Trump Thirsts Over Sen. John Husted | with Uma Thurman, Josh Charles | Wednesday, October 21

0:05From Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City, is The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight, join Jimmy and his guests Uma Thurman, Josh Charles, and featuring the legendary Roots Crew. Two, three, five, seven. And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Nice to see ya. Welcome, welcome, welcome, thank you. Hey, welcome. Thank you very much, thank you. Thank you very much, y 'all go. And I see you all in jail

0:56Come on. That's what I'm talking about. Hi, everybody. Thank you very much. Enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Tonight Show. This is it. You made it. Thank you for being here. Thank you for watching. Well, guys, the midterm elections are less than two weeks away. Yeah. And last night, President Trump held a rally in North Carolina, and he got a little off-topic describing the physical appearance of Ohio Senator John Huston. Watch this. I'm studying his body. I've never studied the body of a man before. It's not my thing. Nothing wrong with it, of course. But I looked at his ass.

1:39And then I looked at his legs. And I said, his ass is shit. It's like... It's like a pile of muscle.

1:53Trump is like, well, one poll just went up.

2:01Stop. Honestly, it's nice to see that Trump can make men just as uncomfortable as women. Isn't it nice? Yeah. Equal opportunity. Even crazier, that was all in the teleprompter, which is wild. Yeah. Well, listen to this. According to a new report, Trump has talked about replacing the White House press briefing room with an indoor swimming pool. Trump's reflecting pool heard and was like, Good friggin' luck. Between this and the D.C. golf course, it's good to see he's focused on the important issues before the election, isn't it? Yeah, Trump's adding a ballroom, a patio, and an indoor pool. His biggest accomplishment is turning the White House into a Holiday Inn.

2:50Continental breakfast for everyone. It makes sense that Trump wants to get rid of the press briefing room because he seems to be pretty annoyed with reporters. Check out this exchange that happened yesterday in the Oval Office. Can you please control the golf course? Listen to you. Hey. Sir? I'm not pointing. You better... I don't know who the hell you are, but you better be careful. Go ahead. Sir, sir, you own a lot of golf courses. Quiet, quiet. Quiet. What's wrong with you? Are you a sick person?

3:20Trump threw a little tantrum. It's what happens when your approval ratings are in the terrible twos.

3:34Some more political news. Apparently, many White House officials believe the Democrats will sweep the midterms and Trump will respond by firing some of his key staffers. It's tough, because some of Trump's key staffers have been with him three, even four days.

3:52That's right. The midterms are less than two weeks away, and Trump's approval rating is at a record low of 31%. And we actually got audio of Trump talking about it in the Oval Office behind closed doors. Listen to this. Sir, your approval rating is hurting Republicans in the midterms. We need something to boost your reputation. Can I give everyone$5 ,000? I don't think that's possible. $4 ,000? I don't think so. Can I buy everyone Grand Theft Auto ship? No. Can I bring back the McRib? No. No. Replace Air Force One with one of those flying teslers? No. Replace the press secretary with Sydney Sweeney?

4:20No. Replace J.D. Vance with Mary-Kate Olsen and have her say, you got it, dude? No. Buy everyone the Kelly Clarkson bird? No. Dress up as a minion for Halloween? No. Put a giant Home Depot skeleton on the White House log? No. Make a TikTok with Mitch McConnell where we lip sync Nicole Kidman by Adela? No. Do an unboxing video for those squishy dumplings and hope I get the glittery one? No. Make the Hunger Games a real thing? No. Squid Game? No. Go on Love is Blind and see if anyone loves me for who I truly am? No. Make a cameo in the new Harry Potter series as Ron Weasley's great uncle. Give everyone a free Coke.

4:46Did someone say Coke? Not that kind. Turn the press briefing room into a swimming pool. You know what? Fine. Yay! Wow.

4:56Wow.

5:02Switching gears to some sports news, Disney announced that they will air a Star Wars-themed version of Super Bowl 61 and that Darth Vader will start interviewing real players. on Monday Night Football. Disney said that they're excited that they found a way to ruin Star Wars and football. Who is that for? Is it for Star Wars fans? No. Is it for... I like it. I don't know who else it would be for. Did you guys see this? Nearly$1 million worth of sports and Pokemon cards were recently stolen from a FedEx truck. Hey, listen, if you go to jail for stealing a Squirtle, just say you're in for murder.

5:38Just did it. We have a great show tonight. from the popular series Dexter Resurrection. Uma Thurman is here tonight. Yes, Uma!

5:51The star of the hit show Best Medicine, Josh Charles, is joining us. One of my faves. Stick around. We'll be right back with more tonight, Joe, everybody. Come on back.

6:14Welcome back to The Tonight Show! Sorry, that's my alarm. That means it's time to feed our Tonight Show pet fish, Bubbles.

6:31Hey, Bubbles! There he is, the man with the can. Hey, shake it, Jimbo. Yeah, well, there you go, right there. Nice, nice, nice. Yeah. Jemey! How you been? Uh, I'm doing good. I mean, uh... I'll tell you what's been bugging me recently. What's the deal with these horoscopes? You're telling me every single Sagittarius is afraid of commitment? Fat chance! I'm a total Sag, and I love the ladies. Frank and Bean! Yeah, yeah, no, no, don't say the cat phrase. I know what you're trying to do here. You're trying to trick me into letting you do stand-up on the show. What? No! Just chit-chatting with you.

7:12Like, uh, you ever go to a birthday shopping for somebody, but you just end up buying stuff for yourself? I tried to buy presents for my buddy, walked out with two sweaters for me! Franken-franken-beans! Yeah, Bubbles, you're doing stand-up here. No, I'm not. I'm just saying, don't you hate when you put something on your to-do list, but later you got no idea what the hell it means? replace doohickey on fridge? What doohickey? What am I even talking about? Nah, I don't know. I gotta go. Wait, Jimmy! Wait, wait! I am. Yeah. Don't you hate when you go to somebody's house and they just gotta give you the tour?

7:55Don't take me on the tour. I already took the tour of your house on Zillow. I know what you paid. And you're more underwater than me. And I'm in a friggin' fish tank. All right, very nice, Sarah. Thank you. I'm done. Bubbles, I... Hold on, hold on! Quick question for you, Jimmy. You got a quick... What? Where did all the Ebeneezers go? What does that mean? We had Ebeneezer, Scrooge. And then what? People just stopped naming the kids Ebeneezer? Makes you think. Yeah, I guess. Hey, you ever seen one of them signs that says, slippery when wet? Of course. Why? It's dumb. Slippery when wet is like saying dark when no lights.

8:40Yeah, the audience gets it. Hey, audience, can I get a Franken-beans? Okay, look, we really do have to go. Will you chill out? Let's see, what else is on my mind? Oh, yeah, sex. Wait, now hold on. Sex is just like tacos. You really want them before you have them, and after you get them, it's complicated. Anyway, that's my time, folks. You guys have been great. I knew that you were doing stand-up. Hey, come on, Jimmy. You know I love you, but these jokes ain't gonna tell themselves. All right, love you, too. And Bubbles the Fish, everybody. We'll be right back with Uma Thurman.

9:34Our first guest is an Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor. You can see her in the hit series Dexter Resurrection. Season 2 premieres October 30th on Paramount+. Everyone, please welcome Uma Thurman!

9:55Come on, Uma! They love you, we love you. Welcome back to the show. Oh, my gosh. It's always great to see you And thank you so much for coming on the show I want to talk about Dexter, you crushed it And now it's back for season two I had to re-crush Yes, you had to re-crush But I wanted to talk to you about something I think we have another thing in common I found out We both like gardening I got into it this summer I bet it was miraculous Tell me, what did you plant? It was less sad than last year But I did do well It took me four months I probably spent$200 and I grew... $200? $250. Okay, okay.

10:36And I grew one tomato. And it was, yeah, it was worth it. That was about common marketplace value. Yeah. No, it didn't cost that much money. But it was months of labor and singing to my plant. They like attention. And pruning. Yeah. I love a good prune. Yeah. I got to know my gardening people very well at the gardening shop, a home and garden shop. I would go there and complain and ask questions. It's nice to have a really wonderful person. I go to a lady named Sue at the nursery, and she teaches me things. They do, yeah. Yeah, like tear off the little bottom branches of your tomato plants. Yes.

11:12They'll grow better roots. Yes. Really good stuff. I realize that, well, I talk to everyone who comes on the show about gardens where I was obsessed. Martha Stewart said get good dirt. She's the person to ask. I know. She said it all comes down to get good dirt. Well, yeah. So what does that mean? You've got to get good dirt. Yeah. Fertilize it. Fertilize it. Yeah. But then also, I grew them in pots. Oh, you did? That's very high-end. Yeah, I should have. Yeah. I thought about gardening. I thought that maybe it was too permanent, the garden. So I went pots. Just in case it didn't work out, I could just get rid of it.

11:43Oh, no. No, but it didn't. It lasted forever. It was actually like Audrey 2. It was like giant, crazy, took over the house. I was so excited. And then I have another friend, Meredith Hayden, who is a great chef. She has a show called Wishbone Kitchen. She's great. She told me September is when tomatoes really come out. Yes, if you don't get drowned, as we did in upstate New York. Yes, we did get smacked this year. It was tropical. But I had these amazing, crazy... What do you grow? Well, I tried to really... I planted, like, 20 tomato plants, hoping to get three tomatoes. Yes, exactly. That's the odds.

12:21Yeah, that's the good odds. And it worked out pretty similar to that. And, you know, what I did, though, which is fun, I've been on a new kick. I have some old apple trees, but I decided a couple years ago to plant a whole bunch of new ones. Wow. So over the last two years, I've planted like 40 apple and pear trees. And a couple of peach. How long does it take for you to see growth? Forever. So I think that like anyone who plants new fruit trees definitely passes the marshmallow test because you're planting for the future. You're planting for grandchildren to have a nice wedding. What is the marshmallow test?

12:59Oh, that's delayed gratification. You know, they did this whole test with kids. Like, if they gave them a marshmallow and if they could not eat it quickly, they would get another marshmallow. And then they did, like, a longitudinal study. And those who could refrain from gobbling up their marshmallow did better in life. So, you know what? There's hope for me. I love this. So you passed the marshmallow test. At this point in my life. And now you have almost like an orchard. And now I'm planting for a grandchild who's not born's wedding. Yes, I love this. Yeah, that's perfect.

13:34And what have you ended up at? What do you do with your apples? Well, that's what I now have to figure out. So this year we got lucky and we had so many apples. The new trees, yes, they go slow, but they had a few. But the old trees had a ton. So I have a really nice person who helps me up there who's apparently going to try to make hard cider. Yes. That's a friend. I've never even tried hard cider. Oh, you're going to love it. Oh, my gosh. We're going to be serving it by Christmas, maybe Thanksgiving. Smart. Yeah, skip over Thanksgiving just for the conversation. Well, it's good if I've never tried it, then I won't know if mine isn't good.

14:09No, you'll love it. It's fantastic. You actually brought me... I brought you some apples, Jimmy. Like, this is for real? Yes, for real. I swear, it's a house honor. You are the nicest guest. You don't have to bring me anything. You are the gifts, but these are your apples. Evidence. Wow. See, yeah, some are small. Some are a little bigger. This one's a little. I can make it into an earring. You could totally make it into an earring. You had to eat the smallest one. It was delicious. Marshmallow test. Oh, no. I didn't know it was a test. No test. No test. No test, but yes. These are fantastic. And, you know, maybe at home, if anyone bakes, I bet you'd make a mean tart out of these things.

14:56I'm going to make something out of this and send you a picture. Thank you. Thank you so much for this. This is so nice. Oh, my God. And the Thurman apples? For reals. They're the coolest. For reals. I mean, that's kind of what you live for, right? Like, plant things, grow things. Give them to friends. And give them. That's the best part. Yes. Last time you were on the show, we were talking about you being an independent kid. And I want to say you were 15 when you moved to New York. I did come to New York super, super young. Yeah, I think actually my mama always said that I was specifically raised to be independent.

15:30And she was successful. Yeah. Were you scared? Were you nervous? Were you confident? I don't know. You know, I don't remember really, like, thinking too far ahead. It was like... But were you like an independent, like, baby? Did you, like, yeah, I can give myself a bubble. Yeah, I'm good. I always had ideas, you know, like, my first brush with the law was we moved to a new town. We actually moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, and as we were driving into town, my dad was a teacher there, and we drove past a shoe store, and I saw these red high-heeled shoes in the window. I was about three or four.

16:10And then the car went around, and we went to our new house, faculty housing, and my mother took a nap the next day and I took about 75 cents off the table and headed out. And I found the shoe store. And I got into the shoe store. I told the man that my mother was coming. I tried on the shoes. I agreed that they fit. It was all very nice. And then I handed him 75 cents. Little three-year-old. The man was like... By the way, he knew me for the rest of my life after this. he was like, hmm, I don't think this little girl's mother is coming. And then the question started. And then the police came. And then they asked me where I lived, and I didn't know the name of the street I lived on.

16:56I said, but I just, I'll just go right back. It's just over here. And they were like, no, no, no, no, no. You're three years old. We're calling the police. You're coming with us. Wow. And I think it, I remember it so well, because I've never been so scared in my entire life, because I really thought I was getting arrested. And I sort of was. So this probably very friendly but terrifying to me police officer held me on his lap in the back of the squad car, and I was so scared. And they just kept driving around, but at that point I couldn't recognize my house. And then, kind of like a long-haired, beautiful, hippie, Miss Clavel was my mother in a muumuu with her hip-length hair screaming in the street, and they were like, that's her.

17:42Yeah, we found mom We found mom So, yeah Wow That might have built your independence Yeah, so from a young age, I just get ideas And I kind of think it was that I must have wanted to go back where I came from And I saw the red shoes and thought they were, like, red slippers Yeah And you got them I want to just go home, Dorothy Yeah Last time you were on, we talked about Dexter Resurrection And congratulations, it is a massive hit So this is a huge deal. You were fantastic in it. Thank you. Everyone's great. The whole cast is great. It's a fantastic cast. The whole crew and team. Everyone's great.

18:21Yes. But is that different for you than doing movies? Well, it's so wonderful to get to work with the best, greatest people who know you and trust you. And also, like, it's happened to me a little bit in my life, to very good effect, but to have some of the greatest writers in the world, Clyde and Scott, like, shape a character to your strengths. It was kind of like I opened the script and I felt loved. Aw, good. And it's fun. And now, season two, now your character, is there more blood than season one? Oh, the killing doesn't stop. Yeah, yeah. I mean, there seems to be no end of evildoers that have to be taken care of.

19:01Yes, of course. Wow, that's how you do it. Uma Thurman, everyone! Season 2 of Dexter Resurrection premieres October 30th on Paramount+. We'll be right back with Josh Charles, everybody. We're going back in.

19:30Our next guest is a talented actor who stars in the hit show Best Medicine, which airs Tuesday nights on Fox and streams the next day on Hulu. Please welcome our pal Josh Charles!

19:51That's what I'm talking about. The best. Josh, welcome. That's a lively group. We've got a lively group tonight. Good crowd tonight, yes. Fantastic. Welcome back to the show. You look sharp, as always. It's good to be here, man. Always. I guess we just missed each other at an event the other night. Two days ago? Yeah, yeah. It was the karaoke event for charity. Yes. Getting people out to vote. And, yeah, just as you came on, I left. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Yeah. Thank you so much. I just, you know, but I would love to know what you sang, but I just didn't want to see it in person.

20:26What did you do? No, I don't do karaoke. Oh, really? Yeah, I don't wear day-glo clothing, and I don't do karaoke. I feel like I've sang with you before, though. Well, not karaoke, but we probably sang together. We probably just sang. We sang on here. We sang probably fun nights with a pop here and there. Yeah, exactly. But wait, what did you sing? I want to know. I actually do want to know. I didn't, you know, I'm not, I don't have a good act. I just, I didn't know if people wanted me to be funny or what. So I just sang, I did David Bowie. Which Bowie? I did Let's Dance. Oh, my God, that's great.

20:57And then what was, what's weird about it, because it was a thing set up by Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton. and Lin-Manuel Miranda and Paul Rudd. Paul Rudd. So Lin-Manuel gets onstage. Yeah. Crushes. Crushes. Christopher Jackson. I saw that crushes. Will Forte, our good friend. I don't want to follow any of these people. Yes. Do my thing first, and let me get out of there and get the real... That should have been part of your deal. You just get out there, you get in early, before those guys get it done. I got to pull a Josh Charles and just leave. I actually had an early call the next morning.

21:28That's why I left. I would have loved to see. I said, oh, that's Jimmy, but I had to go. Yeah, you got it. Well, you got a big hit show. The World Series, by the way, kicked off on Friday. That's right. Rays versus Brewers. I'm excited about that. Who's excited about that? Come on, two small market teams. This is what baseball's all about. That's what baseball's all about? It's all about baseball. Let's go. I know you're a fan. I know you're friends with, or you had an experience with David Wells, who's my all-time... One of my all-time favorites, too. Favorite, too. One of the best pitchers ever through a perfect game for the Yankees.

21:59Yeah. I love David Wells. It's incredible. Crazy story. Yeah. I mean, you have a great story about him, too, don't you? Wasn't it the night before or something? What was that? I was with David Wells. We were at an SNL party. Yeah. After party. And we were probably hanging out. I think I left around 5.30 in the morning. Yeah. Or 6 in the morning. I've had enough. As one does when they're with David Wells. Yeah. You ever drink so much that you get sober? It's one of those things. So I go, I'm going to go home now. So it's not working. So I went home. Full circle. You come all the way around. And I left.

22:33And the next morning, I wake up in the morning. I wake up in the afternoon, actually. And I turn on TV, and I see the Yankee game, and David Wells is pitching. Amazing. And I go, that's hilarious. It must be like a Yankees classic rerun or whatever. And they're like, it's actually happening live. I go, there's no way. So I call Horatio. I go, and I woke him up, and I go, dude, you've got to turn on Channel 11. Wellesley's pitching. He's like, there's no way. I go, dude, I know. It is Yes Way. He's definitely pitching right now. And he pitched the perfect game. Wow, that is so cool. Wow. That is so cool.

23:08Years ago, I did a show with Peter Krause called Sports Night where we played ESPN anchors. And I think we were presenting at the ESPYs and we were staying kind of at a hotel near here and hanging out. Wells was there. And we ended up back in our hotel room. We were all just drinking. And we were just goofing around. And as a joke, he kind of head-butted me. Which, you know, that's like getting, like, you know, head-butted by, like, a bowling ball. You know what I mean? I mean, it's that kind of weight. He's a big, powerful man. And he didn't do it to hurt me or anything, but, man, it took a shot.

23:37I don't know if he pitched a no-hitter the next day. No, no. But I remember that night very well. Did you wake up with a big goose egg? No, but it hurt that night. I was also maybe a bit inebriated that night, so I didn't feel it in the moment. I know we've also, throughout the first pitch... I did. That was a dream come true. That was fun. Talk to me. Look at this form. Look at Josh Charles. Where's that? Oh, look at that. Not bad. Yeah, I remember, so... The Orioles asked me, this was a Yankee-Oriole playoff game a bunch of years ago, and I had never done that before, and I was so... I didn't think I was going to be nervous, and I got out there, and there was a rain delay before the game.

24:15So we had to wait while, you know, TV broadcast. So then, and Brady Anderson, who used to play for the Orioles, but he was a coach at the time for the Orioles, and I know him, and he's like, did you warm up? I don't need to warm up. I've played baseball my whole life. I'm a pretty good baseball player. He's like, you're going to come in the clubhouse while we're on this delay and warm up. And I'm so glad I did because when I got up to throw the first pitch, the crowd, I've never experienced, you know, 50 ,000 people screaming. I mean, my leg was shaking. Yeah, I can't even imagine the pressure.

24:42And the advice I had gotten, like, Keith Oatman always told me, like, if you're going to throw out the first pitch of the game, like, always, if you're going to miss, miss high. Right? Because if you miss low, they're going to boo you. Right? You're going to hit one in the dirt, they're going to boo you. But you miss high, you get some oohs, you get some ahs. So I just thought, I just want to throw, and I threw a strike down the middle, so I was happy. Ah, come on. That's what I'm talking about. No big deal. No big deal. Not a big deal. You threw a strike down the middle. Let's talk about your show.

25:06Yeah, it's a blast. We're having a good time.

25:12You know I have to show it. Yeah, I knew it was coming, man. Once every couple years, I got to bring it out.

25:20Let's talk about... I know. He's a good sport. He's a good... Let's talk about Best Medicine. Dude, it's a big hit. We're having fun, man. Congratulations, bud. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, we're having fun. A lot of people watching that premiere. 12 million people watched the premiere. And season one is now on Netflix, by the way. And it has over 1.5 billion minutes of viewing. That's a lot of viewing. That's a lot of viewing. I'm not a mathematician, but that sounds like a lot. You've done so many things. And I was gonna ask you, like, do you ever think that you could be a doctor? Yeah. Could you be a sportscaster?

25:58Yeah, I mean, I've played sportscaster. I've played cops. I've played a lawyer. I've played a doctor. I mean, I wouldn't want me to be any of those things, other than maybe a sportscaster. But, you know, certainly not a doctor. No, you would not want me as a doctor. No. No, not at all. I wouldn't trust me. Really? I would. You really? Yeah, I feel safe with you. You got any ailments? No, I feel pretty good right now. Let's see your hands. Yeah, there's my hand. What do you think? Yeah, good. All right, good. I like this. See, that's why I think you're a good... You're a great doctor. I mean, I can work with Quest on his shoulder.

26:28Yeah, he's got his shoulder. You got to get over the plate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How do we set up Best Medicine? I don't know. How do we set it up? Well, you know, it's a story about a... I play a doctor named Martin Best. He's a very successful heart surgeon from Boston. And he has had a lot of trauma in his life, but has developed a phobia of blood, which obviously is not a good thing for a doctor to have. And he is taking a bit of a hiatus and goes to sort of... Wants to keep his foot in the game of medicine, to live in this small town where he used to summer as a child. Yeah. To be the town's doctor and thinks that it'll be a lot less pressure on him, but blood just keeps finding him everywhere, as it does for doctors.

27:07You're also very funny. You get to do a lot of physical comedy. Yeah, which is fun. I mean, I love doing it. I love being the fool and just being silly. Me too. Just falling on my butt. Congratulations on a hit show, my bud. Josh Charles, everybody! New episodes of Best Medicine air Tuesday nights on Fox and stream the next day on Hulu.

27:42Ah, my thanks to Uma Thurman, Josh Charles. That was great. And the Ruth's right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank you.

28:31We'll be right back.

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