>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- blake shelton. from "wild," laura dern. and "this week in unnecessary censorship." with cleto and the cletones. and now, finally, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you, cleto. welcome. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show.

thank you for watching. thank you for coming here to my home. appreciate that. thank you for joining us during -- it's the most wonderful time of the year right now. we're exactly two weeks away from christmas today. this is kind of interesting. there's a holiday gift giving trend that's supposedly on the rise this year called self-gifting. as in, oh, my god, i just caught my husband in his office self-gifting. they say 30% of purchases made over the thanksgiving weekend were the result of self-gifting. shoppers go to the store to buy gifts and wind up getting something for themselves. because learning to gift yourself is the greatest gift of all. [ applause ] i don't know why everything has to have a term. is self-gifting even a thing? didn't that used to be called shopping? i've been doing it for years. [ laughter ] there's nothing wrong with it. it's okay to buy a gift for yourself. buying a gift and wrapping it for yourself, that's pathetic. that is not okay. for lunch today, i gifted myself a roast beef sandwich.

as a small token appreciation for all i do for me over the year. the other thing i haven't figured out is gift cards. on one hand, it nice to get someone something, but on the other hand, it's kind of like saying, i care about you, but not quite enough to leave the line at albertson's to find a real gift. nothing costs exactly the amount on the gift card. it's less, you wind up with a credit for, like, $3, which you'll never use. if it's more, then you're partly buying your own gift. look what we got me. [ laughter ] i only use a gift card online because, and this is true, i'm too embarrassed to use them in person. i would rather get one of those giant checks like publisher's clearinghouse used to have. at least that's like a comedy ice breaker. the worst is when somebody gives you a gift card to a restaurant. that, by the way, is especially sexy on a date. laughter ] dinner's on my mom. [ laughter ] someone -- [ cheers and applause ] thank you.

if someone gives you a gift card to a restaurant, they should have to show up at the end of the meal and hand it to your waiter themselves. [ laughter ] gift cards would be better if they put honest messages on the card. like this -- if a gift card said, i know nothing about you. so, i got you a starbucks card. or a best buy card that says, i put zero thought into this. or, this applebee's card for $20, which basically means tip not included. this one from bed, bath and beyond. this will be in your wallet for years. or -- [ applause ] a card from walmart, which is a simple way of saying screw you. [ laughter ] i get a lot of gift cards and i wish you could cash them in to buy other gift cards, give them out as gifts but you can't. at this point, i have so many unused gift cards, i decided to have them made into a sweater. where's guillermo? guillermo, come out here. guillermo is modeling -- [ cheers and applause ]

looks like a jacket, but it's not. it's a -- that is a gift cardigan is what it is. [ laughter ] wear it around, you never have to carry cash again. how do you feel? you look like a million bucks worth of gift cards, is what you look like. >> i feel very happy. >> jimmy: you feel very happy. do not go out onto hollywood boulevard. you'll probably get mugged. okay? >> okay, i won't. >> jimmy: by the way, i'll be selling those later this month on qvc. to prepare for the holiday, we've been hard at work this week developing new classic tv specials. you know, a lot of these specials, they show on tv are old. rudolph premiered in 1964. frosty the snowman first aired in 1969. so, as a treat for our viewer, we've been updating them by replacing the dialogue from these christmas classics with newer and more current stuff. and tonight, we're pleased to present our latest holiday hybrid. it's "santa claus is coming to town" combined with audio from the lifetime reality show "prison wives club."

are you familiar with the show? it's really good. and here it is, "santa claus is coming to prison wives club." >> i'm sitting here, e-mailing my husband. >> how did you meet him officially, if you don't mind me asking? >> i met him through a website called writeaprisoner.com. >> what does your family think about that? >> they don't know. they think he's a prison guard. i honestly didn't believe in soul mates until i met my husband. i was like, [ bleep ] yeah, i'm going to go ahead and marry this [ bleep ]. >> i'm the wife of a prisoner. i was not worried about his charge, partially because i don't feel that phillip was ever someone who could go up and murder somebody on purpose. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how do you -- can you do that by accident? i don't think you can. hey, can you guess -- can you guess which musician made the most money this year? the answer is d, dr. dre. dr. dre earned $620 million between june of this year and

june of last year. see, this is why it pays to go to medical school. [ laughter ] $620 million, that is a lot of money. that's -- that's the kind of financial freedom that allows you to add avocado to your order without even thinking about it. [ laughter ] according to forbes magazine, which puts together this list, $620 million is the most money any musician has ever made in a single year. the second-highest paid of the year was beyonce, she made $115 million, slacker. but the crazy thing is, dr. dre made $620 million without even touring or releasing an album. and he didn't see a single patient in that time, either. the money came from selling his company, beatz, to apple, for, like $3 billion, which really, considering that, does he still count on the musician's list? or is he just a very successful audio equipment salesman? and while we're on the subject of huge sums of money, this is -- i find this shocking. a photograph just sold for $6.5 million.

it's the most money ever paid for a photo. it's a work of an australian landscape photographer named peter lik. and this is the photograph that's -- oh, wait. that's not -- [ laughter ] that is not the photograph. that -- that one only sold for $3 million. this is the photograph that sold for $6.5 million. and yet, we are all looking at it now for free, which means they overpaid. [ laughter ] if i was dr. dre, i would buy that photograph and roll a joint with it. [ laughter ] just to show -- [ applause ] the piece is called -- don't encourage him. or me. the piece is called "phantom." it was taken in arizona and while $6.5 million sounds like a lot, that includes an eight by ten, three five by sevens and, like, a dozen wallet size, so -- this is the second-most expensive photograph ever sold. it's called "rhine 2." it was shot and sold in 2011 for $4.3 million. which seems like a lot to pay

for something that looks like a test photo you take to make sure the timer on your camera is working and then you run around and get in the shot. i'll tell you something, to get me to pay that much for a photograph, it would have to be a picture of jesus riding the loch ness monster. [ laughter ] this is the time of year when santa claus, you know him, right? makes his list, he checks it twice, sometimes three times. which, as you can imagine, can be tedious. so, guillermo and i have been helping out. we put on our elf costumes. we have them. and we had children write a letter to santa about what they wanted for christmas so we could help to determine who was naughty this year and who was nice. ♪ hello, children. >> how you doing? >> merry christmas. >> jimmy: jump up in that seat right there. i'm elf jimmy, and this is elf guillermo. >> hi. >> jimmy: what are your names? >> that's luke, i'm laina.

>> jimmy: let me have your letter for santa. >> why do you have pointy ears? >> jimmy: we're elves. >> you want to sit down here? right here. >> jimmy: okay. >> so, welcome, kids. let me explain what's going on here. >> are you -- why do you both have those silly costumes? >> jimmy: silly costumes? we're elves. we work for santa claus. >> oh. but santa claus isn't here. >> how will you make the presents if you don't have a present machine? >> jimmy: we do have a present machine up at the north pole. but our job today is to find out if kids have been naughty or nice so we know what kind of presents to get them. >> naughty? >> jimmy: you know what naughty means? >> no. >> jimmy: it means, like, bad. you were bad this year. or were you good this year? >> i was crying a little because luke was fighting. >> jimmy: oh. luke was fighting? okay. luke was fighting. >> why are you writing with those candy canes?

>> jimmy: well, because these are our candy cane pens because we're elves and this is what elves do. >> where did you get them? >> jimmy: we got them from the north pole. >> north pole? santa doesn't have one of those. >> the only thing i want is a lego set. >> jimmy: that's the only thing you want, a lego set? >> oh, no. no more presents. >> jimmy: yeah, really. >> only a lego set. >> jimmy: dear santa. i want a lego set. i want to say ho, ho, ho. luke. that's very -- >> those shoes are -- >> jimmy: silly? there's nothing silly about these shoes. these are some of the best shoes. >> why do they have curves? >> jimmy: because we're elves. this is how elves dress. >> but how can reindeer fly? >> jimmy: you have so many questions. unbelievable. it is literally unbelievable. >> i always talk to my brother. >> jimmy: do you guys want toys for christmas or not?

>> what are -- >> hey. stop looking at me. >> jimmy: who is looking at you? >> that thing. >> that thing's looking at you? no, that's thing is looking at him. >> hey! >> jimmy: can i tell you -- who is looking at you? luke, do you know who else is watching you at all times? santa claus. >> what? >> yes. >> why? >> he's not in this house. he's not looking at any of us. >> jimmy: oh, he's -- >> unbelievable! >> jimmy: he's watching over us. >> ah -- i don't see any santa claus right here. >> jimmy: why do i feel like you're the adults and we're the children? >> can you hear us? >> jimmy: i can hear you. >> why? >> jimmy: i don't know why. it's a very existential question, though. >> are there ants behind my back? >> jimmy: there are no ants behind your back. >> stop kicking me.

there are ants on my shoe. >> jimmy: there are ants on your shoe? are you on drugs? are you sure? >> i was tickling him with my ant. >> i'm going to tickle him with my uncle. >> your uncle? >> jimmy: yeah. >> you don't have an uncle. you're being crazy. >> jimmy: i know. i think we're all being crazy. >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: never been broken psychologically by children before. and one more thing. another week has come to a close. and -- that was something else, huh? and that means it's time to bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it is "this week in unnecessary censorship." [ cheers and applause ] >> when he was 16 years old for [ bleep ] a vietnamese man so hard in the [ bleep ] that the man was partially blinded. >> people at a convention called [ bleep ] fest had to go to the hospital.

>> when it comes to christmas, we're not [ bleep ] around. >> because we [ bleep ] a donkey. >> because what makes american exceptional isn't just the size of our [ bleep ]. >> obama care was widely debated and republicans knew exactly how it was financed. [ bleep ] you. now, moving onto another big story tonight. a nor'easter is [ bleep ] the coast. >> and i quote, colin powell would blow his [ bleep ]. >> you're the only person i've ever met who [ bleep ] hitler. >> i [ bleep ] him when i needed to [ bleep ] him and i [ bleep ] him in the butt when we needed to [ bleep ] him in the butt. >> i'm getting ready to [ bleep ] the crib. >> does anybody in here have a [ bleep ]? i can put it in my mouth right now. >> come on, kids. [ bleep ] lead us. ♪ >> jimmy: sorry, frosty. tonight on the show, laura dern is here. and we'll be right back with

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>> jimmy: why hello there, friends. tonight, from the new movie "wild," laura dern is here. and then later, we'll have music from blake shelton from the at&t outdoor stage. next week on the program, we'll be visited by garth brooks, emily blunt, michael keaton, tracey ullman, megyn kelly, christine baranski, and we will have music from jenny lewis, george ezra, and alt-j. so, please join us all next week. growing up in ada, oklahoma, our first guest tonight dreamed that his love of playing the guitar and spinning around in a chair would one day become his profession. it did. he stars on "the voice" and his newest album "bringing back the sunshine" debuted at number one. please say hello to blake shelton. [ cheers and applause ]

>> jimmy: good to have you here. thanks for coming. >> happy to be here. i've heard so much about you. >> jimmy: i've heard a lot about you. >> i've been on the show but i've never been famous enough to sit in this chair. so i'm glad that -- >> jimmy: well, congratulations. >> well, thank you. but carson talks about you all the time. >> jimmy: carson daly who is the host of "the voice." >> he's our boss, people don't realize he's actually our boss. >> jimmy: i've known carson since he was 12 years old. we're very good friends. and i have to say, when he talks about you, i feel a twinge of jealousy, because i feel like he's abandoned me for you. >> really? >> jimmy: yeah. i heard you guys went to, like -- where did you go? >> bass pro shops. >> jimmy: bass pro shop together. >> we just want to -- whatever is, some town outside of l.a. -- >> jimmy: riverside or something. >> hell of a long way away. we drove out there about two weeks ago and went like christmas shopping and -- >> jimmy: just because you kind of miss the hunting and the fishing and all this kind of stuff that carson, by the way, does not do at all. [ laughter ]

>> man, he had a cart full of crap, i mean, it was piled on there, like, all these -- he actually bought some man stuff for once. >> jimmy: yeah, but you know he came right back and returned all that stuff as soon as you were out of his sight. >> he was showing me pictures of your barn with -- >> jimmy: i built a barn, yeah. >> impressive. right downtown here. >> jimmy: you see that? you and i should be hanging out and to hell with carson and his man stuff. by the way, i want to ask you about this. >> it sounds weird when you say it like that. >> jimmy: yeah, it does. it does. this is the water tower from your hometown of ada, oklahoma. why is it called ada, do you know? >> why is it called ada? >> jimmy: yes. who was ada, a person? >> i don't know who the hell that was. i'm sure it was somebody. >> jimmy: okay. >> a princess or something. >> jimmy: i see. is this where -- do people still get the water from this tower or is it defunct? [ laughter ] >> what are you talking about? >> jimmy: you're not from ada at all.

[ laughter ] you grew up in new york! >> we never thought about the fact that there may be water in that. it's just a landmark. it's the tallest building in ada. >> jimmy: how tall is this water tower? >> i don't know. it's -- >> jimmy: you don't know. >> growing up, it was huge. >> jimmy: have you ever been to ada, oklahoma? >> i never gave a crap about that water tower until i left and now it says ada on it, it's a big deal. >> jimmy: do you ever climb on top of it or, nothing like that? no. >> people that ever tried to climb up that are dead. >> jimmy: oh, they are. [ laughter ] do you think that was a good place -- looking back, was it a good place to grow up? >> yeah, definitely was. you know, there wasn't a lot to do. and so you either played football in ada, oklahoma, or you had dreams of sitting in the red chair, i guess. like you were talking about. i mean, i was playing the guitar

by the time i was 15, i was already trying to -- because garth was from that area and reba was from just a few miles away. so, it was like, there was hope -- >> jimmy: is that right? >> that you could make it in country music. >> jimmy: that's kind of cool. you saw those guys -- i guess that does make an impression. when they are from your -- what was the first song you ever wrote? do you remember? >> yep. [ laughter ] what the hell's so funny about that? it was a great song! it was a great song. it was called -- [ laughter ] it was called "that girl made a fool out of me." and it's -- [ laughter ] i heard that. >> jimmy: who was the girl? >> some bitch -- [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how many, like, how many people were in your high school class? >> well, my class, i don't know. i remember in the entire high school, i graduated, there was

400 kids that went to, you know, from freshmen to senior. we weren't -- it wasn't totally inbred. i know where -- come on, man. [ laughter ] we had a water tower. leave it alone. okay? stop. >> jimmy: it would be easy to narrow down who the girl was that made a fool out of you. who in a way was your muse. she kind of got you going, i guess. >> i guess so. >> jimmy: did she ever hear the song? >> no. nobody's ever heard the song. nobody's ever heard the song. >> jimmy: until tonight! [ cheers and applause ] >> did you just play the intro to it just then? >> jimmy: they know it. >> oh, i know that one. >> jimmy: is it a song that nobody's ever heard? i don't think it is. >> no, but the title is so catchy. >> jimmy: it is pretty good. >> that girl made a fool out of me. >> jimmy: it is a good title. why don't you write the song? >> i did write the song. >> jimmy: oh. write it again. [ laughter ] your wife has been here before. she's really great. she seems like a good person.

[ laughter ] >> she's -- she's awesome. yeah. >> jimmy: she rescues a lot of animals while you're out shooting them, right? [ laughter ] >> that's right. i shoot them and she rushes them to the vet immediately. don't do that! save the deer! >> jimmy: keeping her in business. >> right. she hunts, too. it's all about dogs -- >> jimmy: she hunts dogs? >> yes. >> jimmy: my god. >> they're so tender. they're so tender. >> jimmy: that's what i'm told. she's got a lot of stray dogs or whatever at the house? >> she just opened, it's called the redemption ranch -- have you been there? >> jimmy: they're just being supportive. >> oh, okay. in tish a mingo, oklahoma. and it's a rescue dog facilitfa. >> jimmy: that's nice. what is hell does that mean? is that an indian word? it's very expensive, huh? a lot of kibble. what is tishamingo? do you know the origin of that?

[ laughter ] you know what we're going to do -- >> no, i don't. but there's a water tower there you can make fun of. [ cheers and applause ] we got a water tower, we can -- >> jimmy: this is the cd. it's called "bringing back the sunshine." blake shelton is here. we'll be right back. the volkswagen golf was just named motor trend's 2015 car of the year. so was the 100% electric e-golf, and the 45 highway mpg tdi clean diesel. and last but not least, the high performance gti. looks like we're gonna need a bigger podium. the volkswagen golf family. motor trend's 2015 "cars" of the year. vo: this year, santa left his sleigh at home and booked his trip around the world on expedia.

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great blake shelton. laura dern is coming up. blake has got music for us a little bit later on. you just set a record. 13 consecutive number one singles. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: is that something that excites you? do you worry that the next one might not be number one? do you give a -- do you care at all? >> not until you say it like that. [ laughter ] then it would be kind of end the parade, wouldn't it? i don't know, i -- i don't know what's going on right now. i mean, it's like -- things are going good and man -- >> jimmy: do you feel like a fish out of water here in l.a.? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: you do. >> i don't even drive here. i seriously -- i swear to god i don't drive here. and i can drive. i'll drive when the i'm home. but i don't drive here. >> jimmy: why? >> i don't know where anything is. i don't even know how to get to the studio. i have a house here and when

i'm -- i come here, i never leave unless i come to do this show or "the voice" or whatever's going on and somebody drives me to those places. and then i go back home and i drink my face off and i pass out. [ cheers and applause ] that's what i do. that's my life here. if i knew how to get to your barn, i would come there. >> jimmy: i will give you directions. i'll have somebody go pick you up, because it sounds like -- once you get to the barn, you'll be drinking more than just your face off. >> i know there's a bedroom there. >> jimmy: there is a bedroom. you can sleep over. are you and your wife competitive? because you guys were nominated in the same category this year. >> a bunch of times we have been. and it's -- it doesn't do good for me to be competitive with her because it's -- just the idea of me going, i'm going to beat you -- it's already setting the wrong tone. because we're -- i'm still trying to get laid. [ laughter ] you know what i'm saying? >> jimmy: yes. i understand. [ applause ]

>> so, i try to keep, like, high five, i hope you beat me, i hope you win, because you're better. >> jimmy: she's competitive with you? >> yes. i just let her roll right over me. >> jimmy: do you help each other when you're working on songs? do you collaborate and work together? >> we have in the past. we wrote a song on her album before this one that was a hit. >> jimmy: how do you decide whose album that song goes on? you know, i mean, like, that could be on your album, that could be on her album. either way, it's a good thing for the album. >> let me just back up here. i don't get a say-so on -- [ laughter ] all the way back to the awards thing. it's like -- it's you, it's all about you. you know what i'm saying? because -- have you heard any of her music? all her music is about killing guys and burning their houses down and -- [ cheers and applause ] beating up people and -- that's my wife. that is my wife. >> jimmy: when she was here, she

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>> jimmy: welcome back. laura dern and music from blake shelton is on the way, but first, let's touch base with gabourey sidibe, to see what she has on tap for tonight. gabby? >> thanks, jimmy. on tonight's show, dakota fanning is here with her favorite gluten free recipes. plus, i go undercover as a hipster. [ laughter ] you won't want to miss this. tonight on "gabby." >> jimmy: looks like a great show.

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>> jimmy: hi there, we are back. still to come, music from blake shelton. our next guest is a golden globe-winning, oscar-nominated actress and well-known t-rex survivor whom you can see alongside reese witherspoon in the critically acclaimed new movie "wild." it's playing in select cities now. please welcome laura dern. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you doing? >> i'm good. i'm so happy to be sitting, i'm a little flustered because my dog just ate nine chocolate protein bars. >> jimmy: oh, that's no good. >> on my way here. but i thought it was a good segue into seeing you -- >> jimmy: nine chocolate -- is your dog working out? >> he's working out. and they are clif bars that honor the movie "wild" which does involve hiking on the pct. i think he was bulking up, getting ready for a hike. >> jimmy: isn't it dangerous for docks to eat chocolate?

>> so dangerous. >> jimmy: maybe not real chocolate, right? >> not too much. and he is, like, a giant 90-pound lab. >> jimmy: i see. >> i can do this. but he left the wrapping, like, meticulously laid out, like he really opened it. >> jimmy: well, he's neat then. is he a chocolate lab. >> he's a chocolate -- there you go. i didn't get that. >> jimmy: that's what it is. they need a certain amount of chocolate. >> every once in awhile. >> jimmy: to keep the lab going, yeah. well, i hope that works out okay. >> everything's good. >> jimmy: you know, blake shelton's wife will take that animal from you if you don't -- >> i know. we just discussed this. it's all taken care of. >> jimmy: okay, very good. it's very good to see you. i ran into you once. i love the show "enlightened" you were on on hbo. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: that was a great show. [ cheers and applause ] this movie, which, by the way, i watched and it's really good. i think it reaffirmed my commitment never to hike. >> yes, mine, too. >> jimmy: you play reese witherspoon's mom, which is

weird, because you're really very -- you're close in age. how -- what's the age difference? >> well, no, we're within a few years of each other, actually, but you know, we're telling a story that spans over 20 years, and the beauty of getting to play cheryl, who wrote this amazing book, "wild," to play her mother, it honors their incredible friendship and this love story between this mother and daughter who were, actually, close in agened ended up going to college together and having this beautiful love story and, in fact, in the film, she says, my mother was the love of my life. so, it spans through her memory on the trail, her entire childhood. >> jimmy: you rarely see a movie where the mother and daughter -- most of the time they are at odds in the movie. it was very sweet to see that and it was very sad, also, i don't want to give too much away of the film, but -- it's all true. based on this woman's true story. >> it is. and we've had the most incredibly privileged time talking about the film with

audiences and at q and as because it is about healing and grief and longing and all those things people walk through. i don't think there's been a q and a where reese and i don't end up in tears. >> jimmy: oh, you guys cry? that's fun. >> we cry every time. and cheryl shows up and opens her mouth and speaks so beautifully and so then we cry when she's talking. >> jimmy: wow. >> it's a cry fest. >> jimmy: it sounds terrible, kind of. [ laughter ] >> we're actresses. >> jimmy: please don't cry here. i don't know -- >> i'm getting a little teary. >> jimmy: are you really? okay, all right, if you start crying, i'll start trying, too, to make you feel better. reese's character has some graphic sex scenes in the movie. as her mother, do you approve of that? i mean -- [ laughter ] >> ah -- yes. i mean, i was raised by actors, and so i feel like we're a group of people who navigate all that we have to walk through and she and i talked about, you know, filming intimate scenes where you want it to be about fear and vulnerability and a lot of

things the film honors and sometimes you have to hurl yourself into the void and i told her a story of working with alexander paine on "citizen roof," which on the first day i had a scene like this and he said, oh, it's great, i want you to meet your co-star, we just picked him up at the bar. he's really excited to do the scene. >> jimmy: what do you mean? >> that's exactly what i mean. >> jimmy: just met him picked him up at the bar? >> he was really happy to be there. >> jimmy: they brought a drunk guy to come have a love scene with you? >> not exactly. he was, you know, wonderful actor. but yeah, he was just cast -- >> jimmy: was he even an actor? >> not exactly. >> jimmy: no, yeah, wow. >> i think he is now. that's how it goes. >> jimmy: why do they do that, where -- [ applause ] do the love scene on the first day. seems like you want to ease into that, right, no? seems to be a strategy that goes on? >> get traumatized early on. >> jimmy: your character in the movie is raising two children and going to college at the time time and trying to get something going.

you were plucked out of college by david lynch. >> yes. >> jimmy: tell us how that happened. >> i was two days into university and now it's much easier to take a leave of absence, but then, you couldn't really leave school to -- >> jimmy: once you start, you have to go. >> yeah. so, on day two, i got the movie and asked to leave and it was like, no, if you want to go do a movie, then you have a job and you're not a student. bye. and now my friends who have gone to film school at that school say that one of the few movies that they study to get their degree is "blue velvet," the movie i left for. >> jimmy: the movie you left to do. >> i'm so bummed. >> jimmy: short-sighted. >> yeah. >> jimmy: do you have any desire to one day go back? >> i did a few years ago, i went back to school and i learned why they say this thing of, you know, education is wasted on youth, because i was in a class, i'm in my early 30s and

everybody else is 17 and i was so excited about everything. learning was amazing! and the teacher was saying, we're going to discuss classism in india. i was like, classism in india! and everybody is texting, bored, miserable. and he said, you know, does anybody know the film "passage to india." i was like, oh, my god, me! i realized no one else had heard of that film because they hadn't been born yet. so, yeah, it was a little awkward. i was very excited. >> jimmy: it sounds like you were a little too enthusiastic. did the other students care for that or did they tolerate it? >> i think they didn't notice. >> jimmy: they didn't notice. they were texting. >> yeah, they were buried in their devices. >> jimmy: your dad was here last year. he's quite a character. i don't have to tell you, i guess. >> oh, my god. first of all, he loves you. >> jimmy: oh, that's nice. >> and if i may, because i told him i was coming here, he said, "that man is the best at what he does --" >> jimmy: oh, that's nice. [ cheers and applause ]

>> but he said, he said he loves that you pay tribute to who has come before you. he's like, he knows jack parr, he knows what it's like to sit in that chair. >> jimmy: who is jack parr? [ laughter ] >> but he said, kid, listen, be careful of that green room. i was like, okay. he's like, there's a lot of drinking going on back there. and it is a party. let me tell you. >> jimmy: does he hover over you in that way? >> no, your show is the only time he's ever warned me. jk oh, really? that's the warning he gives you about coming here? yeah, and your mom, you were raised by actors, she played your mom in "enlightened." >> yes. >> jimmy: and i know it was a tv show, but all i could think of when i watch that tv with you guys, oh, she seems like a terrible mom. that's good acting, i guess. >> she's a great actress. she's amazing and certainly my muse, as we worked on "wild" and reese and i both very fiercely close to our mothers, actually screened the movie of "wild" sitting with our moms together.

>> jimmy: for them. oh, what did they think? >> it was beautiful. and they were sweet and it was tender and amazing to watch a film about this love, you know? and i noticed our two southern moms do like to talk to the screen. equally. >> jimmy: oh, they do? >> so, yeah, it was very entertaining. >> jimmy: during the movie? >> oh, yeah. oh, no, oh, no, that poor girl, she's in trouble. what is that? is that a rattlesnake? every moment on the trail, they're panicked. >> jimmy: she must have went nuts during "jurassic park," then. >> oh, forget it. could barely watch. >> jimmy: it's very good to see you. congratulations on the movie. it's called "wild." it's playing in select cities. laura dern, everybody. we'll be right back with blake shelton.

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♪ that's how it goes whenever it snows. ♪ ♪ the world is your snowball just for a song. ♪ ♪ get out and move it along. ♪ >> jimmy: i'd like to thank laura dern and apologize to matt damon. we ran out of time for him. "nightline" is next, but first,

this is his cd, "bring back the sunshine." here with the song "lonely tonight," with some help from ashley monroe, blake shelton! ♪ ♪ i never thought you'd pick up the phone it's friday night you should be out on the town ♪ ♪ didn't think you'd be sitting at home all alone like me nothing on tv ♪ ♪ nothing to do nothing to keep my mind off you and me and the way it was ♪ ♪ are you thinking 'bout it now because i could be there in five ♪ ♪ one more one last time we don't have to be lonely tonight

need you want you ♪ ♪ i'm right here we don't have to be lonely tonight i know we shouldn't ♪ ♪ but i don't care i don't wanna be right i don't wanna be strong i just wanna hold you ♪ ♪ 'til the heartbreak's gone when the sun comes up we can both move on but we don't have to ♪ ♪ be lonely tonight that taste that touch the fire i miss those "kiss-me" eyes ♪ ♪ your red wine lips on mine like it used to be baby i want you and you want me ♪ ♪ we don't have to be lonely tonight need you want you i'm right here ♪ ♪ we don't have to be

lonely tonight i know we shouldn't but i don't care ♪ ♪ i don't wanna be right i don't wanna be strong i just wanna hold you til the heartbreak's gone ♪ ♪ when the sun comes up we can both move on we don't have to be lonely tonight ♪ ♪ ♪ i can be there in five one more one last time ♪ ♪ we don't have to be lonely tonight oh i need you and i'm right here ♪

♪ we don't have to be lonely tonight tonight tonight ♪ ♪ yeah yeah >> ashley monroe, everybody! ♪ >> this is country right here, listen up. ♪

♪ ever since you left me i've been ridin' 'round cranking up a little country gold heartbreak ♪ ♪ cried and dried these tears i don't know how much more missin' ♪ ♪ you i can take i prayed prayed prayed for a sign sign sign now there it is ♪ ♪ in the window it's about time damn time there's a neon light at the end of the tunnel ♪ ♪ it ain't all that bright but even though it's subtle it's got me feeling alright go on and make it a double ♪ ♪ there's a neon light at the end of the tunnel tunnel tunnel oh yeah ♪

♪ ♪ i take a shot of i don't care what you're doing now ♪ ♪ chase that one with a cold screw you ♪ ♪ when that's done ♪ i just might wash it down ♪ with a big pitcher of someone new ♪ ♪ that blond blond blond ♪ at the bar bar bar ♪ seems she wants to try and unbreak my heart heart heart ♪ ♪ there's a neon light at the end of the tunnel ♪ ♪ it ain't all that bright but even though it's subtle ♪ ♪ it's got me feeling all right ♪ ♪ go on and make it a double ♪ there's a neon light at the end of the tunnel ♪ ♪ tunnel tunnel

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