Young phenom. Yeah. Incredible. This is the year you know. Jinx . We hope so. Yes. Thanks for joining us. Have a great day tomorrow. Our next newscast today in the bay. Tomorrow morning at five. Hope to see [ cheers and applause ] steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests Whoopi Goldberg, Gracie Abrams, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 1969. Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my goodness. [ cheers and applause ] come on, now thats what im talking about. I love you. Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself, everyone. Welcome, welcome, welcome, to the tonight show. You are here. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Well guys, this is exciting today, the olympic torch arrived in france, and began a a journey across the country that will end in paris on july 26th. Everyone in france is pumped to see the torch. Right now, people lined up for miles waiting to light their cigarettes off it. Ah, merci, merci. [ laughter ] merci. I am so happy france has the olympics, cause honestly, we owed them after burger king made the croissanwich. [ laughter ] you know, i think we did it was delicious, but, yeah. You guys, today here in new york it was 85 degrees and humid. [ audience oohs ] which is why your coworker who loves bragging about his natural deodorant was pretty quiet today. [ laughter ] its called phils organic and [ light laughter ] you guys see this . The judge in former president trumps classified documents case has postponed the trial indefinitely. [ audience oohs ] and to thank the judge, trump sent her a nice bouquet of classified documents. I thought that was interesting. [ light laughter ] trump was like, 1 down, 72 to go. [ laughter ] speaking of trump, yesterday during his hush money trial, he got a warning from the judge, cause he was overheard cursing during Stormy Daniels testimony. Its not great when a Court Transcript has worse language than the roast of tom brady, do you know what im saying . [ laughter and ohs ] but everyones talking about stormys testimony, especially when she mentioned that donald and melania sleep in separate bedrooms. You can tell the difference between the two, because her room has two night stands and his room has one night stands. [ laughter and ohs ] steve whoa, heyo [ cheers and applause ] jimmy one has two, and that has one. Steve one. Jimmy meanwhile, according to a new poll, most people expect trump to be convicted in his hush money trial. Yeah, even worse news for trump, the poll was just his lawyers. Steve really . [ laughter ] jimmy yeah. Some more political news have you heard this . Rfk jr. Said that years ago, a a doctor found a dead worm in his brain. [ laughter ] and this is strange instead of using dewormer, he injected himself with the covid vaccine. [ laughter ] hes got it all wrong. Steve yeah, wow. Jimmy his family is like, this is true, but it still doesnt explain why hes like that. [ light laughter ] apparently the worm was giving him all his ideas like in ratatouille. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it is not it is cold, i will warm it up. [ light laughter ] well, this is fun today, disney began streaming a a restored version of the 1970 beatles documentary, let it be. [ cheers ] and from what ive seen, i think they used a. I. To enhance some of the conversation. Steve really . Jimmy yeah. But they might have gone a a little too far. I dont know, take a look, see if you can see something. Jimmy yeah, thats interesting. [ applause ] theyre discussing some business news, the ceo of Spirit Airlines called the Airline Industry a rigged game, and said that consumers are the longterm losers. [ light laughter ] thats just the kind of sunny optimism that gave them the name Spirit Airlines, you know what im saying . [ laughter ] welcome onboard, losers. Welcome onboard. [ laughter ] welcome onboard, losers. And finally, a billionaire who has already done one launch with spacex is planning to do another one this summer. A second spacex flight. Even elon musk was like, that might be pushing your luck. I mean, whats wrong with this guy . Got a worm in his brain . [ laughter ] we got a great show. Give it up for the roots, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi, everybody. Welcome to the show. Thanks so much for watching. Quick reminder right here, everybody, next tuesday, may 14th, 9 00 p. M. , its the tonight show 10th anniversary special. [ cheers and applause ] big deal big deal for us. Its a twohour show. It is all the best moments from the past 10 years of the show. Two hours of our best clips, iconic musical performances, lipsync battles, sketches, games, interviews. It is so fun, so plan a party for this tuesday at 9 00 p. M. The tonight show 10th anniversary special. [ cheers and applause ] very excited about this. What a show we have for you tonight. One of my favorite human beings on earth she is an egotwinner who just released a memoir called bits and pieces my mother, my brother, and me, which is available now. Whoopi goldberg is here this evening. [ cheers and applause ] come on. Plus, shes a grammy nominee whose new [ screams ] steve wow. Jimmy this is not the real Gracie Abrams. Steve yeah. Jimmy just a photo. [ light laughter ] just a photo. Whose new single risk is streaming now. And her followup album, the secret of us, is out june 21st. Gracie abrams is joining us [ screams and applause ] thats what im talking about. [ screams and applause ] i got to hang out with Gracie Abrams the other night. I went to the met gala. Steve ooh. Jimmy yeah. Thank you. Steve ooh la la. Jimmy and she was very lovely to sit next to. But she did that move cause Ariana Grande came out to perform. Amazing. Love that. And gracie got up. And she was like [ clapping ] being cool and dancing and stuff with her friend. And so i stood up and started dancing. And then, she sat down. [ laughter ] so now, im [ stilted music ] [ laughter ] im not sure if well bring it up tonight. [ laughter ] steve just want it out there. Jimmy but anyways, im happy shes here. Guys, its time for tonight show hashtags. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] Hashtags Hashtags jimmy so this week, i sent out the momquotes. And i asked you guys to post some funny or weird quotes about your mom. Within minutes it was a a trending topic in the u. S. So thank you for playing along. [ cheers and applause ] now, i thought id share some of my favorite momquotes from you guys. These are real. This first one is from is gabrielhardin. He says, tonights dinner menu consists of two choices take it or leave it. [ laughter ] i like that. This ones from markwithanm. Steve mm. Jimmy he says, can you ask those people over there to take a selfie of us . [ laughter ] its called a selfie cause this is from ubiquitousbdog. They say, dont look at me in that tone of voice. [ laughter ] this one is from dunlahfatmae. Steve ooh. Dont laugh. Jimmy dun dun lahf at mae. [ light laughter ] she says this is great. Your brother was the like the first pancake, a little overcooked but still okay. [ laughter and applause ] thats pretty funny. Steve testin em out, man. Jimmy little overcooked, its okay, its all right. Steve gotta do the first one. Jimmy this ones from lelandyachtclub. They say, my mom was an organist. She had a limited guarantee printed on her business cards if i play for your wedding, i cant guarantee you will stay married. But if i play for your funeral, i guarantee youll stay dead. [ laughter and ohs ] jimmy cool. Cool. Sounds fun. Steve wow. Jimmy this ones from keishajourney. She says, my mom used to yell, dont forget your ball sack, after softball practice. [ laughter ] im gonna walk home, ma. Im gonna walk home. [ light laughter ] this ones from sabree06. She says, my mom was once trying to pronounce the wrestler triple hs name from the back of a toy box. She kept going haah, haah, haah. [ laughter ] because they just had it printed as hhh. [ light laughter ] whos that wrestler, haah. This ones from marissarosie22. She said, i told my mom she was invading my personal space. She said, you came out of my personal space. [ laughter ] steve oh heyo [ cheers and applause ] she went there. Jimmy wow. All right. Now, go get your ball sack. [ laughter ] all right, ma. Whats going on . Steve wheres the lie . Jimmy this ones from jameslillyk. She says, my mom thinks shes singing the right lyrics to baby got back i like big butts and i dont know why. [ laughter ] steve just like em. Jimmy this ones from sassystarfish13. She says, when i was 10, my mom yelled at me for being sassy. I threatened to call child services. Her response was, you better tell them to hurry up, because youre gonna be dead by the time they get here. [ laughter and ohs ] steve yeah jimmy happy mothers day. Steve mom won. Jimmy happy mothers day. Steve sassy starfish girl. Jimmy this last one is fantastic. This ones suziepalmucci. She says, i lost my bandaid in the Chicken Salad so, dont eat it. [ audience ohs ] there you have it. Those are tonight show hashtags. [ cheers and applause ] to check out more of our favorites, go to tonightshow. Com hashtags. Well be right back with Whoopi Goldberg, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] alexa [ laughter ] whats round and brown and hard to open . Sident. Of the universe. middle boy someday, im gonna marry my baseball glove. 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Ty just said her first word. Can you say mama . Baby liberty. Can you say auntie . Baby liberty. How many people did you tell . Only pay for what you need. Jingle liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Baby liberty. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest is an emmy, grammy, oscar and Tony Awardwinning icon who just released a memoir called bits and pieces my mother, my brother and me, which is available everywhere now. Please welcome Whoopi Goldberg. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats whoopi gold come on, now. You got the do you feel the love . Do you feel the love . [ cheers and applause ] come on. We love you. We love you. Welcome back to the show. Its always great to see you. Feels like its been a a little while. Jimmy it has been a little while. You know, every time youve come on and been nice enough to come on my show, youve brought treats for me and the roots. Yes, i have. Jimmy from usually a local bakery. Yeah. Jimmy what did you bring this evening . These are viral pastries. Its pronounced sopreme. Jimmy oh. From lafayette in noho, from chef andrew carmellini. Jimmy uhhuh. These are three flavors, au pain chocolate, pistachio. Or pistacchio. Jimmy oh, yeah. And their current flavor of the month, old ass cherry fashioned. [ laughter ] jimmy you made that up. Thats not the name. No, thats the name of it. Jimmy old ass . Old cherry fashioned. Jimmy yeah, there we go. Thank you. [ laughter ] i was thinking of myself. Jimmy all right, all right. It happens. Jimmy im going to take a a bite of this just cause i have to. Okay. Jimmy wait, look at this. This is like a flaky masterpiece. People wait online for these. Jimmy look at this. They are only available three times a day. [ audience oohs ] uhhuh. Yeah. Yeah. You know, its good. Jimmy mm [ laughter ] that is phenomenal. We like when you bite things. Jimmy hell yeah. I love you, bud. Thank you. Jimmy thank you for bringing this. How are you doing . You look great. Thank you. You, too. Jimmy i do . Yes. [ light laughter ] jimmy its high blood pressure. [ laughter ] its like a little tan. But not really. Just gas. Jimmy just red. Oh, gas . Perfect. Thanks for being here. This is your 12th appearance. We talked about every single thing we could possibly talk about. We have. Jimmy except yeah . Jimmy you got to meet the pope. Ah, yes. Jimmy talk to me about this. Whoopi goldberg and the pope. This is a party i want to go to. [ light laughter ] come on. I wanted i wanted to thank him. Jimmy yeah. Yeah. I tried i have been trying to meet up with him for about ten years. [ light laughter ] yeah, you know. [ laughter ] and every time id say, okay, well do it, then it was like id step in something and then i couldnt do it. [ laughter ] cancel the appearance. Jimmy pope is busy this weekend. Nope, cant come whoopi. Not this time. But i stayed really good and i didnt get in any trouble. [ light laughter ] i wanted to say thank you to him. I really like this man, because you know when people talk about who you want, this is supposed to be the guy that you talk to. I like him. Hes annoyed a lot of people, because he said some things people dont think are correct. But i do. cause, you know, youre the pope. You say, listen, we welcome everybody. We want everybody at our party. We want everybody. We dont jimmy yeah. Were not going to judge you. Only god judges you. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy i like this pope, too. I like him. So he a lot of my divorced friends, who could not go and get the host, that you were talking about earlier. Jimmy thats right, yeah. He said, listen, we need to reengage them as catholics and bring them back to the church. I thought that was great. And he made some really good comments about gay folks and where they stand with god. cause god loves everybody. Right . [ cheers and applause ] god loves everybody. Jimmy absolutely. And he says that. So i dont understand why people get annoyed. But they get annoyed and they said, well, thats not what god said. But you know, god said, listen, if you got a problem, come to me. You dont have to go to anybody else. Just come to me. Jimmy we can talk right now. Yeah. I i like that. So i went to see him and he actually seems to be a bit of a a fan. [ audience oohs ] jimmy he is . Sister act, hello . [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, yeah. Of course. What am i talking about . Of course. Did he ask for like a cameo in sister act 3 . No, but i offered one. [ laughter ] jimmy thats smart. He said, hed see what his time was like. Jimmy yeah, of course. Uh, im excited about this. Bits and pieces. Congrats on this. Thank you. Jimmy this is a memoir you wrote about growing up, and your mom and your brother. Yeah. Jimmy and why bits and pieces . cause thats where their memories are. In me. Im getting look, im getting older, man. Jimmy no, youre not. Never. Oh no. Jimmy youll never get older. I want to. [ laughter ] jimmy no, im not going to let you. No, no, i want to get older. But i wasnt anticipating that id be forgetting a lot of stuff. Jimmy yeah. And so, once i realized that i was starting to things were starting to fade, i thought, well maybe i should write it down. Because i kept waiting to mourn everybody. Jimmy me, too. And i could not figure out why i wasnt, like, wrecked. Jimmy yeah. And i figured it out. Its because we didnt leave anything unsaid. We always we said everything we needed to say to each other every time we saw each other, or every time we spoke. So thats why i couldnt get into the oh, i didnt say i did. Jimmy yeah, you did. You said everything. Yeah, i said. I said it all. And thats why you got to make sure that you tell people while theyre living, what they mean to you. Because our time on the planet goes like that. And because none of us have expiration dates on our booties, we dont know when it is. So try try to remember to tell people you love them. Because if they go and you havent, youre going to regret it. And thats what im so glad im not doing. And so, i wrote the book, and remembered all the stuff that was fun. Jimmy so many great things yeah. Jimmy and stories in here. I just loved how like she kind of took you she took this [ audience aws ] this baby right here. To to a beatles concert, by the way. Yes. Jimmy at shea stadium. Shea stadium. The beatles were this big. [ laughter ] and i dont know if they were singing because all you heard was girls screaming. [ light laughter ] but my mother was magic like that. Jimmy and then, who is clyde . My brother. My big brother. My older brother, man. This guy, he was he was that was my running buddy. And he and i, when i was little cause he was six years older. He took me everywhere. And when people said, why are we bringing her . He said, because thats my sister. [ audience aws ] [ applause ] jimmy thats right. Yeah. Jimmy you need someone like that. You need somebody who, like, acknowledges that its okay for you to be there. And when youre the little sister, you know, you think, oh my gosh. Just three of you. But i never felt like i wasnt in my place, with the two of them. You know, my brother came first. He was the boy child. And in those days, boy children were very important. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah. Yeah. Yes. [ applause ] thank you. We we love boy children. But you know, when i was little, they always you know, they would talk to the boy first. They would always engage. And when my mom got ill, it was during the days when your husband could make sure that you got the treatment that they were telling the doctor the doctors were telling them that was needed. So my mom had two years of, uh, electroshock treatment. And so when she came back, she didnt really know who we were. Now, dont, dont. Because it worked out. [ laughter ] but you got to read the book because i suspect many of us in this audience have gone through these things with our parents and all this stuff. The only thing im going to tell you that i will suggest, remember, your parents were raised by parents. [ laughter ] yeah. Jimmy exactly. You have to always keep that in mind. cause i realized when i was younger that somebody raised my mother. Jimmy thats interesting. Yeah. Jimmy my parents were raised they had parents. They had parents. [ light laughter ] jimmy they know exactly whats up. Well, they know whats up, but they also only know what they know. Jimmy yeah.