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Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 13 - Episode 41: Ike Barinholtz, Ashley Padilla
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00:30This is Late Night. We hope you're doing well.
00:31And now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news.
00:34President Trump announced in a post yesterday on Truth Social
00:38that the U.S. military launched strikes on an Iranian cargo ship
00:42that attempted to breach its naval blockade and added, quote,
00:45we have full custody of the ship and are seeing what's on board.
00:49And it's the first time he's ever been excited about having full custody.
00:56President Trump signed an executive order over the weekend
00:59to expedite medical research into psychedelic drugs
01:02that can be used to treat depression.
01:04When? Yelled Mets fans.
01:09During the signing ceremony over the weekend
01:11for an executive order that will loosen restrictions
01:13on psychedelic drugs, President Trump said, quote,
01:16can I have some, please?
01:17Man, can you imagine Trump on an ayahuasca retreat?
01:22You know, they're saying I'm the most silent person
01:26of anyone on this silent retreat.
01:29Nobody is greater at being alone with their thoughts
01:34than Donald Trump.
01:36While speaking at a Turning Point USA rally on Friday,
01:39President Trump said that he has, quote,
01:41never seen so many young people in my life.
01:44Oh, sure, but will he say the same thing under oath?
01:51President Trump threatened in a post yesterday
01:54on Truth Social to strike bridges and power plants in Iran
01:57if the country's leaders do not sign a deal
02:00and added, quote,
02:01No more Mr. Nice Guy.
02:03What? When were you Mr. Nice Guy?
02:05I think I've only ever seen you be nice to one person.
02:11During an executive order signing ceremony over the weekend,
02:14President Trump called Health and Human Services
02:16Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., quote,
02:18No, dude, your aunt in Portland
02:22is somewhat outside the box.
02:25RFK Jr. is like if Willy Wonka found Reddit.
02:31During a rally on Friday in Phoenix,
02:34President Trump said that he recently directed
02:36Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
02:37to release government files on UFOs
02:40and added, quote,
02:40The first releases will begin very soon.
02:43Wait, they haven't been already?
02:45You're telling me this is just a guy?
02:50Justice Department last week
02:52charged the organizer of the bar crawl SantaCon
02:55for allegedly stealing nearly $3 million
02:58that was collected for charity.
03:00Even worse, he organized SantaCon.
03:04A humanoid robot won a half marathon yesterday in Beijing
03:08with a time nearly seven minutes faster
03:10than the human world record.
03:11Best of all, it didn't have to catch its breath
03:14before it could start telling people it ran a marathon.
03:18Want to hear something cool?
03:23I hate to brag, but do you want to hear something cool I did?
03:28Are you wondering why I'm wearing a tinfoil cape?
03:35A new Grateful Dead app launched last week
03:38called Play Dead.
03:39It's the first ever app that can be installed on a landline.
03:46And finally, NPR announced last week
03:49it has received the largest donation from a living donor
03:52in the network's history, totaling $80 million.
03:55And you would not believe the tote bag she got.
04:00That was a monologue, everybody!
04:03We're back.
04:04We're so happy to be back.
04:06We're so excited for our guest tonight.
04:09He is a TV icon you know from groundbreaking shows
04:13like Happy Days and Barry.
04:15Currently, he's hosting Hazardous History
04:17over on the History Channel.
04:19Our very good friend Henry Winkler
04:21is back on the show.
04:24And they are the stars of Robert his chest,
04:27now playing at the Imperial Theater here in New York.
04:30Aaron DeVay, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher
04:33are also joining us.
04:34How about that?
04:38But before we get to all of our terrific guests,
04:41this is usually the part of the show
04:43where we would do our recurring segment,
04:45A Closer Look, about all the crazy things
04:47that are happening in the news.
04:48But we just got back from a three-week break,
04:50and it turns out nothing happened.
04:52So instead, we're debuting our news segment,
04:57Everything's Great.
04:59Nothing bad can happen.
05:01It can only good happen.
05:03That's right.
05:04It's been a quiet three weeks,
05:06and nothing really...
05:07What's that?
05:08Oh, Iran says it straight to the Hormuz is closed again?
05:12Okay.
05:13What?
05:13Iranian gunboats fired on a tanker?
05:15And sorry, the U.S. seized an Iranian cargo ship,
05:18and Iran is vowing to retaliate?
05:19Okay, well, that's just the Middle East.
05:21But what?
05:21Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi?
05:23He posted a meme of himself as Jesus,
05:26but then said he thought it was a meme of himself as a doctor?
05:29What?
05:30He said the Pope is weak on crime?
05:33A MAGA podcaster said Trump is under demonic influence.
05:37Pete Hegseth read a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction?
05:41Cash Patel thought he was fired
05:43because he got locked out of his computer,
05:45but then it turned out it was just an IT problem?
05:48What?
05:49A FEMA official claims he wants teleported to a Waffle House,
05:52and when Trump was asked about it,
05:53he said,
05:54I don't know anything about teleporting?
05:57What?
05:58J.D. Vance flew to Hungary to campaign for Viktor Orban,
06:00who got crushed,
06:01then Vance flew to Pakistan
06:02to negotiate a peace deal with Iran,
06:03then Iran told him to f*** off,
06:05then he spoke to an empty arena and got heckled?
06:08What?
06:09Lindsey Graham was seen at Disney World by himself?
06:13And then the animatronic Olaf died?
06:18RFK Jr. cut off a dead raccoon's penis
06:21on the side of the road?
06:23Then he ate Olaf.
06:26What?
06:27Kristi Noem's husband has giant fake balloon boobs?
06:31What?
06:32Trump signed an executive order
06:33backing the use of psychedelics?
06:35Wait, is that what's going on here?
06:37Are we all mushrooms?
06:41Is that why it teleported to a Waffle House last night
06:43and woke up looking like this?
06:48It turns out there's a lot going on.
06:50For more on this, it's time for a closer look.
06:56Well, we're now into week eight of the war with Iran,
06:59and we are still at the mercy of an oatmeal-brained
07:0279-year-old megalomaniac who, based on his blue hand,
07:06has a slow-moving case of Violet Beauregard disease.
07:12Is that how this ends?
07:14He doesn't get impeached?
07:15He just blows up like a giant balloon
07:16and gets rolled away by the Oombaloombas?
07:20No one seems to know what's going on
07:22or what's going to happen next.
07:23By the time this airs, the Strait of Hormuz could be open.
07:25It could be closed.
07:26At this point, the Strait of Hormuz has more confusing hours
07:28than one of those pop-up restaurants
07:30that sell weird new foods for influencers
07:32to take pictures of.
07:34And you're like, why are people lining up at 6 a.m.?
07:35And they're like, oh, that's the new Minnesconi place.
07:37Yeah, they hollow out a scone like a bread bowl
07:40and fill it with soup.
07:41And you're like, oh, maybe I'll stop by at lunch.
07:43And then they're like, it's not open at lunch.
07:46In any 24-hour period, anything is possible.
07:48We could have ground troops in Iran.
07:50We could have a peace deal.
07:51We could have U.S. Navy destroyers firing
07:53on Iranian gunboats.
07:54Or Trump could be best friends with the Ayatollah.
07:56They could be trading insults on social media.
07:59Or they could open a new neighborhood bar
08:01called Ayatollah Yassau.
08:04This is a reminder as to why the Constitution
08:06gives Congress and only Congress the power to declare war.
08:10It's supposed to be a sober, deliberative process.
08:12The administration is supposed to present
08:14a carefully considered strategic plan.
08:16And our representatives are supposed to discuss it
08:19and vote on it.
08:19The Constitution says Congress
08:21shall have the power to declare war.
08:23It doesn't say refresh the president's social media page
08:26every 30 seconds to see if he called the Ayatollah a bitch.
08:30That's how we went from this comment on Friday.
08:33Iran has just announced that the Strait of Hormuz
08:37is fully open and ready for business.
08:39To this comment on Sunday.
08:41Confusion around transit in the Strait of Hormuz.
08:44Iran said on Saturday,
08:46the critical waterway was closed again.
08:48So just to be clear, it's not safe right now
08:51to go through the Strait of Hormuz, correct?
08:52That is correct.
08:53So it's open and ready for business,
08:56but it's not safe to go through.
08:57It sounds like you're talking about Waffle House again.
09:01I mean, it's open for business,
09:03but I wouldn't risk it just for a waffle.
09:07So what's the deal?
09:08Is the Strait open or closed?
09:09Can someone from the administration please explain?
09:12Is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed right now, Ambassador?
09:18Well, you saw real confusion on the Iranians' part.
09:21Regardless, it's the U.S. Navy and President Trump
09:24as the commander-in-chief that decides
09:27what ultimately comes in and comes out.
09:30Trump decide what comes in and what comes out
09:32sounds like the White House doctor's description of his diet.
09:36I advise the president that if he ate more greens,
09:38he would spend less time on the toilet,
09:40but ultimately the president decides
09:42what comes in and what comes out.
09:45Also, I'm sorry, there's confusion on Iran's part.
09:47Then how do you explain this post
09:49from our president on Friday?
09:51President Trump said on Truth Social
09:53that Iran has agreed to never close
09:55the Strait of Hormuz again.
09:57They did?
09:57Are you sure you were talking to Iran
09:59or did someone from an unknown number
10:01message you on WhatsApp claiming to be from Iran?
10:04Hello from Iran, cutie.
10:06Are you having a good day?
10:07It would be a lot better
10:09if you'd open the Strait of Hormuz.
10:11If you send me your credit card number,
10:13I can make that happen, smiley face.
10:15I don't have a credit card, but here's Lindsey Graham's.
10:18Thank you, honey.
10:19The Strait is open now.
10:21Do you want to see my big old balloon boobs?
10:24So three days ago,
10:25Trump claimed not only that the Strait was open,
10:28but that it would never close again.
10:29Then on Sunday, he posted this.
10:31We're offering a very fair and reasonable deal,
10:34and I hope they take it,
10:35because if they don't,
10:37the United States is going to knock out
10:38every single power plant
10:40and every single bridge in Iran,
10:43no more Mr. Nice Guy.
10:45I'm sorry, was there a Mr. Nice Guy before?
10:48You might as well have said,
10:49no more Mr. Talented Dancer with normal hair.
10:54So when you said,
10:55a whole civilization will die tonight,
10:57that was you being nice guy?
10:59Because you sounded like Bane
11:01after he blows up a football field.
11:03A whole civilization will die tonight, Batman.
11:07Now, many have asked what I've been up to
11:09the past three weeks,
11:10and the answer is I have been working
11:11on my Bane impression.
11:12Much like Bane himself,
11:14I've been living in a hole in the desert.
11:15I forfeited all my material possessions
11:17and ate only gruel.
11:18I would wake up at 6 a.m. every day,
11:20and I would spend 18 hours talking like Bane,
11:22and that's why my Bane impression
11:24is so good right now.
11:26I only took one day off
11:28so I could go to Disney World with Lindsey Graham.
11:31It was such a bummer, though.
11:33We tried to go on the It's a Small World ride,
11:35but we couldn't because even their
11:37Strait of Hormuz is closed.
11:40Lindsey was so mad.
11:41He was like,
11:42you better tell them to open it up
11:43or we're going to rain hellfire down
11:46on those little animatronic
11:47And I was like,
11:50Lindsey, there are children around.
11:51He was like, I don't give a
11:54It's up to them.
11:55Do they want a world of laughter
11:57or a world of tears?
11:59I'm friends with Bane!
12:02Anyway, the point is,
12:03how did we get to no more Mr. Nice Guy
12:06after days of Trump saying stuff like this?
12:09We have a very good relationship
12:10with Iran right now.
12:11This will be
12:13a great and brilliant
12:16day for the world.
12:18We had some pretty good
12:20news 20 minutes ago,
12:21but it seems to be going very well
12:23in the Middle East with Iran.
12:25Sir, what was the good news
12:26that you had 20 minutes ago?
12:27Having to do with Iran.
12:28Can you tell us anything about
12:30what you...
12:30No, but you'll hear about it.
12:31What are you going to be talking about?
12:32I just think it's something
12:33that should happen.
12:34It's something that only
12:35makes sense to happen.
12:37And I think it will.
12:39We'll see what happens.
12:40Whoa, whoa, whoa!
12:40Stop with all the details!
12:43Why are you being so vague?
12:45You sound like you're giving us
12:46clues on the mask singer.
12:49It's someone you know,
12:50someone who's been in the news recently,
12:51someone who has an exciting new job.
12:53That's right.
12:54The cat witch is former
12:55Attorney General Pam Bondi.
12:58So we went from good news on Iran
13:00to no more Mr. Nice Guy.
13:02And in the span of two days,
13:03this is like the 37th time it's happened.
13:06In fact, Trump keeps calling up reporters
13:07and bull them about a deal
13:09that doesn't exist.
13:11I just got off the phone
13:11with President Donald Trump.
13:13We're traveling with him here
13:14in Las Vegas.
13:15So I called him
13:17and got right to the point
13:17asking if Iran agreed
13:20to stop enriching uranium,
13:21which is a major sticking point.
13:23He told me that
13:24they did agree to that.
13:26I said,
13:26did they stop enriching uranium?
13:29They agreed to that.
13:29And he said,
13:30they agreed to everything.
13:32Now, if you're thinking to yourself,
13:33oh my God, this is amazing.
13:35Iran agreed to everything.
13:36The war is over.
13:37Hello!
13:37Wake up!
13:38Wake up!
13:39You took too many mushrooms again.
13:41You teleported to Waffle House.
13:44Let's go back
13:45to the beginning of that clip
13:46because there was
13:46a very telling clue
13:48this was bull right at the top.
13:50I just got off the phone
13:51with President Donald Trump.
13:52We're traveling with him here
13:53in Las Vegas.
13:54He was in Vegas.
13:56You know what they say,
13:57what the president says happened
13:59when he's in Vegas
13:59didn't happen.
14:02In fact,
14:03not only have Trump and Iran
14:04not agreed to everything,
14:06they haven't even agreed
14:07on whether they're trying to agree.
14:09We're hearing about mixed signals
14:10who's negotiating in Pakistan.
14:12whether or not the Iranians
14:13are even going to go,
14:14whether or not the Pakistanis
14:16are going to host the talks,
14:17whether the talks
14:18are even happening.
14:19In fact,
14:20here's how much confusion there is.
14:21At 9 a.m. today,
14:22Trump told the New York Post
14:24that Vice President J.D. Vance
14:25special envoy Steve Witkoff
14:27and advisor Jared Kushner
14:28have left the U.S. for Islamabad.
14:31They're heading over there now,
14:32Trump said.
14:32And then two hours later
14:34at 11 a.m.,
14:35a White House correspondent
14:36for CNN tweeted
14:37Vance's motorcade
14:38just pulled up
14:39to the White House.
14:39So Trump thought Vance
14:41was on a plane to Pakistan
14:42and then Vance pulled up
14:44to the White House.
14:44Imagine how bummed you must be
14:47when you think J.D. Vance
14:49is 7,000 miles away
14:52and then you see him
14:53in your driveway.
14:54You're like,
14:58This whole thing's like
14:59a 50s sitcom
15:00where Trump tries to date
15:01two girls at once
15:02and gets confused.
15:03You're Betty?
15:03I thought you were at the drive-in.
15:05I'm Barbara,
15:05but I thought Barbara
15:06was at the sock-op.
15:07No, she's in Pakistan.
15:09Oh boy, Donald,
15:11you've done it again.
15:15This is what Trump does.
15:17It's what he's done
15:17his whole life.
15:18He's bull his way
15:19through everything,
15:20but now he's doing it
15:21with a war
15:22and it's not working
15:23and Americans are furious.
15:24And once again,
15:25they're realizing
15:25that the day
15:26these weirdos leave office
15:28will be...
15:28A great and brilliant
15:30day for the world.
15:32This has been
15:33A Closer Look.
15:38We'll be right back
15:39with Henry Winkler.
15:47For more of Seth's
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16:01Our first guest tonight
16:02is an Emmy-winning actor
16:04and TV icon
16:05you know from
16:05Happy Days,
16:06Arrested Development,
16:07and Buried.
16:08He hosts
16:08Hazardous History
16:09with Henry Winkler,
16:10which airs Sunday nights
16:11on the History Channel.
16:12Please welcome back
16:13to the show
16:13our very good friend
16:14Henry Winkler, everybody!
16:32Hello, Henry!
16:33Welcome back!
16:34Oh, I am so happy
16:35to be here.
16:36You have a lot going on.
16:37You have your show,
16:37which I'm going to talk
16:38to you about.
16:39Knock on wood,
16:39I have a lot going on.
16:41It's very exciting.
16:41It is really exciting.
16:43You're in a movie
16:43with Bob Orden.
16:44I am!
16:45I met him here.
16:47So this,
16:47I heard this
16:48and it didn't seem
16:48like it was true,
16:49but talk about this.
16:50I was getting out
16:50of the car
16:51that brought me here.
16:52Yeah.
16:53I was coming in.
16:54He was going out,
16:55getting into the car
16:56that was going to take him
16:57I don't know where.
16:58Right.
16:58And he stopped
16:59and said,
17:00I think you're great.
17:01And then we have
17:02had dinner since.
17:04And then he called me up
17:05and asked me
17:05to be in this movie
17:06Normal.
17:07That's fantastic!
17:08He invited me
17:08to Winnipeg.
17:10That's where you
17:11shot the film.
17:12Freezing cold.
17:12Yes.
17:13That's what I've heard.
17:14I will say,
17:15even I talked to Bob
17:16during the filming
17:17of the show
17:17in Winnipeg.
17:18He said,
17:19it is as cold
17:19as you think.
17:20Yes.
17:20He also had very nice
17:21things to submit.
17:22The people he said
17:23were lovely,
17:23the restaurants were great.
17:25They're very good restaurants.
17:26But do you,
17:26do you like the cold
17:27yourself, Andrew?
17:28I don't like being cold.
17:29My wife likes cold.
17:31Okay.
17:31We sleep
17:32with a lot
17:33of air conditioning
17:34and I sleep
17:35in fleece.
17:36Really?
17:37Yeah.
17:37Head to toe fleece?
17:38Head to toe.
17:39Wow.
17:40Yeah.
17:41Very romantic.
17:49It's cold.
17:50Yeah.
17:50There was a blizzard.
17:51There was a proper blizzard
17:52when you were there.
17:53And you know,
17:54it was a proper blizzard
17:56and then they added
17:57to the blizzard
17:58and then parts of me.
18:00What do you mean
18:00they added to the blizzard?
18:02They,
18:03well,
18:03there was snow
18:04and then there was snow.
18:05I see.
18:06Then there were...
18:06So by they,
18:07you mean nature.
18:08The nature
18:09and the incredible crew.
18:11Oh,
18:11I see.
18:12So you're sure...
18:13Enhanced...
18:13I see.
18:13Oh,
18:13that's not fair at all.
18:15Yeah.
18:15No.
18:15But it was so cold
18:16that a lot of me
18:18said,
18:18we're going home.
18:20Interesting.
18:20Yeah.
18:21Not my feet
18:22because they were in boots.
18:24Got it.
18:24But a lot of me...
18:25So physically you were there
18:26but like anybody acting
18:27with you would be like,
18:28Henry's not there.
18:29It was hard to concentrate.
18:30Yeah.
18:30Hard to concentrate.
18:31Wow.
18:31It's interesting you met Bob here
18:33and obviously I think,
18:34you know,
18:35you have a lot of fans
18:36from your time in this business
18:37and that led to work
18:39and is it true that,
18:40you know,
18:40you've worked with Adam Sandler
18:42a lot over the years
18:43and that sort of started
18:44from just a friendly connection.
18:46to thank him for making me
18:48for making me a sentence
18:49in the Hanukkah song.
18:50Yes.
18:51And then he invited me
18:52to his house
18:53where they played basketball
18:55every weekend.
18:56Yeah.
18:56And Brad Pitt was there.
18:58Yeah.
18:58These are famous games.
19:00I almost asked him
19:01for his autograph.
19:02Wow.
19:03But I didn't.
19:04Are you...
19:04When you get invited
19:05to a basketball game,
19:06are you a basketball player?
19:07I am not.
19:08Okay.
19:10But I was very good
19:12at the buffet table.
19:14Oh, interesting.
19:14And you felt like
19:15that was something
19:16they were missing
19:17until you showed up.
19:17Well, you know what?
19:17I don't know,
19:18but at least I made myself useful.
19:21You know,
19:21in our house,
19:22we are the house of abundance.
19:24Uh-huh.
19:25So at the buffet table,
19:26there is usually
19:27a lot left over.
19:28I've heard this
19:29about your house.
19:31I know friends of mine
19:32have like collaborated
19:33with your son
19:34and they've gone over
19:34and they've worked
19:35on scripts there.
19:36Yeah.
19:37And they said it,
19:37they're like,
19:38if you ever have a chance
19:39to collaborate with Max,
19:40do it,
19:40because like the food alone.
19:42The food alone.
19:43It's just incredible.
19:43My wife likes to make sure
19:45you're healthy.
19:46Yeah.
19:47And well-fed.
19:48God bless.
19:49It's fantastic.
19:49Yeah.
19:50Another collaboration
19:51I'm looking forward to.
19:52Larry David is doing a show
19:54about the history of this nation
19:56coming out in June.
19:57It's true, 250.
19:58250 years.
19:59A sketch show
20:00with Larry David.
20:01A sketch show.
20:01And I was really sad
20:03that I had never been tapped
20:05to do the Larry David show.
20:06The curb, yeah.
20:07I feel the same way.
20:08Never get asked.
20:09Yeah.
20:10A lot of people
20:11have done cameos
20:12in that show,
20:12but you and me
20:13outside looking in.
20:15And yet I still watched
20:17when it was on.
20:18That's very,
20:19you know what?
20:20I think it's very noble
20:21of both of us
20:22that we got past the slight
20:24and we enjoyed the show.
20:25Yeah.
20:25But then I got asked
20:27to be in this
20:29250th celebration
20:30and I get to play
20:32and I get to play
20:32one of the founding fathers
20:33in a scene with Larry.
20:35And what was it like
20:36to actually get to work
20:37with Larry?
20:38Okay.
20:41I came up,
20:42I ad-libbed a line.
20:44Yeah.
20:44I dared to ad-lib a line.
20:47And we did it
20:48the second time
20:48and I said to Larry,
20:50hey, can I say
20:51that one line again?
20:52And he said,
20:53no.
20:55And I knew immediately
20:57I shouldn't repeat it.
20:58Yeah.
20:59Yeah.
20:59He's built
21:00a wonderful infrastructure
21:01where he can just yell at you
21:03and you don't take it personally.
21:04You don't take it personally.
21:05You kind of know
21:06that's Larry.
21:07Yeah, that's Larry.
21:08This is very recent.
21:10I'm following you
21:11on social media
21:11and you did something
21:12the other day
21:12that really made me laugh,
21:13which is,
21:14so there's this famous
21:15Happy Days episode
21:17where you water ski
21:18and you jump over a shark.
21:21My parents
21:23were very,
21:23very short Germans.
21:25Uh-huh.
21:25And my father suggested,
21:27tell Gary Marshall
21:28you water ski.
21:30I said,
21:31you know what?
21:31I'm not going to tell him that.
21:32So after the hundredth time,
21:34I said,
21:35Gary,
21:35my father wants you
21:36to know I water ski.
21:37Yeah.
21:39And that was all it took.
21:40So it turns out,
21:42it turns out
21:42your father was right.
21:44Like,
21:44all you needed to do
21:45was throw it out
21:45in the universe.
21:46Which really pissed me off.
21:47Yeah.
21:49I like that you added
21:50that they were short Germans.
21:51But no, no, no,
21:52we're talking.
21:53So we could picture,
21:54like,
21:54when we picture that,
21:55we need to know
21:55it was a short person.
21:57You could look at
21:58any one of those three dolls.
22:01That's my father.
22:02That's your father.
22:03Okay, great.
22:04So,
22:05but this was a very famous,
22:06this was a cliffhanger.
22:07Yes.
22:08I guess over the course
22:09of the whole summer.
22:09Yes.
22:10And so somebody wrote,
22:12how many of my friends
22:13can say they waited
22:14for this cliffhanger?
22:15And it's a picture of Fonzie
22:16about to jump the shark.
22:17And then what made me laugh
22:18is you responded,
22:20me.
22:25And I just,
22:26I have to say,
22:27like, for that person,
22:28like, how their day
22:29must have been made.
22:30Well, you know what?
22:31I like the good parts
22:33of Twitter.
22:34Yeah.
22:34I still do.
22:35I call it Twitter.
22:36It's really nice, yeah.
22:37I mean,
22:37people forget
22:38it was a really nice way
22:39to interact and engage
22:41with people.
22:42And recently,
22:42all of those people
22:43throwing shade at me,
22:45I looked them up,
22:46you know?
22:46Yeah.
22:47And they have,
22:47like,
22:48four followers.
22:49Yeah.
22:49They're a bot.
22:50Yeah,
22:50they're a bot.
22:51They're a bot.
22:53We're not going to let
22:53the bots get to us.
22:55I've got to ask
22:56you more questions.
22:57More with Henry
22:57right after this.
23:10Dance marathons
23:12soon become
23:12a full-fledged frenzy
23:14and participants
23:15push their bodies
23:16to the limit.
23:18This is an endurance contest.
23:21It is physically
23:22very grueling.
23:23People will be dehydrated.
23:24The idea is to dance
23:26until you literally collapse.
23:28You have to dance
23:30for 45 minutes
23:31of every hour.
23:32When you take a break,
23:34in those 15 minutes,
23:36I guess you can pee.
23:37They eat.
23:38They wash their faces.
23:40They write letters.
23:41They even shave
23:42while dancing.
23:43Welcome back, everybody.
23:44We're here with
23:45Henry Winkler
23:45with Oliver Cliff
23:46and Hazardous History.
23:48Second season.
23:49Congratulations.
23:50So we did,
23:51and this is,
23:52this is,
23:52I have to say thank you
23:54because we did
23:56eight episodes.
23:57Yeah.
23:57and then we were
23:58picked up
23:58and we're now
23:59doing 30.
24:00Oh my God,
24:01that's fantastic
24:02in this day and age.
24:03Amazing.
24:04Obviously,
24:05that was a clip
24:06of dance marathons.
24:08These are about
24:08things in history
24:09that we might not
24:10know a lot about.
24:11Okay, so these are
24:13things that people
24:14thought up either
24:15to make money
24:16or because they
24:16thought they would
24:17enhance our life.
24:19Right.
24:19And why not have
24:21an alligator farm
24:22and invite children
24:24to ride them?
24:25Right.
24:25Why not do that?
24:27And then you had
24:28the, oh,
24:28the cabbage patch doll.
24:30Yeah.
24:31And the children
24:31would feed
24:32the cabbage patch doll
24:34and then would get
24:35too close
24:36because it never
24:37stopped eating
24:38and it took
24:39their fingers.
24:40Oh my God.
24:40So all of a sudden
24:41they were in,
24:42the hair,
24:43they would eat the hair.
24:45What about
24:45a flagpole sitting?
24:46I've heard the expression
24:47I did not know
24:48it was an actual thing.
24:49Shipwreck Kelly
24:50sat for the longest,
24:52I think,
24:53had two heart attacks
24:55up there
24:55but would not come down.
24:57And so,
24:58and the idea was
24:59he would sit on a flagpole
25:00and people would watch him
25:02because that was
25:02how bad TV was then?
25:04Some people would,
25:04they would tap dance
25:06on a very tall,
25:07very small square
25:08on the flagpole
25:10got it.
25:11Unbelievable.
25:12Skunks as pets.
25:13Oh yeah,
25:14and adorable,
25:14they went with your shoes
25:15black and white.
25:16Okay.
25:17You know,
25:17and then of course
25:18they gave you rabies.
25:20Oh yeah.
25:21Well they went
25:22with your shoes,
25:22it was worth the trade on.
25:24well I'll tell ya.
25:25Talk about the
25:26exploding dentures.
25:27Oh, okay.
25:28So dentures
25:29were either taken
25:31from cadavers
25:32were made from
25:33very tightly
25:34wound cellulose.
25:36Okay.
25:36So if you
25:38chopped your teeth
25:39together,
25:40like in the night
25:41you know,
25:41you grinded your teeth,
25:43they would set on fire.
25:45Really?
25:45Yes.
25:46Doesn't seem like
25:47it's worth it.
25:48No,
25:48it could be a pizza oven
25:49in there.
25:50Yeah.
25:50Yeah.
25:50Well I guess
25:51if you put a little dough in
25:52before you go to sleep.
25:54Yeah.
25:54And not choke.
25:55Grind your teeth
25:56then it's a little
25:57morning pizza.
25:58Yeah.
25:58We have some
26:00Broadway stars
26:00coming on next.
26:01Oh yes,
26:02from chess.
26:02From chess.
26:03And you had
26:05a Broadway debut
26:06as a young man,
26:07Henry Wigler.
26:08What was the,
26:08this is a photo
26:09of your show.
26:09This was before
26:11I went to Hollywood.
26:12Okay.
26:12I auditioned for a play
26:14that's Regina Bath.
26:15Okay.
26:16A wonderful young actress
26:17and it's called
26:1842 Seconds from Broadway.
26:20Gotcha.
26:20And what was it like
26:21when you got cast
26:22in 42 Seconds from Broadway?
26:23I was over the moon.
26:24I would imagine.
26:25I, I was fresh
26:27out of drama school.
26:28Yep.
26:28I had no idea
26:30that I would be
26:31on Broadway.
26:32We opened
26:33and closed
26:34the same night.
26:35No.
26:37My mother
26:38said to everybody,
26:39this is very funny.
26:41How does
26:41why didn't they like this?
26:43And sorry,
26:43real quick,
26:44how tall was she?
26:46Right, right, right.
26:47Yeah.
26:48So she liked it.
26:49Now, did you have
26:50any sense during previews
26:51that it was not
26:52going to be a good show?
26:53No, you never know.
26:53You never know.
26:53Oh my goodness,
26:54this is going to go.
26:55Did you,
26:56could you tell
26:56over the course
26:57of that night
26:58that it was going badly
26:59or?
26:59No.
27:00Okay.
27:00It was only when
27:01we were reviewed
27:02in the New York Times.
27:03Yeah.
27:03The New York Times
27:04doesn't like it.
27:05Yeah.
27:06You're gone.
27:06And you find that out
27:07like that night,
27:09correct?
27:09Oh, I was taking off
27:10my makeup.
27:10They were ripping
27:11out the sink.
27:16They couldn't get rid
27:17of me fast enough.
27:18I went,
27:19I went to the stage door.
27:21I said,
27:21could I get my hat?
27:22No.
27:23They wouldn't let you
27:24take your hat.
27:25Everybody said that to me.
27:26Larry David,
27:27the guy at the door.
27:28You've never left
27:29with your hat.
27:30I never left
27:30with my hat.
27:31Now, I would imagine,
27:32I mean, we're joking
27:33about it now,
27:33but as a young actor,
27:34that just must have been
27:35devastating.
27:36Yeah.
27:36Devastating.
27:37Because you think,
27:38oh, who is going
27:38to hire you
27:39when your Broadway
27:40play closes?
27:42Yeah.
27:42I was at the arena
27:43stage in Washington.
27:44Yeah.
27:45And three weeks
27:46into rehearsal,
27:46I was fired.
27:48I cried all the way
27:50back to New York.
27:51I thought,
27:51I will never
27:52be hired again.
27:53Unbelievable.
27:54Where are they?
27:59We're glad you're here.
28:00You guys,
28:01this is Henry Winkler.
28:02There's nobody like him.
28:04Hazardous history
28:05with Henry Winkler
28:06for Sunday night
28:07and I hope you're
28:07coming to be right back.
28:08We're there in the main
28:09on the show.
28:10I think it was
28:10coming to you.
28:30Our next guests
28:31are the stars of Chess,
28:33which is playing
28:33at the Imperial Theater
28:34on Broadway.
28:35Please welcome
28:36to the show
28:36Tony winner,
28:37Aaron DeVate,
28:38Emmy nominee,
28:39Leah Michelle,
28:39and Nicholas Christopher,
28:41everybody.
28:56Please join.
28:57I'm so happy
28:58to have all of you here.
29:00So this is Monday.
29:01This is an off day
29:03on Broadway.
29:03I'm so happy
29:04you're spending it
29:05with us.
29:05But what would you
29:06normally do on a Monday
29:07with the showdown?
29:10We run after
29:10our children.
29:11Yeah.
29:12Have a busier day
29:13than we do during...
29:14I know, right?
29:15I mean, so you all have
29:17children under five.
29:18Yes.
29:18So this is a crazy time.
29:21We have five kids
29:21under five
29:22between the three of us.
29:23And so when you guys
29:24are on stage
29:25and everybody's like,
29:26oh my God,
29:26Broadway looks so hard.
29:27It's so much easier
29:28than home, right?
29:29Yeah.
29:29Sometimes I say
29:30that I have to do
29:31a Broadway show
29:31to have quiet time.
29:32I'm in my dressing room
29:34and I'm like,
29:34it's very nice in here.
29:36Now, I have to ask,
29:37I mean, obviously
29:38you are all accomplished
29:39singers and performers.
29:40Like when you,
29:41like at bedtime,
29:42are you just like
29:43blowing it out
29:43for your kids
29:44or are you like
29:44just singing
29:45through the roof?
29:46My little girls
29:47block their ears
29:48anytime I sing.
29:48Really?
29:49They do not want
29:50to hear from daddy.
29:51Do you,
29:51is it just because
29:52you're daddy
29:52or do they like
29:53hate music in general?
29:54I,
29:56no, they love music.
29:57Yeah.
29:58So it's you.
29:58Yeah, it's me.
30:00No, I'm giving you nothing.
30:02I'm giving nothing.
30:03You don't give anything
30:03to your kids.
30:04No, no, no, no.
30:04You're basically like
30:05you got to buy a ticket.
30:06That's your money.
30:07But they don't want more.
30:08If I,
30:08if I tried like
30:10to give like
30:10a real performance
30:11my son would be like,
30:12what are you doing?
30:12I don't know.
30:13I give,
30:13I give a pretty good bell.
30:15So, you know,
30:16I try to give,
30:16I try to give
30:17Disney Princess.
30:18Oh, that's interesting.
30:19So you'll pander.
30:20Exactly.
30:20Like you will pander.
30:21I play,
30:21I play right to the audience.
30:22I,
30:23I just think kids in general
30:24like just don't like
30:25the idea of like
30:25seeing their parents
30:26as performers.
30:28I've told this story
30:29but I was in a taxi TV once
30:30and there was a clip of me
30:31and my son just reached over
30:32and turned it off.
30:34I think he's like,
30:35I think he's just like,
30:36this is inauthentic.
30:37I do not care for this.
30:40Leah,
30:40I want to congratulate you.
30:42So this is a real
30:42rite of passage.
30:43You got your,
30:44a caricature at Sardis.
30:46Yes, I did.
30:46It's like,
30:47it's a Broadway,
30:47it's a real Broadway tradition.
30:49It's a real,
30:49do you,
30:49and what was the first,
30:50how old were you
30:51the first time
30:51you were in Sardis
30:52and saw these?
30:53I have been going to Sardis
30:54for 31 years.
30:55I made my Broadway debut
30:57when I'm eight,
30:57when I was eight years old.
30:58So I've been going
30:59for so many years.
31:00It was such an honor.
31:01Erin's photo is right there.
31:02They cut it out right there.
31:03Oh my God.
31:04But it was amazing.
31:05And fun fact,
31:05my daughter threw up
31:06all over me
31:07right before we went there.
31:08That's so nice.
31:09You don't think about this.
31:10She did not,
31:11and that's the other thing too.
31:12Like when you're like,
31:13this is a big deal for mommy.
31:14They're like,
31:14this doesn't,
31:15is not a big deal for us.
31:16No, not at all.
31:17And then I went
31:17and did a show that night.
31:18So it was great.
31:19I feel like characters in general,
31:21like they could go
31:22one way or the other.
31:23Are you happy with yours?
31:26I miss it, you know?
31:27It's a little me.
31:28It's a little Adina.
31:29It's a little both.
31:31But she, she, we,
31:31she did play my mother.
31:33Yep, there you go.
31:34And so we are, you know,
31:35related in some way.
31:37But, you know, it's great.
31:38Do you like yours?
31:40I do, I do like mine.
31:41Oh my God.
31:42You guys are such good actors.
31:45But in this moment,
31:46you're really not.
31:47I, I, I, I do.
31:49Yeah, what about you?
31:50What did you tell us?
31:51Mine, oh.
31:52About mine?
31:52No, about this.
31:53The one that doesn't exist?
31:54No, about this one.
31:55Do you think this
31:56is a good representation?
31:57About that one?
31:58I think it is a spitting image
32:00of Lea Michele when I see it.
32:04Did you, uh,
32:05you guys recorded the cast album.
32:06So how, how long into the run
32:08do you actually, like, do that?
32:09We did it, uh, in January.
32:11So I guess we opened,
32:12it's like two months in.
32:13Okay, gotcha.
32:14And is that like a good time
32:15to sort of, uh, you know,
32:17obviously these are challenging songs.
32:18Like, is it good to wait
32:19sort of two months into the run
32:21to do the, the recording?
32:23There's really no good time.
32:25You know, I mean,
32:25we're doing eight shows a week.
32:27Right.
32:27We are singing the hardest,
32:29it's an incredibly hard score
32:31that we have to do every night.
32:32And so we were in the recording studio
32:34during the day,
32:35singing the songs over and over again
32:37and then going to the theater that night.
32:38But I think it did come at a good time
32:40right before, you know,
32:42yeah, still feeling kind of good
32:43after opening, I guess.
32:45And you're happy, obviously,
32:46with the way it turned out.
32:47Like, as it came out so well,
32:49you know, the album really rocks.
32:50And I think most importantly,
32:51it's a real representation of our show.
32:54Sometimes you hear, you know,
32:55cast albums and they're like,
32:56oh, that's a version of it.
32:57But this really sounds like our show.
32:59So we're, we're super proud of it.
33:01Is it, was it, I mean,
33:02obviously, you know,
33:03I, I know from like,
33:04you know, the company documentary
33:05about like the, you know,
33:07the stress of doing this recording,
33:09like, was it as stressful as that?
33:11Like knowing that this is the version
33:12that will be sort of saved forever.
33:14I had so much fun.
33:16Yeah, it was fun.
33:16I had so much fun.
33:17That's good to hear.
33:18And it was interesting.
33:19We did this recording in a studio
33:20where it's like in a circle.
33:22So a lot of the numbers,
33:23we don't really get to like see everyone,
33:25but we were in this big circle,
33:26just kind of like singing to each other.
33:28And I thought it was thrilling.
33:30I'm, I'm in love with the music in our show.
33:33It's so much fun.
33:34It's so much fun to sing.
33:35It's so much fun to listen
33:36to everyone else perform
33:37throughout the night.
33:38So recording, it was great.
33:39I love how it sounds.
33:41And that's fantastic.
33:42I think we had less chain smoking
33:43in the studio.
33:44I think in general,
33:45there's just less chain.
33:46So, all right.
33:47So obviously,
33:48this is a show about chess.
33:50You guys play chess players.
33:52And I'm very happy to hear
33:53that you actually took this seriously
33:54and you started playing
33:56some chess in real life.
33:58Yes.
33:58You just playing online?
34:00Yeah, lotsofchess.com.
34:01Okay, gotcha.
34:02Oh, yeah.
34:02And was this something that you did
34:03when you got this part,
34:05you're like,
34:05I'm going to play chess.com
34:06and that's going to bring a lot
34:08to my character
34:08that existed before
34:10there was the internet.
34:10I played when I was
34:11a really little kid.
34:12My grandmother actually taught me
34:13how to play chess,
34:14but I hadn't played for many years.
34:15And so I joined chess.com
34:17and I have some friends
34:17that are very, very good chess players.
34:19So they like to make fun of me
34:20and destroy me on there.
34:22But now it's been great
34:23because it's, you know,
34:24you're doing,
34:25you're in the theater
34:26for a couple hours.
34:26You have scenes off.
34:27You do everything
34:28not to scroll on your phone, right?
34:29So chess.com has kept me
34:31from scrolling on my phone.
34:32Oh, that's fantastic.
34:34And are you getting better?
34:35Slowly but surely.
34:36Okay, that's great.
34:37It's a real two steps forward,
34:39two steps back process.
34:40I feel like very few people
34:41who want to improve at chess
34:43actually do the musical.
34:45Yeah.
34:46You know what I mean?
34:47Like, it's a very interesting way.
34:49It's a way to do it.
34:49Yeah, yeah.
34:50But Nick, you're playing,
34:52you're the Russian in the show.
34:53I'm the Russian.
34:54And you, like,
34:55unlike your cohort here
34:57who just, like, went online,
34:58you actually went to Brighton Beach.
35:00Yes.
35:00So you actually went
35:01into a Russian community
35:02for the purposes of, like,
35:03was it, like,
35:04to help with the accent?
35:05It was to help with everything.
35:06I knew nothing about chess
35:07and I knew nothing about Russia.
35:08Okay, great.
35:09So I figured
35:10I could get both of them
35:11if I go to Brighton Beach
35:12and sit on the boardwalk
35:13and play chess
35:14with these amazing chess players
35:16and then I would open up
35:18and I'd be like,
35:18you know, I'm doing a musical
35:20and I'm playing a Russian
35:22and they're all looking at me like,
35:24what the?
35:26And I was like,
35:27well, you know,
35:29Pushkin,
35:29who's the godfather
35:30of Russian literature,
35:32was actually half black.
35:33So I was like,
35:34hmm, just like Pushkin.
35:35And they would go,
35:36okay.
35:37Wow.
35:37Oh, so you won them over.
35:39Yeah, I did win them over.
35:40Is there any,
35:40is there any imbibing
35:42of, like,
35:43sort of adult beverages
35:45during chess on Brighton Beach?
35:47That's the only way to do it.
35:48Really?
35:48Yeah, you get your little
35:50cranberry compote juice
35:52and then you get
35:53a shot of vodka.
35:55And then as the game goes on,
35:56I was getting much, much better.
35:58It was like three steps forward,
36:00three steps,
36:01and you fall over.
36:01That's fantastic.
36:02Well, it's an incredible commitment
36:04to the job
36:04to actually go and travel.
36:07How did you,
36:07was this,
36:08had you guys known each other
36:09at all before this?
36:11I'd known Aaron
36:11throughout the years
36:12here and there.
36:13We'd never met,
36:14we met outside of an elevator
36:16once a couple of years ago.
36:17But no,
36:18we all just kind of
36:18came together really
36:19to do this show.
36:20That's fantastic.
36:20It must be such an incredible
36:22thing to go through together
36:24as performers
36:24with a show like this.
36:25I can only imagine
36:27how connected you feel now.
36:29I want to ask,
36:30Nick,
36:31explain what's going on here
36:33with this photo.
36:34So?
36:36I know,
36:36what happened?
36:39I was born in Bermuda
36:40and my father
36:41is the town crier
36:42of Hamilton in Bermuda
36:43and my mother
36:44made his first uniform
36:45and out of the scraps
36:47of his uniform
36:48because I wanted to be
36:49just like my dad
36:50when I was little,
36:50she made that,
36:51that,
36:51that uniform.
36:52so a town crier
36:53seems like
36:54an olden days job.
36:55Yeah.
36:55But this is a job
36:56your father has
36:57to this day.
36:58Yes.
36:59Okay.
36:59And he is not
37:01performing in Hamilton,
37:02the musical.
37:03Yeah.
37:04He's performing at Hamilton,
37:05the city in Bermuda.
37:06Got it.
37:06And now it's
37:07an official position
37:08and so like
37:10when Queen Elizabeth
37:11came to the island
37:11back in the 90s,
37:12he was the one
37:13to show her around.
37:14Wow.
37:16King Charles
37:16is coming to Bermuda
37:18at the end of the month
37:19and he's sort of
37:20like an ambassador
37:20for our country.
37:22That's really fantastic.
37:24And does he actually
37:25like when a queen
37:27or a king comes,
37:28does he ring the bell
37:28and turn him in?
37:29Oh, yeah.
37:29Yeah.
37:30And even if he's just
37:31passing by you
37:32on the street,
37:33he rings the bell.
37:35Has he seen chess
37:36as your dad comes?
37:37Oh, yes, yes.
37:38And does a town crier
37:39sort of announce
37:40over the course of the show
37:41how it's going?
37:42Well, he should.
37:44Well, he should.
37:45My dad is like 6'6
37:47and a very loud personality
37:49so he doesn't even need
37:50his bell half the time
37:51to announce his presence.
37:52How do you guys feel
37:55about knowing
37:55when friends or family
37:57are in the house?
37:58Are you somebody
37:59who wants to know
38:00any time that you love knowing?
38:01It was actually really funny
38:02when Nick's mom
38:03came the other day
38:04and we were walking off stage
38:05after one of the scenes
38:06that we did
38:07and he said,
38:07my mom's just waving at me
38:09from the orchestra.
38:11I was like,
38:12I said,
38:12you mean during the show?
38:14During our scene?
38:14And he goes,
38:15yeah, she just keeps
38:16waving her arm up at me
38:17from the audience.
38:19And he has very,
38:20very tall parents
38:21and I have very short parents
38:22so I can never see them out there
38:23but I thought that was very sweet.
38:24She wanted you to know
38:25she was there so bad.
38:27That's fantastic.
38:28What about you?
38:29Do you like to know?
38:29I want to know
38:30when everybody's there.
38:31I want to know all the things.
38:32Some people don't want to know
38:32but I want to know always.
38:34Are you,
38:35how well can you see
38:37like faces and reactions?
38:38I see everybody.
38:40Gotcha.
38:41I see everybody.
38:42I love,
38:43I see everyone.
38:44I like to make eye contact
38:45and I'll be like,
38:46oh, this person was wearing this shirt.
38:47It had this on it
38:49and I'm like very,
38:50yeah, I really like that.
38:51I somehow see no one.
38:52You always tell us
38:53who's in the audience.
38:53Gotcha.
38:54Yeah.
38:54Are you more prone to like,
38:56if you feel like somebody
38:57who's like super enjoying the show,
38:58do you lock in on them
38:59or if you see someone,
39:00okay, gotcha.
39:01If they look like they're not,
39:02they're like,
39:03they don't really know where,
39:05I'm like,
39:05I'm going to win you over
39:07right now.
39:08We are going to connect.
39:09I love it.
39:10That's a true performer spirit.
39:12That's fantastic.
39:13You guys,
39:14congratulations on the show
39:15and the cast,
39:16Elm.
39:16It is so lovely to have you all here.
39:18Thank you so much.
39:19You guys,
39:19Aaron DeVay,
39:20Nicholas Christopher,
39:21Liam DeSell,
39:22Chas is playing,
39:22he's here.
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