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and the 17-year-old who sailed around the world. with cleto and the cletones. and now, you best believe, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by abc, inc. >> hi, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. very nice, thank you. you're here on a special night. two for tuesday tonight. tonight i'm going to do every joke twice. [ applause ] tonight, i'm going to do every joke twice. [ cheers and applause ]

maybe i should go for three. it's hot here. it's hot everywhere in the united states right now. and the power company here in southern california is asking citizens to conserve energy which is strange when the power company asks us to conserve power because they sell power. like mcdonald's asking us to slow down on the burgers or something. i guess they're worried about blackouts, which a blackout is -- it's racist way of saying power outage. they don't want those. they say if everyone would raise their thermostats just a few degrees like from 71 to 74 degrees we'll be fine. i'll do that in october when it isn't so hot. [ laughter ] but i personally -- i believe california needs to harness the power of the octobabies to get us out of this crisis. power the city for months. the truth is we all need to do our part and here in our office, my cousin sal, if everyone is like my cousin sal we wouldn't have any problems with anything,

because cousin sal, what a citizen. he did a great thing today. he went around the office to make absolutely sure no one was wasting power. >> hi, we're saving power today. great. >> more than i wanted. >> hi. >> hi. >> thank you for conserving energy. >> [ bleep ]. >> take it up with schwarzenegg schwarzenegger. >> not wasting energy. >> oh, no. >> oh! >> oh, no. >> no! >> [ bleep ]! [ laughter ] >> we're saving power. don't you understand? >> get out. get the [ bleep ] out!

>> i'm sorry. i thought you were plugged in. >> what -- >> saving energy. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, cousin sal. [ cheers and applause ] all you have do. what would happen if that went on in other offices? you know, the heat over the weekend may have helped the latest harry potter movie. by the way, why don't the movies have to conserve electricity? three people in the movie to see "night of the museum 2" and it's cold in. there by the way, harry potter has made more than $400 million since thursday. that's more than oprah makes in a weekend. that's a lot of money. father of the year candidate -- actually, father of the century candidate joe jackson was on "larry king" last night.

again, he's denying that he ever beat michael which essentially means he's calling his dead son a liar on television. he's a terrific man. here he is, joe jackson with larry. >> what do you say about all the things that you harmed michael as a child? >> that's a bunch of bull s. >> straighten me out. >> that's not true. >> well, why -- >> listen, listen. listen now, you have to understand me. don't cut me off here, larry. you're saying that i beat my son -- that's not true. the beat started in the slavery days, and they used to beat and torture the slaves. that's where the beating started. the slave masters. michael was never beated by me. never beated at all. >> you're on record. >> so if michael was never beated by him. he's stating that because he's hoping to profit from all of this. i mean, have you seen the ads he's been running on cable? i saw this commercial last night

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there were brief technical difficulties which resulted in a little treat for those of us watching. watch here as nbc newsman david gregory prepares for go on air. >> tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of apollo 11 historic lunar landing. it was on july 20, 1969. >> he's making his hair look insane all the time. what he's doing is called wolfing your blitzer. who brushes your hair -- let's look at that again. how hard he -- like he's trying to fling the hair off his head. [ laughter ] that's when -- when you give a chimp hair brush that's the way they do it. also this morning on the "today" show meredith vieira asked the president about the mom jeans when he threw out the pitch at the all-star. i guess he was put in the

position of having to defend his pants. >> you're mared are to one of the -- married to one of the most fashionable women in the world. do you want to defend the pant? >> no. i hate to shop. those pants are comfortable. for those of you who want the president to look great in his tight jeans, i'm not the guy. >> we're not asking him to wear tight jeans but we're asking him to buy them in the men's section. by the way, we have a long line of presidents who looked great in jeans. lyndon johnson, william howard taft and president lyndon chopped wood in cutoffs. we have an interesting show tonight. on the show tonight, "the bachelorette", jillian harris is here. zac sunderland, a 17-year-old kid who sailed around the world by himself on a little boat. he's the youngest person ev to

do it. his name is zac sunderland. and also, "the bachelorette," jillian harris. the finale of her show is monday night. she has it narrowed down to two, one of which is this slightly inebriated guy named ed. >> i have to say that you seem aloof and i connected with you and i want to see how you're feeling still. >> this -- a lot of words that you just threw at me. >> 30 guys, somehow that one made the final two. so we'll see her later. one more thing, there's contract troubles for the animated show future rama. it used to be on fox and now it's on comedy central. uncle frank, have you watched? >> yes, all the time. >> how about you, guillermo? >> yes. >> well, apparently they haven't been able to reach a salary

agreement for the actors who do the voices on the show and they're looking to fill them with cheaper actors. it would appear that they have settled on a couple of them already. >> i'm walking around the other side of the telescope, explaining to you. now, you have to listen to me, you have to look through it and i'll set it up here. there it goes. >> wow, this telescope, i can see the sun. >> it's getting higher at a different angle. >> stars and pollution. i think you're lying to me. i don't see nothing else. >> what are you talking about? don't you see the asteroids. >> what is asteroid? an ansteroid -- >> i think it's better, i have to say. coming up, jillian harris is here, zac sunderland is here.

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bachelorette," "the bachelorette" herself, jillian harris. also tonight, a 17-year-old kid who just sailed around the world by himself, zac sunderland. he has an amazing story. i didn't sail around the world alone until i was 20. tomorrow night, al sharpton will be here, and our musical guest is jewel. later this week, katherine heigl, tom arnold, david and shaun cassidy, the trailer park boys, and music from la roux. so please join us for all of that. also, i was thinking about it over the weekend, and it occurred to me that the only way to ever be completely done with your laundry is to do it naked. and so that is what i must do. our first guest is a very successful young man who sits proudly atop an empire built from action figures of the past. last week he received two emmy nominations for "robot chicken, star wars episode ii" which just came out on dvd today. please say hello to seth green. [ cheers and applause ]

what's up? good to see you. congratulations on the emmy nominations, two of them. [ cheers and applause ] well deserved too. this is very funny. this star wars -- >> i just spilled water on my crotch. at least i did it on tv so everyone will know i didn't pee myself. >> but your pants magically made it disappear. you did it again by the way. >> this is a fine material by italy. it's heavily absorbant and actually made of sham-wow. [ laughter ] >> what a tribute. >> hey, man, great to see you. let's get this back on track. >> oh, yeah, you're urinating on

yourself. >> i'm so sorry. i shouldn't have drank before i came on. >> you got the emmy nominations. you heard about this? >> of course i did. >> it would be awesome if i just told you about it? >> no, i got called early in the morning. i have been working so hard throwing the bus tour together that my sleep has been so little. i turn off my phone and set the alarm and i was so mad when my publicist found the bat phone line and woke me up. i was like -- three minutes until my alarm. because you guys got nominated for some awards. way to be grateful. >> i'm sure you were so excited -- >> we were excited. but we got quoted as saying it's like putting on play for your ant and uncle and getting nominated for a tony. this is a 15-minute ad cable

show that i make with my friends about action figures that we think is funny and we get nominated for an award. it's so ridiculous. we're not going to say no. if i get the win, i'm going to put it on a rope chain and wear it everywhere for a week. you'll see me in the press line like -- [ laughter ] >> what is the bus tour that you have been working on? >> so jimmy, this is just one of these silly things that i try to make happen for you, the people, the consumer. we are getting in a bus for two weeks and going across the country. this is not a joke. throwing roller skating concert parties with the band gym-class heroes and even better t party is -- the party is free. all you have to do is get in line and if you buy the dvd, there's one of these inside. get in a different line to get in an hour early because i care. >> that will be an exclusive line, by the way.

[ cheers and applause ] that's kind of fun. >> dead serious, starting august 1 in los angeles, we are getting in a bus and throwing skate parties in your town. if you look at adultswimpresents.com, you can track us across the country. >> this is all an excuse for you to be five inches taller. >> it's no excuse. >> you're going to comic-con, tomorrow? >> i'm driving out tomorrow. doors open at 6:00 p.m. i will be there. >> this is a convention featuring comic books. >> it's a big nerd fest that has become like a public viewing as well. like it used to be the safe haven for nerds to commune without fear of persecution and now it's a place where people come to witness the spectacle in the natural habitat. oh, let's get closer to the natural nerd. enterprise was way better --

what are you taking -- >> you are -- you are one of e the -- i would say -- >> i'm kind of an ambassador. because i speak both languages. i'm able to communicate and liaison. >> spread the word to the outside world. >> i let them know there's nothing to be afraid of. these infiltrations are superficial, guys. >> do they go crazy when you're there? >> i get -- man, yeah. i mean, yeah. i got hit in six different directions at comic-con. if they don't know me from one thing they know me from something else. people have asked me about it and it's hilarious. >> what things do they mention to you? >> all measure of crazy things. can you sign this for me. or can you sign my girlfriend's this or please leave a message as chris. or i went to the camp with you at '81, why don't you remember me, dude? you know, i mean -- i had people

walk up and go, seth seth seth seth seth, seth seth seth seth seth seth seth seth hi, hi. hi. hi. i'm like -- this is going to be the longest conversation. [ laughter ] every word is 17 times, but you've got to minimize the chatter. get to me, give it to me. he's like sign -- dude, awesome. >> well, yeah, you've got the buffy and -- >> it's buffy, austin powers, family guy, robot chicken. >> this doesn't help really -- >> us putting out our jam-packed priced to buy dvd that's actually a ticket to our free party? no. >> well, let's take a look at -- for those who are not familiar with the show and what you do on the show, let's look at a clip. you have taken the "star wars" movie and really all six of the movies, i guess and compacted the funny things. you got the permission of the lucas empire -- >> they have been cool about it.

>> let's take a clip. keep in mind, george lucas gave this the okay. >> all the masses -- are on the attention -- >> all right! woo-hoo! >> oh. the fish. >> very funny. two emmy nominations, there it is. you can buy it now on dvd. "robot chicken, star wars episode ii" is out on dvd today and "robot chicken" airs sunday nights on adult swim. and you can go skating with seth. >> skate party! >> we'll be right back with jillian harris.

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♪ hey, we're back. seth green is here. zac sunderland is on the way. our next guest is a very modern woman who does all her dating on television. she came in third on last season's "the bachelor" and is giving it another go as "the bachelorette." this monday night at 8:00 watch her choose the man of her dreams here on abc.

please say hello to jillian harris. [ cheers and applause ] i feel like a giant tonight. >> i'm so excited. you're beautiful. >> oh, thank you, thank you. >> no, he's absolutely stunning. >> this is not a dating show. you don't get to set us home at the end. >> i was so confused. >> maybe we can do a video package together. >> good to meet you. as i mentioned you came in third last year. that was a whole mess at the end. you were kind of fortunate to be not involved in the top two in. >> i kind of squeaked out in the nick of time. >> why did you decide you wanted to subject yourself for the second time? >> sucker for punishment.

no, i'm a workaholic. i had a dry roster for a while -- well, six months. somebody asks you to do this and you're like what's the worst that i can happen? watch the seasons, no i'm kidding. >> you can get a whole bunch of venereal diseases. >> i did not! >> i'm just saying that could happen. >> you probably wouldn't know yet if it happened. >> that's right. it's like -- i'm a -- [ laughter ] >> i know a really good clinic. [ laughter ] >> well, i'm like i want to say i did make out with a lot of the guys, yes. >> you did make out with a lot -- >> but my grandmother told me to take advantage of the opportunity and that's what i had to do. >> grandparents sometimes get horny in their old age. [ laughter ] for instance, uncle frank -- >> have you ever seen my grandmother on the show?

she's going to be 78 on august 1 and she's going on 21. like that woman keeps me young. >> your grandmother told you go crazy. >> yep. >> how many guys did you kiss on the show? 30 contestants. >> 30 contestants and if we're including the western date which was supposed to be all acting i kissed ten. but i only legitimately kissed six and of the six, tongue was involved with four. >> so you tongued -- [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> how do you get somebody half a tongue? yeah. yeah. we all have them. your finalists are one guy name is named kipton, and you can't be possibly seriously considering a guy with a name of kipton. >> i once seriously considered a relationship with a guy named ben. >> i dated a guy named ben for a brief time also. [ laughter ] but kipton is -- do you call him

kip? >> yeah. kip kip tonight. >> really? [ laughter ] >> and the other guy -- >> depends on -- >> like kryptonite, but it's his name. [ laughter ] >> it will be a long kip-tonight night. and then the other guy's name is ed. which is nothing remarkable about that name. but ed was a blubbering mess. what was going on in that clip? i mean, ed cannot hold his liquor. >> it's really funny, through this process and i tried to explain it to people. you try to condense your relationship into point one. you get all that person in two months or one week or whatever time they're on the show. but with him i was only seeing this like serious, very business oriented guy. i like to have a lot of fun and i like to drink beer a lot. and i want to make sure that my

guy can -- maybe not handle his beer, but he's fun. >> and ed can't? >> he can't handle his beer, but he's funny. there a lot of the things that the guys could have done that night to impress me, because i was stressed out then. i don't know all this whole process, and then i tried to get serious with him and then he was doing the whole too many words in my face. and i was laughing all night. that guy would be fun to have at your wedding, right? >> yeah, maybe. i guess so. [ laughter ] as long as he wasn't the groom i guess it would be fun. >> come on. >> so i want to ask about a couple of the other contestants. one guy, i can't believe how long he lasted. all i imagine is that the produces begged you, no, no, not him. the guy with the foot fetish. >> look at my feet, aren't they nice? the one toe is longer. >> but he took it to an extreme level. let's take a look.

>> i'm a big foot guy. i love feet. dude, i love feet. her feet looked so good, i wanted to put them in my mouth. they look good. i'm here to suck up some toes. it was like -- oh! [ laughter ] >> how did he get out of first week? really? i mean -- >> you've got to admire the fact that he's so clear with his agenda. >> i guess -- >> i heard some of the other guys aren't so clear with their agenda. i have dated some characters in my life and if the worst thing i ever have to deal with is a guy who wants to rub my feet every morning, bring it on. >> i guarantee it ain't the worst thing about him. [ laughter ] now, worse, this guy wes appeared to be -- he didn't seem like he was there for dating. he was there to give himself publicity because he's a

musician. but you weren't aware of that. >> no, i was. everybody thinks i'm really stupid for keeping him so long. and yes, i -- everybody is entitled to that opinion -- >> you got points on his record, don't you? >> yeah. he's giving me a point and every dollar -- no, no just kidding. the very beginning i had -- we had some great conversations, his dad used to play for george jones, i love country music so i bought that country music thing. and then as time went on and people started to, you know, tell me, you know, this guy is not a good guy, i really want the world to see the wes that i saw. but as time went on, he just was making us both look like fools. >> here's wes. if you did not see wes. >> i look [ bleep ]. did you like -- i've got a record -- joking with me. try to get at least three roses, whatever you do. don't get kicked off the first night. my acting days are over. i've definitely gone as far as i

could go with jillian. i have done everything i needed to do. first guy ever on the bachelor to make it into the top four with a girlfriend. >> so that creeps -- he had a girlfriend the whole time. >> that's what they claim. i'm pretty sure he doesn't have one now. lawsuit [ laughter ] >> do you think she was in on it? >> i don't know. i didn't end up with him in the end, so that's all that matters. but my favorite is, i'm shaking like a monkey [ bleep ] with a seed. that was a funny one. the other one, well, that went over about as well as a turd in a punch bowl. >> i have news for you, he didn't make that up. >> i know. but he was -- but he was a definite character to himself. i have to say, you know, his presence on the show did not do me or himself any justice. >> on monday, we get to see who we pick.

do you want to save us time and tell us right now. >> write me in a check for $5 million. >> actually, uncle frank has written out a check to reveal who you picked. >> oh, uncle frank. >> you picked uncle frank? >> if he has $6 million at home. >> can i say something on behalf of abc, whomever you pick, three days later dump him and go with the other guy. that was huge for us last time. >> are you kidding me? so you can come on me and rake me over the coals like you did jason. no way, man, i'll wait at least a couple months. >> there you have it. ji jillian harris. "the bachelorette" season finale is monday at 8:00 p.m. here on abc. and the "after the final rose" special airs tuesday at 10:00 p.m. coming up, world's youngest world sailor arounder, zac sunderland. (announcer) new nivea for men active 3

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♪ hi, we're back. seth green and jillian harris. our next guest pulled off one of the most diabolical stunts of all time when he somehow convinced his parents to let him spend 13 months sailing around the world by himself. last week, he arrived home safely with a new world record. please welcome 17-year-old sailor, zac sunderland. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ come sail away, come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me ♪ >> this has got to be quite a

transition for you, going fr from -- well, there's been a love connection over there. >> let's go backstage. >> from being completely alone on the boat now to on television in front of a bunch of people cheering for you. >> yeah, it's pretty awesome. an adventure both ways. >> how did you convince your parents to let you do this? >> well, i told them what i wanted to do. and they said you have to do it. >> they must not like you, you must have been a real pain in the ass to allow you to sail around the world alone. >> that too. my parents are sailors, just kind of in the family there. >> have they ever sailed around the world by themselves? >> no. but we sailed quite a bit as a family through the years. >> did you do any test runs, short distances by yourself to get ready for this? or long distances? >> not in preparation, but my whole kind of life before that was preparation.

you know, i was running both up and down the coast from like san francisco down to mexico when i was like 13 all the way on up. >> really? wow. and when did you decide you wanted to do this, how old were you? >> i was just about 16. >> 16 years old. and you said i want to be a kid who does this, to break the record. where did you from -- where did you go from there? did you buy a boat or did your dad buy you a boat? costco? >> yeah, football season was over. i play football and i sail, so i decided to do the trip. i looked into the record, tried to get the sponsorship first off and this didn't work out. i had some savings and i bought the intrepid and i worked out for months with a bunch of people and took off. >> why didn't you get the sponsorship? poor companies worried about sponsoring the death of a teenager? >> yeah. that's what the exact words red bull used. they said, we'd love to, but if

you die that's bad on us. >> let's look at the route you travelled. you started in marina del rey here in california. you went to hawaii. and then to countries i don't even recognize. [ laughter ] then to that red dot there. and then -- i think the world has the measles here. then south africa and -- >> right there -- >> port-of-spain. how long did this take you? i >> 13 months. >> you missed a whole bunch of things. >> yeah. i was supposed to be home schooling on the boat. >> you were supposed to be schooled on the boat? what did you major in, not drowning? >> yeah. there's so much to do on the boat, so i got my honorary classes in sailing and geography. >> you shouldn't have to go to school in you can sail around the school by yourself. you should be able to drink legally now. >> yeah. >> sail around the world, you should be able to have a beer if you want to. [ laughter ] >> exactly. >> there has to be exceptions made. >> exactly.

>> so was your family nervous about this? i mean, how do you keep in touch with them? >> you know, i had this great satellite phone on the phone. it was all sponsored, so i had that, and i could talk to my friends, family. weathermen. just keep in great contact with them. i went down three times on the boat, dropped into the sink -- >> when you say you went down, what does that mean? >> the phone went down. >> okay. the boat didn't sink at all or turn over or anything like that? >> almost turned over, but not quite. >> what happened when it almost turned over? >> i was in a wave, actually. it coming into grenada after being out at sea for 34 days. >> wow. >> and yeah, i was up with my dad, 2:00 in the morning and i had a huge wave, it was like -- i looked up and the phosphorous, the green stuff in the water when it gets disturned, i was up there and i got slammed just out of nowhere. kind of a weird thing.

no one knows how they start, there's no earthquakes around. some crazy thing. >> just a wave that pops up. >> yeah. took out all my electronics, washed out the inside of the boat. the three days they didn't know where i was. >> you didn't cry when that happened? i definitely would have. >> i held up -- >> did you have to stay up all night sometimes? >> quite a few times. that was the hardest challenge, sleep deprivation. >> you ran into pirates also. not a joke, real pirates. not like johnny depp pirates. >> no no. >> what happened there? >> arg! give us your playstation. >> yeah. i was coming from australia t indones indonesia. i thought i'd go close to the coast of indonesia, but i needed wind more than i needed to worry about the modern day pirates. i didn't understand it at the

time, but yeah, i was kind of going close to -- >> because you missed school, so you didn't learn about the pirates. >> exactly. i was going closer to the shore and i had a boat circling mine. >> this is the boat you're on here. yeah, there you go. and we can see that it's not a huge boat. okay. >> yeah. it's 36 feet. intrepid. >> and the pirates are circling you now. >> yeah. and the pirate boats they use -- so i was about 300 miles from australia. australia has like such a great coastal security network, you know, they took six hours to clear my boat into the country. so that actually benefited me because i gave them a call and as soon as i was talking to them on the vhf radio, the boat took off. >> the pirates took off? >> yeah. >> what would you have done if the pirates boarded your boat? >> i don't know. i had a gun on board. i would end up using that if -- if that happened. >> wow. did your parents know that

pirates were going to get you? [ laughter ] >> yeah. i kind of gave them call a, hey, mom and dad, i'm being circled by a boat right now. >> oh that's a good call to get. >> yeah. >> what did they say to you? >> they were calling the coast watch and everything. >> oh, wow. >> were you ready and prepared to use the gun to kill some pirates if you had to? >> it was there, you know. it was more of a self-reassurance. i don't know if i'd be matched up against the guys' ak-47. but it was there. >> you went on the whole trip with a gun in the boat. >> yeah. i threw it over the side when i was coming into mexico because you go to jail for six months down there for having unregistered handguns. >> really? there are laws in mexico? >> yeah. i guess. >> so you threw it into the ocean? >> yeah, over the side. >> so there might be a shark out there as if they weren't dangerous enough. [ laughter ] >> exactly.

>> well, that blood is on your head, my friend. so what's next? are you going do this again? >> i'm not sure. yeah. >> maybe jump into a volcano or something like that? [ laughter ] what's the next step? >> parachuted. that's a good idea. >> yeah, a great idea. >> i don't know. i have looked into climbing mount everest, but the amount of people that sailed around the world, not many people have climbed mount everest this year, so it's not a big step up. i was thinking of the ernest shackle -- trying to work that out. but i have until tomorrow to come up with five idea for the tv guys. >> until tomorrow? >> yeah. >> don't let them push you too much. you know what, go to the mall. maybe see a movie or something like that. give your parents a break. >> yeah. >> wow, your parents, oh, boy, what they must have gone through on that trip. that's really great of them to let you do this to follow your dream. if it would have gone badly, a lot of people would have had

nasty things to say to them. >> yeah, they're awesome parents. >> so you should keep them. >> yeah. >> congratulations and welcome back. zac sunderland, everybody. we'll be right back.