Nick offerman star of shelter of solitude actress Siobhan Fallon hogan music from jungle. Featuring the 8g band with Craig Reynolds [ cheers and applause and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening. Im seth meyers, and this is late night [ cheers and applause hows everybody doing tonight . [ cheers and applause thats great to hear in that case, lets get to the news the house of representatives voted yesterday to remove speaker Kevin Mccarthy well, kevin, dont cry because its over. Cry because it happened. [ light laughter ] thats right the house voted yesterday to remove a speaker from power for the first time in 234 years. Well, they removed him from office its hard to have power when you have all the fire and charisma of the facebook silhouette guy [ light laughter ] i mean, look at his face this is a man who either got removed. He either got removed as speaker or just got called his brothers name in bed. [ light laughter ] do i Say Something or do i just let it go . The Biden Administration announced today that it will forgive 9 billion in student loans. Well, that should at least cover most of it said one nyu kid. [ light laughter ] still probably need to get a job. Manhattan Supreme Court judge arthur engorgen. No thats arthur engoren, sorry placed a limited gag order yesterday on former President Trump for his civil fraud trial. Which if violated carries a penalty to up to 30 days in jail seriously . The guy eats nothing but fast food and lives in a florida swamp hotel. Youre not going to break him with jail. [ light laughter ] hell come out rested and ready with three new lawyers [ light laughter ] during his civil fraud trial yesterday, former President Trumps son eric was reportedly seen biting his nails. But trump put a stop to it [ light laughter ] police in slovakia recently shared a Traffic Camera photo of what appears to be a dog behind the wheel of a speeding car. He got pulled over, but he swears the light was gray. [ light laughter ] its a good joke its a good joke [ scattered applause ] about dogs being color blind scotlands took the funniest picture of the day and found a very boring thing to drill down on [ light laughter ] today was International Walk to school day this news first reported by a hungover mom [ light laughter ] hey, good news its a holiday shh. Taco bell announced yesterday it will offer a socalled taco lover pass that allows customers to get a taco every day for one month for just 10 so if you love tacos, maybe try getting them somewhere other than taco bell [ light laughter ] thats right, taco bell will offer customers a 10 pass that allows them to get one taco every day for one month. Though its never a good sign when your promotion sounds like a punishment sounds like a punishment from a parent in the 1950s. Oh, you like tacos well see how much you like tacos in a month, wise guy [ light laughter ] one a day . Google announced yesterday it may no longer deliver emails from users whose messages are frequently marked as spam. In other news, crate and barrel Stock Plunged more than 30 today. [ light laughter ] and finally, Paramount Pictures yesterday uploaded the entire movie mean girls to the social media platform tiktok. But if you really want to see mean girls on tiktok, just read the comments [ light laughter ] and that was the monologue, everybody. Were off and running. [ cheers and applause we got a great show for you tonight. He is an emmynominated actor woodworker, and New York Times best selling author his latest book. Where the dear and the antelope play, the pastoral observations of one ignorant american who loves to walk outside is out in paperback now. Our friend Nick Offerman is here, everybody. [ cheers and applause so happy to have nick back she is a talented and very funny actress who wrote, produced, and stars in shelter in solitude, which is in theaters this weekend. Siobhan fallon hogan will also be joining us. [ cheers and applause and you know, we have mentioned this week s. A. G. , the actors are still on strike. Theyre hopefully meeting soon hopefully well have a deal soon, within the month, that would be great there are rules about not promoting work that youve done from one of the struck companies, so well have a lot of guests on who are actors, and we will purposefully not mention their work some movies like siobhans received a waiver because they were independently made. So, if youre curious is to why talking about some movies and not the others, thats because were following the rules and we also continue to support and hope s. A. G. Gets the deal they deserve. Also you guys. [ cheers and applause give it up sagaftra, everybody. This is very exciting. We are going to have music from british duo jungle [ cheers and applause back on the show also, you guys, im not ashamed to admit it. Ive been doing some podcasting. [ light laughter ] been doing a podcast with my fellow late night hosts. Its called strike force five. Thats jimmy fallon, jimmy kimmel, stephen colbert, and john oliver. Were wrapping that up next week we did 12 episodes on spotify, and we use that had money to help support our staff during this very difficult time thank you to spotify, and thank you to those other four guys its been a lot of fun and i also have been doing a podcast with my brother called family trips with the myers brothers. [ cheers and applause its a very good time. Interviews with celebrities about the trips they took with their kids people like kristen bell, millie bobby brown, john oliver. Its a wonderful podcast go and check that out. And before well, not before, i guess after what i just did. And now after ive gotten so bad at transitions. [ light laughter ] [ laughter ] House Republicans have once again descended into chaos and Paralyzed Congress after they ousted former speaker Kevin Mccarthy who lasted just nine months on the job. Replaced him with nobody, and then left town and now, some republicans and gop pundits floating the possibility of making donald trump the new speaker of the house. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause seth here is where were at in america right now yesterday, a former president of the United States was placed under a gag order by a judge and it somehow wasnt even the biggest news of the day. Tonight, the judge in Donald Trumps fraud trial is issuing a gag order against the former president it bans him from speaking publicly about members of the court staff. For the first time ever, a former president of the United States was slapped with a gag order. Seth yes this is the first time a former president has been slapped with a gag order, unless you count the time hillary told bill to shut up at a dinner party. [ light laughter ] did i ever tell you guys about the time i got drunk at a party with Boris Yeltsin . Yes, yes, you did. The last time was, lets see now, five minutes ago. Now this gag order means trump can no longer talk about court staff in public, although, its very possible trump misunderstood the meaning of the word gag so now your dear former president cant do gags . [ light laughter ] cant do pranks, cant do goops of any kind. [ light laughter ] so, now if i tell you to pull my finger, i have to legally add when you do it, im going to fart. [ light laughter ] and thats sad because that takes all the fun out of it. [ light laughter ] seth but that was not the lead story yesterday because of course this happened for the first time in the history of american democracy and the First Congress of 1789 the speaker of the house has been removed from his position as the leader of the chamber by a vote of 216 to 210, lawmakers booted speaker Kevin Mccarthy, throwing the house into chas. And into unprecedented territory. Seth this is the first time its ever happened republicans have a knack for creating history in the most embarrassing way its like saying, hey, the jets made history this is the first time in his career Aaron Rodgers has gone a whole season without throwing an interception [ light laughter ] and yet. And yet, guys, the jets jokes are back when it looked like they were going to be good this year, i was worried. [ light laughter ] because we need jets jokes but then rogers tore his acl and as sad as it was for jets fans, it was a relief for comedy writers. Is it a coincidence that acl are also the initials of a closer look i dont know [ light laughter ] its pretty [ bleep ] suspicious [ light laughter ] House Republicans are in chaos although, im not sure we can call this unprecedented territory since House Republicans are always in chaos. Weve been saying the Republican Partys in chaos on this show for eight years. We just use the same cue card over and over. Walley keeps it on standby at all times. [ light laughter ] can i just say, walley, it is great to be back at work with you, and i did check, you will still get paid extra every time you have a line. And the moment the vote tally was finished was also historic because as far as anyone can tell its the first time these words have ever been uttered on this vote, the yas are 216. The nays are 210 the resolution is adopted without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The office of speaker of the house of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. Seth cool. So the position thats third in line to the presidency is currently like [ bleep ] Roadside Motel [ light laughter ] then they adjourn and left town without picking someone. Heres the moment congressman patrick henry, a mccarthy ally, adjourned the session. And you can tell how mad he is, because he really pounded that thing. The chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. Seth whoa. [ light laughter ] was he closing the session or trying to win a stuffed panda at the county fair . [ light laughter ] he went after that like a brooklyn third grader killing a spotted lantern fly. [ light laughter ] and, look, i know theyre an Invasive Species and killing them is the right play but i think weve all seen a kid doing it with a little too much pinosh [ light laughter ] who makes you think, oh, this is just a starter kit for them. So they fired the speaker, then just left town without picking a new one. Its very Republican Party to take step one without putting any thought into step two. Well, i just sold my apartment. Cool where you moving to . Moving [ light laughter ] cant i just stay here no if you want to stay here, why did you sell it . Well, i wanted the money you cant have both. Quiet, mim trying to think. Did you just fall asleep while you were thinking . I dont know, man. Im so [ bleep ] tired now, as historic as this development is, its also not surprising Kevin Mccarthy has never been the most gifted politician hes not especially charismatic. He doesnt seem to stand for anything, and sometimes its just genuinely hard to understand what hes trying to say like when he appeared at a trump rally in 2020 and said this i want you to watch nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. [ cheers and applause and i promise you this i wont bang her with it but ill bang the end to the socialism and yes to america seth its hard to be on stage with trump and be the one making the least amount of sense. [ light laughter ] ill bang the end of the socialism and yes to america why does he sound like a print add for budweiser in malaysia . [ light laughter ] if someone you love ever starts talking like that, you need to immediately call 911 or as kevin would say, call one, then another one, and then before both of those, a nine [ light laughter ] so mccarthy wasnt an especially memorable political talent, and he had to endure all kinds of indignities to climb his way to the top of the garbage heap that is the House Republican caucus like the time donald trump just called him by a completely different name and mccarthy didnt correct him. There was progress today. I look forward to solving it thank you, steve. Seth thank you, steve. [ light laughter ] my name is kevin. Its steve now go change your birth certificate or get lost. [ light laughter ] now, in trumps defense, he was about to introduce someone named steve. But because his brain is just ooze, he misfired and called Mccarthy Steve i think part of the problem is whenever trump has to read something off a teleprompter at a formal event, as opposed to just vomiting up off the cuff babble about toilets and windmills, he has to get the gears in motion way in advance the whole time Kevin Mccarthy was speaking, im sure trump was standing behind himself thinking okay, steve is next steve, steve wait, who the hell is this guy screw it just go with steve everybodys steve now. Everybodys steve. And thats not a flub, thats not a gag, so its legally allowed. It doesnt violate the order never mind. [ light laughter ] seth but thats the modern day gop, you have to endure endless humiliation just to get a job that sucks and that wasnt the last of the many indignities mccarthy suffered in order to curry favor with the hard liners in his caucus, he had to fly down to maralago with for that infamous picture with donald trump just three weeks after the insurrection on january 6th. He had to smile for a photo with the guy who tried to overturn american democracy, and it might have almost got him killed its like watching the alien and the Predator Team up for a podcast called no hard feelings. [ light laughter ] mccarthy also attempted to portray himself as a serious statesman preparing for the job of speaker, but his attempts were not especially impressive like when he unveiled what he said would be his agenda if he became speaker, but it was comically thin what were going to roll out today is a commitment to america, and we want to roll it out to you, to the entire country to know exactly what we will do if you would trust us and give us the ability to take a new direction for this country. What the commitment is, is a plan the plan for a new direction so you know what weve created a commitment to america. Seth thats your plan . Its one page. It looks like a leaflet they hand out in times square for 15 off at bubba gump shrimp [ light laughter ] if you buy deodorant and gum at cvs youll get a receipt thats like way longer than that. But that tells you why mccarthy failed and why so Many Republican speakers before him have failed from john boehner to paul ryan. Republicans dont actually have a discernible ideological agenda that they agree on there are no coherent policy goals other than cutting taxes for rich people and banning woke antifa barbie dolls. And none of those things are popular with voters. So they end up in this nonstop vicious cycle. Where a speaker gets elected a bunch of hard liners demand he do a bunch of crazy [ bleep ]. He says no then they take him out back and hit him hard over the head like this [ light laughter ] seth so it all ended in humiliation for mccarthy and his allies which is fitting because mccarthy had to humiliate himself to get the job in the first place. He basically had to crawl over broken glass to get hired for a [ bleep ] job he couldnt keep for nine months. Remember, back in january. When he lost the vote for speaker. Over and over and over again and he just had to sit there in shame while the clerk announced that no speaker had been elected 14 times in a row like he was living in some sort of David Lynchian nightmare a speaker has not been elected. A speaker has not been elected a speaker has not been elected a speaker has not a speaker has not a speaker has not has not not not been elected. It is happening again [ light laughter ] Seth Mccarthy finally got the job on the 15th try after making a bunch of promises like, for example, implementing a new rule that any one member of the gop caucus could bring a motion to remove him which is exactly what they did to him and even knowing that, he still dared his critics, specifically, florida congressman, matt gaetz to try to get rid of him before the vote was called. If somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it. Seth thats right, bring it and i can promise you this if you call a vote to remove me. Ill take that gavel, and i wont bang you with it but i will gavel it to make a banging sound that gavels the end to yes, america. Oh, [ bleep ], im going to get replaced. [ light laughter ] well, gaetz and his small band of cooks and weirdos did bring it, and mccarthy is now gone, and because you have to be insane to actually want this job some republicans are floating the name of a person who is in fact, insane sources telling me at this hour, some House Republicans have been in contact with and have started an effort to draft former President Donald Trump to be the next speaker, and i have been told that President Trump might be open to helping the Republican Party, at least in the short term if necessary. Seth incredible. Only the republicans would consider giving the job of speaker who someone who is under a gag order. [ light laughter ] its like hiring a french mime as your new nfl play by play guy. [ light laughter ] marcelle, what do you think of this play the chiefs are drawing up . [ light laughter ] i agree marcelle, ravens defense is like a wall whats that . You have Something Else to add oh, you also want to talk about taylor swift . [ light laughter ] im with you, marcelle i cant get enough of