited
18:45about this movie.
18:46Oh, is he?
18:47Yeah, it's funny
18:47because something,
18:48like he doesn't,
18:49like I've shown him
18:50Star Wars, you know,
18:51and whatever,
18:52but it's not
18:53the same impact
18:53as when,
18:54because I was...
18:55You go to the theater.
18:56Yeah, about that age.
18:57Well, let me,
18:57for his birthday,
18:58let me give you
18:59one of our challenge coins.
19:00Oh, good.
19:00Oh, thank you.
19:01Oh, how about that?
19:02Oh, thank you.
19:03That's for Billy.
19:04Thank you very much.
19:06That's very kind.
19:07A little baby Yoda
19:07on there.
19:08We've also been,
19:09I don't know,
19:09I told you this,
19:10this is a non-food text
19:12we have.
19:12We've been really
19:13hardcore re-watching
19:14Spider-Man.
19:15Oh, okay.
19:16And then I started
19:17thinking about
19:17your contributions
19:19to this, like,
19:20marvel,
19:20this world
19:21that has been created.
19:23You, you got the,
19:24you were the guy
19:24with the,
19:25the flint
19:26and the sticks
19:27making fire there.
19:29You wanted Robert Downey Jr.
19:30as Iron Man.
19:31Yes.
19:31And incredibly,
19:33now we look back on it,
19:34and it's hard
19:34to even believe
19:35that Marvel was like,
19:37ah, we don't know.
19:38We don't know
19:38if this is the guy.
19:39But you knew
19:40he was the guy.
19:41Yeah, no,
19:42he was great
19:42for Tony Stark,
19:43and as soon as we cast him,
19:45then everything else
19:45was easy,
19:47easy decisions,
19:48because, you know,
19:49he was,
19:50remember,
19:50there were a lot
19:51of Marvel movies
19:52before then.
19:53There were other
19:53Spider-Man movies,
19:54there were X-Men.
19:55They, you know,
19:56we didn't know
19:57if Iron Man,
19:57nobody knew
19:58who Iron Man was,
19:58and I knew
19:59with Robert
20:00in that role
20:00with, you know,
20:01his,
20:02to cast somebody
20:03who's that good
20:03of an actor
20:04in that type
20:04of a role
20:05really, I think,
20:06created something
20:07that was bigger
20:08than, you know,
20:09it was a real synergy
20:09between those two things.
20:10When they decided,
20:13when Marvel,
20:14when they decided
20:15that they were going
20:16to kill Iron Man,
20:18you were not happy
20:19about this.
20:19In Avengers Endgame.
20:20In Avengers Endgame,
20:21yeah.
20:21Yes.
20:22I know,
20:22I talked to the Russos.
20:23You called them
20:23and said,
20:24hey, no, no, no, no, no.
20:25I was like,
20:25I don't know about,
20:26I don't know if, like,
20:27I don't think people,
20:28I don't know if people
20:29are going to,
20:29I don't know.
20:30I think it's going
20:30to really impact people,
20:31because there were kids
20:32that grew up
20:33with that character.
20:34It did.
20:35You know,
20:35and,
20:36but I have to tell you,
20:37it was handled
20:38so well by them,
20:39and Gwyneth and Robert
20:41did such a wonderful job
20:42acting,
20:43and I think it added
20:44a poignancy to it,
20:45and it,
20:45I think they did
20:46a wonderful job.
20:47I was wrong.
20:48I was wrong.
20:48I remember half
20:49of the movie theater,
20:50they had tears
20:51in their eyes.
20:51I was choked up,
20:52because I had,
20:53you know,
20:54even though it's a movie,
20:55those people,
20:55those characters
20:56have been part
20:56of my life for so long.
20:58That's your baby
20:58that they killed.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Yeah, that's,
21:00and now,
21:01it's funny,
21:02because now he's Dr. Doom.
21:03Now he's,
21:04they're like,
21:04oh, yeah,
21:04we love this guy so much,
21:05we have to give him
21:06an entirely different character.
21:08Yes.
21:08And that's going to,
21:10I feel like that's going
21:11to be a transition for us.
21:13I'm excited to see it.
21:14I get to travel around
21:16with them,
21:16because I'm,
21:17you know,
21:17Star Wars is a Disney movie,
21:19Marvel's Disney,
21:20so we travel together,
21:21and we know each other
21:22for so long,
21:23Kevin and the Russos
21:24and Robert and I,
21:26so they were there at show,
21:28I saw them at CinemaCon.
21:30Who is scarier,
21:31the Marvel fans
21:32or the Star Wars fans?
21:34They're,
21:35they're equally invested
21:38in the movies.
21:39They care, right?
21:40So, I would say,
21:42but I would,
21:43but I think Star Wars fans,
21:45because people my age,
21:47our age,
21:47we grew up,
21:48I was there in 77
21:50in the movie theater.
21:51By the time Return of the Jedi
21:53came out,
21:53I was an usher in Queens.
21:55And I worked my way through,
21:57my whole life
21:58has been informed
21:59by Star Wars,
22:00and everything
22:01that I love about cinema,
22:02that I love about genre,
22:05George Lucas really opened
22:06the doors to me,
22:07and that turned me on
22:08to Kurosawa,
22:10to classic Westerns,
22:13to all the influences
22:14that informed it.
22:15Even Hot Rods and stuff
22:16because of American graffiti.
22:18So, that experience,
22:20seeing that movie
22:21at that age,
22:21opened up all those doors,
22:22and I don't think
22:23I'd be doing what I'm doing now
22:24if I wasn't impacted so much.
22:26So, what we're gonna see
22:27when we come back
22:27is footage
22:28that has not been seen,
22:30maybe outside of that room?
22:31No, not even there.
22:32Not even in that room.
22:33This is a new clip
22:33just for you and your audience.
22:35Expensive clip
22:37from The Mandalorian
22:38and Grogu,
22:39which comes out May 22nd,
22:41right after this.
22:50Grogu, I need you
22:51to go to the control panel.
22:52Remember the buttons
22:53I told you never to touch?
22:55I'm gonna need you
22:55to touch them.
22:56Look for the ignition
22:58relay cutoff.
22:59It's next to the fuel
23:00differential readout,
23:02which is between
23:03the pump compression gauge
23:05and the primary reserve...
23:10No, don't touch
23:12the missile battery switch.
23:13That's why there's
23:14a safety guard on it.
23:15Do you see the fuel
23:16readout display?
23:17Remember I told you that one?
23:19It's on the other side
23:20of the manual control
23:21surface calibration...
23:25I don't think he knows
23:26what he's doing.
23:27That is The Mandalorian
23:29and Grogu,
23:29Jon Favreau.
23:31He's a co-writer,
23:34producer, director,
23:35all of that stuff.
23:36Well, that's got to...
23:37I mean, this has got to be
23:38so much fun for you
23:39to be a part of.
23:39It's so much fun.
23:40Because we're playing
23:41with big Star Wars toys,
23:43basically.
23:43Yeah.
23:44You have one of the actors...
23:46I think I can...
23:46I hope I'm allowed
23:47to say this,
23:48but there's a very famous
23:49director who does
23:51one of the characters.
23:52Yes, yes.
23:52He's billed in the movie.
23:53It's not a secret.
23:54He is?
23:54Okay, good.
23:54All right.
23:55Marty Scorsese,
23:56you're talking about.
23:56Well, that's pretty great.
23:57Yeah.
23:59Did you call him
24:00and ask him to do this?
24:01I was hoping to...
24:03Kathy Kennedy actually
24:04knows him better.
24:05I was in
24:06Wolf of Wall Street.
24:06I grew up watching his films.
24:08Sure.
24:08Probably from a younger age
24:09than I probably should have
24:11seen them in the 70s.
24:12What was the first one you saw?
24:13Like, probably Mean Streets.
24:14Oh, really?
24:15Okay.
24:15And I was...
24:16It was very...
24:18It's great cinema,
24:19but it's a little gritty
24:20for a kid that age.
24:22Yes.
24:23And so we reached out
24:25to him and said,
24:25we'd be interested
24:26in doing a voice
24:26of this character.
24:27And he was so much fun,
24:29totally game for it.
24:31Improvised.
24:32It was...
24:32I was pinching myself
24:33the whole time.
24:34Did you give him notes at all?
24:36Kind of.
24:37You know, like,
24:38hey, let's play around.
24:38Like, with improv.
24:40Try this.
24:40And I'd laugh
24:41and say, do more of that.
24:42But it's easy
24:43because we were animating
24:44after he recorded.
24:45So we had a lot of...
24:46a lot of latitude
24:47to change things.
24:49Does the character
24:49have big eyebrows?
24:50You'll see what he looks like.
24:52Okay.
24:53It definitely...
24:54It definitely is informed
24:55by his...
24:56Will we ever see
24:57Mandalorian vs. Kardashian?
24:59Will that film
25:00ever...
25:00that franchise ever?
25:01No, it's interesting.
25:02We'll see how this does.
25:04Um, can you talk
25:06about Spider-Man,
25:07the next one?
25:08I could give you
25:08a big spoiler.
25:10Go ahead.
25:14I'm not in it.
25:16Oh.
25:17Because he lost his memory.
25:20I'm not part of...
25:21He doesn't remember me anymore.
25:23But I don't believe it.
25:24He might meet me again someday.
25:26I don't know.
25:26But isn't that how
25:27the last one ended
25:28with him forgetting everything?
25:30Oh, yeah, yeah.
25:31So now it's all about
25:32his new...
25:32I don't know anything about it
25:33other than, um...
25:34If I'm in it,
25:35they'd better hurry up.
25:38Because they're running
25:38out of time.
25:39I feel like,
25:40you know what?
25:40Next time you're here,
25:41we're going to watch
25:42this segment back.
25:43I want you to know
25:44to see if you're lying
25:45right to my face.
25:46I would never lie
25:47to you or your fans.
25:49This audience is...
25:50They were so nice to me.
25:51Why would I lie?
25:52Yeah.
25:52Okay.
25:54I'm disappointed by that.
25:55And that's true
25:56because I love
25:57Happy's relationship.
25:58I had a lot of fun.
25:59I got to be in
26:00three of the Spider-Man films,
26:02a bunch of the Marvel movies.
26:04I...
26:05The smartest thing I ever did
26:06was give myself a cameo
26:07in that first one.
26:08In the Iron Man?
26:09Because that thing...
26:10That put my kids
26:11through school.
26:13Well, there you go.
26:14All right.
26:14Well, it's great to see you.
26:15Congratulations on...
26:16And James Taylor, man.
26:18Oh, yeah.
26:18You want to stay
26:18for James Taylor?
26:19I want him.
26:20I want you.
26:21Definitely.
26:22Absolutely.
26:22Huge fan.
26:23Grew up with him.
26:24I've seen him all through
26:25my childhood.
26:26My dad played the records.
26:27It's so...
26:28Same here.
26:29It's like we were
26:29raised in the same house.
26:30Big treat.
26:31Big treat.
26:31I'm so excited.
26:33John Traver, everybody.
26:33The Mandalorian and Grogu
26:34opens the theaters
26:35May 22nd.
26:36We'll be right back
26:37with James Taylor.
26:44All right.
26:44For the last time,
26:45which one of you
26:46is the real Guillermo?
26:47I am the real Guillermo.
26:49He's an emicator.
26:50Look.
26:52I have three mustaches.
26:53Are you blaming me
26:54for trying to steal
26:55your golden,
26:56perfectly seasoned
26:57Orrida tater tots?
27:00Mm.
27:00Quiffy.
27:02You two handsome,
27:03too.
27:03Stay mad at.
27:03All right-o.
27:05There's only one original.
27:13Hi there.
27:14Welcome back
27:15to our program.
27:16Our next guest
27:16has six Grammy Awards,
27:19a Presidential Medal
27:20of Freedom,
27:20and the Voice of an Angel.
27:22You can see him on tour
27:23with his all-star band.
27:24And you should,
27:25starting Sunday
27:26at the Yamaha Theater
27:27here in L.A.,
27:28please welcome James Taylor.
27:56You know those guys, right?
27:57Yeah, I do.
27:58Yeah.
27:59They're going to be playing
28:00with you later on.
28:01I know you were with
28:01our band leader Jeff Babco
28:04in the Bahamas
28:05this weekend, correct?
28:06We were, yeah.
28:08We took a gig
28:09in the Bahamas
28:10to sort of
28:11kind of
28:13dust ourselves off
28:14a little bit.
28:14Gotcha.
28:15Get back in the game
28:16a little.
28:16You did a show
28:17with Kanye there?
28:20Or do I have that wrong?
28:21I think that's right.
28:22Do you have a pre...
28:23Like, before you start
28:24your tour,
28:25do you have a regimen
28:26or any kind
28:27of a tradition?
28:29You know,
28:30I just become
28:31amazingly nervous.
28:32Still, still.
28:33You do?
28:34I do.
28:35But, you know,
28:36What are you nervous about?
28:37Let me help you
28:38with this, James.
28:39Okay, cool.
28:41Things could go to peace
28:43at any time.
28:44I will tell you something.
28:46Yeah.
28:46I listen to you
28:47every single day.
28:48Every day.
28:50At least five songs
28:52every single day.
28:53And I have certain songs
28:54that are my, like,
28:55in my current rotate
28:57and then you move out.
28:58In fact,
28:58when we were talking
28:59about what song
29:00you would play
29:01on the show tonight,
29:02it was...
29:03It's just...
29:04Nothing fills me
29:05with more anxiety
29:07than trying to pick
29:08one song like that.
29:10Do you ever...
29:11Do you have that yourself?
29:12Well, you know,
29:13we do.
29:14When we're preparing
29:15to go out,
29:16as we are now,
29:18and tour again,
29:21it's a daunting kind
29:22of a task
29:23to try to figure out
29:24how many new songs
29:25to do
29:26and how many, you know,
29:27how many favorites
29:28that people are
29:29expecting to hear.
29:30And so putting together
29:31a set list is a...
29:34It's a challenge,
29:36but it's, you know,
29:37we somehow manage it.
29:39Yeah, the negative part
29:39about having so many
29:41big hit songs
29:41is if you don't do
29:43one of them,
29:43people go home going,
29:44he didn't do
29:45Smiling Face.
29:47That's true.
29:48But we will.
29:49We'll play it.
29:49He will.
29:50He will.
29:50Okay.
29:55We made this.
29:56It's not, it's not a...
29:57Again, I mentioned
29:58to the audience before
29:59that if you try
29:59to buy this,
30:00you're not going to find it.
30:01It does not exist.
30:02Well, I wouldn't be
30:03too hasty about that.
30:04We...
30:05Really?
30:05Yeah, we can make something.
30:06You can make something?
30:07All right.
30:08Oh, if you'd like
30:09to have your...
30:10Yeah.
30:11How old were you
30:12when you started,
30:13when you first performed
30:14live in front of an audience
30:15that wasn't your
30:16schoolmates or friends?
30:19I was 15 years old.
30:21I was at a small sort of...
30:26They used to call them
30:27coffee houses.
30:28They were little folk clubs.
30:29Mm-hmm.
30:29Usually didn't have
30:30a liquor license.
30:32Very spontaneous kind
30:34of pop-up clubs that...
30:36And my friend Kooch and me,
30:39you know, when I was 15,
30:41he was 17,
30:42we got a gig.
30:43And you guys still
30:44play together?
30:45We do.
30:45Yeah, which is fantastic.
30:49So, this is from...
30:51I don't think this is
30:52your first show.
30:52This is from 1963,
30:54July 5th, 1963.
30:55I believe this is
30:56your first review.
30:58Probably the most
30:59outstanding young folk singer
31:00on the island
31:01is young James Taylor,
31:03son of Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Taylor
31:05of Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
31:06in Chilmark.
31:07Monday night
31:07at the Moon Cusser
31:08Coffeehouse Hootenanny,
31:1015-year-old barefoot James
31:12got up and entertained
31:13the audience
31:13with his sincere folk singing,
31:15accompanying himself on guitar.
31:17The general opinion
31:18of everyone
31:19who has heard
31:19and seen James perform
31:20must be that
31:21for a young boy,
31:22he is definitely talented
31:24and has quite
31:24a performing career
31:26ahead of him.
31:28No time.
31:30No author listed.
31:33When you were...
31:35That cost me plenty.
31:37A 15-year-old kid
31:39who couldn't even
31:39afford shoes
31:40to wear in public,
31:42did this thrill you
31:44to read this
31:45about yourself?
31:46I...
31:46It certainly would have
31:48if I could remember it.
31:50Oh, you don't remember?
31:51Wow.
31:51Wow.
31:52I missed that one, yeah.
31:53And then you started touring
31:55how long after that,
31:57after you were 15?
31:59Well, when I was 16,
32:01we had a band
32:02in high school,
32:03my older brother,
32:05Alex and me.
32:06Mm-hmm.
32:06And then the next year,
32:08I moved to New York
32:11and I started playing
32:14in a band
32:15with my friend Kooch,
32:16Danny Kortchmar,
32:18my old pal.
32:20And, you know,
32:22that...
32:24We struggled
32:25and got by
32:26for a year or so,
32:27and then ultimately
32:29the band did...
32:31We scattered, you know,
32:32we just sort of starved
32:33to death and left.
32:34But...
32:35The Flying Machine.
32:36And that was...
32:36That was Sweet Dreams
32:37and Flying Machines
32:38in Pieces on the Ground.
32:39That's the reference
32:40to the band.
32:41That's right.
32:42Oh, yeah.
32:42Yeah.
32:43Well, I know you know it,
32:44but I figured I would...
32:45I'd just throw it out there.
32:46You know, Ringo was here
32:47last night.
32:48Ringo's a star.
32:49Amazing.
32:50I do know that.
32:52Yeah.
32:52He...
32:53And the Beatles,
32:54and this is, I think,
32:55well-known,
32:55that the Beatles
32:56played a big role
32:57in launching your career.
33:00They signed you
33:02to their record company.
33:04I did.
33:04I did that.
33:06After the band
33:06dissolved in New York City,
33:08I went home
33:09to North Carolina
33:11to sort of recover
33:12and lick my wounds
33:13for a while.
33:14And then,
33:15not knowing what else to do,
33:17I talked my folks
33:19into buying me
33:20a plane ticket
33:21to go visit a friend
33:22who lived in London.
33:24And I took my guitar
33:26and some songs,
33:27and I ran into some people
33:29who were enthusiastic
33:30about my music
33:31and they convinced me
33:33to make a little demo,
33:36a little disc.
33:39At the time,
33:40you bought a little time
33:42in a two-track studio,
33:44made an acetate disc
33:45and a couple of copies
33:47of reel-to-reel tape.
33:48And I started,
33:51I and my friends
33:52started sort of shopping
33:53these around.
33:54And eventually,
33:56again,
33:56with the help
33:57of my friend Danny Korchmar,
33:59I got in touch
34:01with Peter Asher.
34:02I played him the demo.
34:05I went over to his house.
34:08I played through
34:09some songs I had,
34:10and he got me a,
34:11he had,
34:12as luck would have it,
34:13he had just taken on
34:15a job as a head of A&R.
34:18He was looking for new talent
34:20to sign to the Beatles'
34:21new record label,
34:23Apple Records.
34:24What did they pay you
34:24to sign that deal?
34:26Do you remember?
34:27I do not remember.
34:28You've been covered many times.
34:30You cover a lot of artists,
34:32which I love to hear,
34:33and I think that says a lot
34:35about how much you love music.
34:37And other artists
34:38will cover your songs,
34:40many of them.
34:40And I think sometimes
34:43I'll go and I'll listen to,
34:44like, I was listening
34:45to Eric Clapton,
34:46has done a few of your songs
34:47live in concert.
34:49Yeah.
34:50Garth Brooks, of course,
34:52Taylor Swift,
34:53you guys sang together,
34:54Eddie Vedder
34:54has a beautiful cover.
34:57Elvis was the one
34:58that I didn't know about
35:00until recently.
35:01It was a shock to me, too.
35:02It was.
35:03He covered Steamroller Blues.
35:05Did.
35:06Which is,
35:07in the Aloha,
35:08in the big Aloha
35:09from Hawaii special.
35:11Right.
35:11Did you know beforehand
35:12that he was going to do that?
35:13No idea.
35:15Absolutely no idea.
35:16And you wrote that song
35:17as kind of a little bit
35:18of a goof, right?
35:19It really was,
35:20it was a 15-minute song.
35:22It just dashed it off.
35:23Yeah.
35:24Yeah.
35:24And did you ever meet Elvis?
35:26No.
35:26You never did.
35:27You never got to talk
35:28to him about that.
35:29Not that I know of.
35:30Yeah.
35:30You know.
35:33By the way.
35:36If you,
35:36I would say that,
35:38if you'd forgotten
35:39that meeting,
35:40then, yeah,
35:41you really were
35:42in a lot of trouble.
35:43He's reported to be around,
35:45you know, sometimes.
35:46He might.
35:47He hasn't left
35:48this building yet,
35:48that's for sure.
35:50You,
35:50Charlie Pooch was here
35:51a few weeks ago.
35:52I love Charlie.
35:53And you guys did a song
35:54together.
35:54It's really,
35:55and he's just,
35:56the kid's just like
35:57a weird musical genius,
35:58right?
35:58I mean.
35:59Charlie is,
35:59has a great gift.
36:01And then,
36:02we learned that
36:03your concert
36:04was his first concert,
36:05was the first concert
36:06that he ever went to.
36:07Did he tell you that
36:08or no?
36:09No, I didn't think
36:10I knew that.
36:11Yeah, okay.
36:11Well, now you know.
36:12I do.
36:13And, um,
36:14what was your first concert?
36:16The first,
36:17the first concert
36:18that I remember
36:19going to
36:19and being excited about,
36:21rather than my,
36:21my folks sort of
36:22dragging me to hear
36:23some classical music
36:24or something,
36:25you know,
36:25the first one
36:26was a Peter,
36:27Paul,
36:27and Mary concert.
36:30Yeah.
36:31That's a good one.
36:32Did you have the thought
36:34when you were there
36:34watching them
36:35that one day
36:36I would like
36:36to be doing this?
36:37You know,
36:38I was already,
36:39I was already
36:40sort of fooling around
36:41with the guitar
36:42and with music
36:43and I'm sure
36:44it, it lit a fire.
36:46Yeah.
36:46Could have been
36:46Peter, Paul,
36:47Mary, and James.
36:48Yeah.
36:49Well,
36:50I'm so happy
36:51that you're here.
36:53I am going to,
36:54I am going to see you
36:55in the upcoming days
36:56in concert.
36:58I highly recommend
36:59that if you've never
37:00seen James Taylor
37:01and his all-star band,
37:02you go to
37:03jamestaylor.com
37:04right now.
37:04And we're going
37:05to take a break.
37:06When we come back,
37:07you're going to sing for us.
37:08I am.
37:08James Taylor,
37:09everybody.
37:10Thank you, James.
37:20Thanks to Jon Favreau,
37:22apologies to Matt Damon,
37:23ran out of time for him.
37:24Nightline is next,
37:25but first,
37:26he is on tour
37:27with his all-star band
37:28starting Sunday night
37:29here in L.A.
37:30This song is called
37:31That's Why I'm Here
37:33with help from the Cletos,
37:34the one,
37:35the only James Taylor.
37:47Oh, person to person
37:49and man to man
37:51I'm back in touch
37:54with my long-lost friend
37:56Listen to reason
37:58and understand
38:00Think of me
38:02from way back when
38:04He said me and Melissa
38:07well befell our love
38:10We ran out of luck
38:12Seemed like lightning struck
38:14I've been thinking of leaving
38:16But I can't raise a buck
38:19James, I'm wondering
38:20Could I borrow your truck?
38:22I said
38:22That's why I'm here
38:24That's why I'm here
38:27There's no more reason
38:32That's why I'm standing
38:34That's why I'm here
38:36That's why I'm here
38:43John's confounded
38:45He dies high
38:46He's brown bread
38:48He's said to have drowned
38:51in his bed
38:52After his laughter
38:54The wave of dread
38:56And it hits us
38:58like a tunnel headwind
39:00It seems learn not to burn
39:03Means to turn on a dime
39:05And walk on through walking
39:08Even if it's a uphill climb
39:11And try to remember
39:12It's not just a crime
39:14It's a criminal waste of your time
39:18That's why I'm here
39:21That's why I'm here
39:23There's no more message tonight
39:27Nobody stands
39:29That's why I'm here
39:32That's why I'm here
39:38This is an I owe you
39:43I reckon I owe you one now
39:48Listen, Wendy
39:49Oh, listen, glory
39:52This'll be better tomorrow
39:55Oh, fortune and fame
39:59Such a curious game
40:01Perfect strangers
40:03Like to call you by name
40:06And pay good money
40:08To see fire and rain
40:10Again and again and again
40:13Oh, summer like summer
40:17Coming back every year
40:19Got your baby
40:21Got your blanket
40:22Got your bucket of beer
40:24I'm breaking to a grin
40:27From ear to ear
40:29But suddenly it's perfectly clear
40:32You're why I'm here
40:35You're why I'm here
40:35That's why I'm here
40:37Singing tonight, tomorrow
40:40And every day
40:42You're why I'm standing
40:44That's why I'm here
40:46That's why I'm here
40:52Here comes the party
40:54About Kimmy and Kim
40:56He loved her
40:58She loved him
41:00Wake them up
41:02Shake them up
41:04Give her love a night
41:05Won't you tell me everything's alright
41:08Tell you everything's alright
41:11It's all right
41:14She's got the broken
41:16Talking like a natural man
41:19And I'm standing
41:20That's why I'm here
41:23That's why I'm here
41:25That's about life
41:33Oh, I love you
41:46Thank you, Kimmy
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