Trump Orders DOJ to Block Alaska Senate Results | with Billy Crystal, Joe Keery | Monday, October 26

0:05From Studio 6B in Ranganbular Center in the heart of New York City, it's the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight, join him and his guests, Billy Crystal, Joe Keery, and featuring the legendary Ruth Cruz. 2359! And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon.

0:56Oh, my goodness. That's what you want. That's what you want. Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Tonight Show! This is it. Welcome. Thank you for watching. Well, guys, we are just eight days away from the midterm elections. Yep. President Trump was like, Wow, that's one-and-a-half press secretaries from now. It's a long time. With a week to go, Trump is campaigning hard for Republicans, and right now he's about as useful as Spirit Halloween on November 1st. You can tell Republicans are worried, because earlier tonight, Trump held a rally in the deep red state of Mississippi.

1:42At one point, Trump tried to spell Mississippi, and he almost collapsed. Yeah, apparently Mississippi could vote Democrat.

1:53It's strange. It's strange. It's like hearing that a cracker barrel inside a Bass Pro Shop could go blue. You know what I'm saying? It just comes... It's possible. In his rally speeches, Trump kept telling voters to imagine he's on the ballot. While Democrats keep telling voters to imagine Trump's on the ballot. That's right. The midterms are just eight days away, and a lot of candidates are making their final pitches to voters. Check out what some of them had to say. House Speaker Mike Johnson said, I'm ready for the election to be over. All this campaigning is getting old, man. And then Jack Bergman from Michigan said, Did someone say old, man?

2:28Sorry, I thought you were talking about me. Anyway, I'm shocked by how wine in the middle class is. And Brent Taylor from Tennessee said, Did somebody say tiny little glasses? Sorry, I thought you were talking about me. Anyway, no more scolding others, please. And Cliff Johnson from Mississippi said, Did someone say holding it a sneeze? Anyway, let's vote. I'm sad as not this week. And Derek Schmidt from Kansas said, Did someone say dad from Schitt's Creek? Anyway, we can't be rushing our teams. It's pandemonium. And Roger Marshall from Kansas said, Did someone say brushing your teeth for plutonium?

3:10Anyway, we must juke and chip away at bad news. What? What? Then Edmund LaPlante from New Hampshire said, Did somebody say just nuked a Chipotle bathroom?

3:33Anyway... I'll either impress everybody or drive them away. Then Ashley Hinson from Iowa said, Did somebody say press secretary for only five days? Anyway, get to know me. I'll yell to show my customs and favorite cuisine. James Byrd from Wyoming said, Did somebody say Yellowstone costume from Spirit Halloween? Anyway, I'm indestructible and no pain feeler. And Brandon Herrera from Texas said, Did somebody say international cocaine dealer? Anyway, I'm pretty stern, but superb. Then Eunice Leigh Macher from South Carolina said, Did somebody say getting turnt at the clerk? Anyway... Dan being impartial, I'm shifting the laws.

4:18And John Deaton from Massachusetts said, Did someone say ban from Marshalls for sniffing the bras? Anyway... The election is three days after Halloween, so expect to see some old rotting pumpkins. And finally, President Trump said, I don't like this game.

4:45Some more election news. Alaska has two candidates running for Senate who are both named Dan Sullivan. You heard about this? Yeah, it's Dan Sullivan versus Dan Sullivan. And now Trump's Justice Department is trying to block the results from being certified if the Republican, Dan Sullivan, loses, claiming it's too confusing for voters. Trump just put out a video about it. Watch this. This is President Trump, and for Alaska Senate, I'd like to endorse Dan Sullivan. He's way better than Dan Sullivan. So vote for Dan Sullivan, not Dan Sullivan. Because you can't trust Dan Sullivan. Wait, that's the wrong Dan Sullivan.

5:22I mean, the right Dan Sullivan. Or is this Dan Sullivan? Wait, which one has the better ass? They both look pretty nice. It's a real toss-up. I'll go with this Dan Sullivan. I'm Dan Old Trullivan, and I approve this message. And we're Dan Sullivan, and we approve this message. Get this together, that clarify a little bit. They both approve.

5:46Meanwhile, with midterm voters continuing to list government corruption as a key issue, Trump has privately blasted Don Jr. for allowing a Russian oligarch to fund his wedding in the Bahamas. On the bright side, Don Jr. was like, oh, he knows about the wedding. Hey, I saw that the White House just announced details for this Thursday's Halloween celebration. Trump's excited. He's going to ask every kid, who are you dressed up as? and do you have any advice on how to get out of Iran? Well, switching gears, I read that Instagram is now testing longer-form videos that are up to 90 minutes. Yeah, they even have a cool name for it.

6:20Movies. Well, listen to this. Three Norwegian cruise line passengers were arrested for allegedly trying to board a ship with gummies, vape pens, pills, and mushrooms. Well, to be honest, it really takes the edge off the diarrhea. So, that's what I mean. What a great show! From his Broadway one-man play, Billy Crystal is here tonight!

6:46Joe Keery is joining us! Come on back, everybody.

7:04Welcome back to the Tonight Show, everybody. I'm Steve Higgins, and it's time to play... Password! Oh, yeah!

7:15Let's lead our contestants. To my left is an Emmy and Tony winner, whose new one-man show, 860, is playing now at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway. It's Billy Crystal! Oh! Oh, yeah! That's right! Billy. That's right! Come on! Your partner this evening is the host of NBC's Tonight Show and a Grammy Award-winning musician. Wow. Say hello to Jimmy Fallon. Thank you.

7:46Well, your first opponent is making his Broadway debut in the play Other Desert Cities, which you can see now through January 17th at the Hudson Theater. Say hello to Joe Keery. Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Hey, man. Oh, and his partner is a six-time granny woman. Six. Six. We'll be performing at Cafe Carlisle right here in New York City, October 27th through 29th. It's St. Vincent. That's right!

8:17All right, the rules of the game are very simple. I will give each of you a password, and then you are to give one word clue to your partner to guess the password. Okay. Okay. And here's the twist. The team with the most points at the end of the game That's not a twist. That's just how games work. Well, it's a twist for me. First of all, I'm going to call you Annie Clark. Is that okay? Please, please call me Annie. Okay. The password is Gord. Why don't you start us off? Good luck. Let me see it.

8:53All right. Yeah.

9:02Pumpkin. Halloween. No! Okay. Not Halloween. You got this. So it's our turn now? Yeah. Okay, great. Annie, you're going to give him a clue. It's a different word. Yeah. No, same word. Same word, but different clue. She will say a different word, but that's the same word. And I'm not guessing the thing that I think it is. No, you should know what it is. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. You read that. Joe, don't look. Joe, don't look. I'm not looking. You got that one? Now you're going to give him a clue. Or a password. Okay. All right. To Joe. So just to be clear, I know what the word is? Yes. You do. Whatever you just read is...

9:37This is the word. And you have to get him to guess that word. Oh, thank... Oh, my God! He said... That was the twist. Oh, thank God I looked at this. You thought you were just gonna guess the word and the clue? You guys... Mesmerist. Different way to play the game. Life is very psychedelic. I don't know. Okay, okay, so... Okay. So... He said pumpkin. Um, um, how about, um, butternut? Oh, no, it's just not. That's good. Butternut. Pie. Ooh, butternut. Butternut pie? Pumpkin. All right, okay, sure. Hey, man, live life. Sorry. Why did I forget the word? Butternut pie is my favorite. Yeah, love it.

10:24Isn't that a Neil Young song? The Neil Young song is also a stripper that I used to know. Yeah, yeah. Okay, all right, here we go. All right? Yeah. So what were the clues? Pumpkin. And butternut. And don't make any dirty jokes.

10:46Squash. Wow. Putting some spin on it. Squash. Squash. It's not pie. Yeah. Um... Vegetables. No. Back to you, Annie. This is a tough one. I'm gonna say this right now. Okay. Um... Butternut pie.

11:13Um, okay. Okay. Um...

11:21Rot. Rot. Rot. Rot. Rot. Rot. Rot. R-O-T. It's not W-R. It's not a pumpkin.

11:37It's worth three points. Rot. Rot. Um... Is it... It's not pie. No. We've established that. Yeah, we know it's not pie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not pie. Thought it was. Um, man, I don't know. Is it, uh... Is it, um... Wait a second, let's go over this. So you said pumpkin, you said Halloween. Right, and that was wrong. She said butternut, I said pie. That was wrong, too, right? But not as well. Then you said... Squash. Squash. And you said... Vegetable. Yeah. And then you said rock. This is like a cognitive test. I feel like Donald... He's like psychedelic. Holy rock. Giraffe. It's a giraffe and elephant.

12:24Is it... And it's not... Is it gourd? Yes!

12:37Oh, my God! Wow, wow, wow! Oh, wow! No! Oh, my God. Wow! I would just like to go on the record. I have never, ever said the word gourd. Yeah, I mean, I don't see it. That's a toughie. Gourd person. Okay. Yep. The password is mustache. Oh, God. You got this. Gourd, wow. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Brand new word. New word. Okay. Okay.

13:19Um...

13:28Handlebar. Mustache. Whoa!

13:35Wow, oui! Wow, oui! Talk about psychic. The password is zipper. Oh, dear. There you go. Oh, wow. One more time, the rules. Yes. No, just kidding. I've got it. I've got it. There you go. I say it to this gentleman. Yes. Joe's on your team. You guys are winning, by the way. I'll take that. You got it? I'm going to put it away. Oh, okay. Joe doesn't want to see it. He's a gentleman. It's not Gord. Okay.

14:12Um...

14:17Fastener. Fastener.

14:27Broach? Oh, no. What did she say? Fastener. Fastener. Fastener. Fastener. Fashion thing. Fashion thing. Uh... Oh, man. I just want to make sure. What? Wow. Nothing. Wow. Crotch.

14:50Zipper. Yes!

14:54That's how you do it. That's how you play it. That's it. That's what I'm playing with the player. Come on. Oh, my gosh. Billy, go. You guys do the basketball. Okay. The password is... Yankees. Billy's gonna start us off. Zipper. Mm. Ooh. Okay. Can you use a proper name? Yes. If it's one word. Epstein. Judge. Ooh. It's also a noun.

15:34Captain? No. No, that's wrong. We don't need you to say that. I wanted to make sure you knew. You might have thought I was right, and then the game would have been a little wonky. I sent some psychic energy over here. Five points. Jeter.

15:57Is? Sorry, just to be clear. Yeah.

16:05Is what I'm guessing gonna be a proper noun? Could be, could be, but probably not proper noun, just a regular noun. It's kinda depends, this hint is maybe not super helpful if you didn't enjoy it.

16:23One word, Joe, one word. One word, Joe, pie. So you said judge as a proper noun. I believe I did. Yeah, he said, so that's somebody's name, his judge, yep. Jimmy answered, Captain. And then he said, Jeter. Jeter. Mm-hmm.

16:41Derek? Ooh, that's right. But that is so good. Whatever you say, you can say whatever you want to say. But that is so good. I am going to get this and win. Ready? Yeah. Pinscribes. Yankee. Oh!

17:01Thank you. My thanks to Billy Crystal, Joe Keery, St. Vincent. We're talking to Billy after the break. Stick around, everybody. All right!

17:24Our first guest is an Emmy and Tony Award winner starring in his new one-man play, 860, which is playing now on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. Please welcome the one, the only, Billy Crystal!

17:53That's what I'm talking about, Billy Crystal! Uh... They love you. I will say thank you for playing Password. What the audience didn't see at home is that when you came out, before we started Password, the audience gave you a standing ovation before the game. That's how much we love you here. You just get nothing but standing ovation. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good to be back with you. Last time I saw you, I was giving you a standing ovation because I was at opening night of 860, and it was your new one-man play on Broadway, opening night, I was there. I loved it so much. I haven't laughed that hard in so long and cried that hard in so long, but everything, every emotion was there.

18:33You are a pro. You know how to do it. It's watching. You're so good at what you do. Thank you. Good night, everybody. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. More stuff. Sorry. Thank you. When you were... It's been the greatest experience, and I've had a few great ones that I could say, that was really good, you know. But that opening night, for this particular play, and what's happened to our family in this past two years, to have it become this joyous and really touching evening of theater in such a short time. And to get these telly stories to the great audiences, it's amazing. Because it must be just fresh in your mind what had happened.

19:17Yeah. I mean, the title, 860, 860 was our street address, which we lost our house in the Palisades Fires. Yeah. And almost immediately, I started filming that morning, the planes coming overhead. Dropping water. Yeah, water drops and helicopters and stuff. And I just kept filming everything. And I just kept doing it throughout the duration of all of the events that happened, you know, during those weeks. And I just had them. And then I just... And not knowing you were going to do anything with it. No, no. And then I just started... There's a story I want to tell here. And then I just started connecting.

19:52And everything that you saw on the screens or things that I shot. It's unimaginable of what happened to everyone who lost homes out there, but it's like to turn that pain into art and to laughter and hope and joy and love. It was just, it's such a ride that you go on. Can I read some reviews? And if you don't like them, they're good reviews. Just plug your ears. Yeah. First of all, it's a New York Times Critics pick, so congrats on that, buddy. That's amazing. You, Hamilton, and Wicked are the three shows everyone wants to go see. Billy Crystal finds laughter in the face of loss in his moving Broadway show 860.

20:34Billy Crystal pays tribute to the house lost in Palisades Fire in hilarious, heartbreaking one-man play. The Palisades Fire took his home, but not his humor. Billy Crystal turns lost into Broadway magic. That's how you do it. Not too shabby, bud. Thank you, thank you. I have not really read anything. I don't like to read them because I used to think, well, the good ones aren't good enough and the bad ones are true. That's so funny. The show, you know, is very funny. Oh, my God, you had a thousand jokes. I texted you the ten of them that I could remember. And I'm like, that one was so funny. It's so good.

21:11Do you get nervous? I know you're Billy Crystal, but that opening night, everyone was out. That, you know, the difference between the movie premiere... Yeah. You have to do the show. You have to act the movie in front of people. You have to do it. And I said, don't tell me... I sort of knew a few that... But when you walk out there, and there are people that I just so love and revere. Steve Martin, Marty Short. Yeah. Nathan Lane, Conan O 'Brien, Sam Jackson, Andrea Martin, you... Spike Lee was there. Spike Lee, I mean... And most important, my grandchildren and my kids. And my daughters are parts of the show.

21:53They're in the show. But for my grandchildren who lived through it, and there's a long section in the middle where you're in my house with me in my office. That's really funny. It's amazing how the set design is insane. I'll tell you about that in a second. But to have my grandchildren witness my life and a family's life that maybe they didn't know all of these little details about is right in front of him was really exciting for me. Have they ever seen you? No, because they haven't. They came to see Mr. Saturday Night, but that was a musical. That's not, you know, that was fun. Yeah, this is grandpa being grandpa.

22:27Yeah. And who he is. Yeah, because when I started to understand when they were little who I was, they would call me as the character that they liked. So I would go, hello, is Mike there? Mike Wazowski there? Yeah. Hi, kids. Hi. Everybody okay? And then the Princess Bride, you know, can we talk to Max? Hello, what's happening? How are you? Have fun storming the castle. Have fun storming school. Yeah. Fans of you, you get When Harry Met Sally stories are in there. Yeah, it's everything. Everything you could want. Saturday Night Live stories are in there. It just works so well in this set design.

23:11and it's in your house. Yeah, this is the craziest thing. The set designer, Scott Pasch, is a brilliant guy, and my director, Scott Ellis, was such a gift to team up with me on this. He just had this vision, how I wanted the show to be, and he took that and ran with it. And Scott Pasch and I did the set. Scott did the set for Mr. Saturday Night. So it was during COVID for pre-production, so we couldn't be together. So we had a Zoom. So I was Zooming from my office, and he would say, well, what's that? Because I had a lot of stuff. And he would, what's that? And then so when I sent him the script for this, when I wanted him to do it, he said, we have to make the set of your office.

23:55And it's, you know, it's all gone. But I had all these photographs and pictures and things, and they rebuilt my entire office on set. And it's so interesting, folks, because it's not real, but yet it is. It's my stunt office, you know? Yeah. And it's so thrilling to be out. And everything's in the same place where it was. But when you look out the window, was the window there? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. It's all exactly the same. So it's very comfortable. And my favorite moments are, you know, when I talk about where we are now in our lives. I'm just on a stool. There's 1 ,500 people. And it's just a conversation.

24:35and as thrilling as an actor and performer and just as me as a person to do, because they're just looking at me like that. Yeah, I was glued. I mean, everyone was there. I mean, I was next to everybody. De Niro was, you know, like... Oh, yeah. I don't know if he was laughing. I don't know if he was laughing or crying. But the play 860 is a limited engagement, and it's supposed to run through January 3rd. But I'm here to announce we're extending... Come on. That's what I'm talking about. I knew it was going to be a hit. You're going to... We're going to... We're going to go even further. We're going to close February 14th, which is Valentine's Day.

25:16Perfect, because... This, as Jimmy will tell you, this show is a valentine to my wife of 56 years. Janice is awesome. When you see it, it's... You are unbelievable, and I meant this, backstage when I said, like, I wish that you could be in the audience, but you're doing the show. But I wish that you could see how great your show is, because you would love it. You're the greatest. Billy Crystal right there. It's fantastic. 860 is playing now at the Imperial Theater. Go check it out. Joe Keery joins us after the break. Stick around.

26:05Yeah, flat time from the city. I'm the buffer of the bill from the city. Yeah. Our next guest is a talented actor making his Broadway debut in other desert cities, which is playing now at the Hudson Theatre through January 17th. Please welcome Joe Keery!

26:33Welcome back to the show. Thank you, man. Congratulations. Ow! Exactly. Whoo! Congratulations on your Broadway debut, bud. Thank you. You're in a playbill. You're in a playbill. Yeah, that's one of the coolest things, right? I explain this, because the summer you're touring with your band with Joe. And then you get off of touring and you have to go right into the stage and be a thespian. Yep, I know. Turned to my roots. Yeah. How was it like jumping right into it and going right to acting? It was good. It was, you know, the first week there was a bit of like, oh my God, kind of a culture shock moment of going from, you know, living on a bus to being home and working on this play.

27:21But you have some tricky dialogue in here. For sure. And I'm with some heavy hitters in this play. Let's not forget. So, I didn't, you know. Julie Louis-Dreyfus? I mean, come on. Some amazing people. And Allison Janney. Allison Janney! Lily Rabe. So, I, yeah, I just wanted to, you know, do a good job. How do you practice it, like, during the tour? Did you go, whew, I gotta learn these lines? Yeah. My buddy Wes would help me. We would run lines backstage, or I would, you know, we would do a little sound check, and then I would sit in the, wherever we were doing, just kind of, you know. Yeah. And then walking, a lot of walking, to and from rehearsal, which is nice.

27:59You would do lines while you would walk down the street? Because it gets into your body for some reason. So, you know, wear your headphones, or pretend you're on the phone talking to someone so you don't seem totally crazy. But did you seem crazy? I'm sure I seemed a little crazy. Also, the play is like, you know, there's some, like, fighting going on in the play. There's some funny moments, too, but... It's very dramatic. You know, there's some serious moments. So, you're saying that to, you know, somebody on the phone, I'm sure people were like, what the hell is this guy? Yeah, like, would he be that rude?

28:25Yeah, he's at the worst moment of his life. Yeah. Has anything ever happened during the play where you're like, ooh, that was unexpected? You know, people's phones and stuff go off, or people... There was a guy or some... I actually did not see this happen, but somebody had some sort of bathroom incident. No one was injured. Everyone turned out okay at the end of the story. I want to apologize about that, by the way. Yeah, and I won't do it. I was excited to see you.

28:59So I apologize. So Jimmy, I guess, he was. He who shall not be named. Someone. It happened to someone. Left the audience and left and, you know, took care of whatever happened. And, but they came back to see the end of the play. So, but I think it's a testament to how good the play is. That's really funny. They want to... Yeah, I really got to see what happened. I really want to see Billy's play. To hear him talk about it was, like, amazing. I know you were... So you get to see each other's... You can't get... Now there's the dark days are... On the same day. On the same day. I think now that they're, you know...

29:34I think right at the end, I think I'll be able to catch his show because it sounds amazing. But you've been doing theater for a while now, a long time. I mean, this... Do you remember when... Oh, boy, yeah. You were the high school teacher and dangerous liaison? I was, yeah. Uh... Everyone was hoping... Look at that. Now, did that... What was the costume budget? You know, this is a high school... That's fantastic! Do you remember your teacher and everybody? Miss Williams, of course. Miss Z. Yeah, yeah, Z and Miss Williams. Of course I do. Yeah, they're gonna come see the show, yeah. I was gonna ask.

30:05Yeah. You guys are so proud. I'm sure she hooked you up with this picture. I'm sure she really liked it. Thank you. Yeah, you know, I was... Did this kid ever think you'd be on Broadway? No, no way. I mean, I started doing theater when I was a freshman in high school and just really fell in love with the, I don't know, the camaraderie of you're kind of in a... You're doing this thing together, and you're all making this thing, you know? Yeah, you have to make this thing. It's addictive, and the... Yeah, the whole team element I love. How do we describe what other Desert Cities is about? It's about me trying to save Christmas.

30:39No, the real... That's for me. That's my perspective. No, it's about, um, Lily's character Brooke comes home. She lives on the East Coast. And it's the holidays. It's the holidays. And, um, she has written a book. And they're, uh, she's seeking her parents' approval. And her parents are played by Ed Harris and JLD. Amazing. Give me a break. And Alice and Janney plays our aunt, which is amazing. And, yeah, kind of antics ensue. It's funny. It's dramatic. What do you like better? The laughs that you get or the dramatic stuff at the end? You got some good... I get a good blend. Everybody gets a good blend.

31:19There's nothing like getting a good laugh, I will say. It's really fun when, you know, that's addictive. But the play definitely offers everybody an opportunity to get real, I guess I will say, and sort of say their piece. And it's really, you know, a testament to John Robbie Bates, the play that he wrote. It's an amazing piece of writing. Congrats on the fantastic reviews. Thank you. Thank you for coming to see us on your day off. Thanks. Joe Keery, everybody! Other Desert Cities is on Broadway now at the Hudson Theater. Stick around, everybody. Stick around. Let's go!

32:02My thanks to Billy Crystal, Joe Keery, Go Sierra Cafe Carlyle And the Roots right there From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Good night everybody Thank you Get involved Get involved Get involved Get it to it Do it

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