this week we have a good week of shows with with zac efron, carey mulligan, jason mantzoukas, charlestchson and keegan-michael key. with music from lainey wilson, sleater-kinney and queens of the stone age. so please join us for all that. our first guest is an oscar-winning actor, director, distiller of spirits and sexiest batman alive. he goes behind the camera once again, with a new historical drama "the boys in the boat" opens in theaters christmas day, please welcome george clooney. [ cheering and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome. look at this. >> thank you. hello. >> jimmy: first of all, i want to tell the audience something, because when we were on strike. >> yes. >> jimmy: when we were on strike, we did a podcast. it was me, stephen colbert, seth meyers, jimmy fallon and john oliver. we did a podcast and called george clooney, would you sponsor this podcast to support our staff? and you said yes, i would absolutely do that with casa amigos, george and rande gerber. so thank you. >> i didn't know that. no one told me or i would have probably put on there. >> jimmy: and, hey, have