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>> lou: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- people's sexiest man alive, from "pod save america" jon favreau. jon lovett. tommy vietor. and music from saint harison with cleto and the cletones. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, everybody. welcome. hello, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching at home and joining us here on -- did you notice, it was election day in a lot of the country. there were local races in 31 states, including california. for those of us who live in l.a., there was nothing to vote on, but i showed up at an old lady's house and spent 20 minutes in her garage anyway. [ laughter ]

poking holes in pieces of paper. voters had decisions to make on abortion rights, legalized cannabis, and there were a few gubernatorial races today, too. in mississippi, this gentleman, who happens to be elvis presley's second cousin, ran as a democrat against incumbent tate reeves. his name is brandon presley. you can tell he's related to elvis because they have the same smoldering sex appeal. [ laughter ] if that's not a hound dog, i don't know who is. the polls are now closed, and the key race alerts are trickling in with the very latest on tonight's results, let's go live now to guillermo in our election center. goo llermo? [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] >> guillermo: i forgot there was election today. back to you, tony. ♪ >> jimmy: i don't know, you know what, i forgot too.

[ cheers and applause ] thank you, guillermo. i mentioned last night that a "new york times" poll has president biden trailing future incarceree donald trump in five key battleground states, and with the election less than a year away, some democrats are suggesting that maybe grampotus should let someone else top the ticket in '24. the calls for joe biden to drop out are getting louder, but that could just be because he can't hear them. [ laughter ] meanwhile, republicans in the house are playing chicken with the budget again. we are ten days away from a potential government shutdown. didn't we just go through this last month? what are they -- when did the whole country turn into a deadbeat dad? [ laughter ] speaking of deadbeat dads -- donald trump was not in court today -- for once. [ laughter ] his daughter, ivanka, is in court tomorrow. but the ketchup on the walls is closing in on donald trump. he's trying to delay his trial for his actions on and surrounding january 6th. in fact, he's trying to delay all his trials.

he's a real delay-hole. [ laughter ] his lawyers filed a motion to edit any "inflammatory" remarks in the indictment, anything that dares to suggest their client was responsible for the violence at the capitol. they want cut out. the special counsel responded immediately with a court filing that said -- "the defendant stands alone in american history for his alleged crimes. no other president has engaged in conspiracy and obstruction to overturn valid election results and illegitimately retain power." which is true. and i will also add that no other president tried to overturn the results of a hurricane with a sharpie. [ laughter ] can't forget that. tomorrow night, the third and sadly not final republican debate is happening in miami. five non-viable candidates will assemble onstage for no good reason at all. [ laughter ] none of them will be president. chris christie, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy, tim scott and ron desantis.

what a lineup. it's like if all the avengers were hawkeye. [ laughter ] most of the pressure is on florida governor ron desantis. he will be in front of a home crowd and is reportedly determined to break away from the pack. sources inside his camp say he's even planning to wear his extra-tall gene simmons kiss boots. [ laughter ] or as he calls them, loafers. and while things seem particularly ridiculous in this country right now, in england, they're kind of silly too. king charles delivered the first "king's speech" in 72 years. this is a tradition that dates back to the 16th century to i think king fufflepump the 16th. [ laughter ] and while i get that there is a lot of pomp and circumstance when it comes to royal things, the optics for this new king in his crown and golden throne didn't exactly pair well with the message. >> my government will continue to take action to bring down

inflation, to ease the cost of living for families, and help businesses fund new jobs and investments. >> jimmy: good king rule of thumb, when assuring your subjects that you're working hard to bring down their cost of living, maybe don't wear a $45 million dollar hat. [ laughter ] i don't know. particularly is like, you know what? [ cheers and applause ] he's like, "i waited 73 years for this. i don't give a crap, bling it up! cover everything in gold! fill my chalice up with purple drink, i'm the king. [ laughter ] ted cruz has a new book. it's called "unwoke." you know what, he's so cool. [ laughter ] you can tell it's ted's book because the dust jacket doesn't quite fit. [ laughter ] won't button in the front. this is cruz's fifth book. the last one was called "ted cruz: a time for truth." you see him there without the beard. he also wrote, "ted cruz: head ooze." [ laughter ]

"glued pubes: the guide for guys who can't grow a beard." [ laughter ] and of course, "new york times" best seller, "a partially digested rat and other things i found in my chin pouch." [ laughter ] there are many interesting musings and revelations. he says "the princess bride" is his favorite movie, and he's sune it hundreds of times, definitely not true, no one's seen anything hundreds of times. and apparently, he isn't a big fan of late night television. this is a real excerpt. he writes, "late-night tv is virtually unwatchable. i love comedy, but watching angry leftists scream about how much they hate donald trump isn't remotely funny. it's pitiful." well, all i will say is, it's an honor to be called pitiful by a man who abandoned his dog in an ice storm to go to mexico. [ laughter ] [ applause ] but congrats to ted. seriously, i do want to say -- writing a book like this is a huge abolishment. accomplishment. especially for him. it's very difficult to type with hooves. [ laughter ] if you know anything about me, you know i'm a huge fan of sexy

men who are alive. right now, there is a team of scientists who have been working at "people" magazine laboratories. they've spent the last 12 months crunching numbers to determine which of the 4 billion men on this planet will be called "sect "sexiest man this year." and that man is about to be crowned tonight. here he is, "people's" sexiest man alive -- [ cheers and applause ] wow. it's ted cruz again, can you believe it? [ laughter ] as you can see, we have disguised his face using cutting-edge hologram technology from our friends at proto. it will be up to our studio audience to figure out who he is. [ heavy breathing ] welcome, sexiest man. >> thank you, it's great to be

here. >> jimmy: i hope -- we've also disguised his voice. i think we've disguised his voice, yes? have we disguised your voice? >> yes, you have. >> jimmy: okay, great, all right. let's solve the mystery. we're going to do this 20-questions style, so yes-or-no questions allowed and that's it, only yes-or-no questions. guillermo, introduce us to our first studio audience member. >> guillermo: hi, what's your name? >> jimmy: what's your name and what's your question for our sexiest man? >> my name's stephanie and my question is, are you an actor? >> yes. >> jimmy: yes, he is an actor. next question? lou, go ahead. >> hi, i want to know are you sexier than jimmy kimmel? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are you sexier than jimmy kimmel? >> no? well. he's being modest, but he is the sexiest man alive, so yes, obviously he is. next up? >> are you married? >> yes. >> jimmy: are you married, yes,

he is married. >> yes. >> jimmy: okay, sorry. [ laughter ] next? >> are you also a musician? >> jimmy: oh, are you also a musician? >> no. >> jimmy: not a musician, all right. who are you thinking, just out of curiosity? >> hairy styles. >> jimmy: oh. not harry styles, but he is sexy, sure. [ laughter ] next? >> do you have any recognizable tattoos? >> jimmy: what? [ laughter ] >> no. no tattoos. >> jimmy: no recognizable tattoos. who are you thinking? >> i -- i'm already out of this. i thought it was an athlete. i thought it was taylor swift's boyfriend. >> jimmy: you thought it was travis kelce. are you travis kelce? >> no. >> jimmy: not travis kelce, all right. next question? >> were you born in the usa? >> jimmy: oh, were you born in the usa? >> yes. >> jimmy: yes. why -- who are you thinking, bruce springsteen?

[ light laughter ] >> i was thinking timothee chala chalamet, but now i'm not sure. >> jimmy: oh, okay. we've got a lot of horny older women in the audience here. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: okay. not timothee chalamet. next? >> do you have brown hair or brown eyes? >> no. >> jimmy: neither one. next? >> i'm madison, and have you ever dated taylor swift? [ laughter ] >> i have not. >> jimmy: not dated taylor swift. no, okay. next? >> do you have any kids? >> many. >> jimmy: you say many. how many? >> well, i have three children. >> jimmy: three, yes, okay. all right. yes, next? i didn't want people to think it was nick cannon, you know what i'm saying? louisiana period [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: 86? >> hi, will this new title give

you pressure in the bedroom? [ laughter ] >> not at all. >> jimmy: next? >> hi, are you older than 40 years old? >> yes. >> jimmy: okay, that's a good question. that's how we narrow it down. next? >> what genre of movie do you act in? >> all. >> jimmy: all, yes. and nobody said movies specifically, either. next? >> hi, i'm emma. and are you older than 50? >> jimmy: are you older than 50? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> please do not be surprised by that. >> jimmy: a wave of disappointment just washed over the crowd. [ laughter ] next? yes? >> are you the golden bachelor? >> jimmy: oh! >> no. >> jimmy: no, he's not the golden bachelor. next? >> hi, i'm jenny. are you a podcast host? >> no, i am not. >> jimmy: he is the only living american without a podcast. [ laughter ]

yes, your question? >> hi, are you blond? >> no. >> jimmy: this is the worst batch of questions ever. [ laughter ] all right, i'm going to give you a hint, okay? the hint is -- s the most popular television series of all-time. [ ding ] oh, thanks, i got a ding. okay? >> hi, are you older than 60? >> no. >> jimmy: all right, we're in that 50 to 60 range. >> hi, i'm hanna. was the height of your career in 2004? >> no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's kind of an insulting question. next? >> have you ever been on "game of thrones"? >> no, i have not. >> jimmy: no he's not been on "game of thrones." >> are you bilingual? >> jimmy: okay, i'm going to

give you another hint, okay? yes, i'm going to start with you. i'm going to give you a hint, and everyone can share it. played a doctor on television. [ ding ] >> jimmy: thank you for the ding. >> are you george clooney? >> no. >> jimmy: no, but he was "people's" sexiest man two times. >> hi, i'm keith. are you dr. mcdreamy? >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: nice going. look at this. ladies and gentlemen, the doctor is in the house. patrick dempsey. is the sexiest man alive! wow. look, the world is celebrating. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: it is the sexiest man alive.

thank you very much. >> wow. thank you. thank you very much. >> jimmy: now, patrick, we are going to take a break. i have many questions about this very well-deserved honor that you have received. >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: guillermo, how does it feel to be the second sexiest man alive? >> guillermo: oh, great, jimmy. >> jimmy: congratulations. patrick dempsey, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] sexiest man alive. we've got a fun show tonight. "pod save america" hosts, and we'll be back with this guy.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome back to the show. tonight, their upcoming book is called "democracy or else: how to save america in 10 easy steps." the hosts of "pod save america," jon favreau, jon lovett, and tommy vietor, are with us. [ cheers and applause ] then later, he is apple music's up next artist. his ep is called "lost a friend." music from saint harison. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night after the cma awards, we'll be joined by

blake shelton and luke grimes. so please join us then. our first guest is one of the founding members of the handsome men's club going all the way back to 2010. now, he has risen to the top of sexy mountain. please welcome "people's" mr. patrick dempsey. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: what took them so long is the only question i have. >> i'm just happy they made a decision and it was me this year. >> jimmy: finally made the right decision. >> yes. >> jimmy: it's true, you get more handsome every single year. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. >> jimmy: they waited. like uncorking a bottle of fine wine, they decided to wait until just the right year. next year you'll be a mess. >> it turns really quickly.

>> jimmy: you know what, there's been some foreshadowing of this. >> we've gone close a few times. >> jimmy: you've not only been close, they put you on the cover one of george clooney's years. they put you on the cover when this vomit-face won sexiest man alive. [ laughter ] you were in a little box. and now, oh my goodness, here you are with the whole cover to yourself. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: you and priscilla presley. >> never give up on a dream. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: how did your family react to the dream? >> they laughed. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they did? >> they were like, "no, seriously, who is it?" "no, it's me." reality came crashing in. >> jimmy: when you do the photo shoot for sexiest man alive, i'm curious. does the photographer and do the people know why they're shooting you? because i know it's very secretive. >> right, you're not allowed to talk about it at all. you're not allowed to mention it. everybody signs these disclosures where you're not

allowed to say what they're doing. >> jimmy: they did know that's why they were there? >> the people at the shoot did know, yes. >> jimmy: they feel they have to know so they can give it a little extra something? >> yeah, i guess so. the lighting is a little different, the energy, it's electric. >> jimmy: leading up to the photo shoot, do you feel like pressure to be like, i don't know, whatever, to maybe -- >> you fast for a month. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: did you really? is that right? >> no bread products. i worked out. >> jimmy: so you sacrifice for us. >> it's a lot of work. >> jimmy: not for us, for "people," i should say. >> i did it for the people. [ laughter ] i fasted and went to the gym. >> jimmy: i remember many years ago when ryan reynolds was sexiest man. >> yes, and still very sexy. >> jimmy: you made an appearance on our program. you were very upset. >> without any further ado, the sexiest man alive is -- relationship reynolds. why ryan? >> ryan is -- he definitely h has -- >> [ bleep ]! no, no!

no, no! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you had to be tased. >> yes. no, it was really good. the therapist was really kind to me after that. [ laughter ] took me about five years to work through. >> jimmy: the prison has a therapist for you, that's good. >> yeah, it was good. i had to stay away from him for quite a few years, yes. now i can kind of get close to him again. >> jimmy: has last year's sexiest man, chris evans, called to concede? >> no, i haven't spoken to him yet. i'm hoping when i get offstage, i'll get a call. >> jimmy: i hope he's a big enough person to give you a call and be gracious. >> i'm sure he will be. >> jimmy: it can be a little bit of a bummer, and you're probably looking ahead. >> you have to enjoy the moment when it happens. the year goes by so quickly. >> jimmy: not just sexy, wise also also, yeah. [ laughter ] what's going on with you and racing cars? are you still racing? >> yes, i am.

i had a race a few weeks ago. the carrara panamaa f ago. gt-4s. i absolutely love it. you have the formula 1, the drive to survive, i don't know if you've seen that documentary. >> jimmy: yeah. >> it's really great about what's happening inside the world of motorsport, from the perfespective of the team owner the drivers, and the fans. it's like that. you never know what's going to happen during the race. the drama's constantly unfolding. the physical, mental -- >> jimmy: will you be going to las vegas? it's crazy what they've got going on in las vegas. >> it's going to be a night race in vegas in two weeks. they finished up a great race in brazil last weekend. coming up on the 17th or 18th, saturday night. >> jimmy: this might be a dumb question, but have you raced in a formula 1-type event? have you had a chance to race those cars? >> i've done support races like carrara cup, porsche cup, super

races before. but i've never been in a formula 1 car. i had an opportunity when they opened up the track in texas, coda. and what they do is a recon lap, go out to make sure all the systems are working. they had the professional driver do that. halfway through the lap, the car broke down and i was ready to go and that was my moment, and i didn't get a chance to drive. >> jimmy: do you think now -- >> heartbreaking. >> jimmy: do you think now that you're the sexiest, things will change and somebody will let you into the car? [ laughter ] >> you know, i hope so. i'm going to lobby for it. as you can see, i never give up on a dream. >> jimmy: no. [ laughter ] >> by the time i'm 90, i'll get a chance to do a hot lap in a formula 1 car. >> jimmy: you don't ever give up on a dream. for those who remember patrick's appearance in "meatballs 3." [ laughter ] >> it's great. >> jimmy: who could have ever guessed, besides you? >> that was then and now. >> jimmy: this would one day turn out to be the sexiest man alive. [ laughter ] >> a lot of hard work and age. >> jimmy: this is the original title of ted cruz's new book,

did you know that? [ laughter and applause ] >> that's right, that's right. >> jimmy: you got the dempsey center. this is something you did to pay tribute to your mom? >> yes. so the dempsey center is a place where we take care of people who have been impacted by cancer. we don't treat the disease, we treat the person holistically. it's called wrap-around care. if a person has been diagnosed, we try to support them in any way possible, as well as the caregivers, which is an important thing to do. and the work that we did at the center is of no cost to them. so we do counseling, nutrition, mindfulness, whatever the person needs, we simply ask them, what can we do to help support you in that journey? >> jimmy: do you walk around in scrubs depending to be a doctor? [ laughter ] >> sometimes if somebody's treated in a hospital, i go do that and it surprises everybody, which is fun. >> jimmy: the last time you were here, around a year ago or so, i think you were teaching -- your twin boys were about to get their driver's license, righ

>> yes. >> jimmy: did they get their driver's license? >> one did, one hasn't. >> jimmy: oh, no. >> one's driving the other one around all the time. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yes. >> jimmy: that has got to be one of the worst things being a twin, you're compared constantly to the other kid. >> yes, but he's very happy not to drive. he likes that very much. one's in the front, one's in the back. >> jimmy: riding around like he's got a chauffeur? >> he's got a chauffeur, he's picking out cars, and he doesn't have his license yet. i think he'll get it in january. my one son has his driver's license. >> jimmy: so the next test is next time he's able to take the test is in january? >> yes. >> jimmy: and for you, when you've got a son who is unable to drive, is that like lebron? like if his son couldn't play basketball or something like that? does this drive you crazy? >> no, he's motivated now to drive. he wants to drive, so he's driving very well. he drove me into town the other night. so i was actually impressed with his ability. his situational awareness was good. he wasn't going too fast. he was gentle on the brakes. he'll be all right.

>> jimmy: oh, wow. so you have some really detailed instructions. >> i don't like sitting in the passenger seat. even driving here. we had a driver take us here today. it's always very hard. >> jimmy: do you ever switch spots with the cab driver or anything like that? >> a couple of times i've really liked to switch. >> jimmy: yeah, right. >> "let me drive and i'll get you there." >> jimmy: would you want your sons driving those race cars that you drive? >> i would prefer them doing that on a track than on the road. i think that's the big thing we discuss a lot. you cannot mess around on the streets. >> jimmy: yet in las vegas now, they've basically turned the strip into a racetrack. >> yeah. >> jimmy: it's the street. like, it's where people -- how they drive to work and get to the airport. >> yeah, it's going to be very exciting to see the race there. >> jimmy: yeah, it is going to be pretty crazy, yeah. it's great to see you. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i'm glad that they finally woke up and they want, oh, yeah, right, yes. >> very happy. >> jimmy: hello, mcdreamy, th >> there we go. >> jimmy: you have a movie coming out at the end of the

year? >> one i can mention. i did the ferrari movie. michael mann. >> jimmy: that's the one you can mention? >> that's the one. >> jimmy: good, because you did. [ laughter ] >> right. >> jimmy: that's going to be good? >> it's my favorite movie i've ever been a part of. i think it's absolutely beautiful. there's a lot of humanity it in. the dynamic, the human dynamic with ferrari and his relationships with his wife, his lover, and the racing community and his journey to kind ofs. his dream at all costs. >> jimmy: wow. there you go. you really love these cars. >> it takes place in 1957 over three months prior to the mia emilia, an epic road race in italy, very dangerous. 1957. it was the last year of that race. it was a tragic crash during that race and they ended that. >> jimmy: it's great to see you. patrick dempsey, "people's" sexiest man alive. the issue comes out friday. we'll be back with the hosts of "pod save america."

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>> jimmy: hi, there. still to come, music from saint harison. our next guests used to have an office three doors down from the oval one. now they have a very popular podcast, and a book you can preorder. it's called "democracy or else: how to save america in 10 easy steps." from "pod save america," say hello to jon favreau, jon lovett, and tommy vietor. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> jimmy: what happened? i heard somebody got hurt backstage? >> cut my finger there. >> jimmy: oh, you're really bleeding. >> fine, it feels fine. >> he touched a wall. >> jimmy: you can't touch walls. they're very sharp back there. thank goodness you have obamacare, right? >> yes. >> jimmy: you guys met while, and kroekt me if i have any of this wrong, while working for the obama administration in various capacities, yes? >> yes. >> tommy and i met in the obama senate office where we both started working. >> jimmy: early on. >> early on. and then ran the campaign. and then lovett was working for hillary at the time. we defeated her. then i hired lovett. i always like to remind. >> jimmy: yeah. >> yeah, if i knew i was going to get the same job either way. i wouldn't have cared as much. >> jimmy: well, that's a great lesson, i guess, don't care so much. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you guys -- i

actually -- we met years ago when -- during the white house correspondents' dinner r. you guys had some crappy little office in the white house -- >> honestly, that was the better office. >> jimmy: that was better? >> you saw the nice office. >> jimmy: it was like a bathroom stall, really, what is it was like. >> messier. >> jimmy: messier than a bathroom stall. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you guys were writing at the time. you wrote -- the jons, you guys wrote speeches for obama, and then also wrote jokes for obama. which is weird. i have separate teams for those things. >> yeah, no, you'd think so. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] >> i did better with the jokes than the serious speeches, i think, ultimately. >> lovett was our funny guy. >> jimmy: tom, you were working for the national security council. >> yeah. >> jimmy: as the spokesperson. >> yes. >> jimmy: so these guys are writing jokes for obama, you're dealing with ebola, that kind of stuff? >> no, literally, i mean -- so my job was, i was trying to communicate what the president's foreign policy was to the world. that meant, you know, rolling

things out proactively, dealing with crises, going with him on foreign trips. when they're thinking about the joke for the white house correspondents' dinner, you know, that happened the weekend of that operation, i'm thinking -- i'm in the white house the next day sort of trying to figure out how to roll out the fact that we've taken out the biggest terrorist in the world. yeah, slightly different roles at time. >> right. when obama hit bin laden, "we got him," right that same in my opinion. >> the night he made fun of trump at the dinner. >> jimmy: right. >> took out two in one night. [ laughter ] >> did better with one than the other. >> one came back. >> yeah, we kind of winged. but yeah, we had been working on these jokes, these jokes all week. and we take it very seriously. it's very important. the correspondents' dinner, very serious. we couldn't get time in the oval office with the president. there was never any time. always so busy, doing calls with generals and having secret meetings. we're like, don't you understand? the jokes!

he has to review the material! you have that. you know. >> jimmy: well, that's all we have, really. [ laughter ] >> but finally, the affidavit speech, we can't get any time, we're standing outside the oval office waiting and waiting and waiting. "all right, he's ready, you can go in." we go in, me and jon and david axelrod. we take him through at the jokes. he likes a lot of them. he gets to one joke, "i don't like this punchline about osama bin laden, i think we should change it to something else." we're like, "great, you gott got the electoral votes, you can change whatever you want." >> it was not funny what he changed it to. >> jimmy: what did he changed it to? >> he changed it to hosni mu baric. nobody's going to know the [ bleep ] president of egypt. >> we made the change, took the win, he didn't have very am edits. he was nonchalant. he had a football, a basketball. remember? >> chill. >> very chill. maybe too chill. but it wasn't until the next day

we found out that the reason he wanted to change the joke is because he had just, moments before we went in there, had the final call with a general on the ground to talk about the operation. >> jimmy: so he killed the bin laden joke, then killed bin laden. [ laughter ] >> yes, exactly right. >> and we were like a couple of seinfelds who wandered into a tom clancy movie. >> nobody told us. >> we were sitting outside -- remember, we were outside the oval office. >> "we've got to see him, we've got to figure out the jokes." there are all these counterterrorism people," what are they doing here?" [ laughter ] >> a national security official had a really serious look on his face. i'm like, i'm going to test out jokes on this guy. he [ bleep ] gave me nothing. >> jimmy: maybe not the best audience. who among the three of you was obama's favorite? >> yeah. >> jimmy: none of the above? >> yeah. >> no, i mean -- look, we're staffers. >> not lovett. >> they feel not me. >> jimmy: did he ever get upset

with any of you guys? >> he wasn't a yeller. he was like -- he did the disappointed dad thing. >> jimmy: that's worse. >> you know you let him down, he went a little quiet on you, i couldn't you felt that much worse. >> he was very patient with us for all the years that i wrote speeches for him. >> jimmy: did any of the jokes you ran by him really set him off? >> lovett had a tough one once. >> this is -- okay. this is actually a story i shouldn't tell. >> jimmy: okay, good, great. [ laughter ] >> so -- i'm on the road with president obama. as you say, we did serious speeches and joke teach speeches. he has to go to a fund-raiser after some economic speech that was going to be after "sister act: the whus call" on broadway. whoopi goldberg had arranged a wonderful but slightly weird event. president obama said, hey, i'm the president, i'm speaking after a musical, maybe you can give me a joke. i said a joke off the top of my head. you shouldn't really do that because he's the president, i'm an idiot. [ laughter ] i said, "now that you've seen

sister act, why don't you hear a little of my brother act?" and i know how bad it is. i know how bad it is. >> would you fire him? >> jimmy: no, not for that. >> it was like, look. i feel like -- i don't feel like it was the right tone racially. i just -- it was a miss. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> he gives me this look of just disgust. [ laughter ] he's outright disgusted. he literally looked at his watch and he said, "you have 30 minutes till i have to go do this, see if you can beat that." so immediately, fully sweat through my suit, just water, just a river. >> jimmy: this is your navy s.e.a.l. team 6? yeah. >> yeah, yeah. i just crashed the helicopter. it's like a "blackhawk down" situation, i'm down. and so i pace and i pace and i pace. i need a joke for a dad. i have to do something, something that i know is going to work. okay, how about this, how about this? right before he goes on stage i said, "i hope you all enjoyed "sister act," it was really

great for me, both because it's a wonderful musical and i'm researching convents to sent sasha and malia after high school." >> jimmy: that's good. >> and he gave me a look of approval that wasn't so much that he liked it, but that i got to live. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: we're going to take a break. jon, jon and tommy with us from "pod save america." we'll be right back. rie ] at target, get low prices on lights. light up your holidays for less, at target. [ music ends ] somedays, i cover up because of my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now i feel free to bare my skin, thanks to skyrizi. ♪(uplifting music)♪

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[ cheers and applause ] volunteering. donate. simple things you can do. >> yeah. >> we wanted to write a book that helped -- for people who want to get involved in politics but don't want to lose their mind doing so. we figured we would offer some helpful suggestions. how to volunteer. how to run for office. how to organize. best places to donate. how to have a good media diet. figure out what's going on in the world. >> jimmy: i go right to newsmaximize. [ laughter ] >> that's right, right? >> by the way, there's opportunities at local school boards. as we saw from this audience tonight, they don't even know how to play 20 questions. [ laughter ] [ applause ] schools need help. maybe some of -- there's places you can really make a difference. that's what this book is about. >> jimmy: i see why you're president obama's least favorite. [ laughter ] you guys, you mentioned david axelrod before. he's the guy that started this

thing where people are now saying like, oh, should we replace joe biden as a candidate for president? how does that hit you? is that even a thing that could happen? >> yeah, i mean -- it's up to joe biden. like, joe biden is the only person that is going to decide if he's not going to run anymore. and by all accounts, joe biden is running. they have a campaign. it's happening. it is extremely late for any other democrat to get in. the iowa caucuses are in january. south carolina's coming up. there's primary deadlines. it would just be very -- it would be very unlikely for another democrat to be able to get in the race right now. and joe biden, by all accounts, is running. >> jimmy: and so would you guys say it's not constructive to even float that? >> i mean, look. david axelrod is coming from a place where he cares about the country. he wants joe biden to win. he's terrified of what might happen if donald trump is re-elected. so he's not doing this to try to mess with the biden administration. i think the best thing that we

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>> jimmy: thanks to patrick dempsey, jon favreau, jon lovett, tommy vietor, and saint harison. apologies to matt damon. we've run out of time for him. "nightline" is next. thank you for watching, goodnight. ♪ this is "nightline." >> byron: tonight, one year out. it's election day in america with poll workers on edge. >> we are preparing for the worst possible scenario.

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