>>> votes for president of the united states are as follows.
Joseph r. Biden jr. Of the state of delaware has received 306
votes. Donald j. Trump of the state of
florida has received 232 votes. >> argh!
>> the whole number of electors appointed to --
>> ariah! You are a bad, bad boy, bad
mike! ♪ ba debaba debaba deba
"jimmy kimmel live"! Back at home!
>> jimmy: Greetings, my fellow americans.
Or at least what's left of us. I'm jimmy.
Thanks for watching. Thank you for joining us.
After the aftermath of the mess our president and his army of
d-imbeciles made of our country. Yesterday was a day we will
never forget. We saw confederate flags being
waved in the chamber of the senate.
Pipe bombs were found near the capitol building.
Molotov cocktails too. The maga maggots were urinating
in the offices of congress. The kind of behavior that
wouldn't be tolerated at a gathering of the juggalos, went
on at the direction of our con artist in chief.
Congress reconvened last night. They stayed up late to
officially certify joe biden as our next president, despite
objections from a number of despicables in the house and
senate, who are still hitching their sad little wagons to
donald trump. I've been watching the news and
these "experts" keep saying "history will not look back
kindly" on the politicians who continue with this charade.
As if these people care about history.
Those people don't even care about climate change.
At this rate, we'll be lucky if we even have a history.
For them to be ashamed of. I've heard a lot of people say a
lot over the last 36 hours. But none of them summed this
whole thing up better than this unidentified gentleman in
washington, who had some very wise words from his stoop.
>> get the [ bleep ] out of town!
[ bleep ], [ bleep ]! >> jimmy: Give that guy a
cabinet position, will you? Last night marked the end of the
longtime romance between donald trump and his golden
graham, lindsey, who used his time before the senate to issue
a very public breakup. >> I cannot convince people,
certain groups, by my words, but I will tell you by my actions.
That maybe I among -- above all others in this body need to say
this. Joe biden and kamala harris are
lawfully elected and will become the president and the vice
president of the united states on January the 20th.
>> jimmy: Lindsey graham said he and trump "had a hell of a
journey" but "enough is enough." and he decided not to give him
the final rose. That was something to watch.
I want to commend senator graham for this courageous act, two
weeks after he called to try to get the georgia secretary of
state to change the election results.
Now he's appalled. But heroes come in many forms.
Last night was trump's worst nightmare.
The vice poodle is off the leash.
I would hate to have been mike pence's juice box last
night. The vp is poed.
One of his longtime pals in the senate, senator jim inhofe, said
he's never seen pence as mad as he was yesterday.
They say mike pence hasn't been this angry since the night they
picked "footloose" as the in-flight movie on air force
two. Today we learned that pence is
even planning to go to biden's inauguration.
Of course he's planning to go to biden's inauguration.
It's one last chance to do what he does best.
Sit there and stare at the back of a president's head.
This rift between pence and trump, this is a tough one.
And not just for them, a split like this is also very awko-taco
for their fox and friends. >> I hope it doesn't taint the
relationship because they've been such supporters of each
other and been a good team -- >> how can it be good after
that? >> I'm sure it won't be, but I
hope the president will be able to forgive him because mike
pence is such a stellar individual.
>> jimmy: Gosh, I hope so too. Give me a second, I'm going to
pray for them. Okay, I'm done.
I really hope the president will forgive him for not breaking the
law on his behalf. Unless pence visits trump in
prison, those two will never see each other again.
Mike pence is headed back to indiana to take a long hot
shower in his swim trunks. The west wing is in absolute
chaos right now. There is said to be "anger and
consternation" among white house staffers, who were suddenly
appalled by their boss' appalling behavior.
Trump was said to be "borderline enthusiastic" as he watched the
violence unfold. I don't know about enthusiastic,
but he's definitely borderline. And today, with all this going
on, with five people dead as a result of the riot he started,
including a police officer, with impeachment proceedings brew,
with a pandemic raging, with some of his own insiders calling
for his head, donald trump spent a chunk of his day today
awarding the presidential medal of freedom to golfers gary
player and annika sorenstam. And those two idiots showed up
to accept them. The resignations are piling up,
transportation secretary and wife of mitch mcconnell,
elaine chao, resigned. The deputy national security
adviser resigned. The first lady's chief of staff.
The white house social secretary.
The deputy press secretary. Even slick mick mulvaney is
calling it quits. They did not see this coming.
They're not-sees. Trump's former attorney general
bill barr said "orchestrating a mob to pressure congress is
inexcusable." it is "a betrayal of his office
and supporters." usually when there's a trump
betrayal, a pornstar gets to pay off her credit card debt.
Trump's former national security adviser john bolton said trump
"has blood on his hands." trump's former chief of staff
john kelly told jake tapper today, he thinks they should
invoke the 25th amendment and remove the president from
office. Which is a sentiment shared by
republican congressman adam kinzinger of illinois.
>> the president is unfit, and the president is unwell.
And the president must now relinquish control of the
executive branch, voluntarily or involuntarily.
>> jimmy: Come on, he's not unfit, he's just big boned.
I love that these people are just now realizing that man is
not fit to be president. Have you never seen his
pizza hut commercials? But the end of this nonsense is
near. We have 13 days of trump to go,
possibly less. Nancy pelosi today said if his
cabinet won't give him the boot, the house may have to impeach
him again. She and chuck schumer tried to
get mike pence on the phone to suggest invoking the
25th amendment. The vice president has to
initiate that. But pence left them on hold for
25 minutes and then refused to pick up.
But trump is definitely shaken. President evil released a
statement in the middle of the night last night.
"even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the
election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless, there will be
an orderly transition on January 20th."
that's reassuring. That's like hearing godzilla
say, "don't worry, I'm gonna swim home."
trump was suspended by twitter and blocked by facebook and
instagram too. He's still on match.Com.
But this is the capper. This is how we know we're going
to have to live in this flat earth society for a while.
Some of the wingnuts on the far right are trying to float the
idea that the mob who attacked the capitol building yesterday
was infiltrated by members of antifa.
>> now there were likely not all trump supporters, and there are
some reports that antifa sympathizers may have been
sprinkled throughout the crowd. >> some of the people who
breached the capitol today were not trump supporters, they were
masquerading as trump supporters, and in fact, were
members of the violent terrorist group antifa.
>> there were probably some undercover antifa that dressed
as trump people, and you know, did some damage to windows.
>> there was some people with ropes.
That's an antifa tactic. >> there was some intelligence
received prior to today that antifa was going to try to
impersonate trump supporters and attack the capitol.
>> antifa, could be involved in all of this.
>> it clearly looks like antifa people to me.
>> we have credible reports antifa was very much involved.
>> keep in mind, we don't know who all were the instigators in
this, of these horrible things that happened today.
I think a lot of it is the antifa folks.
>> jimmy: Oh, god. Where did she -- shut up, sarah
palin, crawl back in your igloo and seal the hole shut with
snow. Here are some of the
infiltrators from the left. Who are masquerading.
There's a group of free trade coffee roasters from portland.
These organic quinoa farmers are waiting in line for kombucha.
We spent the afternoon doing some research into this, and I
have to be honest, there might be something to this.
Let's take a look at some of the more notable characters from the
insurrection. Starting with this member of the
flintstones' loyal order of water buffalo, he goes by the
name "q shaman," but his real name is jake angeli.
He is an actor, voiceover artist, and actually a very
talented person. >> yeah!
Thank you, president trump! Whoo!
Thank you, q! America!
>> jimmy: Look out fella, you might get shot by don jr. In
that outfit. So he's antifa.
Then there's this guy. His name is adam johnson.
He was photographed walking around with the speaker's
podium. He lives in florida, shocker,
where he makes furniture. So maybe he was just admiring
the woodwork? I don't know.
Either way, his disguise is great.
You'd never know he was antifa. This colorful bag of scum is
richard "bigo" barnett, he's the guy who put his feet on
nancy pelosi's desk and stole her mail.
He works with an antifa cell in arkansas, very big antifa in
arkansas. "the washington post" went
through his facebook page. It says he's a trump supporter
and gun advocate for months been railing about the stolen
election, complaining about masks, and he's quote not afraid
to go out of this world kicking and screaming covered in someone
else's blood. That's a helluva tinder profile.
Bigo identified himself to a "new york times" reporter and
proudly showed off what he stole from pelosi's desk.
>> I left a note on her desk. It says, nancy bigo was here,
you bitch. >> total black lives matter
type. Then there's this dude, code
name baked alaska, who broke into a senate office and then
didn't know what to do, so he pretended to talk on the phone.
The "new york post" has identified him as a well-known
white nationalist named tim gionet.
Tim was bright enough to livestream his crime.
>> america first! America first!
>> jimmy: Let's arrest you first
and then america second. Then we have this evil genius
who looks like a 9-year-old trying to buy beer.
This little fellow wore his work I.D. Badge to the insurrection
to commit what appears to be a crime.
And within hours, he was fired from his job.
I'm sure he can just get his old job making cookies in a tree
back soon. Perhaps most interestingly, we
have this undercover antifa who stormed the capitol shouting --
>> trump! Yes!
We're going in! We're in!
Derrick evans is in the capitol! >> jimmy: It's good to identify
yourself during something like that.
He as trump loyalist seen last month being sworn in as a newly
elected member of west virginia's house of dell greats.
Congratulations, looks like you succeeded in overturning an
election after all, your own. Maga, antifa.
What are the odds he pardons these animals before this goes
out? This is good.
There were light moments. One of the patriots who barged
into the capitol got a nice souvenir, a faceful of mace, and
didn't seem to understand why. >> what happened?
You were trying to go into the capitol?
>> yeah, I got a foot inside, and they pushed my out and maced
me. >> what is your name?
>> alyssa from knoxville, tennessee.
>> why did you want to go in? >> we're storming the capitol,
it's a revolution! >> jimmy: Yeah come on, dude,
it's a revolution. I like that she wore her piano
scarf to the revolution. The president's antics this week
remind me of -- a lot of people think this is a poem, they're
actually song lyrics that trump read many times on the campaign
trail. It's a piece called "the snake."
it's about a woman who finds a half-frozen snake on the ground,
rescues it, then it bites her. Trump turned it into a metaphor,
to warn us about immigrants. Remember that wall he was gonna
build? Yeah.
Anyway. But now that we're thankfully
coming to the end of this, the snake, to me, feels like it has
an all-new meaning. >> so I read this the other day,
and I said, wow. That's really amazing.
That's really incredible. And it's the snake lyric.
On her way to work one morning, down the path along the lake a
tender hearted woman saw a poor half-frozen snake.
Thank you very much. His pretty colored skin had been
all frosted with the dew. Oh, well, she cried, I'll take
you in and I'll take care of you.
She stroked his pretty skin, and then she kissed and held him
tight. But instead of saying thank you,
that snake gave her a vicious bite.
I saved you, cried the woman, and you've bit me, heavens why?
You know your bite is poisonous, and now I'm going to die.
>> count me out, enough is enough.
>> oh, shut up, silly woman, said the reptile with a grin.
You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.
Does that make sense to anybody? Does that make any sense?
>> jimmy: Well, we can't say he didn't warn us.
We have a good show for you tonight.
The vision, paul bettany, is with us.
We've got music from steve earle & the dukes.
And we'll be right back with tessa thompson.
>> jimmy: Welcome back. Tonight, from the new marvel
show on disney plus called "wandavision," paul bettany is
with us. And later, the album is called
"jt," it is dedicated to his late son, music from steve earle
and the dukes. Next week, we've got new shows
with bryan cranston, milo ventimiglia, kyra sedgwick,
carrie coon, ken jennings, with music from queen nye-jah,
jp sax, beach bunny and foo fighters too.
So please join us for all that. Our first guest is a very
talented woman you know from "thor," "creed" and
"men in black." her latest is "sylvie's love,"
it's on amazon prime video now. Please say hello to
tessa thompson. How are you?
>> hey, jimmy, I'm well, how are you?
>> jimmy: I'm okay. How's the new year going for you
so far? >> it's been a festive one to
say the least. It's all right.
It's been going okay. The world is crazy right now, in
this country especially, but I'm happy, you know, and have my
health. What about you?
>> jimmy: The world is -- yes, the world is a mess.
But things look pretty pleasant in your house.
Your rubber plant there, is that what you call it?
Your tree is growing. >> jimmy, don't say that it's
rubber. I was hoping nobody would
notice. This is not my plant.
>> jimmy: No, no -- >> I'm not in my house, thank
you very much. The plant isn't real, which is a
good thing, because it means that it's not in danger of
dying. >> jimmy: I see, it's already
dead. I guess it never lived, never
had the opportunity to have a life.
I thought that was a rubber tree, I didn't mean literally
rubber. >> oh, no.
No, it's actually literally rubber.
Oops. >> jimmy: That's interesting,
yeah. Well, I don't know.
I could have the type of plant all wrong.
I'm sure people on the internet will correct me.
>> the people on the internet love to do that.
>> jimmy: Have you been staying in, have you been going out?
What have you been up to? >> I have been staying in,
although for new year's eve I was like, what could be safe?
I could drive from my house to one other house.
So I drove up a mountain to go to a cabin.
And I thought, this would be totally safe, I won't see
anybody. But I got into a car accident.
>> jimmy: Oh, no. >> so I did have a socially
distanced interaction. I got hit by a big monster truck
on the highway. >> jimmy: Really?
Not a real monster truck, just a huge truck?
>> it -- I mean, let's just put it this way, it is as monster as
a truck could be driving with a regular commercial license.
Yeah, I got hit. But I'm safe, obviously.
Actually, the driver was very lovely in the end.
I feel I'm used to car accidents because I was born and raised in
los angeles, it feels like accidents are my birthright.
I've had many of them. >> jimmy: Oh, you have?
>> but this was a pleasant one, yeah.
I think after this year, there's such gratitude at being alive.
It was sort of the sweetest, loveliest accident of all the
ones I've had, in a way. We were both like -- also, it
made total sense. It's the only way to end this
year would be to get into a car accident.
>> jimmy: Can I tell you something?
It sounds like the beginning of a romantic film, really.
A beautiful hollywood actress gets rear-ended by a guy in a
monster truck, he gets out of the car, they both have masks
on, they don't know what each other looks like.
>> right, right, right. They exchange information.
>> jimmy: Uh-huh. Who knows?
>> yeah. That's a hollywood meet if I've
ever had one. No, we exchanged numbers, just
exchanged insurance information, and everyone's okay.
>> jimmy: Maybe your insurance agents will fall in love.
>> I hope so. I hope, it's a good time to fall
in love. >> jimmy: Are you shooting
"thor" yet? "thor: Love and thunder," the
new one? >> no, not yet.
I leave to australia on Monday, so in a couple of day.
>> right. We spoke to natalie portman the
week before last. And she was there already.
She said things are great there, by the way.
You know, they figured it out somehow.
>> yeah, they did. I know.
I mean, people are going to movies and dinner.
It feels like an alternate universe.
I've sort of forgotten what all those things are like.
Yeah, things are under control. I go there.
You get escorted by police to a quarantine facility and stay
there for 14 days while you're monitored.
Then once you're out, it's sort of things back to somewhat
normal. >> jimmy: What do you know about
the quarantine facility? Is it a government-run kind of
thing? >> yes, all government run.
You don't get any treatment just because you happen to be in
movies. You go to a government place,
you hang out. I think the only thing that I
get potentially because it's marvel is they're going to send
me a piece of workout equipment, just because I have to be in a
superhero costume. >> jimmy: Right.
>> otherwise, I'm just going to be hanging out.
I don't know what the place is like.
But, you know, I'm grateful. It feels a little bit like
survivor's remorse, leaving. Especially I'm here in los
angeles, the numbers are crazy. It's 1 in 5 people right now
have covid. >> jimmy: Right, yeah.
>> so it feels kind of dangerous.
Yeah. Tested folks.
Certainly between my family, we're over five, so how many of
us have it and we don't know. But I'm hoping that everyone
continues to stay safe and sane. >> jimmy: What are you going to
do, what's the first thing, when you get out of that little
quarantine? Which, let's be honest, it's
just a nice way of saying prison.
What are you going to do when you get out?
What's the first regular thing you're looking forward to?
>> okay, well this is irregular. In australia they have these
things called jaffles, sandwiches without trust.
They sort of make them -- they feel like a hot pocket as a
sandwich. I want to have one of those
because I remember them being delicious.
And I think -- in alignment with this idea of having sort of
survivor's remorse, I feel like I should take requests from
people. Like what I could do for them as
their proxy in australia. >> jimmy: Ah.
>> facetime people in. So I'm sure I'll be holding
koalas, whatever people want me to do, my family.
Then maybe I'll take some requests from the internet.
>> jimmy: Can I make a request early?
>> yes. >> jimmy: I know it's still
early. If you do this, I'd love to put
this on the show. I would like to go around
hugging people and shaking their hands.
Really, at this point, it's -- I've not touched a stranger in
almost a year. >> you're right.
I think I will do that. I've been thinking about that
too. I miss the idea of an
acquaintance. Remember that?
Like a person that you don't know very well, that do you want
to go for a drink, and you'd say yes.
The idea of seeing someone casually right now is so out of
this world. Yeah, I will go hug people for
you. >> jimmy: You know what I'd also
love to do? I want, so want to get back to
sneezing on people. You know?
I miss that. >> yeah, that's fun.
Or that thing where you -- your nose is running and you wipe it?
Then just like casually continue eating a bagel?
>> jimmy: Yes. >> just germ, germ-giving and
getting between perfect strangers and friends, yeah.
I'm going to do all that. >> jimmy: I like this plan.
I like this plan of you being our envoy and doing all the
things that we can't do. That's strong.
Let's stick with that. We're going to take break.
When we come back, we're going to see a scene from your new
movie. Tessa thompson is with us, we'll
be right back. ♪ see you later alligator
♪ after a while crocodile ♪ see you later alligator
♪ so long I'm gone good-bye >> okay, I was just --
>> uh-huh. >> cleaning up.
Because my father said that we could close early, so.
>> I'm just going to -- >> jimmy: That is tessa thompson
and nnamdi asomugha in "sylvie's love" which is now on amazon
prime. Nnamdi is not only a former nfl
player, but husband of kerry washington.
You knew that, right? He mentioned that?
>> yeah, he did mention that. And kerry and I are friends.
Actually, kerry and I were doing a movie, I think, when they
first were falling in love. I didn't know that was the
person, but. >> jimmy: Right, he was driving
a monster truck, and I think he hit her pretty good in the
bumper. >> yeah, then he gave her a
rubber plant as an apology. >> jimmy: Tell us what the
movie's about, give us a little overview, if you will.
>> the movie is one of those sprawling epic love stories
about these two folks that fall in love.
Sylvie, who I play, who works at her dad's record store.
And this young aspiring saxophone player, robert, and
they fall in love sort of at the wrong time.
It's about their trials and tribulations as they eventually
come together. >> jimmy: Does nnamdi -- did he
play the saxophone before? Does he really play the
saxophone? >> he does really play the
saxophone in the film, but he didn't before.
He spent a year learning. >> jimmy: Yeah that's a funny
thing, when you have to learn to play the instrument and then at
the level, then really -- like your dad's a musician, right?
>> yeah, he is. Actually, he started on the
saxophone. And yeah, so that was sort of
his beginning instrument. And in fact, my debut as an
actor was playing the saxophone. >> jimmy: That's why I actually
mentioned that, because we have a little clip of your debut --
>> no! >> jimmy: How old were you when
you made your acting debut? >> I think I was 5.
But it was just something casuallymy dad was doing, and he
just popped me in there because I was his daughter, I wasn't
acting. I didn't act again until much
later. But that was my official debut.
>> jimmy: Let's take a look. ♪
>> hey, dad, can I play the saxophone this time, please?
>> all right. ♪
>> stop showing off! ♪
>> jimmy: Very cute. Did you actually learn to play
the saxophone? I know you're not playing that,
obviously. Did you learn?
>> no. No, I did not.
I didn't learn. I do want to ask my dad, I
haven't asked him how -- like did he show me saxophone face?
You know? How did he teach me how to do
sax face? >> jimmy: I feel like probably
you just absorbed sax face from watching dad play the sax,
right? >> yeah.
I probably was like, one day I'm just going to sax face all over
town. Maybe.
It probably -- I probably thought it looked cool.
And it does. But nnamdi in the film does an
incredible job, and my dad commented how well he did at the
fishing, the breath work. He really is astounding at it.
>> jimmy: Tessa, great to see you.
Have fun in australia. Touch everyone and everything.
Tessa thompson. "sylvie's love" is on amazon
prime right now. We'll be right back.
>> jimmy: Welcome back. Paul bettany and steve earl are
on the way. It's Thursday night and that
means it's time to bleep and blur the big tv moments of the
week whether they need it or not.
It is "this week in unnecessary censorship."
>> after announcing matt as our bachelor we received a
record-breaking number of submissions from women who
wanted to [ bleep ] this guy. >> he's awake, watching this,
and immediately wanted a piece of the action, so we could put
his [ bleep ] back in our mouths.
>> sometimes the big things we do together are governmental.
Like [ bleep ]ing hitler's -- or going to the moon.
>> every day I'm in the united states senate, I will [ bleep ]
you. >> tony, stay warm, my friend.
>> too late, robert, I am [ bleep ]ing cold.
>> turn to the person next to you, give them a hug, someone
you don't know, go [ bleep ] somebody, [ bleep ] spreader,
it's a [ bleep ] spreader event, a [ bleep ] spreader event.
>> mr. Crabs, I know you and plankton are sworn enemies, but
putting on a dress to [ bleep ] him?
Isn't that taking it a little too far?
>> jimmy: We'll be back with paul bettany.
♪ ♪
>> jimmy: Welcome back to the show.
Music from steve earle and the dukes is on the way.
Our next guest is a fine english actor you know from "star wars"
and marvel movies, now he's on a marvel show.
He plays the android vision in the highly anticipated
"wandavision." it premieres a week from
tomorrow on disney plus. Please welcome paul bettany.
Hi, paul. >> how are you doing?
>> jimmy: Doing well, how are you doing?
>> I'm doing excellent, thank you very much.
>> jimmy: I like that thing -- you know that thing behind you,
that gold circle behind you looks like something vision
would have. >> it does, doesn't it?
It's a little vision lamp. >> jimmy: You're in brooklyn
right now? >> I am in brooklyn, yeah.
>> jimmy: How are things in brooklyn?
>> things are great in brooklyn. I mean, yesterday was weird.
Weird day. But things today feel calmer.
I mean, it's an interesting time.
>> jimmy: You voted for the first time in the united states
in November. >> that's right.
>> jimmy: Which is interesting. How long have you lived here in
the united states? >> I've lived here for 20 years.
And finally, you know, that taxation without representation
thing can really stick in your craw.
2016 inauguration, I was like, my, there's a president I can
get behind. So I thought, finally, I've got
to be part of voting this demagogue out of this great
republic. But I neglected to move to
texas. So it didn't really make a
difference in brooklyn, obviously.
>> jimmy: The last time they raided the capitol building, it
was your people that did it. >> I know!
I know. Exactly.
Look. It's really weird.
>> jimmy: Did you vote in person or by mail?
>> I voted in person. I really wanted the full
experience, first experience. I finished "wandavision."
I flew home. I quarantined.
I tested. Then my wife and I, she took me
voting for the first time. Which, you know, after 18 years
of marriage is a little like a date, I guess, you know?
>> jimmy: Uh-huh. Get some free time.
>> yeah. Our last date was about 17 years
and 3 months ago. So, you know, it was really
romantic. >> jimmy: That's how it goes.
Yeah, you guys have been married for a long time.
I didn't realize that. >> I know, yeah.
In hollywood years that's like 300.
>> jimmy: How did you find the voting experience?
Was it strange for you? Do we do it wrong?
>> no, you do it exactly right. I've really thought that
every -- it just -- you know, a lot of that pent-up fury and
outrage over the last three years, it was a really wonderful
experience. And this country's been really
good to me. And I -- it was great to sort of
take part in it, you know, as a citizen, take part in this.
>> jimmy: I'm glad you did. You know, I hope that we soon
can get back to a time where we're the things we're most
moved by are like ""avengers: End game"" and which heroes got
killed. Speaking of that.
Did you know that when vision, and this is going to be a little
inside nerd talk, but when vision got thanos'd, got
snapped, and did not return, did you know that you had this tv
series ahead of you? >> no, I did not.
I actually -- I went to see kevin.
I got a call from kevin feige, and he said, come and see me.
So I was like, I'm getting canned.
I went in to see them. I thought they were being gents
about it and they were going to let me down gently.
Sort of -- I walked in, it's been a great run, thank you so
much. They said, are you quitting?
We're pitching a tv show. I'm like, oh!
All right, okay. >> jimmy: So this tv show, and I
know you can't say a ton about it.
What can you say about it? Legally?
>> it's about -- it's about two superheroes who find themselves
in 1950 suburbia, and then start hurtling through the american
century at breakneck speed and begin to wonder what's going on
in this town because it can't be right.
I mean, that can't be right. >> jimmy: I know they have
sitcoms and all the stuff that we have over in England, but
specifically the sitcoms -- it's an interesting idea, you guys
have each decade, a classic sitcom is represented is kind of
the model for your show. >> correct.
>> jimmy: Starting with the '50s, right?
Starting with -- >> dick van dyke.
>> jimmy: Did you know "the dick van dyke show"?
>> you know, I did. Saturday mornings and Sunday
mornings were given over to american cultural imperialism.
>> jimmy: Wow. >> I totally fell in love with
america through watching these shows, yes.
"brady bunch," "I love lucy," "bewitched."
I grew up on those shows too. >> jimmy: Wow, that's
interesting. Here, over here, we watched
cartoons on Saturday and Sunday morning.
>> right. >> jimmy: That was the thing.
And then, if you were lucky, you could find the british sitcoms
late at night on your local syndicated channel.
>> oh, really? >> jimmy: "faulty towers."
"the black adder." that kind of stuff.
>> "blacked aeradder" is genius >> jimmy: You shot these in
front of a live studio audience, as they did in that time?
>> that's right. And I was terrified.
We shot the first episode in two days, which is how they would
have shot it. Then we come back in front of
the audience, then we come back for pickup shots and specials.
And it was terrifying. I hadn't been on stage in 20
years. But it was just so thrilling.
And I realized I'd wasted my entire career and I should have
been in sitcoms my whole life, and I loved it.
It really reminded me of being on the stage.
The last time I was on the stage was with matthew rhys.
And we were in a play together called "one more wasted year."
and I remember nothing of what happened in that play.
But I do remember the reviews, which were cruel.
Probably because I can't remember what happened in the
show, let's be honest. And I remember one night matthew
and I were leaving the theater, and we heard an audience member
say "one more wasted year? One more wasted evening, more
like." and that was the night I tried
to outthink a welchman, which you should never try to do.
>> jimmy: Good tip, I didn't know that.
You had the studio audience there.
I think that's interesting. I'm trying to piece together
what's going on. Marvel would not let me see a
screener of the show, even though I work for the company
and presumably can be trusted. But apparently I cannot.
And I wanted one so that I knew what was going on.
I had you and elizabeth on the show this week.
Yet they let a room full of strangers, I assume, watch the
screening of the show? >> I think it was a friends and
family kind of. >> jimmy: Friends and family?
I'm an employee! Friends and family they could
trust? Yeah, I know.
I am going to take it up with them.
My theory is that what happens during the sitcom portion of
this show is not the entirety of the show, and --
>> that's 100% correct. >> jimmy: Oh, that is, really?
>> uh-huh. That's 100% correct.
We -- we hurtle through the decades.
And we hit different genres of sitcoms.
And then vision begins to think that this is getting a little
weird, you know. And in the end, you end up in
full mcu -- >> jimmy: I love this, I feel
you've said too much already and I love it.
I appreciate that you've given me more than kevin did.
It's great to see you. Stay safe, stay healthy.
"wandavision" premieres a week from tomorrow on disney plus.
Paul bettany, everybody! Be right back with steve earle
and the dukes. >> dicky: The "jimmy kimmel
live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz.
The best or nothing. >> dicky: The "jimmy kimmel
live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz.
The best or nothing. >> jimmy: Thanks to tessa
thompson and paul bettany. Apologies to matt damon.
"nightline" is next but first, the album is called "jt" with
his son's song, "harlem river blues,"
steve earle & the dukes! ♪
♪ lord, I'm goin' uptown
to the harlem river to drown dirty water ♪
♪ gonna cover me over and I'm not gonna
make a sound I'm on a roll mama ♪
♪ I gotta go gotta get there
while I still can troubled days ♪
♪ are behind me now and I know they're gonna
let me in when you see me ♪
♪ walkin' up the empty yard just a-singin'
and a-clappin' my hands tell my mama I love her ♪
♪ tell my daddy I tried give my money
to my baby to spend 'cause lord ♪
♪ I'm goin' uptown to the harlem river
to drown dirty water ♪
♪ gonna cover me over and I'm not
gonna make a sound ♪
♪ good times come and they go
♪ and they go even a good man'll break
he'll let his troubles bury him whole ♪
♪ even though he knows what's at stake
so I'm taking no chances carrying over while ♪
♪ I'm still good in his grace
I'm no fool mama I know the difference ♪
♪ between tempting and choosing my fate
'cause lord I'm goin' uptown ♪
♪ to the harlem river to drown
dirty water gonna cover me over and ♪
♪ I'm not gonna make a sound ♪
lord, I'm goin' uptown
to the harlem river to drown ♪
♪ dirty water gonna cover me over and
I'm not gonna make a sound lord, I'm goin' uptown ♪
♪ to the harlem river to drown
dirty water gonna cover me over and ♪
♪ I'm not gonna make a sound lord, I'm goin' uptown
to the harlem river to drown ♪
♪ dirty water gonna cover me over and
I'm not gonna make a sound ♪
>> see you when I get there,
cowboy.