And alfie boe. And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 733. Yeah. Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh my goodness. Hello, everybody. Welcome. Thank you so much. Welcome. I hope you feel welcome here. Thank you for being here, i love you too, sir. [ laughter ] welcome to the tonight show everybody. You made it, this is it. The tonight show. Youre here. This is the show. Youre in the show. [ cheers and applause ] here is what people are talking about. I saw that President Trumps getting some positive press coverage after he worked with demo i know, thats a a shocker. Yeah. [ laughter ] he is Getting Positive Press Coverage after he worked with democrats to pass a government funding bill. Yeah, trump says hes happy with the press, and cant wait to ruin it with one tweet. [ laughter and applause ] i hate santa. Listen to this. So it came out that nancy pelosi asked the president to tweet that dreamers here on the Daca Immigration Program have nothing to worry about, and he actually did. Steve oh. Jimmy then she said, okay now tweet that youre resigning. Well it was worth a shot. It was worth a shot. Worth a try. [ cheers and applause ] but get this, the white house confirmed that trump had a a private meeting with russias new ambassador today. Trump said its very nice to meet you. And the ambassador said dad, its me, don junior. [ laughter ] weve met before. Steve hey oh [ applause ] jimmy we never met. I thought this was very nice. Melania trump donated a set of dr. Seuss books to schools across the country for National Read a book day. Which backfired when trump got home, and said where are all my books . [ laughter ] where are all my books . Are they on a chair, are they in my hair . [ laughter ] thats right, Melania Trump donated some dr. Seuss books to schools across the country, and it turns out the president even sent some of his favorite dr. Seuss books as well. But there were a few that i hadnt heard of before. Take a look at these. For example, trump sent the brat in the hat. [ light laughter ] ive never read that. He also sent oh, the places youll go back to. [ laughter ] never heard of that book. Steve oh, ive never heard of that one. Jimmy never heard of that book. Steve thats a new book. Jimmy thats the one steve wow. He had it. Jimmy finally, he sent one fish, two fish, i mean theres so many fish folks, there are more fish here than have ever been fish anywhere, believe me. Believe me. [ cheers and applause ] speaking of books, Hillary Clinton wrote a new tell all about the election called what happened and she goes after bernie sanders, joe biden, and president obama. I mean hillary trashing democrats and trump working with them . Is today freaky friday . Whats going [ laughter ] what is happening today . [ applause ] oh, this is pretty big. The horror movie it comes out this weekend. [ cheers and applause ] then parents who want revenge for watching frozen 500 times were like, kids, lets go to the movies. Come on. [ laughter ] see a real one. It has clowns in it. [ laughter ] its a big weekend for horror fans. Just take a look at this latest ad i saw. Rolling stone calls it terrifying. The Chicago Sun Times says, our skin is till crawling. And variety says, he will haunt your dreams for weeks. This weekend, 60 minutes interviews steve bannon. Dont watch it alone. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy kind of interesting. Very scary. [ cheers and applause ] lets get to some sports here. Even though they were big favorites, the new England Patriots lost to the Kansas City Chiefs last night. [ cheers and applause ] and today, the patriots published a book about their loss called what happened. Steve really . Jimmy yeah, it came out today. [ applause ] did you see . After the game Bill Belichick said the patriots, quote, just werent competitive enough, especially on offense and defense. [ laughter ] so if they could just work on those two minor things, they would be better. Offense and defense . Okay, coach. Yeah, okay. Well get right on that, then well be better. Throwing and catching, too . Okay, good. [ laughter ] i saw that this week, this week was prince georges first day of school. [ audience awws ] its a little different. Teachers actually have to ask him if they can use the bathroom. [ laughter ] they go, george, george. Can we use it now . Well be very quick. Listen to this. I read about a gang of wild turkeys that have been terrorizing a town in oregon. [ light laughter ] however, officials expect the problem to work itself out around late november. [ laughter ] theyll figure it out. And finally, you guys, it is fashion week here in new york city, thats right. [ cheers and applause ] fashion week. Models wear crazy outfits to show off the seasons new styles, then we all head to old navy and buy gym shorts and yoga pants. You guys, we have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots right there [ cheers and applause ] jimmy come back again next week, everybody. Jennifer lawrence will be here. [ cheers and applause ] Jake Gyllenhaal will be here. Benedict cumberbatch will be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] plus we have performances from yo gotti with nicki minaj, and andy grammar featuring lunch money lewis. [ cheers and applause ] you do not want to miss it. Its a good week. But first we got a great one tonight. He is the star the star of the deuce on hbo, james franco is here tonight. Steve oh. [ cheers and applause ] love me some franco. Jimmy plus super model Kendall Jenner is stopping by as well. [ cheers and applause ] we love kendall. James, kendall, and i are going to play a game of pup quiz later on in the show. So if you like if you like puppies and you like trivia, well get ready. Plus, if youre a fan of quadrophenia like i am, Pete Townshend is performing tonight. [ cheers and applause ] featuring alfie boe who is just oh my gosh, can he sing, and its this is a new classical version of quadrophenia that is orchestrated by the very talented rachel fuller. It going to be really cool tonight, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] steve wow. Jimmy love rein oer me. Its just its pretty amazing. We were here for rehearsal today. I brought my daughters into work today because we went to their doctor theyre already going to therapy. So theyre [ laughter ] no, they went to see their pediatrician, dr. Landis, very close, and she was great. And they got shots shots, shots, shots, no. [ laughter ] but they came in. So they were playing, and then pete, and rachel, they were so nice to the kids. But i let them sit behind they wanted to play behind the desk. Can you see that . [ audience aws ] let me see if i can zoom in. So this is yeah, so this is this is frannie right there. [ laughter ] looking at a marker there, and then over here, thats thats winnie, and theyre playing with theyre playing with petes record album. [ laughter ] and this is what we ended up with. [ laughter ] there you go. [ applause ] steve minidrake. Jimmy thats drake. I dont know how drake ended up there, but [ laughter ] i dont know how drake ended up there, but little baby drake ended up they must have found it somewhere. Oh yeah, we have baby we have stickers of drake all over the studio. There he is. [ laughter ] we have drake everywhere. They found that and just stuck it on there. Guys, today is friday. Thats usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. You know, i check my inbox. I return [ laughter ] return some emails. And of course i send out thank you notes. [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] steve is your mic on . Jimmy i think theyre both on. I was running a bit behind today, so i thought if you guys wouldnt mind, id just like to write out my weekly thank you notes right now, is that cool with you guys . Is that alright . [ cheers and applause ] james, can i get some thank you note writing music, please . [ light laughter ] great mood, as always. Steve wow. Jimmy thank you, mark zuckerberg, for announcing the birth of your second daughter. Its nice to finally see someone post pictures of their baby on facebook. [ laughter and applause ] shes really great. Steve theyre so cute. So cute. Jimmy thank you, College Classes that start at 8 00 a. M. , for helping prepare students for one of the most important job skills there is, going to work hungover. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] its a skill. Its a skill, baby. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, professional football, for being the only major sport where this guy is in perfect shape. [ laughter and applause ] you must have worked hard this summer. Your really did it. You look great, ready to play. [ light laughter ] thank you, School Picture laser backdrop [ light laughter ] for making kids look like theyre halfway through robbing a bank. [ laughter and applause ] thank you, nfl kickoff weekend for reminding me that 2 minutes left in the game really means an hour left in the game. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] wrap it up. Wrap it up. We get it. Thank you, visors, or as my head calls you, a convertible. [ laughter ] steve yeah. Jimmy i just like getting the air up in there. Steve you need it man. Or else it falls out in chunks. [ laughter ] oh my god. Its a drake cake. Jimmy thank you, crosswalk guy for being the original white walker. [ cheers and applause ] a little game of thrones. Steve come game of thrones, reference, baby topical jimmy g. O. T. Little game of thrones love steve g. O. T. Baby. Jimmy which you love [ light laughter ] thank you, triscuits for being wheat thins that got jacked and spray tanned over the summer. 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I love you, droolius caesar, but sometimes you stink. Febreze car vent clip cleans away odors for up to 30 days. Because the things you love can stink. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest is a a super talented guy, he directs, produces and stars in the brand new hbo series the deuce. Premiering this sunday at 9 00 pm. Its frightening. This show frightened me, im going to tell james that. Its not supposed to frighten. I think its just supposed to be gritty but so well done, that its frightening. Ladies and gentleman, please welcome, james franco. There he is. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy i love you, come on. James, always great to see you, they love you. I love you. Good to see ya, brother. Youre scared by the show . Jimmy i was scared by the show the deuce. It frightened me. Triggered you . Jimmy what . [ light laughter ] no, it didnt trigger me, no. Its about the rise of the porn industry. Jimmy no, it didnt trigger anything, no. Prostitution. Jimmy it didnt, no. [ light laughter ] nothing triggered anything. Old 42nd street. Jimmy it was just gritty and and great, but i have a a feeling nothing scares you. Nothing nothing scares me . Jimmy yeah. Maybe are you an emotional person . Theres a lot that scares me. Jimmy well, does the it, the clown . Does that scare you . [ light laughter ] i just saw that. Jimmy did it scare you . Um yeah, not really. No, it was really well done. Jimmy yeah, yeah, yeah, it was really well done. We dont want to talk about it. [ light laughter ] jimmy i know, i know your not here for that. But it was really well done. You know what scares me . Jimmy thats not what you say when you go to leave a a horror movie. [ talking over each other ] you go, that was really well done. [ laughter ] i would leave thats my biggest compliment of it, i would walk out on it. You know what scares me . Jimmy what . My man tariq is on the show. Jimmy no. The deuce. Jimmy no, tariq. He is the scariest pimp on the show. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy no, he plays his im not kidding, hes hes a pimp of an actress. Jimmy look at this. There he is reggie love. Jimmy reggie love. [ light laughter ] his one of his ladies is played by kim director and last night she was telling me this story. In the opening, in the pilot episode, he has this whole amazing scene where he and this other pimp, c. C, have this conversation about nixons war policy in vietnam. Its an incredible scene. While theyre also like, looking for new prospects for ya know, to turn out. Jimmy yeah. [ light laughter ] and Maggie Gyllenhaal saw that it was on the show. And shes amazing in the show. She saw the the dailies of that and she goes up to kim and shes like, oh my god, you got the best pimp. Jimmy you got the best pimp. [ laughter ] you got the best pimp. [ talking over each other ] jimmy no, i heard the voice and i go, i know this voice. Yeah, he is amazing. My man, reggie love. Jimmy i know him really well. Reggie love, thats my man. [ cheers and applause ] tariq, no joke, no joke, tariq, you were phenomenal in in the first episode. You were fantastic. The only problem with tariq on the show is he had to leave at like 3 30 every day to come here. [ light laughter ] jimmy no, thats not the problem, thats good for us. Please. I want to but heres the thing. This is what i want to get into with you. Because we every time you come on, we talk about Different Things you. You do, you do, poetry. You do painting. You really do. You you are a professor. Werent you a professor at one time . Yeah, i taught at too many schools. I taught at nyu, usc, ucla. [ cheers ] jimmy but now but then but then i just heard that youre youre into baking. [ light laughter ] yeah, no. Its true. Jimmy not that type of baking. Not that type of baking like pies, pies. [ light laughter ] cooking, cooking, cooking. What kind of baking . Like crack . Jimmy not crack but what kind of baking . [ laughter ] jimmy baby steps, baby steps. Whats the other kind of baking . While youre baking, you smoked a doobie, man. [ laughter ] oh, baking. Jimmy yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay, okay. No, no, no. Although although i did make seth rogen a pie and he loved it. [ laughter ] jimmy oh, yeah im not kidding. Jimmy yeah, well, of course he was probably making a pie is the best move ever. Jimmy really . Now, yes. The way i got into it, my friend, hes like hes like a tough guy, a kick boxer, a a real macho dude, runs marathons and every thing. He my other friend was like, yo, i did ray a favor, and he showed up at my door with a a pie, that he made, and he went out and bought a can of whip cream, brought that, just showed up, boom. Here you go, thank you. Jimmy the kick boxer tough guy . Yeah, i was like, whoa, if ray makes pie. Jimmy thats pretty impressive. Im gonna make a pie. Its the best. Jimmy so you know how to do it and everything . I would be intimidated. I mean, my friend samantha she she taught me how to do it. But its like its a good move. Jimmy cookbooks and stuff . Sam brings it over. Jimmy what did you we watch like, handmaids tale, bake pies. [ light laughter ] and its the best move. And i went over to seth jimmy count me in, man, im in. And i went over to seths, he made dinner. Jimmy but whats your secret pie . Whats your pie . I do i do apple, i do apple crumble, i do blueberry. Jimmy crumbles a gem. Yeah, i mean, it goes over really well. Jimmy yeah. Seth was i mean seth bakes, you know. [ laughter ] and he was like jimmy yes, seth bakes, now youre getting what im saying, yes. He was like, oh, whatever it is, dude, thats fantastic. Best thing i ever had. Jimmy the best pie i ever had. Yeah, i bake, seth bakes. Jimmy so i put on im watching, the deuce, im watching you. First of all, frankie you got i play twins. Jimmy this freaked me out, i did not know this, by the way. Yeah. Jimmy and so im watching. And you play you talk about your twin brother vinnie . Vincents like the responsible brother. Frankie is the degenerate gambler. Jimmy so people yell, hey, frankie. And youre like, walking like, kind of travoltaie. Walking through its so rad. And its just so gritty, 70s new york. It looks great. Then you do this who directed this the pilot . Michelle maclaren, from she was on breaking bad and game of thrones, yeah. Jimmy holy moly [ cheers and applause ] wait til you see this. Its like 19 it feels like youre watching, like, a a documentary from the 70s. And then your well, check it out, were going to watch a clip. I have to say im so [ laughter ] jimmy hey, wait, hold on. It is not like, easy as baking a pie, here. You cant just take over the show. I was going to [ laughter ] were not gonna were not gonna watch a clip. No, were not going to watch one. [ laughter ] were going to watch that clip. Jimmy we might watch that clip. Hold on, a second. [ light laughter ] if we watch this clip. We may not. Im so partly embarrassed, but like, its so obvious how much i love acting with myself. Like [ laughter ] im never ive never seen myself. Jimmy you have great chemistry. With yourself. [ light laughter ] you really. Check it out. Jimmy youre gonna get a a spin off for a sitcom from this. Where you play twin brothers. No, but you play your twin. Maybe, frankie, like, frankie will and vincent wont or something. Jimmy no but youre great. And you have two very subtlety different new york accents. Which i caught on, and i go james franco went and did it on this one. And i dont even know how you acted, because your reflection is in the mirror, and youre yelling at yourself, and having an argument with yourself. I go, wait til you see this. Check it out. Jimmy totally, its great. Its embarrassing how much i love myself. [ laughter ] jimmy is there anything else you can say about the deuce . Just that its a 70s yeah, its 70s, new york. Its all about the old 42nd street. And its david simon and George Pelecanos who, you know, did the wire. Which is like, the best Television Show ever. And its about the rise of the porn industry. Jimmy yeah, i want to show a clip. Right now youre a bartender, and youre also a a a degenerate gambler. There yo