And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 778 British Columbia steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my goodness that is a hot crowd. [ cheers and applause ] that is a great crowd. Welcome everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. This is it. Youre here. [ cheers and applause ] you made it. Its a great show. First, heres lets get to what people are talking about here. A little drama out of the washington today. Surprise. [ light laughter ] Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi canceled their meeting with President Trump after he attacked them on twitter. Then trump was like, does this mean i can stay in my pajamas . [ laughter ] bring me the footie ones. Baby got size eights. [ light laughter ] after he referred to her as pocahontas yesterday, Elizabeth Warren said its unfortunate trump cant make it through a ceremony without using a racial slur. And his aide said, seriously . He cant make it through an episode of dora without using a racial slur. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] what are you talking about . Steve what . Jimmy bring out the backpack. Thats my favorite. [ laughter ] meanwhile, i read that trump lied about his own heritage for decades, claiming that his family was swedish to help sell apartments. And hes still claiming that hes swedish so ikea will build his wall. Steve really . [ laughter and applause ] jimmy put the florgun next to the flugen. Save me a meatball. [ light laughter ] its been rough for the president. In fact, his first wife ivana says he really misses his old life. You remember trumps old life, where he played golf, watched fox friends, and sent crazy tweets all day. [ laughter ] yeah, his old life. He misses that. [ applause ] he misses his old life. But get this, i read that the white house may ban staffers from using their smart phones while at work. In related news, President Trump just resigned from office. Thats it. I quit. That is finally enough. [ cheers and applause ] but this is very nice. The white house just unveiled its holiday display and it has a nativity scene. Marking the first time all year theres been wise men at the white house. [ laughter ] steve heyoh ho jimmy now, this is going viral. A white house staffer tweeted out a photo of one of the hallways of the white house after it was officially decorated for christmas. And people noticed that it looks a little scary. Check this out. This is a real photo. [ audience ohs ] steve oh, my gosh. Jimmy i guess the trumps like it, because theyre actually using that picture for their Christmas Card this year. Steve really . Jimmy yeah, and theyre going to figure out the right words to go with it. Ill show you what i mean. So far theyre considering merry christmas. Were just two identical twins on tricycles away from being the scariest thing you have ever seen. [ laughter ] [ applause ] steve wow. Jimmy red rum. [ light laughter ] theyre also considering merry christmas. Wishing your family the opposite of whatever this is. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] i dont know why that and finally theres, merry christmas. This is what frozen on broadway looks like in the upsidedown. [ cheers and applause ] theyre in the holiday spirit. Of course, another big story is that prince harry is engaged to meghan markle. [ cheers and applause ] and it was announced that theyll marry at Windsor Castle this may. Thats right. Right now every bride is asking, wow, how did they get a venue so quick . [ light laughter ] [ applause ] did you hear about this thing . Theres a new iphone case called the rokshok thats actually a secret Engagement Ring box. So that you can propose, and record the reaction. Heres a quick video showing how it works. Look at this. [ laughter ] jimmy pretty interesting there. I think there are a few flaws that they have to work out. Because check out their latest commercial. Watch this. Introducing rokshok, the cell phone case with a built in ring box. Now when you get down on one knee to propose, you can cherish your fiancees reaction forever. [ laughter ] never forget the beautiful moment she said i do. And share it with everyone on social media. [ laughter ] rokshok, the best moment from the worst angle. [ laughter and applause ] jimmy the best moment from the worst angle. Oh, my gosh. Lets get to some sports. Last night, the Houston Texans had a tough loss to the baltimore ravens. And the texans quarterback, tom savage, decided to keep things pretty brief at his press conference. Take a look at this. We good . [ laughter ] [ applause ] jimmy in related news, he was just named trumps new press secretary. No questions. We good . [ applause ] finally you guys, some big tv news. Mtv is bringing back jersey shore next year with the original cast. [ cheers and applause ] just what this country needs, more loud orange people on tv. [ cheers and applause ] we have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy we have got a great show tonight. From the giant new movie, star wars the last jedi, daisy ridley is here tonight [ cheers and applause ] daisy ridley. Thats what im talking about. Shes awesome. Later in the show, daisy and i are going to play a star wars themed whisper challenge. Steve ooh. Jimmy be sure to stick around for that. Itll be fun. Plus, from the fantastic new film, wonder wheel its getting good buzz. Jim belushi is stopping by. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy timberlake, timberlake is in it. We love that guy. Also were going to look at holiday gift ideas with kate berlant and john early tonight. Steve whoa. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy they have holiday gift ideas, Perfect Timing for that. Closing out the show tonight, the one and only Liam Gallagher is here tonight. Steve yeah. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy as you were. As you were. As you were is the name this is like the deluxe, super deluxe vinyl. Steve wow. Jimmy this is not the record. Steve thats a tiny record. Thats like a 45. Jimmy no, its not tiny. This is a 45. This is just the single. But then the actual record is here. Steve ooh. Jimmy and it is white vinyl. Oohlala. Steve whats in that other one . Jimmy guy doesnt fool around. Hes the best. This record, it was released october 6th in the u. K. Debuted at number one, and it outsold the rest of the top ten albums there combined. Steve whoa [ applause ] jimmy this dudes a legend. Hes a legend as you were. As you were. How dare you . [ slap ] as you were theres this video did you guys see this video of Liam Gallagher making tea. Quest, did you see this . Questlove no. Jimmy oh, dude, this is the greatest thing on youtube. Its Liam Gallagher making tea. Okay . Hes explaining why theres no rock stars anymore. Because they have to make their own tea. I wanted to show it on the show tonight. Its very short. But we had to clean it up for television. Steve a lot. Jimmy well, yeah. Because this is Liam Gallagher. But its so funny. Please check it out. Heres Liam Gallagher yeah, its good for the voice, so im told. Its [ bleep ] good, man. Now, in the 90s i got someone else to [ bleep ] do it, but now i cant. [ bleep ] moneys tight. Too tight to mention. Got to do it yourself, havent you . No one buys records these days. In the 90s i had about four people doing it. A little geezer doing the kettle. That kid. Some other little [ bleep ] doing that. And some other little [ bleep ] doing that. Now youve got to do it yourself these days. You know what i mean . cause these [ bleep ] smartasses download [ bleep ] tunes for niche. And you wonder why theres no real rock and roll stars around. This is the [ bleep ] you got us doing. [ bleep ] [ laughter and applause ] jimmy yeah, tell them whats tell them whats up, man i love that dude, man. Guys, its time to take a look at the stories making headlines today and weigh the good with the bad. Its time for pros and cons. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] pros and cons and pros and cons and pros jimmy tonight well be taking a look at the pros and cons of trump not being named time person of the year. This week President Trump tweeted that Time Magazine called to tell him that he would probably be named person of the year, and he declined it. And time says its not true. Who even knows . Lets take a look at the pros and cons of trump not being named time person of the year. Here we go. Pro trump loves appearing on magazine covers. Con because the cover is the only part he reads. Oh, thats interesting. Steve oh, there you go. [ laughter and applause ] timmy. Jimmy pro trump picking up a copy of Time Magazine. Con having to use both of his hands to turn the page. Water bottle . [ applause ] pro trump wants to be on times person of the year cover. Con or as he put it, put me on the covfefe. [ laughter and applause ] i deserve to be on the covfefe. Pro trump is obsessed with time. Con because it includes his two favorite things, tie and me. [ applause ] pro trump will say he didnt want to be on the cover anyway. Con making him Time Magazines greatest breaking up with you before you break up with me of the year. [ laughter and applause ] i dont want to be on the cover. We never yeah, i dont want it. And finally, pro trump didnt get picked to be person of the year. Con hell just have to settle for being president of the united freaking states thats the pros and cons. Well be right back with daisy ridley, everybody. Come on back. [ cheers and applause ] can you pass me that tinsel . Ooh, i love that one. A pink tree . Its millennial pink not seeing the vision. How about a little gold . How about rose gold . Lets do it um, love do i use. One thatsthat wgood for my teeth . 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Our first guest is a very talented actress who made her film debut in one of the biggest movies of all time, star wars the force awakens. Now shes back in the highly anticipated new movie, star wars the last jedi, which is in theaters december 15th. Everyone, please welcome daisy ridley. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy look at that, how fun. Daisy first, look on the cover here of ellie, you look gorgeous there. Hey, congratulations on that. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you for coming back. Thanks for having me. Jimmy i think the last time you were here was before the force awakens opened. Yeah. Jimmy and it went on to be like the biggest movie of all time. Yeah, thats right, yeah. Jimmy yeah, i mean not, yeah, not too shabby, yeah. What has happened with your life for the past two years . What is the biggest thing thats changed or happened . Um, well, i was realizing today the biggest thing is singing with barbra streisand. Jimmy thats right, you were on the duets album. Yeah. Jimmy that was also was the number one album at one point. Yes. Jimmy you had a great couple years. Yeah, not bad. [ cheers and applause ] how did you hook up thats right. It was you and anne hathaway. Anne hathaway, yeah. Jimmy how did you hook up to sing with Barbara Streisand . Well j. J. Is good friends with her, so i went around for tea at her house. Jimmy i love tea. I love how to make tea. Literally sobbed. I cant believe ive just been at Barbra Streisands house. [ laughter ] jimmy thats how you talked the whole time. [ stuttering ] its like, im gonna write this down, okay, just look, just read what i will say. I love you. Yeah, it was amazing. Jimmy and she was super cool. She was great. Jimmy where were you, in the studio . No, went to her house in malibu. Jimmy you were in the house . Yeah. [ gasps ] i did see the shopping alley. Jimmy yeah, she has like a a mall in her house. Yes, she told me about it. I didnt have time to stay. I had to catch a flight. Can you imagine . I was like, sorry babs. [ laughter ] jimmy oh, my gosh. Yeah, and then we recorded it. And my dad was there. He loves hearing me sing. So the whole thing was fantastic. Jimmy your dad flipped out . Yeah. Jimmy does he flip out that youre in star wars . No. [ laughter ] jimmy really . Thats not no. Hes got this new thing that he calls the papa edit, so like if im in an advert a lot, hes like, thats my edit. Like, he loves Morgan Freeman, and he likes me, because im his child. [ laughter ] jimmy Morgan Freeman is not in star wars. No, if he was he would be so thrilled. [ laughter ] jimmy is that right . Yeah, no. He likes it, like he you know. Jimmy does he come to the set . Does he see yeah. He came to the set, yeah. He came to ireland when we were sort of redoing the end bit for the beginning bit of the last jedi. Jimmy oh, i remember the end. I mean i dont want to spoil it, but did he meet mark hamill . Yeah he i dont know if he was joking, but he did say, who do you play then . Jimmy no he did not. [ laughter ] that is not that is not true. He was joking. He must be. Jimmy he had to have been joking. Yeah, everyone knows who he plays. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy yeah, absolutely. I mean, you work with this legends, mark hamil, harrison ford, gosh you have been Carrie Fisher, who sadly is no longer with us. Yeah. Jimmy but gosh, i love Carrie Fisher as well. Yeah. Jimmy did she ever talk to you, give you advice . I think it was more lead by example thing. Because harrison, carrie and mark, it wasnt really like, oh, this is whats going to happen. This is what you should do. Its more like, you know, they live their lives and theyre awesome, and they all have families and live very happily and then work and then go home. And carrie just never shrunk from what it is, what she is, what she was, everything. So it was more that thing, of not shrinking away from it and being nervous about it. Jimmy be yourself as loud as you want to be. Yeah, exactly. Jimmy yeah, thats fantastic. Yeah. Jimmy i know how hard you work on these films. I think last time you showed me some moves. It was crazy. I think even j. J. Showed me a a clip that no one is allowed to see. Oh really . Jimmy oh, yeah, yeah. It was like, super top secret. Jimmy he actually put a a laser in my brain so i forgot about it. [ laughter ] jimmy but its so much work that goes into these things. Im telling you, its like its crazy, but then i heard that you also worked the wrap party in ireland. Yeah, i did. The thing is, like not to float my own boat, but im a really good bartender. [ laughter ] because i worked in a pub for like you know, in two different pubs for like a year and a half in a rowdy london district. Jimmy how old are you, then . Like 19, 20, 21 . Just before jimmy see, thats the problem. [ light laughter ] 19, 20, 21, just rounded it out. This was before star wars. Jimmy yeah. I got costume in february and i stopped working there in middecember. Jimmy wow. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy i love stories like that. So im a good bartender so i worked the wrap party. Jimmy so what was going on at the wrap party, was it was just like there was a big queue, you know. Jimmy yeah, there was a big line. And i was like, hey, guys, can i get back there . Bet back there . Get back there. Jimmy yeah, now you got it, see, yeah. And i did and it was fantastic. Jimmy and you can make cocktails, and beers, everything. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy can you pour guinness . Oh, yes, yeah. Jimmy thats the secret, yeah. I can do oh. Jimmy you can do it all, yeah, so yeah. [ light laughter ] now, the last jedi, i know, were note even really even allowed to talk about it. And wouldnt want to and i wont spoil anything for anybody, because i really dont know whats going on and have not seen it, and youve not shown me anything. No. Jimmy and no, its not j. J. This time. No. Jimmy no, it is rian. Rian. Jimmy yeah, and hes was not really showing me secret stuff. [ light laughter ] but just so fans out there know, i will not spoil it, but theres a theres a porg. Yeah. Jimmy porg is very cute. Porg is very cute. Jimmy the porg is very cute and thats in this film, but thats all i can really i cant say anything else. It looks great. Cant wait to see it. Thank you. Jimmy im going to show a a clip of, but this is already out, so im not spoiling anything. Yeah. Jimmy heres a part [ laughter ] im going to show you something, but you guys have to forget you ever saw this. [ laughter ] here we go. Heres daisy ridley in star wars the last jedi. Take a look. Something inside me has always been there. And now its awake. And i need help. Ive seen this raw strength only once before. It didnt scare me enough then. It does now. Jimmy yes [ cheers and applause ] i cannot wait it is so good. Daisy ridley. 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