one, two, three, cheese! >> cheese! hey, don't tickle me, okay? i'm not that kind of elmo. >> okay, let's go, thank you so much. >> melissa: are you kidding me? come on. are you -- your dad's a cheap skate, you know that? unbelievable. everybody wants a free ride. go! hang on, i can't -- what, i can't hear anything. >> hey, it's thomas, it's time for kimmel. in the dressing room. you're not here. we're going to start in a second. really need you here. >> melissa: this place sucks anyway. and my spanx are a swamp. >> oh, that's great. >> melissa: i'll be right up.

hey, thor, i've got to go up for an hour, no freebies. >> what about the kids? >> melissa: what about the kids? >> she's a monster. >> melissa: what? >> nothing, love you. >> melissa: you're too soft! you're too soft! >> anybody want a picture with thor? >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live" with special guest host melissa mccarthy! tonight, octavia spencer, jennifer aniston, from "the disaster artist" dave franco, this week in unnecessary censorship, and music from hanson. and now, here's melissa mccarthy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> melissa: hello! welcome to "jimmy kimmel live." i'm your guest host for the night, melissa mccarthy.

[ cheers and applause ] and i am just starting to maybe realize that i am the only one that has dressed up. [ laughter ] guillermo, where's your costume? >> guillermo: i -- >> we were all on an e-mail about how everybody was going to dress up in holiday costumes for tonight? [ laughter ] cleto, you were on that e-mail. >> cleto: no. >> melissa: don't you shake your head at me, you were on that e-mail. come on. stoned-looking drummer guy? you were on it. [ laughter ] okay, okay. ah-ha, okay. i know what this is. this stinks of kimmel to me. jimmy? good one. i'm fine with it. this baby was just sitting in my closet waiting for me to take her out for a spin. okay?

of choice. [ cheers and applause ] i'll be honest. at first i wasn't sure if i was going to guest host. i was a little nervous, i thought, i don't know. but then the producers offered me $12 cash, cash. plus all the husked corn that i could carry. [ laughter ] i know, i know! [ applause ] i couldn't refuse. this is actually very exciting for me. my whole family is watching, even the secret family i have stashed away in canada. bon jour, to jacques and my twin boys maple and poutine. cheers and applause ]spencer we've known each other for like 20 years. she's amazing.

[ cheers and applause ] yeah. in all honesty, i've never met the guy, seems a little shifty to be honest. we'll get together afterwards and judge him. we also have music from hanson. [ cheers and applause ] they are a band of three brothers. and tonight, we will vote one of them out of the family. [ laughter ] that's always fun. and best of all, my parents are here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] you guys want to meet them? bring them out! [ cheers and applause ] here we see mike and sandy mccarthy in their midwestern natural habitat. mom and dad, if you please -- this is like in a fever dream and it's coming true. okay. very seriously now, mom and dad, i'm glad that you're here.

for you. i didn't tell you about this before because i knew you'd say no. okay. you are the first two human being contestants ever to play tv's newest, hottest game show. it's time to play "who loves their daughter more?" [ cheers and applause ] the way it works, i'm going to ask you some questions about me. things any decent loving parent should know without hesitation. if you know the answer shout it out. and you'll get a point. whoever gets the most correct answers, clearly loves me more. and whoever loses, has to buy their own plane ticket home. so let us begin. we'll start with an easy one. what was my character's name on "mike and molly"? >> molly. >> molly. >> molly, molly! >> melissa: did you say mike? dad said he got it first. did you say molly?

my mom will pout. you said molly? i thought you said mike, which was upsetting for me. >> i said molly. >> melissa: they each get a point. question number two. what action was i doing when i violently and accidentally kicked dad in the head in high school? >> backflip. >> melissa: sandy takes it for number two! [ cheers and applause ] maybe you don't remember because i kicked you in the head. question number three. what is my blood type? >> a-plus. >> melissa: i don't know, we have to skip it, i have no idea. [ laughter ] okay, very important. what was my major in college? you know what hang on, i'm going to actually rephrase that. what was the name of the bar that i primarily drank in for the 18 months that i somewhat attended college? >> it's in carbondale.

>> melissa: he gets a point! he gets a point! 6-11. thank you for footing the bill for my drinking problems. now for -- what do we have here? let's see the score on the board, please. let's see the score on the board. it's a dead heat, it's 2-2. so far you both like me. let's see who loves me. name as many of my high school friends as you can. don't stop! whoever stops first loses. and begin! >> okay. >> melissa: i was very popular. [ laughter ] >> um -- >> melissa: rhymes with airy but starts with sh -- >> sherry. >> melissa: sure! rhymes with istin but with a "k." >> kingston? [ laughter ] [ buzzer ] >> melissa: that's it! but due to my help sandy wins

it. sandy, who i like to call mom, you clearly love me more. show her what she wins! >> dicky: for loving melissa more, you're going home with a pile of canned hash. [ cheers and applause ] >> melissa: don't eat it all in one place or ever in front of me. one more thing. now it's thursday night and tradition is tradition. so it's time to bleep and blur the big moments of the week. here's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> the special counsel robert mueller [ bleep ] the [ bleep ]. relocated the agent from his team. >> happening now two hours to [ bleep ] a trillion [ bleep ]. what could possibly go wrong? >> do you know what song he's singing? ♪ [ bleep ] you [ bleep ] you [ bleep ] you [ bleep ] you ♪ >> that is not a real song. >> that's what song he's singing. >> it's a big, pick [ bleep ]. >> merry christmas to all of us. >> [ bleep ].

>> you meet [ bleep ] and people you thought were [ bleep ] but they're not so good at [ bleep ]. >> time-out, time-out -- >> interesting. >> i'm in a pencil skirt. and i don't want to show you my [ bleep ]. >> throwing a christmas party and you're all invited, want to come? >> i've got the yule log video. >> we're also [ bleep ]ing [ bleep ]ing. >> oh, sure, yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> melissa: we have to take a break. but when we come back, i will take a stand against one of the great hoaxes of our time with the help of a mystery a-list celebrity. so stick around. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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[ cheers and applause ] >> melissa: welcome back to "jimmy kimmel live." i'm your guest host melissa mccarthy. come on, guillermo. you just sent that group text during the break saying we should all get in our menorah costumes. [ laughter ] >> guillermo: oh. >> melissa: it's okay. you know what? it's okay. i'm in a holiday mood. and i'm not going to let this, or guillermo, ruin my evening. [ cheers and applause ] you know, we're having fun tonight. we're having fun and you know what i like to do when we're having fun is i'd like to come to a quick, sharp halt with the fun. as you know, there's been a lot

environment, our changing climate and global warming. some people say it's real. and then the smart people know it's a ruse invented by the illuminati. [ laughter ] okay? but there's an even bigger issue facing our planet, one that has gone un-debunked for hundreds of years. and i am proud to lend my voice to the chorus confronting this worthy issue. so please, pay attention to this because it might just save your life. >> i hi. i'm famous person melissa mccarthy. i'd like to talk to you about a subject the mainstream media doesn't want you to hear about. they say we shouldn't ask questions. they say it's settled science. they call people who disagree with them deniers. of course i'm talking about gravity. let's look at the facts. the so-called theory of

gravitivity was conceived by isaac newton. that's right, the guy from the cookies is trying to tell us why we should stay down. every day millions of schoolchildren are brainwashed into believing that they cannot fly. >> melissa, what are you talking about? [ cheers and applause ] people cannot fly. >> melissa: this is my slightly less-famous acquaintance, jennifer aniston. >> it's jennifer. >> melissa: we're aware who you are and are not. and i'd like to know and i think all of america would, who told you that gravity is real? >> hm? pretty much every scientist in the world told me that. >> melissa: exactly. every single scientist. every single one? isn't that a little fishy? this [ bleep ] is going to end. [ bleep ] is going to end. no, no!

♪ ♪ >> melissa: i have a question for hollywood. if gravity isn't a hoax, then why are you floating right now? boom! i don't know, because you put a harness on me during that fake tussle? >> melissa: i don't know what you're talking about. >> why are you afraid to hear both sides? >> melissa: you are no both sides. if there's no gravity, why are you still on the ground? the reason i'm on the ground is because i keep one of my gams tied to an anvil all the time. i guess you feel stupid now, jennifer. i guess your smartwater didn't work. >> get me down right now. >> melissa: we're going to start calling you sheep. baa! i'm melissa mccarthy and i'm reminding you what goes up will stay there forever! >> oh, god, all right. this is so dumb. this is so dumb. >> melissa

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>> melissa: welcome back to "jimmy kimmel live." i am your guest host melissa mccarthy. i mean, i don't want to beat a dead horse. but minutes ago, we were all on a conference call talking about

everybody agreed. cleto? senior cleto, your words and i quote were "let's do this!" you kept saying let's do this, then blow your horn, let's do this! you know what? i'm going to let it go. i'm going to let it go and i get it's a little holiday hazing. okay? easy breezy for me. i'm not upset for me. i'm upset for octavia spencer. [ laughter ] she deserves better than this. tonight on the show, from the movie "the disaster artist," he's one of my favorite franco brothers, dave franco is here. [ cheers and applause ] and then, their album is called "finally it's christmas." hanson from the mercedes-benz stage -- [ cheers and applause ] and this is good news from the kimmel family. baby billy's recovery is going

i talked to jimmy today. he's making poops, he's making peepees, he's eating like a champ, and so is baby billy. [ laughter ] [ applause ] our first guest tonight is a terrific actress and a terrific person. we met long before she was an oscar winner. she was just an oscar watcher. starting tomorrow, you can see her in the acclaimed new movie "the shape of water." please say hello to my friend octavia spencer. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> melissa: oh, guys this feels right, huh? [ laughter ]

>> you look -- >> melissa: well, one of us looks very chic. it may not be me. now you've known mike and sandy octavia for like 18 years. we've known each other like 20 years. >> 20 years. [ cheers and applause ] >> melissa: you've known mike and sandy, which they're always exactly this that position whenever octavia's over. >> i've got a bone to pick with sandy. in the 20 years that we've known her, you know, i've never beat her in rummy. >> melissa: it's true. because she's like a gangster card shark. >> gangster. >> melissa: don't be fooled by that because she will take you down and shred you. [ laughter ] but also someone else is pretty intensely competitive. want to talk about -- you want to talk about your competitive problem? >> me?

i'm -- i'm a team player! >> melissa: who gets loud? >> okay, okay -- >> melissa: it's a game. i've heard her scream at my mother. it was during an uno round. >> rummy on the board, rummy on the board, you know when you throw the -- never mind. it was -- okay. >> melissa: this is like volume 2. when it's like in my dining room it's just octavia screaming at people. my children, my mother. it's a red 2! it's a red 2! uno! and i know you love christmas. is this making you -- >> it's making me so hungry. [ laughter ] >> melissa: i think something's not quite balanced here. what? what would you say to that? >> oh! >> melissa: i can just keep going. [ cheers and applause ] that feels right to me. that's like a christmas present for all of us, right, gang? for all of us. >> thank you. >> melissa: you love your christmas. do you want to -- this is the part where i just st

you. do you want to tell people when your tree may have gone up? do you want to give an estimate on that date? >> the problem with thanksgiving this year is that it came early. because normally my tree goes up after thanksgiving. but it went up like ten days before thanksgiving. >> melissa: ten days before. just so you catch it. before thanksgiving. that's when you drive by someone's house and you're like, that crazy person's got their tree up already. >> i needed a little love in the world. >> melissa: now if i were to make you tell a story in the spirit of christmas, would you give that story as a gift and not hold it against me forever if i say maybe made you tell a certain story about peanut butter? >> oh my god! [ cheers and applause ] >> melissa: it's one of my favorite stories. i know it's a terrible setup. but -- do you know which -- >> i know which one you're

well, yes, okay -- >> melissa: do you still have roommates? >> this is like 15 years ago. i had a roommate. sweet girl. but i thought she had a problem with spoons. because there were never any spoons. and i tried to have my peanut butter, instead of having it on a sandwich, i liked to lick it on a spoon, you know, less calories. [ laughter ] for some reason there were never any spoons. i was always buying spoons and i was always running out of peanut butter. so one -- you know how you do your spring cleaning and you flip your mattress. >> melissa: was there not also some altercations at a very loud volume where you were screaming about, if you're going to eat my yes, yes. anut butter?better >> melissa: fingers were pointing and someone may have been yelling about peanut butner a raged, crazy voice? because i heard it.

you know, we were actors and poor. so peanut butter, it was my lifeline. >> melissa: and a source of protein. >> thank you, thank you. and i did -- i feel so bad. i was like -- seriously. you going to eat my peanut butter! like that. i had anger in my heart because i'm like, what is it about this girl and peanut butter and spoons and lying? >> melissa: and lying, lying around a lot. >> it was only you and me here, lady. and i'm not eating the peanut butter. or so i thought. it happened that i was spring cleaning and i had this cute little sleigh bed. so i was flipping it to turn the mattress. i found all of these spoons. [ laughter ] with peanut butter caked on them. it wasn't the side of the bed that i slept on so i was just rolling over to the other side, tucking my spoons like a squirrel, in my sleep, guys. in my sleep. [ cheers and applause ]

her -- oh! >> well, she found out now. >> melissa: she found out now. >> i was too embarrassed. you're like, i know you did it! you know. then you're like, okay, well, i got to own that one. >> melissa: she's somewhere saying, you know oscar winner okay tair yeah spencer? she is crazy. [ laughter ] she was on me about peanut butter and spoons. now you have an oscar. >> he's a good friend. >> melissa: where do you keep it? right? [ cheers and applause ] >> he is right in a little bookshelf right next to my fireplace. >> melissa: i'd put it at my front door knocker. [ laughter ] i'd just get it right out there. i knewou

pre before we were working. people know we know each other. do you get, why don't you work together more? >> i get that a lot. >> melissa: i get that a lot. we want to but we have, and i is is the segment where r "askow anybody on the street can ask me whatever question happens to be burning a hole in their minds. >> hi, al. why did you get rid of the glasses and moustache? >> it's my commitment to look more and more like alanis morissette every day. >> hey, al. that saturday morning kids show you had a couple of years ago? why did you get rid of it? [ cheers and applause ] >> melissa: we have more with octavia spence when we come back! ♪ ♪ ♪

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when i heard that he had wanted to meet me i was like, oh my god, i hope i can work with him. we had what was supposed to be a 30-minute coffee. it turned into a three-hour conversation. but we never talked about the movie. we talked about everything. we just fell in love with each other. then he said, i wrote this part for you, i'm not going to tell you about it, and i hope you like it. >> melissa: could he describe the movie? because it's really -- it's the most peculiar love story that you can imagine. i can't imagine giving it in a at's why i always say, it's a fairy tale for adults. it's also a love letter to cinema. and if you know that going in and only allow yourself to know that and just be swept away by the magic of it all, you're in for a treat. >> melissa: because if you're just here, sally hawkens plays an amazing part, she as mute woman that works with you, she falls in love with a sea creature that the government has in a lab. and you're like, what? and when you hear that you think it's crazy. and then you are this like -- such a strong -- it's such a great statement for like friendship and women and strong

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here. hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first month's payment. [ cheers and applause ] >> melissa: welcome back. i'm your guest host melissa mccarthy. i'm really -- i'm okay. but i'm just saying, if you go do "ellen" and ellen tells you she's dressing up, ellen's going to dress up. senior cleto, you broke my heart. all i'm saying.

my next guest costars in "the disaster artist." it opens nationwide tomorrow. please say hello to dave franco! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> melissa: wow. wow. how does it feel to be totally shamed by dave franco, huh? >> couldn't help but notice no one else dressed up, huh? >> melissa: i've been into it all night. >> i'm glad to be on this side of the joke, definitely, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> melissa: and you're only going to feel better about it as it goes. >> okay, cool, i'm not going to regret this at all. >> melissa: no, no, i think we're both in brown fuzzy

onesies. [ laughter ] i don't know if this would have happened without these suits. because you go too soon when you're in -- say we were in street clothes or lame clothes like the band. or guillermo. it's harder to -- >> boo! >> melissa: boo! it would have been harder for us to touch hands so quickly. >> yes, i can agree with that. >> melissa: i feel like we made the leap to best friends right away. because of our outfits. >> i -- i feel like we should cut ourselves and share blood. [ laughter ] >> melissa: or get shot like animals -- too soon for a hunting joke? okay, i'll wait for it. i watched your fantastic movie. >> dicky: you like it? >> melissa: it is -- it's so -- it's like a look into a world that you're like, oh no. i'm going to follow those people

for 24 hours until someone restrains me and says, you can't keep following them. it's so tricky. do you find it tricky to explain what it is? >> sort of. so our movie is about a movie called "the room" which is considered the best worst movie ever made. >> melissa: it's like a cult -- >> huge cult thing. >> melissa: crazy, crazy following. >> the reason it stands apart from the other really bad movies like -- you think of "sharknado," "birdemic." they know they're "b" movies, they know they're silly and over the top. "the room" -- i know i'm being serious, while i wear this. [ laughter ] the guy at the center of it, tommy wiseau, put his heart and soul into the movie. >> melissa: how many of you have seen the original "the room"? [ scattered applause ] >> when people are watching "the room," whether or not they're aware of it, you feel that passion underneath because he's trying to make an earnest drama. >> melissa: there's no doubt he wasn't like 50 billion percent in it. it's him like, okay. he's all-in.

>> absolutely. the movie came out in one theater and he paid to keep it in that theater for two weeks to make it eligible for the academy awards. you can see where his head was at at that time. [ laughter ] >> melissa: it's heartbreaking, and also like, attaboy! >> sure, exactly. >> melissa: i'm torn, i don't know what i think of it. do you know i've had -- i have a personal experience with tommy. >> go on. [ laughter ] >> melissa: which i didn't know for quite a while after. i used to live in los felis. someone came to my door. in l.a. if someone's at the door you're like, what's happening? i open the door and there was this very eccentric person -- >> tommy came to your door? >> melissa: yes, and he had a box and a bunch of vhs tapes. i'm a filmmaker, director, writer, actor, i'm doing a terrible accent, but everything about him i was like, all pistons are firing, he's incredible. >> melissa: he was selling "the room" door to door. it was promotional just for the movie.

i bought it. somewhere in my attic i know i still have it. then later i drove by and saw the billboard. >> real quick, back up. so if you know what tommy wiseau looks like, he refers to himself as a vampire, he looks like a hybrid between a vampire -- >> melissa: and just a straight vampire. >> did you buy it because of his pitch? or did you feel bad? >> melissa: everything. no, everything. i bought it, first of all, i was like, are you going door to door? it wasn't like, oh, i need money. he's like, you've got to get out there, i wrote this, i directed it, i produce it. everything about it i was like, yeah! ke our own stuff! i will buy your movie! i will! i had no idea it would become -- now i wish i would have been like, can i buy 20 movies? >> from the beginning i think people almost expected us to make a broadcomdy where we were

room." but that was never our intention. >> melissa: it doesn't come across like that at all. >> we want it to be a celebration of him and a celebration of people who go after their dreams. >> melissa: and the eccentric ones. the ones that follow their own path. there's something really charming. no matter how eccentric it is. you're like, yeah, go ahead and be who you are! and you're so good in it. >> thank you. >> melissa: it's such a fun -- have you done anything with your brother before? like a film? >> right. [ laughter ] >> melissa: no, wait a minute. >> going did let that sit in the air for a minute. >> melissa: not those, i saw those. >> this is the first time we've worked together in a really substantial way. and it was great. melissa: one of the three mess

>> three boys. >> melissa: all three of you are in this? >> yes, our brother tom has a very small cameo. he directed us as tommy wiseau, which is not normal, that's not a normal thing. >> melissa: wait, wait, at all times? >> at all times. >> melissa: he stayed in character? >> yeah, yeah. it was definitely -- it was an adjustment period for everyone. i think i got used to it quicker than most because he's my brother and there's not much he can do that surprises me anymore. for example, seth rogen, it took him a week to get to a point where he didn't just laugh in his face every time he looked at him. >> melissa: that's supportive. >> it all added to the meta weirdness of it all, put it in the mindset of what i it might have been like to be directed by tommy.

the time is amazing. we're going to show you a clip from "the disaster artist." do you want to set up what this particular -- >> no, i don't know what it is. let's see. >> melissa: oh! let's see. we'll all enjoy together. >> great. >> come on, come on! >> all right. >> mountaintop right now! wind going -- >> are you mad? no you not that -- i yawn -- yawn i -- swift conductor -- >> the bell puller -- >> are you fattick, are you fattick, in a thunderstorm, nor ring a bell of any sort -- >> wow, how this guy, wow. >> thank you. >> wow. everybody got lucky today. we don't have to pay for this performance. [ cheers and applause ] >> melissa: "the disaster artist," in theaters everywhere tomorrow. dave franco, everybody. when we come back, music from hanson! >> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

>> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> melissa: well that's our

i'd like to thank octavia spencer, dave franco, jennifer aniston, sandy & mike mccarthy, jimmy kimmel and my two fellow wise men. this has been an amazing, lovely, wonderful night and i've made two new friends. nightline is next. but first, their album is called "finally it's christmas." here with the song by that very same name, hanson! ♪ do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do ♪ ♪ it's been said many ways feliz navidad ♪ and happy holidays don't matter if you're 9 or 98 ♪ ♪ everyone's waiting for a chance to say finally it's christmas ♪ ♪ do do do do do do around this time of year you can't deny there's something ♪

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away it's gonna be okay finally it's christmas day ♪ ♪ do do do do do do finally it's christmas feels like ♪ ♪ we've been waiting all year ♪ finally it's christmas feels like we've been waiting ♪ ♪ can't you feel the christmas time cheer yeah ♪ ♪ some jingle bells and celebrate ♪ ♪ finally it's christmas yeah he

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