1 00:00:14,047 --> 00:00:16,850 Steve: FROM STUDIO 6B IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER IN THE HEART 2 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:23,289 OF NEW YORK CITY, IT'S "THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON." 3 00:00:23,289 --> 00:00:27,594 TONIGHT, JOIN JIMMY AND HIS GUESTS - MICHELLE OBAMA 4 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:33,833 KELVIN HARRISON JR., MUSICAL GUEST SAMPA, THE GREAT FEATURING ANGELIQUE KIDJO, 5 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:39,305 AND THE LEGENDARY ROOTS CREW Questlove: 1835 6 00:00:39,305 --> 00:00:44,944 Steve: AND NOW, HERE HE IS, JIMMY FALLON 7 00:00:47,013 --> 00:01:09,069 ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE Jimmy: OH 8 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:14,974 COME ON, NOW WELCOME! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 9 00:01:14,974 --> 00:01:17,844 ENJOY YOURSELF ENJOY YOURSELF WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME TO 10 00:01:17,844 --> 00:01:20,780 "THE TONIGHT SHOW," EVERYBODY. YOU'RE HERE. YOU MADE IT. 11 00:01:20,780 --> 00:01:23,850 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS IS SO EXCITING. 12 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:26,820 THE FORMER FIRST LADY, MICHELLE OBAMA, IS MY GUEST TONIGHT ON THE SHOW! 13 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:32,192 ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE OH, MY GOODNESS. 14 00:01:32,192 --> 00:01:35,595 EARLIER TODAY I TEXTED MICHELLE, AND I GOT A MESSAGE THAT SAID, "WE'RE SORRY, THE 15 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:41,167 NUMBER YOU'VE REACHED IS TOTALLY MADE UP. [ LAUGHTER ] 16 00:01:41,167 --> 00:01:42,836 IT MUST BE WEIRD FOR MICHELLE TO NOT BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, HAVE NO INTEREST IN 17 00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:47,941 RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO BE OUTPOLLING EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT. 18 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:57,784 [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE SHE'S HERE TO PROMOTE HER NEW BOOK CALLED, "THE LIGHT WE 19 00:01:57,784 --> 00:02:01,755 CARRY. IT'S ABOUT HOW WE ALL HAVE LIGHT WITHIN US, AND IT'S ALSO 20 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:05,058 ABOUT HOW JOE BIDEN SPENT EIGHT YEARS WALKING AROUND WITH HIS iPHONE FLASHLIGHT ON 21 00:02:05,058 --> 00:02:08,061 [ LAUGHTER ] IT'S LIKE, "I CAN'T. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT 22 00:02:08,061 --> 00:02:12,899 OFF. JILL, JILL-- HOW DO I?" WELL, LET'S GET TO SOME NEWS 23 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:15,969 PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE FIRST LADY JUST RELEASED THEIR TAX RETURNS, WHICH SHOW THAT THEY 24 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:21,675 MADE LESS MONEY THAN THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN HE HEARD, BIDEN WAS LIKE, 25 00:02:21,675 --> 00:02:29,516 "FREAKING BIDEN. [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE BIDEN'S TAX RETURNS WERE PRETTY 26 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:32,285 INTERESTING. UNDER GIFT'S RECEIVED HE WROTE, "NOWHERE NEAR WHAT 27 00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:39,526 CLARENCE THOMAS GOT. [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE THEN UNDER DEPENDENTS, BIDEN 28 00:02:39,526 --> 00:02:42,696 WROTE, "I ONLY WEAR THEM WHEN I KNOW I WON'T BE NEAR A BATHROOM FOR AWHILE." 29 00:02:42,696 --> 00:02:45,331 Steve: OH Jimmy: THAT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION. 30 00:02:45,331 --> 00:02:49,602 THAT IS TOO-- THAT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION. TMI. 31 00:02:49,602 --> 00:02:51,805 SOME NEWS FROM OVERSEAS, KIM JONG UN SAID THAT NORTH KOREA'S FIRST MILITARY 32 00:02:51,805 --> 00:02:57,610 SPY SATELLITE IS READY FOR LAUNCH KEEP IN MIND, A NORTH KOREAN 33 00:02:57,610 --> 00:03:05,118 SPY SATELLITE IS JUST A GOPRO ON A TENNIS BALL [ LAUGHTER ] 34 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:07,120 YEAH, IT'LL BE LIKE THAT REMOTE CONTROL HELICOPTER YOU GOT FOR CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW? 35 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,824 I'LL GIVE IT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE IT GETS STUCK IN A TREE YOU KNOW - 36 00:03:10,824 --> 00:03:14,327 [ LAUGHTER ] SOME BUSINESS NEWS, I SAW THAT GOOGLE IS ABOUT TO RELEASE 37 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:17,797 THEIR FIRST EVER FOLDABLE PHONE. YEP, THE PHONE IS AMAZING, THEY 38 00:03:17,797 --> 00:03:21,668 SAY IT FOLDS FASTER THAN FOX NEWS IN COURT. Steve: WHAT 39 00:03:21,668 --> 00:03:23,837 OH HEY! [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE 40 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:31,311 COME ON! CHA-CHING! Jimmy: YOU GUYS SEE THIS? 41 00:03:31,311 --> 00:03:34,247 ACCORDING TO A LINKEDIN REPORT, AMAZON IS THE BEST COMPANY IN THE U.S. TO WORK FOR 42 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:40,286 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] EVERY AMAZON EMPLOYEE WAS LIKE, "I LOVE IT HERE," THEN BLINKED 43 00:03:40,286 --> 00:03:47,761 THE MORSE CODE FOR "HELP." [ LAUGHTER ] AMAZON'S ACTUALLY A GREAT PLACE 44 00:03:47,761 --> 00:03:52,999 TO WORK, WELL, UNLESS YOU'RE A A BOX. [ LAUGHTER ] 45 00:03:52,999 --> 00:03:55,969 "HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] SOME ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, 46 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:59,339 NETFLIX ANNOUNCED THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS THEY WILL ROLL OUT PAID PASSWORD SHARING IN 47 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:04,277 THE U.S. PAID PASSWORD SHAR - [ AUDIENCE BOOS 48 00:04:04,277 --> 00:04:06,780 YEAH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO DO, PAY THEIR EX 12 BUCKS A MONTH, RIGHT 49 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:11,818 [ LAUGHTER ] SOME MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, I READ THAT HBO JUST STARTED 50 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:18,058 CASTING THEIR NEW TV SERIES REBOOT OF "HARRY POTTER. [ CHEERS ] 51 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:20,060 AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ACTUALLY GOT A SNEAK PEEK AT SOME OF THE CHOICES THAT 52 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:22,462 THEY'VE MADE CHECK THESE OUT. IN THE REBOOT, HARRY POTTER 53 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:30,337 WILL BE PLAYED BY GEORGE SANTOS. [ LAUGHTER ] 54 00:04:30,337 --> 00:04:32,839 NEXT UP, LUCIUS MALFOY WILL BE PLAYED BY MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE 55 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:39,646 [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE HERE'S ANOTHER, VOLDEMORT WILL PLAYED BY JEFF BEZOS 56 00:04:39,646 --> 00:04:46,319 [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE MR. OLLIVANDER WILL BE PLAYED BY BERNIE SANDERS AND-- 57 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:48,555 [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE HERE'S ANOTHER, MAD EYE MOODY WILL BE PLAYED BY 58 00:04:48,555 --> 00:04:54,327 RUDY GIULIANI. [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE OF COURSE, PETER PETTIGREW WILL 59 00:04:54,327 --> 00:04:58,865 BE PLAYED BY BORIS JOHNSON [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE HERE'S ANOTHER, MADAME MAXIME 60 00:04:58,865 --> 00:05:07,340 WILL BE PLAYED BY LAS VEGAS RAIDERS OWNER MARK DAVIS [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE 61 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:09,876 AND FINALLY-- DOBBY WILL BE PLAYED BY KING CHARLES 62 00:05:09,876 --> 00:05:12,178 [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE I'M EXCITED, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE-- 63 00:05:12,178 --> 00:05:18,752 Steve: WOW! Jimmy:-- GOOD. REAL GOOD. 64 00:05:18,752 --> 00:05:21,488 SPEAKING OF KING CHARLES, THIS IS EXCITING, THE OFFICIAL DISH OF HIS CORONATION HAS BEEN 65 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:27,827 ANNOUNCED, AND IT IS CORONATION QUICHE Steve: OH 66 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:29,796 Jimmy: YEP, KING CHARLES ACTUALLY RELEASED HIS VERY OWN RECIPE 67 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:32,532 Steve: REALLY Jimmy: YEAH, HERE IT IS STEP ONE, TELL YOUR BUTLER TO 68 00:05:32,532 --> 00:05:36,136 MAKE QUICHE. [ LAUGHTER ] STEP TWO, GAZE OUT THE WINDOW. 69 00:05:36,136 --> 00:05:39,773 STEP THREE, SCROLL THROUGH CASTLES ON ZILLOW. [ LAUGHTER ] 70 00:05:39,773 --> 00:05:43,076 STEP FOUR, CHAMPAGNE DON'T MIND IF I DO STEP FIVE, OH! 71 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:46,980 THE QUICHE IS DONE FINALLY, STEP SIX, EACH QUICHE [ CHEERS ] 72 00:05:46,980 --> 00:05:50,583 THERE YOU GO, THAT'S-- THAT'S THE RECIPE, THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT 73 00:05:50,583 --> 00:05:55,955 MWAH AND FINALLY, SCIENTISTS IN NEW YORK JUST DISCOVERED A 74 00:05:55,955 --> 00:06:00,393 A METHOD TO PREVENT HAIR FROM TURNING GREY ONE GUY HEARD AND WAS LIKE, 75 00:06:00,393 --> 00:06:05,398 "THAT METHOD IS DON'T BECOME PRESIDENT. [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE 76 00:06:05,398 --> 00:06:11,037 THERE YOU GO, EVERYBODY! AS I SAID, FORMER FIRST LADY, MICHELLE OBAMA IS ON THE SHOW 77 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:15,675 TONIGHT. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE WE ARE VERY EXCITED! 78 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:21,681 I MEAN, THE BEST SHE'S THE BEST SHE'S ALWAYS DOWN TO DO 79 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:23,483 SOMETHING FUN WHEN SHE'S HERE, SO EARLIER TODAY, SHE AND I DECIDED TO HEAD OVER TO A LOCAL 80 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:28,388 BOOKSTORE AND SURPRISE SOME UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE. 81 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,323 IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. CHECK IT OUT 82 00:06:32,258 --> 00:06:33,093 Jimmy: HEY, GUYS, WE'RE HERE 83 00:06:33,093 --> 00:06:35,628 AT McNALLY JACKSON BOOKSTORE IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN. WE'RE ABOUT TO SURPRISE SOME 84 00:06:35,628 --> 00:06:37,697 PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THEY'RE PART OF A PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR MICHELLE OBAMA'S NEW BOOK, 85 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:42,635 "THE LIGHT WE CARRY. THEY'RE GOING TO PRESS A BUTTON TO HEAR INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES 86 00:06:42,635 --> 00:06:44,371 FROM THE FORMER FIRST LADY, MICHELLE OBAMA, BUT WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW, IS THAT THE REAL 87 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:53,780 MICHELLE OBAMA WILL BE READING THEM THE QUOTES LIVE [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 88 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,782 THAT IS ME. Jimmy: YOU READY? LET'S DO THIS 89 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:55,815 Jimmy: YOU READY? LET'S DO THIS 90 00:06:56,883 --> 00:06:59,085 ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 91 00:06:59,085 --> 00:07:07,160 Jimmy: PLEASE PRESS THE BUTTON PLEASE PRESS THE BUTTON TO HEAR 92 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:13,199 AN INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE FROM MICHELLE - OW 93 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:18,104 WE PRACTICE OUR FAITH IN THE SMALLEST OF WAYS WITH IT, WE ARE SAYING, "I 94 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:25,245 CAN. WE ARE SAYING, "I CARE." Jimmy: SIMON SAYS, "TOUCH 95 00:07:25,245 --> 00:07:30,116 YOUR HEAD. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] SIMON SAYS, "TOUCH YOUR 96 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:37,824 SHOULDERS. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] PRESS THE BUTTON 97 00:07:37,824 --> 00:07:45,799 SIMON DIDN'T SAY NOW POSE FOR A PICTURE THREE, TWO, ONE. 98 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:50,070 TURN AROUND. SMILE LADIES. Jimmy: TURN AROUND PLEASE 99 00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:55,208 SIMON SAYS-- OH, MY GOD! MICHELLE - 100 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:58,411 OH, MY GOD Jimmy: HI, I'M JIMMY! IT'S SO - 101 00:07:58,411 --> 00:08:05,418 Jimmy: PRESS THE BUTTON WE PRACTICE OUR FAITH IN THE SMALLEST OF WAYS 102 00:08:05,418 --> 00:08:10,423 WITH IT, WE ARE SAYING, "I CAN. WE ARE SAYING, "I CARE." 103 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:16,062 Jimmy: SIMON SAYS, "TOUCH YOUR HEAD. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 104 00:08:16,062 --> 00:08:22,168 SIMON SAYS, "SCREAM. [ SCREAM ] LOUDER. 105 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:25,372 [ SCREAM ] [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: SIMON DIDN'T SAY THAT 106 00:08:25,372 --> 00:08:28,842 LAST ONE BUT MICHELLE OBAMA DID. [ LAUGHTER ] 107 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:34,447 YOU LOSE. BUT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T LOSE. [ SCREAM ] 108 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:39,919 OH, MY GOD! [ LAUGHTER ] OH, MY GOD 109 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:47,127 WOW! BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD FAITH IN ME, I HAD FAITH IN ME TOO 110 00:08:47,127 --> 00:08:49,863 Jimmy: MOTHER'S DAY IS COMING UP. WHAT ARE YOU GETTING YOUR 111 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:59,406 MOTHER YOU CAN PICK UP A FEW BOOKS RIGHT NOW. 112 00:08:59,406 --> 00:09:08,048 PLEASE BUY MY BOOK. PRETTY PLEASE. WITH SUGAR ON TOP. 113 00:09:08,048 --> 00:09:12,318 Jimmy: PLEASE GRAB A BOOK AND-- OH, MY GOD! 114 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:15,722 Jimmy: IT'S MICHELLE OBAMA. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE BUY MY BOOK 115 00:09:15,722 --> 00:09:23,063 TOOLS EVOLVE OVER TIME AND SPEAKING OF TIME, IT'S TIME TO DANCE 116 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:34,207 SHOW US YOUR BEST MOVES. [ BEAT BOXING DROP IT LOW. 117 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:44,617 TO THE FLOOR DOWN LOWER GO, GO, GO 118 00:09:44,617 --> 00:09:47,587 Jimmy: NOW POSE FOR A A PICTURE. THREE, TWO - 119 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:51,858 GO, GO-- OH, MY GOD! OH, MY GOD 120 00:09:51,858 --> 00:10:01,034 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT MOVES THANK YOU, JUST FOR GOING 121 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:07,173 THROUGH THIS ENTIRE JOURNEY WITH GRACE THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE. 122 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:11,978 AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT TO YOU, THANK YOU [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 123 00:10:11,978 --> 00:10:15,615 OH, SWEETIE - IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 124 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:25,258 ♪ MY THANKS TO MICHELLE OBAMA! WHEN WE COME BACK, MORE 125 00:10:25,258 --> 00:10:30,730 "TONIGHT SHOW" WITH MICHELLE OBAMA COME ON BACK 126 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:33,667 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ♪ 127 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:39,539 IT WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST SECOND LADY, ALL THE KIDS AND 128 00:10:39,539 --> 00:10:45,412 ALL OF OUR DETAILS [ LAUGHTER ] SO, YOU IMAGINE BEING THE POOR 129 00:10:45,412 --> 00:10:51,785 KIDS ON THE OTHER TEAM WITH JOE YELLING, "MAZIE, PASS THE BALL." 130 00:10:51,785 --> 00:11:10,503 [ LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: WE ARE HONORED TO BE JOINED BY OUR FIRST GUEST, WHO 131 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:16,910 IS THE FORMER FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES. SHE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE 132 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:21,748 BEST-SELLING BOOK, "THE LIGHT WE CARRY: OVERCOMING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES. 133 00:11:21,748 --> 00:11:23,316 AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO "MICHELLE OBAMA: THE LIGHT PODCAST," WHICH IS AVAILABLE 134 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:29,522 NOW ON AUDIBLE AND EVERYWHERE YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. 135 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:33,093 EVERYONE PLEASE WELCOME, MICHELLE OBAMA 136 00:11:36,996 --> 00:11:53,580 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 137 00:11:53,580 --> 00:11:58,952 Jimmy: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT HEY Jimmy: THEY'RE REFUSING TO 138 00:11:58,952 --> 00:12:05,425 SIT DOWN THEY WANT TO STAND UP! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 139 00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:08,061 WELCOME. IT'S A PARTY. Jimmy: IT FEELS GOOD. 140 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:10,330 IT FEELS GOOD. IT'S A PARTY. Jimmy: THANK YOU. 141 00:12:10,330 --> 00:12:12,532 WELCOME BACK AND THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY. AND THANK YOU FOR-- 142 00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:14,501 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. Jimmy: THANKS FOR PLAYING, YET AGAIN. 143 00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:17,437 WE DID ANOTHER FUN - WE HAVE PLAYED SO MUCH. Jimmy: WE'VE HAD SO MANY FUN 144 00:12:17,437 --> 00:12:20,674 BITS I GOTTA SAY, I LOVE HAVING YOU I LOVE TALKING TO YOU, 145 00:12:20,674 --> 00:12:25,345 OBVIOUSLY. BUT TO SEE PEOPLE'S REACTION TO YOU, NEXT TO YOU, IS IT MAKES 146 00:12:25,345 --> 00:12:29,082 ME FEEL SO GOOD. PEOPLE LOVE YOU. I MEAN, WE ALL LOVE YOU. 147 00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:36,322 BUT REALLY - [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE LOOK, I DON'T TAKE IT FOR 148 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:40,560 GRANTED. LOOK, WE DON'T GET OUT MUCH. Jimmy: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH 149 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:45,699 SO, IT'S JUST NICE TO HEAR WHAT IT ALL MEANT TO PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE. 150 00:12:45,699 --> 00:12:49,769 SO, I DON'T TAKE ANY OF THAT FOR GRANTED. Jimmy: CONGRATULATIONS ON 151 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:52,405 "THE LIGHT WE CARRY. THANK YOU [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 152 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:57,644 Jimmy: IT'S ANOTHER "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLER AND THE BOOK-- YOU DEDICATE 153 00:12:57,644 --> 00:13:02,582 THE BOOK TO YOUR PARENTS OH, MY GOD, YES Jimmy: WHICH I DO LOVE. 154 00:13:02,582 --> 00:13:05,752 YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE INFLUENCE YOUR THAT YOUR FATHER HAS HAD ON YOU 155 00:13:05,752 --> 00:13:10,457 BUT ALSO, THERE'S A WHOLE CHAPTER HERE ABOUT YOUR MOM. MARIAN. 156 00:13:10,457 --> 00:13:12,959 Jimmy: YES. SHE DESERVED A CHAPTER. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 157 00:13:12,959 --> 00:13:17,130 SHE'S-- YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS ARE WHERE I GET ANY WISDOM THAT I HAVE 158 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:22,836 AND THE FACT THAT SHE ALLOWED ME TO EVEN SAY HER NAME IN THE BOOK IS A BIG DEAL 159 00:13:22,836 --> 00:13:26,706 BECAUSE MARIAN ROBINSON ISN'T IMPRESSED WITH ANYTHING AT ANY TIME 160 00:13:26,706 --> 00:13:29,442 SO, I HAD TO ASK PERMISSION. I WAS LIKE, MOM-- WE WERE TRYING TO GET HER TO WRITE A 161 00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:32,512 A BOOK SHE WAS LIKE, "NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. 162 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:35,248 I WAS LIKE, "NO, MOM, EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. 163 00:13:35,248 --> 00:13:40,920 Jimmy: SHE DOES HAVE SOME GREAT TRIED AND TRUE PARENTING IN THE BOOK. 164 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:46,726 NUMBER FIVE IS, "COME HOME WE WILL ALWAYS LIKE YOU HERE." YEAH, YEAH. 165 00:13:46,726 --> 00:13:49,295 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN, LET ME TELL YOU HOW 166 00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:51,698 GROUNDING THAT IS. AND FOR PARENTS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, BECAUSE SHE SAID 167 00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:53,433 THAT BECAUSE SHE KNEW THAT AS KIDS OF COLOR, AS WOMEN, AS A WOMAN, YOUNG WOMAN, YOUNG 168 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:55,335 BLACK WOMAN IN THE WORLD, THAT I WOULD BE CONFRONTED WITH A A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD SET 169 00:13:55,335 --> 00:14:12,218 MY BAR LOW FOR ME. YOU KNOW, SHE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HEAR RACIAL INSULTS 170 00:14:12,218 --> 00:14:16,056 SHE KNEW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO CONFRONT AND SHE NEVER WANTED US TO GET 171 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:21,528 OUR SELF-WORTH FROM OUTSIDE THE HOME BECAUSE WE COULDN'T COUNT ON IT. 172 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:26,466 SO, THAT MAXIM IS, DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. DON'T LOSE IT BECAUSE A TEACHER 173 00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:28,435 DOESN'T LIKE YOU, BECAUSE SOMEBODY CALLED YOU A BAD WORD DON'T LET YOUR SELF-ESTEEM BE 174 00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:37,544 BASED ON THAT. YOU KNOW, GET YOUR SELF-WORTH AT HOME. 175 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:42,082 AND SO, THAT'S A POWERFUL THING FOR ALL PARENTS TO REMEMBER. BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR 176 00:14:42,082 --> 00:14:45,985 ADULTS TO REMEMBER, AS WE DEAL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. THAT OUR WORDS TO THEM MATTER, 177 00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:51,458 YOU KNOW Jimmy: YEAH WHAT WE SAY, HOW WE TREAT 178 00:14:51,458 --> 00:14:54,094 THEM, IT HAS AN IMPACT BECAUSE SOME KIDS DON'T HAVE A A HOME TO GO TO TO FEEL THAT 179 00:14:54,094 --> 00:15:01,201 LOVE SO, I THINK ABOUT THAT EVERY TIME I INTERACT WITH A KID 180 00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:05,572 THAT MY INTERACTION WITH THEM MAY BE THE TIME THEY FEEL SAFE AND THEY FEEL AT HOME. 181 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:11,144 SO, I WANT EVERYBODY TO THINK ABOUT THAT Jimmy: THAT GOES FAR. 182 00:15:11,144 --> 00:15:14,114 SO, I GOT THAT AT HOME. Jimmy: THAT GOES SO FAR [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 183 00:15:14,114 --> 00:15:18,051 I LOVE THAT. HOW ARE THE KIDS KIDS ARE GOOD 184 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:23,757 THOSE TWO, THEY'RE NOT KIDS. THEY ARE GROWN - Jimmy: THEY'RE SEVEN YEARS 185 00:15:23,757 --> 00:15:25,592 OLD? HOW OLD ARE THEY [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 186 00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:27,794 THAT'S HOW THE WORLD SEES THEM 20-- THEY'LL BE 25 AND 22 187 00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:31,297 Jimmy: WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN YEAH, YOU ALL ARE OLD [ LAUGHTER ] 188 00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:35,068 Jimmy: WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN I KNOW. BEFORE OUR VERY EYES 189 00:15:35,068 --> 00:15:39,739 ALL I CAN SAY IS, NO MORE BABIES, NO MORE TUITION. [ LAUGHTER ] 190 00:15:39,739 --> 00:15:44,544 BYE. IT'S LIKE, HERE'S YOUR LIFE. Jimmy: THERE YOU GO 191 00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:46,312 GOOD LUCK Jimmy: YEAH, LET ME KNOW HOW IT WORKS-- YEAH 192 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:48,615 BUT NOW THEY'RE LIVING TOGETHER, RIGHT? THEY'RE ROOMMATES? 193 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,717 RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE YEAH, YEAH Jimmy: DO YOU VISIT THEM? 194 00:15:50,717 --> 00:15:54,988 WE VISITED THEM ONCE. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] WHEN WE'RE YOUR PARENTS, YOU 195 00:15:54,988 --> 00:15:58,692 DON'T REALLY WANT US AROUND THAT MUCH. [ LAUGHTER ] 196 00:15:58,692 --> 00:16:00,860 YOU KNOW Jimmy: REALLY SO, BUT WHAT WE DID GET 197 00:16:00,860 --> 00:16:04,597 INVITED OVER FOR COCKTAILS BEFORE DINNER BECAUSE WE HAD TO TAKE THEM OUT TO DINNER. 198 00:16:04,597 --> 00:16:06,566 AND THEY INVITED US OVER TO COCKTAILS. Jimmy: NO, NO, NO 199 00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:09,169 OH, YEAH. Jimmy: NO, YOU DON'T DRINK A COCKTAIL 200 00:16:09,169 --> 00:16:13,573 NOT ONLY DID THEY DRINK IT BUT THEY MADE ONE. Jimmy: NO 201 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:18,278 IT WAS A BAD MARTINI. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] IT WAS VERY WEAK IN A TUMBLING 202 00:16:18,278 --> 00:16:22,549 GLASS. [ LAUGHTER ] YOU KNOW, THEY STUMBLED THROUGH 203 00:16:22,549 --> 00:16:24,117 IT Jimmy: THEY TRIED IT WAS MOSTLY VERMOUTH AND 204 00:16:24,117 --> 00:16:26,886 ICE. [ LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: I STILL DO THE 205 00:16:26,886 --> 00:16:28,788 SAME - WELL, MAYBE IT WASN'T EVEN VERMOUTH BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN 206 00:16:28,788 --> 00:16:32,292 THINK THAT THEY KNEW VERMOUTH WENT IN A MARTINI. Jimmy: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH 207 00:16:32,292 --> 00:16:34,427 THAT'S EXACTLY IT. BUT THEY TRIED TO IMPRESS YOU WITH A MARTINI 208 00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:38,732 OH, YEAH, OH, YEAH. AND A CHARCUTERIE TRAY Jimmy: OOOH 209 00:16:38,732 --> 00:16:41,267 WHICH THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PRICE OF CHEESE. [ LAUGHTER ] 210 00:16:41,267 --> 00:16:45,071 MALIA IS LIKE, "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I PAID FOR THAT CHEESE? [ LAUGHTER ] 211 00:16:45,071 --> 00:16:47,173 AND I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, GIRL, YOU EAT MY CHEESE ALL THE TIME." 212 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:49,376 Jimmy: EXACTLY. [ LAUGHTER ] NEVER WORRIED ABOUT THE 213 00:16:49,376 --> 00:16:53,780 PRICE WHEN YOU EATING MY CHARCUTERIE TRAY Jimmy: YOU'VE ALWAYS SAID 214 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:56,683 WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE KIDS THAT YOU WANTED TO GIVE THEM THE MOST NORMAL CHILDHOOD 215 00:16:56,683 --> 00:16:58,418 THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN WHILE YOU'RE LIVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH HAS GOT TO BE 216 00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:04,691 TOUGH. BUT I REMEMBER YOU WERE SAYING EVEN BARACK COACHED THEIR 217 00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:08,094 BASKETBALL TEAM. YES, YEAH HE WAS-- HE WAS DAD IN THE 218 00:17:08,094 --> 00:17:11,264 WHITE HOUSE. Jimmy: HOW DID YOU SNEAK OUT AND DO THAT? 219 00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:14,668 HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING. AND HE WASN'T ASSIGNED TO BE 220 00:17:14,668 --> 00:17:19,572 THE COACH. THIS WAS FOURTH GRADE REC LEAGUE FOR LITTLE GIRLS, RIGHT 221 00:17:19,572 --> 00:17:23,043 SASHA WAS PLAYING. AND HE AND REGGIE LOVE, WHO WAS HIS AIDE AT THE TIME, WHO WAS 222 00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:29,215 A DIVISION 1 PLAYER FOR DUKE THEY WOULD SIT AND WATCH THESE GIRLS NOT HAVE THEIR SHOES 223 00:17:29,215 --> 00:17:31,117 TIED THEY WEREN'T RUNNING PLAYS BECAUSE IT WAS A PARENT COACH 224 00:17:31,117 --> 00:17:34,921 LEAGUE, RIGHT? Jimmy: YEAH, ALSO THEY'RE IN FOURTH GRADE 225 00:17:34,921 --> 00:17:38,525 THEY'RE IN FOURTH GRADE BUT BARACK OBAMA FELT THAT THEY COULD DO BETTER. 226 00:17:38,525 --> 00:17:42,062 [ LAUGHTER ] SO, EACH GAME, HE WAS LIKE, CLOSER DOWN TO THE PLAYERS' 227 00:17:42,062 --> 00:17:43,797 BENCH AND WHISPERED TO THE PARENT COACHES, WHO I'M SURE WERE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, IT'S 228 00:17:43,797 --> 00:17:52,772 THE PRESIDENT TELLING ME TO RUN A PLAY." [ LAUGHTER ] 229 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:57,177 EVENTUALLY HE TOOK OVER. HE HAD THEM PRACTICING HE TAUGHT THEM PLAYS 230 00:17:57,177 --> 00:17:59,145 AND THE FUNNY THING IS, LIKE, IT WASN'T ONLY SASHA ON THE TEAM, BUT IT WAS MAISY BIDEN, 231 00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:04,484 JOE'S YOUNGEST GRANDDAUGHTER THEY'RE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. SO, IMAGINE ON ANY GIVEN 232 00:18:04,484 --> 00:18:11,057 SUNDAY, IN A REC GYM, IN CHEVY CHASE-- BECAUSE WE ALL CAME OUT, RIGHT 233 00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:14,661 YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST THE VIPERS THAT WAS THEIR NAME. 234 00:18:14,661 --> 00:18:17,464 THEY WERE THE VIPERS Jimmy: YEAH IT WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT, 235 00:18:17,464 --> 00:18:24,304 THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST, SECOND LADY, ALL THE KIDS, AND ALL OF OUR DETAILS 236 00:18:24,304 --> 00:18:30,210 [ LAUGHTER ] SO, YOU IMAGINE BEING THE POOR KIDS ON THE OTHER TEAM WITH JOE 237 00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:34,914 YELLING, "MAISY, PASS THE BALL BOX OUT! YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME, I WOULD 238 00:18:34,914 --> 00:18:37,317 HAVE TO TELL HIM, "CHILL OUT," YOU KNOW THIS IS-- THESE KIDS-- I 239 00:18:37,317 --> 00:18:41,388 THINK THAT LITTLE GIRL IS CRYING BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS YELLING AT HER 240 00:18:41,388 --> 00:18:43,456 Jimmy: HOW DID THEY END UP DOING? THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP 241 00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:49,596 Jimmy: COME ON! THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 242 00:18:49,596 --> 00:18:51,064 MORE WITH MICHELLE OBAMA WHEN WE COME BACK, MORE "TONIGHT SHOW." 243 00:18:51,064 --> 00:19:01,408 COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ♪ 244 00:19:06,012 --> 00:19:09,349 WASN'T INVITED. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: THE AH - 245 00:19:09,349 --> 00:19:21,127 WHO'S SHE [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: WOW. 246 00:19:21,127 --> 00:19:24,631 Jimmy: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. WE ARE HERE WITH THE ONE AND 247 00:19:24,631 --> 00:19:31,738 ONLY MICHELLE OBAMA, NOW [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE Jimmy: WE'RE ALWAYS SO HAPPY 248 00:19:31,738 --> 00:19:35,041 YOU COME ON THE SHOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NOTICED THAT YOU WENT BACK - 249 00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:37,444 YOU WENT BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. RECENTLY 250 00:19:37,444 --> 00:19:40,280 YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BACK. NO. Jimmy: SINCE-- 251 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,583 WASN'T INVITED. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: THE AH - 252 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:50,056 WHO'S SHE [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: WOW. 253 00:19:50,056 --> 00:19:52,125 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE WOW, I'M ADDING A CHAPTER RIGHT HERE 254 00:19:52,125 --> 00:19:56,496 HOLD ON. SO, YOU RETURNED WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TO GO 255 00:19:56,496 --> 00:20:01,735 BACK AND YOU GO, "OH, YEAH, I LIVED A LOT OF TIME IN THIS PLACE. 256 00:20:01,735 --> 00:20:04,704 YEAH, WE WERE-- WE WERE GOOD WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 257 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:08,408 IT WAS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE 258 00:20:08,408 --> 00:20:12,612 TRADITION. YOU DO YOUR OFFICIAL PORTRAITS THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED 259 00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:17,417 TO INVITE YOU BACK TO HANG THEM WE WERE NEVER INVITED BACK 260 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:20,687 SO, THESE PICTURES HAVE BEEN DONE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME SO - 261 00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:24,190 BUT IT'S ALSO A CHANCE FOR THE STAFF TO COME BACK AND REMINISCE. 262 00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:28,361 AND TO BE TOGETHER IT'S A - IT'S A RITUAL. 263 00:20:28,361 --> 00:20:30,497 SO, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE ALL OF THE 264 00:20:30,497 --> 00:20:34,267 STAFF. I MEAN-- AS QUIET AS IT'S KEPT, MY GIRLS LIVED IN THE 265 00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:38,972 WHITE HOUSE LONGER THAN THEY LIVED ANY HOUSE. Jimmy: YEAH 266 00:20:38,972 --> 00:20:41,708 SO, THAT'S WHERE THEY GREW UP SO, TO GO BACK AND SEE ALL THE 267 00:20:41,708 --> 00:20:47,614 STAFF THAT ARE STILL THERE TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY GREW UP WITH, IT WAS REALLY-- 268 00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:50,083 WELL, THE GIRLS WEREN'T THERE AT THE TIME. BUT IT WAS GOOD FOR BARACK AND 269 00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:53,219 I TO SEE EVERYONE. Jimmy: DO YOU - DO YOU EVER HAVE DREAMS THAT 270 00:20:53,219 --> 00:20:55,622 YOU STILL LIVE THERE NO, NO. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 271 00:20:55,622 --> 00:20:58,458 SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT LIKE THAT 272 00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:00,760 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] IT'S LIKE-- NO, NO 273 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,729 I DON'T-- I DON'T-- I DON'T DREAM-- 274 00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:04,731 Jimmy: YOU DON'T EVER, GO LIKE "OH, YEAH, I'LL GO DOWN THE 275 00:21:04,731 --> 00:21:07,100 STEPS HERE." "AND, I'LL - NO, NO. 276 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:10,570 FUNNY STORY. AT BIDEN'S INAUGURATION, ALL THE EX--FORMERS GATHERED, AND 277 00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:19,212 THEY WERE DOING A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEN WE HAD TO LEAVE 278 00:21:19,212 --> 00:21:22,582 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BARACK ATTENDED-- I THINK HE WAS THERE WHEN 279 00:21:22,582 --> 00:21:27,087 SOMEBODY ELSE'S PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE WAS OUT. SO, HE WALKS OUT, AND USUALLY 280 00:21:27,087 --> 00:21:30,156 THE FIRST CAR UP IS THE PRESIDENT. RIGHT? 281 00:21:30,156 --> 00:21:32,559 AND HE GOES WALKING TO THE FIRST CAR. AND IT'S - 282 00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:38,098 SECURITY IS LIKE, "SIR, THAT'S NOT-- THAT'S NOT YOUR CAR. 283 00:21:38,098 --> 00:21:40,667 Jimmy: OOPS [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] HE WAS LIKE, "OKAY, WELL, 284 00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:42,535 WHERE DO I GO? [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] SO, WE HAD TO PASS THE 285 00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:48,108 PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE AND THE VP AND THEN, WE WENT WAY BACK 286 00:21:48,108 --> 00:21:53,346 AND THEN IT WAS OURS 'CAUSE YOU GO IN DESCENDING ORDER Jimmy: BUT I WAS JUST - 287 00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:57,283 BUT THE THING WAS WE WERE SO GLAD TO GET IN THAT BACK MOTORCADE. 288 00:21:57,283 --> 00:22:01,054 AND TO GO HOME Jimmy: YEAH TO OUR HOUSE. 289 00:22:01,054 --> 00:22:04,624 Jimmy: TO YOUR ACTUAL HOUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY. 290 00:22:04,624 --> 00:22:07,694 YOU DO YOUR TIME, YOU PASS IT ON YOU LET THE NEXT PRESIDENT 291 00:22:07,694 --> 00:22:11,965 LEAD Jimmy: YEAH SO, IT WAS-- 292 00:22:11,965 --> 00:22:16,069 IT'S KIND OF A RELIEF. Jimmy: ARE YOU-- IN THIS BOOK, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT 293 00:22:16,069 --> 00:22:20,607 STORIES ABOUT YOUR LIFE. THERE'S ALSO TIPS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE'RE DEALING 294 00:22:20,607 --> 00:22:27,213 WITH EVERYTHING, WITH WHAT WE ALL - WITH ISOLATION, WITH COVID 295 00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:33,086 IT'S JUST EVERYTHING'S KIND OF TOUCHED IN THIS BOOK AND ONE THING I LOVED IS THE 296 00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:35,522 POWER OF SMALL YEAH. THAT'S ONE OF THE EARLY 297 00:22:35,522 --> 00:22:40,894 CHAPTERS BECAUSE I WROTE THIS CHAPTER PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, 298 00:22:40,894 --> 00:22:45,932 WHO ARE FEELING SO ANXIOUS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD I MEAN, NO WONDER. 299 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:51,104 CLIMATE CHANGE, RIOTS ON CAPITOL HILL, GUN VIOLENCE, ON AND ON 300 00:22:51,104 --> 00:22:54,474 AND THESE YOUNG KIDS, YOUNG KIDS AS YOUNG AS 15, ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE 301 00:22:54,474 --> 00:22:58,845 THESE PROBLEMS AND THEY'RE GETTING ALL TWISTED. 302 00:22:58,845 --> 00:23:02,449 BECAUSE THEY DON'T YET HAVE THE POWER. BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO BITE 303 00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:06,820 OFF TOO MUCH TOO SOON. SO, THE POWER OF SMALL IS TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN UNIQUELY 304 00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:10,123 CONTROL. AND FOR A KID IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S GRADUATING FROM HIGH 305 00:23:10,123 --> 00:23:14,661 SCHOOL YOU KNOW, GET YOUR EDUCATION BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT, YOU 306 00:23:14,661 --> 00:23:21,401 CAN'T END VIOLENCE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNLESS YOU FOCUS ON WHAT'S AT HAND. 307 00:23:21,401 --> 00:23:25,972 SO, STARTING SMALL, EVEN FOR US AS ADULTS, IS ABOUT FOCUS ON YOUR OWN KNITTING. 308 00:23:25,972 --> 00:23:29,409 BECAUSE THERE'S POWER IN THAT. IF EACH OF US JUST RAISED THE CHILDREN WE BRING INTO THE 309 00:23:29,409 --> 00:23:35,849 WORLD, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID NOTHING ELSE BUT DO THAT OH, JUST IMAGINE WHERE WE WOULD 310 00:23:35,849 --> 00:23:42,756 BE AS A NATION, AS A HUMAN RACE IF WE JUST TOOK CARE OF THAT 311 00:23:42,756 --> 00:23:45,158 Jimmy: YEAH YOU KNOW, IF WE SHOWED THEM THE LOVE AND THE FOCUS 312 00:23:45,158 --> 00:23:47,360 AND IF WE PUT OUR TIME AND ENERGY INTO THAT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SOLVE ALL THE BIG 313 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:51,097 PROBLEMS SO, CHANGE HAPPENS IN SMALL BITES. 314 00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:53,566 IT'S NOT JUST THE BIG STUFF. Jimmy: YEAH 'CAUSE IT STARTS SMALL, THEN IT 315 00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:56,102 GOES TO A FAMILY THEN IT GOES TO A COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. 316 00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:58,838 Jimmy: AND IT'S GREAT THERE'S ALSO A CHAPTER DEDICATED TO, "WHEN THEY GO 317 00:23:58,838 --> 00:24:03,443 LOW, WE GO HIGH. WELL, PEOPLE STILL KEEP ASKING ME. 318 00:24:03,443 --> 00:24:06,946 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] DO YOU STILL MEAN THAT Jimmy: YEAH 319 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:10,316 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] STILL Jimmy: BUT, THAT WAS-- 320 00:24:10,316 --> 00:24:15,488 THAT WAS AN EPIC LINE. THAT WAS JUST-- IT JUST - IT STUCK IN EVERYONE'S HEAD. 321 00:24:15,488 --> 00:24:17,424 YEAH. Jimmy: DID YOU REALIZE HOW POWERFUL THAT WOULD BE YEARS 322 00:24:17,424 --> 00:24:23,096 AFTER? NO, NO. I DIDN'T KNOW I WOULD BE KNOWN 323 00:24:23,096 --> 00:24:26,199 FOR THAT LINE. BUT I'M PROUD OF THAT. PEOPLE ASK ME, DO I STILL-- 324 00:24:26,199 --> 00:24:31,771 DO I EVER GO LOW AND YEAH, I GO LOW [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 325 00:24:31,771 --> 00:24:34,407 I GO LOW A LOT OF TIMES. BUT I THINK FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PLATFORM, WHO ARE BEING 326 00:24:34,407 --> 00:24:44,184 LOOKED UP TO, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO STAY HIGH BECAUSE KIDS ARE WATCHING US 327 00:24:44,184 --> 00:24:48,121 IF YOU NEED TO GO LOW, GO LOW AT HOME. DO IT WITH YOUR KITCHEN TABLE 328 00:24:48,121 --> 00:24:53,793 WITH YOUR SPOUSE BUT WE SET THE EXAMPLE BECAUSE LEADERS SET THE TONE 329 00:24:53,793 --> 00:25:00,367 AND WE FELT WHAT IT'S FELT LIKE TO BE LED WITH LOW AND IT DIDN'T FEEL GREAT 330 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:03,870 THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S A PRACTICE. IT'S A HABIT 331 00:25:03,870 --> 00:25:07,173 IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOW THE NEXT GENERATION THAT WE DON'T-- THAT DOESN'T 332 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:10,677 MEAN WE SETTLE THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE COMPLACENT 333 00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:15,482 IT MEANS WE THINK BEFORE WE SPEAK, BECAUSE WORDS MATTER. AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT 334 00:25:15,482 --> 00:25:17,317 AND I TRY THE BEST THAT I CAN WHEN I'M IN THE PUBLIC EYE, WHEN I KNOW THAT KIDS ARE 335 00:25:17,317 --> 00:25:22,922 WATCHING TO STAY HIGH BECAUSE HIGH BEGETS HIGH. 336 00:25:22,922 --> 00:25:32,065 Jimmy: THAT'S RIGHT [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE Jimmy: NOW, AH-- YOU WENT 337 00:25:32,065 --> 00:25:33,767 ON A BOOK TOUR AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND YOU HAD AMAZING CONVERSATIONS WITH AMAZING 338 00:25:33,767 --> 00:25:40,540 PEOPLE OUR PAL, GAYLE KING, WE LOVE TYLER PERRY. 339 00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:43,276 LOT'S OF GREAT PEOPLE HODA KOTB-- DAVID LETTERMAN 340 00:25:43,276 --> 00:25:45,612 Jimmy: DAVID LETTERMAN. OH, SO MANY - Jimmy: SURE 341 00:25:45,612 --> 00:25:48,114 CONAN O'BRIEN. YEAH, WELL, ALL RIGHT [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 342 00:25:48,114 --> 00:25:50,216 Jimmy: I MEAN YOU WERE BUSY Jimmy: YEAH, YEAH, IT'S 343 00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:53,286 INTERESTING. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] BUT YOU KNOW-- THERE'S ALWAYS 344 00:25:53,286 --> 00:25:56,923 TIME FOR ANOTHER BOOK. YOU KNOW - THE LIST IS AMAZING PEOPLE AND 345 00:25:56,923 --> 00:26:01,161 YOU TURNED IT INTO A PODCAST YEAH. Jimmy: AND THIS IS GREAT. 346 00:26:01,161 --> 00:26:05,198 IT'S A GREAT THING YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT IT'S SUCH GREAT CONVERSATION 347 00:26:05,198 --> 00:26:08,034 "THE LIGHT PODCAST. SO FOR THOSE WHO MISSED THE BOOK TOUR, WE RECORDED EVERY 348 00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:11,037 CONVERSATION EDITED IT DOWN TO THE BEST OF THE BEST 349 00:26:11,037 --> 00:26:12,906 YOU KNOW, IT TOUCHES ON THE BOOK BUT WE ALSO EACH SHARE OUR OWN 350 00:26:12,906 --> 00:26:17,143 STORY OF FINDING LIGHT AND DEVELOPING FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS. 351 00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:22,816 IT'S REALLY A FUN SET OF CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE NOW ON AUDIBLE. 352 00:26:22,816 --> 00:26:25,118 Jimmy: AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE OF THE INTERVIEWS-- OR THE CONVERSATIONS-- WERE WITH 353 00:26:25,118 --> 00:26:29,956 OPRAH WINFREY. THE ONE AND ONLY. Jimmy: YEAH 354 00:26:29,956 --> 00:26:32,459 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE Jimmy: OPRAH WINFREY. 355 00:26:32,459 --> 00:26:34,761 AND IT AIRS. THAT OPRAH. Jimmy: THAT OPRAH 356 00:26:34,761 --> 00:26:37,497 AND IT'S AIRING ON APRIL 25th ON NETFLIX IT'S A SPECIAL 357 00:26:37,497 --> 00:26:40,066 YEAH. THAT WILL BE TELEVISED BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WITH OPRAH, 358 00:26:40,066 --> 00:26:42,635 YOU JUST TELEVISE IT [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: I JUST FEEL LIKE-- 359 00:26:42,635 --> 00:26:45,071 YEAH, YOU HAVE TO TELEVISE IT. YEAH, BUT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY BECOME FRIENDS WITH 360 00:26:45,071 --> 00:26:48,541 OPRAH WINFREY. YOU GUYS ARE REALLY-- I MEAN, OPRAH WAS ONE OF THE 361 00:26:48,541 --> 00:26:53,480 VERY EARLY SUPPORTERS BEFORE BARACK WAS EVEN THINKING ABOUT RUNNING. 362 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:58,518 SHE SPOTTED HIM WHEN HE WAS A U.S. SENATOR AND SHE HAS SORT OF BEEN - 363 00:26:58,518 --> 00:27:04,024 OPRAH IS THAT PERSON WHO NEVER ASKS FOR ANYTHING, BUT IS ALWAYS THERE WITH HER 364 00:27:04,024 --> 00:27:06,526 GENEROSITY AND LOVE AND SUPPORT. THERE ISN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN'T 365 00:27:06,526 --> 00:27:12,098 ASK HER TO DO, IF YOU'RE A A FRIEND, THAT SHE WON'T TRY TO DO 366 00:27:12,098 --> 00:27:15,835 SO, SHE IS WHO SHE APPEARS TO BE Jimmy: YEAH 367 00:27:15,835 --> 00:27:18,672 AND I AM LUCKY TO CALL HER FRIEND Jimmy: I WANT TO SHOW A CLIP 368 00:27:18,672 --> 00:27:22,742 FROM YOUR SPECIAL. HERE'S A LOOK AT "THE LIGHT WE 369 00:27:22,742 --> 00:27:23,109 CARRY: MICHELLE OBAMA AND OPRAH WINFREY. 370 00:27:24,411 --> 00:27:27,747 HAWAII, YOU WERE LOOKING FOR - 371 00:27:27,747 --> 00:27:29,716 AND I UNDERSTAND WHY, YOU'RE A A WORKING WOMAN AND HAD NEVER BEEN TO HAWAII 372 00:27:29,716 --> 00:27:32,118 YEAH. SO, YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THE HAWAII IN "HAWAII FIVE-O." 373 00:27:32,118 --> 00:27:34,054 YES THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER THAT SHOW. 374 00:27:34,054 --> 00:27:36,289 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] MAI TAIS. MAI TAIS AND HONEYMOONS 375 00:27:36,289 --> 00:27:40,460 SUNSETS ON THE BEACH. AND HONEYMOON SUITES. BUT, INSTEAD - 376 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:45,265 YEAH, INSTEAD IT WAS A TRIP HOME TO VISIT HIS FAMILY THAT'S WHERE HE WAS FROM 377 00:27:45,265 --> 00:27:49,102 HE WASN'T GOING BACK TO SOME ISLAND VACATION. HE WAS GOING BACK TO BE WITH 378 00:27:49,102 --> 00:27:53,907 HIS PEOPLE BUT I WAS YOUNG AND I WAS-- IT WAS COLD IN CHICAGO. 379 00:27:53,907 --> 00:27:57,110 AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAWAII WITH MY MAN IT'S GONNA BE SO ROMANTIC. 380 00:27:57,110 --> 00:28:02,716 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] AND THEN WE LANDED AND WE WENT STRAIGHT TO TOOT AND GRAMP'S 381 00:28:02,716 --> 00:28:06,453 APARTMENT. NO OCEAN IT WAS A HIGHRISE BUILDING 382 00:28:06,453 --> 00:28:09,622 GO UP TO THE TENTH FLOOR, YOU KNOW WALK IN. 383 00:28:09,622 --> 00:28:12,359 LOOKS LIKE MY GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 384 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:16,296 MIGHT AS WELL BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 385 00:28:16,296 --> 00:28:19,566 Jimmy: ISN'T THAT REALITY I LOVE IT. MICHELLE OBAMA, EVERYBODY. 386 00:28:19,566 --> 00:28:22,202 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE "THE LIGHT WE CARRY: MICHELLE OBAMA AND 387 00:28:22,202 --> 00:28:27,340 OPRAH WINFREY," PREMIERES APRIL 25th ON NETFLIX. MORE "TONIGHT SHOW" AFTER THE 388 00:28:27,340 --> 00:28:31,411 BREAK. STICK AROUND [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 389 00:28:31,411 --> 00:28:59,139 ♪ Jimmy: OUR NEXT GUEST IS A VERY TALENTED ACTOR, WHO 390 00:28:59,139 --> 00:29:03,176 STARS IN THE NEW MOVIE, "CHEVALIER," WHICH HITS THEATERS FRIDAY. 391 00:29:03,176 --> 00:29:08,348 PLEASE WELCOME, KELVIN HARRISON JR [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 392 00:29:08,348 --> 00:29:21,161 ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 393 00:29:21,161 --> 00:29:23,329 THANK YOU Jimmy: MOVIE STAR, RIGHT THERE. 394 00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:26,032 THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YEAH. I FELT A LITTLE CHALLENGED, 395 00:29:26,032 --> 00:29:28,601 A LITTLE BIT, LIKE CHEVALIER AND I SAID, LET ME SPRUCE UP MY OUTFIT 396 00:29:28,601 --> 00:29:31,638 Jimmy: YEAH YOU REALLY DID BY THE WAY, YOU CRUSHED IT IN 397 00:29:31,638 --> 00:29:35,508 THIS MOVIE HERE. LOOK AT YOU IN "CHEVALIER. Jimmy: YEAH 398 00:29:35,508 --> 00:29:39,346 YEAH NOW YOU ACTUALLY ARE A MUSICIAN IN REAL LIFE 399 00:29:39,346 --> 00:29:41,414 YES Jimmy: YOU ARE. I'M FROM NEW ORLEANS. 400 00:29:41,414 --> 00:29:43,917 YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE FROM-- A MUSICIAN WHEN YOU'RE FROM NEW ORLEANS. 401 00:29:43,917 --> 00:29:46,453 Jimmy: SOME NEW ORLEANS' OUT THERE. NOLA SHOUTOUT 402 00:29:46,453 --> 00:29:48,054 [ SCATTERED APPLAUSE ] Jimmy: YEAH EVERYONE IN NEW ORLEANS IS A 403 00:29:48,054 --> 00:29:50,290 A MUSICIAN WELL, PRETTY MUCH Jimmy: I THOUGHT THIS WAS 404 00:29:50,290 --> 00:29:53,793 KIND OF COOL THIS IS YOU IN THE MOVIE, AND THIS IS YOU AS A KID 405 00:29:53,793 --> 00:29:56,296 GOT THAT BALD HEAD. [ AUDIENCE AWS ] Jimmy: COME ON. 406 00:29:56,296 --> 00:30:00,467 YOU DID IT, RIGHT? [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] YOU DID IT, BUD. 407 00:30:00,467 --> 00:30:02,836 AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH - [ APPLAUSE ] AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH-- I WAS 408 00:30:02,836 --> 00:30:05,038 LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET YOUR BEAUTIFUL MOM-- YES 409 00:30:05,038 --> 00:30:08,675 Jimmy:-- BACKSTAGE AND SHE'S A SINGER SHE'S A SINGER. 410 00:30:08,675 --> 00:30:12,612 MY DAD'S A MUSICIAN. HE'S A SAXOPHONIST WE USED TO, YOU KNOW, WE USED 411 00:30:12,612 --> 00:30:16,316 TO PLAY IN THE CHURCH. Jimmy: YEAH SO, WE CALL IT-- 412 00:30:16,316 --> 00:30:19,386 WE HAVE A GROUP CHAT CALLED THE JACKSON FIVE [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 413 00:30:19,386 --> 00:30:22,255 WE'RE REALLY THE HARRISON FAMILY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 414 00:30:22,255 --> 00:30:25,091 SO, WE-- IT'S FIVE OF US. THERE'S OUR TWIN SISTERS THEY PLAY THE FLUTE. 415 00:30:25,091 --> 00:30:27,594 I PLAY THE KEYBOARD. MY MOM SINGS MY DAD PLAYS THE SAX 416 00:30:27,594 --> 00:30:30,764 YEAH, IT WAS A LITTLE-- IT'S A TRAVELING LITTLE CHRISTIAN BAND 417 00:30:30,764 --> 00:30:33,500 [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: WAS THE PLAN ALWAYS TO BE AN ACTOR OR BE A 418 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:38,872 A MUSICIAN I DIDN'T KNOW I WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR PER SE. 419 00:30:38,872 --> 00:30:42,275 BUT I DID KNOW I KIND OF WANTED TO BE A MUSICIAN WHAT I WANTED-- 420 00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:46,546 OKAY SO, I NEVER TOLD ANYBODY THIS. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 421 00:30:46,546 --> 00:30:49,616 BUT I DID WANT TO BE A A MUSICIAN, BUT I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO BE A POP STAR. 422 00:30:49,616 --> 00:30:53,219 SO - [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] I KNOW, I KNOW 423 00:30:53,219 --> 00:30:56,623 AND SO, I AUDITIONED FOR "AMERICAN IDOL." Jimmy: YOU DID? 424 00:30:56,623 --> 00:30:59,459 AND THE FIRST TIME I DIDN'T TELL MY MOM, BECAUSE I DID THE ONLINE VERSION 425 00:30:59,459 --> 00:31:01,961 YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR LITTLE TAPES. I WENT IN MY SISTER'S ROOM, AND 426 00:31:01,961 --> 00:31:05,265 I PUT ON MY NICE LITTLE OUTFIT, YOU KNOW AND I SANG A LITTLE SONG 427 00:31:05,265 --> 00:31:09,069 AND THEY DIDN'T SEE IT AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FACT IT'S ON THE INTERNET. 428 00:31:09,069 --> 00:31:11,838 AND I NEED TO GO TO THEM IN PERSON [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 429 00:31:11,838 --> 00:31:14,374 SO, THE NEXT TIME I WENT IN THE LINE, AND I WAITED FOR A FULL DAY, DID THE WHOLE THING 430 00:31:14,374 --> 00:31:17,310 AND MY MOM WENT WITH ME. Jimmy: WAIT, I'M SORRY. YOU AUDITIONED FOR 431 00:31:17,310 --> 00:31:19,512 "AMERICAN IDOL" TWICE? TWICE AND THEN I DID "THE X FACTOR," 432 00:31:19,512 --> 00:31:22,349 BECAUSE THEY WASN'T SEEING THE VISION [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 433 00:31:22,349 --> 00:31:25,852 Jimmy: WAIT, WAIT, WHAT - [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] SO-- 434 00:31:25,852 --> 00:31:27,587 Jimmy: SO THEN YOU WENT TO "X FACTOR" AS WELL YEAH, BECAUSE 435 00:31:27,587 --> 00:31:30,357 "AMERICAN IDOL," I WAS LIKE, "Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. 436 00:31:30,357 --> 00:31:32,092 Jimmy: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH "X FACTOR" IS GOING TO GET 437 00:31:32,092 --> 00:31:33,727 IT Jimmy: YEAH DID "X FACTOR" GET IT? 438 00:31:33,727 --> 00:31:37,564 WELL THEY - NO [ LAUGHTER ] 439 00:31:37,564 --> 00:31:40,633 CAN YOU BELIEVE IT [ LAUGHTER ] Jimmy: CAN WE TALK ABOUT 440 00:31:40,633 --> 00:31:43,570 "CHEVALIER"? YOU'RE GETTING RAVE REVIEWS IF YOU WANT TO PLUG YOUR EARS FOR 441 00:31:43,570 --> 00:31:48,975 A SECOND LET'S JUST READ A COUPLE OF THESE. 442 00:31:48,975 --> 00:31:50,510 DEADLINE SAYS, "KELVIN HARRISON JR. IS A REVELATION." 443 00:31:50,510 --> 00:31:52,245 SCREEN RANT SAYS "KELVIN HARRISON JR IS MAGNETIC, A MARVEL IN A ROLE 444 00:31:52,245 --> 00:31:56,216 THAT SOLIDIFIES HIM AS A A LEADING MAN. VOGUE PUT YOUR MOVIE ON ITS 445 00:31:56,216 --> 00:32:01,321 "TEN BIGGEST FILMS TO LOOK FOR IN 2023" LIST. AND THE ROOTS SAID THAT "YOU 446 00:32:01,321 --> 00:32:08,561 MIGHT BE THE NEXT DENZEL WASHINGTON. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 447 00:32:08,561 --> 00:32:13,366 WHAT HOW DOES THAT FEEL WHEN YOU HEAR THAT REVIEW 448 00:32:13,366 --> 00:32:17,303 DO YOU GO, LIKE, "WOW-- WOW, I MIGHT BE THE NEXT DENZEL WASHINGTON. 449 00:32:17,303 --> 00:32:20,940 I FEEL A LITTLE GIDDY, A LITTLE GIGGLY. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] 450 00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:22,909 YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF - IT'S - IT'S - 451 00:32:22,909 --> 00:32:24,644 IT'S SURREAL, I GUESS, IN SOME WAYS BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE, I 452 00:32:24,644 --> 00:32:29,082 TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT IN THE SENSE THAT, I GUESS, IT MEANS I'M CHOOSING THE RIGHT ROLES 453 00:32:29,082 --> 00:32:31,484 Jimmy: YEAH YOU KNOW, DENZEL HAS ALWAYS CHOSEN ROLES THAT-- WHERE MEN 454 00:32:31,484 --> 00:32:37,557 FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE PURPOSE, AND THEY FEEL DIGNIFIED, AND THEY FEEL DYNAMIC. 455 00:32:37,557 --> 00:32:41,628 YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT, AS BLACK PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE NOT SAINTS NOR SINNERS 456 00:32:41,628 --> 00:32:45,231 WE'RE ALL OF THE ABOVE AND OUR HUMANITY SHOULD FEEL FULL 457 00:32:45,231 --> 00:32:47,667 AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS I CHOOSE. AND THE CHARACTERS I LIKE TO 458 00:32:47,667 --> 00:32:50,470 PLAY AND IF THEY THINK THAT MAKES ME DENZEL-LIKE, THEN I'LL TAKE IT 459 00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:55,675 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE Jimmy: AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE A MUSICIAN. 460 00:32:55,675 --> 00:32:58,278 BUT, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE VIOLIN DID YOU KNOW - 461 00:32:58,278 --> 00:33:00,647 SO, VIOLIN WAS MY FIRST INSTRUMENT YOU SAW, YOU KNOW, BALD HEADED 462 00:33:00,647 --> 00:33:05,185 ME AT 7, THAT WAS WHEN I STARTED. AND THEN HURRICANE KATRINA 463 00:33:05,185 --> 00:33:08,054 HAPPENED, SO THE PROGRAM THAT I WAS IN WENT AWAY SO, I NEVER GOT BACK INTO IT 464 00:33:08,054 --> 00:33:10,857 'CAUSE IT'S NOT THAT COOL TO PLAY THE VIOLIN. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING 465 00:33:10,857 --> 00:33:15,261 BUT-- 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE NO JOSEPH BOLOGNE TO LOOK TOWARDS 466 00:33:15,261 --> 00:33:18,331 BUT, I BASICALLY HAD TO START UP AGAIN I CALLED MY DAD, AND I WAS 467 00:33:18,331 --> 00:33:21,368 LIKE, "YO, THEY TRYING TO GET ME TO PLAY THIS VIOLIN." 'CAUSE I ASKED 468 00:33:21,368 --> 00:33:23,803 STEPHEN WILLIAMS, OUR DIRECTOR, I WAS LIKE, "CAN WE GET A DOUBLE?" 469 00:33:23,803 --> 00:33:30,143 AND HE WAS LIKE, "NO." "WE'LL GET A NEW ACTOR." [ LAUGHTER ] 470 00:33:30,143 --> 00:33:32,879 I SAID, "WELL-- Jimmy: THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER YEAH, WE'LL GET A DOUBLE 471 00:33:32,879 --> 00:33:36,282 YEAH, WE'LL GET A NEW ACTOR. BYE. RIGHT, RIGHT. 472 00:33:36,282 --> 00:33:38,118 SO, I SAID, SO LET'S GET A PLAN TOGETHER, DAD. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID FIVE 473 00:33:38,118 --> 00:33:42,088 MONTHS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SIX HOURS A DAY OF JUST VIOLIN TRAINING 474 00:33:42,088 --> 00:33:45,892 AND I ONLY HAD TO PLAY THE SONGS IN THE MOVIE SO, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS MORE 475 00:33:45,892 --> 00:33:49,396 IMPRESSIVE THAN IT ACTUALLY IS Jimmy: NO, NO THAT'S WHAT A MOVIE IS 476 00:33:49,396 --> 00:33:51,498 YOU CRUSHED IT, BUDDY. THANK YOU Jimmy: YOU REALLY DID DO 477 00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:55,201 A GREAT JOB. I WANT TO SHOW EVERYONE A CLIP HERE'S KELVIN HARRISON JR. IN 478 00:33:55,201 --> 00:33:57,470 "CHEVALIER." TAKE A LOOK. 479 00:34:05,045 --> 00:34:29,803 ♪ ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 480 00:34:29,803 --> 00:34:35,275 Jimmy: DAD, YOU WATCHING THAT, DAD? HEY, CONGRATULATIONS 481 00:34:35,275 --> 00:34:37,811 THANK YOU Jimmy: KELVIN HARRISON JR., EVERYBODY. 482 00:34:37,811 --> 00:34:41,314 "CHEVALIER" HITS THEATERS FRIDAY WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE 483 00:34:41,314 --> 00:34:44,351 "TONIGHT SHOW. STICK AROUND [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 484 00:34:44,351 --> 00:35:10,377 ♪ Jimmy: PERFORMING "LET ME BE GREAT," FROM HER ALBUM "AS 485 00:35:10,377 --> 00:35:17,283 ABOVE, SO BELOW," PLEASE WELCOME SAMPA THE GREAT 486 00:35:17,283 --> 00:35:21,287 FEATURING ANGELIQUE KIDJO! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 487 00:35:23,056 --> 00:35:27,594 ♪ 488 00:35:27,594 --> 00:35:34,701 [ SINGING IN NON-ENGLISH ] ♪ ♪ YEA 489 00:35:34,701 --> 00:35:40,607 AH-CHA AH-CHA AH-CHA AH-CH K-K-KING ♪ ♪ THESE CERTAINLY 490 00:35:40,607 --> 00:35:43,443 ARE THE SIGNS ♪ MANY MEN LEF TO THEIR OWN DEVICES ♪ 491 00:35:43,443 --> 00:35:46,413 ♪ TELL THE STOR LEAVING OUT THE CRIE IT'S SAY ME SAY ME ♪ 492 00:35:46,413 --> 00:35:49,482 ♪ QUITE SUCKS TO BE THE BOS THE HUNTER SHOULD BE LICKING AT MY ♪ 493 00:35:49,482 --> 00:35:52,552 ♪ I'M A LION I'M KING YES APPLAUSE I'M FEELIN' THIS ♪ 494 00:35:52,552 --> 00:35:55,155 ♪ BUT OF COURSE WHAT IS THE COST I'M HEALING NOW ♪ 495 00:35:55,155 --> 00:35:58,091 ♪ I'M DEALING WITH MY HEROE ALWAYS MESSING ON MY FLAWS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER 496 00:35:58,091 --> 00:36:00,627 YOU WAS ON MY WALLS ♪ ♪ NOW IT'S REPLACE THIS THERE WILL NEVER B 497 00:36:00,627 --> 00:36:03,697 ANOTHER MA SO I FIGURED I COULD CARVE MY OWN PATH ♪ 498 00:36:03,697 --> 00:36:08,068 ♪ SOARING I'M AN EXHIBI OF MY NAME I'M SAMMY I'M TEMBO I'M EV 499 00:36:08,068 --> 00:36:11,905 I'M SAMPA I'M GREAT ♪ ♪ REMEMBER WHEN THERE'S DOUBT FEAR 500 00:36:11,905 --> 00:36:15,041 YOU WOULD HAVE MY VOIC IN THE SONG IN YOUR EAR ♪ ♪ YOU CAN TIME TRAVEL 501 00:36:15,041 --> 00:36:18,278 ANY MONTH ANY YEAR ♪ ♪ YOU'RE THE GREATEST YEAH I TOLD YOU 'CAUSE 502 00:36:18,278 --> 00:36:22,415 IT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR ♪ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ANGELIQUE KIDJO. 503 00:36:22,415 --> 00:36:27,787 ♪ AHH YEA LET ME YEAH I'M GONNA B 504 00:36:27,787 --> 00:36:34,828 LET ME ♪ ♪ YEAH I'M GONNA BE AHH YEAH 505 00:36:34,828 --> 00:36:45,238 LET ME LET M AHH YEAH ♪ [ SINGING IN NON-ENGLISH ] 506 00:36:45,238 --> 00:37:00,653 ♪ LET ME LET ME AHH YEAH LET ME LET ME ♪ 507 00:37:00,653 --> 00:37:03,056 ♪ FOREVER EVE AND EVER EVE AND EVER EVE 508 00:37:03,056 --> 00:37:09,295 AND EVER ♪ ♪ ♪ I'MA BE GREAT 509 00:37:09,295 --> 00:37:12,365 AND YOU CAN NEVER FAIL AND EVEN IF YOU FALL YOU PREVAIL ♪ 510 00:37:12,365 --> 00:37:15,335 ♪ AND YOU CAN NEVER LESSEN WITH A LESSON AND I'VE BEEN PRESSING 511 00:37:15,335 --> 00:37:19,472 ♪ SON IT'S NO ABOUT IMPRESSING I'M EXPRESSING ♪ 512 00:37:19,472 --> 00:37:22,042 ♪ AND EVERY PATH I PAVE STILL STRESSIN AND SIMON SAID 513 00:37:22,042 --> 00:37:24,611 STAY IN YOUR LANE ♪ ♪ AND IF I STAYED I'D BE PLAYING WITH THEM 514 00:37:24,611 --> 00:37:27,247 LITTLE RHYME BOOKS SINGING TUPAC HOOKS ♪ ♪ STILL IGNORING THE FACT 515 00:37:27,247 --> 00:37:30,116 THAT A QUEEN NAMED LAURYN ♪ SAID THAT I COUL CONQUER ANY HILL ♪ 516 00:37:30,116 --> 00:37:33,286 ♪ THAT'S HOW I FEEL THAT'S HOW I FEE MY VISION I'M IMPECCABLE ♪ 517 00:37:33,286 --> 00:37:36,156 ♪ EVERY STRENGTH GAIN LIKE I SAID IMPECCABLE LOOKING TO THE FUTUR 518 00:37:36,156 --> 00:37:39,225 FOR A VISION NO SPECTACLE ♪ ♪ IT'S LEGACY IT'S WHAT I SEE HU 519 00:37:39,225 --> 00:37:43,697 REMEMBER WHE THERE'S DOUBT FEAR ♪ ♪ YOU WOULD HAVE A VOIC 520 00:37:43,697 --> 00:37:46,566 IN THE SONG IN YOUR EAR ♪ YOU CAN TIME TRAVE ANY MONTH ANY YEAR ♪ 521 00:37:46,566 --> 00:37:50,270 ♪ YOU'RE THE GREATEST YEAH I TOLD YOU 'CAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR ♪ 522 00:37:50,270 --> 00:38:05,018 ♪ AHH YEA LET ME LET M AHH YEAH 523 00:38:05,018 --> 00:38:19,599 LET ME LET ME ♪ [ SINGING IN NON-ENGLISH ] ♪ LET ME LET ME 524 00:38:19,599 --> 00:38:45,692 AHH YEAH LET ME LET ME ♪ [ SINGING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 525 00:38:45,692 --> 00:39:00,240 ♪ LET ME LET ME BE GREA LET ME, LET ME BE GREAT ♪ [ SINGING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 526 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:10,016 ♪ LET ME LET ME BE GREA LET ME LET ME BE GREAT ♪ [ SINGING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 527 00:39:10,016 --> 00:39:14,921 ♪ THIS SONG SAY LET ME BE 528 00:39:14,921 --> 00:39:19,392 GREAT ♪ ♪ LET ME LET ME BE GREA LET ME LET ME BE GREAT 529 00:39:19,392 --> 00:39:24,864 NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OF ME ♪ ♪ OR MY JOURNEY 530 00:39:24,864 --> 00:39:29,469 LET ME LET ME LET ME BE GREAT LET ME LET ME BE GREAT ♪ 531 00:39:29,469 --> 00:39:38,678 ♪ LET M LET ME LET ME BE GREAT LET ME ♪ 532 00:39:38,678 --> 00:39:43,283 ♪ SAMPA THE GREAT SAMPA THE GREA SAMPA THE GREA 533 00:39:43,283 --> 00:39:48,088 SAMPA ♪ ♪ 534 00:39:48,088 --> 00:39:50,623 SAMPA THE GREA SAMPA ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 535 00:39:50,623 --> 00:39:53,560 Jimmy: YES! YES! "LET ME BE GREAT," YOU ARE 536 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,963 GREAT! COME ON, YOU KNOW. COME ON, BUD 537 00:39:56,963 --> 00:40:00,266 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE SAMPA THE GREAT, ANGELIQUE KIDJO! 538 00:40:00,266 --> 00:40:04,637 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE "AS ABOVE, SO BELOW" IS OUT NOW! 539 00:40:04,637 --> 00:40:27,293 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY COME ON BACK ♪ 540 00:40:27,293 --> 00:40:30,697 Jimmy: MY THANKS TO MICHELLE OBAMA [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 541 00:40:30,697 --> 00:40:36,069 KELVIN HARRISON JR., SAMPA THE GREAT, ANGELIQUE KIDJO [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 542 00:40:36,069 --> 00:40:41,741 AND THE ROOTS RIGHT THERE FROM PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 543 00:40:41,741 --> 00:40:44,144 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING STAY TUNED FOR "LATE NIGHT WITH 544 00:40:44,144 --> 00:40:46,680 SETH MEYERS. GOODNIGHT, EVERYBODY [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE