>> dicky: From hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"!
Tonight -- sacha baron cohen,
wesley snipes, and music from charlotte lawrence.
And now, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: Wow, thank you, hi.
I'm jimmy. I am the host of the show.
And I welcome you to it. We are coming to you from our
headquarters in hollywood. On what was thankfully an
uneventful day in washington, d.C.
Today was supposed to be a big one for the aluminum foil hat
crowd. March 4th was the day trump
would return to power. Return to glory.
I woke up this morning, said to my wife "is he president again?"
she said, "no, he's not." [ laughter ]
they screwed up again. I never thought I'd say this,
but I'm starting to not trust my qanon message boards.
[ laughter ] donald trump was not
re-inaugurated as the prophecy foretold.
He was not sworn in. He did not order the military to
capture the pope. He did take his pills without
the nurse having to wrap them in salami today, so that was good.
[ laughter ] otherwise, we didn't hear a peep
out of him. The police were on high alert
outside the capitol because of threats, fears of the kind of
violence we saw on January 6th. The house even canceled their
session today out of an abundance of caution.
This was the scene on capitol hill.
Kind of a fun "north korea vibe" going.
Why is it that the people who claim to love our country the
most are also the ones who threaten to blow it up?
These conspiracy aficionados picked the date March 4th
because it is the date on which presidents used to be
inaugurated in the olden times. Which is so random.
March 4th is also the anniversary of the first
people's choice awards. [ laughter ]
and the people chose joe biden so I don't know, get off the q
and call your children, they're worried about you.
[ laughter ] even though none of these
predictions ever come true, they keep coming.
In fact, now they're stealing plots from nicholas cage movies.
>> there are a few things they believe.
The first thing was that it's not really biden, and like the
movie "face/off," it's really president trump.
The reason president biden is always wearing a mask isn't
because of covid-19, it's because they haven't synced up
the mouth yet, between the facial mask of biden and how
president trump is imitating biden.
>> jimmy: Yeah, that makes sense if you think about it, he is
good at imitations. [ laughter ]
even for crazy people, I mean, okay, let's assume that this is
correct. Let's assume that donald trump
is indeed wearing a mask that looks like joe biden with a
little blue mask on top of it. To hide his mouth.
Let's take a leap off that bridge and go along with that
being true. How do you explain the fact that
he's tucking in that extra 112 pounds?
[ laughter ] is there a magic set of spanx I
don't know about? If there is, I would like to
know about them. [ laughter ]
here's all you need to know. Remember the guy dressed up with
horns on his head during the attack on the capitol?
The qanon "shaman"? The one whose mother complained
that the prison wasn't serving him organic meals?
His name is jacob chansley. He sat for an interview with cbs
from incarceration. According to him, we have it all
wrong. >> my actions were not an attack
on this country, that is incorrect.
That is inaccurate. Entirely.
>> how would you describe them? >> my actions on January 6th,
how would I describe them? I sang a song.
And that's a part of shamanism. It's about creating positive
vibrations in a sacred chamber. I stopped somebody from stealing
muffins out of the break room. >> jimmy: He literally stopped
the steal of muffins. [ laughter ]
of muffins. Go ahead and pee on chuck
schumer's chair, god's sake, don't touch the muffins.
It's funny, now that you see him, you understand why he wore
the headdress. [ laughter ]
he's bald. He's a prematurely bald man.
Who lives with his mother and calls himself a shaman.
If I was him, that would be my defense.
"your honor, I'm a prematurely bald man who lives with his
mother and calls himself a shaman.
Haven't I suffered enough?" [ laughter ]
and while his story about being on muffin patrol was cute, cbs
followed up with some facts about what he had on him.
>> while he was protecting muffins he had a flagpole with a
spear point at the end that prosecutors say was a weapon.
He wrote a note to mike pence saying "justice is coming."
clearly the shaman contains multitudes.
>> jimmy: Clearly. Poor mike pence.
Did you know he works at a mattress store?
[ laughter ] true.
He sells sealy posturepedics at a mattress warehouse in
ft. Wayne, indiana. Donald trump is said to be
plotting his political future. And the rumor is he's in the
market for a new running mate. Which is funny.
Trump thinking pence is the problem is like hitler blaming
his german shepherd for losing world war ii.
[ laughter ] trump is reportedly thinking
about picking a woman, or a person of color as a running
mate. That's going to be a tough
choice. Who do you go with?
Diamond? Or silk?
[ laughter ] trump advisor jason miller
called the reports "fake news." he said "no such conversations
are happening. The president is still entirely
focused on whining about losing in 2020."
[ laughter ] trump should just go without a
running mate. Or even better, he should make
it into a show. >> 24 candidates, one highly
coveted position. Who will be the next vp?
>> that's a pretty tough question.
>> the daughter. The second-favorite son.
The third-favorite son. Hee-haw hawley.
Papa john. The ghost of rush limbaugh.
This pile of old wet socks. A haunted mannequin.
Rudy. A mypillow with a moustache.
Miss venezuela 2003. "celebrity veepprentice."
followed by "how I met mother." only on newsmax.
[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: I would watch that.
I think we're focusing on the wrong thing.
Never mind his running mate. The real question is, who is
gonna be donald trump's cell mate in 2024?
[ applause ] I vote for r. Kelly.
Joe biden has only been president for six weeks, but
that doesn't matter to republicans, who have been
frothing at the mouth to pounce. Senator john barrasso of wyoming
stopped by his local kinko's to print something out to give our
new president a grade on one hell of a curve.
>> if you were to grade joe biden's abilities to keep his
promises of opening schools, joe biden's report card, he deserves
an "f." and it's a well-deserved grade
for him. Because he promised that he
would have the schools open all across america within 100 days.
And he's failed. And we're halfway there.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: Wait.
How can you fail if we're halfway there?
[ laughter ] okay, kids!
Time's halfway, pencils down! [ laughter ]
and by the way, he's been president for 43 days.
Is 43 half of 100? Give yourself an "f" too.
[ cheers and applause ] yesterday, joe biden referred to
the dangerous and dumb decision by the governors of texas and
mississippi to lift their mask mandates.
He called it "neanderthal thinking" and that did not go
over well with the neanderthal. >> how do you respond to the
president's unification message of calling you and other
governors a neanderthal? >> two things, brian.
First, it obviously is not the type of thing that a president
should be saying. [ laughter ]
[ applause ] >> jimmy: Huh.
You think these guys even hear themselves anymore?
[ laughter ] oh, there's the governor making
a handshake agreement on the type of things presidents should
be saying. [ laughter ]
you don't call people neanderthals, you call them
crooked and crazy like a gentleman does.
[ laughter ] now that more of the vaccine is
on the way, some states are loosening up about 16% of the
population of the country has been vaccinated already
they're currently pumping out about 2 million shots a day.
Including the single shot vaccine from johnson & johnson,
who released this chart yesterday highlighting the
effectiveness of their vaccine. [ laughter ]
how does that get by anyone? For me, the shape of a penis is
the first thing I see. [ laughter ]
"what is that, a penis?" "no, it's a flashlight."
okay, that's why it's lighting up, all right, I see.
[ laughter ] I should an consultant for that
sort of thing. Hey, we have a very good show
for you tonight. Maybe even a great one.
Keep everything crossed. Moments from now, we will be
joined by an international man of mystery and double golden
globe winner on Sunday, sacha baron cohen.
[ cheers and applause ] we have music from
charlotte lawrence. And from "coming 2 america,"
wesley snipes will visit for the first time.
[ cheers and applause ] "coming 2 america," of course,
is the long-awaited sequel to "coming one america."
[ laughter ] and whenever a major motion
picture is released, we release our in-house movie critic,
yehya. Yehya loves movies and stars,
and here he is now with a brand-new review.
>> action! Today I talk about the movie
"come 2 america today." the man guy in the movie is the
murphy. And he come all the way from
africa. >> we are going back to america.
>> oh hell no, your majesty! >> come on!
>> actually, idi murphy, I saw him like 1980 for the movie
"beverly cop." his first.
Like comedian. Every time he say [ bleep ],
[ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ].
Very funny guy. He do the -- also the movie, I
love it, "48 hour." and the guy, nick nolte, he's
the cop, he look like homeless now, I don't know.
That's the guy in the movie, the assistant for idi murphy, absuto
health, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo! The guy, mirkin crazy, he's in
the show also. He's in the show "Saturday
alive." the guy, he do a lot of good
movie, he do the good movie, like dracula, I take the blood,
he got power. That's our movie for wesley
snipe. He make second with white woman.
I think she gave him fever. The one with the glasses is
names jims adam jones. He's the king.
He's also with what's his name, kevin custard.
He took the "star wars," the dark beater.
I'll tell you something, I am your father.
>> no! >> "uganda forever."
what I say more? [ cheers and applause ]
>> jimmy: Wow. Look who's here?
It's yehya, everybody. >> I love you!
>> jimmy: Welcome, yehya. Come give me covid for a second.
Are we allowed to hug? We'll do one of these.
I love you, god bless you, yehya.
>> I love you! Like this?
>> jimmy: You want to take a picture?
>> I'm going soon. >> jimmy: The show's on -- okay,
that's a good one. [ laughter ]
>> thank you, jimmy! >> jimmy: Thank you, yehya,
thank you. Yehya, everybody.
[ cheers and applause ] all right, who wants prizes?
[ cheers and applause ] we don't have any prizes.
[ laughter ] but it is Thursday night which
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."
>> oh there he is. Look at that.
Hi, jim. I heard you were great.
In fact, I hated the [ bleep ] out of you.
I want to [ bleep ] other people, I can name them too.
>> john boyega, small [ bleep ]. >> I never [ bleep ]ed anyone
inappropriately. >> senator manchin has been
clear that he is [ bleep ]ed a big [ bleep ].
He believes it should meet the moment.
>> like slapping you in the face with a [ bleep ].
I think it's going to wake people up.
>> cold pizza and copy[ bleep ] sounds fantastic.
>> looks like he's going to take a page out of the celtic
warrior's playbook! >> to jimmy kimmel I say
[ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ].
I hope that ends up on "unnecessary censorship."
[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: We've got a good one
for you tonight. Wesley snipes is with us,
charlotte lawrence is with us. Be right back with sacha baron
cohen! [ cheers and applause ]
♪ >> jimmy: Tonight, from
"coming 2 america," the one and only wesley snipes is with us.
[ cheers and applause ] then later, her ep is called
"charlotte." music from a very talented new
artist, charlotte lawrence. [ cheers and applause ]
next week, we've got new shows with seth rogen, kevin bacon,
vanessa kirby, patrick schwarzenegger, with
music from daddy yankee, niko moon, daya and adam duritz,
too. Adam will be part of a one-year
coronavirus anniversary show we are doing a week from tonight.
Joel mchale and secretary of transportation pete buttigieg,
who hosted the last show we did in front of a regular studio
audience before we got locked up.
>> guillermo: On Thursday, yes. >> jimmy: Yeah.
>> guillermo: I remember. [ laughter ]
>> jimmy: You know our first guest by many names.
Ali, bruno, borat, sometimes litigant.
Last week, he won two golden globes for his movie "borat
subsequent moviefilm," and he's currently nominated for both
s.A.G. And critics choice awards for playing abby hoffman in
aaron sorkin's "the trial of the chicago 7."
>> they got hated, we got to March down to the police
station, overcome the cops and illinois national guard and free
tom hayden! We couldn't find our way out of
the park. [ cheers and applause ]
>> jimmy: "the trial of the chicago 7" is on netflix right
now. Please welcome sacha baron
cohen. [ cheers and applause ]
hey, saud how are you? >> jimmy, how are you, mate?
>> jimmy: I saw you winning golden globes, very well earned.
>> thank you very much. >> jimmy: As everybody knows it
was a virtual type of situation where you were in a room with
the other nom thinees. Did you talk to the other
people, were you chatting with them?
>> I did. They did that beforehand, we
were all wishing each other luck.
Then, actually, after I'd won both of them, they put me back
in the room with the other nominees.
>> jimmy: Oh, no. [ laughter ]
>> and it was incredibly awkward.
And I was just saying, listen, guys, we're all -- we're all
winners! [ laughter ]
but they hated me, they hated me.
>> jimmy: You know, if they had any sense of humor they would
have stuck rudy giuliani in that room with you.
[ laughter ] did he send anything?
Did he send you flowers or an edible arrangement?
>> he sent a huge box of condoms.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: How responsible.
How very responsible. So you're nominated now for
s.A.G. And critics choice award, correct?
>> yeah. >> jimmy: Critics choice award
for "trial of chicago 7" which is, by the way, great.
You did a great job in that movie.
[ cheers and applause ] I really enjoyed that movie.
>> thanks. >> jimmy: I wonder, like how
much did you know about abdi hoffman, being a foreigner to
this country, before you took on this role?
>> I've actually known about him and admired him since the age of
20. I learned about him at
university. And then when steven spielberg
made the first incarnation of this movie, about 13 years ago,
I was cheeky enough to call him up and said, listen, can I
audition? And steven said -- first he
goes, who are you? [ laughter ]
he said, listen, I'm concerned that you may -- you won't be
able to get the accent. He sent me his dialect coach.
He said, learn this two-minute speech by abbi.
So every night for two weeks we recorded on a cd -- this is how
long ago it was -- three versions of that speech.
It started off terribly. I was like a cockney doing abby
hoffman, doing this boston accent.
By the end of two weeks I kind of perfected it.
The dialect coach said, use take 28, give that to spielberg.
I told my assistant at the time, all right, take take 28, put on
it a cd, give to it mr. Spielberg.
The next day I meet with steven at his late mother's kosher
restaurant on pico boulevard. He goes, sacha, I got the cd,
thank you very much for doing that.
I've got to be completely honest, the first 10 takes were
not veg. [ laughter ]
but by take 27, 28, you nailed it, you got the part.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: He actually listened
to all of those takes? >> it's unbelievable.
That's why it's steven spielberg.
He's just a geek. He works harder than any other
director. [ laughter ]
>> jimmy: Yeah, I mean, he listened to 28 takes for a movie
he didn't even wind up making. >> exactly.
>> jimmy: That assistant is doing what now?
>> believe it or not, she's actually producing --.
>> jimmy: I had a feeling. >> oscar-nominated movies.
>> jimmy: I had a feeling, I really did.
>> in hollywood, you fall upwards.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: It's funny, "borat"
and "chicago 7" came out about a month apart, is that correct?
>> they came out seven days apart.
>> jimmy: Seven days apart. How much time was there in
between making those movies? >> so we actually -- we were
shooting "borat." and then this second incarnation
of "chicago 7" happened with aaron sorkin.
I was like, I have to make "chicago 7."
and I shot down "borat" the month movie and went to chicago
and started filming but didn't tell aaron or any of the other
cast what I was doing. Because we had to keep "borat"
completely secret. >> jimmy: You wanted to keep it
quiet from them, it wasn't that you were worried that there
would be some concern that you had to stay in character or
something like that? You just didn't want them to
know? >> yeah, no, the problem with
"borat" was if word had got out, the movie would have ended.
>> jimmy: Right, right. >> it was a little weird.
There was one scene where I'm playing abby and I'm storming
democratic national convention. And I knew that three months
later, I was going to be playing borat breaking into cpac.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: Wow.
>> obviously when I did it the second time, I was wearing a
prosthetic head that looked like donald trump.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: I heard that, and I
wonder if this is true, that you sometimes will wear a different
pair of underwear, a pair of underwear that feels right for
the character that you're playing.
>> yeah. That's basically it.
So every character I play, everything they've got on them
is authentic to that character. So borat wears my late father's
string underpants. [ laughter ]
and abby hoffman had these great '60s hemp underpants.
And bruno has a g-string. [ laughter ]
>> jimmy: Is that an idea -- >> you never know where it's
going to go, a bit like my last time with you.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: Is that something that
you picked up from another actor, or is this something that
you decided to do? >> no, I basically wanted a
borat interview, somebody asked me to remove my trousers at one
point, and they noticed I was wearing the wrong underpants.
And it killed the interview. From then on, I've gone full
daniel day lewis when it comes to underwear.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: I like that.
You did borat for us in 2018, right around the time of the
midterm elections. How long had it been before
that? >> so I hadn't really done
anything -- the only time borat existed after the first movie
was on this show. I came on once during trump's
campaign for election where I -- borat was saying that trump was
a sacha barren cohen character. >> jimmy: Right, right.
>> then you brought me on for the midterms.
Weirdly enough, the next day -- I know it seemed that borat
would be impossible to do in the real world.
Next day in the writers room, we were writing a different movie,
I was like, hold on. Borat works with real people
action we did it on jimmy's show, is there a movie we could
get out in time for the election?
About taken minutes later we had an idea.
Three days later we set it up in the studio.
>> jimmy: Wow. That is unbelievable.
>> so I thank you, but you're not going to get a card.
[ laughter ] [ applause ]
>> jimmy: Yes, would it have been nice if you fanged me in
the golden globes speech? Yes, it would have.
[ laughter ] but we have this.
All right, sacha baron cohen is with us.
His movies are "the trial of the chicago 7" and" borat."
we'll be right back with sacha. >> dicky: Portions of "jimmy
kimmel live" brought to you by crown royal in celebration of
"coming 2 america" honoring black heritage month and black
royalty all year round. [ cheers and applause ]
♪ >> jimmy: Wesley snipes and
music from charlotte lawrence are coming up.
We are back with sacha baron cohen.
I have to say, I watch and you know I love the first "borat"
movie, I love the second "borat" movie.
While it does look scary at times, is it fun to be borat?
>> jimmy, I'm not here to talk about fun.
It was important to make this film.
And I really wanted to expose the hypocrisy.
>> jimmy: Oh. >> those using power to get
ahead, criminality. Hello?
Hang on. What's up?
Yeah, astrazeneca, pfizer -- [ laughter ]
what do you want? Yeah?
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. Venmo is fine, yeah.
Okay, great. >> jimmy: Did I hear you -- did
I hear you correctly? Was that bono?
>> no, no, a different bono. Chance bono.
[ laughter ] the movie exemplifies that those
using power to get ahead use their criminality, using their
positions -- >> jimmy: Right.
>> for for self-enrichment -- >> jimmy: Wow.
>> tom? Which one?
Hanks or holland? Cruise?
>> jimmy: Tom cruise? >> you don't need me, mate,
you're old enough to get it legally.
[ laughter ] well, I thought they were
immune. >> jimmy: Hang on, wait?
I don't mean to pry, are you selling vaccines?
>> stay out of this, kimmel, right?
[ laughter ] look after that pretty face of
yours. There's no vaccine for broken
legs. >> jimmy: Oh, okay.
[ laughter ] all right, well -- um --
>> anyway. Where were we?
The challenge with, you know, satire -- the satire of the
whole -- >> jimmy: Oh.
[ laughter ] >> hello?
Hello? Yeah, kanye?
Yo, yo, yo. I can get you johnson & johnson.
No, no. Not coulter and dawn.
What, you only need one? I've got you down for six.
>> jimmy: Six? >> oh, sorry, I hadn't heard.
[ laughter ] sorry, all right.
Go ahead. And don't drive for six hours.
If only tiger had listened to me.
Ciao. >> jimmy: Oh, I have to say -- I
mean, I don't want to jump to conclusions.
It seems like you're selling vaccines to celebrities, sacha?
>> jimmy, jimmy. Keep it moving.
If you want to keep your legs moving.
All right? >> jimmy: Oh.
All right. >> the challenge -- the
challenge with satire is -- >> jimmy: Oh, we're back --
>> honey, honey, rafael's outside.
Here's the cash. >> all right, okay, what does he
want? >> two pfizers, a moderna --
>> what's the name, sacha baron postmates?
All right. >> jimmy: What is happening?
>> whoa. >> jimmy: Are you selling -- you
said -- are you selling vaccines to mark ruffalo?
>> leave it, jimmy! >> jimmy: All right, I'm sorry.
[ laughter ] >> isla, you look higher than
don jr. Have you been drinking vaccines?
How many have you had? >> two, I've had two!
>> how many? >> 15!
>> jimmy: Oh my god. You know, this is -- well,
besides -- I think this is illegal, but it seems like you
should be focusing on your oscar campaign.
You're nominated for awards, you're nominated for s.A.G.
Awards. It seems you should be focused
on the oscars right now, right? >> this is my oscar campaign.
[ laughter ] jimmy.
Put it this way. None of the hollywood foreign
press are catching covid any time soon.
[ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ]
>> jimmy: I see. >> open up!
>> what? >> what?
Right, right -- >> jimmy: What's going on?
>> it's fine, it's fine, it's fine.
>> get out! >> all right, we got it, we're
good. >> we're going, jimmy!
>> see you, kimmel. [ cheers and applause ]
>> jimmy: Wow, that's quite a bit of money.
>> no, so you know, the thing is -- they're just such
wonderful actors. >> jimmy: Where are you going?
What's happening? >> you know, eddie redmayne
who's won an oscar -- >> jimmy: Yeah, he was very good
in that film. Did you and eddie get along?
>> I mean -- uh -- yeah sure. Aaron sorkin.
Every -- every word is a -- I've got a tank.
>> jimmy: Uh-huh? Are you driving right now?
[ sirens ] >> yeah, yeah, it's fine, it's
fine, yeah. >> jimmy: Yeah?
>> yeah, everything about sorkin's mastery of language,
he's the modern-day shakespeare and hitchcock -- oh god --
[ sirens ] >> jimmy: It looks to me like
you're being chased by the police, sacha.
[ applause ] it seems -- I don't know --
>> no, no, I'm absolutely fine. It's really about inhabiting the
character. >> jimmy: Yeah.
>> so many wonderful stars -- >> jimmy: Yeah.
You're on the local news also. I don't know if you're aware of
this, sacha. >> wonderful.
Are they talking about the golden globes?
>> jimmy: No, they're actually following your car with a
helicopter right now. The police are -- it looks
like -- oh no! Oh my god, are you -- sacha, are
you okay? >> no, and the thing is -- you
know, playing two characters -- [ bleep ].
>> jimmy: Oh my gosh. >> tell wesley snipes he owes me
5g or he can forget the second dose of pfizer!
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: I should probably let
you go. It looks like you're real busy
there right now. Sacha baron cohen --
>> thank you to the hollywood foreign press again.
[ laughter and applause. >> jimmy: "the trial of the
chicago 7" is on netflix, "borat" is on amazon prime.
Wesley snipes will be with us when we come back.
Thank you, sacha! [ cheers and applause ]
♪ >> jimmy: Hi, welcome back.
Wow, what a ride that was, huh? >> guillermo: It was crazy!
>> jimmy: Music from charlotte lawrence is on the way.
More than 30 years ago, our next guest auditioned for, but did
not get a role in the original "coming to america"
but his long journey to zamunda is complete.
He plays a fierce african warlord with a deep and abiding
love of dance in "coming 2 america," it is on
amazon prime video right now. Please welcome wesley snipes.
[ cheers and applause ] hey, how you doing?
>> what's up, jimmy? >> jimmy: It's great to have
you. >> great to be had, great to be
had. >> jimmy: I've always wanted to
have you on the show. Boy, it's been a long time.
>> always gufun to be on your show.
Hallelujah. >> jimmy: Everything good?
>> yeah, I'm doing great, everything's going wonderfully,
you know. I'm out here in los angeles
handling business. Ask sacha how them vaccines
working I got, you know what I'm saying?
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: He's got a number of
cell phones, I'll give you one of the numbers.
>> no, no, no, he got my number already, we be good, we be good.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: I mentioned in the
introduction that you were, you know -- you auditioned for the
role that eventually went to eric la salle.
How many call-backs did you get for that part?
I'm sorry if you're just finding out about this.
>> oh, man. Yeah, every time I hear that it
irks me so bad. [ laughter ]
yeah, I think maybe four, five auditions.
Me, eric la salle, my friend at the time.
[ laughter ] at the time.
And another -- I think we ended up working on "new jack city."
went back for a number of auditions.
I thought I had it locked in there, jimmy.
>> jimmy: Yeah. >> then came up with a big "l."
>> jimmy: You know what? That "l" has turned into a --
two have turned into a "w." >> pew pew pew pew pew!
>> jimmy: By the way, you were fantastic in "dolomite" also.
[ cheers and applause ] it's so great to see you and
eddie together. How long have you known eddie
murphy? >> I don't know, maybe since
1989? '88?
'88, '89, going back all the way that far.
All of us were hanging out in new york, all new yorkers.
We were all hanging out in those days.
>> jimmy: Where would you hang out?
Would you go somewhere? >> downtown, yeah.
>> jimmy: Somebody's house? >> downtown.
A lot of great clubs in those days.
>> jimmy: Wow. >> then there was also the
midtown, china club thing. You know.
Rick james talked about that enough so I'm going to leave
that alone. [ laughter ]
>> jimmy: He did, yeah. Were you there with those guys
when rick was hanging out? >> oh, man.
I wasn't there, who told you that?
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: Crazy.
>> I wasn't nowhere near that, man.
>> jimmy: Didn't eddie move to l.A. Around that time?
Around the end of the '80s, beginning of l.A.?
You don't know? >> I didn't get an invite.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: You guys hang out with
stevie wonder, which is -- I mean, who's better to hang out
with than stevie wonder? >> oh, stevie wonder is the
grand master. Stevie wonder is the absolute
grand master. You are blessed any time you can
get to stand next to, near, by, look at, stevie wonder the
great. >> jimmy: I did an event with
stevie wonder once. Ask he was so funny.
He was one of the funniest -- it was one of the funniest nights
of my life. I did not realize how funny he
is. >> steffi wonder is very funny.
He'll greet you in different accents depending where he
thinks you're from. He'll greet you from.
From boston, pahk the kahr yet? You know, from the bronx, sup?
Stevie, you gangster like that? Okay.
>> jimmy: What do you and stevie talk about, in typical
conversation, what are the subjects?
>> martial arts. [ laughter ]
>> jimmy: For real? >> yeah.
>> jimmy: He's a fan of martial arts?
>> no, stevie wonder is a grand master martial artist.
That's what I call the fingertips.
>> jimmy: I thought it was because of the piano.
It's not? >> no, no, no, he laid them
aside. There used to be a japanese guy,
zato ichi? This is zato stevie.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: Are you being serious?
Does stevie wonder participate in the martial arts?
>> jimmy, let me give you some words of advice.
Stevie wonder will kick your ass.
[ laughter ] [ applause ]
I'm telling you right now, trying to help you, man.
Stevie wonder will kick you in. >> jimmy: You are very
accomplished in that area. Have you ever sparred with him
or whatever you call it where you get in and move around?
>> uh -- no. I can't say, jimmy.
I got stevie right here, man, he won't let me speak on that.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: Are you and woody
harrelson still pals? >> I hate that guy.
[ laughter ] I mean, I can't -- if I see
another woody harrelson movie? >> jimmy: Now that I definitely
don't believe. Because I do --
>> I love him so much. Like cooked food me love the
boy. [ laughter ]
>> jimmy: Woody is a very competitive person, have you
experienced that side of him? >> most definitely.
In a lot of situations. >> jimmy: Really?
Okay. >> yeah.
You know, we used to play chess on "white men can't jump."
and stalled the production. Of course when we thought when
they said five minutes, it meant five minutes.
Our five minutes was 50 minutes. Intensively into the game.
Woody will compete on everything, with everybody.
Handstands, backflips, running from here to there, jokes, you
name it. He will definitely compete.
>> jimmy: Who would typically win your competitions?
>> jimmy. What kind of question is this?
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: I'm wondering.
The answer may well be -- >> me.
Moi, jimmo. >> jimmy: I heard -- first of
all, people might think this is a joke but it's true, break
dancing is going to be part of the olympic games.
>> break dancing? That's right, the breakers rock,
baby, that's right! Beat boys rule the world.
>> jimmy: You are involved in bringing attention to this,
right? >> absolutely.
>> jimmy: You were a break dancer as a kid?
>> that's correct. Early, my early days when I
first started, back in the bronx, in the early -- when the
bronx was burning in the '70s. '76.
' '75, '76, '77, '78.
I learned to flip and spin on concrete.
>> jimmy: This is before people knew what break dancing was.
>> that's correct. >> jimmy: Most people think of
the early '80s. >> that's correct.
>> jimmy: You carried around a piece of cardboard and that sort
of thing? >> no, no, we had a crew, man.
The bronx was burning, there was plenty of cardboard in there.
[ laughter ] >> jimmy: After this weekend --
>> hey, the goal is to elevate the art form.
It's the first american art form that has ever been inducted into
the olympics. >> jimmy: Is that right?
[ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, man.
Believe. >> jimmy: This is going to be a
good olympics, I can tell you right now.
>> what we're going to do is expand it.
Put an olympic training center there in the bronx.
Also make the bronx a sanctuary. >> jimmy: I love that idea.
>> absolutely necessary. We'll heal the world.
We'll heal the community. We'll get in shape at the same
time. Let me tell you something, any
time you want to step into the ring, let's get it on, baby.
[ applause ] >> jimmy: I'm more a popper and
a locker, but -- >> what's up, jimmy, what's up?
What's up, jimmy? >> jimmy: This won't mean a
whole lot to anybody until they see the movie.
Monday everybody will be talking to you about this.
But your character, general easy, in "coming 2 america," you
make a spectacular dance entrance every time you enter a
room. And that is, I mean -- was that
the plan going into this movie? >> beat boys rule the world,
man. [ laughter ]
[ cheers and applause ] beat boys rule the world.
>> jimmy: Well, the movie came out great.
You are fantastic in it. It's "coming 2 america."
we've been waiting for it. It is available right at this
very moment on amazon prime video.
Wesley snipes, everybody! [ cheers and applause ]
thanks, wesley. Great to see you.
We'll be back with charlotte lawrence!
[ cheers and applause ] >> dicky: The "jimmy kimmel
live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz.
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: This is her debut ep. Called "charlotte," it will be
available in moments, but first, with the song "talk you down,"
charlotte lawrence. ♪ you're saying that
you can't speak but you're talkin
isn't it ironic ♪ ♪ you're saying that
there's no way I can stop it but I ain't
gonna drop it, yeah ♪ ♪ in this moment
oh it's only in your mind all I know is
baby, what's yours is mine ♪ ♪ irrational fears
are calling irrational tears
are falling ♪ ♪ baby I swear, I promise
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ make believe
while you're walking making no sense
you're talking ♪ ♪ baby I swear I'm on it
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ you think that I might
leave if you're breaking well let me
break it to you ♪ ♪ you'd have to do
more damage than panic like I would ever
lose you ah ah ♪ ♪ in this moment
oh it's only in your mind all I know is
baby, what's yours is mine ♪ ♪ irrational fears
are calling irrational tears
are falling ♪ ♪ baby I swear, I promise
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ make believe
while you're walking making no sense
you're talking ♪ ♪ baby I swear, I'm on it
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ talk you down
talk you down talk you down
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ talk you down
talk you down talk you down
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ you think that I might
leave if you're breaking well let me
break it to you ♪ ♪ irrational fears
are calling irrational tears
are falling ♪ ♪ baby I swear, I promise
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ make believe
while you're walking making no sense
you're talking ♪ ♪ baby I swear, I'm on it
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ talk you down
talk you down talk you down
that I will talk you down ♪ ♪ talk you down
talk you down talk you down
that I will talk you down ♪ >> jimmy: I want to thank
sacha baron cohen, isla fisher, wesley snipes, and
charlotte lawrence. Apologies to matt damon.
We ran out of time. "nightline" is next.
Before we go, I want to say good night, and beat boys rule the
world.