the surge. here it is spins and lifts riders into the air up to 24 suckers. people at the time. this is the second new ride to open at the boardwalk this year. the dream wheel opened last month, so perfect timing for summer. jeff. people go down to the boardwalk. wow. have some fun there in santa cruz. i could give that a whirl before lunch. yes excellent. right, right. oh, we got some heat coming our way as we head through this upcoming weekend up to 98 saturday. sunday, 92, i do think just kind of backing it up for a second, we could see some of that smoke move into the north bay. so we'll be tracking that air quality real closely. of course, starting on our morning show tomorrow. okay. it is our first day of summer tomorrow as well. that's right. thanks for joining us tonight. have a great day

tomorrow. we hope to see you back here. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- joseph gordon-levitt, luke newton, comedian michael che. and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 1991. >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪

[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's a good crowd. that's a good crowd. welcome, everybody. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show." you're here. you made it. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for watching at home. well, guys, the country is still in the middle of a a massive heat wave, and it keeps getting worse. yeah, right now, the number one tourist attraction in new york city is the thing that sprays down the produce at whole foods. [ light laughter ] [ spraying sounds ] come on, kids, come on. next summer, we're getting an above ground pool. baby steps. the heat is being called intense, extreme, severe, and fierce. you know it's bad when the weather is being described in sauce options at buffalo wild wings. [ laughter ] the heat wave is also blasting washington d.c. when people complained about it being over 90, president biden was like, "see, 81 isn't so bad, right?

[ laughter ] i'm just saying." [ cheers and applause ] i'm not kidding. it is hot out the there. i spent all day sweating like a a fox news anchor trying to explain juneteenth. [ laughter and applause ] yeah. millions of americans -- [ laughter ] millions of americans are dealing with this brutal heat wave. it's rough for us, but it's big business for the bottled water brands. yeah, check out the new ad-campaigns they're running. look at this first one. >> there's no betteray to cool off than with with crisp, refreshing poland spring. >> jimmy: yeah, that ran today. then look at this one i saw. >> beat the heat with the purest water on earth, fiji. >> jimmy: yeah, they're all running. look, here's another one. >> guess you got no choice but to drink us now, huh? we're basically one step above bong water. dasani. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that's interesting, wow. do we have time for one more? let's show one more. >> steve: all right. >> bottled in the french alps

and made -- >> oh, shut the [ bleep ] up. [ laughter ] we get our water straight from the tap of the men's room at penn station. it's 110 degrees. what do you care? dasani. >> jimmy: okay, all right. good, okay. >> steve: wow. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: did you guys see this? yesterday the ceo of boeing testified before congress, and he admitted the company is "far from perfect." [ light laughter ] far from perfect? dude, your doors are falling off mid-flight. [ laughter ] some news from overseas, vladimir putin and kim jong-un just signed an agreement that pledges mutual aid if either country faces aggression. yep, kim jong-un and putin made it official. then they got a text from trump that said, "throuple?" [ laughter ] the two leaders also exchanged gifts and putin gave him a car. yeah, and because it was for kim jong-un, it was one of those little plastic jeeps. [ laughter ] zrr-zrr-zrr-zrr.

uh-oh, someone's getting the mail. [ light laughter ] during his visit, putin was even driven through the streets of pyongyang. take a look at this. yeah. sticking their heads out of the roof like they're going to a a dictator prom. [ laughter ] ♪ i got my head out the sunroof ♪ [ light laughter ] some business news, chipotle is selling a new "chipotle boy" bowl, aimed at finance bros. [ light laughter ] yeah. a bowl for finance bros. it's a normal bowl, but instead of building it yourself, your dad just hands it to you. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: zing! >> jimmy: this is fun. they're also selling a burrito wrapped in a little patagonia vest. i thought that was very cool. [ laughter ] hey, guys, i saw that -- [ light laughter ] thank you. that's all right, you can clap for it. why not? yeah. have fun. [ cheers and applause ]

this is free air conditioning. why not? hey, guys, i saw that tupperware is closing their last factory in the u.s. [ audience aws ] yeah, they would have closed it sooner, but they couldn't find the right lid. [ laughter ] where did we put that? i bought it -- is it in that closet? listen to this. guys, a woman in maryland bought a vase at a thrift store for $4 that turned out to be a 2,000-year-old mayan artifact. [ audience oohs ] experts were like "congrats, you're either rich or cursed." [ laughter ] and finally, according to a new study, self-driving cars are safer than cars driven by humans, except when it's, quote, dusk, dawn, or the vehicle is turning. [ laughter ] let's just say, it's far from perfect. [ cheers and applause ] we have a great show. give it up for the roots, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> jimmy: thank you, roots. thank you, higgins. what a show we have for you tonight. he's a very talented actor you can see in "beverly hills cop: axel f" which is out on netflix july 3rd. joseph gordon-levitt is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] talented guy. he stars in one of the biggest shows on the planet, "bridgerton," which is streaming now on netflix. luke newton is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] luke newton. and we have a good friend of ours dropping in for a special stand-up performance. michael che is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] he's gonna do a little stand-up. that guy's the best. one of the funniest guys. love him. guys, it is wednesday, and you know what that means. it's "tonight show" trivia night.

here we go. ♪ tonight show trivia night ♪ >> jimmy: higgins, you want to explain how this works? >> steve: well, jimmy to test your knowledge on a wide variety of topics, i'm going to be asking you a series of trivia questions and all you have to do is answer correctly, okay? >> jimmy: this is easy. all right, let's go. let's do it. i love trivia. >> steve: you ready? >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: first question. what is considered the most unstable element on earth? unstable. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: unstable element on earth. uranium. [ buzzer ] >> steve: ooh, no. inflight wifi. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, that's interesting. >> steve: unstable. >> jimmy: that's okay, it's all right. i see, okay, yeah. let me think, yeah. >> steve: what is america's most popular pastime. >> jimmy: baseball. [ buzzer ] >> steve: ooh, no. it's looking up your friend's home price on zillow -- [ laughter ] and wondering how they can afford it. >> jimmy: that's interesting. yeah. >> steve: that's the number one -- >> jimmy: that's impossible. how could they -- [ cheers and applause ] yeah. that's a good one. >> steve: okay. you're going to get this one. ready? finish this saying. stiff as --

>> jimmy: a board. [ buzzer ] >> steve: no. joe biden dancing. [ laughter ] ♪ i thought you doctored that. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: yeah. ♪ >> jimmy: i don't know what was happening. yeah, he was waiting for -- >> steve: he was waiting for something. >> jimmy: fireworks -- i don't know. >> steve: all right, ready? >> jimmy: the edibles were kicking in. yeah. [ laughter ] >> steve: this is your next question. what is the worst kind of person? worst kind of person. >> jimmy: a person that lies? [ buzzer ] >> steve: no. it's a person who sneezes more than three times and expects a a "bless you" after each one. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, third time -- >> steve: okay. this is the last one. >> jimmy: okay. >> steve: last question. you're gonna get this one. ready? >> jimmy: yes. >> steve: why did putin meet with kim jong-un?

>> jimmy: because he matched his freak. >> steve: yes! [ dinging ] >> jimmy: thank you very much. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] that is all the time we have. stick around. when we come back, we're taking a look inside our audience suggestion box. more "tonight show." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: "hey, jimmy, is it true that you and tariq have a a really cool high five? if so, can we all see it?" hy-ah. huh. hy-ya. ready? lived here? (opponent) over forty years. (marci) and how are the restaurants around here? are they good, bad, meh? what's the average household income? is there a mall? i don't know. a hair salon? where do you get your hair done? (opponent) you gonna move, or what? (marci) oh, i'm sorry. it's a lovely neighborhood. (luke) marci, we've gotta go. (marci) i'm coming! (luke) we've got seventeen thousand more parks to visit. (marci) you wanna give me a hand? (luke) we bring you the best neighborhood info.

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the summer safely savings event. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back. [ cheers and applause ] as you know, we're always striving to get better here at "the tonight show." ♪ harder better faster stronger ♪ [ light laughter ] so before every show, we put out a suggestion box for the audience just to get some feedback about what you guys think of the show, things you'd like to see us do, that kind of stuff. so tonight let's look inside the "audience suggestion box." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ look into the box in the suggestion box ♪ this first one here is from

lucy davenport. it says, "hey, jimmy, i love the nba finals, and i also love the tony awards. is there any way you can combine the two of them?" uh, yeah. they're both great. i think we can help. here's an edit of nba players to make it look like they're singing a tony-winning broadway show tune. check it out. ♪ ♪ hey basketball do do do basketball ha ha ha ♪ ♪ dribble layup rebound free throw basketball ♪ ♪ basketball ha ha ha basketball ♪ ♪ ah ahh come on ♪ >> jimmy: there you go. how's that? [ cheers and applause ] this next suggestion here is from dave craven. "hey, jimmy, is it true that you and tariq have a really cool high five? if so, can we all see it?" i don't know where that rumor started. our high five really isn't anything that special. but i guess we can show you guys. what do you think, tariq?

>> tariq: sure. but i agree with you, jimmy. it's not a big deal. >> jimmy: all right. i'll come over to you. ready? hy-ah. huh. hy-ya. hey. ready? [ cheers and applause ] >> tariq: let's do it. >> jimmy: okay. okay, i'll see you, buddy. hy-ah. uh. hy-ah. hy-ah. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ let's try another suggestion here. this one's from ron barkley. "hey, jimmy. i'm excited for the new season of 'house of the dragon.' i even heard they're introducing a new character this season. is that true?" i heard that too. and actually, check out this trailer for season two and see if you can spot them.

>> "house of the dragon" returns featuring daemon targaryen, princess rhaenyra, aemond targaryen, and an absolutely terrifying new character. introducing jamerius poysgaryen. >> i feel the need -- the need for dragons. [ cheers and applause ] >> "house of the dragon" season two. [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm gonna binge that one. this -- let's try another one here. this one's from alicia sinclair. "hey, jimmy. i love magic. you should have a magician on the show to do a trick." [ audience oohs ] well, you're in luck. we actually have one of the world's best magicians in the building tonight. his name is the great benito. [ drum roll ] we've had him on the show before. he's always a lot of fun. benito, come on out, bud. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] oh, wow. oh, wow. wow. [ cheers and applause ]

>> hello there, jimothy. >> jimmy: hi, benito. thank you for being here. do you have a trick for us? >> oh, yes, absolutely. on this special occasion, i thought i'd take it up a notch. yes. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> on this special occasion, we're not going to do a trick. we're going to do some real magic. >> jimmy: ooh. >> i'm talking about the tearing of the fabric of the universe. [ audience oohs ] >> jimmy: i'm a little scared. >> oh, don't be scared, my little piece of barbecue chicken. [ laughter ] no, listen. nobody gets -- papa won't yell at you when you do magic, magic, magic, magic, magic. >> jimmy: oh, okay. >> okay? >> jimmy: oh, i guess so. >> all right. that's it. now, look, all you have to do is pick a -- listen. >> jimmy: i am. >> all you have to do is pick a a number between one and a a hundred. >> jimmy: okay. i got it. >> okay. what is it? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you want me to tell you? >> yeah. >> jimmy: 35. >> wrong. 71.

[ laughter ] honestly. now, let's rapid fire this thing, okay? >> jimmy: yeah. >> here we go. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> pick a name. >> jimmy: lance. >> wrong, dave. [ laughter ] animal. >> jimmy: snake. >> wrong, horse. office supply. >> jimmy: stapler. >> scissors. [ laughter ] c-c-c-city. city. sss -- >> jimmy: city, cincinnati? >> ooh, close. vancouver. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i give up. what is the trick here? >> "what is the trick," you say? you want to know the trick? do all of you want to know the trick? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yes. >> yes! >> jimmy: yes. >> aha! hermetically sealed in this old, dirty envelope that's been sitting in my above ground pool, at the bottom, in a safe, all chained up in nutley, new jersey, is a piece of paper that no one could have seen until now. "my friend dave cut 71 hairs

off of my pet horse using a a pair of scissors he bought in vancouver!" ha-ha! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ yes! you're welcome. >> jimmy: that is amazing. >> you're welcome. >> jimmy: the great benito, everybody. >> you're welcome. >> jimmy: the great benito. there he is. >> hey, i'm also -- i'm available for weddings and funerals, mostly funerals. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: all right. thank you very much, the great benito. [ speaking over each other ] >> i also -- i also -- i -- >> jimmy: thank you. >> listen. >> jimmy: thank you very for being -- thank you. >> listen, listen -- >> jimmy: thank you for being here. >> ahh! >> jimmy: i appreciate it. >> ahh! ahh! >> jimmy: thank you. >> ahh! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you. >> i -- >> jimmy: what? >> i also do wedding-funerals. >> jimmy: all right. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] i appreciate that. the great benito. ♪ what's that mean? >> ow, ow, ouch! i hurt myself on the way out! [ laughter ] i need some -- do you have some -- i need a masseuse and some baby aspirin! [ laughter ] ow! you're going to hear from my

lawyer. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: let's do another one here. it's is from stacy carson. "hey, jimmy, the weather these past few weeks has been crazy with all these heat domes. you know who could use some cooling off? times square elmo." well, i agree. [ audience oohs ] "you should put him in a dunk tank and have mets pitching legend john franco whip baseballs at him until he gets dunked." [ cheers ] that's a great idea. let's go down to the dunk tank and see what john franco can do. [ cheers and applause ] >> all right, jimmy. let's do this. ♪ [ audience ohs ] >> do it. >> come on! [ western showdown music ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> that's how you do it, jimmy. back to you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's right! that's how you do it. give it up for mets legend john franco. [ cheers and applause ] and times square elmo. we're down to our last suggestion here. this one's from vera rose. she says, "hey, jimmy, you should play the game 'you know what that sound means.'" oh, i love that game. [ air horn ] uh-oh. you know what that sound means. it's time for this sound. [ klaxon ] you know what that sound means. it's time for this sound. [ boing boing boing ] you know what that sound means. it's time for three sounds at once. [ slide whistle ] [ glass breaking ] [ train whistle ] you know what that sound means. it's time for this guy -- [ cheers and applause ] to open his mouth to see what sound comes out of it.

[ horse whinnying ] ooh, you know what that sound means. it's time for this sound. [ telephone ringing ] sorry. hold on. let me get this. hello? oh, hey, ben. ooh, jerry, sorry. i thought it was ben. [ light laughter ] oh, yeah. i'll let everyone know. thanks for the heads up. sorry, guys. that was ben and jerry. they wanted me to pass along the news that everyone in tonight's show is getting a a free pint of tonight dough ice cream. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ happy heat wave, everybody. happy heat wave. that's all the time we have for "audience suggestion box." stick around. we're talking to joseph gordon-levitt after the break, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ben -- oh, jerry! how are you? >> i feel like there's only one way to deliver this. but i'm gonna try it in -- >> jimmy: okay. >> bridgerton. ♪ penelope.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our first guest is a a very talented actor who stars in "beverly hills cop: axel f," which comes to netflix july 3rd. please welcome joseph gordon-levitt! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: joseph gordon-levitt!

joseph! [ cheers and applause ] >> thanks, everybody. >> jimmy: joe, it is so great to see you. welcome back to the show. >> i always love being here with you, jimmy. thank you. >> jimmy: every time we get together, you're -- first of all, i always say this, you're one of my favorite actors, but you're always -- you're very musically talented, as well. >> hey, no, i try. >> jimmy: but i saw that you found a way to put music in with your work, with your acting. you make a playlist for your character. >> that's true, yeah. >> jimmy: and that gets you into the character's scene? >> yeah, well, sometimes if you're trying to, i don't know, be angry, or you're trying to be in love, it can really help if you listen to some angry music before you shoot. or you listen to some romantic music before you shoot. >> jimmy: does that -- when did that start? >> i've done that, i don't know, since before you could make -- like, since before music was on phones. [ light laughter ] i'd bring cds to set, yeah. >> jimmy: what's the playlist like for "beverly hills cop: axel f"? >> the playlist for "beverly hills cop: axel f" is only one song. >> together: "axel f." >> jimmy: yeah, of course, yeah.

[ laughter ] [ vocalizing "axel f" ] >> yeah! do it, do it! ♪ >> jimmy: i mean, come on. >> yes! ♪ >> jimmy: it's the jam! it's the jam. so you listen to that to get into character? [ cheers and applause ] that song is the jam. >> i remember, honestly, one of the very first songs i ever learned to plunk out on a a piano. >> jimmy: me, too. >> was it? was it? >> jimmy: i was obsessed with that. [ vocalizing "axel f" ] yeah, i thought it was like -- oh, my gosh! >> "i can play grown-up music!" >> jimmy: yes! it was the biggest deal. >> "this isn't 'mary had a a little lamb.'" >> jimmy: yeah. >> "this isn't 'twinkle twinkle little star.'" >> jimmy: no, this is "axel f." yeah, it's the biggest deal. what is that like when you get the call that eddie murphy wants you to be his co-star, his sidekick? >> okay, so when i was a kid -- do you have older siblings? >> jimmy: yeah, gloria, my -- i have one old -- yeah, one older sister. >> so you know how your older sibling's stuff -- the stuff they like, it takes on a a certain, like, mystique, you know what i mean? it's, like, it's a little forbidden, it's a little over your head.

but you love it, you want it, you want to love it as much as your older sibling does, because it's cool that way. so for me that was eddie murphy. 'cause my older brother loved eddie murphy on "saturday night live," or his stand-up, or in movies, like, you know, "beverly hills cop," for sure. i probably shouldn't have been watching that stuff when i was that age. >> jimmy: yeah, you probably -- yeah, exactly, yeah. but you did. >> oh, and i loved it. >> jimmy: you turned out okay. >> i turned out okay, i think, somehow. >> jimmy: i think so. i think you did, yeah. >> so yeah, when this came across the desk, like, "you get to be the new sidekick in the new 'beverly hills cop,'" i'm like, "yes. thank you, yes." >> jimmy: you're like, "my brother would have loved this." >> exactly. exactly. >> jimmy: i want to show a a clip. here's joseph gordon-levitt and eddie murphy in "beverly hills cop: axel f." take a look. >> this [ bleep ] gon' be like riding a bike. you gonna get right in there and know how to do this [ bleep ]. you was trained, you can do this. just go and then we got to go -- >> can you please just shut the [ bleep ] up. i'm trying to concentrate. ♪ [ helicopter blades whirring ] ♪ >> just take it off.

go, go, go, go! >> [ bleep ] man, i thought you was supposed to be an elite pilot. >> i was a pilot, but as you pointed out, i'm not a pilot anymore. >> what? man, you look nervous. >> i am nervous! >> well, why you so damn nervous? >> i crashed a [ bleep ] helicopter, okay? got in my head, i haven't flown since! that's why i left lapd! >> what? wait! >> set it down! [ siren ] >> oh, [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. [ screaming ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: come on! that's how you do it! [ cheers and applause ] that's how you do it, bud. >> that's how you do it. >> jimmy: joseph gordon-levitt. >> thank you. >> jimmy: before we go -- before we go, i know today's an important day and there's somebody that you want to shout out. >> today is actually my wife's birthday, and -- [ audience aws ] no, and i'm so sad because -- [ applause ] she's not here in new york with me. i'm here, you know, working, and she's back home, and i feel so terrible. and so i texted jimmy and i was, like, "can i give her a a special birthday present on the show?"

>> jimmy: and we're here to make dreams come true. >> and thank you for that. thank you for that. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: we always happen to have a guitar here. >> it's very convenient that way, right? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yeah, we always -- we always do. >> okay. >> jimmy: we always do something. this is for your wife. >> this is for her. so this is a song by a a singer/songwriter that she really, really loves and you all might know. i just want to say -- ♪ babe, you're the most luminous soul i've ever met, and i am so grateful you were born and i'm coming home soon. love you. ♪ ♪ we can keep the christmas lights up 'til july ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and this is our place we make the rules ♪ ♪ and there's a dazzling haze there's a mysterious way about you dear ♪ ♪ have i known you 20 seconds or 20 years ♪

♪ can i go where you go can we always be this close forever and ever ♪ ♪ and oh take me out and take me home oh you're my my my my lover ♪ >> jimmy: yes! [ cheers and applause ] joseph gordon-levitt, everybody! "beverly hills cop: axel f" begins streaming on netflix july 3rd. standing ovation, not too shabby. we'll be right back with more "tonight show." ♪ can i go where you go can we always be this close

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please welcome, luke newton! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: luke! [ cheers and applause ] >> that's wild. >> jimmy: that's great, right? they love you. welcome to the show. i'm so excited. this is your late night tv debut. >> it is. >> jimmy: i'm honored. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: welcome, welcome. >> thank you so much. >> jimmy: i'm honored, buddy. thank you for being here. i have to congratulate you on "bridgerton." according to netflix, i want to say, people that already watched season three is a total of 223 million hours. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's a lot of -- >> a lot of hours, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] i know. >> jimmy: people are digging it. people are digging it and digging you. we had one of your costars, jonathan bailey, was on our show. >> we love him. >> jimmy: we love him. he's fantastic.

he was recently on and he said that he made you a guide called, like, "how to survive falling in love in front of 82 million people." >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: was that helpful for you? >> oh, yeah. so, we talked about it. we always talked about there a a book being passed down through "bridgerton" siblings. and it never actually happened. it was all just like through voice notes, like, communication. johnny was there for me the whole time. and not to mention he's been like so busy. you know, he's been doing all these different jobs. he was juggling like, "fellow travelers," "wicked," he was doing everything. >> jimmy: oh, he's crushing it. >> but he was there for me the whole time. it was amazing. >> jimmy: that's cool. >> and then we've now sort of agreed that everything that goes from sibling to sibling is top secret. it's like, a "bridgerton" secret. >> jimmy: oh, now this is -- oh. >> so, now i will pass on to whoever the next sibling is going to be -- >> jimmy: what the advice would be. >> the secret code. >> jimmy: the secret code -- >> of how to survive it. >> jimmy: how to survive all this. have you felt a change? have you seen things that you're like -- >> yeah. i had a funny interaction with my barber. so, i go to, like, just the

normal barbers on the corner of my street, like, where i live in london. and, you know, i'd get on with the guy that owns the place. but he doesn't know what i do. he doesn't know me particularly well. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and then i went in, i think, a couple weeks ago. i had a little break in the press tour. and i sat down in the chair. and he was really smiling at me. and i thought, "what's going on here?" and i got offered a free tea, and i was like, "this is slight suspicious." >> jimmy: yeah. >> anyway, he says to me, "i didn't know you do what you do." i was like, "oh, wow, okay. how did you find out?" he said, "i had a guy come in last week and ask for a a specific haircut and showed me a picture of you." [ laughter ] it was amazing. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: did he freak out? >> yeah. >> jimmy: he's the guy. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what did he say? >> so, then he tells him, you know, "i actually cut that guy's hair. like, i can give you the cut." [ laughter ] and then the barber said, "what makes you -- like, why did you want to get this haircut. where have you seen this guy before?" and he said, "i don't know. my girlfriend just sent me and said, 'get that cut.'" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's exactly right. yeah, get that cut.

be that guy, yeah. have you noticed a difference when you go out in public, like if you walk down the street? >> yeah. there's certain moments, like, you know, with the scale of this show and how crazy it's kind of blown up. >> jimmy: it's worldwide. >> yeah, yeah. and we've been on a press tour. we've been all around the world. we left on january 6th. and i'm celebrating tonight because my last one is with you and how special that moment is. >> jimmy: yeah, this is it. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, it's amazing. >> jimmy: people react like this all over the world in different countries? >> yeah, yeah. absolutely. i was in -- i was in brazil, and the brazilian fans are so passionate. they really, really love the romance of the show. and i got there and i wanted to go to the beach, and you know, sit in the sun. and there was many calls being made. like, "we need security with luke. we need security." and i'm thinking, "in london, i go to the coffee shop and i'm on my own. this is going to be fine." >> jimmy: yeah. >> they end up sending four security guards with me to sunbathe on the beach and they're all, like, 6'11."

i swear. [ light laughter ] like, genuinely, because i was like, "you must be 7 foot, bro." and he was like, "no, i'm 6'11."" >> jimmy: how tall are you? you're very tall. >> i'm, like, 6'1." >> jimmy: yeah. >> yeah. so i was like, "wow." and then it ended up me being on a sun lounger with four 6'11" security guards standing around me. and like, obviously, people then noticed. >> jimmy: yeah, of course. they go, "who is that guy?" >> "who's the guy with four massive security guards around him?" it was wild. >> jimmy: everyone thinks that you can make anything sound romantic. [ cheers ] >> oh, god. >> jimmy: and sexy. i thought if we gave you some random lines from modern pop culture, maybe you'd be able to show us how colin bridgerton would say them if he was talking to penelope. >> right, okay. >> jimmy: is that okay? >> yeah. we can try it. >> jimmy: we have cue cards for you over here. roots, can we maybe get some "bridgerton" type of music? >> oh, wow. oh, we get the full works. ♪ i'm going to get closer to my mic. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> i'm looking for a man in finance.

[ laughter ] trust fund. >> jimmy: yeah. >> 6'5." or 6'11" if you're a security guard. [ laughter ] blue eyes. >> jimmy: oh. that's what i'm talking about. [ cheers and applause ] that's good. how about -- >> oh, wow. okay. >> jimmy: how about this one? >> okay. right. ♪ i'm just ken. [ laughter ] anywhere else, i'd be a ten. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] i like that because nicola, my costar, was in "barbie." yeah, i love this. >> jimmy: this is a classic line. >> i feel like there's only one way to deliver this, but i'm going to try it in "bridgerton." ♪ penelope, we were on a break! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> jimmy: you were on a break. we were on a break! the last one here, if you do me a favor and just do this last one. >> great, okay. i love it, yeah. >> jimmy: thank you, thank you, thank you. ♪ >> so you can't sleep? baby, i know. that's that me. espresso. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is how you do it. i want to show everyone a clip. here's luke newton in "bridgerton." take a look at this. >> i must admit, it's all rather sudden. >> what was sudden was my last betrothal. so i cannot blame either of you if you're prone to think me foolish. my feelings for penelope are not a thunderbolt from the sky. i have known her a very long time, and perhaps i have always felt something for her. my only foolishness this time is not realizing it sooner. [ sigh ] >> have you said these words to her? >> the final part of the betrothal, it did all happen rather swiftly.

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>> how are you? yay. i'm here to announce that i'm going to run for president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. i don't know anything about politics. [ light laughter ] but i have something that trump and biden don't have. and that's four years. [ laughter and applause ] yeah. the best ability is availability. [ laughter ] i got to quit comedy because my aunt called me in the middle of the night to tell me she did an ancestry test, and she found out that we have a great, great, great uncle who was a a runaway slave that became a a clown. [ laughter ] and i said, "what the hell are you telling me for?" and she goes, "well, that's why you do what you do."

[ laughter ] did you just call me a slave clown? [ laughter ] so now i want to run for president so that my family can respect me. [ laughter ] i'm actually a great candidate. i'm the best of both worlds. i'm liberal like biden, but i'm also willing to pay for sex. [ laughter and applause ] yeah. i used to think -- i used to think paying for sex was gross, but that's because i was poor. [ laughter ] i've never -- i never paid for sex before. it's not because i'm above it. i just don't know how to find a a prostitute. [ laughter ] you can't ask? you can ask, but you better be right. [ laughter ] it's hard to ask anything after that? "hey, are you a prostitute?" "no?" "well, what do you do?" [ laughter ]

a good friend of mine asked me to be a sperm donor so that her and her wife could have a baby, and i said, no. call me old fashioned, but i just feel like if i'm going to make a kid, it should be by accident. [ laughter ] i -- i don't like kids. i'm afraid to have kids because i grew up very, very poor. and i don't know. if i have a kid now, they'd have access to everything that i never had growing up, and i don't want to see that. [ laughter ] i want my kids to have everything, but i want them to also have nothing so they know exactly what it is i did for them. and they can owe me forever. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. i think every parent can understand that. even in the bible, god was like, "you know, before me, there was nothing." [ laughter ]

"you're welcome." that's the kind of dad i want to be. i want to be a father the way god's a father. distant. [ laughter ] i want my kids to question my existence sometimes. [ laughter ] "i don't think he's real. i've never seen him." i think god loves us. i think he just had us at a a very young age. he realized he had a lot more living to do. and he was like, "uh, i shall return." [ laughter ] if we keep going to space, we're going to mess around and catch god slipping. he's going to be up there with his real family. [ laughter ] he's going to be so shocked to see us. "oh hey, little man. what you doing up here?" [ laughter ] "how'd you get to mars?" [ laughter ] maybe i'll start a family. i don't know. i want to get married, but i

don't want a wedding. does that make sense? >> audience: yes. >> i just think you get the wedding too soon in a marriage. you get it, like, immediately. there's nothing to look forward to. [ light laughter ] you should have to earn your wedding, you know? you don't get graduation just because you signed up for school. you got to pass some tests first. [ laughter ] when i get married, i want my wedding after my marriage. [ light laughter ] during the divorce. [ laughter ] and then we do the wedding backwards so it makes more sense. yeah. i want the wedding to start with me and my wife walking up to the altar and all our friends and family there throwing stuff at us. [ light laughter ] then i pull the veil over my wife's face, take back my ring and all my promises. [ laughter ] then i watch her leave the church with her dad. [ laughter and applause ] and i'm not allowed to see her again because it's bad luck. yeah. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] you know what?

you guys are right. i should be president. my name's michael che. vote for me. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ thank you, jimmy. vote for me. >> jimmy: you guys are right. crushed it, man. michael che. [ cheers and applause ] that is how you do it right there, bud. that is how you do it. we'll be right back with more "tonight show," everybody. come on back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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>> jimmy: my thanks to joseph gordon-levitt, luke newton, michael che, once again! [ cheers and applause ] and the roots right there from philadelphia, pennsylvania. thank you for watching. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." goodnight, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- lupita nyong'o. star of "the bear," actor eban moss-bacharach. an all-new "closer look." featuring the 8g band with mario duplantier.

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