Democrats Ride the Blue Wave High | with Sarah Paulson, Caitlin Clark | Friday, November 6

0:05From Studio 16, Rock of Honor, Stammer in the heart of New York City, it's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight, join Jimmy and his guest Sarah Paulson, Caitlin Clark, and featuring the legendary Ruth Crew. 2365. And now, here he is. for the legendaryגarmee - soldiers and inmates from the school contributions da group of developers Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Tonight Show!

1:07I'm very excited about this. Sarah Paulson is my guest tonight. Oh!

1:15WNBA superstar Kaitlyn Clark is here tonight.

1:21Kaitlyn plays for the Indiana Fever. Yeah. Which sounds like something Mike Pence gets whenever he watches Heated Rivalry. Mother, mother. They're off the ice again, mother.

1:36They're in the same bed together, mother. They're in the same bed. Meanwhile, Democrats are still riding high from Tuesday night's blue wave.

1:50And they actually just released this video about it. Check this out. It's been four long years. We've done the work. And now we're taking the country back one damn step at a time. The Blue Wave is here. Excuse me. Could I have some milk for my tea? We only have a... We're so back. The Blue Wave. Let's get to woke. Let's get to woke. Some more political news. I read that Massachusetts elected a 19-year-old to their state House of Representatives. Ooh. 19. Yeah. He ran some powerful ads where he accused his opponent of being cringe, unk, and chud.

2:43Don't even talk. You're so chud right now. I can't, man. Switching gears to some business news, Wendy's is trying to revive sales by introducing thicker bacon, bigger pieces of lettuce for sandwiches, and creamier Frosties. They even changed their slogan. It's now Wendy's, hey, what if our food was good? Yeah. Well, get this, I heard that someone in New Jersey just won the$847 million Powerball jackpot. Jersey! He's about to buy the only pinky ring you can see from space. Ooh. Asked what they're gonna do with the money, and the winner said, rent a one-bedroom apartment in New York. Hey, did you guys see this?

3:31Batman's bike from The Dark Knight is heading to auction for$1.2 million. Ooh. Yep, that's Batman's most famous mode of transportation, his bike.

3:48Oh, he's gonna get on his bike? Oh, man, that's classic. Bat cycle. Bat cycle. Listen to this. I read about an Italian chef who was fired from a restaurant after he refused to put pineapple on pizza. Because he...

4:08Because he considered it an insult to his heritage. And his boss is like, dude, this is a Papa John's. Put the pineapple... Put on the Froot Loops, the gummy bears, and clock out, buddy. Hey, get this. Apparently, a growing number of Americans are choosing to host funerals at bars and restaurants. Oh. Although there was an awkward moment when someone mistook the urn for the cocktail shaker. Oh. That's a real dirty martini. Right. Yeah! You want ash on the rim as well? Can I have an olive, please, and an eyeball? Thank you so much. Blue cheese, thank you very much, Mr. Roboto.

5:00Oh, man, can you imagine that? That would be crazy.

5:06And finally, a woman in New York City just found out she's been accidentally paying her neighbor's electric bill for over a decade. Even worse, her neighbor is Times Square. We have a great show. Give it up for the Roots, everybody. The horse of horses, world of deceptive. Tweets of perfection, together of the festive. We're both deceptive. Oh, my goodness! Thank you very much, everybody. Welcome to the show. Guys, the holiday season is heating up. People everywhere are holiday seasoning. And I'm happy to announce the return of my holiday music channel on Sirius XM, Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Radio!

5:50Channel 14, the red and green on 14. It's all my favorite holiday music. It's got the classics, has some comedy, some country, every genre. It's super fun. So check out Channel 14 on SiriusXM and get holiday seasoning now through December 27th. You know what, guys? It's the end of the week. Usually, I catch up on some personal stuff. You know, I check my inbox, I return some e-mails, and, of course, I send out thank you notes. And I was just... I was just running a bit behind, so I thought if you guys wouldn't mind, I'd just like to write out my weekly thank you notes right now. Is that okay with you guys?

6:30James, can I get some thank you note writing music, please?

6:36Wow, holiday spirit. He's in a good mood. Yeah, it's like Christmas in a white... I never know if it's him or a hologram, you know? That's the fun thing about seeing him live. Exactly. You never know. That's the fun thing about seeing him live. You don't know if it's AI or real or whatever it is. He's great. He's the best. In fact, that's footage from three years ago. Really? Yeah. Wow. Isn't that amazing? Let's see if it works. Thank you, Bob Dylan, meeting the Pope for looking like a really weird episode of The Traitors. You're the traitor! You're a traitor!

7:22Thank you, Beltloop, for never giving up on your forbidden love affair with my door handle.

7:34Thank you, Automatic Toilets That Flush Too Quickly, for being like, eh, we're done here. We're done. We're good. We're good. Wrap it up.

7:49You know what's fun? What's that? Well, yesterday, I'm leaving after the show. I had a great show. You're done. You're done with work, right? No, I'm going home. You're going home. I have to go to actually another thing, and it's an hour away. From where you have to go? So, the charity event. Sure. So, I have to go to this thing. I go, great. And so, I'm leaving, and they go, hey, you know what's fun? Tariq got you a Philly cheesesteak. Oh, wow, so sweet. And honestly, it's not a surprise. He's done it before. He's very generous. Kamal gets me a cheesesteak. If they go to Philly, they go to D 'Alessandro's.

8:23Questlove has gotten me cheesesteaks. He goes to Angelo's. So I go, so nice. I love that dude. He's awesome. I go, you know what? I don't have to order dinner. I'll eat it in the car on the way to the thing. I love it. So I get this bag. It's, what's his face? It's Bradley Cooper's cheesesteak. Oh. Danny and Coop's cheesesteak. This is good. I get this. And also, a side of peppers. Hot peppers. So I go, this is unbelievable. I love this. How kind. You know what? Family. I go, great. I'm in the back of this car. I have an hour drive to this next thing I'm going. So I got an hour. I go, I'm going to eat a cheesesteak.

8:58Enjoy this while I'm going to this thing. It'd be great. I open up the cheesesteak box. This is exactly what I saw.

9:13Wow.

9:21Wow.

9:25That is un-be-lievably rude. I didn't do it. Yes, you did it to me. That is so rude. And you woke the sleeping lion. The Sleeping Giant. He said, now it's on. Yeah. Now it's on. But I will say, I ate all the ketchup. And I was full from all the ketchup. Why would you do something like that? It feels... If you could feel the weight of this in here, it feels like... It feels like a Philly cheesesteak. I go, this is actually... Dude, they make a good... I can't wait to try this. Bradley Cooper. I've been hearing about it, reading about it in magazines. I go, I can't love this. I cannot wait. I'm a foodie.

10:08It feels like this is gonna be hefty.

10:16I don't know. It just threw me off a little bit. Yeah, anyway. Anyway, let's go back to the thank you notes. I got to send you a thank you note, you know? I got to send... I got to do myself a favor and send you a thank you note, man. I know it's coming. I want to send you a thank you note coming at you, man. You know it's coming, man. Wow. Whoo! Hour and a half, hour and a 10-minute drive. I wish it was a joke. Oh, man. This dude doesn't understand what he did, man. Whoo-hoo! He doesn't even understand what he did. You see, Your Honor, he doesn't understand what he did. Ha-ha-ha. He doesn't understand what he did!

10:57Said, Your Honor! Wow. Okay. Get it done. Yeah. Yeah. Your Honor. Did you have a good lunch today, Tariq? Did it taste good? Did it taste good? Did it taste like there was a little extra something on there? Oh, my goodness. Yeah. Are you kidding me? A little extra. No, I'm just hoping that you enjoyed your lunch.

11:20Extra juicy burger, huh? And a quarter pounder with cheese.

11:31Here we go. Thank you, Toblerone, for being the only chocolate bar that won't let pigeons land on it. There you have it, everybody. That's right. Thank you, guys. We've been back. We're playing What's Behind Me with Sarah Paulson. Come on back.

11:58Welcome back to The Tonight Show. We're about to play a game called What's Behind Me. My partner tonight is an Emmy. Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actress. Season 2 of her series, All's Fair, is streaming now on Hulu. Give it up for Sarah Postred! Wow. Are you making that your thing? Wow. That's right. Here's how the game works. Sarah and I will take turns facing our backs to the curtain. Behind the curtain will be something neither of us have seen before. Could be people, objects, anything. Once the curtain opens and you pick up your card, you'll have 45 seconds to try to get the other person to guess what's behind them.

12:38Do you really not know? I really don't know. Because I really don't know. No, I don't know. Actually, I didn't even come to rehearsal today. I just got into work just now. I didn't even know who... You don't know who I am. No, I don't. I'm so sorry. I'm just meeting you, but you seem like a great person. Yeah, I'm totally nice and so are you. Thank you. You didn't know who I was either? I didn't, actually. That's the way the games work. That's the way the game works. Welcome to planet Earth, Jimmy. Welcome to... You can say whatever you want. You can use gestures. But you just can't say any words that are on the card.

13:07Sarah, you will be guessing first. Let's get into position. So I'm not holding a card yet. I'm not doing anything with sitting here. We can move. What do I do? And then you can face me. Yeah, here we go. All right. Sarah, we're going to open the curtain and see what's behind you. Okay.

13:30All right. Yep. Okay, it's the biggest movie right now. It's a documentary. Oh, you can't see this, me. You can't see me. Yeah, sure, but who's the people that are in it? Elizabeth Holmes. Yes, and who? Yes, that's correct. Yes, that's correct. And they are doing a dance from the 80s that a lot of people do at weddings. Yes. The Macarena? No. The Running Man. No. It's more, think of like a droid would do it. Oh, the robot. Yes, and they are not at McDonald's. They're at... Burger King. There you go! Come on! That's how you play the game. That is how you play the game. Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder, doing the robot at Burger King.

14:14That is really good. Not bad. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you so much. All right, now it is my turn to guess. Okay, so we'll reposition. Open sesame. Open the curtain. Open the curtain. Open the curtain, oh, okay. Okay, okay. Titanic, Titanic. I can hear smacking things. What do you eat at Thanksgiving? What, do I eat at Thanksgiving? Yeah. I eat. What's the main thing a person eats? I forget. You carve into it. No, I don't know what I eat on Thanksgiving. So many things, creamed onions. No, you eat a kind of bird.

14:55Turkey, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so what if there were more than one of them? There are? Multiple turkeys. So how many? Uh, three. Now you're making it look like I suck at this. Um, so... Hey, what's behind me, man? There is people playing Star Wars games with giant... No, no, no, you have to... Oh, is that a hint? Yeah, that was a hint. Oh, Star Wars games? Twister. No! They are fighting with... Oh, lightsabers? Yes! In front of a store that holds a lot of preppy clothing. Home goods. No, a lot of button-down shirts. -"J.Crew." Yes! Wow! All right, here we go.

15:44Oh, my goodness. All right. There we go. There we go. We got it. Here we go. I like it. All right, here we go. I like J.Crew. I like J.Crew. Okay. Okay. Sarah, it is your turn to guess. I'm ready. Let's see what is behind you.

16:05It's kind of fascinating to see. All right.

16:10Secretary of State, she was... Hillary Clinton? Yes, correct. She's kind of a... A surfer. She's Annette Funicello. She's... Yes, kind of a... Gidget. She's on top of someone. And... No, no, no, no. More like a... And he's a great singer and a folk singer. Oh, Bob Dylan. Yeah, but he talks a lot before he sings, and he wears a headband. And he had the biggest... He was young. And he had the biggest song in the 80s. And is like, born, something like that. Oh, Bruce Springsteen. He's not a folk singer. Yes, but then, but, but, but, but. You called Bruce Springsteen a folk singer. That was your clue, a folk singer.

16:58Yeah, that's right. You wanted me to guess. Yeah, a little respect. You wanted me to guess Bruce Springsteen. A little respect for a big Springsteen to get.

17:07Well, what do you call it when you're on a tightrope, you're doing a what act? You're doing a tightrope walk. Yep, but it's also. And you're an acrobatic, acrobat. But you're calling it something act. A tightrope. When you are on a tightrope, it's a. Balancing act. That's correct. There we go.

17:30There he is, folk singer. Wow. Folk singer, Bruce Springsteen. Well, here we go. What's gonna happen now is I'm repositioning myself. Wow. Now. Now what am I doing? Something is going on behind me, and I don't know what it is. Okay. Go for it. You're good at this, go. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yes. Four older women, and there was a... Four older women? Yeah, and this was a very famous show in the 80s. Thelma and Louise and Louise and Thelma. Oh, Golden Girl! Yeah. Okay. And what they're doing is they're trying to ask one another to catch them so they don't hit the ground. It's an acting class exercise.

18:12Trust falls. Yes! And they are in the middle of a very famous baseball arena. Fenway Park. No, another one. Yankee Stadium!

18:31That is Sarah Paulson, everybody! You're good. You're good. You're good at this. We're talking to Sarah after the break. Stick around, everybody. After this, we'll talk. I'm a big girl.

18:54Our first guest is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Tony Award-winning actress starring in the series All's Fair. Season 2 is streaming now on Hulu with new episodes weekly on Wednesdays. Please welcome Sarah Paulson!

19:17Oh! Yes! Wow! Oh, my gosh! You always do an air guitar. I just can't help it. I just like it. An air guitar solo every time you come out here. I do? At least I'm consistent. Yes, you really are. Sarah, welcome back to the show. Thank you, Jimmy. It's always great to see you. You look fantastic. Thanks. We have lots to discuss. First of all... I got thirsty. Halloween. You did, yeah. Yeah, I gotta have the water. Yeah, that's why it's here. Great. Yeah. If anyone needs a sip, let us know. Let me know. Let us know. Sarah, cheers. Yeah. You had a big Halloween weekend, and I wanted to talk about that because it was Harryween.

19:51Harryween, guys. I went to... That sounds like I'm saying Harry'sween, but that's not what I'm saying. Even Harryween is... Even Harryween is its own thing. Yes. Harryween is a weird... Why did he call it that? They shouldn't have called it Harryween. No, they shouldn't have. But Harry Styles has a thing called Harryween. He has a Harry Styles. That's right. A way that he styles his Harryween. I never thought about it until now. It's just that in itself. I just had to do it. Yeah, but... Yeah, I went. I went. The big deal at Madison Square Garden. Madison Square Garden, and I'm, like, a new Harry Styles fan.

20:22Like, not brand new, but this last album was good, but the one before that, like, started it off. Oh, yeah. So I got invited to the concert, and I was just like, I'm going. And it was Harryween. I didn't know. Oh. I have a picture of you at Harryween. Me and my tote bag, by the way. What's going on with my little tote bag? You know what's in there? I don't think it's a little tote bag. That's a pretty big tote. There's merch in there. What are you talking about? I'm just a psycho merch lady. Talk to me. I like a big, oversized... Tote. Tote. Full of merch. Full of merch. And then I like to... And it's Harry Styles merch?

20:54It's Harry Styles stuff. Yeah, stuff. And what did you get? I got a hot pink, long-sleeved shirt that said Harry together, I think, but I got an XL so you sleep in it and you're all cozy in your Harry Styles gear. It just makes me feel like we're having a more intimate relationship. Does he know that you're into him? No, I don't think he does, but I hope he does now. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Are you a big concert goer? You would be shocked at how few concerts I've gone to in my life. Really. I think it would be really fun at a concert. I think I'm pretty fun. Yes. But I had, like, a wildly overprotective mother.

21:28Like, a weird... Like, a mom who, like, let me ride the subway really early, but then, like, slept on the floor in front of the front door to keep me from going to the Madonna concert. And I was like, wait a minute, You're letting me get on a New York City subway. Yeah. And, like, I'm pulling the chair over and, you know, getting my soup down from... Sounds really sad, doesn't it? Sorry, Mom. But, like, I, you know... You would make soup by yourself. I make soup by myself. I didn't know how to turn on the stove. I lit the gas, but I didn't know you had to light the pilot light. So my mom came home once and was like...

21:54I was like, yeah, the oven's on. And she went to light it, and she lost all her eyebrows. I was like, well, you didn't teach me. I'm glad you slept on the floor so I couldn't go to Madonna, but I don't know how to turn on the oven. Did you ever end up going to see Madonna? I saw Madonna, her last concert at Madison Square Garden. My first concert ever was Bette Midler. Like... The best. But it's just not what you imagine, like, a 14, 15-year-old kid in New York being like, I gotta go to Bette, Matt. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? But I did. But you did. And it was amazing. And I shouted, I love you, Bette.

22:25And she was like, I love you. And it was very exciting for me. Wait, now it's a great story. It's a great story. That's the perfect first concert. Yeah, that was great. But it just... All my girlfriends went to Madonna and... And not you. And had, like, nosebleed seats and then got, for some reason, invited down to the front to be in the pit. And I missed that, and that was sort of a bummer to me. Yeah, but you had soup and your mom was sleeping... I had soup and my mom was asleep in front of the door. And I burned up her eyelashes. It's all relative, guys. All relative. Are you into Halloween in general?

22:52Do you like Halloween? Jimmy, I hate Halloween. I'm sorry, guys. I'm sorry if you love it. I hate it. Talk to me. I don't really... I don't really... Hate is a strong word. I can just hear somebody be like, hate is a strong word. Yeah, I don't... And it is. It is. Don't sigh your heart. If you don't sigh your heart, just don't like it. It's not the sigh, I'm a heart. I don't like Halloween. Don't like Halloween. I like Halloween. I like Halloween, but not Halloween. Exactly. But I... Exactly. I like the candy. Me too. I enjoy candy. I love the candy, but I, you know, for a living, I am, like, walking around.

23:28You dress up all the time. I'm dressing up all the time, so it's, like, for me, a day when I'm just, like... Getting to just be me, that's Halloween. Yeah, just have some candy. Yeah, although they're ruining Halloween with the variety pack of candy, in my opinion. I don't want this, like, if I get a... You want someone to make a choice. No, I just, if I am buying a bag of, like, fruity candy, I don't want the banana Laffy Taffy and two banana Laffy Taffys and one grape. I want all the flavors of the Laffy Taffy. Don't give me a weird gumball with it. And I just, I don't like it. Like, I want the flavors I want.

24:01And who wants the banana Laffy Taffy? Nobody... No, you don't. You don't. Don't play that so you can have your applause heard on television. It's not... You don't... I feel like you're taking the variety away from our variety. Don't make my mixtape for me. I make my mixtape. Don't give me banana and then be like, well, that's it. That's what you get stuck with. Nobody wants banana sour candy. I'll tell you what I do like is those mambas. I like a mamba, but I put my now and later. Remember those, Jimmy? Yeah, they're a little... Does anybody remember the now and later? Yeah, they're like mambas, like stale mambas.

24:38But it's the whole point, you would be like, and then you'd put it on the little paper, and you would leave it for later. Ah, now and later. I did not know that. You would just, like, leave it there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Since the last time you were here, by the way, big news. This is very exciting. You have a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Sarah Paulson. Look at that. Look at that. You know... No, it's gorgeous. You know what's wild about this? I was doing the Lizzie Borden story. I was playing Eileen Wuornos, and I had bleached all my eyebrows, so I can see that these are just, like, painted on brows.

25:12I look like a Mr. Potato Head with, like, a rock, with, like, a painted brow. You do not. You look stunning. I think I do. I mean, but this is a very cool thing that happened. Yeah, and you just happened to be lying on the sidewalk. Yeah. And they built the star around you? And they built the star around me. They were like, if you're gonna stay there, we might as well just be here. Oh, my God. You go, what a coincidence. What a coincidence. I'm here. This is where I hang all the time. I lay on this corner all the time. I'm always here. Yes. Just with the thing in stone. But this is actually, was it emotional?

25:40Did you freak out? Yeah, I mean, you know. You love the business. You like everything. I love to act. You do. I'm such a nerd. I know you are. I love it so much. This is a big deal. And so, like, the fact that someone was like, not only do you get to do it, we're gonna say you've really done it and give you one of these. Come on, bud! It's so crazy. You deserve it. Very cool. And I think your star is, it's like, it's right next to a Ryan Murphy star. Yeah, Ryan Murphy, who is the man who absolutely changed my life and let me do the craziest things. You changed his life as well, by the way. Well, I will.

26:09Marcia Clark, you were unbelievable. You were fantastic. Thank you. That's such, you helped each other. And now you're doing All's Fair. Season two is back. Back in, like, more unhinged than ever. It's like the most unhinged show on television. We had Niecy Nash-Betz on the show the other day. She was so fun. She was so funny. She was talking about how we didn't even get, like, we got zero tomatoes on Rotten Tomatoes. Yeah. First season, you got zero tomatoes. We got zero tomatoes. We couldn't even get a tomato. It was just like, you're just... But this season, you're getting some tomatoes. I think I'm gonna get at least a half tomato.

26:39That's right. You deserve. Yeah, I'll take it. Come on. You know, half a tomato? Why not? Half a tomato. I love your character. You get to throw around some really awesome insults. Yeah, dude, I do. I get to do the following thing. So, first of all, one of my lines this year was, I'm not saying I hate you, but I would unplug your life support to charge my phone. Not bad. Not bad. I also get to look at beautiful Glenn Close's face and say, Good morning, George Washington. Which I think is really funny. And then I get to say to Kimmy Kardashian, See you in court, f***er burger. There you go. That's, like, excellent.

27:18All right, there you go. That's the one. You don't have to keep it out, but... No, we don't. No, yeah, yeah. Oh, you're crossing it out? Yeah, I just... Not to that bit. We got to that bit. Just so I mentally don't... So I don't remember what you said. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can't say the word... Can't say the word burger. Yeah, that's the word. No burgers. No. Everyone's here as a vegetarian. We're vegans here, yeah. We don't talk about burgers, yeah. Count. Oh, no. No, impossible. Talk about all day long. Yes. But burgers on our show is impossible. And they're over. You cannot do it. You can't do it.

27:51Don't do it. No, we're sponsored by Chick-fil-A. That's right. That's also not correct. No, it's not. That's their whole ad campaign. Yes, we're not burgers. We're not burgers. And we're not Sunda-ed. No. But, yeah. Okay. Yeah, we'll cut all this out. But here's the thing. But what's going on with your character this season? Okay, really good segue. Thank you. I... This year, I am... Car has a sort of slight softening of her edges, which, for me, made me short-circuit as an actress, because I was like, I only know how to walk around and be like, I don't plug your life support, and you look like George Washington.

28:29Like, I only know how to, like, really singe a person. And now I... Something happens to me in episode four, which is, like, this big revelation, and it changes her whole trajectory. And all of a sudden... I'm not saying I'm nice, because that's no fun, but I'm... Something happens, and I'm just... You see another side of Carrington. Wow. So that was super fun, but also weird for me. But I love that. I'm so used to playing people with, like, I got the weird teeth, I've got the, like, two heads, I'm like... Yeah. You know what I mean? And now I'm just, like, some lady who says, like, mean things all the time, and then all of a sudden I didn't have that to hang my hat on.

28:58I was like, I don't know what to do. Well, that's why you get a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Yes! Come on, bud! Sarah Paulson, everybody. All's Fair Season 2 is streaming now on Hulu. Caitlin Clark joins us after the break. Stick around! Whoo! That's so funny.

29:30Our next guest is a three-time WNBA All-Star and the starting point guard for the Indiana Fever. Her new children's book, Extraordinary, A Little Extra to Reach Big Dreams is available now. Please welcome Caitlin Clark!

29:54Thank you so much for coming on. You're having me. I'm a giant fan. I want to get into your new book. I want to get into everything. I'm so happy that you're here. I want to show something that you brought. This is a drawing you did, a project you did in the third grade. It's called Future Dreams. And this is... You filled this out in third grade. And look at this. Number one was be in the WNBA. We did it. Kaylin, a lot of these dreams... It's interesting that's at number one. That is number one, and you did your future dream in the third grade. But a lot of these, you did. Number nine was get a basketball scholarship.

30:32Well, you did that as well.

30:37I like this. Number 12 was... You want to have two Bernese Mountain Dogs. Yeah. Hasn't happened yet. That hasn't happened yet? No. Well, we're about... Why didn't you give me any? Ladies and gentlemen, here... No, I'm just kidding. That's me. I should have done that, by the way. Yeah. I like number five is... It was own a restaurant. Yeah, I did want to own a restaurant. I still do. But when I was a kid, like, I had this, like, weird obsession with ribs. I don't know why. I think because my mom never wanted to make them. My brothers didn't like ribs. so I always ask for ribs on my birthday. So I wanted this place to be called the Rib Crib.

31:13Barbecue food. Which is strange, I know. I had, like, the land picked out. Since, like, people have built on the land, it's like a similar... Yeah, you're like, that's where the Rib Crib... It's the home of the Rib Crib. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't think that's gonna work out for me, but we can do something else. We can pivot. I always wanted to do a restaurant called Booth's, because my mom loved Booth's. Any restaurant we would go to, and I was like, do you have a booth? You have a booth. Yeah, and I was like, what if the restaurant was only booths? Booths. Just booths. She would be so happy. Yeah, you could have theme booths.

31:42All right, I'll put that in in my restaurant. One could be rib crib booth. Like, each booth is a different thing. Anyways, think about it and just cut me in on that money. I got you. Yeah, yeah. Give you a cut. You're very competitive on the court. Were you always competitive growing up? Always competitive. You were. Any game, any board game, any, like, video game? Literally anything. Like, any board game growing up. Like, I did not like to lose. Candyland was probably my favorite game growing up. Now Catan is probably my favorite game right now. Have you played? Catan's the greatest. Which I like, my attention span's not great, so I didn't think I would like it at first.

32:15But once you figure it out and you start strategizing, part of it is luck. And then I get mad that I can't win, so then I have to keep playing. I don't want your sheep. I was competitive. Yeah, exactly. I want hay. I don't want your sheep. Yeah, I want hay, man. Come on. Or weed, whatever it's called. But I read somewhere that you played Nerf Hoop with your brothers. Yeah, and cut his head open. My little brother's head open. Correct. Yeah. He's lucky he doesn't have a buzz cut anymore, or else he'd have a gigantic scar in the back of his head. That's an intense game of Nerf. I mean, I was trying to win.

32:43Like, what did... But what did your... what did your mom and... Oh, she was mad. I was in trouble. It was like, you know, I grew up in the Midwest, so, like, there's snow days, so... I'm pretty sure it was a snow day. I was at home, and I was like, me and my little brother were playing on this Nerf hoop in the basement. It's like where two walls meet. And I took him with two hands, and I just chucked him into the wall and... Hit his head just right, and he, like, he didn't really react, and then he put his head back, or his hand back, and it was just, like, a cup of blood. Oh, my God! Oh, my gosh!

33:10Yeah, it was pretty bad. You taught him a lesson, yeah? Exactly. Yeah, absolutely. What's up? You've done something that only a few, a handful of athletes have done. You came out with your own Nike signature shoe. This is a fantastic thing. The Caitlyn ones, they're in the blue colorway. I saw there's a yellow one. Yellow's out, yep. Yellow's out, but... The hot pink, but this one's not out yet. This is the friendship bracelet colorway. Only you have worn this one. Yes, but I do have something for you. Come on. I brought you a little gift. Caitlin. Nobody has these other than me so far. Are you serious?

33:47I brought a little gift for Jimmy. I'm freaking out right now. Look at those.

33:58And they even put the, so. Oh, my God. Can you see this? It says, Two-Night... Two-Night Show. Yeah. Come on. Wait, are you kidding me? Aren't they amazing? I love these. Yeah, so they come with charms, and then everybody will be able to, like, kind of make it their own, which I think is fun, because you can pick a color, but you don't really get to, like, customize the shoe when you buy it off the shelf. I'm gonna put them on right now, do you mind? Do it. They should be your size. Are these inspired by your buddy, Taylor Swift? Yeah. Obviously, I'm a big Taylor fan. Me, too. Me, too. Yeah, she's the best, you know.

34:28And I think a lot of my games, like, people always bring French bracelets. They want to trade. So I was like, let's put it on a shoe. How fun. People can make it their own. When is this shoe coming out? I think it's, like, in late February. So, yeah. Okay. I want to show that angle of it. I'm so excited about this. Thank you for doing this. I want to talk to you about your book, Extraordinary, by the way. This is a little extra to reach big dreams. Congrats on this. I love this, because any book, anything that's gonna get kids reading, I love, but also anything that's gonna inspire them as well.

35:04And the thing that I really loved about this is there's a real photo in here of your, from your bedroom. You had a mirror in your bedroom. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary. It's a little extra. It's a little extra. And this is your real thing that was in your room. Yeah. I think that's why I loved writing the book is because this is a story that was so impactful in my life. Like, and I get to share that with so many young people and just really special. And whose idea was it to get you this mirror? I think my mom's. I won't give my dad too much credit. My dad will also give my mom a lot of credit.

35:36But my parents, yeah. That's wild, and you kind of... And it made you push yourself and go a little extra in everything. Yeah. And I think every kid reading this is going to be like, yeah, I love this, I can relate to these kids. But also, they don't have to be athletes. No, they don't. It's just in general. I think it's just... I think that's kind of like what I've always said, is like, as a young person, I hope you watch me play, and you feel inspired to just want to achieve whatever it was. And growing up, I had idols that weren't always basketball players, too. Like, I loved athletes in other sports or whatever it was.

36:06So I hope people read this book and feel like they can dream and they can imagine. Like, I feel like the illustrations are so creative and so bright. Great job. It's gorgeous. There are some Easter eggs up here, too. Like, my dad's number was number six. Obviously, the girl scoring is number 22. That's my number. Yeah, yeah, of course. That might be a little selfish. You had to do that. Yeah, you had to do that. It would be a little selfish. And then some other Easter eggs. But, yeah, no, it turned out amazing. I'm really proud of it. It's so great. I love it. And also, I like there's a message in here, too.

36:30Like, even when you don't have a winning day, it's gonna be fine. I think that's probably my favorite. Not every day is perfect. My favorite specific part is about courage. And when you get knocked down, you got to get back up. I think sometimes, as an athlete, like, people think it's so glamorous and easy all the time, but it's not. Like, there's hard moments and just having courage and confidence in yourself to achieve whatever. Good for you. I agree. I appreciate it. I love this. Kaylin, you're one of the greatest shooters in basketball history, but tonight I want to test your accuracy in a whole new way.

37:01I want to see how many cheese balls you can shoot into my mouth in 24 seconds. Where are you going to be? Okay. It's time for the cheese ball challenge. Here we go. Yeah.

37:17All right, you can play this at home, okay? The rules are very simple. You can. Parents might not be happy about that. No, yeah, no. We're encouraging it. Yeah, no, this is fun, because they look like little basketballs. This might be hard. We have to stand at least six feet apart. Caitlin, let's stand at the end of the couch here. Here, you can grab the cheese balls. All right, and then I'm going to... Oh, you're going to be here? No, no, you stand here, but I'm going to measure six feet using my Caitlin ones. One, two, three, four, five. It has to be exactly six feet. There we go. Six feet apart, okay?

37:49Now you have 24 seconds to get as many cheese balls into my mouth as you can. I'm gonna have cheese fingers after this. You can only throw one cheese ball at a time. If you throw more than one cheese ball at a time, you are immediately disqualified. I didn't know the rules were that hard. All right, can we get 24 seconds on the shot clock? Time starts now. Oh, shoot! Come on! Whoo! Oh! No! Yeah! Oh, no! Go! Go! Bumble!

38:28There it is. There it is.

38:35Come on! 12! 12! Oh, my God! You are the best shooter in the world! That is a record! 12! Hey, Liz Locke, everybody! Her new book, Extraordinary! A Little Extra to Reach Big Dreams is out now! We'll be right back! That was amazing!

39:11My face is Tara Paulsen, Kaitlin Clark! And the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank you.

39:46Work, work, work, work, work, work. Yeah, baby. Goin' up, y 'all. Goin' up, y 'all. Goin' up. Let's get it, baby. Work, work, work, work, work, work, work.

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