in >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight dwayne johnson, from "watchmen", yahya abdul-mateen ii and music from she & him. and now, get ready, jimmy kimmel! ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: thank you. very nice. hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for coming. listen, i don't know about you, but we, at my house, we deep in the holiday spirit. the elf has been moving from shelf to shelf. the tree is decorated. the kids are excited. last night i got home from work last night, and my wife whose name is molly, brain freeze.

anyway, molly's sitting down with our daughter jane, who's 5, to write a letter to santa claus, which jane did not want to do. she wanted us to refer santa to our amazon wish list that i'd made. but we insisted on a letter because we want to have it. so my wife got a pen and paper and asked jane why should santa bring you presents, and jane thought about it, and she said because i want them, that's why. d we're like, no. what good things have you done to deserve presents. you have to tell santa. and she says i don't know. so i start giving examples, do you listen to your parents, are you nice to your brother? do you share your toys? and she thinks about it, and she says, yeah, write those things. i said which things, the things you said, just write them down. basically the response was take a memo. hey, tomorrow time magazine will name their person of the year

for 2019. they've whittled the finalists down to five, president trump, nancy pelosi, the protesters in hong kong, greta thunberg. that's not a joke. what the [ bleep ] is wrong with you people? i'm sorry, i used profanity. we all know the person of the year is baby yoda this year, right? is that a person? i don't know. [cheers and applause] they'll announce the name at6:00 tomorrow morning. it's not to be trump, how could he not be person of the year? he's all we talk about. if it's nancy pelosi, he's going to go nuts tomorrow. he will send s.e.a.l. team six into headquarters. he is definitely getting impeached this year. this is another historic day in washington, as not one but two articles of mooechimpeachment w announced by the house committee. >> today in duty to service to

the constitution and our country, the house judiciary committee is introducing two articles of impeachment, charge being the president of the united states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. >> jimmy: sorry, that's jerry nadler. after he made the announcement, his fans were chanting "go nads." they call themselves the gonadlers. he is charging president trump with abuse of power and stru onstruction of congress. president trump tweeted that he did nothing wrong. the house will vote to impeach possibly as early as next week and then the case will go to the senate. senate majority leader mitch

mcconnell has not indicated when the trial will be held or how long it will last, but he did announce that the verdict will be "not guilty". mcconnell and trump have reportedly been arguing about how the trial should go. mcconnell wants to do it quickly, but trump want it s i o take as much possible. like the tortoise and the hairpiece. trump reportedly wants to turn his impeachment into a show, a dramatic event, because he believes this will hurt democrats. he may get sean spicer to dance the meringue at this thing.hi the defendant is telling them how long he wants the trial to last. meanwhile, with all this drama involving ukraine and russia, who do you think trump had at the white house today? a gentleman najed sergey lavrov, who is the russian foreign minister. they really don't miss a trick.

the last time trump was with this guy in the oval office wa s in 2017. this time all he gave them was the colonel's secret recipe. consider it a win. the press was not invited to this meeting today. but the white house claims that trump warned lavrov about russian interference in the election. he said, you guys had better not meddle in this election, wink wink. and i'm sure they won't. why would they do that to our friend? but it was a tough tuesday for trump. a long day of impeachment articles. he got a harsh scolding from his own director of the fbi. he had to kiss russian ass. trump couldn't take it anymore. he marched out to the white house lawn and had a word with reporters after dark. >> i think it's a disgrace that people can make impeachment out of nothing. that was a perfect conversation. if you look at mark levin, he analyzed the conversation. one of the great constitutional lawyers. many of them have.

they were perfect conversations. there's nothing to impeach on. >> what is going on there? the penguin is holding a press conference. got that orange face. it's like a harvest moon or something. and then, with that off his chest. >> thank you all very much. >> jimmy: the president journeyed out into the darkness, never to be seen or heard from again. he just kept walking toward the monument. and there he goes. this is a strange story. this is bird-related happening in las vegas right now. there have been multiple sightings of pigeons walking around in cowboy hats. tiny pigeon-sized cowboy hats on these pigeons, and no one can figure out why this is happening. how someone is obviously doing this. but who would be doing this? let's see if we can figure this out. okay. first of all, it's somebody who

lives in las vegas. someone who, probably someone who has a relationship with pigeons. and likely someone who smokes a lot of weed to be doing this. so really, there's only one possible suspect, and that's iron mike tyson, right? he's the pigeon hatter. christmas is two weeks away. if you're still on the hunt for gifts, which assume most of you are. we have ideas for you courtesy of your friend, television. we've collected these. here are some items for this year's gift guide as seen on tv. >> introducing the hangover helmet. it will diminish headaches and increase relaxation by applying gel-packs to your head. it will make you feel better faster. >> look at that face? but those teeth are terrible. now there's active bright. the natural teeth whitening system made with activated

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old laid knee tdy in the laundr. >> jimmy: an old lady? >> yes. at the time she was older than me. i was in my 2 0s. >> jimmy: she's probably still older than you. >> i was like 23, she was maybe 48. >> jimmy: you were how old? >> 23. >> jimmy: she was 48? >> she was 48. >> jimmy: she's about your age now. th old lady. >> yes. >> jimmy: and so what happened? were you washing your clothes? >> do i would go every week to the laundry, and that time i didn't have my soap, my tide, you know? didn't have no soap, so i went in the back and asked her can i buy you some tide for my clothes. and she said yeah. and she said come in. and that's when everything began, you know? come in the back. yeah, sure. >> jimmy: in the back of the laundry place. >> yeah. >> jimmy: wow, that's something. you know what a letter, do you remember penthouse forum?

people would write letters with their sexual experiences and most of them seemed made up, but i mean, that one's pretty good. did you is see her every week then afterwards whenned you'd your laundry? >> yeah. >> jimmy: did anything ever happen again? >> no, that was bad idea. >> jimmy: while you guys were naked together back there, did you take those clothes and put them in the wash? >> no. >> jimmy: you didn't, okay. all right. sorry, sorry, i had to get that out. there's another story about a snake that's incredible. anyway, this is video of a holiday light display in australia. and you know when your neighbor goes all out and you don't. you wind up looking like the grinch, because you didn't spend weeks and, well, this is a good way to handle it. just put up a little sign that says ditto on

i ensdwroi whjoy it when others. this is in diker heights, new york. this is in phoenix in glendale, almost 2 million lights at glendale glitters, and this is a charming nativity scene in atle borrow, massachusetts where -- >> merry [ bleep ] christmas! go pats. go pats. >> jimmy: i'm going to apologize in advance. this is our foul-mouthed little friend, tommy brady fitzpatrick. what are you right now, baby yoda? >> oh, good one. is there a bigger terd in your christmas stocking than jimmy freakin' kimmel? >> jimmy: merry christmas to you. what's going on in your nativity scene? take us through that. >> i'm so glad you asked. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> not really, not really. you're just jealous i'm the

messiaher and you're not. see this diaper? it's the shroud of urine. we've got the these wise men, larry bird. big papi. and of course tom brady. he's the goat. anyone who says otherwise is getting a lump of coal. >> jimmy: we won't say otherwise. >> as can you see, they're bringing me gifts, because i am the savior. >> jimmy: oh. >> they've got a half wrack of ganset lager and a big old candy cane. >> jimmy: you've really captured the holiday spirit. >> haven't we? watch your tone you friggin' fruit rollup. you want a piece of me? >> jimmy: no. what is this? hi, mrs. fitzpatrick. >> don't [ bleep ] talk to me. don't talk to my kid, either.

>> jimmy: i'm sorry. i have one quick question for the boy. what is christmas like in boston? >> what do you mean what's christmas like in boston? we're not from [ bleep ] mars. it's the northeast. >> jimmy: yeah, okay. >> so here's what we do in our neck of the woods. >> jimmy: what do you do? >> on christmas eve we go to mass, the mass turnpike, you [ bleep ]. >> calm down. and we get off the pike, head to my cousin donnies, th's. they have a train called the christmas express. >> jimmy: that sounds charming. >> yeah, we throw [ bleep ] rocks at at that. and the neighbors come out singing "sweet caroline" good times never felt so good. >> jimmy: anyway, so all right, you're carolling. >> anyway the neighbors go out carolling. when they're gone, we break in and steal all their [ bleep ].

because they got wicked good [ bleep ]. >> jimmy: what do you do on christmas day? >> well, on christmas morning, right around the crack of noon, my it's brothers and i rouse ma from her friggin' stupor and open up our gifts. >> jimmy: did you say you have eight brothers? >> four of my sister margaret's spawn. but she's in jail right now. >> jimmy: your sister's in jail for selling drugs to an undercover cop? >> he was not undercover. she got pulled over and tried to make a sale. >> jimmy: this all sounds terrible. it sounds like a terrible holiday. >> terrible. you have a problem with our quaint new england traditions? >> what is your problem? you want a piece of she me? i will take your ass, from nazareth to jerusalem. from the temple mount to the sea

of galilee, from the mount of olives to [ bleep ] -- >> jimmy: that's tommy brady fitzpatrick and his mom darlene. beautiful family. merry christmas to you. all right, we have a good show for you tonight. holiday music from she and him. from "watchmen," yahya abdul-mateen ii and we'll be right back with dwayne johnson. so stay! ♪ >> dicky: abc's jimmy kimmel live, brought to you by progressive. their new house...t which menu am i looking at here? start with "ta-paz." -oh, it's tapas. -tapas. get out of town. it's like eating dinner with your parents. sandra, are you in school? yes, i'm in art school. oh, wow. so have you thought about how you're gonna make money? at least we're learning some new things. we bundled our home and auto with progressive, saved a bunch. oh, we got a wobbler. progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents,

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from the great new hbo show "watchmen," yahya abdul-mateen ii is here. we have much to discuss. then, the album is called "christmas party." she and him from the mercedes-benz stage. you can see she and him on tour starting thursday at the fox theater in oakland. tomorrow night, kevin hart will be here, julia fox will join us, and we'll have music from finneas. and thursday, awkwafina, paul walter hauser and music from mark ronson with anderson pack. and if you're looking for a book for the kids i wrote and illustrated one. it's called "the serious goose." it's about a goose that is, well, i don't want to spoil it for you. all the money i make from the sale of the book go to children's hospital here in l.a. and children's hospitals around the country. and if you want a signed copy go to theseriousgoose.com to get one signed by me. our first guest is a world champion in both the ring and at the box-office. he's one of time magazine's most influential people of 2019 and i

have a feeling he'll be influential in 2020 too. you can see him with an all-star cast in "jumanji: the next level." it opens in theaters friday. please say hello to dwayne johnson. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you? very good to see you. you were right across the street last night for the premiere. >> good to see you, too. i was, for the jumanji premiere. >> jimmy: where were they? >> we started in mexico. and then we went to paris. then we went to germany, then we went to london, and then we flew back here so we've had premieres all over the world. >> jimmy: why does america come

in last? i thought you wanted to run for president? there's no reason to do that. >> we're saving the best for last. >> jimmy: you were also in the neighborhood this morning. >> i was. >> jimmy: because this morning, your pal, kevin hart, you know, it's one tng to get a star on hollywood boulevard. it is another level all together to get your hands and feet. >> yes. >> jimmy: impressed in cement. >> it's legendary. i had the honor of speaking on his behalf. >> jimmy: you did. >> i did, yes. it was an amazing ceremony. >> jimmy: how much thought did you put into it? did you write, did you really think about what were you going to say? >> i mean, it's kevin hart, i didn't give a [ bleep ]. applause for that. not giving a [ bleep ]. i agree with you guys. no, i did. i wrote an a little bit, because, you know, as much as kevin and i give each other, just hell all the time, as you know, it's a cool thing, and it was a big honor, and his family was there. >> jimmy: you have a good

friendship, and yeah, it is a cool thing. i think we have video. this is kevin. >> this is kevin this afternoon. he was so excited. now if you guys watch, i think we're going to show, yeah, so there's actually push, kevin is so small and light, hundryou ha get somebody pushing kevin down to get his feet imprinted. that's a true story. >> jimmy: gravity was not enough. >> no, so they pushed him down. tate fir it's the first time i've ever seen that. >> jimmy: is he still stuck out there? >> i wish i was. t the funny thing is he finally reached five feet. >> jimmy: another plus. >> another positive. >> jimmy: is kevin your best friend? >> he is travel odefinitely one best. >> jimmy: there are people above him? >> there's always people, he definitely, it's a real friendship. it was one that i didn't anticipate. but when it happened, and

especially as you get older in life, it's not like in high school or college, where you just have a lot of best friends. no, he has become truly a great, great friend, and by the way, as much [ bleep ] as we give each other, he had a tough year, and i'm so happy he's back. >> jimmy: he did. >> and he's in the game and feeling very resilient, very happy for him. >> jimmy: do you look for projects to work together or just specifically so you can spend time together? >> what do you mean, like? just so we can spend time together. anything. the "notebook 2." let's do it. >> jimmy: do you even have time for christmas? do you celebrate christmas? >> we do. of course, we celebrate christmas. it's a big deal, because joanna clause is coming for our baby. >> jimmy: and last year as i recall, correct me if i have any of this wrong, you bought your mom a house for christmas.

>> i did, yes. >> jimmy: so what then do you buy -- [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> jimmy: what do you get her the next year? >> well, she, she just, i'm going to have to get her a ticket to "magic mike" in las vegas. >> jimmy: she's into that. >> she's into that, yes. don't say it like that, jimmy. i don't know how you top that. >> jimmy: you can't. >> it was just so cool to buy her a house. >> jimmy: and you bought your dad a house, too. >> i did, i bought my old man a house, too. >> jimmy: that's the best thing ever, isn't it? to buy your parents a house. >> isn't it? >> jimmy: i'm curious about the process you went through. is it as easy as it sounds? who picks the house? >> well, that's the thing. that's the key, you know, and you got to take the control. >> jimmy: i see. >> you have to, you have to, you know, give them, here's their options. for you, and i scoped out the neighborhood, vetted everything out.

this feels good. if not, it's a run away train. have you done it? >> jimmy: yes, i did do that, and it was great, but there's always the things, yeah, it's a little small, you know, that kind of stuff. >> yes. >> jimmy: did you have any of that? >> you know, it's funny, my, because we just have this, just father-son relationship. my old man was a little bit like that, you know, there's a lot of animals and kritsecritters in t back, maybe i could get a fence. you could get it, sure, but maybe you could get it. sure, of course, a fence, you know. >> jimmy: and the houses have to be kind of equal in some way. and all of that stuff? nothing's ever easy is it? >> nothing's easy with the parents, no. >> jimmy: i want to talk to you about the movie. i have a few things i want to cover with you. we're going to take a

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>> you have to be a little annoyed, come on, what are you talking about, jimmy! danny, breathe, breathe. it's like, come on, what are you, get to the thing. am i going to ask the questions or not? >> jimmy: did he advise you and tell you if you had the nuances correct? >> he did. i spent time with danny. he's a great, great guy, by the way. but he did. at first he was like, that's [ bleep ] horrible. oh, you want me to do it better? yeah, come on. i got to tell you, one of the most gratifying things was to watch, to know that he watched the movie, after the movie, he called me. he was so happy. >> jimmy: and he liked it. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that has got to be everything. you know you wouldn't get called if he didn't like it. >> you would get called for sure. that suck, what did you do, you ruinin' my legend. >> jimmy: you did devito. for halloween, kevin hart did you. he was you for halloween.

this necklace is a little longer, but. look at that. >> jimmy: is that -- >> kevin looks so cool, i look like the lunch lady. it's unbelievable. >> jimmy: the fannie puck has really stood the test of time, though, hasn't it? >> it has. but you're a fannie pack guy. >> jimmy: i am a fannie back guy. i really tried to get it kick started once on the red carpet at the emmies, and people thought was a joke. >> fannie packs are good, they serve a purpose. >> jimmy: you know the thing with the fannie pack is the name. it shouldn't be called a fannie pack. a terrible name. >> it's horrible. >> jimmy: it should be called a hip sack or something like that. >> a bad-ass bag, something like that. >> jimmy: your weed holder or something like that. people would think it was cool. >> i don't do that, jimmy. i don't know. >> jimmy: with all that stuff you have going on, you have also launched your own brand of

tequila. >> i did. >> jimmy: why are you doing this? [cheers and applause] is it difficult to get tequila for you? >> i've loved tequila for years and years and years. it's been a passion project of mine, coming out in the beginning of the next year. >> jimmy: why is it called terra mana? >> it means "spirit of the earth". i wanted it to reflect polynesian culture as well. and it has been so gratifying, and so, and just really so amazing, because when you, we're down no outside of guadalajara in the jalisco mountains. and they're so passionate, the mexican people about their agave and tequila. >> jimmy: and the workers are probably scared that you'll stomp them or hurt them. >> make my tequila good for the

world! >> jimmy: how much tequila can you drink? like if you're out for the night, and we're talking shots here, what would be a reasonable amount? >> i can knock'em back. >> jimmy: i would imagine you could. >> i can knock'em back. shot wise, maybe a period of time, eight to ten i could probably. >> jimmy: i would have guessed higher. >> but not back to back to back. i'm also a sipper. >> jimmy: is this a sipping tequila? >> it's a >> jimmy: he's a sipper with a fannie pack. happy holidays to you, dwayne johnson, "jumanji the next level" opens friday, we'll be right back. (paul) at sprint, the holidays are a time for giving. (stern) paul... (paul) aw thanks... and did you know you can give your family the gift of savings with both an unlimited plan...

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♪ >> jimmy: welcome back, she and him are on the way. you know our next guest from 'black mirror' and as black manta and now as smurf-colored doctor manhattan-in the great show 'watchmen'. the season finale airs sunday on hbo. please welcome yahya abdul-mateen the second. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> jimmy: welcome. how you doing? >> i'm awesome, baby. >> jimmy: i'm feeling physically inadequate between you and dwayne johnson. does anybody call you "yam", because those are your initials. >> it doesn't work. >> jimmy: you could say yam, you could lalso call me sweet potat. >> sweet potato foodie is my clown name. >> jimmy: what? >> it's actual lay really really >> jimmy: you have a clown name? >> everybody gets a clown name. >> jimmy: how do you get a clown name? >> you go be

the instructor. >> jimmy: did the name have anything to do with your initials? >> you know, it possibly did. >> jimmy: you went to yale, which is a very difficult program to get into. >> yes. >> jimmy: they don't take many people, but you were doing something entirely different before that. >> yeah, man, i studied architecture. i went to uc berkley, worked in city planning and got laid off after about ten months and decided i was going to take a left turn, go try something different, and it turned out to be acting. >> jimmy: was your family excited that you were abandoning your career as an architecture and getting into acting? >> i love how you put it. my familiar shri y is so, so su.

they've had fun going on this journey with me. going to premieres. sometimes it's hard to get tickets. i'm glad i have a lot of jobs. >> jimmy: mm-hm, right. >> i can parse them out. my sister, she says she's the president of my fan club. i have another one who runs my social media account and things like that. >> jimmy: so they're there supporting almost to a ridiculous extent. >> they're in it for the long haul. i used to say if i quit architecture and decided to go and like be an astronaut they would support me. i used to say the same thing about acting. >> jimmy: they would follow you into space. >> not anymore. >> jimmy: this is more fun than nasa. i would imagine. you made that shift. >> yeah. >> jimmy: life wise. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and now, i want to be careful, because i know that if you haven't, if you're n n n n

date on "watchman", go to the bathroom. we have some things to talk b it's based on an of graphic novel, which is a fancy word for comic book. it's a great graphic novel, great comic book. there's an unbelievable twist. >> yeah. >> jimmy: in the show, and you are really the twist. because it just seemed like you were >> that's not a bad deal. i would sign up for that job seven days out of the week. >> jimmy: did you know it was going to start off very domestic and then it was suddenly, you would become a nude blue god? >> no, man. >> jimmy: you did not know. >> i had no idea. >> jimmy: no one told you you were going to be naked on the show. >> no one told me i would be

naked. i'd st i'd say it's hbo, maybe i'd get lucky. >> jimmy: when did you find out? >> it was somewhere between the second and third episode. i was building up to be a person people could be in love with, a great stay at home husband to works and cleans and coo and cod and day mondmon wanted to talk about the character. he was here in los angeles. >> jimmy: did he ask you to take off your clothes? >> no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: because he did that to me once, and it was weird. and we were on the air, which made it even weirder. >> what did you do? >> jimmy: i took off my clothes. >> naturally. >> jimmy: so he says to you. it's too late to say no, by the way. >> right. >> jimmy: the character is a naked character. >> he sits me down on the couch at a comfortable distance away, and he says, so, basically, cal

is dr. manhattan. and i have this thing that i do when, when i'm dealing with someone of a higher work status or something like that. >> jimmy: your boss. he's your boss. >> right, he's my boss. and i would imitate their body language. and it makes me more comfortable. puts me at ease, so i was sort of doing this same thing with him. so i was naturally very comfortable. and i sort of received the information in the same way that he gave it to me. and i said oh, okay, wow, that's awesome, awesome news. but on the inside, i was tearing the room up, oh, i'm dr. manhattan! >> jimmy: right, right. >> and then i said oh, okay. well i guess, one, i'm going to have to get in shape. i said, i'm definitely going to have to be naked. i knew i should have asked for

more money. >> jimmy: though is is your, by way, luckily, god has blessed you, because otherwise, this could have been a very embarrassing situation. because you are really naked in the -- >> i'm very naked. >> jimmy: did you ever have to get naked when you worked for the city planning office? or was this just an acting thing? >> fortunately, it was just an acting thing. if i did, i'd probably have a pretty good lawsuit on my hands. >> jimmy: yes, you would, yes, would you own the whole city, probably. >> i would be paid handsomely. >> jimmy: things are working out well for you. congratulations on the show. what could be better? you're playing a god. it's just you and thor, really. >> except i get to walk around in my birthday suit. >> jimmy: and thor, sadly, has to wear that thing. it's great to meet you. and the show is called "watchman." the season finale of 'watchmen' airs this sunday night at nine on hbo. and we'll return with music from she & him.

♪ [cheers and applause] >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by the 2020 g-class, mercedes benz, the best or nothing.

>> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank dwayne johnson and yahya abdul-mateen the second. apologies to matt damon. nightline is next, but first this is their album, "christmas party" here with the song "christmas day," she and him! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ the christmas spirit grows with each new day and it's so close but seems ♪ ♪ so far away and yet it comes only once a year and 'fore you know it ♪

♪ it's already here the streets are filled with laughter and so many ♪ ♪ hearts are gay everybody helps to make ahh the spirit bright ♪ ♪ the houses turn on their christmas lights ahh at night ♪ ♪ it's worth the wait the whole year through ahh just to make happy ♪ ♪ someone like you and i'll never outgrow the thrill of christmas day ♪ ♪ ahh ♪ ♪ ahh

ahh ahh ahh ♪ the christmas spirit grows with each new day ♪ ♪ and it's so close but seems so far away and yet it comes only ♪ ♪ once a year ahh and 'fore you know it it's already here ♪ ♪ the streets are filled with laughter ahh and so many ♪ ♪ hearts are gay everybody helps to make ahh the spirit bright ♪ ♪ the houses turn on their christmas lights ahh at night ♪ ♪ it's worth the wait the whole year through

ahh just to make happy ♪ ♪ someone like you and i'll never outgrow the thrill of christmas day ahh ♪ ♪ it's worth the wait the whole year through ahh just to make happy ♪ ♪ someone like you and i'll never outgrow the thrill of christmas day ahh ♪ ♪ and i'll never outgrow the thrill of christmas day ahh and i'll never ♪ ♪ outgrow the thrill of christmas day ahh

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