[ laughter ] Trump Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway admitted this weekend that donald trump is trailing Hillary Clinton. Said conway, no, literally, hes trailing her. [ laughter ] trumps Campaign Manager said over the weekend that trump would be willing to challenge Hillary Clinton to another debate. Oh, thats a good idea. Wrong. Seth well [ laughter ] but maybe youd win this time. Wrong. [ light laughter ] seth you could study and stick to the issues. Wrong. [ light laughter ] seth all right. Well, hey, you know, at least youre still a billionaire. Wrong. [ laughter ] seth i knew it. I knew it. [ applause ] donald trump said at a rally this weekend that Hillary Clinton was exhausted and weak after the debates. Yeah, probably because you kept sniffing all the oxygen out of the room. [ light laughter ] anyone would be lightheaded after that. Many news outlets are saying donald trump will almost certainly pivot to media and launch his own tv network after the election. Which means as early as next year we could see trump tv filing for bankruptcy. [ laughter ] donald trump said at last weeks debate that he will keep the nation in suspense as to whether he will accept the results of the election. In suspense . Wow, hes a regular oh my god. [ laughter and applause ] the Cheesecake Factory is set to open its first location here in new york city tomorrow. So i bet somebodys regretting all that bridge traffic now. [ laughter and applause ] president obama last week said that this years election is like dantes inferno. Well thats fine, as long as it doesnt turn into a disco inferno. [ light laughter ] no matter who wins, rhythm loses. [ light laughter ] google has announced that with just two weeks until the election, one of the most searched for questions is, is hillary a republican . So it sounds like someone finally figured out how to get online. [ laughter ] and finally, samsung announced recently that people who turn in their recalled galaxy note 7 phones will be eligible for a free note 8 next year when it debuts. Said customers, im not falling for it. Ive been burned by samsung before. [ laughter and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight. From the new series on bbc america, dirk gentlys holistic Detective Agency, elijah wood is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] she is an old friend of ours. From tbss people of earth, the great ana gasteyer is joining us this evening. [ cheers and applause ] and we will have music from an incredible trumpet player and singersongwriter. Spencer ludwig is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] so, look forward to that. Look forward to all of that. But before we get to it, we are just about two weeks away from the president ial election. And as donald trump continues to lag behind in the polls, hes lashing out at everything from the media to the election process itself. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ applause ] seth as his campaign sputters to a close, trump has launched a series of increasingly paranoid attacks on a host of perceived enemies, from the media to pollsters to banks. In fact, hes so paranoid that last night in florida he even told the crowd that as he flew over the everglades he was afraid hed get eaten by an alligator. I just flew over and let me tell you, when you fly over the everglades and you look at those gators and you look at those water moccasins goin, you say, i better have a good helicopter. [ light laughter ] i told the pilot, you sure were okay . Seth and i think i think trumps fear of alligators solidifies his role as 2016s captain hook. [ laughter ] but, you know, with a super tiny hook. [ laughter and applause ] so after weeks after weeks of flailing from one controversy to the next, trump tried to get back on track with a major speech saturday in gettysburg, pennsylvania, the site of Abraham Lincolns famous address during the civil war. Trumps Campaign Said the event would feature a series of major new policy proposals, and the speech was a chance for trump to finally rise above the fray and come across as president ial. And he definitely did not do that. Trump spent the first 15 minutes of his address railing against the system, the media, and even threatening to sue the women who accused him of sexual misconduct. Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over. Seth so, basically trump did worse at gettysburg than the south did. [ laughter ] trump giving a speech at gettysburg only made sense if it was also the location where Abraham Lincoln was caught on a hot mic before taping an episode of access pennsylvania. And i think we actually have that tape. So you were saying, president lincoln . I find myself drawn to beautiful women. I embrace them. I dont even wait. And when youre a man of great fame they allow this to happen. They are indeed amenable to these embraces. You can even on most occasions take the liberty of grabbing them by the pu president lincoln im just being honest. Seth special thanks to daniel daylewis who came in and recorded that today. [ laughter ] and it isnt just trump whos going a little off the rails. Vice President Joe Biden slammed trump for his comments on the access hollywood tape, bragging about Sexual Assault and said this. Press always asks me, dont i wish i were debating him . No, i wish we were in high school, i could take him behind the gym. [ audience ohs ] seth take him behind the gym . So you want to smoke a joint and make out with him . [ laughter ] because if youre talking about fighting him, Everybody Knows fights are at the monkey bars at 3 15. [ light laughter ] the big problem for trump in the closing stretch is that he cant seem to connect with voters outside his base and attacking his accusers isnt going to help him with female voters. Trump dug himself an even deeper hole with women voters last week when he called hillary a nasty woman during the third debate. And his supporters in the republican party, like texas congressman brian babin havent exactly been helping trump with their attempts to defend that comment. He called her a nasty woman. Well is that appropriate . You know what . Shes saying some nasty things. Do you think its appropriate to call her a nasty woman . Well, im a gentile southerner, allen so that means no. No, i think, i think sometimes a lady needs to be told when shes being nasty. Seth sometimes a lady needs to be told when shes being nasty. That, of course, is the opening line from the upcoming novel fifty shades of red. [ laughter ] so now instead of trying to win the election by saying things that might actually get more people to vote for him, trump has decided instead to complain that its rigged against him. For the past few weeks, hes been claiming that the media, the clinton campaign, and a secret group of International Bankers have been working together to steal the election from him. And this week his campaign added another perceived enemy to that list dead people. Therere dead people who are on the voter rolls. We know that people who are dead are still on the voter rolls. Gotta keep the dead folks on the voter rolls. We see 1. 75 Million People on the rolls who are now dead. 1. 8 Million People are dead. [ light laughter ] but theyre registered to vote. Seth yeah. They might be registered, but i have a feeling turn out will be low. [ laughter and applause ] trump advisor Rudy Giuliani even claimed that the dead voters were helping one side in particular. Dead people generally vote for democrats rather than republicans. [ light laughter ] seth and i know dead people, because i am, of course, king of the vampires. [ laughter ] but trumps claim that the election is rigged isnt just idle talk, its having real consequences. Trumps supporters believe what he says. In fact, some of them are taking his rhetoric about election rigging seriously enough that theyre going to heed trumps call to monitor polling places to watch for supposed fraud. One trump supporter told the boston globe quote, trump said to watch your precinct. Im going to go for sure. Ill look for well, its called racial profiling. Mexicans, syrians, people who cant speak american. Im going to go right up behind them. Ill do everything legally. I want to see if theyre accountable. Im not going to do anything illegal. Im going to make them a little bit nervous. Youre going to make them a little bit nervous . Where have you been for the last 15 months . Were all a little bit nervous. [ light laughter ] but of course, republicans cant easily distance themselves from trumps rigged election rhetoric, because they themselves have spent years building up the myth of voter fraud. Passing laws that require voter i. D. S and cutting back on polling places and early voting. And even though theres absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud anywhere in the country. In fact, if anyone is trying to suppress votes in a way that could impact the outcome of elections, its republicans. Just look at whats happening in north carolina, where republican politicians cut back on early voting. Across the state long lines crawled outside polling sites thursday. Theres about 40 less sites than there were opening day four years ago. Part of the lines are being caused by a lot of people packing in to less sites. You know, lines around the state vary anywhere from ten minutes to four hours. Seth people are waiting in line for four hours to vote. To put that in context, four hours is longer than donald trump prepared for any of the debates. [ light laughter ] well, thats because hed rather have a puppet as president of the united states. No puppet. No puppet. And its pretty clear youre the puppet. [ laughter ] seth the only place trump ever spent four hours is backstage at a Miss Universe pageant. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] so theres obviously obviously no evidence for trumps claims of a rigged election, but there is evidence that something is off with trumps mood. Because as the Washington Post reported over the weekend, quote, donald trump is in a funk. In fact, trump is so morose he cant seem to bring himself to do his favorite thing, talk about himself on tv. Last week in ohio, he was confronted by a local tv reporter during an interview and just walked away midquestion. 19 days out from the election. Youve been labeled a racist, youve been called a sexist. Thank you very much. How do you respond to that . I am the least racist person youve ever met. Seth so sad. [ light laughter ] i mean, just listen to his voice. Even he cant muster the energy to pretend what hes saying isnt ridiculous. Im the least racist person. Everybody says so. Well, some people say so. Nobody says so. [ laughter and applause ] this has been a closer look. Well be right back with elijah wood, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] one smart choice leads to the next. The new 2017 ford fusion is here. Its the beauty of a wellmade choice. It isnt just grandmas who are i lipassionate about turkey,k so is subway. 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I liv in a black out town midnight where we used to dance underneath the ugly halogen lamps oh, it all went away so fast in a black out [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. Joining the 8g band all this week, shes an accomplished musician and composer from right here in new york city. One of our favorite drummers, Allison Miller is here. There she is. [ cheers and applause ] be sure to check out some of allisons drumming tips over at reverb. Com. Welcome back allison. And also very exciting you guys fred armisen is here tonight. Give it up for fred. [ cheers and applause ] and its been awhile since freds here, and its so great catching up with him backstage. One the things fred and i always talk about is how much we love tv. Theres so much great tv on right now. Fred so much great stuff. Seth peak tv. Theyre calling it peak tv. The best. I love it all. Seth and one of the things fred says to me because ill complain that i cant watch all the great shows that are on. I just dont have enough time in the day. Fred claims hes seen every episode of every Television Show thats currently on the air. Is that true . Fred absolutely. Very, very true. Everything. Seth because if you said it to impress me, now is the time to admit, and i wont be mad. I get it. Fred no, i have seen everything. I love it all. [ light laughter ] seth okay. That means its time once again for Fred Armisens extremely accurate tv recaps. [ cheers and applause ] okay. So now to prove youre not lying, im going to give you the title of a new show and youre going to tell me what its about. Fred great. [ laughter ] seth timeless, right here on nbc. Fred timeless is so good. Have you seen it . Seth i have not seen it. Fred the pilot . Nothing . Seth i havent seen any of it, no. Fred nothing . Its so good. Seth, it is so good. Seth great. What is timeless about, fred . Fred its the melting of the polar icecaps. [ laughter ] right . And so they go there and they just start measuring. Seth who . Who goes . Fred the group from nbc. This, like, group of people from nbc. [ laughter ] they go there and theyre like, forget the scientists. Were going to measure this ice, these glaciers. Were going to measure it. We cant we cant make heads or tails of seth so what people from nbc go . Is it just fred its just like the higher ups, you know. [ laughter ] so theyre like, enough of the scientists. Were going to go and measure it. So they get, like, all these rulers and all these tape measurers, and sure enough theyre like, this is not good. [ light laughter ] like, you know yesterday there was more ice, now theres a little bit less. So they start looking for townspeople to interview. So they go out there. They cant find anybody. Seth they cant find anyone at the polar icecaps . Fred no. Seth that makes sense to me. Fred but not to them. So they start interviewing each other. [ laughter ] right . They start interviewing each other. What do you think . Like, this is crazy. I cant believe its all so true. And weve gotta start changing things. And then for the next half an hour they sit there [ laughter ] thinking about it. Lets just think about it. Seth so if im watching, what am i seeing on my tv screen then . Fred youre watching them sit there after about five minutes of having interviewed each other. And also after having measured all the glaciers. Seth and thats all the show is . Fred seth, its well done. Its shot. [ laughter ] they put so much money into like the cameras and the cinematography. It is beautiful. Seth okay. This is weird, because according to tv guide, timeless is about a trio that travels through time to battle a master criminal out to alter human history. Fred history, yes. Yes. [ laughter ] that is more correct of a description. Seth okay. Give it up for fred armisen, everybody and the entire 8g band right over there. [ cheers and applause ] you guys, our first guest tonight starred in the massively popular film franchise the lord of the rings. You can see him in the new bbc america series dirk gentlys holistic Detective Agency, which airs saturdays at 9 00 p. M. Lets take a look. This is bad. This isnt gonna work. This is a bad idea. Nonsense. This is the perfect opportunity to get some answers. The man shot at us. What if he just pulls a gun . Aha. Thats why i brought this. What is that supposed to do . You know what they say about bringing a knife to a gun fight. That its bad . Oh, bloody hell, is that what that means . Seth please welcome back to the show elijah wood, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] hello, sir. Seth how are you . Im so happy to have you back. Im so happy to be back. Seth and i want to give you a chance to explain the show because ive seen you try to explain it and you seem to have a difficult time with it. And the thing thats weird is you have been in other weird shows. Yeah. Seth like you were in a show wilfred where a guy played your dog. Right. Seth and you could explain that. I could, yeah. That was pretty simple. Seth but this one is tricky. Give it your best shot. Tell us what dirk gentlys is about. Oh man. Ive been trying to do this for a week and it doesnt get any easier. Seth yeah, because the clip was funny but we dont know what its about. Sure. Yeah, no. Its about a detective called dirk gently who is a holistic detective. Which means that hes not a traditional detective. He doesnt look for clues or interview witnesses. He goes on hunches and coincidences and follows intuition. Um, i he asks me to be his assistant. Seth okay. I reluctantly join him and effectively, its a weird detective show in which anything is possible. There are random elements that converge constantly. There are energy vampires. Theres time travel. Its very difficult to describe. Its too many elements in one thing. Seth you did a really good job. I thought that was a very didnt you think that was an excellent sales pitch . [ applause ] it is at its heart, at its core, a detective story. There is a mystery at its core, but its constantly throwing new things at you. Seth all right, perfect. Great. [ light laughter ] that wasnt so hard. Seth so i heard that you and the cast did this is like i guess team bonding . You did an escape room. We did an escape room. Seth for those who dont know, can you do escape rooms or have i exhausted you powers of explanation . Oh, no, ive done it. Seth okay. So tell people what escape rooms are. So escape room is essentially, um it is a room in which you are thrust with anywhere from four to five or six people and you are tasked with getting out of that room. Its anywhere from 45 minutes to 60 minutes and there are a series of puzzles that you have to solve in order to