Jimmy i appreciate that. Very nice, thank you. Thank you. Hi, everybody. Im jimmy. I am the host of the show. Thank you for watching. Thank you for joining us on this special day. Kind of a weird day. Today is february 29th, also known as leap day. Just when you thought this year couldnt get any longer. Leap day comes around. [ laughter ] according to wikipedia, leap day was the invention of a 15th century astronomer named augustine leap who discovered small discrepancies between the calendar year and the actual time of the earths orbit around the sun. He was able to convince the holy Roman Emperor that his calculations were correct. So the emperor added the extra day in and said doing so was a leap of faith which is where that phrase came from. Quick show of hands. How many of you believed that . [ laughter ] i made that up. [ applause ] you know what the truth is you want to know how it happened . Leap day was invented by a guy who needed another day to come up with his rent. [ laughter ] last night, my son wanted to know how we would celebrate leap day hes used to valentines and st. Patricks day where you get candy and do fun stuff. I had to disappoint him. So i told him on leap day, we eat bacon and throw coconuts in the pool. [ laughter ] lets stop by and get coconuts on the way home. Im going to see how long i can keep it going. If i can get him to believe it so long he does it with his kids, i will consider my life to have been a success. [ applause ] the other reason this was a weird day was the mexican standoff between donald trump and joe biden. Trump and biden were both in texas today to visit the border. Try to score some offbrand tijuana lipitor. [ laughter ] the Trump Campaign is accusing the president of traveling to the border for political reasons, whereas trump went for the taco bowls. [ laughter ] seedy gonzales was in eagle pass where he spoke about one of the many problems illegal immigration presents. Nobody can explain to me how allowing millions of people from places unknown, from countries unknown, who dont speak languages, we have languages coming into our country, we have nobody that even speaks those languages. Theyre truly foreign languages. Nobody speaks them. Jimmy right, right. [ laughter ] could someone please push him over that border . [ applause ] build his wall up real quick . [ cheers and applause ] trump, as you probably know, strongarmed republicans in congress to renege on a deal they made with biden to secure the border, and now hes down to scream about biden not doing anything to secure the border. A new poll says illegal immigration is now americas number one concern. 50 of americans say they support construction of a wall along the border, which is just as dumb as yanned a it was when trump threw it out there eight years ago. First of all, there already is a wall across the parts of the border where a wall makes any sense. Theres 706 miles of wall already. Secondly, walls, theyre not magic. You can go over them, you can go under them. You can cut through them. Basically, a wall is a great way to stop undocumented bighorn sheep. [ laughter ] from sneaking in here and taking jobs from american sheep. [ laughter ] it is interesting to watch the maga gang so upset about mexicans, while at the same time, openly embracing russians. I think that people are just ridiculous that they think that putins such this enemy. He isnt doing anything. He just wants back what was his. But he invaded taking back what was his. He invaded ukraine. Thats right. Killing thousands of people. Thats fine. Thats fine with me. This administrations trying to start a war with russia. Russias not our enemy. Jimmy hes right, sleeves are our enemy. [ laughter ] i got to say, i dont i mean [ applause ] as somebody who grew up in the 80s, i dont did this man not see rocky iv . [ laughter ] come on. Trumps other big line of attack is to try distract us from how historically unfit he is for office by questioning how much joe biden has left in the old think tank. The radical left democrats are at it again. Theyre constantly making up stories about me because their candidate is a mental and physical basket case. Dont associate me with the mental midget that you portray, because i want to tell you, he should not be leading this country. Jimmy okay, first of all, theyre called mental Little People now. [ laughter ] and second, does he think this is helping him . Does that sound like a mental tall person to you . [ laughter ] in washington, lawmakers made another lastminute band aid deal to avoid a government shutdown. They passed a shortterm spending deal that will keep the lights on at least through the first week of march. Our government is being run like a kid who writes his book report on the bus ride to school. [ laughter ] meanwhile, donald trump is looking for money himself. I mentioned last night that, in order to appeal the ruling in his fraud case in new york, he has to come up with the full 454 million penalty or a bond on are to cover it. In other words, a man who became famous by never paying anyone back has to convince a Bonding Company that he will definitely pay them back. [ laughter ] its an astonishing amount of he owes a whole Powerball Lottery jackpot. [ laughter ] he may very well have to sell off his properties to cover it. But thats a worstcase scenario. His first move is to see how much he can get for eric on craigslist. [ laughter ] [ applause ] he has him listed in the tool section. Wouldnt it be great if trump has to sell maralago to some billionaire liberal . [ cheers and applause ] maybe oprahlago would be a solution. [ laughter ] darth traitor did get a win from his buddies on the Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear trumps president s can do whatever they want argument as it relates to january 6th. That is likely to push trumps trial to sometime after the election. The case did not need to be heard by the Supreme Court. It was already heard by the u. S. Court of appeals which smacked it down so hard it needed a concussion protocol. [ laughter ] but the Supreme Court was like, wipe the blood out of your ears and get back in the game the question the Supreme Court decided they need to rule on is, can a president do literally anything while in office and be immune from prosecution . And if you think thats an exaggeration, or an oversimplification, trumps lawyers were asked, if this is true, would a president be allowed to send s. E. A. L. Team 6 in to kill one of his political opponents and he didnt say no. Trumps argument is that he could literally shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and get away with it. And ill be honest, im worried the person he would shoot might be me. [ laughter ] im staying away from fifth avenue. And so now we may have to wait until next year to find out if trump did the things we all saw and heard him do on television. [ laughter ] this is what happens when we let an extra from home alone 2 pick three Supreme Court justices. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] if you are a regular viewer of this show you know that, from time to time, we like to poke fun with our friends in florida. Which is, as you know, our countrys most ridiculous state. [ laughter ] but tonight, in the interest of equal time we turn the spotlight on ourselves for the firstever edition of this week in california. A bizarre fight in venice beach caught on camera. Video from tmz shows a woman in her birthday suit going after another woman, who was clothed and armed with a cigarette and a spiked club. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy am i the only one dying to know who won . Either way, its a great start to womens History Month. [ laughter ] tomorrow, black History Month ends, and womens History Month begins. Women have contributed so much to the world, and even to me personally. You know, i did one of those ancestry things. I recently learned half of my parents are women. [ laughter ] yeah. And that is why it saddens me so deeply to hear the unfortunate news out of kanawha city, west virginia, where locals are grieving the loss of a beloved local landmark. Theyre calling it the end of an era. Hundreds gathering at the old hooters for a candlelight vigil. Its a lot of memories going down with that building. I want to thank each and every one of you. It never reopened after march 2020. For all the naysayers, the doubters, the downtalkers and whatnot, this building right here was a legitimate iconic figure to the valley. [ laughter ] [ applause ] jimmy wow. Thats im saying i know how he feels. When the heaters a few doors down the street from us closed, it felt like our community lost its soul. [ laughter ] it really did. If we could, lets take a moment to bow our heads in prayer to remember the people of kanawha city and the memory of their dearly departed chicken wing tit factory. [ laughter ] i said silently. If were not going to take it seriously and pray together. I mentioned before today is leap day. And i know we have a lot of calendar nuts watching the show. So, to them i want to wish did someone say leap day . Jimmy hi. [ cheers and applause ] wow. What a delightful surprise this is. Who are you, may i ask . Im february 29th, but call me leap day if ya nasty [ cheers and applause ] jimmy where did you come from . Im here every four years, so deal with it jimmy oh, well hello leap day. Welcome did you say leap . Jimmy i did say leap. You said leap again jimmy okay, i think we get it. Wow. I havent seen people since february 2020. How have things been since then . Totally bitchin . [ cheers and applause ] wow jimmy i wouldnt say totally bitchin. Oh, really . Jimmy yeah. When i left, 2020 sounded like it was about to be turnt up [ laughter ] jimmy yeah. A solid coachella lineup, the summer olympics, Ruth Bader Ginsberg was kickin a. Jimmy yeah. Not all of that worked out. In march, everything shut down. Like everything had to shut dune. Oh, no. What did president buttigieg do . [ laughter ] jimmy oh, right Pete Buttigieg had the lead in the primary the last time you were here. No, he didnt become president , hes not the president. Whwhthis is so much to take in. Jimmy yeah. What the dua lipas going on here . [ laughter ] jimmy about two weeks after you left, there was a pandemic that killed millions of people and really changed society, changed everything. Oh. Thats my leap of immeasurable sadness. [ laughter ] jimmy oh. Did everyone at least learn a lesson from that horrifying event that brought humanity together as a whole . Jimmy no, no. [ laughter ] quite the opposite, in fact. Wait a minute. Do you have the virus . Your eyes are sunken, and your hairs patchy. Jimmy no, thats just what i look like. Ive looked like this for four years. You did . Jimmy yeah, this is my youre not sick . Jimmy no, not sick at all. Im okay, thank you. Well, then, eww. Anyway, i gotta leap. Im celebrating my birthday with my bestie. Havent seen him for four years jimmy whos your bestie . Hes another day. Maybe youve heard of him . January 6th . Freedom jimmy oh, yeah. Freedom janny, what did jimmy kimmel do to you . Jimmy i didnt do anything to him. Come on, honey. Lets go visit 4 20, and forget this ever happened. Ill see you losers in four years lets go. Hang mike pence hang mike pence [ cheers and applause ] jimmy why so much smoke . [ laughter ] well figure it out at rehearsal tomorrow, i guess. Hey, weve got a good show for you tonight if we survive the smoke. From shogun anna sawai is here. [ cheers and applause ] we have music from the kid laroi, and well be right back with eugene levy. So stick around i see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, hi, there, welcome back. Tonight, her highly anticipated and critically acclaimed new show is called shogun. Anna sawai is with us. [ cheers and applause ] then later, a rapper and singer from australia. A documentary about him called kids are growing up a story about a kid named laroi came out today on prime video. Music from the kid laroi. [ cheers and applause ] i would be remiss if i did not thank the incredible sean hayes for his portrayal of our new character, leap day guy. [ cheers and applause ] leap damon. You can hear sean on his very popular podcast smartless with Jason Bateman and will arnett. Won a tony, you know. Won a tony six months ago for best actor, he won a tony. Guillermo he did a good job. Jimmy then we ask him, put on this stupid wig ask this outfit, and sure enough, here he is. Thank you, sean. Our first guest tonight as fourtime emmy winner, companion of the order of canada and the honorary mayor of pacific pal la satisfieds. Season two of his show the reluctant traveler week from tomorrow on apple tv plus. Please welcome eugene levy. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy how are you . Very good to see you. Hello, jimmy. Jimmy hey, do you celebrate leap day in canada or skip right to march . How does that go there . We do, but our leap day is only 14 hours. Jimmy how are you doing . Hows the family . Hows everybody . Everybody everybody is good. Everybody is good. The familys good. Ive got a little grandson now. Jimmy oh, nice. How old is he . Yeah, 20 months. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy 20 months. Yes, little james eugene. Jimmy oh, you named him after me, how nice. Thats right. Thats right. [ laughter ] jimmy who does he look like . He doesnt look like me. Jimmy he doesnt . No, hes actually quite a handsome little guy. A little waft of blond hair. Jimmy oh, he does . Yes. Jimmy no big, black eyeb eyebrows, nothing like that . No big no, no jimmy big glasses . Find the desert blood what is my wife would say. Jimmy the family is excited because next friday youre getting the star on the hollywood walk of fame. [ cheers and applause ] its a big deal. Is that a big deal to you . Well, it is and im incredibly excited about it. Because i think my asking price is going to skyrocket. [ laughter ] jimmy so you look at this as a windfall, a financial thing . Im just saying. You now have a star. It kind of makes you a bona fide star. Jimmy it does make you a thats what you bring to a project. Youre bringing star power to a project. I think they have to pay you whatever you want to ask for. You know . Jimmy i think youre right. I think youre absolutely right. A lot of people in this business consider themselves stars. But they dont have a star. Jimmy youve got to have the cement if you really want to be considered a star. I think youve got to have the star to consider yourself a star. You know, and i dont consider myself a star. Jimmy but we do, and thats whats most important. We consider you to be a star. [ cheers and applause ] therefore, you are one. Where will your star be located . Well, its going to be on the west side of highland. This is not going to make too much sense to i guess to people around the country. Its on the lets put it this way, there are no porn shops in the vicinity. Jimmy oh. Would you like to us open one . Because we could its nice. There are trees. Jimmy oh. Its a little closer to the ocean. Jimmy are you sure youre on the hollywood boulevard walk of fame . [ laughter ] i am on hollywood boulevard. In fact, i actually went by it. The other day. Just to see where the location might be. Jimmy you did. I didnt mind it at all. I thought it looked, you know its a nice litigation jimmy nice. Id want a house this. [ laughter ] jimmy do you think you will there will ever be an occasion where you gust just go hang around the star, just to delight people . I wouldnt let them know that im that its me. Jimmy uhhuh . But i would like to stand there, just to see how many people walk by and just scratch their head. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah, yeah. I will say, though, i have a star right in front of our theater. Every once in a while, on the rare occasion that im outside, that i usually stay indoors. Occasionally i go outside. I see somebody looking at it, ill give them a tap on the shoulder, what are you looking at . Ill keep moving. That way they really arent sure if it actually happened. [ laughter ] if i gave them a tap on the shoulder, they wouldnt know who it was. Jimmy that is not true. Can i tell you that i saw your very old pal, martin short, and i dont mean hes very old, i mean youve known each other since you were boys. Ive known marty over 50 years. Jimmy marty is a one of your best friends . Marty is my best friend. Jimmy is your best friend . Yes. Jimmy will marty be at the star ceremony . No, he will not. [ laughter ] jimmy he will not. He didnt make the guest list. Jimmy some best friend, yeah. No, martys working. Hes shooting in new york. Shooting a show. Jimmy i told him that you were going to be here and that you were getting a star, and he seemed to have no knowledge of it. [ laughter ] i thought you were going to say, he didnt seem to care. [ laughter ] jimmy no, no, he cared. He cared, but you might want to give him a call, let him know why he wasnt inelevated. Yes, i will. I will. Jimmy this is an Old Newspaper item we found from i assume canada. From what year would you guess this was . Well that would be the odd couple, thats Mcmaster University when we were in school together. That would have been 71. But my picture would have been from probably 66. Jimmy oh. Because that picture is a high School Picture they lifted from my yearbook. [ laughter ] and martys picture is actually a comp picture that he had done, a bad comp picture as he would call it. [ laughter ] because it looks like hes an actor trying desperately hard to get dramatic work. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah, he does. You can really see you can feel his pathos. He thought it was the oddest picture to put out to promote a comedy. [ laughter ] jimmy it does seem weird. Lets put that up on the big screen so we can really look at martys face here. [ laughter ] i mean, this captures the it looks like he was maybe drooling while he took this. [ laughter ] yes. Jimmy this is a picture he selected, right . I yes, it is. I dont know what he was going for. Montgomery clift. Jimmy were you already friends at this point when you did the odd couple together . Yes, we were. We actually met probably a year before that. I met marty in 1970 in a in school. We were in a musical production of frankenstein. And i was i had one of the lead roles, playing igor the hunchback. Jimmy wow. Marty had a very small cameo appearance in the play, playing a pizza deliveryman who delivers a piz