Announcer: TONIGHT ON "LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS" --
MANDY MOORE, CHAT AND MUSIC FROM JEFF TWEEDY, AN ALL-NEW "A CLOSER LOOK.
FEATURING THE 8G BAND WITH FRED ARMISEN AND NOW, SETH MEYERS
Seth: GOOD EVENING. I'M SETH MEYERS AND THIS IS "LATE NIGHT.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR GET TO THE NEWS.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN'S TRANSITION TEAM ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE HAS SELECTED LONGTIME
ADVISER AND FOREIGN POLICY VETERAN ANTONY BLINKEN AS HIS SECRETARY OF STATE
YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M A LITTLE SCARRED, BECAUSE MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, "WHICH SEASON OF
'THE APPRENTICE' WAS HE ON?" PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN ISSUED A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT
DISTANCING ITSELF FROM LAWYER SIDNEY POWELL AFTER SHE'D REPEATEDLY MADE UNSUPPORTED
CLAIMS OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD. MAN, YOU'VE GOT TO BE PRETTY
CRAZY IF RUDY GUILIANI THINKS YOU'RE A LIABILITY "SORRY, MS. POWELL, BUT YOU'RE A
LOOSE CANNON NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I'M LATE FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE
WHERE I SAY JOE BIDEN IS THE HAMBURGLAR." THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
ASTRAZENECA ANNOUNCED THAT ONE OF ITS CORONAVIRUS REGIMENS IS UP TO 90% EFFECTIVE.
AND IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW UPSIDE-DOWN 2020 IS THAT WE'RE NOW ALL ROOTING FOR
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES "COME ON, ASTRAZENECA! YOU CAN DO THIS.
PFIZER AIN'T GOT NOTHING ON YOU. BUT DON'T YOU GIVE UP, PFIZER. WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU, TOO."
TODAY WAS SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER'S 70TH BIRTHDAY. OR AS THEY CALL IT IN THE
SENATE, "BARELY LEGAL. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT DOCTOR
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID IN A RECENT INTERVIEW THAT SANTA CLAUS IS IMMUNE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS. "OH, GOOD FOR HIM," SAID AN ELF BEING FORCED TO COME INTO THE
WORKSHOP DURING AN OUTBREAK. THE MUSIC STORE GUITAR CENTER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT'S FILED
FOR BANKRUPTCY TURNS OUT A LOT OF MEN DON'T BUY GUITARS WHEN THEY CAN'T HIT ON
WOMEN ANYMORE. AND FINALLY, ADULT VIDEO WEBSITE PORNHUB HAS RELEASED A NEW LINE
OF HOLIDAY APPAREL, SUCH AS SWEATERS, SCARVES AND YOU GUESSED IT, ONE SOCK
SCOLLINS AND THAT WAS THE MONOLOGUE WE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT. YOU KNOW HER FROM "THIS IS US," AND SHE HAS NEW HOLIDAY SONGS
OUT NOW CALLED "HOW COULD THIS BE CHRISTMAS"? MANDY MOORE WILL BE HERE
AND, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN I WAS AN ACTOR, MANDY AND I WERE IN A MOVIE TOGETHER
I PLAYED HER AGENT IF SHE CAN REMEMBER MY CHARACTER'S NAME OR EVEN THAT I
WAS IN IT, I WILL BE SHOCKED FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS CALLED "AMERICAN DREAMZ," AND I PLAYED
CHET KROGL TRUE STORY, HUGH GRANT WAS ALSO IN THAT MOVIE, AND I SHOWED HIM
A PICTURE OF US ACTING TOGETHER IN A SCENE AND HE HAD ZERO MEMORY OF IT
[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] THAT'S THE KIND OF IMPACT I MAKE ON A MOVIE SET
PLUS, HE IS A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING MUSICIAN AND THE FRONTMAN OF WILCO.
HIS LATEST SOLO ALBUM "LOVE IS THE KING," ALONG WITH HIS BOOK "HOW TO WRITE ONE SONG," ARE OUT
NOW. BACK ON THE SHOW TO CHAT AND PERFORM FOR US, ONE OF MY
FAVORITES, JEFF TWEEDY IS HERE THRILLED ABOUT THAT. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO ALL OF OUR
GUESTS, PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN IS CONTINUING WITH THE TRANSITION AND ANNOUNCING
CABINET PICKS. MEANWHILE, OUTGOING PRESIDENT SQUATTER'S RIGHTS FIRED ONE OF
HIS LAWYERS, AFTER SHE CLAIMED THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED AS PART OF A VAST CONSPIRACY INVOLVING
THE CIA, THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, WHO DIED
SEVEN YEARS AGO. FOR MORE ON THIS, IT'S TIME FOR "A CLOSER LOOK."
* Seth: YOU KNOW, I HATE TO JUMP
THE GUN HERE AND PREMATURELY CALL THE ELECTION, BUT IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE
DONALD TRUMP LOST BY A LOT JOE BIDEN'S POPULAR VOTE LEAD IS NOW OVER SIX MILLION, AND IN
TOTAL HE HAS MORE VOTES THAN ANY PRESIDENT-ELECT IN HISTORY OR, TO PUT IT ANOTHER, I DON'T
KNOW, MORE FUN WAY, MORE PEOPLE CAME OUT TO VOTE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP THAN HAVE EVER COME
OUT TO VOTE AGAINST ANY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
AND DONALD, IF YOU EVER GET MAD WHEN YOU SEE PRESIDENT BIDEN, KNOW THAT IT LIKELY ONLY
HAPPENED BECAUSE OF YOU. JOE BIDEN RAN FOR PRESIDENT A BUNCH OF TIMES BEFORE THIS AND,
LIKE, NEVER FINISHED IN THE TOP TIER BUT AGAINST YOU, IT TURNS OUT HE
WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE BIDEN WAS LIKE THAT WEIRD KID IN SCHOOL THAT NOBODY HUNG OUT WITH
BECAUSE HE SMELLED LIKE GARLIC, AND THEN A VAMPIRE ATTACKED PROM AND EVERYONE SAID, "QUICK, GET
STINKY KEVIN!" AND HE'LL NEVER SAY IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN BIDEN TOLD OBAMA HE
WAS GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN, OBAMA MUST HAVE THOUGHT, "I'M SORRY, YOU DIDN'T THINK
BEING MY VICE PRESIDENT WAS THE BEST JOB YOU WERE EVER GOING TO HAVE
YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A STEPPING-STONE TO BIGGER THINGS?"
THAT'S LIKE A WALMART GREETER GETTING HIRED AND SAYING, "ONE DAY I'M GOING TO ONE THIS
PLACE. BUT THANKS TO DONALD TRUMP, IT HAPPENED
BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE CAME OUT TO VOTE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP THAN HAVE EVER COME OUT TO VOTE
AGAINST ANY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND, SURE, WE ALL KNOW THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS, THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DID VOTE FOR
DONALD TRUMP, AND THAT SPEAKS TO A GREAT DARKNESS WE CANNOT FULLY HANDLE
BUT THAT THOUGHT ISN'T GOING TO GET YOU UP AND ON THE PELOTON IN THE MORNING, SO LET'S JUST
BOOKMARK IT. ON TOP OF BIDEN'S HISTORIC VOTE TOTALS, GEORGIA JUST CERTIFIED
ITS RESULTS AFTER A VIGOROUS HAND RECOUNT, AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN LOST A MAJOR COURT CASE
IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THE JUDGE, A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY, DID NOT
HOLD BACK IN HIS CONTEMPT FOR THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM'S INCOMPETENCE
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN PENNSYLVANIA COMPLETELY TEARING APART THE TRUMP LEGAL STRATEGY
THAT WAS SPEARHEADED BY RUDY GUILIANI. THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE,
MATTHEW BRANN, TEARING APART THE CLAIMS BY THE TRUMP TEAM THAT THEY WANTED TO INVALIDATE THE
VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THROW OUT NEARLY SEVEN MILLION VOTES THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE SAYING
THIS - "ONE MIGHT EXPECT THAT, WHEN SEEKING SUCH A STARTLING
OUTCOME, A PLAINTIFF WOULD COME FORMIDABLY ARMED WITH COMPELLING LEGAL ARGUMENTS AND FACTUAL
PROOF OF RAMPANT CORRUPTION. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. INSTEAD, THIS COURT HAS BEEN
PRESENTED WITH STRAINED LEGAL ARGUMENTS WITHOUT MERIT AND SPECULATIVE ACCUSATIONS UNPLED
IN THE OPERATIVE COMPLAINT AND UNSUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE. Seth: THAT'S ABOUT AS HARSH
AS IT GETS FOR A FEDERAL JUDGE THAT'S LIKE HEARING PAUL HOLLYWOOD SAY "UNDERBAKED."
JUST DEVASTATING NETFLIX SHOULD REALLY PUT UP A WARNING AT THE TOP OF THAT SHOW.
I ALSO LIKE THE PART WHERE THE JUDGE SAYS YOU'D EXPECT THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM TO COME ARMED
WITH COMPELLING LEGAL ARGUMENTS AND FACTUAL PROOF. JUDGE, TAKE A HINT WHEN THEY
DON'T COME IN WITH BRIEFCASES. LAWYERS NORMALLY HAVE THINGS WITH THEM, PAPERS AND SUCH,
CALLED EVIDENCE. THEY HAVE YOUNGER LAWYERS BEHIND THEM WITH FILE BOXES
RUDY AND HIS GREASERS WALK IN WITH iPHONES AND CLIFF BARS AND A THERMOS THEY ALL SHARE
THEY THINK THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL FORENSICS TEAM COMPETITION WHERE THE KID WITH THE WEIRDEST ADULT
ENERGY WINS BY TALKING LONGEST WHY WOULD YOU EXPECT THIS CREW TO ROLL IN WITH PROOF?
IT'S LIKE EXPECTING MY BURNOUT COUSIN TO COME TO THANKSGIVING ON TIME WITH SWEET POTATOES.
YOU KNOW HE'S GONNA SHOW UP AT 10:00 PM WITH METH AND A WOMAN HE MET AT A CASINO
"HEY, THIS IS SAPPHIRE, AND SHE'S GONNA BE A STRIPPER MAGICIAN
SHOW 'EM YOUR STUFF, BABE! BY THE WAY, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW RUDY AND HIS GANG KEEP
GETTING COURT DATES TO EVEN BRING THIS TO A JUDGE. THEY'VE HAD MULTIPLE DAYS IN
COURT AND THE ELECTION WAS, WHAT, THREE WEEKS AGO? DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES
FOR REGULAR PEOPLE TO GET A COURT DATE IN 2017 I WAS DRIVING A ZIP CAR
IN MANHATTAN MY DOG FRISBEE JUMPED IN THE FRONT SEAT AND STARTED SCANNING
RADIO STATIONS AND I WAS STARTLED AND I SWERVED INTO A HALAL CART NEAR THE CURB.
IT WAS THE MOST YELLING EVER HEARD IN NEW YORK CITY THE HALAL VENDOR SUED ME, ZIP
CAR COUNTERSUED BOTH ME AND THE HALAL GUY. MEANWHILE, FRISBEE IS SUING
SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO FOR CHANGING '40s ON 4 TO CHANNEL 73, THE CONFUSION THAT STARTED
THIS WHOLE DEBACLE THIS HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE A HEARING SCHEDULED
FOR 2025, AND THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE I PULLED SOME STRINGS. ANYWAY, I THINK I WAS TALKING
ABOUT SOMETHING. OH, RIGHT. AND NOW, PROMINENT REPUBLICANS,
SUCH AS THE GOVERNORS OF ARKANSAS AND OHIO, AND MICHICAN CONGRESSMAN FRED UPTON AND
PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR PAT TOOMEY ARE CALLING JOE BIDEN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AND SAYING THE
TRANSITION SHOULD BEGIN. EVEN LONGTIME TRUMP FRIEND AND ALLY CHRIS CHRISTIE HAD THIS TO
SAY ABOUT THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM'S EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION
I'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE PRESIDENT'S. I VOTED FOR HIM TWICE.
BUT ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES, AND WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ACT AS IF SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE THAT
DIDN'T HAPPEN. QUITE FRANKLY, THE CONDUCT OF THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM HAS
BEEN A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT. THEY ALLEGE FRAUD OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, BUT WHEN THEY GO
INSIDE THE COURTROOM, THEY DON'T PLEAD FRAUD AND THEY DON'T ARGUE FRAUD.
IF YOU'RE UNWILLING TO COME FORWARD AND PRESENT THE EVIDENCE, IT MUST MEAN THE
EVIDENCE DOESN'T EXIST Seth: YOU KNOW IT'S BAD WHEN CHRIS CHRISTIE, WHOSE MAIN JOB
FOR YEARS WAS STANDING BEHIND TRUMP AT PRESS CONFERENCES LIKE BOBBY BACCALA WAITING FOR HIS
NEXT HUMILIATING ERRAND, CALLS YOU A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT BUT CHRISTIE'S OTHER POINT IS
IMPORTANT, TOO TRUMP'S LAWYERS ONLY CLAIM THERE'S FRAUD WHEN THEY'RE
OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, NEVER WHEN THEY'RE INSIDE THE COURTROOM, BECAUSE COURT IS
DIFFERENT FROM TV. IN COURT, YOU GET IN REAL TROUBLE FOR LYING, BUT WHEN
THEY'RE IN FRONT OF TV CAMERAS, YOU HEAR ALL OF THESE TRUMP LAWYERS SAY CRAZY, AMBIGUOUS,
DEBUNKED STUFF ABOUT DEAD VOTERS, AND ELECTION SOFTWARE AND AFFIDAVITS OR WHATEVER
IN FACT, IN THAT VERY HEARING RUDY GUILIANI ULTIMATELY LOST, HE SEEMED CONFUSED ABOUT BASIC
LEGAL TERMS LIKE "STRICT SCRUTINY," AND ADMITTED IN COURT THAT THE CAMPAIGN WAS NOT
ACTUALLY ALLEGING THAT FRAUD HAD TAKEN PLACE. WHICH, IT SHOULD BE NOTED, IS
LIKE SAYING IN A MURDER TRIAL, "HI, I'M THE ALLEGED VICTIM AND I'M STILL ALIVE.
PROSECUTOR, REVIEW SHOULD I APPLY IN THIS CASE - A MOTION TO DISMISS
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THE NORMAL ONE. ARE YOU ARGUING THEN THAT
STRICT SCRUTINY SHOULD APPLY HERE NO, THE NORMAL SCRUTINY
SHOULD APPLY HERE. IF WE HAD ALLEGED FRAUD, YES BUT THIS IS NOT A FRAUD CASE
Seth: ACTUALLY IT IS A FRAUD CASE, IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S A CASE BROUGHT BY FRAUDS
LIKE WHEN SOMEONE BRING A GUITAR CASE, THEY ARE ALSO PROBABLY A FRAUD.
IF THIS WASN'T A FRAUD CASE, THEN WHAT'S WAS IT YOU GUYS KEEP SAYING THERE'S
VOTER FRAUD IN PUBLIC BUT THEN NOT ARGUING THERE'S VOTER FRAUD IN COURT
IT'S LIKE HOW YOU SAY IN FRONT OF YOUR KIDS, "BETTER BE GOOD THIS YEAR OR SANTA A MIGHT NOT
COME." AND THEN AT 3:00 A.M., YOU'RE ON THE FLOOR IN YOUR LIVING ROOM
DRINKING SCOTCH TRYING TO TIE A BOW AROUND A LIGHT SABER, SCREAMING, "[ BLEEP ] PAPER
KEEPS RIPPING! OH HEY, WHY DON'T WE JUST HAVE IT,
LIKE, PEEKING OUT FROM BEHIND THE COUCH? JUST LIKE A LITTLE PIECE OF
LIGHT SA -- ALL RIGHT! I'LL WRAP IT I JUST THINK IT WOULD -- THE
THING IS THEY GET IT AS A GIFT OKAY!" IN FACT THEY HAVEN'T ALLEGED ANY
ACTUAL VOTER FRAUD AT ALL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST INSTEAD THEY RESORTED TO BAT
[ BLEEP ] CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT ELECTION SOFTWARE AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNISTS
AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO MISS ABOUT THE TRUMP ERA IS THE MAD
LIB STYLE NEWS REPORTING EVERY TIME YOU HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING THE TRUMP TEAM SAID
IT'S LIKE AN OLD DENNIS MILLER JOKE FROM THE '80s "BRIAN KEMP AND HUGO CHAVEZ ARE
TEAMING UP TO STEAL THIS ELECTION LIKE KITTY AND PETER CARRUTHERS GOING FOR THE
GOLD IN SARAJEVO 'KAY, BABE?" [ LAUGHTER ]
ANOTHER THING I WON'T MISS IS TRYING TO FOLLOW THE ROTATING CAST OF FRINGE RIGHT-WING
WEIRDOS THAT COME IN AND OUT OF THE TRUMP WORLD. LIKE, DO YOU REMEMBER THIS GUY,
JOSEPH diGENOVA? THE TRUMP LAWYER AND RIGHT WING LUNATIC WHO LOOKS LIKE HE GOT
BUSTED FOR TRYING TO SNEAK HIS OWN PASTA SAUCE ON TO A PAN AM FLIGHT
"WHAT YOU GUYS GOT IS NO BETTER THAN KETCHUP!" HE BASICALLY GOT BANNED -- HE
GOT BANNED FROM FOX NEWS FOR ANTI-SEMITISM. THAT'S LIKE GETTING KICKED OFF
BRAVO FOR DRINKING WINE IN A HOT TUB. diGENOVA WAS BRIEFLY ONE OF
TRUMP'S LAWYERS DURING THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION AND THEN GOT DUMPED LIKE A WEEK LATER,
EVEN THOUGH HE'S THE ONLY QUESTION HE'S EVER HE ANSWERED IS, "WHAT IF DENNIS FRANZ WASN'T
SO SEXY? HE WAS STANDING ALONGSIDE RUDY GUILIANI AT THAT INSANE
PRESS CONFERENCE THEY HELD LAST WEEK WHERE RUDY RE-ENACTED A SCENE FROM "MY COUSIN VINNY,"
CALLED THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES A BASKETBALL TEAM, AND HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE DROPLETS OF
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEAKING FROM HIS BRAIN. I GUESS RUDY DYED HIS HAIR
FRANTICALLY IN A GAS STATION BATHROOM LIKE RICHARD KIMBALL IN "THE FUGITIVE.
I MEAN, IF I SAW THAT COMING OUT OF MY RADIATOR I WOULD BE POUNDING ON MY SUPER'S DOOR.
ANYWAY, THESE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE TRUMP HAS LEFT, BECAUSE NO LEGITIMATE LAWYER WANTS TO BE
A PART OF THIS UNHINGED ASSAULT ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. IN FACT, LAST WEEK THE TRUMP
LEGAL TEAM TRIED TO DELAY THAT HEARING IN FEDERAL COURT TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION BECAUSE IN
PENNSYLVANIA, AS REUTERS REPORTED, MOST OF HIS LAWYERS QUIT
AT THIS POINT THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM IS LIKE CVS AT MIDNIGHT SURE, THEY'RE OPEN, BUT NOBODY
ACTUALLY WORKS THERE AND TRUMP IS LIKE THE GUY TRYING TO PAY FOR ARIZONA ICED TEA AT
THE PHOTO STATION REGISTER, WHO WILL WAIT FOR ETERNITY AND DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND
BUT BY FAR THE CRAZIEST ADDITION TO THE TRUMP CINEMATIC UNIVERSE, HAS BEEN A LAWYER NAMED
SIDNEY POWELL. AND IF YOU THOUGHT RUDY WAS BONKERS, THIS LADY IS CRAZIER
THAN A CEREAL MASCOT SHE WAS ALSO AT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S PRESS CONFERENCE LAST
WEEK AND HAS BEEN ALL OVER RIGHT-RING MEDIA CLAIMING NOT JUST THAT THE ELECTION WAS
RIGGED, BUT THAT MILLIONS OF BALLOTS WERE SOMEHOW FAKED OR STOLEN, OR WHATEVER, AS PART OF
AN ELABORATE CONSPIRACY INVOLVING THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, THE CIA,
AND THE LATE VENEZUELAN LEADER HUGO CHAVEZ, WHO DIED IN 2013. UNTIL NOW, POWELL MIGHT HAVE
BEEN BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING THE UPTIGHT TEACHER IN EVERY HEAVY METAL VIDEO, OR FOR GOING ON
LOU DOBBS' SHOW AND MAKING CLAIMS ABOUT DESPEATE MIGRANTS FLEEING POVERTY AND VIOLENCE
THAT WERE TOO INSANE EVEN FOR LOU DOBBS.
WE SIMPLY CANNOT TOLERATE THE
CONTINUED INVASION OF THIS COUNTRY WHEN AMERICANS ARE SUFFERING EVERY DAY, THE
NATIONAL DEBT IS EXPLODING WE HAVE DISEASES SPREADING ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE
CAUSING POLIO-LIKE PARALYSIS OF OUR CHILDREN IT'S ONE THING AFTER THE OTHER
SIDNEY, YOU CAN'T VERY WELL BLAME THAT DISEASE ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
WE DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S -- I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.
A LOT OF, YOU KNOW -- BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY SECURE,
INCLUDING -- INCLUDING MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS HEALTHY WHEN THEY
ARE BROUGHT IN TO THE COUNTRY, WITHOUT QUESTION RIGHT?
IS THAT FAIR THAT IS FAIR, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM -- WE DON'T
KNOW WHERE THE DISEASES ARE COMING FROM. WELL, THAT'S -- YOU KNOW
WHAT I THINK THAT WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT.
Seth: IT'S ALWAYS FASCINATING TO WATCH THESE PEOPLE HAVE A BRIEF MOMENT OF SELF-AWARENESS
YOU'D THINK AFTER THAT INTERVIEW LOU DOBBS WOULD HAVE MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, PULLED IT BACK A
LITTLE IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE AT A PARTY AND EVERYONE'S FEELING GOOD,
THEN IT GETS LATE AND SOMEONE SAYS, "LET'S GET ON THE ROOF AND JUMP IN THE POOL!"
AND EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS, "YEAH!" BUT THEN YOU REMEMBER THE APARTMENT IS 12 STORIES HIGH,
AND THERE'S NOT A POOL, SO YOU QUIETLY SNEAK OUT THE BACK BUT THEN, THE NEXT NIGHT,
THEY'RE LIKE, "WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER PARTY!" AND YOU'RE LIKE, "ALL RIGHT."
ANYWAY, THAT'S A PSYCHO WHO SHOWED UP TO THE OFFICIAL TRUMP LEGAL TEAM'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON
THURSDAY AND CLAIMED NOT JUST THAT MAIL-IN BALLOTS WERE FRAUDULENT OR THAT DEAD PEOPLE
HAD VOTED, BUT THAT THERE WAS A VAST INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY INVOLVING A DEAD
VENEZUELAN LEADER TO SUBVERT THE ELECTION
WHAT WE ARE REALLY DEALING
WITH HERE AND UNCOVERING MORE BY THE DAY IS THE MASSIVE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNIST MONEY THROUGH
VENEZUELA, CUBA, AND LIKELY CHINA, IN THE INTERFERENCE WITH OUR ELECTIONS HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES THE DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS, THE SMARTMATIC TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE,
AND THE SOFTWARE THAT GOES IN OTHER COMPUTERIZED VOTING SYSTEMS HERE AS WELL -- NOT JUST
DOMINION -- WERE CREATED IN VENEZUELA AT THE DIRECTION OF HUGO CHAVEZ.
Seth: YOU KNOW, SHE DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, BUT AT LEAST SHE HAS THE SAME VOICE AS
AN ORPHANAGE HEADMISTRESS WHOSE CATCH PHRASE IS, "YOU AIN'T NEVER GETTING ADOPTED.
STILL NICE TO KNOW THAT DEAD PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING ARE -- HUGO CHAVEZ?
WHO ELSE VOTED IN THIS ELECTION? BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI? SO POWELL ALLEGED A VAST
CONSPIRACY INVOLVING HUGO CHAVEZ TO HELP JOE BIDEN WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND YET
CURIOUSLY, SHE KEPT REFUSING TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THIS VAST SCHEME WHEN PRESSED, EVEN BY
FRIENDLY FOX NEWS HOSTS WHO WERE BASICALLY DESPERATE TO AGREE WITH HER, AS LONG AS SHE COULD
PROVIDE A SHRED OF EVIDENCE.
SO SIDNEY, YOU FEEL THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PROVE THIS
DO YOU HAVE THE SOFTWARE IN YOUR POSSESSION, DO YOU HAVE THE HARDWARE IN YOUR POSSESSION?
HOW WILL YOU PROVE THIS, SIDNEY? WELL, I'VE GOT LOTS OF WAYS TO PROVE IT, MARIA.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL ON NATIONAL TV WHAT ALL WE HAVE SO WE INVITED SIDNEY POWELL
ON THE SHOW. WE WOULD HAVE GIVEN HER THE WHOLE HOUR
WE WOULD HAVE GIVEN HER THE ENTIRE WEEK, ACTUALLY, AND LISTENED QUIETLY THE WHOLE TIME
AT RAPT ATTENTION. THAT'S A BIG STORY BUT SHE NEVER SENT US ANY
EVIDENCE, DESPITE A LOT OF REQUESTS, POLITE REQUESTS. NOT A PAGE
WHEN WE KEPT PRESSING, SHE GOT ANGRY AND TOLD US TO STOP CONTACTING HER
Seth: WOW, YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN FULL LOONY TERRITORY WHEN EVEN TUCKER CARLSON WON'T GO ALONG
WITH WHAT YOU'RE SELLING HE WAS BEGGING HER TO COME ON HIS SHOW
GOOD LORD, IT'S EASY TO GET ON TELEVISION THESE DAYS. UNHINGED PEOPLE USED TO HAVE TO
STAND BEHIND A REPORTER ON LOCATION AND JUMP UP AND DOWN YELLING, "BABA BOOEY."
ANYWAY, THE POINT IS SIDNEY POWELL WAS SOMEHOW EVEN TOO INSANE FOR THE TRUMP LEGAL
TEAM, WHICH, BY THE WAY, REPEATEDLY TOLD EVERYONE THEY CONSIDERED HER A MEMBER OF THAT
LEGAL TEAM THEY TWEETED MANY TIMES THAT SHE WAS WORKING WITH RUDY IN AN
OFFICIAL CAPACITY FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN THE OFFICIAL GOP ACCOUNT TWEETED
OUT A CLIP OF HER REMARKS, AND SHE APPEARED AT THE OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY.
BUT I GUESS SHE WENT TOO FAR EVEN FOR TRUMP OVER THE WEEKEND, WHEN SHE WENT ON THE FAR RIGHT
NEWSMAX CHANNEL AND CLAIMED THAT THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR'S GEORGIA, A STAUNCH TRUMP ALLY,
WAS SOMEHOW PART OF THE PLOT, ALONG WITH HUGO CHAVEZ AND ALSO THE CIA.
BE THE FIRST STATE I'M GOING TO BLOW UP, AND MR. KEMP AND THE
SECRETARY OF STATE NEED TO GO WITH IT, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN ON THE DOMINION SCAM, WITH THEIR
LAST-MINUTE PURCHASE, REWARD OF A CONTRACT TO DOMINION OF $100 MILLION.
THE STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR GEORGIA OUGHT TO BE LOOKING INTO FINANCIAL
BENEFITS RECEIVED BY MR. KEMP AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S FAMILY ABOUT THAT TIME
AND ANOTHER BENEFIT DOMINION WAS CREATED TO REWARD IS WHAT I WOULD CALL ELECTION INSURANCE.
THAT'S WHY HUGO CHAVEZ HAD IT CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT I ALSO WONDER WHERE HE GOT
THE TECHNOLOGY, WHERE IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HAMMER AND
SCORE CARD FROM THE CIA. CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING? CAN YOU MAKE SOME NEWS WITH US
HERE TONIGHT TELL US ANYTHING NEW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT IN THAT FILING
IN GEORGIA WELL, I CAN'T SAY THAT YET. BUT HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK WE WILL
GET IT READY TO FILE SIDNEY, WHAT'S -- IT WILL BE BIBLICAL
Seth: OKAY, WOW SO THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA IS BEING BRIBED BY AN ELECTION
SOFTWARE COMPANY CREATED BY HUGO CHAVEZ AS PART OF A VAST PLOT INVOLVING THE CIA TO SPREAD
COMMUNISM ACROSS THE GLOBE BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THE CIA LOVES HELPING OUT COMMUNISTS
WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN THE CIA HELPED INSTALL FIDEL CASTRO IN THE FAMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL BAY OF
PIGS INVASION. SECOND OF ALL -- WAIT, WHY AM I SAYING SECOND?
WHY AM I BREAKING THIS DOWN POINT-BY-POINT, LIKE ANYONE WATCHING THIS IS STILL ON THE
FENCE THINKING, "OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR NEXT POINT?"
AND APPARENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THIS WAY, BECAUSE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ISSUED A
STATEMENT YESTERDAY SUDDENLY DISTANCING ITSELF FROM POWELL.
JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP NAMED ATTORNEY SIDNEY POWELL TO HIS LEGAL TEAM IN HIS EFFORT TO OVERTURN
RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION, THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM NOW SAYS THAT SIDNEY POWELL IS NOT A
MEMBER OF HIS LEGAL TEAM RUDY GUILIANI AND JENNA ELLIS, TWO OF THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S EFFORT, SAYING IN A STATEMENT, QUOTE, "SIDNEY POWELL IS PRACTICING LAW ON HER OWN
SHE IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM SHE IS ALSO NOT A LAWYER FOR THE
PRESIDENT IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY." Seth: IT'S BOTH INSANE THAT
THEY'RE TRYING TO PRETEND THAT SHE WAS NEVER PART OF THE LEGAL TEAM WHEN SHE WAS LITERALLY
STANDING AT AN OFFICIAL TRUMP PRESS CONFERENCE, AND ALSO BELIEVABLE THAT SOMEONE COULD
WANDER INTO A TRUMP PRESS CONFERENCE AND SAY THEY'RE HIS LAWYER
I MEAN, SHE WAS IDENTIFIED ON TV AS HIS LAWYER, SO THERE'S NO GETTING OUT OF THAT ONE.
WHAT ABOUT diGENOVA? I'D BUY HE HEARD THERE WAS A THING WHERE YOU DON'T NEED A
MASK AND SHOWED UP "HEY, BROUGHT MY OWN SAUCE OKAY
JUST IF YOU NEED IT. BY THE WAY, AS A SIDE NOTE, YOU DON'T NEED TO ANNOUNCE WHO'S
JOINING AND LEAVING THE LEGAL TEAM A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SHOW UP TO
COURT, AND THE LAWYERS ARE THERE, AND THEN YOU KNOW NOT EVERYONE TWEETS "I'VE
RETAINED JANUZZI AND JANUZZI IN MY WRONGFUL ARREST FOR A DUI LOOK FORWARD TO PLEADING DOWN TO
TIME SERVED. PERSONALLY, I'M JUST DIAPPOINTED BECAUSE POWELL KEPT PROMISING
BLOCKBUSTER EVIDENCE OF FRAUD, AND NOW I GUESS WE'LL NEVER SEE IT
SHE EVEN USED AN ESPECIALLY MEMORABLE PHRASE
TO -- TO CARRY OUT AN ENDGAME IN
THE EFFORT AGAINST HIM DO YOU CONCUR? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND IT'S BEEN ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED WITH THE HELP OF SILICON VALLEY PEOPLE.
THE BIG TECH COMPANIES, THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES AND EVEN THE MEDIA COMPANIES.
AND I'M GOING TO RELEASE THE KRAKEN Seth: I GUESS THE ONLY
CRACKIN' WE ENDED UP SEEING WAS IN RUDY GUILIANI'S HAIR DYE. THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE, WHICH IS
WHY LAWYERING KEEP QUITTING OR GETTING FIRED OR LAUGHED OUT OF COURT BECAUSE THIS WHOLE THING
ISN'T ACTUALLY ABOUT EVIDENCE. IT'S ABOUT MANUFACTURING A CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT WILL
ANIMATE TRUMP'S BASE FOR YEARS TO COME. IT'S JUST ANOTHER SCAM, LIKE
TRUMP'S MANY PREVIOUS SCAMS. IN TERMS OF ACTUAL LEGAL ARGUMENTS, THE TRUMP'S TEAM CASE
IS DEADER THAN - HUGO CHAVEZ Seth: THIS HAS BEEN "A CLOSER
LOOK." * WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
MANDY MOORE. * *
Seth: WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE FRED ARMISEN BACK LEADING THE 8G BAND THIS WEEK.
I HOPE YOU'RE CHECKING OUT FRED'S LATEST SHOW "MOONBASE 8" SUNDAYS ON SHOWTIME.
GIVE US A WAVE, FRED AND FRED, I REALLY DO ENJOY THE SHOW, BUT I ALSO THINK YOU KNOW
THE NORMAL SIZE OF HOLDUPS HERE AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE THAT YOU SENT ONE
THIS BIG FOR YOUR SHOW AND I WOULD JUST WONDER IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN
THAT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, FRED, AND I DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE
IT OUR NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE-NOMINATED
ACTRESS FOR HER WORK ON NBC'S "THIS IS US," WHICH RETURNS WITH NEW SHOWS IN JANUARY
HER NEW HOLIDAY SONGS RELEASED IS A TWO-TRACK SINGLE, "HOW COULD THIS BE CHRISTMAS," ARE
AVAILABLE NOW. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW OUR FRIEND MANDY MOORE
HI, MANDY. HOW ARE YOU? I'M WELL.
HOW ARE YOU? Seth: I'M DOING WONDERFULLY THIS HAS BEEN A WEIRD TIME IN
BETWEEN YOUR VISITS TO THE SHOW. THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2016.
SO YOU HAVE WAITED FOR THE ENTIRE TRUMP PRESIDENCY UNTIL YOU CAME BACK.
I KNOW! I JUST COMPLETELY, LIKE, WANTED TO BOYCOTT THE SHOW, I GUESS,
DURING THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. Seth: YOU WERE LIKE, "I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY PART OF THAT.
NO. Seth: IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY. HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU? I AM SEVEN MONTHS
Seth: OH, MY GOODNESS YEAH. I'M GETTING -- GETTING TOWARDS
THE END HERE, BUT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Seth: AND YOU'RE HAVING A
BOY, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE IS A WONDERFUL THING. AND I KNOW WHEN YOU WERE HERE,
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU WATCHED YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH LABOR TO
HAVE TRIPLETS, BECAUSE OF YOUR SHOW DOES THAT MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT
EASIER KNOWING THAT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE THE ONE? IS THAT NOT NORMAL?
TO WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE HAVING TRIPLETS Seth: WELL, AT LEAST YOU HAD
A REASON IT WOULD BE WEIRD IF YOU HAD NO REASON TO DO IT.
YES I'VE TRIED TO ACTUALLY FORGET THE TRAUMA THAT I ENDURED
WATCHING THOSE VIDEOS, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE JUST DOWNRIGHT TERRIFYING
SO, YES, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT I'M JUST HAVING ONE CHILD AT A TIME
Seth: YOU GUYS ARE BACK TO FILMING AGAIN, AND YOU'VE DECIDED TO SORT OF TAKE HEAD-ON
THE TIMES WE'RE LIVING IN FROM THINGS LIKE THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS TO LIVING UNDER
QUARANTINE IS IT SURREAL TO BE DOING A SHOW THAT IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, ART
IMITATING LIFE, I GUESS? I MEAN, I KIND OF WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM "THIS
IS US. LIKE, WE ARE A MODERN SHOW, AND SO MUCH OF OUR SHOW SORT OF
TAKES PLACE IN, YOU KNOW, MODERN TIMES. AND SO, IT WOULD FEEL WEIRD, I
THINK TO LEAVE SUCH PRESSING ISSUES UNADDRESSED IT CERTAINLY IS WEIRD BECAUSE,
YEAH I MEAN, WE'RE LIVING THROUGH COVID, AS EVERYBODY ELSE IS AND
WE'RE SHOOTING IN THE MIDST OF COVID. AND WE HAVE ALL OF THESE, LIKE,
CRAZY COVID PROTOCOLS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU DO AS WELL AT YOUR SHOW
SO IT'S CERTAINLY STRANGE TO, LIKE, HAVE TO INITIALLY, I THINK WE'RE SORT OF PAST THIS POINT
NOW, BUT LIKE AS AN ACTOR WHEN YOU'RE IN A SCENE AND YOU'RE LOOKING ALL AROUND YOU AND THE
ENTIRE CREW IS NOT ONLY IN MASKS, BUT ALSO IN FACE SHIELDS AND OTHER PPE, TO JUST SORT OF
LET THAT GO AND TO KIND OF BE IN THE MOMENT IT WAS DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, A
BIT STRANGE AT FIRST, BUT NOW, IT FEELS, IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SECOND NATURE.
Seth: I ALSO, I KNOW EARLY ON OBVIOUSLY, IN THE FIRST SEASON OF THE SHOW, YOU HAD TO WEAR A
FAKE PREGNANCY BELLY ARE YOU A LITTLE UPSET NOW THAT THEY HAVE NOT WRITTEN YOUR REAL
ONE INTO THE SHOW? I KNOW. IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE
TRAJECTORY OF OUR SHOW IS WE SORT OF JUMP AROUND ALL THE TIME
SO I AM CONSTANTLY -- IN FACT, THE VERY FIRST EPISODE I WAS IN -- WE SORT OF LIKE TOOK IT
BACK TO GOING TO THE HOSPITAL TO GIVE BIRTH TO THE TRIPLETS THAT DAY.
SO I WAS IN, LIKE, THE FULL, HEAVY, LIKE, EIGHT-MONTH PROSTHETIC TRIPLET BELLY AND
BOOBS AND LIKE THE WHOLE THING AND I'M LIKE, GEEZ, LOUISE, COULD WE NOT LIKE POSTPONE THIS
FOR JUST A FEW MORE MONTHS AND I COULD, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT A LITTLE MYSELF WITH MY OWN BODY
BUT, OF COURSE, I THINK, LIKE, TRUE TO FORM BY THE TIME I AM, LIKE, WADDLING
AROUND AT NINE MONTHS PREGNANT, WE'D PROBABLY BE SHOOTING SOMETHING WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO
BE LIKE 25 AND GETTING MARRIED OR SOMETHING RIDICULOUS. Seth: RIGHT
SO, JUST -- JUST WHAT I SORT OF, COME TO EXPECT FROM THIS JOB.
Seth: SO YOU DECIDED TO RECORD A COUPLE OF HOLIDAY SONGS.
HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT? THE DECISION TO WANT TO DO THIS? SO I PUT OUT A RECORD CALLED
"SILVER LANDINGS" EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WE WERE LITERALLY FOUR DAYS FROM GOING ON THE ROAD.
MY FIRST TIME TOURING IN 13 YEARS AND COVID HIT AND OBVIOUSLY, THE WORLD SORT OF HAD
TO SHIFT AND SO, I'VE BEEN HOME WITH MY HUSBAND, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE MOST
PEOPLE QUARANTINING FOR THE LAST EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AND A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, IT JUST
SORT OF STRUCK ME THAT IN ORDER TO EXPEND SORT OF THIS LIKE PENT UP CREATIVE ENERGY, IT MIGHT BE
FUN TO NOT ONLY RECORD A COVER OF LIKE A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SONG, BUT THEN, TRY OUR HAND AT
WRITING ONE, AND I THINK "HOW COULD THIS BE CHRISTMAS" WAS THE ORIGINAL THAT WE WROTE, AND IT'S
SORT OF REALLY REFLECTS ON, LIKE, THIS VERY SPECIFIC AND STRANGE HOLIDAY THAT WE'RE ALL
GOING TO BE LIVING THROUGH AND SORT OF ROOTED IN THE IDEA THAT, REALLY, IT'S ABOUT
TOGETHERNESS AND CONNECTION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR YOU KNOW Seth: WHEN YOU DECIDED A
COVER, LIKE, DID YOU HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES IN FRONT OF YOU OR WAS IT OBVIOUS
[ LAUGHTER ] SURE. YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT WE
WERE GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THIS HOLIDAY WAS, SPECIFICALLY IN 2020 WITH "HOW COULD THIS BE
CHRISTMAS," WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE A PERFECT BOOK END TO "THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE
YEAR." LIKE -- BY ANDY WILLIAMS JUST, I MEAN, I FELT IT COVERED
LIKE THE SPECTRUM OF EMOTIONS THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE FEELING DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
Seth: I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE WILL SLOWLY BE ROTATING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THOSE TWO OF,
"THIS IS THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR. OH, MY GOD
THIS IS HELL I DON'T CARE HOW MANY ORNAMENTS ARE ON A TREE.
I MENTIONED, IN THE TEASE, YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T ON YET, BUT WE WERE IN A FILM TOGETHER.
YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE FILM, RIGHT? "AMERICAN DREAMZ," YEAH
Seth: YEAH, WELL GUESS WHAT HUGH GRANT WAS ON THE SHOW AND HE HAD NO MEMORY THAT HE EVER
WORKED WITH ME OH, THAT IS SO DEFLATING AND DISAPPOINTING.
[ LAUGHTER ] BUT I GUARANTEE, BY THE WAY, HE PROBABLY HAS NO IDEA THAT HE
WORKED WITH ME EITHER. Seth: NO. WHEN I TOLD HIM THE NAME OF IT,
HE'S LIKE, "OH, WITH MANDY MOORE. SHE WAS WONDERFUL.
[ LAUGHTER ] NO, REALLY? Seth: NO, BUT STILL
YEAH, SEE EXACTLY. I SWEAR, I CROSSED PATHS WITH
HIM AT AN AWARD SHOWS, I WAS LIKE, HI, AND HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD FOUR HEADS.
Seth: WOW HE'S A LOVELY MAN, BUT YOU KNOW, HE DOES A TON OF MOVIES.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET I HAD THE BEST TIME WITH YOU
Seth: WE HAD A GREAT TIME I CAME OUT OF THAT PROJECT GOING, LIKE, SETH MEYERS IS
PROBABLY THE FUNNIEST PERSON I'D EVER MET IN MY LIFE. Seth: RIGHT
YOU WERE LIKE, NOT THE BEST ACTOR -- [ LAUGHTER ]
LIKE, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THIS WAS ONE OF HIS LAST MOVIES. [ LAUGHTER ]
MANDY, I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF THAT AND IT IS ALWAYS JUST SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Seth: HER NEW HOLIDAY MUSIC, "HOW COULD THIS BE CHRISTMAS," IS AVAILABLE NOW
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JEFF TWEEDY. *
Seth: OUR NEXT GUEST IS A GRAMMY-WINNING MUSICIAN AND FRONT MAN OF THE BAND "WILCO."
HIS BOOK, "HOW TO WRITE ONE SONG," IN HIS LATEST SOLO ALBUM,
"LOVE IS THE KING," ARE BOTH AVAILABLE NOW. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW,
OUR FRIEND, JEFF TWEEDY. HOW ARE YOU, JEFF? I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. Seth: I'M DOING VERY WELL
WE TALKED IN THE PAST. AS YOU KNOW, I'M A LONGTIME FAN OF YOURS AND OF "WILCO" AND I
HAD THIS GREAT HONOR YOU ASKED A BUNCH OF FRIENDS OF YOURS TO BE IN THE VIDEO FOR
YOUR NEW SONG, "GWENDOLYN," AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THIS IDEA HERE I AM, IT'S BASICALLY THE
BOTTOM HALF OF MY FACE, TOP HALF OF YOURS HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE
IDEA I SAW A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM STEVE MARTIN, WHERE HE WAS
JOKING THAT NOBODY -- SOMETHING WAS WEIRDING A GUY OUT IN PUBLIC, SO HE MADE A SIGN TO
WEAR OVER HIS HEAD THAT SAID, "THIS IS STEVE MARTIN. AND IT MADE ME THINK THAT I HAVE
A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT ARE SORT OF CELEBRITIES, AND -- AND THEY DON'T GET TO USE THAT PART OF
THEIR FACE VERY MUCH ANYMORE SO I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND GET
EVERYBODY TO DONATE THEIR FACE TO MY VIDEO. PLUS, JUST MASKS JUST WORK
REALLY WELL AS A GREEN SCREEN. SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR MOMENT IN THAT
WAY. Seth: WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THAT
MOMENT YOU RECORDED THIS ALBUM WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND I IMAGINE AT
THIS POINT "WILCO" MUST FEEL LIKE FAMILY WHEN YOU RECORD SONGS, BUT IT MUST ALSO STILL BE
SO DIFFERENT TO DO WITH YOUR ACTUAL FAMILY. WHAT'S THAT LIKE
IT'S -- PLAYING MUSIC WITH YOUR FAMILY IS JUST THE MOST AMAZING GIFT I CAN, I CAN EVER
IMAGINE BEING GIVEN. IT'S -- YOU KNOW, MUSIC RELIES UPON TRUST AND, YOU KNOW, JUST
FAITH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE IN A SUPPORTIVE ROLE FOR EACH OTHER, AND MUSICIANS WORK
LONG -- I DON'T KNOW THEY WORK FOR A LONG TIME USUALLY.
A BAND HAS TO BE TOGETHER FOR YEARS TO DEVELOP ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF TRUSTS.
AND A FAMILY JUST KIND OF HAS IT AS A -- AS A STARTING POINT, A BASE YOU KNOW, LEVEL OF TRUST
THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST FEELS LIKE YOU JUST HAVE SO MUCH MORE ROOM TO GET
INTIMATE FROM THERE. SO IT'S -- IT'S THE BEST THING I CAN THINK OF TO DO
Seth: HEY, CONGRATS ON THE BOOK THIS IS BASICALLY, YOU'RE TRYING
TO GIVE PEOPLE ADVICE ON HOW TO WRITE ONE SONG, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SORT OF STRESS
IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO -- TO LET INSPIRATION IN TO INVITE IT IN.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? WELL, EVERYBODY -- I THINK,
IMAGINES THAT ARTISTIC PROCESSES REQUIRE LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING, AN INSPIRATION.
AND THAT -- MY ARGUMENT IS THAT NOBODY THAT, NOBODY'S JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND HAS
NO INTENTION TO WRITE A SONG IS GOING TO GET HIT BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING AND DECIDE TO WRITE A
SONG YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE PATH OF THAT
KIND OF INSPIRATION, AND I THINK YOU DO THAT BY JUST WORKING AT IT WHEN YOU'RE NOT INSPIRED.
WORKING AT IT AS A DAILY -- YOU KNOW -- JUST A PRACTICE THAT YOU HAVE
A HABIT THAT YOU HAVE. TO REMIND YOURSELF TO JUST KIND OF BE OPEN TO THINGS, AND THEN
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. IT TENDS TO HAPPEN ALMOST EVERY -- EVERY DAY FOR ME THAT I
GET A LITTLE BIT INSPIRED AND SOMETIMES I GET A LOT INSPIRED, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AT ALL IF
I DIDN'T PICK UP THE PENCIL OR PICK UP A GUITAR, AND THAT'S -- THAT'S WHAT I JUST THINK
EVERYBODY SHOULD DO. Seth: YOU MENTIONED IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD IT
AS A SKILL AND MAKE IT WORK AND SIT DOWN AND DO IT WITH THAT SAID, ARE THERE STILL
TIMES, AND WHEN YOU THINK OF A LYRIC AND YOU JUST KNOW RIGHT AWAY, OH, THAT'S REALLY --
THAT'S REALLY GOOD [ LAUGHTER ] SOMETIMES, YEAH
I WAS DRIVING ON, OUT ON THE TOLL WAY THE OTHER DAY, AND THERE WAS A HEARSE STUCK AT A
TOLL PLAZA LIKE, THE GUY DRIVING THE HEARSE DIDN'T HAVE CHANGE AND HE DIDN'T
HAVE AN E-ZPASS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND I JUST FELT I WAS HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH THE WORLD'S
GREATEST METAPHOR. [ LAUGHTER ] AND I -- I SANG IT INTO MY
PHONE. BEFORE I EVEN PULLED OVER. YOU KNOW
Seth: WELL, A CLASSIC CASE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S LOSS IS YOUR GAIN
[ LAUGHTER ] LIKE WHAT A WAY TO GO Seth: HEY, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT'S ALWAYS FASCINATING TO ME ABOUT THE GRAMMYS MORE THAN ANY OTHER AWARDS SHOW IS JUST THE
BREADTH OF THE KIND OF ARTISTS YOU HAVE AT A GRAMMYS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, JUST DIFFERENT KIND OF
ACTORS OR, YOU KNOW, A COMIC AND DRAMATIC ACTOR YOUR FIRST GRAMMYS IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF THIS. SOME OF THE PEOPLE YOU BUMPED INTO
YEAH. I THINK -- MY MOST NOTABLE ENCOUNTER WAS I WAS WITH A BIG
GROUP OF PEOPLE, THE "WILCO" GUYS, AND WIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS, AND SOMEHOW I ENDED UP OUTSIDE
ONE OF THE BATHROOMS AT THE STAPLES CENTER HOLDING EVERYONE'S PROGRAM FOR THE
GRAMMYS. I JUST HAD A STACK OF, OF GRAMMY PROGRAMS, AND P DIDDY WALKED UP
TO ME, AND HE THOUGHT I WAS AN USHER HANDING OUT PROGRAMS HE TAPPED THE PROGRAMS IN MY,
THAT I WAS HOLDING WITH A CANE - [ LAUGHTER ]
HE SAID, "GIVE ME ONE OF THOSE." I SAID, "NO. THEY'RE MINE."
IT DIDN'T -- IT DIDN'T BECOME -- IT DIDN'T ESCALATE, THANK GOODNESS
BUT -- I WAS ALSO MISTAKEN, EVERY TIME I'VE EVER GONE TO THE GRAMMYS, I'VE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR
A SEAT FILLER. [ LAUGHTER ] GO
GET OUT! Seth: WHAT I LIKE TO THINK IS THAT P DIDDY THOUGHT YOU WERE
HANDING OUT PROGRAMS AND ALSO RECOGNIZED YOU AND THEN SAID, "YOU KNOW THAT
LEAD SINGER OF WILCO IS ALSO AN USHER. [ LAUGHTER ]
YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS PLAUSIBLE. Seth: HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND TO DO SOME MUSIC FOR US.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BOOK. MY PLEASURE GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN
Seth: GREAT TO SEE YOU, TOO "HOW TO WRITE ONE SONG" AND "LOVE IS THE KING" ARE BOTH OUT
NOW. JEFF WILL BE PERFORMING A SONG OFF HIS NEW ALBUM AFTER THE
BREAK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. *
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MEYERS" PODCAST. YOU'LL GET "A CLOSER LOOK" AND MORE DOWNLOADED RIGHT TO YOUR
PHONE. Seth: PERFORMING "GWENDOLYN" OFF HIS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
SOLO ALBUM "LOVE IS THE KING," HERE IS JEFF TWEEDY.
*
* I DON'T THINK I CAN TAK ANOTHER DA
OH I DON'T KNO HOW I COULD EVER SAY * * I'M OKAY BEING SO FAR AWA
OH I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN TAKE ANOTHER DA AND GWENDOLYN *
* WHEN SHE STARTS TO SPEA TO A COUNTY POLICE WITH A PLASTIC CUP
BETWEEN HER TEETH * * THE SUN BEATING DOW LIKE A BIG TROMBON
THAT'S RIGHT WHEN I START MISSING HOME * * SHE HOLDS MY HAND
BETWEEN HER KNEE IT'S LIKE A DREA I NEVER KNOW WHAT IT MEANS *
* I ONLY KNOW I'M FEELING ALON THAT'S RIGHT
WHEN I START MISSING HOME *
* HONESTLY GWEN I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY
BETWEEN YOU AND ME I'M RELIEVED * * THEY PUT YOU AWAY
SUN COMING U LIKE A PIECE OF TOAS THAT'S RIGHT WHEN I *
* STARTED HEADING HOM THAT'S RIGHT WHE I STARTED HEADING HOME
WELL THAT'S RIGHT WHEN *
* I STARTED HEADING HOME * Seth: MY THANKS TO JEFF TWEEDY.
HIS ALBUM "LOVE IS THE KING" IS OUT NOW. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
* Seth: MY THANKS TO MANDY MOORE AND JEFF TWEEDY.
I WANT TO THANK FRED ARMISEN AND THE 8G BAND. STAY TUNED FOR LILY SINGH.
STAY SAFE. WASH YOUR HANDS. WEAR A MASK.