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00:05From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York,
00:09it's Late Night with Seth Meyers.
00:12Tonight, Lizzo.
00:14From Broadway's all-out comedy about admissions,
00:16comedian and actor, Jake Shane.
00:18An all-new Colossal Look.
00:25And now, Seth Meyers.
00:28Good evening, Seth Meyers.
00:29It's Late Night.
00:30We hope you're doing well.
00:31And now, if you don't mind, we are going to get to the news.
00:34Scientists announced this week that they have found microplastics
00:37inside tumors removed from patients' prostate glands.
00:41Oh, I'm sorry.
00:42Would you rather talk about the State of the Union speech
00:44from last night?
00:46All right, but I'm telling you, this is less gross.
00:52President Trump last night delivered the longest
00:54State of the Union address in modern history.
00:56He basically has only two modes.
00:59Fully asleep or trying to prove he can stay up all night.
01:03It's like having a Coke dealer or a toddler as president.
01:07Or worse, a Coke-dealing toddler.
01:11During last night's State of the Union address,
01:13President Trump awarded two Congressional Medals of Honor
01:16and a Purple Heart.
01:17He even gave some awards to other people.
01:22During the same address,
01:23President Trump did not mention the Jeffrey Epstein files,
01:26which seems very rude,
01:28considering how much they mention him.
01:35These are bad manners.
01:38While entering the House chamber before the State of the Union,
01:41President Trump shook hands with Democratic Senator John Fetterman.
01:44That's why today, the hand makeup wasn't nearly enough.
01:50Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger
01:52delivered the Democrats' response
01:53to last night's State of the Union address
01:55and spoke for 12 minutes.
01:57Well, she sighed for nine minutes and spoke for three.
02:01Corey and Tuna reported the UFC fight
02:03scheduled to take place this summer
02:05on the White House South Lawn
02:06will feature a weigh-in at the Lincoln Memorial.
02:09Wow, you got to work pretty hard
02:11to be the worst thing that's ever happened to Lincoln.
02:20We have a writer named Mike Scollins.
02:22He wrote that.
02:24That's what he looks like.
02:27Today was FBI Director Cash Patel's 46th birthday,
02:31and there wasn't a surprise party.
02:33That's just how he looks.
02:39It's just always, every day is a surprise.
02:42Duncan has begun offering iced coffee
02:45in 48-ounce buckets that have a handle, lid, and straw,
02:48which is handy because after 48 ounces of coffee,
02:51you're gonna need a bucket.
02:56A Florida convenience store manager was arrested this week
02:59for allegedly stealing more than $300,000 worth
03:01of scratch-off lottery tickets
03:03and a scam that netted him almost $5.
03:08And two free tickets.
03:10So we don't know what those have.
03:13A new study suggests that the Tyrannosaurus rex
03:16would chase its prey by running on its tiptoes.
03:18Scientists believe it's the only dinosaur
03:20to go extinct from bullying.
03:30And finally, Bloomberg published an article this week
03:33on the cheaper cuts of beef Americans are consuming
03:36amid rising prices.
03:37You know what that means?
03:38The McHoof is back!
03:41And that was a monologue, everybody!
03:45Read the gun.
03:47The show is begun.
03:48We got a great one for you tonight.
03:51She's a multi-talented musician, songwriter,
03:54one of my favorite people to day drink with.
03:56Catch her performing here in New York
03:58for six shows at the Blue Note.
04:00Starting this Friday, Lizzo is back on the show, everybody.
04:05You know him from Hacks
04:07and his very funny podcast therapist
04:09with Jake Shane, now available on Netflix.
04:12He just made his Broadway debut,
04:14starring in all-out comedy about ambition,
04:16playing at the Nederlander Theater.
04:18Jake Shane is on the show, everybody!
04:20How about that?
04:21So excited to talk to him.
04:24Before we get to all that,
04:26Donald Trump threw a tantrum
04:27when Democrats refused to stand and clap for him
04:30at the State of the Union
04:31and tried to co-opt the men's hockey team's gold medal win.
04:34For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.
04:40Trump's desperate to prevent Democrats
04:42from winning back Congress in November,
04:44not because he wants Congress to do anything,
04:46but because it would be bad for him.
04:48At a Republican policy retreat yesterday,
04:50President Trump issued this warning to his party.
04:53You got to win the midterms,
04:54because if we don't win the midterms,
04:57it's just going to be...
04:59I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me.
05:02They'll find a reason?
05:05They're not going to have to work hard.
05:07Looking for a reason to impeach Trump
05:09is like looking for Waldo in a book called
05:12Oops! All Waldos.
05:14Going to be like a game of whack-a-mole
05:16where the machine's broken
05:17and those moles are just sitting ducks
05:19and you get to just wail on them.
05:20You get so many tickets
05:22that the girl at the prize counter's like,
05:23um, you definitely cheated.
05:25And you're like, um, I definitely didn't.
05:27Now give me my giant minion.
05:31It wasn't supposed to be a picture of me.
05:34It was a hypothetical.
05:36I was pretending to be a kid.
05:39I got minion money.
05:46But, Donald, if you're wondering,
05:47if you're wondering, Donald,
05:48what they might find to impeach you over,
05:50how about the fact that your family's crypto company
05:52took half a billion dollars from an Abu Dhabi royal
05:55known as the spy sheik,
05:57or the fact that he let a drug kingpin
05:59who, quote, flooded America with cocaine out of jail,
06:01or the fact that you're terrorizing cities
06:03and rounding up children,
06:03or the fact that your name appears more often
06:06in the Epstein files
06:07than Eddie Murphy's name appears
06:09in the credits of the nutty professor.
06:12At this point, Trump's best defense
06:14will be that he didn't do any of this stuff
06:16and it was Don Jr. dressed as him
06:18in full clumps makeup.
06:20They did it while my back was turned
06:22and they did it very fast.
06:23They put the makeup on so quickly
06:25they didn't have time to finish the hand.
06:29And I do, I do apologize
06:32that we haven't had time to do a full deep dive
06:35on the fact that our president
06:36has what's known as Adam's family hand.
06:40Because that bad boy definitely comes off at night
06:42and just runs around the Oval Office.
06:45So if Trump doesn't want to get impeached
06:47for a third, fourth, or fifth time,
06:48although I don't know what he's worried about,
06:50he could show up at his own impeachment trial
06:52and scream,
06:52that's right, I did it and I'll do it again.
06:55And Republicans still wouldn't vote to convict.
06:58Afterwards, Lindsey Graham would tell the press,
07:00I saw a president today, he's learned his lesson.
07:04He was very contrite.
07:06But still, Trump's worried about breaking his own record
07:09for most impeachments,
07:10which is why the polling right now is so troubling for him.
07:13Trump's net approval rating.
07:14Look at all the pre-SOTUS polls,
07:17the State of the Union, look at this.
07:19Okay, we're at this point.
07:20Look at that.
07:20Negative 27 points, my goodness gracious.
07:24Compare that to where he was in 2020, 2019, and 2018,
07:27in term one going into those State of the Unions.
07:29Minus 10, way lower now.
07:31Minus 15, way lower now.
07:33Minus 15, way lower now.
07:36You don't have to be a mathematical genius
07:37to know that minus 27 points is considerably lower
07:40than minus 15 or minus 11.
07:42It is also the weakest that Donald Trump
07:44has ever been with independents.
07:47Look at this drop.
07:48We've been talking about it the past few months.
07:50At this point, a year ago, Donald Trump was at minus 13 points.
07:54Look at this.
07:56Minus 47 points among independents.
08:00Trump's numbers are so bad, the pollsters are out of breath.
08:04And we are big fans of Harry Enten here.
08:06Love the energy, love the enthusiasm.
08:08But the midterms are still months away,
08:09so could somebody please tell him to pace himself?
08:11He's like a guy at a pickup basketball game
08:14who immediately plays full-court press.
08:17And you're like, dude, it's the Y.
08:19We all have knee braces on.
08:22So Trump's polling is brutal,
08:24which is why, according to the media,
08:26there was a lot riding on this State of the Union address.
08:29Now to the high stakes ahead of President Trump's
08:32State of the Union address on Tuesday.
08:34The high stakes address.
08:35The high stakes speech.
08:36His high stakes message.
08:38The president's high stakes State of the Union address.
08:40I think this is now a pretty high stakes State of the Union.
08:43No, it's not.
08:45Between this show and SNL,
08:47I've been through over 20 of these State of the Union addresses,
08:50both Republicans and Democrats.
08:51And if there's one lesson I've learned, it's this.
08:55No one gives a f***.
09:01Look, the whole thing, no matter the party,
09:04it's a stupid idea to begin with
09:06to let the person in charge of the nation
09:08give the State of the Union speech.
09:11What are they supposed to say?
09:12This place is a dump.
09:13Who's running this circus?
09:15It's like if I let my writers
09:16do their own employee evaluations.
09:18Everything I think of is funny,
09:19and I think noon is a perfectly fine time to come to work.
09:28No, that makes up for you using me in the Dave & Busters.
09:33No one remembers anything
09:34from a State of the Union address.
09:37You're more likely to remember the person
09:38giving the response to the State of the Union address.
09:41Like, I don't remember anything Barack Obama
09:42said in the State of the Union in 2013,
09:44but I definitely remember Marco Rubio
09:46stopping in the middle of his response
09:49to grab a bottle of water.
09:51Like, for some reason, he did it like he thought
09:53maybe the camera couldn't see him.
09:56Point is, that's all I remember in the State of the Union.
09:59You know why I remember it?
10:00Because Donald Trump reminded me.
10:02It's Rubio!
10:11That's what it is.
10:16Here's something fun we realized
10:17in the course of working on this segment.
10:19This week is the 10th anniversary of that clip.
10:22That's why Criterion is re-releasing it on Blu-ray.
10:26Trump even does the audio commentary.
10:29It's Rubio!
10:32Even more fun, the guy Trump made fun of works for him now.
10:34And not only does Rubio work for Trump,
10:37he glazes Trump while Trump sleeps right next to him.
10:39If this war started, it never would have happened
10:41if you'd been president.
10:42But this war is going on,
10:44and the president is trying to end it.
10:46Not because, listen, we got a million things
10:47to focus on in the world as a country,
10:49but he's the only leader in the world that can help end it.
10:51Does he know that?
10:54Because I don't think he can hear you.
10:56You don't have to lavish praise on him.
10:58He's asleep.
10:59Like, when my kids,
11:00Joe's off in the middle of a bedtime book,
11:02I don't finish the chapter.
11:04I just get up and leave the room.
11:06I don't care how it ends up for Encyclopedia Brown.
11:08That dude's a dork.
11:11Also, Trump has since claimed he wasn't sleeping.
11:13That's just his listening face.
11:16That is not the face of a man
11:18who was listening intently to what's being said.
11:20That's the face of a man who's listening
11:21to a white noise machine
11:23after drinking a bottle of NyQuil.
11:25And even if he was listening,
11:27that's a rude face to make.
11:29Like, imagine if a guest on this show
11:30was telling a story,
11:31and then it cut to me looking like that.
11:33Here, I'll show you.
11:35It's much friendlier here.
11:37So, like, it's much friendlier, appreciative.
11:40People like something.
11:41They want to show you how much they like it.
12:03I'm listening.
12:05By the way, Republicans actually think
12:07this kind of thing makes Trump look good.
12:10We got the hardest-working president ever, ever.
12:13President Trump sleeps about two hours a day.
12:15Yeah, and those two hours are during meetings.
12:19Also, sleeping two hours a day is not a brag.
12:22It's a troubling diagnosis for a meth addict.
12:25And we know he's not using the time well.
12:27He's only sleeping two hours a day
12:28because he's up at ungodly hours
12:30posting AI videos of himself playing ice hockey
12:33or flying a plane that dumps poop on protesters
12:36or announcing he's going to send
12:38a great hospital boat to Greenland
12:40to take care of the many people who are sick,
12:43even though no one knows what the he's talking about.
12:46And, by the way, they have universal health care.
12:49We don't.
12:49The U.S. sending a hospital boat to Greenland
12:52is like Ireland sending a pasta boat to Italy.
12:56No, thanks.
12:57We were good.
12:59Ah, you're going to love our noodles.
13:04Very hard.
13:05I should never try to go from Irish to...
13:06I can't do both at once.
13:10The guy put a lot of gap.
13:11Hey, hey, hey, hey.
13:17It's an old key.
13:20So, Republicans want you to think
13:22that if Trump just gives one really good speech,
13:24he'll suddenly be super popular again.
13:26But, as you can see from the polling conducted
13:28after the speech, that's not true,
13:30even if you poll a group of people
13:32who are mostly Republicans.
13:33This is a poll of speech watchers.
13:35They tend to be fans of the president.
13:37So, the polling universe here
13:40is about 13 points more Republican
13:43than the overall population usually is.
13:4538% said they had a very positive reaction
13:49to the speech.
13:49Joe Biden four years ago, 41% very positive reaction.
13:54Trump's State of the Union pulled worse than Biden's,
13:56but, I mean, that's not a fair comparison.
13:58Joe Biden was riding high.
13:59We all remember what happened
14:00immediately after Biden's speech.
14:02He crushed his debate with Trump,
14:03coasted to a second term,
14:05had his face added to Mount Rushmore,
14:07and won the Tour de France.
14:09What? Oh, I'm sorry.
14:10What's that?
14:11He was so unpopular, his own party forced him out?
14:13All right.
14:13Well, I'm sure that's where the parallels end, right?
14:16Uh-oh!
14:19Now, in fact, Trump might want to go back to sleep
14:21when he sees the polling,
14:23which found that his State of the Union speech
14:25was the least popular this century.
14:27So, it was the least popular.
14:29That's okay.
14:30I'm sure it was the most something.
14:32At one hour and 47 minutes,
14:34it was the longest State of the Union speech in history.
14:37So, bad news, it sucked.
14:38Good news, it went on forever.
14:41I'm sorry, but if I'm going to sit through something that long,
14:43it better end up back at the Shire.
14:47So, the polling was bad before the speech
14:50and bad after the speech,
14:51and on top of that, it was long and boring.
14:53Or, if you're a Republican,
14:55and you have to be nice to Trump...
14:57I think it was the best State of the Union speech
14:58that I've seen.
14:59President Trump gave a majestic speech tonight.
15:02I think this could have been the best speech
15:04he has ever delivered.
15:05Any historian who's writing about this presidency
15:08has to watch the speech tonight
15:10and read it carefully.
15:11Historians have to read it carefully.
15:13Trump didn't even read it carefully.
15:16Seriously, listen to this
15:17and tell me this isn't the first time
15:19he is seeing these words.
15:21Americans ventured out
15:22across the daunting and dangerous continent.
15:26We carved paths through an unforgiving wilderness,
15:30settled a boundless frontier,
15:33and tamed the beautiful
15:34but very, very dangerous wild west.
15:37From empty marshes and wide-open plains,
15:41we raised up the world's greatest cities.
15:45Together, we mastered the world's mightiest industries
15:49and shattered histories, monstrous tyrannies.
16:00There's never a good sign
16:01when a guy's just, like, gripping the podium.
16:07But we, as we go through
16:12this great nation...
16:16Such a smooth switch
16:18from one teleprompter to the other.
16:26And yet, despite the fact
16:28that it strained everyone's attention spans,
16:31Trump expected everyone,
16:33everyone to leap to their feet
16:34and applaud for him, including the Democrats,
16:36and his feelings were very hurt when they didn't.
16:40Look, nobody stands up.
16:41These people are crazy.
16:43I'm telling you.
16:44They're crazy.
16:46These people are crazy.
16:48They said electric boat batteries
16:50cause shark attacks.
16:51They called Hannibal Lecter a wonderful man.
16:53They sent a hospital boat to Greenland for no reason.
16:56Oh, I'm reala...
16:57Those are all things I did.
16:59I'm hearing myself now
17:00and realizing maybe I'm the crazy one.
17:02Let's see.
17:03Pull up a pic of my face
17:04and tell me if I look crazy.
17:05Oh, it's me!
17:07I'm the crazy one.
17:09In fact, Trump is so desperate for a win,
17:11and he tried to co-opt the U.S. men's hockey team's
17:15Olympic gold medal
17:15like he had something to do with it.
17:17Our country is winning again.
17:20In fact, we're winning so much
17:21that we really don't know what to do about it.
17:25People are asking me,
17:27please, please, please, Mr. President,
17:29we're winning too much.
17:30We can't take it anymore.
17:32We're not used to winning in our country.
17:34Until you came along, we're just always losing,
17:38but now we're winning too much.
17:39And I say, no, no, no.
17:42You're going to win again.
17:43You're going to win big.
17:45You're going to win bigger than ever.
17:47And to prove that point,
17:49to prove that point,
17:50here with us tonight is a group of winners
17:53who just made the entire nation proud.
17:56The men's gold medal Olympic hockey team.
18:01Hey, man, you're not winning.
18:02They're winning.
18:03You didn't win.
18:05I didn't see you out there lacing up your skates,
18:07taking slap shots with your weird
18:09Death Becomes Her Hand.
18:11Although maybe the hand showed up by itself
18:13and scored a goal.
18:15Taking credit like that,
18:17you sound like our cue card guy, Wally,
18:18when the Patriots win a game.
18:19Oh, Seth, we played great on Sunday.
18:21Oh, did you?
18:24How many yards did you get, Wally?
18:27How many yards is it
18:28from your couch to your kitchen?
18:41Trump used this speech
18:42the way he uses all of his speeches,
18:44as a vehicle to attack anyone
18:46who doesn't bend the knee.
18:47And since that's a majority of the country,
18:49his polling is terrible.
18:50Republicans think this strategy is working,
18:52but that's only because...
18:53They're crazy.
18:58This has been...
19:04A Closer Look.
19:10We'll be right back with Lizzo, everybody.
19:18For more of Seth's Closer Looks,
19:19be sure to subscribe to Late Night on YouTube.
19:30Our first guest tonight is an Emmy and Grammy
19:34award-winning musician, songwriter,
19:36and she also happens to be
19:36one of my favorite people to day drink with.
19:39She's performing six shows at the Blue Note
19:41here in New York City starting this Friday.
19:43Please welcome back to the show
19:44our very good friend, Lizzo!
20:10How are you?
20:12I'm wonderful.
20:13I'm back.
20:14I feel like I'm always here.
20:15Are you sick of me?
20:16I'm very happy.
20:16I'll have you anytime you want to come.
20:18And you look amazing.
20:20So well put together.
20:24This is...
20:24I like this.
20:25I don't know why I'm doing that.
20:26I know.
20:26It's just like a new move in your repertoire.
20:29This is my cat's audition.
20:31And you know what?
20:31I feel like you can get away with it,
20:32and I don't feel like I could.
20:34No, you did good just now.
20:36Really?
20:37Yeah.
20:37What do you think if I started every show
20:39and they're like,
20:39welcome to Late Night.
20:40Oh!
20:41Oh, okay.
20:42You like...
20:42The eyes are a little crazy,
20:43but it's...
20:45You got a soft in the eyes.
20:47It's a smolder.
20:47It's a run.
20:48I don't know.
20:48I think it's connected.
20:49I think when I'm aggressive with my hands,
20:51my eyes get crazy.
20:52Oh, you and everyone else.
20:53Here, I'll try to do it soft.
20:54Ready?
20:54Okay.
20:55You can't.
20:56You're like...
20:58Oh, God.
20:59That's so exciting.
21:00We talked a little bit backstage.
21:01Yeah.
21:01But the Blue Note,
21:02this is a famous jazz club in New York City.
21:04This is a very small venue
21:05for someone who can fill an arena.
21:07Are you so excited about this?
21:09I'm so excited.
21:10I just played some in L.A.,
21:12and it was incredible.
21:14Literally, people are, like, eating at my feet.
21:17Like, I smelled someone's food.
21:19Yeah.
21:19And then they were like,
21:20you want a veggie burger?
21:22By the way,
21:22I love that you said it's incredible
21:24and then described something
21:25that does not feel incredible at all.
21:27But you know how when you're doing a show
21:29and you want to smell other people's dinner?
21:31Yeah.
21:32Well, the Blue Note has great food.
21:33Yeah, there you go.
21:34So let's start there.
21:34That's why.
21:35But I'm here in New York now doing it,
21:36and this is, like, the tiny one.
21:38So we're about to be crammed on that stage.
21:40Well, we've talked before about, you know,
21:41you can, again, do these giant concerts,
21:43but when you're at SNL, smaller room, more nerves.
21:47Do you feel more nerves in a room like this,
21:49or is it just the freedom of being with fans
21:51who are seeing something special?
21:52It's like you walked in.
21:54I say this every night.
21:55Like, you walked into my living room.
21:57Yeah.
21:57And I'm just jamming.
21:58Yeah.
21:59Yeah, but you have to make it your house,
22:01or else you will freak out,
22:02because people are literally just sitting there,
22:04and you're like,
22:05do you hate me?
22:06Like, what are you thinking?
22:07What is the light?
22:08Like, can you see full expressions?
22:10Is the lighting such that you can, like,
22:11sort of see how they're all reacting?
22:13Sometimes.
22:14Yeah.
22:14But, like, I literally just imagine, like,
22:16I look above everyone's heads,
22:18so people are always like,
22:19I felt like you looked at me.
22:20I'm like, I was looking at the exit sign.
22:22But it's okay.
22:25And run list-wise,
22:26do you sort of change it night in and night out
22:28when you're doing a show here?
22:30Mmm, it's the same songs,
22:33but the vibe is different.
22:34Like, I come out and I improv on flute.
22:35Yeah.
22:36It's my jazz band,
22:36so we're just, like, fluting and vibing.
22:39Sometimes it's 30 seconds,
22:40sometimes it's five hours.
22:41You know, who knows?
22:42Very exciting.
22:43And I would be very,
22:44if I went and there was no flute,
22:46I would be very disappointed.
22:46Oh, my God, you know Sasha had to be there.
22:48I had to pay her 50K.
22:50It was correct.
22:51No, the contracts are crazy for Sasha,
22:53but she's there, baby.
22:54That's very exciting.
22:55And then you're transitioning.
22:57Really, it does speak
22:58to the sort of breadth of your appeal.
23:00You're doing a tiny jazz club in New York City,
23:02and then you're performing at a rodeo in Houston.
23:05Yeah.
23:0770,000 people sold out.
23:1170,000 people.
23:14It's my first, my first stadium
23:17I ever sold out by myself.
23:19Wow!
23:22And it's the city that I grew up in.
23:25So, yeah.
23:25So, did you used to go?
23:27I mean, first of all, congratulations.
23:28That's massive.
23:30Yeah!
23:31They must be, I mean,
23:33I would imagine the, you know,
23:34the extra bonus of being in an audience
23:36watching your homecoming.
23:37Was the rodeo somewhere that you would go?
23:40Yeah, absolutely.
23:41Like, I saw John Mayer perform at the rodeo.
23:45I saw Beyonce perform at the rodeo.
23:47Ooh, I know, right?
23:49And now me, so.
23:50That's fantastic.
23:51Did you ever,
23:52did you ever go to the rodeo
23:54for, like, rodeo stuff?
23:57Um.
23:59Rodeo stuff.
24:00Yeah.
24:01I mean, like, you know, when.
24:02Like, you mean horses and bull ?
24:03Yeah.
24:05Well, when you're like,
24:06like, if somebody said, like,
24:07what do you think of when you say rodeo,
24:08I wouldn't be like, John Mayer.
24:12You wouldn't.
24:13Yeah.
24:13John Mayer is very country sometimes.
24:15Yeah.
24:17Not John Mayer.
24:17Um, yeah, there's great food.
24:19Yeah.
24:20Yeah, so.
24:21We actually, because you're in honor
24:23of this very exciting rodeo tour.
24:25And also, I know you can't say when,
24:27but a new single coming out.
24:28Yes.
24:28Don't Make Me Love You.
24:29Yes.
24:32Yes.
24:33Can I sing my single?
24:35You want to sing it right now?
24:36Yeah.
24:36Yeah, okay.
24:37Okay.
24:42Don't make me love you.
24:45Don't make my heart beat out of my chest.
24:50Don't make me want you.
24:53If you just want something else,
24:56don't you bull me, baby.
24:59If this ain't it, just tell me tonight.
25:03Don't make me love you.
25:07If you're just going to change your mind,
25:11don't waste my time.
25:18That's really good.
25:19You know, I do it for a living sometimes.
25:22I mean, I know.
25:25You're a turn.
25:25I know this is crazy.
25:26Should I do it?
25:27Yes, come on.
25:29No, man.
25:31Wait, you might have, like, perfect pitch.
25:34That was at the end.
25:35No, how did you know what note I was singing?
25:37He has perfect pitch, you guys.
25:38Oh, my God.
25:39Wait, go.
25:39La.
25:41La.
25:42Oh, my God.
25:43No.
25:45You don't know how hard that is for some people.
25:47Really?
25:47Yeah.
25:48I feel like we're day drinking again,
25:50and you're just telling me lies.
25:52I'm not that drunk.
25:53All right.
25:54We brought some rodeo food.
25:57What do we have first?
25:58Oh, my God.
25:59This is some of the stuff you can get at the old rodeo.
26:00This is gumbo, and Miss Tina knows,
26:03Beyonce knows his mom,
26:04is doing a gumbo stand at the rodeo,
26:06and I cannot wait to try.
26:08Really?
26:08Hers is going to be better than this.
26:10No shade.
26:10Okay, gotcha.
26:11This is not Beyonce's mom's gumbo.
26:12So it's rice.
26:13This is a Louisiana.
26:15Look at us.
26:16Look at us eating.
26:17I love a gumbo.
26:18Now, this is, I have a question about this.
26:20I do love a corn dog.
26:23I need some salt.
26:24Yeah.
26:25And some pepper.
26:26Are you a corn dog fan?
26:28Baby, let me show you.
26:35Get your mind out of the gutter.
26:38Okay.
26:38Yeah, proper technique here.
26:40Okay, so, actually,
26:41we don't have any ketchup or mustard.
26:42Yeah.
26:44We don't.
26:44No.
26:47All right, so, take the top.
26:48Okay.
26:49Oh, I didn't realize you could do it like this.
26:50Yeah, rip off the top.
26:51Okay.
26:51And then expose the little wiener like that.
26:54Yeah.
26:54And then what you want to do
26:55is you want to.
26:58To be fair,
26:59I don't know how they can think of anything else.
27:00Right.
27:01No, but it's like a little hat.
27:02Yeah.
27:02So now you have like a little hat.
27:04And then you get the protein.
27:05This is, yeah.
27:07You see that?
27:08It's like being at a bris.
27:12Okay.
27:13And then you get your protein.
27:14Uh-huh.
27:15Mmm.
27:15Mmm.
27:16And then you're going to get a little cup of mine.
27:18Mmm.
27:19Mmm.
27:19Mmm.
27:21Mmm.
27:21But you're supposed to,
27:23you're supposed to fill
27:24your hat with ketchup and mustard.
27:27Gotcha.
27:27Mmm.
27:30That's exactly.
27:31Thank you, someone.
27:32Wow.
27:33I think it speaks.
27:34All right.
27:38All right.
27:39Last but not least.
27:41Corn dogs are my favorite food.
27:42Oh, my God.
27:43So.
27:43Wait.
27:44Hold on.
27:44Let me see this.
27:45We have to do this.
27:46We have to.
27:46We're going to create the longest cheese pool.
27:48Oh.
27:49So.
27:50Are we going to, uh.
27:51This is going to be crazy.
27:52Are we going to lady in the tramp?
27:55You will be the tramp today.
27:56All right.
27:57All right.
27:57Here we go.
27:58Oh, my God.
27:58Wait.
27:58Take it.
27:59And now.
27:59Wait.
27:59You first.
28:00Here we go.
28:09Mmm.
28:36Our next guest is a very funny comedian.
28:39and you know from his work on Hacks
28:41and his wildly popular podcast Therapist
28:43with Jake Shane, which is now available on Netflix.
28:46Last week, he made his Broadway debut
28:47and is currently starring in all-out comedy about ambition,
28:51which is playing at the Neenorlander Theater.
28:52Please welcome to the show Jake Shane!
29:08Please!
29:09Okay, great.
29:10Broadway debut, Jake.
29:12Congratulations.
29:13Thanks, Jack.
29:14How do you find out
29:17that you're going to be making your Broadway debut?
29:20Well, I was on a plane.
29:21Okay.
29:22And someone I work with texted me
29:24and they said,
29:26please call me.
29:28And I said, okay, like, is everything okay?
29:31And they wouldn't tell me if everything was okay.
29:32And they were like, when do you land?
29:33I was like, 20 minutes.
29:34And then they kept checking in.
29:36And then I finally landed.
29:38And sorry, no one asked for all these details.
29:41And then she called me and was like,
29:44do you want to do a Broadway show
29:46with Ray Romano, Nicholas Braun, and Jenny Slate?
29:47And I fell to the damn floor.
29:49Yeah.
29:50It was really great.
29:51I would imagine there was a lot of anxiety on the plane,
29:53not knowing what the text was going to be,
29:55what the actual news was going to be.
29:56Yeah.
29:56There was anxiety for the first five minutes.
29:58And then after that, I was just like,
30:00well, there's always death.
30:02That's good.
30:03You know, like.
30:06And you mentioned an incredible cast.
30:08It must be very cool to work with them.
30:10And this is maybe something that was like destined,
30:13the idea that you would be on Broadway.
30:14I know.
30:14This was your email signature when you were 11.
30:18It's Jake, a soon-to-be-a-Broadway star.
30:23Because.
30:26Not a bad call.
30:27I was auditioning for Thoroughly Modern Millie.
30:30And I thought, like, if I marketed myself as a Broadway star,
30:34like, it would lead me to get the role more.
30:37So I would email, like, the sixth-grade casting person
30:40who probably, like, was just like, I don't care.
30:42And I put that as my handle.
30:45And it worked.
30:47It took a little bit of time, but it worked.
30:49Yeah, a little.
30:49Thoroughly Modern Millie.
30:50So you auditioned for Thoroughly Modern Millie.
30:53Yes, I was 11.
30:54You were 11.
30:54And we actually have some footage.
30:57Yes.
30:57Yes.
30:58Is it from when I was from my mom's computer?
31:01Yeah.
31:01Yeah.
31:02So, I mean, I was going to say,
31:04talk us through your emotions,
31:05but I feel like your emotions are on full display.
31:07So maybe we'll just watch the clip.
31:09Yes, yes.
31:10Let's take a look at Jake here.
31:11Okay.
31:12Oh, my gosh.
31:13I'm nervous.
31:14I need that.
31:15I need to play Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie,
31:19the school play.
31:19I, like, I just, I just need to.
31:21It goes.
31:23Everything today is thoroughly modern.
31:26Check your personality.
31:28Everything today makes yesterday's glow.
31:31Better face reality.
31:33It's not insanity.
31:35So beat the drums,
31:36because here comes Thoroughly Modern Millie now.
31:42Oh.
31:45Great.
31:47There's also nothing funnier than auditioning for a musical
31:51where you immediately sing the title of the musical.
31:53Right.
31:54Of course.
31:54Just like, it's right out there, right out of the gate.
31:56Yes.
31:56So you want to let the casting people know,
31:58I know what show this is.
31:59Yes.
32:00Please.
32:01I'm going to say the title a lot.
32:02Yes.
32:03That's so wonderful.
32:04Did you, were you somebody who loved going to,
32:05I know you grew up in the city.
32:06Did you go to a lot of shows?
32:07My mom took me to a bunch of theater.
32:09I saw Hair Off-Broadway.
32:11I remember seeing Wicked for my birthday.
32:13I saw Fun Home when it was here.
32:15Fantastic.
32:15Was your mom, has your mom seen the show here yet?
32:17Yes.
32:18She saw Opening Night.
32:19Must be so exciting.
32:20Yeah.
32:20She was so happy.
32:21That's fantastic.
32:23And she was, yeah, she was really,
32:25because I remember when I did, like,
32:27when I took my podcast on tour,
32:29I got off stage and every time she was like,
32:32I hate this show.
32:33And so, but then after this show,
32:35she was like, you did so good.
32:37So I know that she meant it.
32:38Well, that, I will say,
32:39I think it's very valuable to have a parent
32:41that also tells you when they don't like something you're in,
32:43because then you can actually value the praises.
32:45Yes, exactly.
32:46Yeah.
32:47Exactly.
32:47You have a lot coming up.
32:48You have a movie coming out of South by Southwest,
32:51premiering there.
32:52Very exciting.
32:54Is it true, a show you star in and help produce?
32:58Yes.
32:58A show on Hulu, written by Genevieve Vaniello,
33:01directed by Paul Briganti,
33:02produced by Alec Berg and Amy Solomon.
33:04That's a good group.
33:05It's a good, good, good group.
33:06I'm really, really, really excited.
33:08That's fantastic.
33:09Will you stick around?
33:10I have a lot more to ask you.
33:11Please, I don't want to leave.
33:11All right, you guys, big fans.
33:12Be right back.
33:34Welcome back, everybody.
33:35We are here with Jake Shane.
33:37You mentioned your podcast, Therapist.
33:38Yes, yes.
33:39About two years old now, is that right?
33:41Yeah, yeah.
33:42Two years almost to the date.
33:43And do you feel, did you have any expectation
33:46as to how well this would be received when you kicked it off?
33:49No, but because my manager told me, he was like,
33:52when you do this, you cannot expect any type of growth
33:56for two years.
33:57Right.
33:57So I said, okay, that's fine.
33:59That's the expectation I went into it with.
34:01And then I was very, very, very lucky.
34:03My two friends, Tate McRae and Renee Rapp,
34:05came on the show.
34:08And it really just, like, kind of opened up the floodgates
34:11for other people to come on, and it's just been...
34:14It is very nice when you have friends who are a gateway
34:16to then other fantastic guests.
34:19I do, as far as origin stories go,
34:22yours is one of my favorite,
34:24which is you sort of first came into public, you know,
34:27knowledge for a lot of people because...
34:29What was it?
34:30Was it a...
34:31What would you say?
34:32You were trying out.
34:34It was past the puss.
34:34It was past that puss.
34:36Past that puss.
34:37And then TikTok wouldn't let me have that username,
34:39so it became OctopusLover8, because eight tentacles.
34:41Yeah.
34:41And I would rate and review Octopus.
34:45Now, this is the most niche thing.
34:48Like, so you sort of recognized the market
34:50did not have an Octopus Raider.
34:52I think what it was is I had this internship
34:56at a record label, and they were like,
35:00okay, you need to finish school.
35:02Like, you need to...
35:02Because I wanted to drop out and just work there,
35:04and they were like, no, please trust us.
35:06Like, please just finish school.
35:07And I was really, really bored my senior year,
35:10and I was just getting high all the time.
35:11And I was like, what if I...
35:16What if I just, like...
35:18I used to love eating Octopus,
35:19and we would always be like, puss, puss.
35:22And then so somehow I started doing skits,
35:25like reenactment skits.
35:27Well, that's the great thing about this story,
35:29is that you would think if it was just
35:30an Octopus Raider site, like, there's a very low ceiling
35:33as to what that could become.
35:35But then, like, independently, I guess you started
35:37interacting with the people who liked it,
35:39and they had this idea.
35:40They would sort of pitch you, what, like, ideas for skits?
35:42So, yeah, I was like...
35:44I had 60,000 followers at the time,
35:46and I was, like, celebrating 60,000 followers,
35:48and I saw Julia Fox was doing this thing
35:50where she was like, comment something you want me to act out,
35:52and I'll act it out.
35:53So I was like, I'll do the same thing.
35:55And basically, it started...
35:56Well, the one that started it off was I was Bill Clinton,
36:00like, denying his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
36:02Yeah.
36:02And I was, like, Googling, like, how to speak like him,
36:05and then I was just like, screw it.
36:07Like, I'm just going to, like, deliver it kind of as Jake,
36:10because I was also, like, again, really high.
36:12And then...
36:13So that one did well, and then I was like,
36:15okay, well, this John Hancock scenario is funny.
36:18Let me do this one as if it was me and my friends.
36:21Right.
36:21And then that took off, and I just kept doing them
36:23and doing them and doing them and doing them
36:24and doing them.
36:25And then I was an assistant to this guy named Zach,
36:30and now he manages me.
36:32Oh, that's fantastic.
36:32Yeah.
36:34Real quick, for anybody who wants to know,
36:36this is the first time I became aware of you.
36:39It was very, very funny.
36:40This is you as John.
36:42This is you as somebody right after.
36:44This is, okay, so this is John Hancock,
36:46like, infamously signed...
36:49The Declaration of Independence.
36:52Um, very, very largely.
36:54Like, he wrote his name very big,
36:56and so I was the person that came after.
36:58Yeah, so let's take a look.
37:19John.
37:21John.
37:25You know what?
37:30I think my favorite thing about that is I've never,
37:32I've always obviously pictured them in their powdered wigs,
37:34but I've never pictured them doing this.
37:36Oh, this?
37:38I've been, yeah, people always call me out on doing this.
37:41I always do it.
37:42I have no hair to do it with, but I don't know.
37:44You had a rating system.
37:45I have a very good rating system.
37:47It's out of eight tentacles.
37:48Yeah.
37:49Um, and, yeah, because they have eight tentacles.
37:53Yeah.
37:54So you're kind of an expert on octopus.
37:55I would like...
37:57Octopi, sorry.
37:58But when I'm, yeah, when I get high,
38:01I crave, like, very salty, savory foods.
38:04Yeah.
38:04Um, yeah.
38:06I like...
38:06Like, if I was, like, your roommate at college
38:08and I was, like, were stoned, I'm like,
38:10should I get some Funyuns?
38:10And you're like, or do we do octopus?
38:13Well, yes.
38:15Yeah, it just, I don't know.
38:17It's, like, okay, so I call it the chicken of the sea
38:19because it's very, like, um...
38:21And I have the system.
38:23It's the cot system.
38:24We're going to, do you mind,
38:24we do have over across the street.
38:26We ordered some octopus.
38:27Do you mind if we bring it up?
38:28Please, I have a...
38:29Please, please.
38:30We would love to have a little bit.
38:31But we have to do the whole thing.
38:32We have to, I mean, of course we're going to do the whole thing.
38:34This is fantastic.
38:35This is beautiful.
38:36And, by the way...
38:36I'm going to hate this.
38:37I'm telling you, right?
38:38You're going to hate it?
38:39What?
38:40Why?
38:40Because I can just, trust me.
38:44So I'll tell you why immediately.
38:45Okay.
38:45So, you didn't...
38:47No, take it out.
38:48Spit it out!
38:50You have to...
38:51Okay.
38:52So, ready?
38:53By the way, can I just say,
38:54Lizzo was a lot more cool.
38:56Okay, but...
38:58Okay, okay, okay.
38:59So we have to cheer his eyes,
39:00and you have to say,
39:01pass that puss.
39:02Okay, ready?
39:03Yep.
39:03Pass that puss.
39:12Okay, so, I lied.
39:13I actually really like this.
39:15And I'll tell you why I thought I wasn't gonna.
39:17Okay.
39:18Sometimes octopus, when it looks boiled,
39:20can have a very, like, chewy texture to it.
39:24This is actually quite tender.
39:26Yeah.
39:26Very salty.
39:27I can taste the capers, which I appreciate.
39:30And I like the olive oil touch.
39:32I would give it a 6.8 out of 8 tentacles.
39:34That's a lot.
39:35That's a lot of tentacles.
39:37Congratulations.
39:38I mean, I think they'll obviously...
39:39They're obviously gonna want to get that on the website.
39:43Hey, congrats on your Broadway debut.
39:44It's been so lovely to meet you.
39:47Thanks for being here.
39:48You guys, this is Jake Sheen.
39:50All Out, Blaine Mouth,
39:51and we'll be right back.
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