apparently a home under construction that happened about ten minutes ago. >> f . from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!." tonight, jack black, george clooney, from "espn college gameday, kirk herbstreit, desmond howard and lee corso. and music from walk the moon. and now, he's back. here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] well, hi, i'm jimmy. and this is billy. i was out last week because this guy had heart surgery. but look, he's fine, everybody.

[ cheers and applause ] he may have pooped, but he's fine. i want to thank chris pratt and tracee ellis ross and neil patrick harris and melissa mccarthy for filling in for us last week. they each gave a full day of their busy lives to give me time off and i'm grateful to them for doing that. and daddy cries on tv, but billy doesn't. it's unbelievable. [ laughter ] [ applause ] and we also want to thank the very bright and talented doctors and nurses at children's hospital for -- who treated billy, and not just billy, but many kids with so much caring and compassion. children from every income level whose health is especially threatened right now because of something you've never heard of, it's called c.h.i.p. it's the children's health

insurance program. it covers around 9 million american kids whose parents make too much money to qualify for medicaid but don't have access to coverage, affordable coverage through their jobs, which means it almost certainly covers children you know. about one in eight children are covered only by c.h.i.p. it's not controversial. it's not a partisan thing. the last time funding was authorized was 2015 and passed with a vote of 392-7 in the house and overwhelmingly democrats and republicans supported it until now. now c.h.i.p. has become a bargaining chip. it's an the back burner while they work out the new tax plans. children of parents with cancer, diabetes and heart problems are about to get letters saying their coverage could be cut off next month. merry christmas, right? so this happened because congress, about 72 days ago, failed to approve funding for c.h.i.p. since the first time it

was created two decades ago. this is literally a life and death program for american kids. it's always had bipartisan support. but this year they let the money for it expire while they work on getting tax cuts for their billionaire and millionaire donors. imagine getting that letter literally not knowing how you will afford to save your child's life. i've in enough of this. i don't know what could be more disgusting than putting a tax cut that mostly goes to rich people ahead of the lives of children. why hasn't c.h.i.p. been funded already? if these were potato chips they were taking away from us, we'd be marching on washington with spears right now. make two phone dacalls. jam the house and senate phones. tell them to take a break from tax funds and fully fund c.h.i.p. immediately. call your representatives at this number. leave messages for both of them.

they need to fund c.h.i.p. now. and friday is the day to choose the affordable care program. despite what trump says, people qualify for a reduced rate or totally free plans. if you don't have health n, go to healthcare.com and get it. you have to do it by december 15th. if you don't do it, you'll pay a penalty of at least $695 next year if you don't have insurance. right, billy, do it. billy is doing great, by the way. he has one more surgery. [ cheers and applause ] and this is amazing. he had an operation a week ago. they say he's probably on track to win at least a bronze medal in the olympics in 2036. by the way, guillermo, you want to come take billy from me? >> guillermo: yes, sir. >> jimmy: okay. it's starting to get a little -- and change him, too, while you're at it.

don't get him under the arms. remember, back to front. okay? all right. there you go. like two babies. [ cheers and applause ] the two cutest guillermos in the world right there. you weren't the only ones at children's hospital last week. melania trump stopped by the children's national hospital in washington, d.c. it's an annual tradition for the first lady to do that around the holidays. this year melania treated the children there to a q&a. >> what's your favorite thing to eat for christmas dinner? >> my name's olivia. >> hi, olivia. nice to see you. my favorite thing to eat is just some healthy food and you feel very good after. not too much eating. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: she's a lot of fun. meanwhile, her husband has a big

smear of chocolate cake all over his face and he's licking the inside of a bucket of kfc. another kid asked the first lady what she wants santa to bring her this year besides an escape tunnel. >> what did you ask santa for christmas? >> ooh, that's a nice one. i ask santa for christmas peace on the world, health, love and kindness. >> jimmy: peace on the world. [ laughter ] this is not a comedy sketch, by the way. that happened. that happened right there on the world. speaking of things that really are happening. tomorrow is a special election for senate in alabama between doug jones a democrat and judge roy moore, a man who is banned from his local mall for alleg allegedly hitting on teenaged girls when he was 30 years old. he's accused by eight women, most of these women are republicans, for sexual harassment when they were young. you can vote for a racist, homophobic pedophile or someone who isn't any of those. a real sophie's choice.

but maybe to me if you aren't allowed to set foot inside a hot topics store, you shouldn't be allowed in the senate of the united states. [ cheers ] so unfortunately, it shouldn't be close, but it is. to make it crazier, a group that backs president trump sent a 12-year-old girl to interview roy moore. roll? i don't know if the idea was that he could sit next to a young girl without hitting on her. but judge moore was a perfect gentlemen. >> what are the most important issues to the voters of alabama? >> i think one is religious liberty. i think we've got to look at that. i think taxes are always a problem. >> what do you think are the characteristics of a really, really good senator. >> following the constitution. i want to thank you very much. >> jimmy: wow, that's -- [ laughter ] obviously, obviously, we faked that, but if he had done it,

they'd still defend him. [ laughter ] president trump is supporting the alleged child molester in this race because, of course, he is. although he wasn't president trump's first choice for senator of alabama. then he found out jared from subway was still in jail. so over the weekend, president trump recorded a robo call to support roy moore. one of those telemarketing things they have. they call you at your home to get voters going. actually the footage of the robot they use to make these calls. i'm impressed by the technology. >> hi, this is president donald trump. i'm going to make america safer and stronger and better than ever before, but we need that seat. we need roy voting for us. the democrats, they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power. the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> jimmy: president trump had a

rally in pensacola, florida, over the weekend where he voiced support for roy moore and gave shoutouts to some of the folks in the audience, too. >> look at these guys. blacks for trump. i love you. i love you. i love you. by the way -- >> jimmy: uh-oh! >> black home ownership just hit the highest level it's ever been in the history of our country. >> jimmy: oh, okay. >> congratulations. >> jimmy: thank goodness. not racist. not true, either. but not racist. trump had a lot of nonsense to share in pensacola. we slowed him down to half speed for tonight's pensacola edition of drunk donald trump. >> can those people fly or what?

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>> jimmy: welcome back to the show. jack black, kirk herbstreit, desmond howard, lee corso and walk the moon. christmas is on the way, too. we had santa in the office today for the kids on the staff. everybody sat on his lap. guillermo, what does benji want? what happened to billy? >> guillermo: he took a little break. they're changing him. >> jimmy: what did benji want from santa? >> guillermo: he wants a playstation and a sister. >> jimmy: really? are you going to get him one or both of those? >> we're trying on the second one. >> jimmy: you're trying on the second one. my daughter jane is 3 1/2. we asked her what she wants for christmas. she keeps saying and has written it down in a letter, she wants a chopstick with a yellow ball at the end of it. we have no idea why. [ laughter ] so every year to help santa with these unusual requests he gets from children, guillermo and i

put on our elf outfits to chat and interrogate children. we talked to a precocious hopeful named cadence. hello, cadence, how are you? >> good. >> jimmy: do you have a letter for santa? thank you very much. nice to meet you. why don't you have a seat right there. okay. your 4 years old. yeah? are you good? >> mm-hmm. >> jimmy: you've been good this year? >> mm-hmm. >> jimmy: have you done any naughty stuff? nothing. you know, santa is always watching, right? >> yes. >> jimmy: he did make a few notes that he asked me to ask you about. he said that you colored your dog with a marker this year. is that true? >> mm-hmm. >> jimmy: what happened? >> my mom got mad. >> jimmy: what color was the marker? >> pink. >> jimmy: and what color is the dog? >> white. >> jimmy: and you wanted a ping dog? so you tried to color the dog with the marker? >> mm-hmm. >> jimmy: okay.

it says here you opened the car door while you were driving. >> by accident. i didn't know. >> jimmy: that was an accident. okay. i'll write "accident" next to that one. finally said you told your grandpa it looks like he's having a baby. >> yes. it's funny. >> jimmy: it is pretty funny. did grandpa think it was funny? >> kind of. >> jimmy: yeah, because what? he's got a big stomach. >> it is big. >> jimmy: it's very big, huh? you know who else has a big stomach? >> santa. >> jimmy: and sometimes he gets a little bit sensitive about fat jokes, you know. >> people says it. >> jimmy: because one time he said that santa, it looks like you're having a baby and santa punched him in the face like really, really hard. right in the face. >> very hard. >> jimmy: okay. so what are you thinking you'd like santa to bring you this year? >> slime wp. >> jimmy: you want the kind of slime you make or the --

>> the slime that farts. >> jimmy: the slime that farts. what do you want to do with that? >> play with it. >> jimmy: then make it like somebody farted? >> yes. and i wish they farted. because i don't know. >> jimmy: right. well, it's a reasonable question to ask. one of the things we like to do is find out about some of the other kids in your life, like maybe some of the kids at school, et cetera. are there any naughty kids at school? oh, there are. what are their names? >> fabian and valerie. >> jimmy: what's fabian up to? >> he says my jacket was his, but it wasn't. >> jimmy: he was claiming your jacket? all right. and how many toys should you get this year? >> five. >> jimmy: five toys. okay. very good. fabian, how many should he get? >> 12. >> jimmy: 12? more than you? >> mm-hmm. >> jimmy: even after the jacket incident?

>> that was a long time ago. >> jimmy: how long ago was it? >> five years. >> jimmy: oh, before you were born. >> no. >> jimmy: how old are you? >> 4. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we're going to get you a calculator, too. okay. i think it's all -- everything seems to be in order, cadence. that's a candy cane for you. we look forward to making it a very merry christmas for you this year. say hello to your fat grandpa for us, okay? all right. take care. [ cheers and applause ] on the show we have music from walk the moon, from espn college gameday kirk herbstreit, desmond howard and lee corso are here. and we'll be right back with jack black. so stick around. portions of "jimmy kimmel live!" were brought to you by the 2018 nissan rogue. innovation that excites.

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from the mercedes-benz outdoor stage. tomorrow, duane johnson, guillermo del toro and music from g-eazy with halsey and later this week, terry bradshaw, will smith, john legend, and n.e.r.d. our first guest is an all-around tal nent the old fashioned way. he actually sings. his eyebrows are incredible. his new movie is called "jumanji: welcome to the jungle." please welcome jack black. >> no, that ain't [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> jimmy: you don't have to fix it. in fact, it might be funnier if you just sit on the thing, yeah. >> no, i want to have my full height. i need a booster cushion. >> jimmy: another great entrance. like you've been on the show probably seven times. probably four of them are among the greatest entrances we've ever had here on the program. >> was this one of them? >> jimmy: that was one of them, yeah. >> i came out, no special entrance this time. i'm going to come out very professional, a little bit angry, and then i flipped the switch. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: i know this is a big night for you. it better be because all of hollywood boulevard is closed for the premiere. >> for the premiere of "jumanji," they shut down hollywood boulevard. i was feeling pretty good because they were taking over -- because only once in a while do they shut down the whole hollywood boulevard for an event. that's when you know you hit the big time. but then i was going to pick up

my boys from school today. i was like what is all this horrible traffic? i got to get to jimmy kimmel. then i realized, it's because of my stupid -- my own shutdown. i had to go way around, take a detour over through the 101 up through some -- thank goodness for waze. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. have you been going all over to promote the movie? >> can i just say, though -- >> >> jimmy: yes. >> the entrance was awesome. but now i'm completely ruined. can i get some help? >> jimmy: all right. this is nice. it's nice to rearrange the furniture every once in a while. >> i'll get that. i'll fix that later. >> jimmy: there you go. >> is that right? >> jimmy: that's so much better. >> am i supposed to scooch back here? how are you? >> guillermo: good. how are you doing? >> just cut that out. >> jimmy: you have a lot going on right now, right?

obviously you're driving the kids to school, but you've got the movie. are you working on a new album with tenacious d? >> all of those things you said. [ applause ] most of those people are applauding along with the one dude. but yeah, we're kind of expleriencing. i like to call it the jack black-assaince. i've got a lot of fingers in a lot of pies, projects bubbling up. >> jimmy: are your sons going to the premiere of "jumanji" tonight? >> my boys are here in my special dressing room. hi, sammy, hi, tommy. also my niece sonya. >> jimmy: how old are they now? >> 9 and 11. >> jimmy: what were you like at that age, 9 or 11?

>> i was a rambunctious youth. i was a boy scout. i didn't reach the level of eagle scout. i do plan on doing that. you can go back and get that later, right? >> jimmy: i don't think so. >> it's on my bucket list. i just want that one last piece of the puzzle, then i'll finally be complete. >> jimmy: eagle scout, that would suit you beautifully. >> but you know what i did do? >> jimmy: what? >> i went to out ward bound. i did a full semester of outward bound. like eagle scout level stuff. >> jimmy: i think that's for troubled youth, though, isn't it? >> yep. well, not just for troubled youth. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> i was actually going in just as like a cleansing ritual. i wanted something to like have an experience that was intense. i felt like i was still a boy and i went in as this like soft adolescent and i came out like ripped like 160 pounds of muscle

green beret. >> jimmy: really? how old were you? >> i think i was 20 years old at the time. >> jimmy: really? >> maybe a little old for outward bound. >> jimmy: yeah. so then you came out 160-pound green beret. >> 165. in that neighborhood. >> jimmy: ripped. >> ripped. just looking in the mirror going dang. >> jimmy: how long did you stay this that rip mode? >> i started ripping bong loads. and then i got back to 220 within like a week. [ applause ] i was in the deep wilderness for three months carrying canoes for miles just -- and all of it lost. >> jimmy: a different kind of green beret you became. we'll take a break here. boy, i hope the kids aren't listening to this. >> they don't know what any of o that means. >> jimmy: jack black is here.

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and it becomes like avatar. like a combo of [ laughter ] "breakfast club" and "avatar." you'll suck out the long pause. have you ever noticed whenever they say, and then you guys will edit that out, you never actually. >> jimmy: no, we never edit it out. people nowadays watch youtube. things stop unnecessarily all the time. we're used to pauses that shouldn't be there. >> as we get older, the pauses get longer and the spit gets get more intense. >> jimmy: you brought an interesting video. this is something you cut together yourself? >> my good friend taylor. it's like the reason why this movie is so crazy for me is like i was meant to do it. my first job in the industry was a commercial for a video game on the atari system called pitfall. >> jimmy: i loved it. i used to play hours of that

game. months of that game. >> back in the '80s there was like a jungle-themed game. the commercial i was in it wearing a safari hat exactly like the one i'm wearing in this movie. my friend taylor made a little mashup of the two. >> jimmy: we'll edit the taylor/tyler thing. but this is -- i really think -- a look at destiny here. >> yeah. can we show my mashup? i think it's a masterpiece. >> just last night i was trapped in the jungle with pitfall harry. surrounded by giant scorpions and man-eating crocodiles. >> if you haven't met pitfall harry, you're missing the year's most incredible video game adventure. >> it was so intense. >> pitfall, designed for activision. >> jimmy: that's unbelievable.

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>> he's from miami, he's in orlando and i'm in nashville. >> jimmy: do you still get excited about this time of the year? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: they just gave out the heisman trophy. desmond, you won the heisman trophy. >> yes, sir. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you had one of the great moments of all time in college football where you predicted your own heisman win by posing in the pose of the -- put the trophy in there. is that something that you knew you were going to do going into the game? >> no. i did not. i actually thought i was going to do a backflip. and i thought it would be the coolest thing to like break out in the open, then stop around the 2, 2 1/2 yard line and do a backflip into end the zone. we're playing at ohio state. born and raised in ohio.

this is the huge rivalry. this is my opportunity. punt return. out by myself. 15 yards, and i'm starting to doubt myself. do i really know how to do this backflip? and i get to the 10 yard line. i'm like, okay, if i do it and i mess up. i'm on "sportscenter" for the wrong thing. i got to the 5 yard line, chickened out, then did that little pose that has actually taken on a life of its own. >> and he won't do it. everybody asks him to do it and he never does. >> jimmy: i don't blame you. you did it once. >> thank you, jimmy. >> he won't tell you, but he also -- besides the heisman, he was the most valuable player in the super bowl. >> super bowl, right. [ applause ] >> there's not a handful of people in the world that have done that. >> jimmy: no, i knew about that, lee. i watched that super bowl, as a matter of fact. you were on the other team. >> yeah.

>> thank you, yeah. >> jimmy: at that moment were you like, look at this jerk. he's posing -- >> because we were in the same recruiting class. he went up to michigan and i stayed at ohio state. he mentioned the 15 yard line thinking about the back flip. i was at the left 25 getting ready to see if our defense could stop him way back where he received the punt at their own 10. i'm watching him, watching him, oh, no. and i was just like that -- there you go. he just won the heisman trophy. very fitting that he put the pose out there. >> jimmy: lee, you started one of the great traditions in sports broadcasting which is you, traditionally, will put the mascot's head of the team you think will win the game, you'll get the mascot's head and you'll put it on. and that's the big reveal at the end of the broadcast. when did that start? >> stiitting with kirk.

do you think he'd get me that brutus head. they'll know who i pick. i wouldn't have to say a word. >> before that he'd say go get that hat over there. that's how he would make his pick. that week he just said, can we get the brutus head gear. >> jimmy: you need a whole head. >> the next day i go, ohio state and the crowd went crazy. then the truck went crazy and espn went crazy. i said, i think i got a shtick here. i've done it over 300 times. >> jimmy: you're like the first human bobblehead doll. do you have both heads back there? >> no, just one. >> they hide it. his guy puts it in a blanket. >> jimmy: if one team knows you haven't come to borrow the head, they know they're not the team getting picked. >> but i don't do that very publicly. >> jimmy: it's a secret operation. >> stealth bomber. >> jimmy: what was your record as a coach when you were a

college football coach. do you remember? >> it's hard to remember when you lose so many. [ laughter ] i don't know exactly when it was. >> jimmy: you have a better record with the heads is what you're saying. yes, yes. so when you were coach of the team, did you have like unusual ways, like this head thing is an unusual thing to do. did you come up with ways to motivate your players? >> one time i was playing a team on thanksgiving day. and so i was thinking about we got beat 50 points the week before by a team this team beat. wow, got to get motivation. i thought of army/navy. because i was at navy. i said, a turkey. so i got a turkey as a mascot. and we we walked out on the field. the captain's got a turkey on a leash. by the way, you ever try to lead

a turkey. >> jimmy: never. >> you can't. the official comes in and said, coach, what's that? i said, that's our mascot. he said, you're crazy. this is a true story. and got down to where we were going to score. i call time-out. team, you got to help me. i promise that the coach he can have the turkey and kill him if they beat us. we're winning for the turkey. we stopped them on the 2 yard line. and they carried me and the turkey off. [ laughter ] [ applause ] that's true. >> jimmy: so we've got for the rose bowl, oklahoma against georgia. sugar bowl clemson, number one team against alabama. which is the best team of those four? >> i think ooklahoma's the eem o beat going in.

the clemson, its the trilogy. now it's the third time around. who do you like? >> for you, georgia is a two-point favorite. >> jimmy: i see. >> and auburn is the and alabama is the -- i go with those two. >> jimmy: you're reading my mind. a lot of fun watching you guys together. kirk herbstreit, desmond howard and lee corso, everybody. january 1st with the rose bowl on espn. we'll be back with walk the moon. the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented b z mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz, the best or nothing. >> jimmy: thanks to jack black, thank to kirk, desmond and lee, apologies to matt damon. we did run out of time for him. walk the moon is next. here with the song "one foot," walk the moon.

♪ ooh-ooh-ooh hey ooh ooh ooh ooh-ooh-ooh hey ooh ooh ooh not a soul up ahead ♪ ♪ and nothing behind there's a desert in my blood and a storm in your eyes am i the king of nothing ♪ ♪ at all and you're the queen of nothing at all but i remember the fight and i forget the pain♪ ♪ i got my hand in your pocket and my key in your chain am i the king of nothing at all ♪ ♪ and you're the queen of nothing at all ooh -- through the wilderness you and i will walk ♪ ♪ into the emptiness ooh -- and my heart is a mess is it the only defense against the wilderness ♪ ♪ well cross my heart and hope to die taking this one step at a time ♪ ♪ i got your back if you got mine ♪ one foot in front of the other ooh-ooh-ooh-hey ♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other

ooh-ooh-ooh- hey one foot in front ♪ ♪ of the other ♪ one foot in front of the other ♪ ooh -- all that we have is each other ♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other ♪ ♪ ♪ not a soul in the road not a star in the sky it's a desert in my heart and nowhere ♪ ♪ to hide i'm your king of nothing at all and you're my queen♪ ♪ of nothing at all well -- out here in the dust if you don't have trust ain't nothing left ♪ ♪ of us this is the exodus they're just testing us they can't flex with us♪ ♪ they can't mess with us they can't mess with us ooh --- through the wilderness how come even together ♪ ♪ there can be loneliness ooh ---

my heart is a mess is it the only defense ♪ ♪ to brave the wilderness well cross my heart and hope to die taking this one step at a time ♪ ♪ i got your back if you got mine oh, oh one foot in front of the other ooh-ooh-ooh hey ♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other ooh-ooh-ooh hey one foot in front of the other ♪ ♪ ♪ wilderness one foot in front of the other ♪ ooh all that we have is each other♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other ♪ uh uh uh uh through the wilderness ♪ ♪ how come even together there can be loneliness ♪

♪ cross my heart and hope to die ♪ ♪ taking this one step at a time ♪ ♪ got your back if you got mine ♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other ♪ oh oh one foot in front of the other ♪ ♪ ♪ keep walking through the wilderness ♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other ♪ ♪ we have each other ♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other ♪ ♪ oh oh ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ooh ♪ in the so-called land of the free ♪ ♪ one foot in front of the other ♪ oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪ oh oh oh oh oh oh don't you know that all we have is each other one foot in front ♪ ♪ of the other ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

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