Participate in the impeachment probe, which it calls illegitimate what do you mean youre not participating . [ laughter ] its its an impeachment inquiry, not secret santa. No, not for me this year. You dont get to choose whether you participate . Youre like a guy getting dragged away in handcuffs, screaming, im not participating in this arrest. [ laughter ] according to a new poll, 58 of americans support the opening of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. So congratulations, man, youre finally polling above 50 . [ cheers and applause got it got it over the line a poll also states that 65 of women support the impeachment inquiry. Well, thank god they cant vote, said mike pence [ laughter ] what . They can since when . [ laughter ] according to politico, President Trumps sudden announcement that he would pull american troops out of syria caught National Security officials offguard, with one saying, quote, potus went rogue. Im sorry, he went rogue [ laughter ] hes always been rogue saying trump went rogue is like saying oscar the grouch went to the garbage. [ laughter ] he lives in the garbage. [ cheers and applause President Trump tweeted this morning about the democratic president ial race saying, i think that crooked Hillary Clinton should enter the race to try and steal it away from uber left Elizabeth Warren. Said hillary, oh, my god, could you imagine if i did, like, as a joke, but oh, my god, that would be so crazy. I mean, thats so funny, though. Should i [ laughter ] would that would that be insane oh, my god, you guys, i will, okay, i will. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause senator Elizabeth Warren called for an investigation into President Trumps conversation with facebook founder mark zuckerberg. Said trump, why its all there on his wall. [ laughter and applause according to a new study, people who own dogs live longer, while people who own cats live until their cat doesnt want them to any more [ laughter and applause and finally, according to a new study, farmers in the u. K. Have more sex than people in any other profession in fact, some of them spend all day plowing. [ laughter and applause ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight [ cheers and applause he is a legendary cast member of saturday night live currently in its 45th season right here on nbc. Kenan thompson is here, everybody. [ cheers and applause he is the editor of the new yorker, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the new Yorker Festival this weekend David Remnick is back. [ cheers and applause and, of course, as always, when david is with us, that means we have a brand new edition of live new yorker cartoons. So youre here on a great night. Before we get to all that, republicans have been dismissing the ukraine scandal involving President Trump, because the information comes in part from whistleblowers and officials in the Intelligence Community the most dramatic example came from this interview wisconsin senator ron johnson did with chuck todd on sunday the American People want to so do you not trust the American People you dont trust the fbi, you dont trust the cia. No, no, i dont im just very confused here absolutely not. You dont trust either of those agencies after okay. After james comey you believe the fbi and the cia. John brennan. No, i dont trust any of these guys in the Obama Administration okay. I dont trust any of them you dont trust them now. Do you trust them now . No, i didnt trust them back then seth so there you go he says he doesnt trust the fbi or cia, which brings us to a segment we call, hey. [ cheers and applause seth hey republicans now that theyre reporting trumps crimes, you suddenly question the fbi and cia. Would have been nice to hear some of that skepticism during the war on terror when the government was going through everyones phone calls like paparazzi digging through Justin Biebers trash. [ laughter ] damn it, its just cologne and stupid hats. [ laughter ] when trump is gone and republicans go back to liking the cia, theyre going to have to backpedal like crazy. Oh, wait, oh, you were talking about the Central Intelligence agency i thought we were talking about the Culinary Institute of america. [ laughter and applause hate those guys. I dont trust any chef who wasnt trained at le cordon bleu. [ laughter ] and hey, when the intelligence agencies wanted more power to gather information on american citizens, you guys literally called it the usa patriot act, which in case you forgot, stands for the uniting and strengthening america by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act and i just want to say any time something has a long convoluted name like that, you know its not going to live up to the hype [ laughter ] its like when the movie the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford came out, i mean they should have called that [ bleep ] hottie with a gun. [ laughter and applause so republicans love they love the intelligence agencies when they were abusing their powers and trampling on Civil Liberties, but now, suddenly, they hate them because trump is being investigated at this rate, theyre going to have to pass an updated usa patriot act called the uniting to support a pathetic and tarnished red faced idiot otherwise known as trump act [ cheers and applause and hey, hey, hey, hey hey, democrats, democrats, side note here, but just because theyre going after trump now, doesnt mean you need to become cia and fbi super fans you can applaud and protect the whistleblowers and think trump is a corrupt, lawless criminal who should be impeached or removed from Office Without building a shrine to james comey. Although, i have to say, if trump does gets impeached, it would be pretty cool if he was airlifted out of the white house by a government drone. [ laughter and applause the bottom line is this, republicans spent years lecturing the rest of us not to question the intelligence agencies even when they violated Civil Liberties and abuse their powers and now, theyre telling us not to trust the intelligence agencies when they report crimes committed by an obviously corrupt president. Republicans, hey, when you flipflop like this, you look incredibly stupid. Almost as stupid as Justin Bieber in a hat [ laughter ] this has been hey. [ cheers and applause seth well be right back with the one and only Kenan Thompson, everybody. [ cheers and applause wed love some help with laundry. Heres how you do it. Spray and scrub anything with a stain. Soak your nasty jersey. It stinks wash the really dirty clothes separately. Remember hard work builds character tide pods with upgraded 4in1 technology unleash a foolproof clean in one step. Aww, you did the laundry but you didnt fold it. Oh, that wasnt in the note. 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Give it up for the 8g band right over there and back with us tonight, hes the multitalented drummer and cofounder of the black crowes and trigger hippy. Be sure to check out his book hard to handle the life and death of the black crowes which is available now steve gorman, everybody. [ cheers and applause thanks for being here, steve our first guest tonight is an Emmy Award Winner and the longest running cast member in saturday night live history. You can see an all new snl this week with host David Harbour and musical guest camilla cabello. Please welcome back to the show, our very good friend, Kenan Thompson, everyone [ cheers and applause seth how are you, buddy . Oh, my goodness [ cheers and applause how are you . Seth this is that was the best seth this is the best having you here and let me just say, you look like a million bucks what . Seth you look fit. And you look trim. Thank you seth and a lot of people spanx is working. Seth the spanx are working [ laughter ] cause you have two little girls. And i feel like with dads it could go either way. Like, you have kids and you just give up. I have small children and they keep you on your toes seth they keep you on your toes i thought about giving up seth yeah. [ laughter ] i dont know. I havent slept. I dont where i am seth i guess youre running around a lot right now seth beautiful girls but, yeah, theyre sweeties seth come on, look at those two. Come on [ cheers and applause look at this seth that right there that is a Kenan Thompson face if ive ever seen one come on she is a ham thats georgia and gianna, the little one seth georgie and guiana. Little ones about to start walking. Its the best. Seth there you go. Theyre off and off they go yeah. Seth you were having this you have, obviously, a beautiful wife you have two kids. And you are in your 17th season at saturday night live. Its a blessing [ cheers and applause thank you. Its a blessing, man i mean, i would say they same. Were two very, very blessed gentlemen. Seth yes, we are especially the fact that you get to, like, stay so close. Yeah. You get to work and you have wife and two kids. And its, you know, we have great job here in 30 rock. But the fact that youve graduated and still can stay around like, its really seth its not bad. Its the other crazy thing is, of course, i remember i think you came in my third year, i think. Was your first year. Mmhm seth but you had already done more sketches than almost anyone on earth. Well, thats thanks to nickelodeon. Seth yeah. Yeah. [ cheers and applause yeah seth you were on all that. Yes, i was. [ cheers and applause seth and i sure was. Seth here we are there thats popular character yeah, pierre escargot [ cheers and applause seth did you did you feel, when you came in to snl, and, obviously, it as intense and stressful as everybody says. Did that help . Did you think, oh, ive done sketches before, or were you as terrified as everyone else it only helped on saturday. Seth yeah. Because i was ready for this kind of thing. Like, the cameras are here and who to play to at home [ light laughter ] but the writing part of it, i found that difficult cause i didnt have to write at nickelodeon. Seth yeah. We would just ad lib. And then they would throw stuff in the script. But i really wished, like, i had, you know, finished college. And, you know, like, learn how to write cause it took me a while. Like, the first sketch i wrote was, like, in my fifth season or something. Seth really . I didnt realize it was that long i mean, you did go to comedy college. It should be noted yes seth and now youre giving that gift to a whole new cast . And now the babies are bringing the show back seth a new generation of all that. Look at that. Seth yeah. Theres a whole new cast. Its so awesome. [ applause ] seth so look at look at look at their faces seth did they i mean, obviously, based on their age, did they have any sense of what all that was is that a show thats still on to a place where they could nickelodeons done really well with keeping it around. Seth uhhuh. Keeping it in, you know, younger kids minds and, like, theyre always reintroducing it like, 90s nostalgia and stuff like that. So, yeah, theyre hyperaware but theyre also super professional and super sweet and they support each other in the greatest way so if you got instagram, go follow them all. Because it will brighten up your day. They are the sweetest little kids and theyre so on their thing. Theyre way more professional than i was at that age [ light laughter ] its unbelievable. Seth i want to talk about your professionalism really quick. And im glad you brought it up [ laughter ] interesting sure seth cause i have to take issue with something you did is that right seth yeah. You played a character this week called thunderstick. Oh, yes, yes. Seth on the show part of the first mixed race royal couple seth yeah. [ laughter ] yeah, thats right. Seth Phoebe Wallerbridge was a royal. And you were she was great seth new husband, thunderstick thats right. Seth and people might not know this. But this studio is obviously empty on the weekends. Yeah, because you work monday through seth thursday. Should we tell people that . Seth yeah, go for it if they seth and so you work right down them all so you give us the gracious out of your heart to let us shoot on your studio seth nobody ever asks. You just come here on yeah. Yeah. Seth uninvited youre very kind. Seth people come and, you know, and the only thing i ask is, like, respect the desk you know what i mean i feel you. The desk seth you get that. Yeah. This is like seth is my home. For sure. You have a seth without the desk im nothing. You have fought to establish this seth yes yes seth and you were filming in this studio. I was seth and you sent me a photo. Well, i wanted you to know that we were here. Seth yeah. And you tell me if you think this is professional [ light laughter ] sure. Lets see it [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause i just wanted to leave you a little gift. Seth is that what want these children [ laughter ] i would love for them to have that kind of relationship with their coworkers, yes. Seth you i was very happy to see this back not only are you one of my favorite performers, david ortiz, big papi. Oh, my goodness, yes. Seth hes one of my favorite athletes in the world. Absolutely. Seth and youve done him with great festivity seth yes great yes seth enjoyment over the years. Absolutely. Seth and then he had a tough summer he was he had a gunshot wound. And he was had hes fine seth hes fine now [ laughter ] hes a big giant man. He can handle it seth but you came back and you preformed him on weekend update. And i feel like and he has responded to it over the years as a thing he likes. He has. And he responded on i was so thankful because i was worried when i heard the news story over the summer i was like, oh, no my career. [ laughter and applause im just kidding but really, like, i mean, as a human being, i was like, oh, good lord. You know i hope hes okay. I hope his familys okay thats, you know, a terrible, stressful thing. But, you know, selfishly, i was, you know, kind of worried. You know what im saying seth yeah. [ light laughter ] and then he was fine. And i was like, okay, cool. And then i was like, well, how long is it going to be till we can, kind of, do it again . Seth yeah, yeah. You know what i mean . So tight rope seth i feel like thats how you know hes all the way back exactly seth is that you were making fun in him again you were able to do it. Seth yeah. And he responded. He said he saw it. And he liked it. So seth thats really good. Shout out to you, david feel much better seth yes shout out to big papi. [ applause ] do you know a true story about when david ortiz was here . He was here once its the only time in the middle of the interview that i sneezed. [ laughter ] and i knew it was coming for the whole five minutes [ light laughter ] and i just needed to make it to commercial and right at the end, i sneezed well, thats a great seth louder story, david. [ imitating sneezing ] [ laughter ] seth snl won an emmy congratulations. Oh, thank you [ cheers and applause you have to congratulate them. Seth and so here you guys are. You there you are on stage winning the emmy and you were all up there. Yes seth and this is the picture they had projected which was really take a look at how big the picture is yeah. So seth and so you were actually we were human sized seth yeah. And these are all human sized people and thats the picture seth yeah. [ light laughter ] it was unbelievable seth and i was actually watching because, you know, i was there and i was so happy to see you guys up there. Yes seth and i was seeing that you were in the background you were taking pictures of the giant picture. I was excited i, you know, i would, you know, i get excited. Im like a little kid. Seth yeah. You know and im brand new to instagram too so im always looking for, like, moments to celebrate or, like, throw up there that people might want to watch, you know, and like and subscribe seth yeah. But i was just overly enthusiastic because the show hadnt really won since ive been going out. My first year was last year going. Seth yeah, yeah. And in the years before, like, jon stewart used to crush us seth of course, yeah, yeah and stuff like that so i was excited for the show. And i was excited for lorne. And i was excited for everybody. And then that picture that they used was like my sketch, you know what i mean it was the first time that family feud was a cold open. Seth yeah. We got to say live from new york. And i thought about, you know, making it a moment with the cast so i suggested that maybe the cast join me, cause i thought it would make a good picture so that whole picture was kind of my idea seth yeah, yeah, yeah. I helped it out a little bit. And then thats the one that they used. And i was just, like, overly touched. So im, like, taking selfies of it like, trying not really being sneaky [ laughter ] but i was just like, yo, look at this and then, like, lorne is giving his acceptance speech. But hes talking about the adam sandler episode and hes going on about chris farley seth yeah. But i couldnt hear him so im just, like, thinking its just, you know, typical lorne. Hes not impressed by anything hes speaking really low or whatever so in the background im taking pictures [ laughter ] and hes talking about all this somber stuff and everybody on twitter was just like, you dick. [ laughter ] but, i mean, if i would have known what he was talking about, like, of course, i would have been, like, on my best behavior. Seth yeah. But, i was excited. Seth you were like my buddy, Anthony Anderson seth yeah, it was fine but it was really funny to see, like, very somber lorne. Nd then, like, if youre lorne in the background its like yeah. [ laughter ] holding up my phone. Seth all right, youre going to stick around. Well be right back with more from Kenan Thompson. Absolutely. [ cheers and applause welcome to old navy tonight. The holidays are here. audience cheering i love your material. So warm and cozy. And festive. What material are you talking about . And were out of time go mad for plaid with up to fifty percent off storewide. 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You know what i mean i dont think theyre great ideas, like in comparison to what he can do [ laughter ] seth right you know what im saying . Its just like, i just wanna just be like, just do whatever you want. You know what im saying seth right, right, right [ light laughter ] but, yeah its a burden and its also i mean, i feel, like he feels the stress too you know, its his you know, hes the prodigal son. Seth yeah, yeah. You know what i mean . Seth its been a long time away but i cant imagine it wont be anything, but fantastic. One of his many famous impressions was Stevie Wonder. You got to see Stevie Wonder perform this year . It was last global citizens seth okay, global citizens its a great event it was green day and Stevie Wonder headlining seth yeah. And i didnt have tickets but this is new york so i felt, like this would get me kind of close [ laughter ] seth yes you know what im saying . Seth so, thats sounds that really speaks to how beloved you are, because that was a high security event, like how many times it was super seth did your face have to be a ticket it was, like seven checkpoints. Seth yeah. [ laughter ] its just, like come on. Like, really [ laughter ] like its just us. It was more of a tough sell for beloved you are, because that was a high security event, like how many times it was super seth did your face have to be a ticket it was, like seven checkpoints. Seth yeah. [ laughter ] its just, like come on. Like, really [ laughter ] like its just us. It was more of a tough sell for my wife to, like drag her through that seth right shes like, are you sure its going to work . And i was like, i dont really know. [ laughter ] seth yeah. And i dont care. In fact, yeah. You know, there are just people at all those checkpoints you know what im saying seth yeah, yeah. So once you engage them on a human level its, like whats it really going to take . You know, like, radio someone ahead or whatever. Anyway [ laughter ] we get in there. It all works out and green day destroyed it and then Stevie Wonder gets up there and hes just, you know, hes massive. His sound is so you forget. Seth yeah. Like, what concerts are like if you dont go a lot. And its way different from the album, so, like hes up there with, like two trillion people on stage [ laughs ] seth yeah. It seemed, like, and hes just, like crushing it and then he was going to do a duet with pharrell, but i guess, pharrell was running late. Seth okay. Or something, like that and im, like how do you run late on Stevie Wonder . [ laughter ] so, like i dont know if they didnt tell stevie beforehand, but it was, like kind of the time to do the song. So, hes, like, Stevie Wonder is up there adlibbing and killing time [ laughter ] for pharrell and, like, shouting his name out, pharrell [ laughter ] pharrell, where you at . Get out here. [ laughter ] we got a song to do. [ light laughter ] and then hed, like tell a little story or something, like that, but back to pharrell, where is he . [ laughter ] its, like oh, man. The guy is seth he was also he was talking his way through the seven checkpoints. [ light laughter ] yes yes. It was a great night but, you know, pharrell eventually showed up it was really funny. Seth you you cohosted bring the funny this year. That was a good one seth which was a do you guys see bring the funny . Seth its a comedy [ cheers and applause its a comedy competition show on nbc nbc baby. Seth did you enjoy was it hard to sort of criticize other peoples comedy . Especially, young, up and coming people i mean, it wasnt hard. I just didnt want to be, like harsh or seth right, right. Or, like super negative. You know what i mean cause thats how we all felt. We didnt know if the show was going to work. Because nobody was being mean enough and we didnt know, like we didnt have a simon like, jeff is a sweetheart and chrissy couldnt be nicer. And even, you know, amanda, you know, shes a great stand up, so she knows what its like to be on the other side of that rejection and we all did so, i just wanted to give more constructive type criticism as opposed to just, like, that sucks. Seth yeah. You know what i mean and, like it was it worked out. It was really cute and it was heartfelt and i think it you know, it made a splash among good hearted people seth well, thats great. Because good hearted people check in and theyre, like, you know, i really enjoy that show. [ laughter ] and im, like, how old are you sir . [ laughter ] yeah seth you David Remnick is coming on next youre doing the new Yorker Festival this weekend. Speaking of sweethearts, yeah seth yeah, you gonna this is going to be a panel are you going to be talking about comedy to people yeah, i mean, i guess theyre going talk about my life you know, the new yorker very hoity toity. [ laughter ] seth yeah. The Penny Farthing back is that what that is seth yeah, it is the penny that sounded pretty good, right . Seth yeah. Man, i just researched that backstage. [ laughter ] um, but, yeah i mean, im honored that they would asked me to come out and, like talk about myself i dont know if i was new yorker worthy, but thats nice seth yeah, yeah, yeah. Thats fantastic yeah, i have long thought youre new yorker worthy. Oh, thank you seth ive long thought that about you. Very much my friend. Thank you very much. [ cheers and applause seth and then you got David Harbour hosting the show this week. Yes seth he was here last night. What a sweet guy yeah, well, thats what i thought you were saying at first. Thats why i was saying, speaking of sweethearts, and then you were, like the new yorker. Seth yeah, yeah, yeah. And i was, like oh, thats not the sweetheart. Seth yeah. [ laughter ] but no seth so wait, does that mean that you dont think David Remnick is a sweetheart . Well, i havent met him yet seth okay, gotcha. So, yeah. That was kind of weird, but seth well, now that youve said im sure he is but, no. David harbour is wonderful seth yeah. You know, and hes having a super moment hes on, you know, one of the biggest shows behind game of thrones i guess you know what im saying seth yeah, yeah, yeah. So, i met him over the summer we were staying at the same hotel. And he couldnt have been nicer. Like, he just, you know, actor engaged, like oh, man, break a leg. Cant wait to come play with you guys blah, blah, blah its going to be awesome. And im, like well, look how sweet [ laughter ] sheriff whats his face is. 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Not like that seth yeah. But you have you own a guitar a few of them seth you own a few guitars yeah. And the new Yorker Festival, youre coming up on the 20th anniversary of the new Yorker Festival thats right. Seth its a wonderful festival and patty smith youre going to interview patty smith thats right. Seth and youre going to play guitar with her yeah. Seth okay. [ light laughter ] not like that seth not like that no one thought you were going to play like that, david. No, no, no. Seth are you nervous about that because, i mean, again, its not what youre famous for so, youre right. Seth yeah. And so i did this with her before i interviewed her several years ago. And we arranged by text that we would play because the night. Which she cowrote with bruce springsteen. And i said, dont we need to rehearse, like, for hours and hours and hours . She said, no, just play really loud. [ laughter ] that was it. That was the whole thing seth and was it enjoyable . Do you look back on that fondly . I was so so the interview came first and the interview was 45 minutes, an hour, whatever. I remember nothing of it seth oh, right cause its quite possible that i said nothing. I was so nervous and only my drycleaner will know for sure [ light laughter ] and then came the guitar bit and it went off reasonably well. Seth okay, gotcha. Yeah. Seth different song this time are you moving on . Yeah. Seth okay, thats very exciting yeah. Seth you have a few other people you are going to interview. Thats right. Seth youre going to interview mayor Pete Buttigieg now youve done him seth i hes been here a couple times and seth hes a very good interview. [ cheers and applause yeah, youll have nothing to worry about. The one that i im going to play guitar through the whole thing. Seth youre going to play guitar with him as well. [ light laughter ] the one thats intimidating that youre doing is terry gross, of course i know. Seth from fresh air. Right seth to interview the great interviewer right seth i would feel like that is also a little stressful it is a little daunting and today i was listening to some of her old interviews and she did one with gene simmons of kiss seth yes lets just say that didnt go really well. Oh, interesting and he was horrible to her. And at one point to her everlasting credit she said, i just wonder, are you really this obnoxious . Or are you just playing that as a role . And i thought, god bless this woman. [ laughter ] seth yeah. She was so fantastic. Seth i was lucky enough once to get interviewed by her live in philadelphia. Yeah. Seth and she doesnt normally do that. Usually youre seth right youre usually here. Seth youre usually on the phone with her and so the thing i remember is i came out and the audience was happy to see me. Right seth and then she came out and they lost their minds. I know, thats the problem. [ laughter ] seth i was like, oh, you are the elvis of philadelphia. Yeah, yeah. Seth like this is a huge deal yeah. Seth that people get too see you because not a lot of people do so i think im sure people will be enthusiastic as long as they lose their mind, im be happy seth yeah. Do you is this something you look forward to all year the festival i do. And because, look, you know, writers and editors were like, you know, were like mushrooms in a room. We dont get out a lot and see a lot of sunlight. [ light laughter ] and so to get out and meet people and be in front of the audience that seems to appreciate not only terry gross but even the new yorker a little bit, it kind of wakes you up for the rest of the year. Seth thats wonderful. Yeah. Seth i feel as though every time you come here, the joke is, we never have anything to talk about in politics. Yeah. Seth and yet here we are again. Yeah, here we are again seth so it gets better and better and better seth yes yeah. [ laughter ] seth it depends how you look at it. Yeah. Seth but, yeah [ light laughter ] so, i mean, i dont even quite know where to begin. But it does seem like lets try seth how quickly even the Republican Party started framing that there was nothing wrong nothing seth in the asking for a favor in an upcoming election about your potential opponent from a foreign government. Are you shocked at how quickly they tried reframed this or is it par for the course . Well, i think look, we all feel like weve lost our minds seth yeah. This is the prevailing political feeling of the last two and a half years, is that its making people crazy its very hard to concentrate on any one thing. There are individual tweets, for there are individual tweets, for example. President ial utterances. What was the one yesterday where he described himself as, like oh, yeah. With my great my uncommon wisdom and seth yeah, yeah. Unparalleled can you imagine if barack obama had done that seth yeah. Like time itself would have stopped. Seth yeah. [ laughter ] clocks all over the world would stopped running. [ laughter ] seth yeah. This happens you know, somebody says something on a morning show for two seconds and its on to the next thing. The key thing here is that the president of the United States tries to enlist foreign powers to eliminate who he thinks is his strongest political rival. And thats not completely dissimilar from watergate. In watergate, if anybodys old enough to remember what it was [ light laughter ] was that the president of the United States was in a conspiracy to destroy what he thought his what he thought was his strongest political rival, edmund muskie, in order to run against the weakest one in his mind, George Mcgovern and by the way, he won 49 states. He got exactly what he wanted. But he didnt go to the trouble of enlisting china seth right ukraine, possibly great britain, italy and all the rest. This is beyond our ability to imagine. And the republican leadership, for the most part, although maybe that will change with time, i think, you know, until Public Opinion changes really markedly, theyre not going to budge. Seth yeah. And thats, to me, tragic seth one of the stories, or i should say one of the avenues theyre taking towards explaining his behavior is that hes joking. When he says, i wanted china to interfere. You know, hes never joking seth yeah. Have you ever see him laugh seth no. [ laughter ] and i spent an entire week with him when he hosted saturday night live. [ laughter ] and he never laughed. Seth he never laughed. No, i dont think he really has a sense of humor seth no. Except in a kind of sadistic, you know, crush an ant sort of way. Seth right yeah. Seth like that that is a funny thing. Well seth ive seen him i saw him a few times, like, nod when other people laughed at something, as if his brain was saying, oh, thats human humor. [ laughter ] yeah. Yeah seth humans like this is a thing. No, you used to see him on hed do letterman. Seth yeah. And other shows and he kind of tolerated the laughter from the audience he just thats not a thing. Look, he all of the scandal of nixon took place in private seth yeah. He knew enough to conceal it. To say horrible things in the oval office. Thank god there was a taping system and thats what brought him down almost everything thats going on with this president is right out in the open. And his way of denying that he said these things to ukraine was to say, lets get china to join in. Seth yeah. [ light laughter ] i mean, it sounds funny but its unbelievable. And this happens every single day. Seth you i wonder if, you know, because it seems like anytime we even talk about impeachment it immediately goes back to the history of 98 right seth and clinton being impeached. And ultimately the fact that people will say he ended up more popular via impeachment. His popularity was pretty good going in. Seth right oh, yeah, thats a big difference right. That was a big difference what seems to be the case with trump is that he has this core of somewhere between 38 and 42 . And you cannot win an election on that. You cannot even survive impeachment necessarily. But the circumstances are different. What makes it different that trumps ability to hold on to his core may be longer lasting because he has a media complex that speaks to that core right . Seth mmhm it has fox news and other things on social media that speak directly to that core. If you watch those things, theyre saying something radically different than cnn, msnbc, the times, the new yorker, whatever. Theyre saying things that are, to my mind, fantastical and untrue but they are saying those things now, if that begins to crack, if that if fox news, and youre starting to see it a bit, begins to recognize reality and actually broadcast it. If some senators like senator romney from utah, if that core begins to expand then things could change Public Opinion could change. The political dynamic could change seth you spent many years in moscow i did seth you wrote an incredible book about russia. I would imagine you have an affection for russia and the russian people is that i do. Seth yeah, i mean, it was i do. I was there as communism was declining and collapsing and then i kept going back as this new, whatever you want to call it, began to accumulate and develop. Seth do you having actually been there in this moment where there was maybe this other path that russia was going to take. And i think a great optimism to what russia was going to be. Right seth what and i know weve spoken in the past about you having sat next to putin at a dinner party once before yeah. Seth are you kind of shocked at where this is and disheartened i think you have to compare putin to guy whos playing in a poker game and hes got two threes. And the United States has three kings. And other countries have other similarly large hands. And he outplays them seth yeah. This is not a great economy this is not a stable political system its all built around one guy which history tells us is not going to last forever. But his ability in whatever role russia played, for example, in our last election to ferment chaos in our public life he is laughing hysterically into his sleeve seth it helps him that our president is holding three kings facing out [ laughter and applause so that everyone at the table its making it a little bit easier yeah, yeah, yeah. Seth its very exciting. Youre going to stick around absolutely. Seth and were going to do our the eighth installment. I seth this is very exciting long may it run seth yes thats David Remnick, everybody. The 20th annual new Yorker Festival takes place this weekend. [ cheers and applause tickets are available at festival. Newyorker. Com well be right back with live new yorker cartoons. 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[ cheers and applause now, david, i dont need to tell you, one of the most popular features in the new yorker are the cartoons thats right, seth. We have a strong tradition of balancing our hard hitting journalism with ridiculous jokes. Seth yeah. That sounds great. You should try it some time seth okay, thats a burn [ laughter ] thats a remnick burn. And now, in what has become a tradition here on late night, every time you appear on the show, we present live new yorker cartoons. And i professorially explain why each cartoon is funny. Because we all know that that the true key to comedy, seth, is seth timing . No, its me, the clown prince of cartoons himself, David Remnick. Seth oh, right thats right [ laughter and applause cant argue with that. So, without further ado, our theater troop in residence the late night players are happy to debut their newest piece live new yorker cartoons part eight wry hard with a vengeance. [ explosion [ laughter ] our first cartoon is by benjamin schwartz. [ mark tree chime damnit. Cilantro ruins everything. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause seth now, david, would you care to explain that cartoon seth, you like cilantro seth its fine its not fine, seth its disgusting. [ laughter ] it destroys everything from fish, to salad, to this mans marriage seth ah, yes and david, just curious, what do you think of people who do like cilantro theyre sociopaths. Seth okay, excellent [ laughter ] all right. Our next cartoon is by john mcnamee [ mark tree chime let me start by saying, no one is a bigger feminist than me. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause seth very strong david, what did we just see . Seth, as interesting as it would be for us, two white men of deep privilege to have an engaging discourse about feminism, i think the true meaning of this cartoon would be best explained by the woman at the stake. Seth yes okay, allie, what does this cartoon mean men are the [ bleep ] worst seth all right [ laughter ] yes. [ cheers and applause she has a point i dont think i could have said it any better. Seth me neither. [ light laughter ] you know we have we have a couple seconds while our crew sets up the next cartoon so, i was just wondering, could i show you a cartoon that i drew myself today and could you tell me if good enough for the new yorker . Hmm seth okay. Ready . Be honest. All right. Its two guys on a Desert Island and one of them is saying, i cant find the stapler. [ light laughter ] [ silence [ laughter ] well, you know seth, we have three baskets at the cartoon meeting. Seth oh, great yeah. Yes. Seth uhhuh. Maybe seth uhhuh. And the other basket. Seth okay, great thats where i this unfortunately goes [ laughter ] seth okay. [ applause ] now, because i showed it to you, do you have to pay me . Yeah. Seth our next cartoon is by maddie dai [ mark tree chime do i need it . Does it spark joy . [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause seth talk us through that one. Its a good boom box. Seth, marie kondo. You know marie kondo seth yes, of course. Marie kondo has caused a world wide phenomenon with her Konmari Method of decluttering and this burglar is simply putting it to use. Seth okay. [ light laughter ] now, i have a question what do you, David Remnick, own that sparks joy . That would have to be my boflex. [ light laughter ] you know, you may not know it seth, but from the neck down, im hugh jackman [ laughter ] seth oh wow. And what would be the second thing youd keep all the new yorkers i have not yet read seth okay, and how many is that almost all of them. [ laughter ] seth oh, just like everybody else now, we learn something new every day. Our next cartoon is by edward steed [ mark tree chime this explains the penis we saw downstairs [ laughter ] [ applause ] seth david, i have many questions. Shoot seth first, what was that . I have no idea. [ light laughter ] seth okay, next question where did that take cartoon take place . Dont know. Seth okay. Were there two people in an apartment belonging to a giant or was it a museum where some sort of giant was on display no clue seth okay, and were the people in the cartoon very, very small and the naked man was normal sized or were the people normal size and the man was very, very big dont know. Seth okay, final question. Why do you like that cartoon it has the word penis in it seth ah, great [ laughter ] seth is there anything youd like to say before we look at our final cartoon . No, instead id like to talk to my teenage fans out there seth oh, you have teenaged fans im a teen icon, seth seth okay, great [ laughter ] go ahead [ cheers and applause what up all you remaniacs its the leader of our squad David Remnick. Telling you that, once again telling you that, once again the hippest, grooviest party in town, is the new Yorker Festival running october 11th through 13th and all your favorites will be there. Billie eilish, kpop bands bts, got7, exo, blackpink, and a special performance by post malone [ audience oohs so, be there or be square. Seth yeah, david i read the new York Festival listing. And i dont think any of those people are supposed to be there. [ laughter ] thats a shame. Youre right ive read the wrong card seth oh, gotcha. I meant speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi seth oh, right, right, right. [ cheers and applause that that makes more sense. That makes more sense. But, she will be giving out free doses of molly. [ laughter ] seth oh, well, okay. There you go [ laughter ] you are a teen icon. Yes seth our final cartoon is by drew panckeri. Lets take a look. Sure. [ mark tree chime all right, but just one more episode. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause seth the late night players, everyone well be right back. [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause seth my thanks to Kenan Thompson, David Remnick, the late night players, steve gorman and the 8g band stay tuned for a little late with lilly singh. Well see you tomorrow [ cheers and applause lilly tonight on a little late with lilly singh, weve got Natalie Portman. Thank you so much for having me [ cheers and applause lilly oh, my god, you guys, Natalie Portman just talked to me [ light laughter ] of course im talking to you. You have a talk show lilly my god, shes still talking to me. [ laughter ] what do i do what do i do [ light laughter ] you could talk back to me lilly she wants me to talk