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Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 13 - Episode 18: Ethan Hawke, Chloe Fineman, Zadie Smith
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00:05From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, it's Late Night with Seth Meyers.
00:12Tonight, Liam Neeson, star of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, actress Haley Lou Richardson.
00:18From Bigfoot, a new musical, writer and comedian Amber Ruffin.
00:25And now, Seth Meyers.
00:28Good evening, everybody. I'm Seth Meyers. This is Late Night.
00:30We hope you're doing well.
00:31And now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news.
00:33After speaking yesterday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
00:38President Trump said that Modi is one of his, quote,
00:41greatest friends, said Modi.
00:43Thank you. That's the saddest thing I've ever heard.
00:49We've talked, like, three times.
00:52In a new interview, President Trump claimed that Republicans should, quote,
00:55nationalize the voting because Trump believes there was no way this wasn't fraud.
01:02President Trump said over the weekend that the biggest problem in the U.S.
01:05is that Democratic politicians are, quote,
01:07soft on crime as opposed to Trump, who couldn't be more into it.
01:13According to a new analysis from the New York Times,
01:15the new batch of Epstein files released by the Justice Department on Friday
01:19contain more than 5,300 references to President Trump.
01:22Of course, that doesn't prove anything.
01:24I've mentioned him way more than 5,300 times.
01:27But he's never been here.
01:32President Trump said in a new interview that he would be willing to help the United Nations
01:36amid its budget crisis.
01:38Dude, you couldn't even figure out the escalator at the United Nations.
01:42What are you going to do if accounting is on the second floor?
01:47According to the latest number, First Lady Melania Trump's documentary
01:50Melania made more than $7 million this weekend at the box office,
01:54mostly from disappointed little girls who thought they were seeing Moana.
02:07In honor of Valentine's Day, more than 200 Waffle House locations
02:10are set to reopen as a reservation-only restaurant
02:13with candles and white tablecloths.
02:16Great if you're looking to get into a huge fight
02:18with someone besides the staff.
02:22And finally, the Staten Island Zoo yesterday
02:24held its annual Groundhog Day celebration.
02:26And as usual, the groundhog didn't see nothing.
02:31That was a monologue, everybody.
02:33Good to get a show of you tonight.
02:36He's a fantastic actor.
02:38You know from movies like Schindler's List,
02:40Star Wars, The Phantom Menace, and The Naked Gun.
02:43He's starring in Cold Storage, which is in theaters February 13th.
02:46Liam Neeson is back on the show.
02:48And it's always a thrill to have him.
02:50You've seen her and the hit HBO series The White Lotus
02:54in films such as The Edge of Seventeen and Split.
02:57You can see her now in Ponies, which is streaming on Peacock.
03:00And up next, she stars in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die,
03:03which is in theaters Friday, February 13th.
03:06Hayley Lou Richardson will also be joining us.
03:08I'm so excited to have her on the show.
03:11She is a multi-talented comedian, writer, and actor
03:13you know from The Amber Ruffin Show.
03:15Have I got news for you.
03:16And, of course, this show, her musical Bigfoot
03:18begins playing February 11th at New York City Center.
03:20My friend Amber Ruffin is back on the show.
03:25Matt Faxson is on family trips with the Myers Brothers this week.
03:29Give it a listen.
03:30You guys, it's February.
03:31The whole country is in a deep freeze.
03:33People are going stir-crazy in their homes,
03:35and that includes my writers.
03:38You know, they read hundreds of jokes every day
03:40just to get the 10 or 12 we use in the monologue.
03:42And, honestly, a lot of those jokes are not good.
03:48Sometimes I think they throw in a few stinkers on purpose
03:51just to fill the page and meet the assignment.
03:53But just because New York City is coated in ice,
03:56that doesn't mean we can tolerate laziness,
03:58which means it's time for another surprise inspection.
04:08Here's how the inspection works.
04:09I'm going to read some real jokes
04:11that were really submitted by my writers.
04:13Some are dumb.
04:14Some are offensive.
04:16Some are insane.
04:17Some are very confusing.
04:19Most importantly, my writers don't know we're doing this.
04:23And because they don't watch the show,
04:25they will never know.
04:28Let's get started.
04:29The New York Times published an article yesterday
04:31about the growing market for rare species of crustaceans
04:35known as isopods.
04:36And many of the buyers reportedly purchased one
04:39through a shell company.
04:49That was written by Matt.
04:52And I will, I will be showing pictures of every writer.
04:57Not that it will help,
04:59but I feel better when I shame them.
05:03I read that today on a piece of paper.
05:06Shell Company, I read.
05:09And then I said,
05:10are we accepting submissions from fourth graders?
05:15And they said, no, that's from Matt.
05:18The New York Jets have reportedly chosen
05:20five offensive coordinator candidates
05:22and two polite ones.
05:30That's from Brian.
05:33Don't, don't you start,
05:34the more you applaud, the more they do it.
05:39President Trump said on Monday
05:41that the situation with Iran is, quote,
05:43in flux.
05:44Yeah, because you keep fluxing it up.
05:49Yeah, it was not bad.
05:50That was not bad.
05:51Brian wrote that one as well,
05:52so that's like, Brian's one and one.
05:57Rapper Nicki Minaj visited the White House yesterday
06:00and popped into an Oval Office meeting,
06:02making Trump only the second president
06:04to host a Minaj in the Oval Office.
06:16You know what?
06:17You're a pleasant reaction to that.
06:21This is now an inspection of you.
06:26You're not doing great.
06:31Minaj in the Oval Office.
06:33I mean, we were,
06:34my head writer Alex Baze and I sat there,
06:36we almost had an aneurysm reading that joke.
06:39And it turns out we're wrong.
06:40You guys lost your minds.
06:43Research, oh, we should say,
06:45we should give credit.
06:46That was, uh, that was Matt.
06:51This is, this is a disaster.
06:54Matt's up next.
06:55I'm pretty sure Matt's up next.
06:56Is Matt up next, Wally?
06:57Yeah, okay.
06:58I'm, I'm really hopeful he loses all the goodwill
07:01he's built up with you.
07:02Researchers in Australia recently published a study
07:06that shows women find men with large penises
07:09to be more attractive.
07:10Makes sense.
07:11No Barbie wants a shrimp.
07:17Yes, yes.
07:19You guys are backing my good graces.
07:22I was really worried.
07:23If you guys went nuts for No Barbie Wants a Shrimp,
07:26I was out of here.
07:30You know, because famously,
07:32Australian people say they want to throw a shrimp on the Barbie.
07:35So it makes sense then if you were a professional comedy writer
07:38who got real money for your job.
07:42You would use the penises set up
07:44to say No Barbie Wants a Shrimp.
07:50A Florida boat captain was arrested this week
07:52with 51 pounds of cocaine that he allegedly found at sea
07:55and was selling, said the captain,
07:57Yarr, I must have sold me blow to a narc!
08:04Now, very strange, because it just said
08:06the captain of a ship never said pirate.
08:10That was enough for Brian to write off.
08:16Oh, the roster for the U.S. team
08:19at the Milan Cortina Olympics was announced this week
08:21and includes 54-year-old curler Rick Ruhonan.
08:26You know what? I'm sorry.
08:28This punchline is so bad.
08:29Can we play a rim shot after it, Alex?
08:34The roster for the U.S. team
08:35at the Milan Cortina Olympics was announced this week
08:38and includes 54-year-old curler Rick Ruhonan.
08:41At his age, the curling stones
08:43aren't the only ones he'll be passing.
08:52I feel like I should have asked for a gunshot.
09:02Oh, you're like, oh, we like him!
09:06Oh! Oh, I hated it!
09:08But then it was the Minaj guy!
09:11So I must be wrong!
09:16The outdoor clothing brand Patoni...
09:24We're not judging me!
09:28The outdoor clothing brand Patagonia
09:31filed a lawsuit last week
09:32against a drag performer named Patagonia.
09:36Uh-oh, this could spell trouble
09:38for my drag persona, L.L. Peen.
09:45Ladies' love.
09:54According to a new study,
09:56masturbating before a workout,
09:57hopefully everybody's heart's dropped
10:00knowing who's been writing the jokes
10:02and knowing this is the set-up.
10:03Hopefully, you're all pre-miserable.
10:07According to a new study,
10:08masturbating before a workout could boost strength.
10:11But now we're really going to insist
10:13you wipe down the equipment.
10:20And this is a first appearance
10:22of the worst person I know.
10:25That's Mike Scollins, everybody.
10:27He once wore a tank top to work,
10:28and we like to shame him both
10:30for the jokes he writes
10:31and for that fashion choice
10:33that he made seven years ago.
10:37After New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani
10:40said at a press conference
10:41that the series was available to read
10:43during the snowstorm,
10:44the New York Public Library reported
10:46that downloads of the book
10:47Heated Rivalry increased by more than 500%.
10:50And the best part is
10:51you only need one hand to download it.
11:01So the logic of that joke
11:03is it's so horny,
11:04you start jerking it
11:05like while you're downloading it?
11:22I don't even know
11:23who you guys are anymore.
11:27We're going to end with the Scollins
11:28as we always do.
11:29It's awful.
11:31By the way, also,
11:32he turns in a bunch that we can't use.
11:35They're too rough for this.
11:38I think two of them
11:39had Casey Anthony in the punchline.
11:46Topical.
11:49And finally,
11:50Duncan yesterday...
11:52Finally, Duncan yesterday
11:53unveiled its new protein milk.
11:56Said an employee,
11:57Oh my God, he's drinking it!
11:58He's drinking it!
12:08That's one to think about
12:09on your way home
12:10and then get sick
12:12in the privacy
12:13of your own bathroom.
12:15Hey, that's been
12:16Surprise Inspection, everybody!
12:24We'll be right back
12:25with Liam Neeson.
12:26You know, if he stayed,
12:28you know.
12:43Our first guest tonight
12:44is a Tony and Academy Award
12:46nominated actor.
12:47You know, from movies
12:47like Schindler's List,
12:48Star Wars,
12:49The Phantom Menace,
12:50The Naked Gun,
12:50and the Taken franchise,
12:52he stars in Cold Storage,
12:54which is in theaters
12:54February 13th.
12:55Let's take a look.
12:56What are those?
12:58Level 4 hazmat suits,
13:00positive pressurization,
13:02self-contained breathing,
13:03fully camera-resistant,
13:04and a two-way radio.
13:06Put them on.
13:08You have to go back
13:09downstairs to place
13:11this device.
13:13It has a selectable yield.
13:16One, three, five,
13:17ten, or eighty kilotons.
13:20We'll go with three.
13:21Eh.
13:22Maybe five.
13:23What the hell.
13:23Please welcome back
13:24to the show
13:25our very good friend
13:25Liam Neeson.
13:42Welcome back, Liam!
13:44Seth, I feel I was here
13:46two weeks ago.
13:47I know.
13:47We'll have you every two weeks
13:48if you'd like.
13:49You know what I love?
13:50I love a movie with a device.
13:52Those jokes were good,
13:53by the way.
13:53They're good, right?
13:54The monologue.
13:54Yeah, oh, thank you.
13:55My monologue?
13:56Oh, you are defending my writers
13:57for those jokes?
13:58Yes.
13:59Yeah.
14:01It's the way you deliver them.
14:02Oh, well, thank you.
14:03You just won me back, friend.
14:07Hey, speaking of jokes
14:08that were good,
14:09congratulations on
14:09A Naked Gun.
14:10We talked about it
14:11last time you were here.
14:12It was opening.
14:13Won a Critics' Choice Award.
14:17I mean, comedies,
14:17it's very hard.
14:18Comedies are hard
14:19to get people
14:20to come to the box office,
14:21but $100 million
14:21to the box office.
14:22Congratulations.
14:23But I'm a funny guy, so.
14:27Everybody says it
14:28all the time.
14:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:30This is a horror,
14:34sci-fi comedy as well,
14:35this new movie.
14:36Oh, this is very exciting.
14:37You like to come
14:38and tell us
14:39what the movie's about.
14:40Because I don't want
14:40to sit and go,
14:41well, it's about
14:43these two.
14:44Yeah, so you just
14:45like to just read.
14:46Yeah, can I?
14:47Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:48We love it.
14:50Shut up.
14:54When a highly contagious
14:56mutating fungus
14:58escapes a sealed facility,
15:03two young employees
15:04joined by a grizzled
15:08bioterror operator
15:12must survive
15:13the wildest night shift
15:15ever to save humanity
15:18from extinction.
15:20Wow.
15:20Great.
15:21You know what?
15:24I bet the people
15:26who write those synopses
15:27are just so happy
15:28that you just come out
15:29and read it.
15:30Because I'm sure
15:30they watch actors
15:31describe the movie
15:32all the time,
15:33and they're like,
15:33just say the thing we wrote.
15:34Yes, I know.
15:35It's a real,
15:36it's really nice
15:36that you do that for them.
15:38Oh, good.
15:38You're also,
15:39you're in this film
15:40with Joe Keery
15:40from Stranger Things.
15:41Great.
15:42Joe Keery, yeah.
15:44Joe Keery is the new
15:45Cary Grant.
15:47Oh, that's very high praise.
15:49Very high praise.
15:49He can do serious,
15:51he can do comedy.
15:52Georgina Campbell
15:53is his co-star.
15:54She's fantastic as well.
15:56And you,
15:57are you a fan
15:58of Stranger Things?
16:03Uh, I've seen little bits
16:04of it, Seth.
16:05Like, how do you see
16:06little bits?
16:07I, I haven't...
16:08Because you have to,
16:09like, go to Netflix
16:10and watch it,
16:10so, like, how do you see
16:11a little bit of it?
16:17Yeah.
16:18So, like, less,
16:18less than little bits?
16:20Yes.
16:24I, it...
16:25I have to see it.
16:26Yeah.
16:26I will see it.
16:28You know what?
16:29On behalf of those kids,
16:30that means the world to them.
16:33Cold Storage has a great tagline.
16:34If it spreads, you're dead.
16:38I, I have a fun game,
16:40which I like to sometimes quiz you
16:42on your body of work.
16:43Right.
16:43I would like to read
16:44some other taglines
16:46of films of yours
16:47and see if you can...
16:49We're going to start.
16:50All right, ready?
16:51We'll start with a hard one.
16:52So I have to guess?
16:53You have to say the movie.
16:54Oh, okay.
16:54No mortal could possess it.
16:56No kingdom could command it.
16:59Kinsey.
17:01No.
17:04The nut job.
17:05No.
17:07No mortal could possess it.
17:09So think of something
17:10that's, like, hard to possess.
17:11Star Wars?
17:12No.
17:15Think of a...
17:16Oh.
17:17Excalibur.
17:17Excalibur is correct.
17:19Right.
17:21All right, you're...
17:22I thought you'd be better at this,
17:24so I'm going to get you
17:25back on the board early.
17:26Okay.
17:27It's all about love,
17:28dot, dot, dot, actually.
17:32Kinsey.
17:33Yeah, Kinsey.
17:34Love actually, right?
17:35Love actually, yeah.
17:36All right, here's...
17:37All right.
17:39Sometimes, sometimes silence
17:41is the deadliest sound.
17:43Star Wars.
17:46No, seriously, I don't know.
17:49Sometimes...
17:49All right.
17:50It's all right.
17:51I'm going to give you a clue.
17:52The title of the movie
17:53is in the tagline.
17:56Sometimes silence
17:57is the deadliest sound.
17:59Silence?
17:59Yeah.
18:03Let's talk about sex.
18:06Star Wars.
18:13That's what I thought.
18:14Hey, I want to actually...
18:16So, I genuinely want to ask
18:17about this movie,
18:18which, Darkman...
18:19Yes.
18:19...which was kind of known
18:20as maybe the first
18:21sort of superhero movie
18:22that began the craze of it
18:24in 1990.
18:251990, yeah.
18:28Sam Raimi.
18:28The great director of Sam Raimi.
18:30I remember that summer,
18:31Who is Darkman?
18:33Like, posters everywhere.
18:34Like, none of us knew what it was.
18:35Like, do you remember, like,
18:36when this was sort of
18:37your first big lead role?
18:39In America, yes, it was.
18:41Yeah.
18:42And there was...
18:44Sorry.
18:45Oh, yeah.
18:46I've got...
18:47There was five hours
18:48of makeup underneath it.
18:50Yeah, you had a craze.
18:50Your face was wrapped.
18:51You burned your face
18:53and then you used the technology.
18:54Your face would change
18:55into other people's faces.
18:56Yes.
18:57But then it dissolves
18:58after six minutes.
19:00It was, again,
19:01like a lot of Sam Raimi movies.
19:03It was very fun as well.
19:04It was funny.
19:05I hope.
19:05Was it really five hours
19:07of makeup?
19:08Five, and then they got it
19:08down to, like, three,
19:10three and a half.
19:10Still, that's a long time
19:11to sit.
19:11Oh, my gosh.
19:12Yeah.
19:13But still.
19:14They destroyed everything
19:15he had, everything he was.
19:17Now crime has a new enemy
19:18and justice has a new face.
19:20Star Wars.
19:26In 2009,
19:27you received an honorary doctorate
19:29for your work in the arts.
19:31Do you think the people
19:32in your family
19:33were excited
19:34about your doctorate?
19:40Yeah, maybe two of my sisters
19:42who are ex-teachers.
19:43Were you excited
19:44when they reached out
19:45and said they wanted to be...
19:45I felt embarrassed.
19:47Okay, gotcha.
19:47Because the university,
19:49which was this extraordinary
19:50university,
19:51called Queen's University
19:52in Belfast,
19:54north of Ireland,
19:55I was there
19:56for an abort of one year.
19:58Yeah.
19:591971 to 1972.
20:01It just wasn't for me,
20:02you know.
20:02Right.
20:02And I failed the exams
20:04at the end of the year.
20:05So then, a few years later,
20:07to get an honorary degree.
20:09Yeah.
20:09I didn't study.
20:10I didn't do essays and stuff.
20:12It was a wee bit like,
20:14really?
20:15Thanks, guys.
20:15I think when they give you those,
20:17did you get like a...
20:18Because I got an honorary doctorate
20:20for my school
20:20and it was like a medal,
20:21but they really printed
20:22the honorary like way bigger
20:23than I thought.
20:24Like, they definitely
20:25wanted people to know,
20:26like, you can't go out
20:27and throwing this around
20:28telling people you're a doctor.
20:29Yeah, mine was like
20:30a certificate.
20:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:32I feel like it was very Irish
20:34to give you like a...
20:36That you could carry around.
20:37Hear you, hear you, hear you.
20:38This is very on the nose,
20:39but you also worked...
20:41One of your early jobs
20:42was you worked at a Guinness...
20:43A Guinness bottling plant.
20:45Guinness bottling plant.
20:46What was your job
20:47at the bottling plant?
20:47In my hometown.
20:48Forklift truck driver.
20:50Okay, see, that would seem very...
20:51Oh, really?
20:52Because that would seem very stressful
20:53to me to have things on a forklift
20:55that if you dropped would shatter.
20:57Yeah, I dropped quite a few crates.
20:59Gotcha.
21:00So you loved it,
21:01but they probably didn't love having you.
21:05Yeah, I had to stack the Guinness
21:06and then fill up lorries,
21:09load of lorries in the Guinness
21:10that would then go out to various pubs.
21:12How long did you have that job
21:13before acting took off?
21:15About a year and a half.
21:16Okay, gotcha.
21:16And then was it...
21:17Did you get a job in something
21:18that took you away from it?
21:20Did you tell them all,
21:20like, I'm going to go be an actor now?
21:21Yeah, I got a job
21:23at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
21:26It's a professional theatre.
21:28Yeah.
21:32But what I think got me the part
21:34when I called up for an audition,
21:36the lady, Mary O'Malley,
21:38who formed this theatre years ago,
21:4075 years ago,
21:41she said,
21:42What height are you?
21:44I said,
21:45Six foot four.
21:46Can you be up here next Tuesday?
21:49That was it?
21:50They all...
21:52They needed somebody.
21:53Do you remember,
21:54was your first role,
21:55like, when you look back,
21:56was it dependent on height?
21:57Was that a big part of the character?
21:58Not really,
21:59but it was, oh, God.
22:01It was a play called
22:01The Risen People.
22:03I was playing this
22:06well-known
22:08trade union leader.
22:10Uh-huh.
22:10It was a big guy.
22:11Yeah.
22:12Jim Larkin.
22:12Oh, look at that.
22:13You pulled it.
22:14Well done.
22:15Good boy.
22:16So that was it.
22:17Yeah.
22:17That's wonderful.
22:18And was it something
22:19where you went,
22:20did you go to your boss
22:21at Guinness and be like,
22:22Well, it's official.
22:23It happened.
22:23I'm going to go be an actor.
22:24Yeah.
22:25Yeah, kind of.
22:26And was he,
22:26did they think that was real,
22:28like, when you told him that?
22:31Half and half.
22:32Yeah.
22:33Yeah.
22:33I know my mom and dad
22:35were very concerned.
22:37Yeah.
22:38Well, they had a hookup
22:39at the Guinness plant.
22:40They were like,
22:41Oh, man.
22:43I never thought of it.
22:45Can't you do both, Liam?
22:47Can't you do both?
22:48Congrats on the new film.
22:49It's always so good to see you.
22:50Please come back.
22:51Every two weeks.
22:52Every two weeks.
22:53Liam Neeson, everybody.
22:54Cold story.
22:55Welcome to the theater.
22:56We'll be right back
22:57with a whole new history show.
23:10Our next guest is a talented actress
23:12you know from the hit HBO series
23:14The White Lotus
23:15and films such as
23:16The Edge of 17,
23:17Columbus, and Split.
23:18You can see her now in Ponies,
23:20which is streaming on Peacock.
23:21And up next, she stars in
23:22Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die,
23:24which will be in theaters
23:25on February 13th.
23:26Let's take a look.
23:31Who has a cell phone?
23:34No one.
23:34He took our phones.
23:36Who has a f***ing cell phone?
23:37Me, I do.
23:37Calm down, psycho.
23:38Why do you have two cell phones?
23:40Couldn't decide between mottos.
23:41This one has a better camera.
23:42Nobody cares.
23:42Nobody cares.
23:43Just let me see it.
23:44Just for a second.
23:45Please, it's an emergency.
23:45Are you here?
23:47What the hell?
23:49What the hell?
23:53I'm allergic to cell phones and Wi-Fi.
23:54You f***ing weirdo.
23:57We could have used that to call for help.
23:58You're allergic to cell phones?
24:01And Wi-Fi.
24:02God, it's like being allergic to the air.
24:04That must be hell.
24:06Yeah, it's not amazing.
24:08Please welcome to the show
24:10Hailey Lou Richardson, everybody.
24:28Hi, everybody.
24:30Welcome to the show.
24:31I'm so happy you're here.
24:32I'm so happy to be here.
24:34This is the first time you've been a guest on the show,
24:36but you visited us a couple of weeks ago.
24:39Yeah, I did.
24:40Amelia was here.
24:41Yeah, Amelia Clark.
24:42You're fantastic.
24:44Or else.
24:46Yeah, I was doing a photo shoot in this building.
24:49Yep.
24:49And then I found out she was here talking with you.
24:52Yes.
24:52And I was like, well, can I go see her?
24:55And everyone that I was with was like,
24:56yeah, there's just a lot of fans,
24:58and it's crazy and everything, but we can try.
24:59And I found out Connor was the other guest.
25:01Connor Story was the other guest.
25:03And I was like, oh, I'm going.
25:04Yeah.
25:05And then I was here, and I met you and Connor and saw you.
25:09Well, so it's interesting that you threw in a you then,
25:11like, because I feel like.
25:14Because, like, it's interesting, because, like, you came.
25:17Yeah.
25:17And, like, it was very nice to talk to you.
25:19I've been a big fan of yours,
25:20and you were very nice to me as well.
25:21But I feel like when you met Connor,
25:24there was, like, I saw a different Hayley.
25:27Yes.
25:28And then you, because there were definitely photos
25:30of you and I backstage, but you posted this one.
25:33I did.
25:34Oh, you're sad.
25:36You're bitter about it.
25:37I just have questions, like.
25:39He's bitter about it.
25:41Well, I guess my response to that is,
25:44did you post our picture?
25:47Because, like, I saw you post a lot of
25:50about Connor.
25:53Hey, all right.
25:54You know what?
25:54This is not for you to ask me questions.
25:59No, I really love you.
26:00Oh, thank you.
26:01I love you, too.
26:02Okay.
26:02This is very nice.
26:03I think we're off to a really good start.
26:04I think we are.
26:05I think it's great.
26:06Okay.
26:06I think it's weird.
26:06I think we're doing that both of us
26:08are using Connor to make the other one
26:09more into us.
26:10We're, like, kind of flirting a little bit.
26:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:11Like, you know how, like, you kind of, like,
26:13do that, like, you're mean to someone?
26:14Yeah, I'm like, oh, my God.
26:16You should go on Connor's show.
26:18Oh, right.
26:18He doesn't have one.
26:21Well, I could be on Heated Rivalry.
26:22Would you be on?
26:23Could you skate?
26:25I'm a dancer.
26:27So that seems like...
26:28Do you often answer a different question?
26:33Yeah, it's one of my best skills.
26:36This is a very funny movie.
26:39It's, like, very unique and different.
26:40Good luck, have fun, don't die.
26:42Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:42Yeah, it's crazy.
26:43You're allergic to cell phone and Wi-Fi,
26:45which is right off the bat,
26:46like, just a crazy little detail about something.
26:48Yeah, I kind of wish we all were.
26:50Yeah, it'd be nice.
26:50Yeah, because the world would be just a better,
26:54more present place.
26:55Yes.
26:56Yeah.
26:57I think it's, like, nice,
26:58because I feel like somebody...
26:59When you hear it's like somebody's allergic
27:01to cell phone and Wi-Fi,
27:02you might think, like, an older person.
27:04Yeah.
27:04But it's fun to have someone you are,
27:05like, a young.
27:06Yeah, well, it's actually my character, Ingrid.
27:08I was very inspired with her.
27:10Like, I felt, as reading the script
27:11and then, like, figuring out
27:12what she looked like and stuff,
27:14I was like, she is a curmudgeon-y old woman.
27:16Like, that's her energy.
27:18And that's, like, why she has this, like,
27:19bluish-gray hair that's, like, cool and punk,
27:22but also kind of, like, a grandmother
27:24that's, like, bitter.
27:26And I was like...
27:28Grandma blue.
27:29Yeah, it was grandma blue.
27:30That's a trend for 2026.
27:32Grandma blue.
27:34But, yeah, she's got, like,
27:36a curmudgeon grandma energy.
27:37Do you have, like...
27:38Because I've heard you crochet,
27:40which also...
27:41Your eyes are the exact same color
27:42as your sweater.
27:42It's a weird one today.
27:43They're nice.
27:46You're welcome.
27:50I'm just trying to win you over.
27:52No, you're doing great.
27:54Okay.
27:55But is it true that...
27:57So, one of your co-stars is Sussy Beats.
27:59They're sparkling.
28:00It's really distracting.
28:03Oh, my God, you guys.
28:05Can you...
28:06Everyone just go do something else.
28:09No, but you crochet.
28:12You're an actual crocheter in real life.
28:14Yeah.
28:15Yeah.
28:15Yeah, so are you saying
28:16I'm kind of a grandma as well?
28:17No, I'm saying it's like
28:18that's got a grandma vibe to it.
28:19Yeah, I definitely have
28:20a lot of grandma vibes.
28:21I'm, like, not so much a bitter grandma.
28:23I'm more like a sweet,
28:23like, major cooking grandma.
28:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:24You're like a grandma
28:25with a heart of gold.
28:26Yeah.
28:26Yeah.
28:27Yeah.
28:27And is it true that you...
28:30Is it true that this is...
28:31Which is the greatest detail
28:33if it's true?
28:33Because in White Lotus,
28:35you wore a hat.
28:36Is it true that you
28:36actually knitted this hat?
28:38I crocheted it.
28:39Crocheted.
28:39Oh, yeah, I've gotten in trouble.
28:40I've gotten in trouble in the past.
28:45Over the course of the night,
28:46I have no idea
28:47what you guys
28:48are going to applaud at.
28:50I love that they applauded
28:51the differentiation
28:52They're all over the place.
28:53Don't feel like...
28:54Don't be like,
28:55oh, they have my back.
28:56You can't trust this group of people.
28:57No, they have my back tonight.
28:58They are all over the place.
29:00They have my back.
29:01They have my back
29:02and crafter's back.
29:03Yeah.
29:05Who are you?
29:09This is thrilling.
29:10So you...
29:11Did you crochet
29:12Porch's actual hat?
29:13Yeah, I did.
29:14Okay.
29:14And that hat...
29:15Well, Porchia in general
29:17got a lot of hate.
29:18Yeah.
29:19Porch's outfits
29:20got a lot of hate.
29:21And that hat
29:22got so much freaking hate.
29:25And no one knew
29:27with, like,
29:28all these, like,
29:28Twitter threads
29:29and Reddit discourse
29:30about how much
29:31this hat sucks
29:32and why would someone
29:32wear a hat
29:33on a vacation in Sicily,
29:34like, no one knew
29:36that I made that
29:38with my own two hands.
29:40Meanwhile,
29:40like, I'm reading
29:41all of these, like,
29:42Twitter threads
29:42and Reddit threads,
29:43like, genuinely sad.
29:46Like, that's my art.
29:48Wait, how did they...
29:49Like, when did Mike White
29:50say, hey,
29:51can we use your actual hat?
29:53Like, how did that happen?
29:54I convinced Alex
29:55the costume designer.
29:56Okay, gotcha.
29:56I try to sneak something
29:57I crochet or make
29:58into everything.
29:59Okay.
30:00Whether, like,
30:00I make my character
30:01a crafter
30:02or wear something.
30:04Like, in ponies,
30:04I wear a scarf
30:05that I made
30:06for Twyla.
30:07Yeah, I really try
30:08to do it.
30:08It's my little...
30:09And is it...
30:10And I will say, like,
30:11this is a perfect hat
30:13for Portia.
30:14Like, everything
30:14about the character,
30:15like, I mean...
30:16It's like a trend
30:17on a trend
30:18on a trend,
30:19which is, I think,
30:22like, represented
30:23her style,
30:23which I think people hated
30:24because of a lot of action.
30:26But, like, Portia,
30:27but there were a lot of...
30:27I mean, Portia
30:28was a multi-layered character
30:29and this hat
30:30was the perfect final layer.
30:32Yeah, that was
30:32a literal layer.
30:33Yeah.
30:34You obviously worked
30:35with Jennifer Coolidge
30:36a great deal on the show.
30:37And I would imagine...
30:38I, years ago,
30:39was in a movie
30:40with Jennifer Coolidge.
30:41Which movie?
30:42It was called
30:42American Dreams.
30:43I have not seen that.
30:44Not many, I did.
30:45But your eyes are beautiful.
30:47My eyes are beautiful.
30:48Your eyes are beautiful.
30:48But the problem with the movie,
30:49they didn't have them
30:50on screen enough.
30:51Oh, that is a problem.
30:52But did...
30:53Do people ask you
30:54if you have
30:55a Jennifer Coolidge impression?
30:56Was that something...
30:56Don't. I'm bad at it.
30:57Okay, gotcha.
30:57Any impressions,
30:58I literally, I can't do.
30:59Gotcha.
31:00So you never have
31:00any impressions?
31:02No, I'm bad at impressions.
31:04Okay.
31:04I will say Jennifer
31:04did this one thing.
31:06It's actually a long story,
31:07but she did this one thing.
31:08We were in this scene
31:09on the...
31:11It was a morning
31:12at breakfast,
31:12and she, like,
31:13went off on this
31:14big improvised tangent,
31:15and I was, like...
31:17Like, in awe,
31:18but, like, concerned.
31:19Like, I didn't know
31:19what to feel.
31:20It was so much going on.
31:21I was peeing my pants.
31:22It was, like...
31:22It was, like...
31:23It was, like...
31:23Because I was laughing,
31:24but also because I really
31:25had to pee,
31:25and there was so much
31:26going on.
31:26She was doing this thing
31:27where she was, like...
31:29She was saying, like...
31:30Do you think Greg
31:31is cheating on me?
31:32And this isn't an impression,
31:33because I'm bad at impressions,
31:34but this is, like,
31:35the energy of her.
31:36She was, like...
31:37Do you think Greg
31:37is cheating on me?
31:39Do you?
31:40Do you?
31:41And then she started
31:42screaming at all
31:42these extras.
31:43Do you?
31:44Do you?
31:45And then the rest
31:46of the shoot,
31:47Mike and everyone
31:47would just be, like...
31:48Do you?
31:49But then they cut
31:50that out of the scene.
31:51But anyways,
31:51I'll never forget
31:52her being, like...
31:52Do you?
31:54Do you?
31:56You know what I mean?
31:56It's not, like,
31:57a good impression,
31:58but the energy you understand.
31:59No, no, it's good.
32:00Hey, thanks so much
32:07for being here.
32:07Please come back soon.
32:08It is a delight
32:09talking to you.
32:10Hello, Richard.
32:11Good luck.
32:12Have fun.
32:12Don't die.
32:13I didn't talk about
32:13a movie at all.
32:14No, we didn't.
32:15We talked about
32:15your alerted to Wi-Fi.
32:16All A&M's also ponies
32:18are available to the street
32:19now.
32:19We've got to be right back
32:20on our own Avery Ruffin.
32:33Our next guest
32:34is an Emmy and Tony-nominated
32:36writer, comedian,
32:37and producer
32:37you know from
32:38The Amber Ruffin Show
32:39if I've got news for you.
32:40And this show,
32:41her musical Bigfoot
32:43begins playing
32:44February 11th
32:44at New York City Center.
32:45Please welcome back
32:46to the show
32:46our very own
32:47Amber Ruffin, everybody!
33:04Hello, Amber, how are you?
33:05Seth Dune.
33:07How's it going?
33:08It's great.
33:09You're a writer for this show.
33:10Yeah.
33:11And it's lovely to have you
33:12as a guest.
33:13A writer for this show,
33:14and I want to thank you.
33:16Not one joke of yours
33:18in Surprise Inspection
33:19because you are not a bad.
33:21Oh, thank you.
33:23And I agree with you.
33:24I agree with you so much,
33:26Seth,
33:27that I pitched you
33:29several things
33:30that you did not pick.
33:33Yeah.
33:34And I feel like
33:35you were wrong.
33:38And luckily,
33:39I'm going to give you
33:40a chance to redeem yourself.
33:42So you are going
33:43to take my compliment
33:45that you were not
33:45in Surprise Inspection
33:46and turn it around
33:47and pitch the things
33:48I've said no to you.
33:49Right in the back.
33:50Okay, great.
33:51Okay, Seth releases
33:53his nudes.
33:55Okay.
33:57Several celebrities
33:57have had their computers
33:58hacked and Seth wants
33:59to get ahead of it
34:00before it happens to him.
34:03So that would be
34:03a segment where
34:04I would have
34:04released my nudes.
34:05Yeah, but they're
34:06all photos of you
34:07doing, like,
34:07super boring stuff naked.
34:10And you're surprised
34:11I passed on that?
34:12Yeah.
34:13Okay.
34:13I think you should have,
34:14I think you should have done it.
34:20Oh, buddy.
34:21They're on my side
34:23and they'll never
34:23turn on me.
34:24Seth, I wonder
34:27why you didn't want
34:28to do the extended
34:29Closer Look theme song.
34:30Yeah, where?
34:32Where, instead of
34:33it just going,
34:34ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba,
34:36it goes like,
34:37there are looks
34:38you can take
34:39and looks you can fake,
34:40but this is
34:41the only look
34:42you're gonna break
34:43is a closer look.
34:45It's time
34:46for a closer look.
34:48Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.
34:50You know?
34:51Yeah, yeah, yeah.
34:51Yeah.
34:52Let's just, like,
34:53have a longer one.
34:54Yep.
34:57Then I feel like
34:58you also said no
35:00to my bit
35:00that's, like,
35:01things you never
35:02heard Trump say,
35:03but he definitely said.
35:05Uh-huh.
35:06You know?
35:06Like,
35:08I love lying.
35:12Or, like,
35:13maybe I should eat
35:14a salad.
35:15Nah.
35:17You know?
35:18Yep.
35:18I wasn't sure
35:19what I was saying,
35:20but I just kept talking,
35:21and then I landed it.
35:22I'm the president!
35:25Here, you can have this.
35:26Oh, I will.
35:27Thank you very much.
35:27Yeah.
35:31Hey, Bigfoot,
35:32this is your
35:32Off-Broadway musical.
35:33This is a musical
35:34you've been working on
35:35for over 10 years.
35:36Dude, we started
35:38this musical
35:39when I got this job
35:40in 2014.
35:41That's incredible.
35:42So what's your process
35:43been like for 10 years
35:44of trying to write
35:45the perfect songs?
35:46Well, I'm writing it here.
35:47Kevin Serretta
35:48is writing it with me.
35:51He's in Chicago.
35:52And David Schmoll,
35:53Yep, old friend of ours.
35:54An old friend of ours
35:55is writing it from Ohio.
35:57So we're just, like,
35:58sending files back and forth,
35:59but when I had to write
36:00these songs,
36:01I would go,
36:02oh, man,
36:03God, kick-ass song,
36:04like the Closer Look
36:05extended theme song,
36:06and I write it up,
36:07and I take out my phone,
36:08and I go,
36:08Schmoll,
36:09this song goes like this.
36:15And then the music
36:16goes like this.
36:17La-la-la-la-la-la-la.
36:18And in six hours,
36:22you receive a beautiful track.
36:25That's unbelievable.
36:26Yeah, it's,
36:26that guy is a beast.
36:28It seems like you have
36:30the fun job,
36:31which is just singing
36:31nonsense into a phone.
36:33Yeah.
36:34And he has the hard job
36:35of, like, facilitating
36:36and making it a real thing.
36:38Yeah, he can really
36:39reach into my brain
36:40and grab what I'm going for,
36:41and that's tough to do.
36:42You've written a lot of songs
36:43for our show as well.
36:44Where do you,
36:45when did you first start
36:47your musical career?
36:48What was your entry?
36:50Oh, dude.
36:51So when I was 11,
36:54I was like,
36:55you know what?
36:55I think I'm going to learn
36:56how to play the piano.
36:57I think I could do it.
36:58I go to church.
36:59The lady at church
37:01is like,
37:02yeah, I'll teach you
37:03how to play.
37:03Play along with me
37:04as I lead the choir.
37:05Oh, great.
37:06Learn one song.
37:07Then not,
37:08for whatever reason,
37:09she doesn't come back,
37:11but I heard
37:13she cheated on her husband.
37:15Wow.
37:15And was not allowed
37:17to play the piano anymore.
37:18Oh, my God.
37:19So, wait,
37:20you had been there once
37:21and just learned a song?
37:22One lesson.
37:23Learned one song,
37:24played that one song
37:25on Sunday
37:26had to just be
37:28the choir director.
37:29I'm 11.
37:32How long were you
37:33an 11-year-old choir director?
37:35A year.
37:36And then what happened?
37:38I turned 12.
37:39You turned 12?
37:40I'm just kidding.
37:41But, yeah,
37:42I feel like I did it
37:43for a year.
37:44Do you think people
37:45at church were at some point
37:46like,
37:46why is it just the one song?
37:49No,
37:50I had to figure out
37:51a new song every Thursday.
37:53It was a mess.
37:54Wow.
37:55Yeah.
37:55No wonder you're not
37:57the one who writes
37:57the music now.
37:59Yeah.
38:00True story,
38:01you were voted class clown.
38:02Yeah.
38:03In high school.
38:04Yeah.
38:04But also,
38:05what was the other title?
38:06Miss Hollywood?
38:08So, this is Omaha, Nebraska.
38:10That's right.
38:11Why?
38:12Hey, baby!
38:18You wouldn't get it.
38:19That's an Omaha thing.
38:21But what does a Miss Hollywood
38:23superlative mean?
38:25I think it just means
38:26you're probably going to end up
38:28in Hollywood at one point.
38:31Gotcha.
38:32In your life.
38:32So not succeed,
38:33just to visit.
38:34You will visit there.
38:36And they were out in other cities
38:38as well,
38:38like Mr. Indianapolis.
38:41That's right.
38:42You were also on
38:43Have I Got News for You.
38:45Yeah.
38:45Fantastic on CNN.
38:46An incredible show.
38:47Yeah.
38:48Michael Liam Black,
38:49Roy Wood Jr.
38:50This is based on a British show.
38:52It's a panel show.
38:52It's very funny.
38:53About the news,
38:54did you,
38:55had you any familiarity
38:56with the British show?
38:57No.
38:57Okay.
38:57Not at all.
38:58I feel like I saw some clips
39:00when we were at
39:01Boom Chicago.
39:03Yeah.
39:03Because, you know,
39:05you're closer.
39:07But it just sounded like
39:09gobbledygook.
39:10Yeah.
39:11You know,
39:12because their
39:13government
39:14is so different.
39:16and I don't know
39:17what they're ever talking about.
39:19And there's, like,
39:19a lot of wigs
39:21and a lot of words
39:22that I understand
39:23but don't really mean anything.
39:24Yeah.
39:25Tori, Lori, Bobby.
39:27I don't know
39:27what they're talking about.
39:28I think the more
39:29you talk about it,
39:29the happier I am
39:30that you're doing one
39:31about American politics.
39:32That would have been tough.
39:33Would have been tough.
39:34It's a great show.
39:35Congratulations.
39:35When do you,
39:36when does it open?
39:38Bigfoot,
39:38a new musical,
39:40goes into previews
39:41on February 11th
39:44at New York City Center
39:46and we open on March 1st.
39:48Yeah!
39:49You can get up!
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