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Announcer: TONIGHT ON "LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS,"

GWEN STEFANI FROM "THE MANDALORIAN," ACTOR GIANCARLO ESPOSITO

AN ALL NEW "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 IS EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT THAT'S FANTASTIC TO HEAR

LET'S GET TO THE NEWS. ELECTION DAY IS EIGHT DAYS AWAY, WHICH MEANS WE'RE JUST A FEW

SHORT WEEKS AWAY FROM THE SUPREME COURT TELLING US WHO WE ELECTED.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED TODAY, QUOTE, "THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS RIDING COVID, COVID, COVID ALL

THE WAY TO THE ELECTION, LOSERS." YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT

EVEN AFTER THE ELECTION THEY'LL PROBABLY RUN A HEADLINE LIKE THIS

SCIENTISTS IN GERMANY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'VE MEASURED THE SHORTEST INTERVAL OF TIME

EVER RECORDED AND NO SURPRISE HERE, IT WAS HOW LONG TRUMP LASTED ON "60 MINUTES.

IN AN INTERVIEW THAT AIRED LAST NIGHT ON "60 MINUTES," PRESIDENT TRUMP CRITICIZED

CORRESPONDENT LESLIE STAHL FOR GIVING HIM TOUGHER QUESTIONS THAN FORMER VICE PRESIDENT,

JOE BIDEN. SAID TRUMP, "WHY DIDN'T YOU EVER ASK BIDEN ABOUT HIS PAST FOUR

YEARS AS PRESIDENT?" PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP HELD A HALLOWEEN

AT THE WHITE HOUSE EVENT YESTERDAY. MELANIA DRESSED NORMALLY BUT I'M

NOT SURE WHO THAT WAS DRESSED AS MELANIA. THAT'S A NORMAL THING, RIGHT

JUST A NORMAL, COOL THING. AT THE END OF HIS RALLY IN OHIO THIS WEEKEND, PRESIDENT TRUMP

DANCED TO THE VILLAGE PEOPLE SONG, "YMCA," BUT NOT THE DANCE YOU'D EXPECT

SONG, "YMCA," BUT NOT THE DANCE YOU'D EXPECT

* IT'S FUN TO STAY AT THE YMCA *

Seth: WHY AREN'T YOU DOING THE LETTERS? TRUMP'S THE ONLY PERSON ON EARTH

WHO'D MAKE UP HIS OWN DANCE TO "YMCA. AFTER THIS, THEY PLAYED

"THE MACARENA," AND TRUMP JUST DID THE CHARLESTON THAT'S RIGHT, TRUMP ONCE AGAIN

DANCED TO THE VILLAGE PEOPLE SONG, "YMCA," BECAUSE NOTHING TICKS ALL OF TRUMP'S BOXES LIKE

A SONG ABOUT GAY MEN PARTYING TOGETHER IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING AT A CAMPAIGN EVENT IN MAINE

YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED A PUMPKIN, SO IF SOMEONE COULD WRITE A STIMULUS BILL

RIGHT ABOVE IT, THAT'D BE GREAT. THE NFL ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT IT HAS FINED THE TENNESSEE

TITANS FOR VIOLATING THE LEAGUE'S CORONAVIRUS SAFETY PROTOCOLS, WHICH LED TO AN

OUTBREAK THAT AFFECTED DOZENS OF PLAYERS AND SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS.

MEANWHILE, THE JETS' DEFENSE IS STILL STAYING SIX FEET AWAY FROM THE GUY WITH THE BALL AT ALL

TIMES. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HILLARY CLINTON, WHO TURNED

73 TODAY, 68 ELECTORAL AND FINALLY, A McDONALD'S FAN RECENTLY LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE

CALLED THE "McBROKEN," THAT CAN IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE FAST FOOD CHAINS LOCATION HAVE BROKEN ICE

CREAM MACHINES THE WAY IT WORKS IS, YOU TYPE IN McDONALD'S ON GOOGLE, THEN

THAT'S IT. THAT WAS A MONOLOGUE, EVERYBODY. WE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU

TONIGHT. SHE'S A GRAMMY WINNING MUSICIAN AND A COACH ON "THE VOICE,"

GWEN STEFANI IS HERE WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE HER. AND YOU KNOW HIM FROM "BREAKING

BAD," "BETTER CALL SAUL," SO MANY OTHER THINGS. HE'S SUCH A GREAT ACTOR.

HE'S IN "THE MANDALORIAN," WHICH RETURNS FRIDAY GIANCARLO ESPOSITO WILL JOIN US.

BUT BEFORE WE GET TO ALL THAT, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALLY GAVE UP ON CONTAINING

THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, EVEN AS THE COUNTRY SET NEW RECORDS FOR DAILY CASES AND THE

WHITE HOUSE FACED ITS SECOND OUTBREAK FOR MORE ON THIS, IT'S TIME FOR

FOR MORE ON THIS, IT'S TIME FOR "A CLOSER LOOK."

Seth: THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND

ITS ALLIES IN THE RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE BEEN DESPERATE TO RECREATE THE 2016 ELECTION BY

MANUFACTURING FAKE SCANDALS AND SUPPOSED GAFFS THEY THINK CAN TANK JOE BIDEN

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT THE FOCUS OF THE RACE LAST

WEEK WHEN BIDEN MADE THE SHOCKING SUGGESTION THAT WE SHOULD, MAYBE, THINK ABOUT

TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS, WHICH ARE RAPIDLY KILLING THE PLANET

FUELS, WHICH ARE RAPIDLY KILLING THE PLANET

WOULD YOU CLOSE DOWN THE OIL INDUSTRY

I WOULD TRANSITION FROM THE OIL INDUSTRY, YES. OH, THAT'S A BIG STATEMENT.

THAT IS BIG STATEMENT BECAUSE I WOULD STOP -- WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

BECAUSE THE OIL INDUSTRY POLLUTES SIGNIFICANTLY OH, I SEE

HERE'S THE DEAL - THAT'S A BIG STATEMENT. IF YOU LET ME FINISH THE

STATEMENT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE REPLACED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY OVER TIME.

ONE FINAL QUESTION. THAT'S MAYBE THE BIGGEST STATEMENT IN TERMS OF BUSINESS,

THAT'S THE BIGGEST STATEMENT BECAUSE BASICALLY -- OKAY, WE HAVE ONE FINAL -

WHAT HE'S SAYING IS HE'S GOING TO DESTROY THE OIL INDUSTRY

WILL YOU REMEMBER THAT, TEXAS? WILL YOU REMEMBER THAT, PENNSYLVANIA, OKLAHOMA, OHIO -

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, LET ME GIVE YOU TEN SECONDS TO RESPOND. Seth: TRUMP HAS NO CHILL.

HE'S LIKE A GUY ON A FIRST DATE SAYING, "WHEN WE GO BACK TO MY PLACE, I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THAT

I PAID FOR DINNER JANET? WILL YOU REMEMBER THAT WILL YOU?"

SOMETHING ESPECIALLY PATHETIC ABOUT PLAINTIFF TRUMP, IT'S LIKE WATCHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOG

THAT'S ALWAYS BARKING AT NEIGHBORS AND RIFLING THROUGH THEIR TRASH, SUDDENLY MOPING

AROUND WITH A CONE AROUND HIS NECK "WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A

TREAT, OHIO? OF COURSE, WHAT BIDEN SAID ISN'T EVEN REMOTELY CONTROVERSIAL.

57% OF VOTERS SAY THEY SUPPORT TRANSITIONING FROM OIL TO RENEWABLES, WHILE ONLY 28%

OPPOSE IT. LET'S NOT FORGET, LARGE PARTS OF THE WEST ARE ON FIRE AND SEA

LEVELS IN SOUTH FLORIDA COULD RISE MORE THAN A FOOT BY 2045. TRUMP CAN DENY CLIMATE CHANGE

ALL HE WANTS BUT IT WILL BE VERY REAL TO HIM WHEN MAR-A-LAGO IS UNDERWATER, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY,

INSTEAD OF JUST FINANCIALLY. ALTHOUGH, IT'LL PROBABLY BE FINE UNDERWATER SINCE IT ALREADY

LOOKS LIKE A CASTLE IN A FISH TANK "AT MAR-A-LAGO, WE OFFER FIRST

CLASS AMENITIES, LIKE A GOLF COURSE, A SWIMMING POOL AND FREE FOOD FLAKES TWICE A DAY.

AND IF YOU NEED A RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATION, JUST ASK OLD TIMEY DIVER MAN.

SO TRUMP STRUCK OUT ON HIS ONE ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE FOCUS OF THE RACE

MEANWHILE, IN THAT SAME DEBATE, THE PRESIDENT SAID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WHICH IS

CURRENTLY SETTING NEW CASE RECORDS AND RAGING OUT OF CONTROL, WAS BASICALLY OVER.

RECORDS AND RAGING OUT OF CONTROL, WAS BASICALLY OVER.

WE'RE FIGHTING IT AND WE'RE FIGHTING IT HARD

THERE IS A SPIKE, THERE WAS A SPIKE IN FLORIDA AND IT'S NOW GONE

THERE WAS A VERY BIG SPIKE IN TEXAS. IT'S NOW GONE.

THERE WAS A VERY BIG SPIKE IN ARIZONA. IT'S NOW GONE.

AND THERE ARE SOME SPIKES AND SURGES IN OTHER PLACES, THEY WILL SOON BE GONE.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, I HAD IT AND I GOT

BETTER Seth: OKAY, BUT THAT'S KINDA LIKE GEORGE CLOONEY TELLING YOU

A RESTAURANT HAS REALLY GOOD SERVICE. "I MEAN, THEY TREATED ME LIKE A

REAL CELEBRITY." YOU HAD THE BEST MEDICAL CARE IN THE WORLD AND AN ARMY OF DOCTORS

AROUND YOU 24-7 LIKE A NASCAR PIT CREW FIXING UP A '76 DODGE DART.

"ALL RIGHT, QUICK, JUST PUT SOME DUCT TAPE ON THE WINDSHIELD. EVEN WORSE, AS HE WAS SAYING

THAT, ALL -- EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE STATES HE NAME CHECKED, TEXAS, FLORIDA AND ARIZONA WERE

SEEING MAJOR SPIKES IN COVID CASES. PATIENTS IN EL PASO ARE BEING

AIR LIFTED TO OTHER HOSPITALS BECAUSE THEY'RE AT CAPACITY. NINE MONTHS INTO THE OUTBREAK,

WE'RE STILL SETTING RECORDS FOR NEW DAILY CASES WITH 85,000 ON FRIDAY ALONE, MEANING ABOUT ONE

IN 4,000 AMERICANS GOT COVID ON JUST THAT ONE DAY, WHICH IS AN INSANE STATISTIC

THAT'S LIKE SOMETHING YOU'D READ ON A REALLY DEPRESSING SNAPPLE CAP.

YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH "THE AVERAGE PERSON SPENDS TWO WEEKS OVER THEIR LIFETIME WAITING FOR

A TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE. "OH, MAN, THAT'S SUCH A BUMMER OH, WAIT, WHAT DOES THIS SIGN

SAY? OOH, DIET PEACH? THIS MUCH IS CLEAR

TRUMP WHITE HOUSE HAS GIVEN UP WHILE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS NEEDLESSLY DIE FROM A

VIRUS THAT CAN BE CONTAINED, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS AIDES ARE WAVING THE WHITE FLAG AND

TELLING YOU TO FEND FOR YOURSELF TRUMP'S CHIEF-OF-STAFF,

MARK MEADOWS, ADMITTED AS MUCH ON SUNDAY.

THE PANDEMIC WE ARE GOING TO CONTROL THE FACT

THAT WE GET VACCINES, THERAPEUTICS, AND OTHER MITIGATION AREAS -

WHY AREN'T WE GOING TO GET CONTROL OF THE PANDEMIC? BECAUSE IT IS A CONTAGIOUS

VIRUS JUST LIKE THE FLU. Seth: AT THIS POINT, THE MAYOR FROM "JAWS" WOULD BE AN

UPGRADE. AT LEAST IN THAT MOVIE, THE MAYOR WAS IN DENIAL.

HE WASN'T GOING AROUND SAYING, "LOOK, SHARKS GOT TO EAT, TOO. NOW HELP ME PUSH THESE KIDS INTO

THE OCEAN. SINCE THE OUTSET OF THE PANDEMIC, IT'S BEEN CLEAR THAT

THE PRESIDENT HAS NO INTEREST IN DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHINING ABOUT IT

FOR EXAMPLE, AS THE COUNTRY FACES A ONCE-IN-A-CENTURY CATACLYSM THAT HAS SICKENED

MILLIONS AND PUT MANY MORE OUT OF WORK, TRUMP HAS ADDED A NEW REFRAIN TO HIS CAMPAIGN RALLIES,

WHICH HE REPEATED OVER THE WEEKEND AND AGAIN TODAY, COMPLAINING THAT THE MEDIA WON'T

COMPLAINING THAT THE MEDIA WON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT COVID

WE'RE ROUNDING THE TURN, YOU

KNOW, ALL THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS COVID BY THE WAY, ON NOVEMBER 4th, YOU

WON'T BE HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT IT [ CHEERS ]

COVID, COVID, COVID. COVID. TODAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT COVID.

THAT'S ALL I HEAR ABOUT NOW, TURN ON TELEVISION, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID,

COVID. A PLANE GOES DOWN, 500 PEOPLE DEAD, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT IT

COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID BY THE WAY, ON NOVEMBER 4th, YOU WON'T HEAR ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

IT'S TRUE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE COVID, COVID

COVID, COVID PLEASE DON'T GO AND VOTE, COVID.

VOICE?

WHY IS HE SHOUTING THE WORD, COVID, LIKE A SUBURBAN STEP-DAD CALLING HIS TEENAGE SON DOWN FOR

DINNER "COVID COVID!

DINNER'S READY COVID, I MADE JAMBALAYA. COVID!

COVID! COVID! WELL, THEN WHY DID HE LEAVE?

WHY DID YOUR REAL FATHER LEAVE, COVID? [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

COVID. COVID, I'M --" AS HE WAS SAYING THAT, THE

WHITE HOUSE WAS DEALING WITH A SECOND COVID OUTBREAK, THIS TIME IN THE VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

ABOUT 800 AMERICANS ARE DYING A DAY. OF COURSE.

OF COURSE, IT'S THE NUMBER ONE STORY. IF THAT FAKE PLANE CRASH HE MADE

UP WAS HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN STORY, TOO

NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, TRUMP WILL ONLY BE HAPPY IF EVERY TIME YOU TURN ON THE

EVENING NEWS, THE TOP STORY IS "HANDSOME PRESIDENT WOWS NATION WITH DANCE MOVES."

WHEN, IF ANYTHING, HE LOOKS LIKE A SERIAL KILLER TRYING TO WRIGGLE OUT OF HIS STRAIT

JACKET MY FAVORITE IS WHEN HE JUST MOVES HIS ARMS BACK AND FORTH,

LIKE HE'S SOFTLY FIGHTING OFF AN OLD MUGGER "OH, GIVE ME YOUR WALLET

I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU DO THAT. THAT'S A DANCE YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING ON A NEW JACKET.

"I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN GET STUFF OFF A HIGH SHELF." ALSO, WHY ARE YOU MAKING UP A

FAKE PLANE CRASH IS THIS THE SAME PLANE THAT HAD ALL YOUR IMAGINARY ANARCHIST

ALL YOUR IMAGINARY ANARCHIST THUGS ON IT, TOO

WE HAD SOMEBODY GET ON A

PLANE FROM A CERTAIN CITY THIS WEEKEND, AND IN THE PLANE, IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETED LOADED WITH

THUGS WEARING THESE DARK UNIFORMS, BLACK UNIFORMS WITH GEAR AND THIS AND THAT

A PERSON WAS ON A PLANE SAID THAT THERE WERE ABOUT SIX PEOPLE LIKE THAT PERSON, MORE OR LESS,

AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THE ENTIRE PLANE FILLED UP WITH THE LOOTERS, THE ANARCHISTS, THE

RIOTERS, PEOPLE THAT OBVIOUSLY WERE LOOKING FOR TROUBLE

UNIFORMS AND TO COVER THEIR TRACKS, THEY CRASHED THE PLANE AND PARACHUTED TO SAFETY

I SAW IT IN A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE BATMAN WE LOVE THE BATMAN, DON'T WE,

FOLKS? DON'T WE HE'S GOT THE CAPE, HE'S GOT THE

COWL, THE WHOLE DEAL SUBURBAN WOMEN THEY LOVE -- THEY LOVE THE BATMAN.

WE'VE HAD MORE BATMEN UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION THAN ANY OTHER IN HISTORY.

OBAMA ONLY HAD THE ONE BATMAN, SO RUDE. SO RUDE, HIS BATMAN.

YELLED AT THE SOUND GUY. IF YOU HAVE SEEN OBAMA'S BATMAN LATELY, IT GAINED A LOT OF

WEIGHT FAT BATMAN NOW NOT MY BATMAN.

COVID! THIS MAY BE A RHETORICAL CHANGE BUT IT'S NOT REALLY MUCH OF A

CHANGE IN POLICY SINCE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE HAS, FROM THE BEGINNING, DECIDED TO FORFEIT

AND LET THE VIRUS RUN RAMPANT ACROSS THE COUNTRY JUST LAST WEEK,

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAID HE HADN'T SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A WHILE AND ADDED THAT

TRUMP STOPPED GOING TO CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE MEETINGS MONTHS AGO

CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE MEETINGS MONTHS AGO

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD THE PRESIDENT AT ONE OF

THESE TASK FORCE MEETINGS? AT A TASK FORCE MEETING, THAT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, CHUCK.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO Seth: "DONALD TRUMP WHY I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT NAMES

IN YEARS." POOR GUY, HE MUST FEEL LIKE KEVIN SMITH'S STYLIST.

"JUST, PLEASE, TRY THE LONG PANTS. JUST TRY -

IT'S WINTER, KEVIN." OH, LOOK AT THIS THIS IS WHEN KEVIN SMITH WAS ON.

HE GAVE US A JOINT [ LAUGHTER ] WE STILL HAVE IT

THANK YOU, KEVIN THAT'S RIGHT TRUMP HASN'T BEEN TO A

CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE MEETING IN SEVERAL MONTHS. I GUESS HE'S BEEN TOO BUSY, I

DON'T KNOW, SPARRING WITH AN INVISIBLE PUNCHING BAG MONTHS AGO, TRUMP DECIDED

INSTEAD OF PROVIDING ANY LEADERSHIP AT ALL, HE JUST LETS STATES FEND FOR THEMSELVES AND

THEN BLAME THE SO-CALLED BLUE STATES FOR DOING A BAD JOB, WHICH A, ISN'T EVEN TRUE, AND B,

IS DISGUSTING. CAN YOU IMAGINE BARACK OBAMA TELLING A RED STATE TO GO SCREW

ITSELF DURING A CRISIS YOU CAN'T. "IDAHO, MORE LIKE, "I DON'T

KNOW YOU SAY POTATO I SAY [ BLEEP ] OFF.

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] BUT UNTIL NOW, THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE HAS AT LEAST LIED

AND PRETENDED THEIR GOAL WAS TO CONTAIN THE VIRUS, PROCLAIMING VICTORY MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE

VICTORY MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE OUTBREAK

THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

HISTORICALLY AGGRESSIVE CONTAINMENT EFFORTS, WE'VE ACTUALLY CONTAINED THE SPREAD OF

THIS VIRUS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE CONTAINED THIS, WE

HAVE CONTAINED THIS, I WON'T SAY AIRTIGHT BUT PRETTY CLOSE TO AIRTIGHT

SO FAR, IT LOOKS RELATIVELY CONTAINED AND WE DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE -- I MEAN, THE VAST

MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE NOT AT RISK FOR THIS VIRUS. IT IS BEING CONTAINED

DO YOU NOT THINK IT'S BEING CONTAINED? I'M NOT A DOCTOR, I'M A

LAWYER YOU SAID -- YOU SAID IT'S NOT BEING CONTAINED.

SO ARE YOU A DOCTOR OR A LAWYER WHEN YOU SAY IT'S NOT BEING CONTAINED?

THE VIRUS IS SPREADING. YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE.

Seth: MISS YOU, KELLYANNE NOBODY WAS BETTER AT BEING WRONG AND CONDESCENDING AT THE SAME

TIME SHE'S LIKE THE DOWAGER COUNTESS IF MAGGIE SMITH WAS FROM

LONG ISLAND AND FLUNKED OUT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE. "I LIKE MY TEA SERVED THE PROPER

WAY -- WITH GIN, RUM, VODKA AND TEQUILA.

I HOPE THAT TAPE GETS REPLAYED OVER AND OVER FOR THE REST OF KELLYANNE'S LIFE

SHE'S LIKE A PILOT ON THE HINDENBERG SAYING "DO NOTHING, WE'RE LANDING SAFELY.

ARE YOU A PILOT? [ HISSING [ HISSING

OH, THE HUMANITY I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE TIRED OF THAT SENTIMENT."

IT'S BEEN CLEAR FROM DAY ONE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE DIED AND THE MILLIONS MORE WHO HAVE GOTTEN SICK AND LOST THEIR

JOBS THEY WERE WILLING TO STOMACH ALL OF THAT FOR A 6-3 CONSERVATIVE

SUPER MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT. TRUMP AND HIS AIDES ARE

SURRENDERING TO THE VIRUS AND TELLING AMERICANS YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

SO, I GUESS, IF YOU LIVE, IN A SWING STATE, AND YOU'RE WATCHING THIS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO

SAY -- WILL YOU REMEMBER THAT, TEXAS?

WILL YOU REMEMBER THAT, PENNSYLVANIA THIS HAS BEEN "A CLOSER

LOOK." * WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A WORD

FROM "LATE NIGHT" WRITER, AMBER RUFFIN *

FOR MORE OF SETH'S "CLOSER LOOKS," BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE TO "LATE NIGHT" ON YOUTUBE.

Seth: WELCOME BACK TO "LATE NIGHT. RECENTLY AFTER MEETING WITH

TRUMP'S TEAM TO TALK ABOUT HIS PLAN FOR BLACK AMERICA, RAPPER ICE CUBE CAME UNDER FIRE AND

AFTER WEIGHING IN ON BIDEN'S TAX PLAN, 50 CENT ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP

HE SINCE SEEMINGLY RETRACTED THAT STATEMENT SAYING HE, QUOTE, "NEVER LIKED HIM."

KANYE WEST HAS BEEN SHOWING SUPPORT FOR TRUMP FOR QUITE SOME TIME

ALSO, A FEW OTHER RAPPERS HAVE SHOWN SUPPORT FOR -- OH, HEY, AMBER

HMM Seth: DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT RECENT SUPPORT

TRUMP HAS RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS RAPPERS? ME?

OH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT Seth: OKAY.

WELL, THIS NEW TREND IS SOMETHING -- BECAUSE IF I DID, IT WOULD

LIKE IMMEDIATELY GO OFF THE RAILS. 50 AND CUBE BOTH SAID THEY DON'T

SUPPORT HIM. SO, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT

Seth: OKAY. WELL, ONE THING THAT IS -- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD

GO OFF THE RAILS IMMEDIATELY I WOULD JUST BE SO MAD, YOU KNOW

SO, NO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT

Seth: OKAY, GREAT WELL, THANK YOU, AMBER BECAUSE IF I DID, YOU KNOW

WHAT, I WOULD BE ALL LIKE, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY IN THE BUTT WOULD YOU BE

LIKE, "I WANT A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO SHARE MY IDEAS," WHEN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THE WORK.

YOU CAN'T JUST BE LIKE, "IT'S MY TURN TO PLAY POLITICS NOW, WE TAKE TURNS."

NO, YOU DO NOT GET A TURN! THIS IS NOT AN ALL-SKATE YOU CANNOT JUST BE LIKE, "I'LL

HELP CREATE POLICIES FOR MY COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT

AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. TALK TO BLACK COMMUNITY LEADERS

WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK DON'T JUST BUST INTO THE COCKPIT OF A PLANE TALKING ABOUT "WHAT

IF WE FLEW THE PLANE UPSIDE DOWN?" THIS IS NOT WHERE YOUR

EXPERIENCE LIES. YOU DON'T SEE TRUMP COMING UP TO YOU TALKING ABOUT, "UMMM,

'CRISTAL' AND 'PISTOL' IS MORE OF A SLANT RHYME." LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO BE LIKE,

"THIS MAN GIVES ME TAX CUTS AND I WORKED HARD FOR THIS MONEY AND IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN

YOUR EDUCATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, HEALTH INSURANCE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH," FINE.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH EVIL PEOPLE BEING EVIL, BUT DON'T TRY TO [ BLEEP ] DUPE ME WITH YOUR

GREEDY ASS "I THINK HE'S GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS, EVERYONE.

COME ON, LET'S ALL FALL FOR IT." NO LET TRUMP TRICK WHITE PEOPLE

INTO VOTING AGAINST THEIR BEST INTERESTS AND PAYING ALL OF HIS TAXES FOR HIM.

DON'T SHOP THAT [ BLEEP ] AROUND HERE HE IS PLAYING YOU!

DO NOT GIVE HIM AN OUNCE OF CREDIBILITY. I MEAN, THE EMOTIONAL

RAMIFICATIONS ALONE. WHAT ARE PEOPLE TO THINK OF THEMSELVES WHEN THEY VOTE FOR A

MAN WHO SUPPORTS RACIST POLICIES WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?

IS IT WORTH IT MAN, THE BEST PART OF BEING BLACK IS HOW BLACK PEOPLE ARE

ROOTING FOR YOU AND LOOKING OUT FOR YOU, AND I WANT TO BE THAT FOR YOU, BUT YOU MAKE IT HARD

WHEN YOU PULL [ BLEEP ] LIKE THIS BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO

THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, LIKE I WANT TO SUPPORT EVERYBODY AND I JUST -

I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT Seth: THAT WAS AMBER RUFFIN,

EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH GWEN STEFANI

* WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH GWEN STEFAN 'CAUSE SHE WAS LOOKED ON

FROM ABOVE * * Seth: WELCOME BACK.

WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE FRED ARMISEN HERE TO LEAD THE 8G BAND THIS WEEK.

WELCOME HOME, FRED, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. FRED WITH A BEARD.

BEARDED FRED FRED, I LOVE YOUR BEARD. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

STILL JUST WAVING. JUST WAVING AT ME. HUH.

DEF STARTING TO THINK THIS WAS PRERECORDED. [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL TRY FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK AND FORTH TOMORROW,

FRED STILL JUST WAVING AT ME. ALL RIGHT.

OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A GRAMMY WINNING MUSICIAN AND A COACH ON "THE VOICE.

NEW EPISODES AIR MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS AT 8:00 ON NBC. LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

TUESDAYS AT 8:00 ON NBC. LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

YOU GOTTA TO CATCH IT, OKAY I'LL TRY.

IT'S A T-SHIRT? OKAY. ARE YOU READY

I THINK SO. HERE IT COMES OH!

WHAT DO WE DO NOW SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. [ LAUGHTER ]

REDO. OKAY, HOLD YOUR BREATH. I CAN'T BREATHE

I GOT IT, I GOT IT. [ LAUGHTER ] I'M NOT GOING TO HELP HER,

BECAUSE IT'S TOO FUNNY HOW DID YOU FOLD IT BEFORE -- JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S

GREAT, RYAN. EVERYTHING'S - [ LAUGHTER ]

ARE YOU READY LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. HERE IT GOES.

OH, IT'S NOT LOADED. Seth: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW, GWEN STEFANI

HOW ARE YOU? WOW I GET TO BE ON YOUR SHOW, AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THIS IS SO FUN Seth: IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU

BACK OBVIOUSLY NOT THE IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

BUT, I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, FOR US WE'RE OBVIOUSLY BACK IN THE STUDIO

WE DON'T HAVE AN AUDIENCE. BUT IT IS STILL -- THERE IS A NICENESS TO BEING BACK IN THE

STUDIO I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE SAME FOR YOU AND "THE VOICE."

YEAH, I MEAN, WE WERE JUST -- IT WAS LIKE EVERY DAY CALLING LIKE, "DO I NEED TO GET ON THE

TREADMILL? LIKE ARE WE REALLY GOING BACK? ARE WE SHOOTING AGAIN?

SO, WE ALL FELT REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND DO THE SHOW, AND TO LISTEN TO LIVE

MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER. IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.

BUT THERE WAS SOME REALLY NICE THINGS ABOUT IT, I HAVE TO SAY YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INTIMATE

LIKE BETWEEN THE COACHES I FEEL LIKE WE -- THERE'S NOBODY THERE

SO YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE THE REALITY PART FEELS VERY RELAXED, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING

SO, THAT WAS REALLY FUN. AND MAINLY JUST BEING AROUND THE MUSIC IS SO INSPIRING.

ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES, YOU KNOW AND MUSIC IS SO JOYFUL AND

INSPIRING AND YOU JUST - THERE'S SO MUCH TALENT SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.

Seth: IT'S ALSO A REMINDER THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY BEHIND MUSIC, BUT YOU CAN ALSO DO MUSIC AT A REAL DIY LEVEL, WHICH, YOU

KNOW, YOU GUYS DID -- I KNOW YOU DID FOR YEARS BEFORE YOUR BAND HAD MAJOR SUCCESS BACK IN THE

DAY. DO YOU REMEMBER BACK TO THOSE DAYS AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE

TIMES? YEAH, A LOT LATELY. BECAUSE WE JUST HAD OUR, UM, I

HATE SAYING IT, BUT WE HAD OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY OF THE "TRAGIC KINGDOM," WHICH WAS OUR FIRST

BIG COMMERCIAL ALBUM SO I FEEL LIKE IT WAS LAST WEEK. I WAS REALLY LIKE IN THE ZONE,

LIKE, "OH MY GOSH. LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK I WOULD CARE

LIKE, I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT WHEN YOU WATCH EVERYONE POSTING, AND I

LOOK BACK TO HER, THAT OTHER GIRL THAT WAS ME, BUT IS SORT OF, LIKE, EVOLVED INTO THIS ONE,

I JUST THINK, "HOW?" YOU KNOW HOW DID WE DO IT BACK THEN

AND WE WERE ALREADY A BAND FOR LIKE NINE YEARS BEFORE "JUST A GIRL" CAME OUT

WE WERE PLAYING THAT SONG LIVE FOR A YEAR BEFORE IT GOT ON THE RADIO.

I THINK K-ROCK SAID IT WOULD TAKE AN ACT OF GOD FOR THEM TO PLAY IT ON THE RADIO, SO THERE

IS A GOD [ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT

THE WAKE OF SONGS AND HOW THEY'VE JUST TOUCHED EVERYONE. EVERYBODY COMES TO ME ALL THE

TIME TELLING ME HOW THAT RECORD REALLY WAS LIKE A BIG RECORD FOR THEM, AND I JUST LOOK AT THE

SONGS, AND I'M LIKE, "THIS RECORD WAS A WEIRD RECORD. AND IT WAS SO MY STORY

SO, I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL, REALLY GRATEFUL. Seth: IT'S A -- I THINK THIS

IS RIGHT, WAS YOUR BROTHER THE ONE WHO WAS BEHIND THE IDEA OF DOING A SKA BAND

IS THAT WHO HAD THE IDEA FOR IT? MY BROTHER WAS THE ONE THAT DISCOVERED THIS BAND CALLED

MADNESS, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, A SKA BAND AND BASICALLY WHEN WE GOT INTO

MADNESS, IT GOT US INTO ALL THE OTHER SKA BANDS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE LATE 70s,

EARLY 80s. WE WERE LIKE THE THIRD WAVE OF THAT

AND DEFINITELY, LIKE, MY BROTHER WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THE SONGWRITER IN THE EARLY DAYS AND

TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW. IT'S CRAZY, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN MAKING NEW MUSIC MYSELF, WHICH

IS TOTALLY OUT OF THE BLUE, LIKE, DIDN'T PLAN ON IT. IN FACT, I HAD BEEN TEXTING

DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH KELLY CLARKSON AND SHE WAS SENDING ME SONGS AND I WAS LIKE,

WAIT A MINUTE, I'M LITERALLY DOING 40 LOADS OF LAUNDRY A DAY, I'M COOKING FOR 15 PEOPLE EVERY

NIGHT, THREE TIMES A DAY HOW DO YOU HAVE TIME TO ACTUALLY, LIKE, WRITE MUSIC

RIGHT NOW? SHE'S LIKE, "OH, I JUST STAY UP ALL NIGHT.

I'M LIKE, "I'M NOT DOING THAT. SO, I WAS REALLY JEALOUS THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY MAKING NEW

MUSIC, AND I THOUGHT, "THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN FOR ME," AND THEN I KIND OF PUSHED THE

BUTTON TO SEE IF IT WAS WORKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THESE SONGS WERE LIKE COMING DOWN.

I'M LIKE, WHAT SO, MY BROTHER ACTUALLY PLAYED ON A SONG OF MINE THE OTHER DAY,

AND I WENT UP TO HIS HOUSE AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THIS -- IT WAS DURING THAT SAME WEEK OF ALL OF

THE NOSTALGIC "TRAGIC KINGDOM. SO, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS BUT,

YES. Seth: WELL IT IS NICE I THINK IT'S VERY --

MY BROTHER IS LIKE MY BIGGEST HERO AND SO, HE'S AN AMAZING ARTIST

AND TALENT Seth: I KNOW YOUR PARENTS WERE REALLY SUPPORTIVE

WHAT WAS THEIR FIRST REACTION TO, LIKE, THE "NO DOUBT" SOUND WHEN THEY FIRST HEARD IT

MY PARENTS WERE REALLY MUSICAL GROWING UP, AS WELL. THEY WERE REALLY INTO FOLK AND

BLUEGRASS. THEY USED TO TAKE US TO THESE LIKE WEIRD FESTIVALS WHERE

PEOPLE WOULD LIKE STREAK AND WEAR OVERALLS. AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, VERY

HIPPIE WHEN WE WERE KIDS THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER SO THERE WAS A LOT OF MUSIC IN

THE HOUSE. MY DAD PLAYED GUITAR, PIANO. BUT THEY WERE JUST ALWAYS SUPER

SUPPORTIVE I MEAN, THEY LET US USE THE GARAGE

AND THEN WHEN MY BROTHER ACTUALLY MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE, HE MOVED INTO MY DAD'S HOUSE

THAT HE GREW UP IN, WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS AFTER THEY PASSED THAT WAS THE BAND HOUSE.

THAT WAS THE BEACON STREET HOUSE THAT IS KIND OF FAMOUS NOW YOU CAN GO BY AND SEE IT, IT'S

IN ANAHEIM, WHERE WE WROTE ALL THE SONGS. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SUPER,

VERY STRICT WITH ME. SO, WHEN WE WOULD BE PLAYING UP IN L.A. LIKE BACK IN THE DAY

AND, YOU KNOW, I LIVED AT HOME UNTIL I WAS 26, BUT THEY WOULD COME TO ALL THE SHOWS, BECAUSE

THEY NEEDED TO LIKE CHAPERONE ME THEY DIDN'T TRUST US

SO, I CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE PLAYED AT LIKE THE ROXY AND THE WHISKEY, LIKE, THEY WERE

THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CAMERA, FILMING. [ LAUGHTER ]

Seth: THAT IS - I HAVE REALLY COOL PARENTS. THEY'RE VERY WEIRD, IN A VERY

NORMAL WAY I JUST FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE THAT Seth: THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S A LOVELY THING TO HEAR. ANOTHER -- YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH HAPPENS IN

25 YEARS AND WHAT A WEIRD PATH IT TAKES, YOU AND BLAKE JUST WON A CMT AWARD.

WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU WOULDN'T THINK LISTENING TO "TRAGIC KINGDOM" THIS IS SOMEONE

IN 25 YEARS WHO WILL BE WINNING AN AWARD FOR A COUNTRY SONG. I STILL -

Seth: DOES IT FEEL SURREAL TO YOU, TOO WHEN YOU SAY THAT, I GET

SHOCKED. AND I ALSO THINK ABOUT THIS A LOT.

I LOVE TO PLAY THIS GAME WITH MYSELF, WHERE I PICTURE MYSELF IN MY "VOICE" CHAIR, RIGHT

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW BLAKE SHELTON EXISTED BEFORE I WENT ON THAT SHOW.

MEANWHILE, HE'S LITERALLY LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST -- YOU KNOW, 27 NUMBER ONE RADIO HITS, YOU

KNOW HE'S INSANE. SO, I JUST ALWAYS LIKE TO

PICTURE MYSELF AND THINK ABOUT BEFORE I KNEW HIM, AND THAT PERSON WHO I DIDN'T KNOW AT ALL,

AND THEN IMAGINE THAT NOW LIKE, HE'S MY BOYFRIEND AND I WON A SONG ON A COUNTRY --

LIKE, IT'S TOO HARD TO IMAGINE LIKE, IT'S INCONCEIVABLE THAT WE WOULD EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER AND

BE FRIENDS, LET ALONE DO MUSIC TOGETHER BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S LIKE,

WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT COME TOGETHER AND WE'RE THE SAME. EVEN WITH MUSIC.

SO, YEAH, BEING ON THOSE RECORDS WERE SO MUCH FUN THE COMMUNITY, THE WHOLE COUNTRY

COMMUNITY, WAS SO WELCOMING TO ME AND THERE IS A LOT OF CROSS-POLLINATION GOING ON IN

MUSIC, IN ALL DIFFERENT GENRES I FEEL LIKE IN MY WHOLE CAREER, I'VE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW WHY, SO

LUCKY, TO BE ABLE TO BOUNCE IN DIFFERENT GENRES AND, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY

BEING ON AN EVE TRACK, BEING ON A MOBY TRACK, LIKE, IT'S JUST SO INCREDIBLE BECAUSE MUSIC IS

SO -- IT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER IN SO MANY WAYS. SO, SOMETIMES BOUNDARIES AND

GENRES DON'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE STORY, AND

THE SONG, AND THE HEART, AND THE MESSAGE. AND SO, I'VE JUST NOTICED THAT

BEING ABLE TO GO IN COUNTRY MUSIC AND JUST GO TO CONCERTS AND SEE BLAKE'S AUDIENCE, AND

IT'S JUST SO DIFFERENT, BUT YET, SO THE SAME. SO IT'S BEEN--

Seth: I WILL -- WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD BE REALLY IMPRESSED IF YOU COULD WIN A SKA

AWARD FOR BLAKE. I THINK BLAKE IS LOOKING INTO DOING A SKA RECORD NEXT.

AND I WAS GOING TO PRODUCE IT AND WRITE IT SO, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

Seth: I KNOW YOU ALSO ARE DOING SOME CHRISTMAS MUSIC AS WELL

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A FUN SORT OF DEPARTURE FROM THE NORM AS WELL

THAT IS MY FAVORITE THING I'VE EVER DONE, HONESTLY IT SOUNDS CRAZY.

Seth: REALLY? YEAH, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT WRITING A

CHRISTMAS RECORD, WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE BOUNDARIES LIKE, YOU COULD KIND OF BE

CHEESY OR LIKE YOU COULD WRITE WITHIN A THEME AND I NEVER REALLY DID THAT

BEFORE THERE WAS LESS PRESSURE IN SOME WAYS, BUT THEN WHEN I LOOK BACK

AT THE RECORD AND THE ORIGINAL SONGS ON THE RECORD, THEY'RE QUITE DEEP

LIKE, THERE'S A SONG ON THERE THAT I WROTE ON BLAKE'S RANCH THAT IS ALMOST, LIKE IT

LITERALLY WAS A SPIRITUAL MOMENT WHERE I WAS RUNNING ON THE RANCH.

AND, I SAID TO MYSELF, "I'M GOING TO RUN, AND I'M GOING TO PRAY, SO I'M GOING TO GET MY

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE AND MY PHYSICAL EXERCISE AT THE SAME TIME."

AND THIS SONG, JUST LIKE, LITERALLY CAME THROUGH I STARTED RUNNING BACK TO THE

RANCH TO GET MY PHONE, SO I COULD LIKE, NOT FORGET IT. AND, SO THAT RECORD IS REALLY

SPECIAL TO ME. AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH -- I'M WORKING WITH HALLMARK

CHANNEL THIS SEASON, JUST OUT OF NOWHERE THEY CALLED ME TO SING ON A SONG THAT RYAN TEDDER

WROTE, AN ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS SONG AND THEN I GOT TO DO "SLEIGH

RIDE," WHICH IS A COVER, AND THOSE GET ADDED TO MY RECORD SO THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, AND

IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO WORK WITH RYAN. HE'S SO TALENTED

OH MY GOD. HE RECORDED MY VOCALS. SO, IT'S CHRISTMAS ALREADY, IN

MY HOUSE Seth: WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT

AND YOURS AS WELL, IF YOU WATCH THE HALLMARK CHANNEL Seth: WE'RE ALL LOOKING

FORWARD TO IT BEING IN ALL OF OUR HOUSES I KNOW.

Seth: IT SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. CONGRATS ON ANOTHER SEASON, AND

REALLY JUST, I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON I MISS BEING IN NEW YORK.

I WANT TO COME BACK. Seth: WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME BACK

THANKS FOR HAVING ME. Seth: NEW EPISODES OF "THE VOICE" AIR MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS

AT 8:00 ON NBC WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH GIANCARLO ESPOSITO

* Seth: REAL QUICK, YOU GUYS. THIS IS VERY EXCITING.

WE DID A VERY POPULAR SEGMENT ON OUR SHOW WHERE ANDY SAMBERG PLAYED A RECENTLY DISTURBED

MUMMY. AND DURING IT, ANDY SORT OF INSISTED IT WAS SUCH A HIT THAT

HE SHOULD HAVE A FIGURE ON THE DESK AND TO THAT, WE GOT THIS GUY

RIGHT HERE THIS ONE AND THEN COLIN JOST MADE THIS

ONE FOR US IT TOOK HIM A FULL MONTH TO MAKE THIS

[ LAUGHTER ] WHICH SEEMS -- EVEN AS I'M TOUCHING IT, IT DOES NOT SEEM

STURDY OR WELL MADE. BUT IT DOES HAVE, I THINK, THE CATCH PHRASE THAT'S TAKEN

AMERICA BY STORM, "MY DOINK FELL OFF. [ LAUGHTER ]

YOU GUYS, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OUR NEXT GUEST IS AN EMMY

NOMINATED ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM SHOWS SUCH AS "BREAKING BAD" AND "BETTER CALL SAUL" AND MOVIES

LIKE "DO THE RIGHT THING." HE STARS IN "THE MANDALORIAN," WHICH BEGINS ITS SECOND SEASON

OCTOBER 30th ON DISNEY PLUS WITH NEW EPISODES RELEASED EACH FRIDAY

PLEASE WELCOME TO THE SHOW GIANCARLO ESPOSITO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE

OH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, SETH I'VE BEEN DYING TO BE ON YOUR

SHOW FOR A LONG TIME I LOVE WHAT YOU DO HAPPY TO BE HERE

Seth: I'VE BEEN A FAN OF YOURS FOREVER AND HAVE ALSO BEEN DYING TO HAVE YOU.

AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN NEW MEXICO HOW IS IT TREATING YOU

IT'S TREATING ME VERY WELL. I'VE HAD A GOOD TIME DURING PANDEMIC I'VE BEEN ABLE

TO WORK FROM HOME, START A GARDEN, HAVE A BUNCH OF FRESH VEGETABLES

JUST IN CASE THE WORLD FALLS APART, I'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.

AND IT CERTAINLY IS UNPREDICTABLE. RIGHT NOW IT'S A BLIZZARD AND

SNOWING FURIOUSLY. HOW ABOUT THAT YOU MUST HAVE GREAT WEATHER IN

NEW YORK I'M HAVING A BLIZZARD HERE IN NEW MEXICO

Seth: WELL, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY -- MY WIFE'S FROM NEW MEXICO AND WE GO BACK EVERY

YEAR AND I THINK FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE SHOWS LIKE "BREAKING BAD"

AND "BETTER CALL SAUL", THAT'S OFTEN THEIR ONLY CONNECTION TO NEW MEXICO

AND I WOULD IMAGINE AFTER I GUESS A DECADE OF WORKING THERE, PEOPLE ARE PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE

YOU WALKING AROUND THEY SURE ARE I HAPPEN TO HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR

NEW MEXICO SINCE THE FIRST DAY I CAME HERE. I COULD FEEL A HIGHER ENERGY, A

HIGHER ELEVATION HAPPENING ALSO IT'S THE CONFLUENCE OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIRKLAND AIR FORCE

BASE HERE, WHICH YOU OF COURSE KNOW, AND IT'S THE CONFLUENCE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND

SPIRITUALITY YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE HIGH MESAS WHERE THE INDIANS WORSHIP

AND WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT KIND OF ELEMENTAL WIND CHANNELS THAT COME THROUGH HERE, THE

BIGGEST BALLOONING TOWN IN THE WHOLE WORLD BECAUSE OF THE BOX CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOUNTAINS.

I HAVE FOUND IT VERY PEACEFUL AND VERY FILLING TO BE HERE. Seth: YOU HAVEN'T STAYED WITH

MY IN-LAWS [ LAUGHTER ] IF I WANTED TO AFTER THAT

Seth: SO -- BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, ANYBODY -- IF ANYONE HAS EVER SEEN YOUR WORK AND NOW

THEY'RE SEEING YOU HERE, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY -- YOU'RE FULL OF LIGHTNESS.

YOU'RE FULL OF OPTIMISM AND YET YOU ARE SO GOOD AT PLAYING VILLAINS

ARE PEOPLE SURPRISED WHEN THEY MEET THE REAL GIANCARLO? WHO AND WHAT IS THE REAL

GIANCARLO? [ LAUGHTER ] YES.

NO, PEOPLE -- YOU KNOW, LOOK, I'VE GOT SO MANY STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE MEETING ME ON THE STREET

AND THEY'RE AFRAID TO APPROACH ME, ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE A VERY STERN ATTITUDE

AND SO IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO BE ON YOUR SHOW AND REVEAL WHO I REALLY AM.

AND SOME PEOPLE ARE DISAPPOINTED BY THAT. BUT I HAVE A [ INDISCERNIBLE ]

THAT I ENJOY AND IF YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED, IT'S TOO BAD.

Seth: WE HAVE ENOUGH -- WE HAVE ENOUGH VILLAINS I THINK AN EXTRA NICE PERSON

IS -- YOU'RE ADDING VALUE TO THE HUMAN RACE WAS IT COOL WHEN YOU FOUND OUT

ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF "BETTER CALL SAUL", WHICH INITIALLY I DON'T THINK ANY OF

US NEW GUSTAVO WAS GOING TO BE IN WAS IT A COOL CHALLENGE AS AN

ACTOR TO GO AND PLAY YOURSELF IN A PREQUEL KNOWING THAT BOTH YOU AND THE AUDIENCE WAS AWARE OF

THE OUTCOME OF HOW THAT CHARACTER WOULD END UP IT TRULY WAS.

I HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH VINCE GILLIGAN ABOUT GOING BACK AND I THOUGHT AFTER "BREAKING

BAD" I WAS ABSOLUTELY FINISHED WITH THIS CHARACTER, BUT IT WAS INTRIGUING TO ME TO THINK OF

GUSTAVO FRING, WHO WAS MORE VULNERABLE, WHO WAS YEARS BEFORE WE MET HIM IN "BREAKING BAD.

AND THE CHALLENGE FOR ME WAS TO REMIND MYSELF THAT THAT'S WHO I AM

I'M NOT THAT GUSTAVO OF OLD. I'M THIS NEW GUSTAVO WHO IS MUCH YOUNGER, MUCH MORE VIBRANT AND

MAYBE A LITTLE MORE ON EDGE THAN THE GUSTAVO THAT YOU MEET IN "BREAKING BAD.

MY FEELING IS THEY COULD BE BOOKENDS YOU KNOW, YOU COULD WATCH

"BETTER CALL SAUL" FIRST AND THEN GO BACK AND WATCH "BREAKING BAD" OR WATCH "BREAKING BAD" AND

THEN "BETTER CALL SAUL." AND IF THEY FIT SEAMLESSLY, IF YOU REALLY SEE THE CHARACTER

DEVELOP IN GROWTH, THEN WE'VE DONE OUR JOB WELL. SO FOR ME, IT'S BEEN SUCH A

FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE TO BE A PART OF A SHOW THAT'S NOT ONLY ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS ON

TELEVISION BUT THAT IS AN INVESTIGATION OF WHO WE ARE AS HUMAN BEINGS

Seth: I JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH. AND I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH IT

WHEN I FIRST HEARD WHAT YOU GUYS WERE SORT OF SETTING OUT TO DO, I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A HIGH BAR

AND I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU -- YOU JUST EXCEED IT EVERY WEEK. WAS IT EXCITING TO THEN ALSO

JOIN THE "STAR WARS" UNIVERSE IN "THE MANDALORIAN"? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT, AS BIG A

FAN BASE AS "BREAKING BAD" HAD, THIS IS A BIGGER ONE IT CERTAINLY IS

I HAVE TO PINCH MYSELF THAT I'M A PART OF THIS FRANCHISE BECAUSE AS A YOUNG MAN, I WATCHED "STAR

WARS" AND I WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT GALAXY, A DIFFERENT PLACE, YET I ACKNOWLEDGED AND

RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS SOME MYTHOLOGICAL STORY BEING TOLD HERE THAT I THOUGHT HAD

RELEVANCE AND MERIT TO MY LIFE AND SO WHEN I GOT THE CALL FROM JON FAVREAU TO DO THIS

PARTICULAR PART OF A MOFF, GIDEON, I REALIZED OH, THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY AND OF COURSE I

COULDN'T SAY NO. JON'S A FRIEND HE WROTE SOMETHING REALLY

FANTASTIC BUT MY INTRIGUE AND MY INTEREST WAS REALLY PIQUED BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN GEORGE LUCAS AND JOSEPH CAMPBELL. JOSEPH CAMPBELL WAS A WRITER WHO

WROTE A NUMBER OF BOOKS BUT ONE IS "THE HERO'S JOURNEY." WE CAME TO KNOW HIM THROUGH

BILL MOYERS' SHOW ABOUT HIS MYTHOLOGY. AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT, THE

SIMPLICITY ABOUT "MANDO" IS THAT INSIDE OF ALL OF US WE WANT TO BE CHILDREN AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE

UNJADED BUT WE WANT TO FEEL LIKE WE ARE ALSO PART OF A HERO'S JOURNEY.

AND SO I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT TODAY IN OUR SOCIETY THAT I WANT TO BE EMPOWERED BY YOU, SETH

I WANT TO BE EMPOWERED AND I WANT TO EMPOWER YOU AS WELL TO STAND UP AND HAVE THAT HERO

MENTALITY. AND UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE IS A JOURNEY AND WHAT WE LEARN FROM

IT AND WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM IT, IF WE PASS IT AROUND IN A CIRCLE, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A

DIFFERENT KIND OF SOCIETY THAN WE EVER THOUGHT OR EVER IMAGINED COULD EXIST.

SO I'M DIGGING THIS SHOW I FEEL LIKE A KID IN A CANDY SHOP

I MEAN, LOOK, SETH, I GET TO WEAR A CAPE, MAN [ LAUGHTER ]

Seth: YOU GET TO WEAR A CAPE AND YOU KNOW, HALLOWEEN'S COMING UP, AND THERE'S A CHANCE THAT

THERE'S HANDFUL OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE GONNA DRESS UP LIKE YOUR CHARACTER.

BUT LET BE HONEST, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF BABY YODA'S OUT THERE

IS YOUR EGO OKAY WITH THE FACT THAT BABY YODA IS THE RUNAWAY STAR OF THE SHOW

I HAVE TO SAY MY EGO IS MORE THAN OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE I CALLED IT, YOU KNOW, ON THE SET

FOR THE FIRST SEASON AFTER I FIRST SAW THE CHILD, POP CULTURE, WE CALL HIM BABY YODA,

ON THE SET WE CALL THAT PARTICULAR CHILD THE ASSET WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS, I WENT,

"THIS IS THE STAR OF THE SHOW. AND I SAID, "GIANCARLO, SIT BACK, RELAX, TRY TO GET IT."

I SAID TO JON FAVREAU, "I WANT ALL MY SCENES WITH BABY YODA I DON'T CARE!"

Seth: WELL, YOU DEFINITELY CALLED IT. YOU WERE DEFINITELY RIGHT.

IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU AND SPEAK WITH YOU ENJOY NEW MEXICO AND HOPEFULLY

WE'LL SEE YOU SOON THANK YOU SO MUCH, SETH WHAT A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH

YOU. Seth: THE SECOND SEASON OF "THE MANDALORIAN" PREMIERES

FRIDAY ON DISNEY PLUS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE "LATE NIGHT.

* Seth: MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN ALL WEEK FOR NEW SHOWS AND GREAT

GUESTS NATALIE PORTMAN, CINDY McCAIN, DAVE MATTHEWS, SHEPARD SMITH AND

BETTE MIDLER WILL ALL BE HERE. PLUS, THERE'S ONLY A WEEK TILL THE ELECTION, AND THOSE "CLOSER

LOOKS" ARE GOING TO BE JAM-PACKED, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY OF IT

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. * Seth: EVERY WEDNESDAY AND

FRIDAY WE RELEASE A PODCAST EDITION OF "LATE NIGHT" SO YOU CAN CATCH UP ON THE GO

IT'S AUDIO FROM THE SHOW AND INCLUDES "A CLOSER LOOK," COMEDY BITS, AND GUEST INTERVIEWS

PLUS EXTRA THINGS EXCLUSIVE FOR THE PODCAST, LIKE BONUS BACKSTAGE INTERVIEWS, CHATS WITH

THE "LATE NIGHT" STAFF, ORIGINAL COMEDY SKETCHES, AND MORE. HEAD TO LATENIGHTSETHPODCAST.COM

TO SUBSCRIBE AND IT'S FREE, WHICH IS GREAT. Seth: I WANT TO THANK MY

GUESTS, GWEN STEFANI AND GIANCARLO ESPOSITO I WANT TO THANK FRED ARMISEN AND

THE 8G BAND. STAY TUNED FOR "LILLY SINGH. STAY SAFE.

WASH YOUR HANDS. WEAR A MASK. WE LOVE YOU.