that's our report. tom hanks. from "better things", pamela adlon. this week in unnecessary censorship. and music from koffee. and now, just hold on, jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: hi, everyone. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. welcome. welcome once again to those of you who joined us earlier tonight in prime time. we had game six from oakland between the golden state warriors and the toronto raptors. this is the final game for the warriors everybody at oracle

arena. maybe the final game of the season. people don't realize we shoot the show at 8:00 in the morning. we try to get a jump on kelly and ryan. but we know someone won, and we have an american treasure from m oakland, the great tom hanks with us. you may have heard his "toy story 4." 4." i like every tom hanks movie except the one he saves matt damon at the end. tomorrow is flag day, and it's also our president's birthday. donald trump turns 73 years old tomorrow. he's the oldest president ever. i'll send him your best. how is donald trump only 73? it feels like he's been president since '73. anyway, they're having a fun shindig at the white house tomorrow. melania is planning to hide

inside a cake. she's not going to jump out though. she's going to stay in there a couple years until the coast is clear. but the president is on a hell of a roll right now. did you see his interview with george stephanopoulos? george stephanopoulos spent 30 hours with trump over two days. i don't think i've spent that much time with my father over two days' time. i swear to god. you're not going to believe this. he said some crazy stuff. trump weighed in on a variety of subjects, including, and this is unbelievable. the whole last two years he's been saying no collusion with foreign agents, no collusion, no collusion. here's what he said when george presented him with a hypothetical about collusion. >> if russia, if china, if someone offers you information on an opponent, should they accept it or call the fbi? >> i think maybe you do both. i think you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. if somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent.

oh. i think i'd want to hear it. >> you want that kind of interference in our elections? >> it's not interference. they have information. i think i'd take it. >> jimmy: no, wrong answer. the correct answer is no. so give it another shot. >> okay. let's put yourself in a position. you're congressman. somebody comes up and says hey, i have information on your opponent, you call the fbi? i don't think -- >> if it's coming from russia you do. >> i have seen a lot of things in my whole life. i don't think in my whole life i've called the fbi. >> if the fbi director says that's what should happen? >> the fbi director is wrong. >> jimmy: he's incredible. he honestly doesn't seem to know what collusion is. all he knows is he didn't do it. but he would do it, because why not? who cares what the guy he hired to be the head of the fbi thinks about it. and here's another question, why doesn't george stephanopoulos have a chair? the president is sitting.

he's standing over the desk like the i.t. guy or something. the president's comments about collusion didn't go over well with democrats or even a few republicans. there were more calls for impeachment hearings today. he basically invited the russians to interfere with our election again. even trump seemed to know this was bad. he was playing defense this morning trying to make adjustments to what he said. he wrote, i meet and talk to foreign governments every day. i just met with the queen of england. the prince of wales, the ireland. and yes, he spells wales with an h, which means he may be in contact with aquaman. today was one of the worst days pr w pr wise in some time for team trump. this afternoon he tweeted after three and a half years our wonderful sarah huckabee sanders will be leaving the white house at the end of the month.

[cheers and applause] she's going home to become a professional skate border, which i which is as true as everything she's said at the white house. she hasn't held a press conference in more than three months, so i'm not sure which job it is she's leaving. but she did have a press conference with the president to allow a chance to say good-bye. >> she's going to be leaving the service of her country, and she's going to be going, i guess you could say private sector. she comes from a great state. >> jimmy: look at her. have you ever seen that face so happy before? she is literally huckabeeming with joy at the thought of leaving. is there any one left working at the white house? it's starting to feel like one of those empty blockbuster video stores.

sarah applebee sanders has been the press secretary for two and a half years and we take time to pay tribute to all the huckabee-s she gave us. >> i let you rudely interrupt me and your colleague. i also think it's ironic. >> mind telling us -- >> i'm trying to answer your question. i politely waited. settle down. >> seriously. >> i'm trying to be serious, but i'm not going to have you yell out of turn. i know it's hard for you to understand, even short sentences, i guess. you're taking my words out of context. >> could you explain? >> i was trying to before you interrupted me. we should be celebrating those people. i'm trying to answer if you'd stop talking. i'll finish my statement. look, the president's going to continue to lay out the contrast between democrats and republicans and if you'll let me finish i will answer it for you.

>> i would be happy to answer if you would stop talking long enough to let me do that. >> jimmy: a special lady, a special lady. nothing official's been announced yet, but sources in the white house believe she will be replaced by a box of t.j. fridays bacon cheddar loaded potato skins. this is another moment from george stephanopoulos's interview. >> at the white house, a surprise from the president. a new look for air force one that he designed himself. >> here's your new air force one. we added things. >> is the frame still a 747? >> it's a 747. so anyway, there it is. >> jimmy: that's going right on the white house fridge. i love it this is what he's spending time on. he's designing a new plane. probably what he should be doing. i don't know what ivanka and djtj have planned for father's

day on sunday, but father's day is sunday. and fathers, for those of you unfamiliar are the people who fall asleep after dinner. being a dad, the thing they don't tell you about fatherhood is like for about an hour a day you have to get on the floor and pretend to be a horse. but we came up with something fun in honor of the day. we went out on the street and asked fathers to answer basic questions about their children on our first-ever pop quiz. >> are you and your son pretty close? >> yeah, i think so, yeah. >> and would you consider yourself a pretty involved parent? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> i'm going to ask some questions about your son. what is your son's birthday? >> that is a good one. because i don't know. >> you really don't know? >> no, i don't know his birthday. >> do you consider yourselves pretty close in. >> yeah. >> what is your daughter's

favorite subject in school? >> social >> is that true in. >> what grade is your daughter going into? >> ninth grade. >> what's name of your daughter's school? >> ash creek elementary school. >> no. >> river creek? >> no. >> something creek. >> no. >> what color are your daughter's eyes? >> brown. >> all right, let's look. that is incorrect. >> they're blue. i have a brown eyed daughter, though. >> what is your daughter's birthday? >> may 17th. oh, no, it's the 14th, and i don't know what year. >> can you name your daughter's teacher? >> mrs. jones. >> no. >> mrs. moore. it's not moore? >> no. >> that was my elementary schoolteacher. >> can you name their teachers? >> of course i cannot.

>> what are your daughters' birthdays? >> why do you do this to me? i give up. >> any guesses? >> yesterday. >> oh, yeah, yesterday. horrible. >> her birthday was yesterday and you forgot it. >> yes. >> can you name the best friend of each of your >> -- lopez -- >> can you give us the name of their doctor? >> what are your daughters' birthdays. >> may 28, 2009, august 8, 2013. february 4, 2006. [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: better luck next year. all right, one more thing before we forge ahead. it's thursday night, which means

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tonight, she has a excellent and very funny show on fx. it is called "better things." pamela adlon is here. then later, she is apple music's up next artist, her ep is called "rapture." koffee from the mercedes-benz stage. that's koffee with a k. next week, we have new shows all week with christina applegate, joel mchale, miles teller, kumail nanjiani, anthony jeselnik, betty gilpin, ayesha curry, jim acosta, himesh patel, plus music from rob thomas, hollywood vampires, and santana. and this weekend in las vegas, we are opening, i have a comedy club in las vegas, it's humbly called jimmy kimmel's comedy club. this is our grand opening this weekend. are you going to come along with me to vegas tomorrow night? >> yes, i'll be there. >> jimmy: it will be a lot of fun. if are you in las vegas or going there, go check it out. our first guest tonight is a

back-to-back oscar winning actor who has played many men of note, including an astronaut and a gump but none as beloved as sheriff woody, whom he brings to life again in "toy story 4." it opens in theaters a week from friday. please welcome tom hanks. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you in. >> hey! vampire weekend next week. >> jimmy: vampire weekend. >> the band. >> jimmy: no, not vampire weekend. hollywood vampire. the vampire weekend was here two weeks ago. >> did you not say vampire weeke weekend? >> jimmy: i said hollywood vampires, which is alice cooper, johnny depp. >> guys with day jobs, horning

in on your musician union dues. >> jimmy: they're very open. they are able to share. >> and you came up with this comedy club how ? >> jimmy: my parents actually came up with it. >> you gave the true information on how to find it. across the street from caesar's palace. we all know how to get there. what, you couldn't get catty corner to the trop? >> jimmy: we wanted to be -- >> i remember back when you were doing your comedy skits in the lounge at the aladdin. that was some good stuff. that was me smokin' a nat sherman. >> jimmy: how are you doing? i saw you the other night. >> yeah, we were right next door. >> jimmy: you were next door for the premiere of "toy story 4." i was there with my 2-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter.

>> now the 2-year-old, there's not a horror movie, but there are some toys that are maybe a little creepy. >> jimmy: he wasn't bothered by it at all. i think he's too young to be scared of that stuff. >> was he looking at the screen? >> jimmy: he was looking at the screen the whole time to the point, he kept saying woody, woody, woody and somebody behind us said "sh." it might be the best toy story. >> we don't know what they look like. we start going into a recording studio like, i say three and a half years ago and we record for five hour sessions every six or eight months. we don't know what it's going to come out like. >> jimmy: you must have been happy. >> it sounds ridiculous because i'm in it. it's one of the best movies i've ever seen in my life. >> jimmy: it is. [cheers and applause] >> it certainly is. and with the fact, the voices, the added voices of tony hale.

>> jimmy: tony hale is great in this movie. >> the fabulous keanu reeves. >> jimmy: yes. >> hello. there are some new talents in there. >> jimmy: carl weathers. >> the voice of combat carl. apollo creed. i didn't know he was in it. we never see each other. >> jimmy: right. >> we maybe will run into each other when somebody's session finishes and the other person is waiting to go on. but at the premiere i saw carl weathers, and i had to go and shake the man's hand, because not only was he apollo creed, he was action jackson. >> jimmy: totally was. >> combat carl got his name when we were in one of the very first recording sessions of the first "toy story". because they would explain to me a bunch of the toys, this, that. and they said there will be a g.i. joe figure, but we can't call him g.i. joe.

and i said how about combat carl. >> jimmy: you said it. >> i said it. >> jimmy: and then they found a guy named carl to play carl. and i said how about combat carl weathers. they didn't go for the weathers. it's a great, amazing cast. >> jimmy: i don't want to ruin anything by talking about it. i think maybe you've revealed some things you shouldn't have revealed. >> it's funny you mentioned that because i think i did. i have these talking points that disney gives you at the beginning of -- >> jimmy: oh, really? >> the beginning of the press junket thing. and these things are like gutenberg bible stuff. look how many times i've read them. i spilled tomato juice on it at one point at breakfast the other day. >> jimmy: these are things you're not supposed to say or things you're supposed to say. >> both. here's one thing we're not supposed to say.

spoilers/what to avoid. don't discuss woody, hmm hmm hmm hmm. please don't share that hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm. and all sorts of rules. there is one thing. they give you sample questions. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> which you have yet to ask, my friend. >> jimmy: i'm sorry. they didn't give them to me. >> this is for me and tim allen. tom hanks and tim allen. can you talk about how buzz is learning to listen to his inner voice. >> jimmy: what? >> and i'm still waiting. here's a sample question. who does woody reunite with, parenthesis, bow, bo peep should be described as a strong character from the beginning. her recent experience, perhaps, made her stronger. but she was never a weak character! >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. [ applause ] >> jimmy: wow.

there it is. >> now, do you know how many executives right now want to kick my ass because i brought the this out? they have an entire division over called disney corporate vertical integrating marketing division. they spent years. joi . >> jimmy: i've received a similar document. >> how closely do you examine them? >> jimmy: i laughed really hard and then never looked at it again. in i think i have one thing, when doing kimmel show, please do not mention academy awards. what's that about? >> jimmy: i think we should mention your academy awards. >> oh, not mine. i think yours. >> jimmy: why, did something happen? >> well, you got bounced, my friend, that's all i know. and you work for the network. [ applause ] but they do give you this. and it's actual lly a much

thicker pac thicker packet. >> jimmy: you're from oakland, i wopd wo wondered if you're following. >> i saw kareem abdul abdul abdl i saw the baltimore bullets. isn't that a great name? >> jimmy: there were the washington bullets. >> i guess baltimore handguns. but no, they're leaving what i grew up knowing as the oakland alameda coliseum complex arena, where the warriors played and the oakland seals played, the hockey team that i went and saw. >> jimmy: the oakland seals. >> they're closing it out. i don't know what they're going to do with it. >> jimmy: do you feel sad at all? >> no. >> jimmy: you don't care. >> it's a storied history

without a doubt. but it's from an era when they built these arenas, complexes and made a mistake of making them freeway close, two freeways go right by there. anytime there's an event, that freeway is gridlocked and you are late for the game. >> jimmy: so your fondest memory of this arena is as an annoyance. >> that and i was a vendor at oakland as game. >> jimmy: oh, really in. >> i was 14 years old. i thought it would be like the tv show, everybody tries to help out the young kid. first of all i got robbed twice. note to self, hide those wads of cash. don't be walking with a wad of cash sticking out of your pocket. >> jimmy: robbed twice. >> then i came across professional vendors who did not like the fact kids are there. so i'm 14 years old, and a guy probably in his late 50s is

yelling, hey, kid, that was my sale! i was coming down the aisle, you took my sale, kid! and i was like, what am i supposed to do? here's what you have to do, i'm going to give you a bag of peanuts, and you're going to give me 50 cents. >> jimmy: really? the guy held you up. >> no, he wasn't holding me up. it was like a professional thing. he was coming down the aisle. so any sale on either side of that aisle was his. and i just happened to be walking by the front. i sold the kid some peanuts, and the kid loved having it, and i thought -- >> jimmy: you did the right thing. >> so tear that friggin' place down! [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: tom hanks is here. we'll be right back. the pink? let's go mets! go time daddy! [ giggling ] ohhhh man. took my hat off. [ "to love somebody" by bee gees playing ] that's crazy!

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trash? >> because he was made from trash. you got to trust me on this. forky is the most important toy to bonnie right now. >> jimmy: opening one week from friday. >> tony hale plays forky. the show is called forky." >> jimmy: a 3-year-old can't say forky without it sounding like the f-word. >> i believe that's what disney corporate planned. >> jimmy: ah. so tom, you have a reputation for being wonderful and perfect in every way. >> i think in the bachelor vernacular, i think i'm pretty awesome. >> jimmy: do you ever lose your temper? do you ever do things? have you ever stolen anything? >> other than material?

>> jimmy: yes. >> not in my adult life. >> jimmy: okay. i have a dare for you. >> all right. >> jimmy: are you willing to take this dasre, well, i tell you -- >> i fear nothing. >> jimmy: there's a souvenir shop next door to our theater. and they do not know i had this idea. they have these cutouts of celebrities. one of them was of you. to walk into that store, take it, steal it, and bring it back over here. >> what? all right. [cheers and applause] >> this way, yeah. >> jimmy: there he goes. tom hanks about to commit his first, i don't know if this would be a misdemeanor, i don't know what the value will be. >> it's not going to be a broken law at all.

>> jimmy: we really cleaned the place up for this. >> the only thing i'm going to get arrested for is being too charming. >> jimmy: all right. >> hey, everybody, how you doin'? hey, darlin', how you doin'? good to see you. oh, man. hey, can you wrap up one of those sausages? i'll pick it up on my way out. seriously, hey, kid, zara. you know father's day's coming up. i wouldn't mind a nice chemise. hey, this is the joint, hey, everybody. >> jimmy: this is the place. they're towards the back on the right side of the shop. >> okay. i'm checkin' it out. hi, folks, are you from out of town? >> oh, my -- >> they validate parking back there. just go find the machine. oh, here they go, i see them now. hi, how are you where are you from? >> new jersey. >> and where are you from? >> australia. >> how long have you been

dating? >> that's my wife. >> oh, stop lying, get out of here. you two have got to get together. you know, i am a judge of kismet. and i think you've got it. what is your name, sweetie? you know what, hey, i'm going to give you $20. go ahead. go across to the hard rock cafe. get yourself a cheeseburger and try to meet somebody. >> jimmy: this is the opposite, this is literally the opposite of shoplifting right now. >> who have we got? oh, by the way, you didn't tell me they had a standee of my abs. i have been working that. >> jimmy: surprise to me, too. oh, yeah, >> gimme a second. >> jimmy: oh, nice. >> i am sick of this [ applause ]

>> i'm a, dope. >> jimmy: i agree with that so much, and i think it's worth more now. >> there i am. hey, i'm tom hanks, and i'm stealing this standee. [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: you know what? >> you can never have too many of these. >> jimmy: just what you need, yeah. >> i got to get my -- >> jimmy: guillermo will provide security for you. >> hold that for a second. where are you from? >> st. louis. >> congratulations on st. louis winning the stanley cup. how long have you been here in. >> about two hours. >> you want to meet a guy from australia looking for a new wife? go back inside. hey, how you doin'? hold on, wait a minute.

can i have one of those now? i'll just take a sausage with a little bit of mustard. >> jimmy: no, no. don't pay for it, steal it! >> you want me to steal it? i can't, guillermo, when i'm gone, slide that into the lady's palm. ah-oh, i dropped the trophy. thank you. no, give me that back. so long, folks. oh, wait a minute. i dropped it. sorry, it landed on maury amsterdam's star of fame. oh, look at this! look at this! oh, that's adorable. there you go. yeah. you're a winner if my book. way to go back in. we go back in this way. all right, give me that. you hold onto that. >> i'll hold it. >> jimmy: technically, this makes guillermo an accomplice to your crime. >> back in the air conditioning.

>> jimmy: and the crazy thing is we got the whole thing on tape. >> send somebody over to the hard rock cafe to get that poor lady from australia. >> i thought you were rich, mr. tom. >> i am. >> why are you stealing? >> i'm comfortable. i'm making a nice living. >> jimmy: look at this! [cheers and >> jimmy: oh, there we go. look at that, tom hanks, everybody. tom hanks, america's most wanted criminal. toy story 4 opens a week from friday. >> hold on. this has got to go back here. i'm watching you, jimmy! >> jimmy: we'll be back with

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♪ >> jimmy: i have a new guardian angel. all right, our next guest is co-creator, executive producer, director and star of the critically-acclaimed and excellent show "better things" on fx. please say hello to pamela adlon. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: pamela, we have tom watching over us for this segment. >> i want to take a selfie with fake tom hanks. >> jimmy: did you meet real to o

hanks? >> yeah, i did. >> jimmy: how are you doing? boy, your show is so great. i remember i watched the whole first season. i was like, wow, this show's freigh great. and the second season where they kind of take a dip, not at all. and the third season is the best of all of them. it's unbelievable. [cheers and applause] and you did everything, you directed the shows. you write them. you're the star of the shows. i know the character is based on you, basically being an actor, having three daughters, but, is everything that happens really from your life on the show? >> no. >> jimmy: okay, good. >> this is a question i get asked a lot. it's not a reality show. i'm not doing a reality show, but i'm doing things in my life and from my life, and so, you know, there's a scene in the show this season where my

youngest daughter, duke, is, has a fight with hannah, my middle daughter. >> jimmy: yes. >> and i'm over it enough. i said have one minute. you can say anything you want to each other, anything. and they're like, even bad words, mom? really, really bad? and i'm like, yeah, go for it, anything. >> jimmy: i love that scene, yeah. >> and so the little one had all the dirty, like i wish i would tell you guys right now. you'd love it! but -- >> jimmy: very dirty words coming out of a 10-year-old's mouth. >> and she was so into it, she was primed. she was like a pagan [ bleep ]. i can't wait to do this scene. and her parents are like, she can't wait, she can't wait. she was actually, they were living out this thing that my mom did with me and my brother when we were kids. >> jimmy: oh. >> and i was about to stab my brother in the chest with a fork. >> jimmy: okay. >> i didn't want to, i literally

was there, and my mother said "oh, my children", and she like fainted. we talked about the mutual mom. >> jimmy: yeah, mom pretending to be dead, yeah. >> or faint, and she'd put us at the end of the hallway and made us do that, and we didn't last 30 seconds. we were screaming. >> jimmy: yeah, that's a good scene. and by the way, i'm going to do that with my kids. >> no, it's good. you guys feel free to use all of these things. >> jimmy: this is a road map. and you won a peabody award. you've been nominated for emmies. you've made millions and billions of dollars. [cheers and applause] >> millions. >> jimmy: hundreds of millions. >> of tens of dollars. >> jimmy: has this changed your life? >> you know, you think it would, but, you know, i was at a restaurant the other day with my friend, and the waiter was kind of like flirting with me the

whole time and wipnking, and at the end we were getting the check, and he said you must get this all the time, you remind me of janeane garofalo. and i was like, really my daughter took a picture of the ge the screen, and it said honoring panora aldone. and she wrote i love this woman, pamela aldon, and i love show "better days." >> jimmy: maybe you should change your name if it helps

people. sharon stone was on the show. >> do you know her? >> jimmy: i haven't met her here at this show. is she a friend of yours? >> i was at the golden globes because i weirdly was nominated for something. >> jimmy: for a golden globe, yeah. >> one year, and she came at me, this beautiful unicorn just focussed on me and threw so much love and support in my direction, and she handed me her gidgets. >> jimmy: yeah. so the indignities. >> exactly. and we became friendly, and then we came up with this character, and she was such a fan of the show. and it was amazing to watch sharon stone like walk into my set and look around and be like this is so cool. look at all this art. and she fit in. and there's kevin pollock, and i created a reunion. not since "casino." and we're all so happy, and it was an amazing, amazing day.

>> jimmy: you also had a monkey on the show. >> we did. >> jimmy: which is a necessity for any great show. you have to have a monkey on at some point during the run. >> i think so. >> jimmy: i agree. >> i wanted to get crystal, the monkey from "the hangover." that's who i wanted. and she was booked. so i got [ bleep ] dexter with behavioral problems. and he comes in with a diaper and, like, and before we even get him, like the people are like, we have a monkey safety meeting. and we're like, oh, snap, okay, monkey safety meeting. so we all get together, the whole crew and everything. and they are so dead serious. >> jimmy: the monkey people? >> the monkey people. they bring the whole room down. 200 crew members and sharon stone and kevin pollock and we're all there and we're like oh, [ bleep ]. and they're like, do not look at the monkey. do not show your teeth to the

monkey. do not, if the monkey touches you, do not move. don't turn your head to the right. don't look at somebody else in the scene. don't touch somebody else. if the monkey grabs your hair, pull away, a little slight, it was like a nightmare. so, if you watched it, please go watch this one scene, if you haven't seen my show, because literally, like, greg chromer comes in. he's got the monkey, and he's like, hello, this is dexter and his handler, and his real handler is in my show. linda! who is very sweet, but not an actor, so i put them all in the scene, and we're all like, and they walk in, and i'm [ bleep ]. and like everybody in the scene is like, i love monkeys. >> jimmy: it jumps on your mother, right? >> no it's supposed to jump on cecelia, who plays my mom, and

she's like, get it off, get if of off. and we're all like, this is terrible. >> jimmy: it's in the show. >> it's a totally different vibe. the safety briefing killed the whole vibe. then it was like, okay, got to make that work in post, so, it, yeah. >> jimmy: whatever you're doing, it seems to be working and thank god no one lost an eyeball. >> and i didn't get sharon stone's face ripped off. >> jimmy: sharon stone still has her head. >> jimmy: pamela adlon. show is called "better things". we'll be right back. ♪ i'm ready. but, clearly, i'm a little nervous. there are so many expectations.

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>> jimmy: we're back, pamela adlon is here. "better things" returns for season 4 next year on fx. we ran out of time for koffee. "nightline" is next, thanks for watching, goodnight, everybody. ♪

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