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Late night TV has never been short on laughs, but few hosts bring out the chaos quite like Seth Meyers. Join us as we count down the most hilarious, unhinged, and downright unforgettable guest interactions on "Late Night with Seth Meyers"! From Day Drinking disasters to surprise interviewers, these moments prove that the best late-night magic happens when the script goes out the window.
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00:00Yeah, I bet, I feel like we have very different experiences.
00:03You don't think we had a similar New England upbringing?
00:05You are a prince, I was a witch.
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most hilarious, chaotic,
00:12and downright unforgettable moments between Seth Meyers and his guests.
00:16You have disliked frisbee from the beginning.
00:18From the jump. I'm not one of these, like, oh, bandwagon frisbee haters.
00:24Number 10, J-Law confesses her crush.
00:28Confessing your feelings to a crush is already nerve-wracking,
00:31but doing it on national TV takes it to another level.
00:35I was like, I was like, he's gonna ask me out. He's totally gonna ask me out.
00:38And then, like, later in the week, I was like, I'm gonna ask him out.
00:40I mean, he said, like, surely, because I created the romance in my head because I'm delusional.
00:44That's exactly what Jennifer Lawrence brought to Late Night,
00:47bringing her signature relatable girl charm.
00:50In a moment that quickly became a Late Night classic, J-Law shared her past crush on Seth,
00:55even describing how she'd planned to make the first move.
00:58I talked to the wardrobe lady about it, and I was like,
01:00I think I'm gonna have my ears out. I'm gonna give him my number.
01:03And she was like, honey, he's engaged.
01:06The daydream ended when a wardrobe staffer snapped her back to reality.
01:10Throughout it all, Seth looks flattered,
01:12if a bit embarrassed, as he learns all this in real time.
01:15To top it all off, Jennifer admitted she also had a crush on Larry David.
01:19And I said, I have so many sexual and boyfriend marriage feelings for Larry David,
01:23I feel like I'm gonna be sick.
01:26I'm feeling a little bit less awesome about the crush.
01:29Number nine, Joke Seth Can't Tell with Hillary Clinton.
01:33Few recurring bits have captured the spirit of Late Night quite like Joke Seth Can't Tell.
01:38According to a recent report, koalas may be extinct by the year 2040.
01:43And according to Fox News, that's my fault.
01:45This particular installment reached new heights when Hillary Clinton joined the panel,
01:51gamely pinging on self-deprecating zingers to the end of Seth's setups.
01:55Watching Clinton lean into the bit, laughing along as Seth tees up each joke,
01:59is a reminder of how much fun Late Night TV can be when everyone's in on the joke.
02:04The retractable roof on Atlanta's NFL stadium is not working properly.
02:08Oh, well, at least that ceiling's broken.
02:11She slips seamlessly into the writers' banter,
02:14proving she can hold her own with the best of them.
02:17It's a segment that's as smart as it is subversive.
02:20And it's just a whole lot of fun.
02:22Playbill Magazine reported that a new lesbian musical is coming to Broadway.
02:26It's called Clunky Boots.
02:28How dare you!
02:29You told me it would be okay!
02:32You know, really, Seth, that was pretty terrible.
02:35Number eight, Jeff Goldblum's Impossible Quiz.
02:38If you've ever seen this actor on a talk show,
02:41you know to expect the unexpected.
02:44I dropped mental breadcrumbs.
02:45What we were talking about is...
02:47The quote from the movie.
02:48What movie?
02:49What movie?
02:50Teach me.
02:51Teach me.
02:51Let me learn from you.
02:53Wait, Fred, do you have any guesses?
02:54I don't...
02:55You don't know, okay.
02:56Perhaps bored with the usual press circuit routine,
02:59Goldblum tosses out the script and turns the set into his own improvisational playground.
03:04Seth's valiant efforts to keep things on track only fueled the delightful mayhem,
03:09as Goldblum unleashed a spontaneous quiz that veered so far off what Seth had probably planned
03:14for this interview.
03:15Here's a good game.
03:16Next time I stick my tongue out, will I have something on it or not?
03:19Okay, great.
03:21The segment quickly devolved into a kind of organized pandemonium,
03:25the kind that makes you forget what he was even there to promote.
03:28Still, we'll always think of this moment whenever we see a prune or aubergine colored shirt.
03:33What name of color would your shirt be?
03:36What name of my color?
03:38Well, I would say like prune would be, right?
03:41Oh, prune Danish or yes.
03:43Or yes is good.
03:44Okay, yeah.
03:45What else would you think?
03:48Aubergine.
03:48Number 7, Paul Rudd's most chaotic day drinking.
03:52The day drinking segments have always been a reliable source of late night hilarity.
03:57Yet Rudd's turn took things to a whole new stratosphere.
04:01Oh.
04:03Oh.
04:04No.
04:05Jesus Christ, let's f*** it up.
04:07It was a full-blown comedic odyssey so wild that production reportedly had a hit pause for
04:12a few days because they went too hard too fast.
04:15It almost feels like they've forgotten about the camera.
04:18And what's left is pure, unfiltered camaraderie between two comedy veterans.
04:23I see the resemblance.
04:25It's the beard.
04:27This is all CGI.
04:28I have ping pong balls on my face.
04:30And this is all done in post.
04:32Rudd and Myra's volley bone-dry increasingly bizarre jokes back and forth, each round more
04:37unhinged than the last.
04:39By the end, the segment feels more like a fever dream, setting a new bar for what day drinking
04:44can be.
04:45Here's the truth.
04:47She's gonna drive you friggin' mental.
04:50You're, uh, you're, uh, she never, she's furious.
04:53I never took her to the heiress tour.
04:556.
04:56John Mulaney becomes the interviewer
04:59Whenever these two share the stage, it feels like a throwback to the best days of SNL's
05:04writer's room.
05:04Do you have anything else to ask me?
05:07Yeah, I got a bunch of stuff.
05:08Great.
05:08How was Joe's wedding?
05:09It was really nice.
05:10Yeah, I was really bummed I wasn't invited.
05:13Do you think you are good looking?
05:15On this occasion, Mulaney decides to dismantle the talk show format by asking Seth questions
05:20that only he could come up with.
05:22Their conversations move easily from heartfelt memories to hilarious surreal moments.
05:27Do you think about your own funeral?
05:31Mmm, no.
05:32Really?
05:33Yeah.
05:33Oh, what do you think about yours?
05:36Yeah.
05:36Do other people?
05:37Yeah.
05:39The so-called pre-eulogy for their friendship quickly turns into a deep dive on Mulaney's
05:44famous ghost icebreaker, and the whole segment feels more like a comedy jam session than an
05:49interview.
05:50It's almost like Seth's friends have some ongoing bet on who can make him break the most,
05:54and Mulaney's working on overtime to win.
05:56And I don't know how to act at parties, and a group of people will be talking, and I'll walk
06:00up and be like,
06:00like, how's everyone doing?
06:02You ever seen a ghost?
06:03And then, that sounds like you are a ghost.
06:07Oh, you mean like you have now?
06:09Like, yeah.
06:10Well, you have now.
06:11Then.
06:14Number five.
06:15Amy Poehler's book reviews.
06:17The chemistry between Poehler and Myers is pure magic, as if we're watching two old
06:22friends slip right back into their off-camera groove.
06:25I want, um, to be an intellectual guest from now on.
06:29I want to talk about smart stuff.
06:32Oh, every time?
06:32Well, we'll see how it goes.
06:33Poehler's faux serious book reviews are just a pretext for unleashing a barrage of perfectly
06:38timed gags, each one designed to send Seth into a fit of helpless laughter.
06:43The moment Seth sneezes and Amy ropes in the audience, the segment reaches its peak, with
06:48Myers reduced to silent laughter.
06:51Excuse me, I'm going to sneeze.
06:52Oh my god, I sneeze!
06:53Everybody stand up!
06:55Sneeze!
06:57Yay!
06:59Every Poehler appearance is a reminder that some comedic partnerships never lose their spark,
07:04and that the best late-night moments are the ones that feel both spontaneous and timeless.
07:09I'm a big fan of Miranda's.
07:10Yeah, which part of the book are you relating to more, the menopause or the affair with the
07:14gas station worker?
07:16They're both getting to me?
07:18They're both getting to me.
07:19Yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand.
07:21Number four, just James Acaster.
07:24James Acaster's recurring appearances on Late Night have simply become the stuff of cult legend.
07:29Well, this is going to be awkward.
07:32I'm dressed in my Seth Meyers garth.
07:35He's going to think this is like some sort of kiss-ass thing, and they were like, honestly,
07:40his ego's so big, he'll love it.
07:42In a landscape crowded with carefully PR-approved moments, Acaster's brand of unpredictable,
07:47high-octane weirdness is a breath of fresh air.
07:51Whether he's sporting a full ensemble of late-night merch or spinning all sorts of elaborate tales,
07:56Acaster throws himself into every bit with a commitment that's both hilarious and just
08:01a little bit unhinged.
08:03And when people go in, the door's shut.
08:04It's an escape room.
08:06Oh.
08:09And in order to get out, they've got to solve this massive word puzzle where they've got
08:12to put like thousands of words in the right order.
08:14Seth, ever the straight man, expertly navigates it all, knowing exactly when to lean in and
08:20when to let Acaster's musings take center stage.
08:22The only certainty here is that anything can happen, and usually does.
08:27Apparently, this is the story, he turned to the producer and went, can't do it, too scared.
08:31Can't do it, too scared.
08:32So they had to show, I think they aired an old episode of Cohorts.
08:38It's the English Friends.
08:41Number three, Chris Fleming brings the chaos.
08:44If Acaster is the reigning monarch of late-night pandemonium,
08:48Chris Fleming is the surprising wild card.
08:51It's because you've got those Paul Newman eyes, but you've got the Ethan Frome neck.
08:57He's got that Adam's apple that drives salutatory.
09:00Every New England girl he wants to sled to their death with Seth Meyers.
09:04His appearance was just, well, we'd need a whole new word to describe this level of unhinged.
09:10He essentially turns his set into a playground of pure kinetic energy.
09:14His offbeat, laser-sharp riffs are the kind of lines that instantly enter the late-night lexicon.
09:19Because I was, I was just on all fours.
09:24No, you can't put me in the monitors, I'm going to fight myself like a parakeet.
09:28It essentially feels like an extension of his TV special.
09:32Only instead of just talking about Seth, he's pulled him on stage as a riffing buddy.
09:36It's a jolt of electricity.
09:38A reminder that rehearsals mean nothing when you're working with a professional loose cannon.
09:42Look, you're, you're even getting lower than me.
09:46Yeah.
09:47I mean, I, yeah.
09:49We could do a flip book.
09:50This could be a really messed up inchworm.
09:52Number two, Seth versus Andy versus Frisbee.
09:56Seth has always been late-night's reigning straight man.
09:59Cool, collected, and the picture of professionalism.
10:02And then also when you hosted the ESPYs, I dressed up like an octopus guy.
10:06There you go, yeah.
10:07I did that for you.
10:09Uh-huh.
10:09And you know I hate octopus.
10:11You hate octopus.
10:13Octopi?
10:13Octopi's.
10:14Enter Andy Samberg, who brings the energy of a Saturday morning cartoon come to life.
10:19The magic is in the dynamic.
10:21Seth valiantly tries to steer the ship, while Andy gleefully sets it on fire.
10:33Then there's Frisbee, Seth's beloved dog, who instantly became Andy's arch nemesis.
10:39The ongoing feud escalates every time, even spilling into other interviews.
10:44Might be bad TV.
10:47Nielsen ratings could get screwy.
10:51Also, Frisbee sucks, right?
10:55The dog.
10:56She specified the dog.
10:58While it might be too late for Andy and Frisbee to clear the air, it might be long overdue for
11:02the old SNL buddies to clear out some more air between them.
11:06That's a very, very good impression.
11:08Yeah.
11:09Yeah.
11:11Seth, do you forgive me?
11:13Andy, you are forgiven.
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11:45Number one, Seth and Rihanna go day drinking.
11:49If you're building a Mount Rushmore of late night TV, Seth and Rihanna's day drinking belongs
11:54front and center.
12:06Seth starts off as the charming host, but quickly spirals into anarchy.
12:11The standout is the pickup lines bit, where he delivers lines so painful that Rihanna
12:16can barely keep a straight face.
12:18Shooting him looks destined for meme history.
12:20Excuse me, are you the girl from Battleship?
12:24Jesus.
12:25All right, all right, that's where I leave.
12:26I'm out.
12:27I'm done.
12:28Then there's the Fenty Beauty segment, which really speaks for itself.
12:32It's the rare moment where a global superstar feels like your funniest friend, mostly because
12:37she's clearly enjoying watching Seth unravel.
12:40Even after the camera's cut, you get the sense this party would keep rolling.
12:57Did we miss your favorite moment?
12:59Let us know in the comments.
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