so, that means it's time once again for "fred armisen's [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: all right. you know how this works, fred. i'm gonna give you the title of the show. you're going to tell us what it's about because you will know what it's about because you claim you've watched everything. >> fred: right. >> seth: okay. the show is "tyrant" on fx. >> fred: "tyrant" on fx? >> seth: yeah. >> fred: i love "tyrant." >> seth: great. >> fred: do you know "tyrant"? >> seth: i don't. >> fred: you haven't seen it? >> seth: i never know the shows i ask you about. [ laughter ] >> fred: but, i don't know. but you haven't seen the pilot or anything? >> seth: i haven't -- i've seen zero minutes of "tyrant." >> fred: okay. all right. "tyrant" is great. [ laughter ] and it's a sort of "antiques roadshow" type, like, old tires. but the catch with this one is it's total chaos. like, it's not organized. there's, like, 50 cameras. [ laughter ] and there's no director. and they just go into this room with all these salesmen, with all these old tires, and it's complete chaos. there's no rhyme or reas

so in that case, it's time once again for "fred armisen's extremely accurate tv recaps." [ cheers ande ] ♪ >> seth: again, you know how this works. i'm gonna mention a tv show, and you're gonna tell us what it's about, okay? >> fred: great. >> seth: all right. "pioneer woman." >> fred: oh, "pioneer woman" is so good. have you seen it at all? >> seth: no. >> fred: not the pilot, nothing? >> seth: i haven't seen anything, no. [ laughter ] >> fred: well it's this -- it's like a courtroom documentary. [ laughter ] >> seth: "pioneer woman" is a courtroom documentary? >> fred: and it's a real case that happens. and what happened was -- [ laughter ] there was a defense, right? and then, there was a prosecution, but the prosecution didn't -- they didn't show up. [ laughter ] right? >> seth: okay. >> fred: they didn't show up. but for fairness, the defense had to be the prosecution too. [ laughter ] like, they had to run across the courtroom and act like the prosecutors, and then run back and be the defense. and they were -- >> seth: really? >> fred: yes. >> seth: they didn't just -- the judge

because it's time once again for fred armisen's extremely accurate tv recap. ♪ [ cheers and applause so you know how this works, fred. i'm going to read you the title of a show, and because you watch every episode of every tv show, you're going to tell me what the show is about. >> fred: great. >> seth: "green leaf." >> fred: "green leaf." >> seth: yes. >> fred: "green leaf," can't stop watching it. it's just -- do you know "green leaf"? >> seth: no. >> fred: did you not tell me about -- >> steve: no i don't, i never -- when i give you one of these i never know what it is. >> fred: got you. okay. please check out the pilot, it's so good. "green leaf" is like, it's this animated program. >> seth: okay. >> fred: it's very animated. >> seth: okay. what is very animated? >> fred: it's just the motion is -- it's not just -- it's very active. >> seth: okay. >> fred: with the animation. and it's educational. and -- but still it's so, like, for adults, too, like, they are very funny, you know what i mean? so they'll tell you how to spell. like, this is how you spell routine, r-o-u and then --

and also, you guys, fred armisen is here. give it up for fred. [ cheers and applause ] so happy that fred's here. i miss you so much when you're gone. >> fred: i miss you, seth. we were talking about season two of our show "documentary now!" which is very exciting. >> fred: yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: and you're working on season -- what is it, season 55 of "portlandia." [ cheers ] >> fred: season 55. >> seth: and yet with all the work you do in tv, you still are a great lover of television. you watch tv all the time. >> fred: i love tv. >> seth: and in fact you love it so much that -- i'm always complaining there's too much tv, we're at peak tv. it's too hard to watch all the shows that are on. but you claim you watch every episode of every show. [ laughter ] so you watch every episode of every show? >> fred: everything. >> seth: and so that means it's time once again for fred armisen's extremely accurate tv recap. ?? [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: okay, so if this is true that you watch every episode of every t

also, fred armisen is here this week. it's been so nice having you back, buddy. >> seth: and you know, one of the great things about having you here is we get a chance to catch up. and one of the things we love, we both love is television. we talk a lot about our favorite tv shows. i feel like i'm at a little bit of a disadvantage because i only watch a couple shows. that's all i have time for, but fred you claim that you watch every episode of every television show. >> fred: everything, i love it. >> seth: it sounds -- don't take it the wrong way, that sounds impossible. >> fred: i'm taking it the wrong way. >> seth: i just told you not to take it the wrong way. >> fred: but that's how i'm taking it. >> seth: alright. well, i guess you're going to prove me wrong. accurate tv recap. ?? [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: alright, so you know how this works, fred. i'm going to read you the title of a show, and because you watch every episode of every tv show, you're going to tell me what the show is about. >> fred: great. >>

. >> thanks, seth. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: and everybody, fred armisen is also here. give it up for fred. [ cheers and applause ] and fred, i'm so happy that you're here. it's so nice because we get to talk backstage, and one of the things we always catch up on is you always ask me, and i always mention a couple of shows. and then i ask you what you've been watching, and you always answer the same thing. you say, "i watch all the shows." >> i do. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> seth: even with all the television that's on now you stand by the statement that you watch every episode of every show? >> everything. >> seth: okay. >> in realtime. >> seth: in realtime. [ laughter ] so you don't even tivo stuff. you just -- >> oh, no. >> seth: okay. so in that case, it's time once again for "fred armisen's extremely accurate tv recaps." [ cheers and applause ] ? >> seth: again, you know how this works. i'm gonna mention a tv show, and you're gonna tell us what it's about, okay? >> fred: great. >> seth: all right. "pioneer woman." >> fred: oh, "pioneer woman" is so good

who cares. >> fred armisen is never the loudest guy in the room but the funniest.ore we made an offer he couldn't refuse, oh. >> one of the words people use describing you is quirky. is that a word you like? >> it's really in my name. >> fred quirky. >> that's why i keep hearing it. >> an 11-season run on "saturday night live." >> i'm thrilled about this, introducing the new ipad picano. >> where he played the famous. >> i'm barack obama. >> and the completely absurd. >> don't be a late, late, late, because we're going to come play, come play, come play. >> he's appeared in more than 800 sketches. that's the second most in the 41-year history of "snl." ♪ ♪ >> let's talk about a little bit about how you got here. it seems to be you were more into music growing up than come comedy. >> yeah, i was a drummer and in all these punk bands and i did it for a long time. >> how do you make the leap to this. you played in the blue man group. >> i went from being a punk rock drummer to seeing that entertainment can be something that people will pay money for, that they will sh

>> meanwhile, you go to like long shots and they have the long shot section, it's like sorry, fred armisen. too bad john stamos. looks like this gastroenterologist from north carolina is actually a a front-runner this year. >> jimmy: he is great. does he love all the fame and people recognizing him? >> oh, yeah. he loves it. my mom hates it. >> jimmy: she's not into it. >> she's not into it. she is already like, oh in season two say my character's gone on vacation. like i'm not doing anything else. my dad is like, i have some ideas. and he didn't get nominated, but it's still cool he got all these write-ups and stuff. my parents are part of the cast us to the emmys. and i texted them, like hey you guys are gonna come to the emmys. my mom is like, oh, that's great, i'm very excited. and like ten minutes later my dad texted me three photos of bradley cooper in different tuxedos. like which one of these do you think would be nice for me? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's gone hollywood. he's gone hollywood. >> who is going to style me? >> jimmy: you created a a monster. you just went to the white h

williams, music from blake shelton, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ?? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened

williams, music from blake shelton, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and genemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened in honor of president obama's birthday, vice president joe biden tweeted out an image of friendship bracelets that someone had made for them. and then later today, donald trump tweeted a picture of the ones he made for hillary clinton. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] those are not friendship bracelets. [ cheers and applause ] starting to think you two aren't really friends. a fox news national poll found that people prefer hillary clinton to donald trump by ten points, while an msnbc has already been president for two years. [ laughter ] donald trump yesterday met with rnc officials, who reportedly grew so angry with trump during the m

actresses shiri appleby and constance zimmer, comedian brendan eyre, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. there are now fewer than 100 days until the general election. or by hillary's count, 98 days, speaking out against donald trump after he began attacking the parents of a muslim-american soldier, calling trump repugnant. said trump, "i'm the most repugnant. no one is more repugnant than me. real quick, what does repugnant mean?" [ laughter ] after army father khizr khan's convention speech in which he pulled out a pocket-sized copy of the constitution, sales on amazon have skyrocketed, making it the second most purchased book. the first is "how to move to canada." when asked about his recent controversial comments on the muslim-american family, donald trump this weekend told interviewers that hillary clinton is the candi

actresses shiri appleby and constance zimmer, comedian brendan eyre, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ?? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. there are now fewer than 100 days until the general election. or by hillary's count, 98 days, two hours, and 46 minutes!

creator of "the get down", director baz luhrmann, author yaa gyasi, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ?? ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] very good to hear. let's get to the news. donald trump tweeted a picture of himself on his plane last night eating kentucky fried chicken while reading "the wall street journal." you know, like normal people do. [ laughter ]

actresses shiri appleby and constance zimmer, comedian brendan eyre, featuring the 8g band with fred armisenin that case, let's get to the news. there are now fewer than 100 days until the general election. or by hillary's count, 98 days, two hours, and 46 minutes!

creator of "the get down", director baz luhrmann, author yaa gyasi, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] very good to hear. let's get to the news. donald trump tweeted a picture of himself on his plane last night eating kentucky fried chicken while reading "the wall street journal." you know, like normal people do. [ laughter ] "the wall street journal" is the ceo of kfc. [ laughter ] by the way, you could tell trump has never eaten a bite of kfc in his life, because if look right there, he though he might need salt. [ laughter ] you're good. that's right, donald trump ate kfc, yesterday, despite the fact that the bucket was clearly endorsing bernie sanders. [ laughter ] when asked about possibly despite his age, vice president joe biden, this weekend, told interviewers that if he didn't know how old he really was, he'd guess he's 44. and if he didn't know what time it was, he'd guess it's miller

williams, music from blake shelton, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ♪ [ cheersnt obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened his eyes, he was still president.

creator of "the get down", director baz luhrmann, author yaa gyasi, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen trump tweeted a picture of himself on his plane last night eating kentucky fried chicken while reading "the wall street journal." you know, like normal people do. [ laughter ]