Original subtitles

>> Steve: FROM ROCKEFELLER

CENTER IN THE HEART OF

NEW YORK CITY, IT'S "THE

TONIGHT SHOW STARRING

JIMMY FALLON."

TONIGHT, JOIN JIMMY AND HIS

GUESTS -

CHRIS ROCK

JONATHAN MAJORS,

MUSICAL GUEST SASHA SLOAN.

AND FEATURING THE LEGENDARY

ROOTS CREW

AND NOW, HERE'S YOUR HOST,

JIMMY FALLON

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪

♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> Jimmy: OH, HEY!

AH-HA!

THAT WAS VERY NICE

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY

LET'S GET TO THE NEWS AND

JOKES.

WELL, GUYS, LAST NIGHT,

PRESIDENT TRUMP HELD A PRESS

CONFERENCE AND THIS ONE WAS OUT

THERE EVEN FOR HIM

I MEAN, WHEN TIME LIFE RELEASES

A BOX SET OF TRUMP'S CRAZIEST

MOMENTS, THIS WILL BE ON IT.

[ LAUGHTER ]

YEAH, TRUMP WAS ASKED TO COMMIT

TO A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF

POWER IF HE LOSES THE ELECTION

AND THIS WAS HIS RESPONSE.

SURE THAT THERE IS A PEACEFUL

TRANSFERAL OF POWER AFTER THE

ELECTION

>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

SEE WHAT HAPPENS

YOU KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN

COMPLAINING VERY STRONGLY ABOUT

THE BALLOTS.

AND THE BALLOTS ARE A DISASTER

WE WANT TO HAVE -- GET RID OF

THE BALLOTS AND YOU'LL HAVE

A VERY -- WE'LL HAVE A VERY

PEACEFUL -- THERE WON'T BE A

A TRANSFER, FRANKLY.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUATION

>> Jimmy: SO IF TRUMP LOSES THE

ELECTION, GETTING HIM OUT OF

THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE LIKE

TRYING TO GET A BIRD OUT OF

YOUR LIVING ROOM

IT'S LIKE, "OH, I GOT 'EM.

[ LAUGHTER ]

HOLD ON, OKAY.

NOBODY MOVE.

HE'S BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

NOBODY MOVE.

SHUT THE DOOR.

SHUT THE DOOR!

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

I'M GETTING THE FEELING THIS

YEAR IS GOING TO END WITH TRUMP

LOCKING HIMSELF IN THE OVAL

OFFICE WHILE YELLING INTO THE

PHONE, "SPACE FORCE ATTACK!"

[ LAUGHTER ]

EVEN WITH FIVE EXTRA PEOPLE, IT

SOUNDS FANTASTIC

I WILL TAKE IT

[ LAUGHTER ]

I LOVE YOU

[ APPLAUSE ]

I LOVE YOU

♪

DISTANCED, SOCIALLY DISTANCED,

EVERYBODY SAFE

MAN, IT FEELS GOOD

IT FEELS GREAT, ACTUALLY

[ LAUGHTER ]

SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW

I JUST WANT TO -- LET'S ROLL

THE CREDITS.

SHOW'S OVER, I'M HAPPY

[ CHEERS ]

♪

BYE, EVERYBODY

TAKE CARE!

♪

THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER

IS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF OUR

DEMOCRACY AND TRUMP TREATS IT

LIKE A BRUNCH HE MIGHT BAIL ON

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

"GAME-TIME DECISION, HAVE TO

SEE HOW MY DAY'S GOING

NOT SURE

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

I DO LOVE A LITTLE EGGS BENNIE,

THOUGH."

[ LAUGHTER ]

AFTER TRUMP'S COMMENTS, SENATE

MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL

TRIED TO ASSURE PEOPLE THAT

THINGS WOULD BE OKAY

HE TWEETED, "THERE WILL BE AN

ORDERLY TRANSITION, JUST AS

THERE HAS BEEN EVERY FOUR YEARS

SINCE 1792."

AND IF RECENT NEWS HAS TAUGHT

US ANYTHING, IT'S THAT YOU CAN

ALWAYS COUNT ON MITCH McCONNELL

TO KEEP HIS WORD

[ LAUGHTER ]

[ APPLAUSE ]

SERIOUSLY, EVEN OTHER

REPUBLICANS WERE LIKE, "MITCH,

PLEASE."

[ LAUGHTER ]

LATER IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE,

A REPORTER ASKED TRUMP ABOUT

MEGHAN MARKLE, BASICALLY

SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN AND THIS

IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT

HER.

>> I'M NOT A FAN OF HERS

AND SHE'S PROBABLY HAS HEARD

THAT

BUT I WISH A LOT OF LUCK TO

HARRY 'CAUSE HE'S GOING TO NEED

IT

>> Jimmy: WOW.

WHO HAD MEGHAN MARKLE ON THEIR

RANDOM TRUMP INSULTS BINGO

CARD, ANYONE

[ LAUGHTER ]

IF YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK,

MEGHAN MARKLE'S GOT BEEF WITH

THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

SHE'S JUST ONE JAY-Z FIGHT AWAY

FROM TAKING ON THE ENTIRE

ILLUMINATI

[ LAUGHTER ]

AFTER THAT, TRUMP WAS ANSWERING

A QUESTION ABOUT THE

CORONAVIRUS VACCINE WHEN HE

USED A MADE-UP EXCUSE TO GET

OUT OF THERE

WATCH THIS

>> ULTIMATELY, THE WHITE HOUSE

HAS TO APPROVE IT.

AND -- MAYBE WE WILL, MAYBE WE

WON'T, BUT WE'LL BE TAKING A

A LOOK

>> MR. PRESIDENT -

>> I HAVE TO LEAVE FOR AN

EMERGENCY PHONE CALL

I'M GOING TO LET SCOTT AND

LARRY FINISH

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: THAT'S RIGHT

THAT'S RIGHT

TRUMP WAS LIKE, "OH, YEAH,

WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY

WHAT, WHAT

EVERYTHING I JUST SAID AT THIS

PRESS CONFERENCE

OKAY."

[ LAUGHTER ]

HEY, LISTEN TO THIS.

EARLIER TODAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED

THAT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT

VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS NOMINATED

FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

YEP.

PUTIN IS THRILLED, WHILE

EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CATEGORY

IS POISONED.

[ LAUGHTER ]

FIRST TRUMP, THEN PUTIN?

RIGHT NOW, KIM JONG-UN IS

STANDING BY, TIN CAN ON

A STRING, LIKE, "ANY SECOND

NOW.

[ LAUGHTER ]

ANY SECOND."

WELL, GUYS, HALLOWEEN IS JUST

AROUND THE CORNER, BUT THIS

WEEK, THE CDC ANNOUNCED THAT NO

ONE SHOULD HAVE HALLOWEEN

PARTIES.

YEAH

IT'S A HUGE BUMMER

IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE CDC

KNOWS IT, TOO.

CHECK OUT THE PSA THAT THEY

RELEASED TODAY

>> WE AT THE CDC ARE HERE TO

GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE COVID

PANDEMIC, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE

ANNOUNCING, COME OCTOBER, NO

LARGE HALLOWEEN GATHERINGS

SHOULD TAKE PLACE.

NONE

NOT EVEN OUR OWN OFFICE

HALLOWEEN PARTY, WHICH IS

DOWNRIGHT SICK

♪

I MEAN, THIS PARTY IS OFF THE

HOOK

WE'VE GOT FOG.

WE'VE GOT A DEEJAY

WE'VE GOT ANTHONY FAUCI AS

BATMAN ENTERING ON A ZIP LINE.

IT WAS SO 2019

IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME.

AND THIS FALL, WE ALL HAVE A

A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO

NOT RECREATE LAST YEAR

NO MATTER HOW LIT IT WAS

[ LAUGHTER ]

♪

THIS PARTY IS LEGENDARY.

LAST YEAR, BRENDA FROM GENETICS

DRESSED AS STREPTOCOCCUS

PNEUMONIA.

TAKE THAT, HEIDI KLUM.

YOU CAN'T CONTROL THIS BANGER,

BUT YOU CAN CONTROL THE VIRUS.

SO JUST BE SAFE, STAY INSIDE

WE WATCHED "TIGER KING."

I MEAN, OKAY, CAN YOU IMAGINE

THE COSTUMES THOUGH?

BRENT IN LAB SAFETY WAS GOING

TO BRING AN ACTUAL TIGER

AND YOU THINK WE COULDN'T TOP

LAST YEAR?

TELL THAT TO OUR HOLOGRAM

JOSEPH WALTER MOUNTIN.

HE FOUNDED THE CDC, BITCH.

GOD, I'M GOING TO MISS THIS

PARTY.

[ LAUGHTER ]

CDC.

OH YOU THINK YOU WANT TO BE US

WEAR YOUR MASK

[ LAUGHTER ]

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> Jimmy: UNFORTUNATELY,

HALLOWEEN ISN'T THE ONLY

CELEBRATION THAT'S BEING

AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC

IT LOOKS LIKE NEW YEAR'S EVE IS

GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, TOO

114 YEARS, THERE'S GOING TO BE

NO CROWD, NO REVELERS, ALLOWED

IN TIMES SQUARE.

ORGANIZERS ANNOUNCING A NEW

VIRTUALLY ENHANCED EVENT WITH

LIVE COMPONENTS THAT

INCORPORATE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

>> Jimmy: YEAH

AND IF YOU'RE UPSET YOU CAN'T

GO TO TIMES SQUARE ON NEW

YEAR'S EVE, THEN I'M PRETTY

SURE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO TIMES

SQUARE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

[ LAUGHTER ]

VIRTUAL, NOT VIRTUAL

LIVE, PRE-TAPED.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

JUST GET US THE HELL OUT

OF 2020, PLEASE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

CARSON, JUST SAY IT!

[ APPLAUSE ]

JUST SAY IT NOW, AND WE'LL ALL

AGREE IT'S NEW YEAR'S.

MEANWHILE, PLANET FITNESS IS

LIKE, "DAMN, WHAT THE HELL ARE

WE GOING TO DO WITH

10,000 PURPLE TOP HATS?"

[ LAUGHTER ]

WELL, THIS IS FUN.

THE COMPANY THAT MAKES EMOJIS

JUST ANNOUNCED 217 NEW ONES.

MOST OF THEM ARE VARIATIONS ON

EXISTING EMOJIS BUT SOME OF

THEM ARE PRETTY SURPRISING

HERE, TAKE A LOOK.

THIS FIRST ONE IS CALLED,

"HAVEN'T BEEN TO A BARBER SINCE

MARCH.

[ LAUGHTER ]

THIS NEXT ONE IS CALLED, "JUST

HOUSED A BAG OF TAKIS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

TAKIS.

THIS ONE IS CALLED, "MYSTERY

HEMSWORTH.

THAT'S FUN

[ LAUGHTER ]

AND FINALLY, THIS NEW EMOJI IS

CALLED 2020.

THERE YOU GO

AND NOW, QUICKLY CHANGING PACE

A LITTLE

HERE'S A NEW SEGMENT CALLED

"HOW IS THAT LEGAL UNTIL NOW?"

>> THE MTA TODAY OFFICIALLY

CHANGED ITS RULES TO PROHIBIT

DEFECATING ON SUBWAYS AND

BUSES.

♪

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: WHOA

>> Tariq: WAIT, WAIT

WAIT

WAIT

WAIT

[ LAUGHTER ]

YOU MEAN ALL THIS TIME -

>> Jimmy: I CAN'T -- JUST

RUINED MY WEEKEND.

I MEAN, JUST RUINED IT

WOW.

AND FINALLY, HERE'S SOME

EXCITING -

[ LAUGHTER ]

NEWS ABOUT A 96-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

IN PENNSYLVANIA, WATCH THIS.

>> A 96-YEAR-OLD, MEET SARAH IN

PITTSBURGH, WHO IS STILL ONE OF

THE BEST WHEN IT COMES TO

KNOCKING DOWN PINS

SHE BECAME THE FIRST AT HER

LOCAL BOWLING ALLEY TO BOWL

A PERFECT GAME

>> Jimmy: THAT'S AMAZING

WHEN MOST 96-YEAR-OLDS BOWL,

THEY GO DOWN THE ALLEY WITH THE

BALL

[ LAUGHTER ]

WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU

TONIGHT.

HE STARS IN THE NEW SEASON OF

"FARGO" ON FX.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED HE

IS HOSTING THE SEASON PREMIERE

OF "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" A WEEK

FROM SATURDAY.

CHRIS ROCK IS HERE

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

FROM THE HBO SERIES "LOVECRAFT

COUNTRY," JONATHAN MAJORS IS

HERE

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

AND WE'VE GOT MUSIC FROM

SASHA SLOAN!

GIVE IT UP FOR THE ROOTS,

EVERYBODY!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪

♪ >> Jimmy: HEY, EVERYONE

IT IS TIME FOR "TONIGHT SHOW

HASHTAGS."

HERE WE GO

♪

♪

>> Jimmy: WE DO THIS THING

EVERY WEEK WHERE I SEND OUT

A HASHTAG, AND I ASK YOU GUYS

TO RESPOND TO THAT TOPIC

AND SINCE SO MANY KIDS ARE

GOING -- DOING REMOTE LEARNING

THIS YEAR, I ASKED YOU GUYS TO

TWEET OUT A FUNNY HOMESCHOOLING

STORY AND TAG IT WITH

#HOMESCHOOLFAIL.

WITHIN MINUTES, IT WAS A

A TRENDING TOPIC

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

PLAYING ALONG.

[ APPLAUSE ]

AND NOW, I THOUGHT I'D SHARE

SOME OF MY FAVORITE

#HOMESCHOOLFAIL RESPONSES FROM

YOU GUYS

THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM

@KIMCAV21.

SHE SAYS, "ON THE SECOND DAY OF

KINDERGARTEN, THE TEACHER HAD

TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL SAYING,

'PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, PLEASE

STOP ARGUING IN THE BACKGROUND

IT'S VERY DISTRACTING.'"

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

THIS NEXT ONE'S FROM

@VICWHITPIC.

SHE SAYS, "I WAS GOING THROUGH

THE ALPHABET WITH MY

4-YEAR-OLD

HE WAS STUCK ON 'T.'

I ASKED, 'WHAT DOES MOMMY LIKE

TO DRINK?'

WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT, HE

SHOUTED, 'WINE!'

[ LAUGHTER ]

"WHAT ELSE?"

"BEER!

OKAY

THIS ONE'S FROM @VEE1512

SHE SAYS, "WHEN YOUR 6-YEAR-OLD

ASKS THE TEACHER IF SHE'S

A GOLDEN GIRL.

[ LAUGHTER ]

THAT'S COOL.

THIS ONE'S FROM

@IDON'TSPEAKWHINE.

SHE SAYS, "WHAT DOES THE WORD

COPIOUS MEAN

USE THE CONTEXT CLUES IN THE

SURROUNDING SENTENCE TO TRY AND

FIGURE IT OUT.

THREE SECONDS LATER, 'ALEXA,

WHAT DOES COPIOUS MEAN?'

[ LAUGHTER ]

ALEXA, THE UNSUNG HERO OF

HOMESCHOOLING.

THIS ONE'S FROM @SLOAN04180851

YOU REMEMBER THAT, RIGHT

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: HIT ME UP ON TWITTER,

DUDE

@SLOAN04180851

SHE SAYS, "I'M HOMESCHOOLING

FOUR CHILDREN WHILE LOOKING

AFTER MY ONE AND TWO-YEAR-OLD.

NO FUNNY STORY, JUST A PLEA FOR

HELP."

[ LAUGHTER ]

KEEP YOU IN OUR THOUGHTS

THIS ONE FROM @KEEPERFAIRIES

SHE SAYS, "I GOT A CALL FROM

THE VICE PRINCIPAL TELLING ME

THAT MY KID ATTENDING CLASS

FROM THE HOT TUB IS

INAPPROPRIATE AND CANNOT HAPPEN

AGAIN.

[ LAUGHTER ]

"CHILL OUT, SHALL WE TURN DOWN

THE JETS?"

>> Questlove: THAT'S WHAT'S UP

>> Jimmy: THIS ONE'S FROM

@SEAMIRAC1979.

SHE SAYS, "MY SISTER-IN-LAW

GAVE ME A MUG WITH THE WORDS

'SHUT THE HELL UP' EDGED IN THE

BOTTOM

I ACCIDENTALLY GAVE IT TO MY

FIFTH GRADER WITH SOME TEA IN

IT WHILE HE WAS ON ZOOM.

[ LAUGHTER ]

THIS LAST ONE'S FROM @MCAPP.

HE SAYS, "WE'VE HOMESCHOOLED

OUR KID FOR THE PAST EIGHT

YEARS.

THIS IS THE YEAR WE CHOSE TO

SEND THEM TO SCHOOL FOR THE

FIRST TIME."

THERE YOU HAVE IT.

THOSE ARE OUR "TONIGHT SHOW

HASHTAGS."

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

TO CHECK OUT MORE OF OUR

FAVORITES, GO TO

TONIGHTSHOW.COM/HASHTAGS

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH

CHRIS ROCK, EVERYBODY!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

♪

♪

>> Jimmy: MY FIRST GUEST IS

A GRAMMY AND EMMY-WINNING

COMEDIAN WHO IS HOSTING THE

PREMIERE OF "SATURDAY NIGHT

LIVE" ON OCTOBER 3rd

HE ALSO STARS IN SEASON 4 OF

"FARGO" WHICH PREMIERES THIS

SUNDAY AT 9:00 P.M. ON FX.

HERE IS THE ONE AND ONLY

CHRIS ROCK

CHRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

COMING ON THE SHOW, BUD.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> JIMMY FALLON, HOW'S IT

GOING?

HOW -- HOW'S YOUR SUMMER BEEN,

JIMMY?

>> Jimmy: I'M LEARNING

I'M LEARNING

I'M ALWAYS LEARNING, MAN

YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, BUDDY

>> HEY

HEY!

YOU KNOW THEY ALWAYS SAY THE

ONE AND ONLY

LIKE, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DUPED

BEFORE

>> Jimmy: I KNOW

BUT I SAY -- I KNOW.

WELL, IT JUST FITS

>> I KNOW WE -- THE LAST TIME

WE HAD THE FAKE CHRIS ROCK ON,

BUT TONIGHT IT'S THE ONE AND

ONLY

>> Jimmy: IT FITS.

IT FITS WITH YOUR NAME

THE ONE AND ONLY

>> JUST SAYING

>> Jimmy: YEAH, I KNOW

>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO FAKE

BEING A CELEBRITY, WHY WOULD

YOU FAKE ME, KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

I'D FAKE BEING "THE ROCK,"

ACTUALLY, MORE THAN FAKE ME.

THAT SEEMS A LOT MORE FUN.

>> Jimmy: WE GOT TO ZOOM A

A COUPLE TIMES TOGETHER, AND

THIS IS -- IT'S ALWAYS

INTERESTING.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO -- ON THE

ONES THAT WE WERE ON, WHEN TO

MAKE A JOKE, WHEN TO COME IN

YOU KNOW, LIKE -- ARE PEOPLE

WAITING ON US TO MAKE JOKES?

>> WE HAD SOME EPIC ZOOMS.

LIKE THIS --

>> Jimmy: LIKE, CRAZY ONES

WHERE IT'S JUST LIKE -- I WAS

JUST KIND OF SITTING BACK,

BECAUSE LIKE -- WOW.

JUST WATCHING --

>> ME, YOU, LEO, MATT DAMON,

KEVIN HART, SANDLER.

>> Jimmy: SANDLER.

>> I REMEMBER -- I DID ONES

THAT, LIKE -- IT WAS LIKE ME,

KEVIN HART, AND TOM BRADY.

LIKE -- I DON'T REALLY KNOW

TOM BRADY.

>> Jimmy: WOW.

>> BUT IT WAS NICE TO TALK WITH

HIM.

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> GET ACQUAINTED.

>> Jimmy: CRAZY.

>> LIKE SOME EPIC, RIDICULOUS

ZOOMS.

>> Jimmy: CHAPPELLE, I THINK,

WAS ON -- HOW WAS --

>> YES

>> Jimmy: -- CAMP CHAPPELLE?

BECAUSE I KNOW QUESTLOVE SAW

YOU THERE.

>> CAMP CHAPPELLE WAS GREAT.

I THINK I MAY GO BACK -- WHO

KNOWS.

I MAY END UP THERE THIS

WEEKEND, YOU NEVER KNOW.

>> Jimmy: RIGHT.

>> YEAH, HAVE YOU BEEN YET

>> Jimmy: NO

I DO WANT TO GO.

HONESTLY, I MISS PERFORMING IN

FRONT OF A CROWD

>> GO, GET OFF YOUR PLANE, THEY

TEST YOU FOR COVID IMMEDIATELY

>> Jimmy: REALLY

>> AND ONCE YOU GET TESTED,

ONCE YOUR TEST COMES BACK

NEGATIVE, YOU GET A WRISTBAND.

NOW YOU CAN ENTER THE INNER

SANCTUM.

SO, EVERYBODY -- YOU CAN LOOK,

EVERYBODY'S GOT A WRISTBAND.

SO, NO ONE'S GOT COVID

>> Jimmy: WOW.

>> AND SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY HANG

OUT WITH PEOPLE ALL WEEK

YOU KNOW

DRINK, SMOKE, WHATEVER

AND JUST HAVE A COVID-FREE

TIME

>> Jimmy: AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE

GOING IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE?

>> IT WAS KIND OF A COOL -- YOU

KNOW, REMEMBER AT THE COMEDY

CLUBS, I ALWAYS SAID LIKE, THE

RAIN CROWD WAS ALWAYS THE BEST,

BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANTED TO

BE THERE

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> Jimmy: THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE

INDOORS.

>> WELL, THE COVID CROWD IS

EVEN BETTER.

LIKE, THE COVID CROWD IS VERY

HAPPY THAT THERE'S A SHOW.

>> Jimmy: YEAH, THEY WANT TO

BE -- THEY WANT ENTERTAINMENT.

THEY'RE LIKE, "YES!"

>> "JUST GIVE US ANYTHING!

WE ARE -- WE HAVE WATCHED

?TIGER KING' FAR TOO MANY

TIMES.

GIVE US ANYTHING."

>> Jimmy: YOU SAID THAT THE

PANDEMIC HAS BEEN FOR YOU LIKE

WHAT AN OFFSEASON IS FOR AN

ATHLETE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT

>> I'VE JUST BEEN -- YOU KNOW

WHAT

I HAD ALL THIS TIME.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING

TO DO?

WELL, I MEAN, SO I -- I STARTED

WORKING OUT IN A WEIRD, LIKE,

OBSESSIVE WAY.

AND LIKE A KIND OF KEVIN HART,

JOE PISCOPO WAY.

JUST BEEN LIKE -

[ GRUNTING ] WORKING OUT

I LEARNED TO SWIM.

I'VE BEEN SWIMMING A LOT

BECAUSE I COULDN'T SWIM

FOREVER.

>> Jimmy: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT

>> YEAH, I GREW UP IN THE HOOD

IT'S HARD TO SWIM WITH THE

WATER FROM A FIRE HYDRANT, YOU

KNOW

WHEN A FIRE HYDRANT IS YOUR

OCEAN.

>> Jimmy: YEAH, EXACTLY.

JUST DOGGY -- YEAH

>> YOU CAN WORK ON A FEW

STROKES, BUT YOU KNOW.

>> Jimmy: THE PRESSURE PUSHES

YOU BACK, YEAH

>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO

REALLY -

YEAH

IT'S -- YEAH, THAT'S HOW I -

YEAH

IT'S JUST HARD TO -- YEAH.

>> Jimmy: THAT'S FUN THE WAY -

>> TO SWIM 125th STREET.

>> Jimmy: I ALWAYS THINK OF

YOU, CHRIS

I FEEL LIKE YOU AND BILL MURRAY

ALWAYS END UP IN THESE PLACES

WHERE I GO, "WHAT IS GOING ON?

WHAT -- HOW DID YOU END UP --

WHO DID YOU?

AND I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IT ALL

THE TIME

YOU WERE HANGING OUT WITH

YOUTUBE STAR DAVID DOBRIK

RECENTLY

THAT'S WHAT MADE ME THINK OF

THIS

>> YEAH, I LIKE DAVID.

>> Jimmy: HOW DID YOU MEET -

HOW DO YOU END UP -- HOW DOES

DAVID DOBRIK AND CHRIS ROCK END

UP TOGETHER?

>> I ALWAYS SAID, MY KIDS ARE

LIKE MY FOCUS GROUP AT THIS

POINT.

>> Jimmy: YEP.

>> AND IF THEY SAY SOMEBODY'S

FUNNY, THEN THEY'RE FUNNY TO

ME

YOU KNOW

>> Jimmy: THAT'S RIGHT

>> SO, MY KIDS, THEY'VE LEFT

KEVIN HART, YOU KNOW

AND NOW THEY'RE ON

DAVID DOBRIK, RIGHT?

AND I'M WATCHING THIS STUFF.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, "HE LIVES IN

THE VALLEY."

AND I'M LIKE, WELL -- WE WERE

IN L.A. AT THE TIME.

"LET'S GO SEE HIM, LET'S SEE

WHAT HE'S DOING.

SO, I MADE A COUPLE OF CALLS

AND I TALKED TO HIM.

AND I SAY, "OKAY IF I STOP BY?

NEVER MET HIM BEFORE, BY THE

WAY.

>> Jimmy: HE'S GREAT

>> HE SAID, "SURE.

SO I JUST -- ME AND MY KIDS, WE

GOT IN THE TRUCK, WE FIRST MADE

A STOP AT IN-AND-OUT BECAUSE

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE

IN L.A., GOT TO GET YOUR

IN-AND-OUT

>> Jimmy: YOU HAVE TO.

>> THEN WE WENT OVER TO DAVID'S

HOUSE, YOU KNOW.

AND WE HUNG OUT FOR, YOU KNOW,

HALF A DAY OR AND NOW ME AND

DAVID ARE LIKE THIS.

>> Jimmy: NO, YEAH, YEAH

YEAH, I KNOW -- YEAH, RIGHT.

>> LIKE THIS

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN

RECOGNIZING GREAT TALENT IN

PEOPLE

MOST RECENTLY, LESLIE JONES.

BUT YOU ONCE TRIED TO GET -- IS

THIS TRUE, CARDI B INTO COMEDY

>> WELL -- YES

I'VE BEEN -- WHEN I SAY

RECOGNIZE TALENT -- PEOPLE ARE

SO OBVIOUSLY FUNNY

IT'S LIKE -- YES

SO, I REMEMBER I USED TO TRY TO

GET LESLIE JONES AN AGENT FOR

YEARS, AND NO ONE WOULD LISTEN

TO ME.

FINALLY -- OF COURSE

LORNE MICHAELS IS A GENIUS

AND HE ASKED ME IF I KNEW ANY

BLACK WOMEN FOR "SNL."

I SAID, "I MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY

FOR YOU.

SO, YEAH, I KNEW LESLIE JONES

EARLY.

I'LL SAY J.B. SMOOVE PREMIERED

ON "THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW.

HANNIBAL

I REMEMBER PITCHING

WENDY WILLIAMS TO HBO FOR

A SHOW 20 YEARS AGO.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO FOR IT.

>> Jimmy: FOR A TALK SHOW?

>> BUT THE LATEST PERSON --

A TALK SHOW, YEAH.

THEY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY

YEAH

>> Jimmy: AND LOOK AT HER NOW,

SHE'S PHENOMENAL, OF COURSE,

WENDY WILLIAMS

>> YEAH, LOOK AT HER NOW, GOD

BLESS HER.

>> Jimmy: BUT WHAT HAPPENED

WITH CARDI B

>> SHE'S DOING EXACTLY WHAT I

KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO DO

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> CARDI B, I SAW, LIKE, ON

SOME YOUTUBE THING -- AGAIN, MY

KIDS SHOWED ME THIS CARDI B

GIRL

SHE DIDN'T HAVE A RECORD OUT OR

ANYTHING

AND I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, WE

SHOULD GO SHOW IT.

I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY WHAT

NETWORK.

SO I WENT -- ME, CARDI B, AND

HER MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, TO

LIKE, KIND OF GET A SHOW GOING

AND IT JUST NEVER HAPPENED

BUT I THOUGHT SHE WAS -- AND

SHE TOLD ME ABOUT HER RAP AT

THE TIME

AND I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, YEAH,

THAT'S GOOD, GOOD, ANYWAY.

YOU'RE A COMEDY STAR."

>> Jimmy: YEAH

SHE IS REALLY FUNNY.

>> SO YES, SHE IS REALLY -- I

THINK CARDI B'S THE FUNNIEST

WOMAN -- ONE OF THE FUNNIEST

PEOPLE, YOU KNOW -

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> IT'S LIKE CHAPPELLE, CARDI.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

LIKE -- LIKE IN THE STANDINGS

RIGHT NOW.

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> TWO OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE

IN THE WORLD

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> CARDI'S RIGHT UP THERE.

SHE'S NECK AND NECK WITH

BILL BURR, YOU KNOW WHAT I

MEAN

SHE'S GOOD, MAN.

>> Jimmy: BILL BURR.

HE'S AWESOME

>> BILL PUTS A LITTLE MORE

WRITING INTO IT, BUT CARDI CAN

HANG WITH ANYBODY.

>> Jimmy: CAN YOU STICK AROUND

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT "FARGO.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

>> SURE.

>> Jimmy: ALL RIGHT, COOL.

>> FOR YOU, I'LL DO IT

>> Jimmy: MORE WITH CHRIS ROCK

WHEN WE COME BACK, EVERYBODY

♪

I'M TALKING TO CHRIS ROCK.

CHRIS, THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING

HERE

IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT

YOU'RE HOSTING THE PREMIERE OF

"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" ON

OCTOBER 3rd.

>> YES

>> Jimmy: NOT THIS SATURDAY,

NEXT SATURDAY.

MUSICAL GUEST

MEGAN THEE STALLION.

>> YES

>> Jimmy: HOW DID THEY --

ARE -- WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?

DO WE KNOW ANYTHING?

>> I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE EVEN

GOING TO DO IT, I SWEAR.

>> Jimmy: OKAY

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IN THE

STUDIO

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M IN MY

HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO DO

IT FROM A HOSPITAL

I DON'T KNOW

>> Jimmy: OKAY, OKAY

SO WE DON'T KNOW -

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT --

>> Jimmy: WELL, MAYBE I'LL SEE

YOU IN THE BUILDING NEXT WEEK.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE LIVE

>> Jimmy: YUP.

>> MAYBE YOU'LL SEE ME IN THE

BUILDING NEXT WEEK

>> Jimmy: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT

"FARGO."

THIS IS -- I'VE BEEN -- I'VE

BEEN DYING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

PREMIERES SUNDAY AT 9:00 ON FX

YOU LOOK GREAT IN THIS

THIS IS GOING TO CRUSH

I ALREADY KNOW IT.

YOU LOOK FANTASTIC

HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE THE SEASON

>> THANK YOU

THIS IS A VERY AMBITIOUS

SEASON

IT IS -- I MEAN, I'LL EXPLAIN

MY CHARACTER

I'M A GANGSTER

I PLAY A GUY NAMED LOY

LOY, WEIRD NAME.

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> CANNON.

AND HE'S A GANGSTER BUT HE'S

ALSO A BUSINESSMAN

HE'S ALSO KIND OF AN

ENTREPRENEUR

AND HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S FROM

KANSAS CITY IN THE '50s.

SO HE'S JUST LIKE THIS

BRILLIANT BLACK GUY LIVING IN

A WORLD THAT'S TOTALLY AGAINST

HIM.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- YOU

KNOW, HIS STRUGGLE -- THERE'S

A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON,

BUT THAT'S MY CHARACTER.

YOU SEE HOW I NAVIGATE THIS

THING, YOU KNOW.

AND I'M ALSO A FATHER AND

A HUSBAND.

SO IT'S -- YOU KNOW,

"SOPRANOS-ISH," I'LL SAY

>> Jimmy: YEAH, YOU SAID

SOMEWHERE THAT IT'S THE BEST

ROLE YOU'VE EVER HAD

>> OH, YEAH, IT'S THE BEST

ROLE

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, COMPARE THAT

AND "POOTIE TANG."

BUT YOU KNOW

EVERYTHING CAN'T BE --

>> Jimmy: BUT IT LOOKS -

>> BUT DEEJAY IN "POOTIE TANG"

WAS PRETTY GOOD PART, MAN.

>> Jimmy: NOT BAD.

>> BUT -

>> Jimmy: I HEARD THE

CREATORS -

>> THE CORNSTALK THAT I PLAYED

IN "POOTIE TANG" IS AMAZING.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: DON'T KNOCK "POOTIE

TANG."

I LOVED IT, MAN.

>> I -- YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY?

I TALKED TO KANYE THE OTHER

DAY.

JUST IN THE -- OUT OF THE BLUE

SKY HE'S LIKE, "'POOTIE

TANG'S'" THE MOST IMPORTANT

MOVIE OF THE LAST -- OF

THE 20th CENTURY," RIGHT

HE WAS BREAKING IT DOWN, RIGHT

HE KNEW "POOTIE TANG" WAY

BETTER THAN ME

>> Jimmy: I LOVE THAT, MAN

BUT THIS ONE, THIS -

>> KANYE LIKED "POOTIE TANG.

>> Jimmy: NOAH HAWLEY, THE

CREATOR, HAD YOU IN MIND

BEFORE -- BEFORE THERE WAS EVEN

A SCRIPT

THAT HAD TO FEEL GOOD.

>> THAT FELT REALLY GOOD

YEAH, HE CALLED ME

HE WANTED TO HAVE A MEETING.

I THOUGHT, "I DON'T KNOW."

I MEAN, I LOVED THE SHOW, SO I

SHOWED UP AT THE MEETING

BUT I THOUGHT, GOING TO ASK ME

TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOST HIS

WIFE'S CHARITY EVENT OR

SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.

[ LAUGHTER ]

I'M SURE YOU GET A LOT OF THOSE

REQUESTS ALSO.

>> Jimmy: YEAH, YOU GO,

"SCORSESE, YOU WANT ME TO BE IN

THE MOVIE?

HE'S LIKE, "YEAH

>> "NAH, I'M DOING A LITTLE

THING, TRYING TO RAISE MONEY TO

RESURRECT A BOAT."

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> "AND WE THINK YOU'LL BE A

A GOOD HOST.

>> Jimmy: MM-HMM

>> OKAY.

>> Jimmy: YEAH, BUT HE WANTED

YOU FOR THIS

AND YOU -- HE WROTE THIS FOR

YOU?

>> HE WANTED -- HE ABSOLUTELY

WANTED ME FOR THIS

AND YOU KNOW, THE WEIRD THING

WAS, I GOT THE OFFER LIKE

A YEAR BEFORE WE STARTED

FILMING.

SO I'M LIKE SUCH A SCAREDY CAT,

I KEPT THINKING I WAS GOING TO

GET A CALL THAT, YOU KNOW,

"HEY, I BUMPED INTO DON CHEADLE

AT A PARTY

[ LAUGHTER ]

AND HEY, I'M SORRY, CHRIS.

>> Jimmy: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU

ABOUT THIS PARTY I'M DOING

>> "I SAW CHIWETEL AT WHOLE

FOODS.

HEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I SAY?

>> Jimmy: HEY, CHRIS, I WANT TO

SHOW A CLIP OF "FARGO.

HERE'S CHRIS ROCK IN SEASON

FOUR OF "FARGO."

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

FOR YOU.

WE GOT AN ALLIANCE

AND I KNOW YOU THINK PART OF

BEING AN AMERICAN IS STANDING

ON MY NECK

BUT I SEE THE WINDOW SIGNS

"NO COLORED.

"NO ITALIANS."

SO WE'RE BOTH IN THE GUTTER

TOGETHER, LIKE IT OR NOT

>> Jimmy: MY THANKS TO CHRIS -

WHAT'S THAT?

>> BEFORE WE GET OFF THE AIR,

WE HAVE TO SAY, "HI,

BARRY SOBEL.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Jimmy: BARRY, WE LOVE YOU,

BARRY SOBEL.

MY THANKS TO CHRIS ROCK.

>> WE LOVE YOU

>> Jimmy: THE ONE AND ONLY

"FARGO" PREMIERES SUNDAY AT

9:00 P.M

YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE

ON FX.

JONATHAN MAJORS JOINS US AFTER

THE BREAK.

STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.

♪

♪

>> Jimmy: MY NEXT GUEST IS A

A VERY TALENTED ACTOR.

HE STARS AS ATTICUS FREEMAN IN

THE HIT SERIES "LOVECRAFT

COUNTRY" WHICH AIRS SUNDAYS AT

9:00 P.M. ON HBO AND IS

AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON HBO MAX

HERE IS JONATHAN MAJORS!

>> Jimmy: JONATHAN, WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

HERE

THIS IS YOUR LATE-NIGHT TALK

SHOW DEBUT

JUST HOW YOU ALWAYS PICTURED IT

HAPPENING, OVER ZOOM

>> UH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

NO, IT'S GREAT, MAN.

I MEAN, I NEVER THOUGHT IT

WOULD HAPPEN, OR PICTURED IT

BUT YEAH, IT'S -- I'M GLAD TO

BE HERE, MAN

VERY MUCH SO

>> Jimmy: THERE'S SO MUCH GOING

ON I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT,

'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE IN

NEW MEXICO FILMING A MOVIE THAT

IS LIKE A WESTERN?

THAT JAY-Z'S PRODUCED?

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: CALLED "THE HARDER

THEY FALL.

AND THEN COVID-19 BROKE OUT.

IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED?

>> YEAH, WE WERE A DAY FROM --

A DAY FROM SHOOTING.

WE HAD DONE A PRE-SHOOT DAY,

AND THEN WE SAW THE SUITS COME

IN OR THE NETFLIX GUYS COME IN,

ONE-ONE THOUSAND, TWO-ONE

THOUSAND, THREE-ONE THOUSAND

THEY CALLED US ALL IN.

WHICH IS NOT THE BEST IDEA,

WHEN I COME AND THINK OF IT.

THEY CALL US IN ONE ROOM TO

TELL US THAT THERE WAS A

A PANDEMIC AND WE WERE SHUTTING

DOWN

>> Jimmy: NO, YOU KEEP

EVERYBODY DISTANT.

>> BUT IT HAPPENED

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> YEAH, "STAY WHERE YOU ARE,

STAY WHERE YOU ARE, AND LISTEN

UP."

>> Jimmy: YOUR CO-STAR IN "THE

HARDER THEY FALL" IS

IDRIS ELBA, AKA ONE OF THE

SEXIEST MEN ALIVE.

>> CORRECT, YEAH

>> Jimmy: YEAH

DID HE HOLD THAT OVER

EVERYONE'S HEAD?

DOES HE WALK AROUND WITH A

A "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE, SHOWING

EVERYBODY?

>> NO, THE THING ABOUT DRIS IS

HE IS A VERY, VERY, VERY SWEET

MAN.

YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST SO GENTLE.

AND LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE --

WHEN YOU SEE HIM YOU GO,

"THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO

TELL US THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN

SEE YOU ARE THE SEXIEST MAN

ALIVE.

>> Jimmy: YEAH, YEAH, WE

ALREADY KNOW

>> YOU KNOW, HE'S LIKE "OH,

YEAH, OF COURSE, YEAH, YEAH.

>> Jimmy: I THOUGHT YOU WERE

GOING TO HOLD UP -- BECAUSE YOU

CAN SHOW HIM THAT YOU'RE COMING

FOR HIM BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE

COVER OF OCTOBER ISSUE OF "GQ.

>> YEAH, WOW, MAN.

>> Jimmy: I MEAN, COME ON!

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: THAT'S AWESOME

>> YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> Jimmy: CONGRATS, BUDDY.

>> THANK YOU, BRO.

THANK YOU.

>> Jimmy: CAN YOU THINK BACK

20 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WERE A

A KID?

DID YOU EVER THINK ONE DAY

YOU'D BE ON THE COVER OF "GQ"?

>> YOU KNOW -- I'LL TELL YOU

THE TRUTH, I DID THINK SO, BUT

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BECAUSE I

WAS A BASKETBALL STAR.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE

A POINT GUARD.

>> Jimmy: REALLY

>> PLAYING IN THE NBA, YEAH.

THAT WAS LIKE --

THAT WAS LIKE THE PLAN

AND THEN MY UNCLE, WHO WAS

PROBABLY MY CLOSEST MENTOR TO

THIS DAY -- I WAS ABOUT

14 YEARS OLD

I WAS PLAYING BALL

AND HE CAME TO THE GAME, MAN

I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, UNCLE

CHUCK'S COMING TO THE GAME, I

GOT TO CLOWN

I GOT TO DO MY THING."

AND I PLAYED MY ASS OFF, MAN

AND AT THE END OF THE GAME, HE

PULLED ME TO THE SIDE.

I WAS IN HIS TRUCK

AND HE SAID, "NEPHEW, I GOT

SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.

I'M LIKE, "WHAT?

TELL, WHAT WAS IT?

WHAT WAS IT?

WHAT'D YOU LIKE?

WHAT'D YOU LIKE?

HE SAID, "I DON'T THINK THIS

BASKETBALL THING IS GOING TO

WORK OUT."

>> Jimmy: AWW.

>> "I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR

YOU.

>> Jimmy: NO

>> AND I GO -- YEAH.

I GO -- I GO, "WHAT?

WE DIDN'T TALK FOR PROBABLY --

PROBABLY SIX MONTHS.

I AIN'T TALKED TO MY UNCLE

AND MIND YOU, I'M 6 FEET TALL.

MY UNCLE'S ABOUT 6'5" AND JUST

A BRILLIANT ATHLETE.

>> Jimmy: SO HE KNOWS HOW TO

PLAY

>> AND SO HE SAYS IT, I GO,

"OKAY, COOL.

AND THEN THAT KIND OF PUT ME ON

THE TRACK, THOUGH.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HARD NO

YOU KNOW

>> Jimmy: I WOULD HAVE -- I

WOULD HAVE STARTED TO BREAK

DOWN CRYING RIGHT THERE.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE -

>> OH, THAT HAPPENED

THAT ABSOLUTELY HAPPENED

IN HIS CHEVROLET

IN HIS WHITE CHEVROLET TRUCK

>> Jimmy: WOW.

AND THEN YOU THOUGHT, "OH,

ACTING IS WHAT I WANT TO DO?

>> I WAS -- I WAS KIND OF

ALREADY IN IT.

I WAS KIND OF ALREADY -- THINGS

HAD HAPPENED IN SCHOOL, YOU

KNOW

TROUBLE AND ALL THAT STUFF

IT KIND OF PUT ME ON THAT PATH,

AND I WAS GETTING INTO IT AT

THAT POINT

BUT THEN -- IT WAS KIND OF LIKE

A TURBO BOOST WHEN UNCLE CHUCK

WAS LIKE, "NAH, NEPHEW."

YOU KNOW

AND IT WAS SO SOBER.

THAT'S THE THING

IT WAS SO SOBER.

I WAS LIKE, "OKAY.

>> Jimmy: WOW.

>> "ALL RIGHT, THEN.

>> Jimmy: WOW, THAT WAS --

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: YEAH, YOU REALLY SAID

THAT

OH MY GOSH

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> Jimmy: YOU DIDN'T BREAK IT

DOWN LIKE, I'M A LITTLE KID.

YOU'RE LIKE, "IT'S OVER, DUDE,

YEAH."

PUT YOUR ENERGY --

>> "IT'S NOT FOR YOU."

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

"IT'S NOT FOR YOU.

AND I SAID, "OKAY.

>> Jimmy: WOW.

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: ACTUALLY WORKED OUT.

IT WORKED OUT, MAN

WOW.

I MEAN -

>> HE STILL GOT ON THE COVER OF

GQ, UNCLE CHUCK.

IT STILL HAPPENED.

>> Jimmy: IT STILL HAPPENED.

YOU CAN'T STOP

YOU CAN'T STOP A TRAIN, YEAH

NO, NO, NO

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT

"LOVECRAFT COUNTRY."

>> DEFINITELY.

>> Jimmy: BUT FIRST, THERE'S A

A RUMOR OUT THERE I WANT TO ASK

YOU ABOUT.

IT WAS REPORTED, I THINK IT WAS

LAST WEEK, THAT YOU MIGHT BE

JOINING THE MARVEL CINEMATIC

UNIVERSE AS KANG THE CONQUEROR

YOU TELL ME IF THIS IS TRUE,

RIGHT?

THERE'S NO ONE HERE IN THE

STUDIO

IT'S JUST US

>> IT'S JUST YOU AND ME?

>> Jimmy: OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH

>> MAN, I HEARD THE SAME THING,

BRO.

I HEARD THE SAME THING

IT WAS LIKE, "WHAT

WHAT

WHAT?"

SO -- YOU KNOW

WE -- WE APPARENTLY HAVE THE

SAME SOURCE BECAUSE I HEARD IT

TOO.

>> Jimmy: GOD.

I KNEW -- I KNEW I WAS GOING TO

GET NOTHING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT "LOVECRAFT

COUNTRY.

IT'S A BIG HIT

OH, MY GOSH.

CONGRATS ON THIS

ALL MY WRITERS LOVE IT

EVERYONE'S LIKE, "THAT'S THE

SHOW YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH RIGHT

NOW.

FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN IT,

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT?

>> IT'S A STORY ABOUT A FAMILY

AND A MAN SEARCHING FOR THEIR

LEGACY DURING A VERY TURBULENT

TIME IN AMERICA.

RIGHT, IT TAKES PLACE DURING

THE JIM CROW ERA

AND THEY MOVE THROUGH THIS

AMERICA AS BLACK PEOPLE

ATTEMPTING TO STAY SAFE, TO

GROW AS A FAMILY, AND TO PUSH

THE LINEAGE FORWARD.

AND CHAOS ENSUES ON SO MANY

LEVELS, YOU COULDN'T EVEN

IMAGINE.

>> Jimmy: YOU'RE GREAT IN THIS

AS WE SAID, THE SHOW TAKES

PLACE IN THE '50s, BUT THERE

ARE A LOT OF THEMES, I WOULD

SAY, IN "LOVECRAFT COUNTRY"

THAT FEEL RELEVANT NOW

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE

NEWS YESTERDAY OF THE

BREONNA TAYLOR GRAND JURY

DECISION

DOES IT FEEL EVEN MORE SPECIAL

TO BE PART OF THIS SHOW WHERE

WE ARE RIGHT NOW

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A -- THAT'S

A TOUGH WORD, ISN'T IT

SPECIAL.

YOU KNOW

>> Jimmy: YEAH

>> LIKE IT'S -- BUT IT DOES, IT

FEELS NOVEL.

IT FEELS -- THERE'S A CERTAIN

GRAVITY TO IT.

I WOULDN'T SAY WEIGHT.

I'D SAY GRAVITY TO IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

AND YOU KNOW, WITH SISTER

TAYLOR, IT'S HEAVY

YOU KNOW

'CAUSE YOU LOOK AT OUR SHOW,

AND KIND OF WHAT I FEEL WE'VE

DONE IS A LOT OF FOLKS SAY,

"OH, IT'S SO RELEVANT.

YOU KNOW

I SAY, "YEAH -- I MEAN, MOST

THINGS ARE RELEVANT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING

LIKE EVERYBODY'S IN CHARGE OF

MAKING IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING

BUT NOBODY'S A FOOL, YOU KNOW.

BUT TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT IS

BOTH RELEVANT AND, IN MY

OPINION, REVEALING, IS A BIT OF

A -- BIT OF A HAT TRICK.

YOU KNOW

BECAUSE WHAT THE SHOW DOES --

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SAID

BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN,

IT'S LIKE YOU PUT A BODY CAM ON

AN ENTIRE CULTURE, YOU KNOW.

AND THE ADVENT OF THE BODY CAM

REALLY BLEW EVERYBODY'S MIND

LIKE, "OH MY GOD, I CAN'T

BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING THIS

[ BLEEP ] IS HAPPENING TO

SO-AND-SO AT THESE STOPS."

BUT TO PUT A BODY CAM ON AN

ENTIRE CULTURE FOR JUST A DAY

IN A LIFE IS SUCH A -- SUCH

A SPECIAL THING, AS YOU SAY,

YOU KNOW

AND THOSE BODY CAMS ARE PUTTING

THEM ON OUR BLACK BODIES, YOU

KNOW

AND WE'RE TELLING SOMETHING

THAT ALLEGEDLY WAS IN THE PAST,

BUT AS WE CAN SEE, WITH SISTER

TAYLOR, IS VERY CURRENT, YOU

KNOW

AND WE REVEAL THAT, YOU KNOW,

EVERY SUNDAY

SO YEAH, "SPECIAL" IS AN

INTERESTING WORD

AND I WOULD SAY IT'S WHAT IT

IS

>> Jimmy: I WANT TO SHOW

EVERYONE A CLIP.

HERE'S JONATHAN MAJORS IN

"LOVECRAFT COUNTRY."

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

♪

>> HER NAME WAS YOUNG-JA

SHE'S WAS A NURSE.

YOUR UNIT SHOT SOME OF US AT

CHECKPOINT THEN DRAGGED HER

AWAY

♪

>> SHE WAS A COMMUNIST

SYMPATHIZER.

>> IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING

YOURSELF

>> I WAS FOLLOWING ORDERS.

WHO KNOWS HOW MANY LIVES I'VE

SAVED BY DOING WHAT I DID?

>> DOES IS HAVE BALANCE, HOW

MANY HAVE YOU TAKEN?

THE ONES THAT KEEP YOU UP AT

NIGHT AND SOBBING?

THERE'S NO BOOK FOR YOU TO

ESCAPE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

>> YOU KNEW THIS ENTIRE TIME

BUT DIDN'T SAY A WORD?

JI, YOU MADE ME CARE FOR YOU

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

>> NOTHING IS WRONG WITH ME.

YOU'RE THE MONSTER

>> WHY DID YOU AGREE TO GO OUT

WITH ME, THEN?

>> BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO KILL

YOU.

>> Jimmy: JONATHAN MAJORS,

EVERYBODY.

CHECK OUT "LOVECRAFT COUNTRY"

SUNDAYS AT 9:00 P.M. ON HBO AND

STREAMING ON HBO MAX

AND HE'S ON THE COVER, COME ON,

OF "GQ."

HEAR THAT, UNCLE CHUCK

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A

A PERFORMANCE FROM SASHA SLOAN

STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY!

♪

>> Jimmy: PERFORMING THE SONG

"LIE" FROM HER UPCOMING DEBUT

ALBUM "ONLY CHILD" OUT

OCTOBER 16th, HERE IS

SASHA SLOAN.

[ APPLAUSE ]

♪ DON'T SLEEP O

THE COUCH AGAI

EVEN THOUGH YOU TOOK I

FOR THE WEEKEND ♪

♪ KISS ME LIK

YOU WANNA STAY

EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE

THINKING ABOUT LEAVING ♪

♪ PLEASE JUST FAKE IT

BUT TURN TO LOOK

WHEN I MAKE IT ♪

♪ DON'T BE HONEST

PROMISE ME THA

YOU WANT THIS ♪

♪ SAY YOU'RE LUCK

SAY YOU'RE LUCKY TO LOVE M

LIKE YOU USED TO

EVEN IF IT ISN'T TRUE ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO LIE, LI

LIE TO MY FACE ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO PUT YOU

HANDS ON MY WAIST ♪

♪ CAN WE JUST DANCE 'TI

THE SKY'S AWAK

CAUSE I REALLY CAN'T GET

MY HEART BROKEN TONIGHT ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME

THERE'S A FUTURE HER

EVEN IF WE'VE NEVE

REALLY SEEN IT ♪

♪ TELL ME WHEN YOU CLOS

YOUR EYES, I'M ALL YOU SEE

EVEN IF YOU'RE

NOT DREAMING ♪

♪ PLEASE JUST FAKE IT

BUT TURN TO LOOK

WHEN I MAKE IT ♪

♪ DON'T BE HONEST

PROMISE ME THA

YOU WANT THIS ♪

♪ SAY YOU'RE LUCK

SAY YOU'RE LUCKY TO LOVE M

LIKE YOU USED TO

EVEN IF IT ISN'T TRUE ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO LIE, LI

LIE TO MY FACE ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO PUT YOU

HANDS ON MY WAIST ♪

♪ CAN WE JUST DANCE 'TI

THE SKY'S AWAK

CAUSE I REALLY CAN'T GET

MY HEART BROKEN TONIGHT ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO TOUCH M

LIKE YOU DID IN THE BEGINNIN

BABY, JUST GIVE ME

ANOTHER DAY ♪

♪ TOUCH ME LIKE THERE ISN'T

SOMETHING MISSIN

'CAUSE EVEN IF

YOU DON'T STAY ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO LIE, LI

LIE TO MY FACE

I WANT YOU TO PUT YOUR

HANDS ON MY WAIST ♪

♪ CAN WE JUST DANCE 'TI

THE SKY'S AWAK

'CAUSE I REALLY CAN'T GE

MY HEART BROKEN TONIGHT ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO LIE, LI

LIE TO MY FACE ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO PUT YOU

HANDS ON MY WAIST ♪

♪ CAN WE JUST DANCE 'TI

THE SKY'S AWAKE ♪

♪ CAUSE I REALLY CAN'T GE

MY HEART BROKEN TONIGHT ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO TOUCH M

LIKE YOU DID IN THE BEGINNIN

BABY, JUST GIVE ME

ANOTHER DAY ♪

♪ HMM, HMM ♪

♪ TOUCH ME LIKE THERE ISN'T

SOMETHING MISSING ♪

♪ 'CAUSE EVEN I

YOU DON'T STAY

I WANT YOU TO ♪

♪ OH-OH, OH-OH, OH-OH ♪

♪ I WANT YOU TO LIE ♪

♪

[ APPLAUSE ]

>> Jimmy: THANK YOU TO

SASHA SLOAN.

MORE "TONIGHT SHOW" WHEN WE

COME BACK.

♪

>> Jimmy: THANK YOU ALL FOR

WATCHING

STAY SAFE OUT THERE.

WASH YOUR HANDS.

DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE.

STAY TUNED FOR "LATE NIGHT WITH

SETH MEYERS.

GOODNIGHT, EVERYBODY

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

WE GOT THIS.

♪

♪