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[ laughter ] >> jimmy: come on, come on. >> i heard them rehearsing. >> jimmy: no, no, no, that's -- >> yes, i did. >> jimmy: that's genuine love for morgan freeman. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: and you have -- >> sure, tell me anything. >> jimmy: you have weird al sitting in tonight. >> hi. where -- there you are. hi, al, how are you? >> al: good, how are you? ♪ eat it eat it ♪ >> jimmy: hey, i love it. i heard a little "eat it." morgan freeman just sang "eat it" on national television. that's fantastic. >> al: that's on my bucket list. >> yeah. i just thought it was fantastic that you did the whole thing. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. exactly. >> you were great. >> jimmy: last time you came on, you said that you were -- >> how are you? >> jimmy: i'm doing good. >> that's good. >> jimmy: i'm doing really good. i should have asked you, how are you? >> no, that's okay, i mean, because, you know, i'm good. >> jimmy: okay. [ laughter ] we don't even have to do it. >> that's true. >> jimmy: last time you were here on the show, you were telling me how you were going to spend winter on a boat. >> well, i didn't get a chance to spend the winter. i spent -- christmas and new year's. >> jimmy: oh, that's good. >> on, on, the boat -- yeah. >> jimmy: and how did it go? >> it went very well. i didn't -- i only got to sail two days, but it was fantastic. >> jimmy: yeah, it's really beautiful. where do you sail around? >> i was in the virgin islands -- the british virgin islands. >> jimmy: that's beautiful. >> really gorgeous down there. >> jimmy: just gorgeous, yeah. how long have you -- what's the longest time you spent on a boat sailing? >> sailing? >> jimmy: yeah. >> just sailing? >> jimmy: yeah. >> probably the longest trip was from rhode island to st. martin. that's like -- no, that's not true at all. [ laughter ] the longest trip i took -- the longest time i -- that's the longest trip. the longest time i was on a boat was between bermuda and new york one october 1979. it took me 11 days to get to new york from bermuda. >> jimmy: 11 days. >> yeah, i hit a storm and had to turn and go out to sea. >> jimmy: bermuda triangle -- two. >> no, i was north of that. >> jimmy: probably got trapped in, like, a wormhole of your own there? >> no, you can't scare me with that kind of stuff. >> jimmy: i can't. no, no, no. now, when i go sailing -- when i go sailing with you -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: when you invite me -- >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what will my job be? what will i do on the boat? just make drinks for you? >> cook. >> jimmy: cook? >> can you cook? >> jimmy: yeah. >> good, 'cause that's what you'll have to do. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you have a microwave on the boat? [ laughter ] hey, i was thinking it would be kind of fun if i -- when we eventually do go sailing together, and you were on the boat, i would call you captain morgan. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] pretty good, right? >> that's very good. >> jimmy: yeah, i just thought it would be good. >> thanks. >> jimmy: uh, congrats on -- >> i couldn't imagine what you were going to be thinking about calling me. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, that's what it was. captain morgan. >> captain -- >> jimmy: yeah, captain morgan. >> okay. >> jimmy: lifetime achievement award last night in the american film institute. what an honor. congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> jimmy: very deserved -- very deserved honor. >> that's great. that's what everybody says. i mean, pretty soon i'm going to believe them. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, exactly, yeah. did you enjoy it or did you not? >> oh, my goodness, yes. it was just incredible, you know. >> jimmy: so many people were there just loving you. >> i had kids there with me, grandkids there with me, great-grandkids there with me. >> jimmy: oh, that's so good. i mean, you've had such a career. it's been amazing. do you have any things that stick out as your favorite role that you've acted in? >> oddly enough, the favorite role that i always name is the role that got me started in the movies. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> i played a pimp named leo smalls jr. in a movie called "street smart." >> jimmy: "street smart," yeah. [ cheers and applause ] what a picture that was. >> you've got to remember, getting an academy award nomination by playing a pimp. >> jimmy: oh, yeah, exactly. that's never happened before. yeah, there you go there. look at you right there -- that's awesome. and that sticks in your head -- that's the one? >> yeah. >> jimmy: god, you've done so many fun, cool things, including "electric company" as well, "easy reader?" come on. >> yeah. >> jimmy: look at that -- that's fantastic. there! [ cheers and applause ] we love it, man. well, you do a lot of educational stuff. i mean, this "through the wormhole" thing -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: why -- how did you get involved with this? are you in to science, or -- >> my producing partner and i started a company some years ago called clickstar, because we were trying to get ahead of the movie/napster thing. you know? and that didn't work out for us. we were like a step ahead of ourselves. but on the, on the program, we had channels. and one of them was going to be about outer space. well, the company didn't go, but eventually, discovery people heard about it. and they said, "oh, that's a great idea. we could do something like that." >> jimmy: yeah, cause it gets crazy. you get like deep questions. i mean, you answer one question per episode -- >> yeah, like -- >> jimmy: like what is the difference between space and the universe? >> that's my question. nobody has actually taken that one on. but we do ask question like, you know, is there life after death? i think there is. i think -- i don't think that -- i think space is space and it's infinite. the universe can't be that, because it's expanding, according to all of the scientists. now, if it's expanding, what's it expanding into? >> jimmy: yeah. it must come from -- must end, or must be getting larger. >> the universe has to have an edge. space doesn't. >> jimmy: cool, man. >> yeah, we're going to get into that. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i like it. we have a clip of "through the wormhole." here's the great morgan freeman. take a look at this. ♪ >>> what happens when we die? do we simply cease to be? or do we survive in some form? what is it that makes us unique, conscious beings? it's the greatest mystery of existence, a problem seemingly too big for science to solve. but today, a cluster of biologists, physicists and philosophers are closing in on the answer to the ultimate question. is there life after death? ♪ >> jimmy: it's so well done. [ cheers and applause ] it's a really well done program. thank you so much for coming on the show. >> it's a pleasure, always. >> jimmy: come back whenever you want to. morgan freeman, everybody. "through the wormhole" airs wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. on science. we'll be right back with thomas lennon, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ -wee! -woo hoo. [ kids ] pop-tarts, please! 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[ whistle blows ] [ squishing ] [ male announcer ] pool filled with caramel. not as good as chocolate filled with caramel. milky way simply caramel. life's better the milky way. and now french's comes with 40% more happy in every bottle. . ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> jimmy: you know my next quest from his years on "reno 911" and appearing in a ton of hit movies. starting friday you can see him with cameron diaz in "bad teacher." he's also a successful screenwriter, who's co-written a new book "writing movies for fun and profit." fun and profit, yeah. there you go. please welcome back to the show, thomas lennon everybody. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy fallon! >> jimmy: welcome back to the program. >> jimmy fallon! hey, buddy. >> jimmy: thomas lennon. >> hey, good to see you. >> you know weird al yankovic. >> yeah, how do i say this without sounding braggy? one of the my best friends. well is that accurate, al? >> well, i guess i would say -- it's not like that. >> jimmy: yeah, which one is you? >> the bottom one. >> jimmy: the bottom one, yeah. >> i'm a bottom. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are you friends? you guys are real friends? >> we're really friends. this is not one of those fake hollywood friendships. >> jimmy: that we have. >> yeah, like ours. >> jimmy: completely fake. >> that thing that we have, where i say, "man, i love it, where have you been? i love you. you're great. i love the new stuff." >> jimmy: yeah, then you go -- what? i'm blanking on the name. yeah, yeah, my name is jimmy fallon. >> of course. i remember you. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah yeah. so, you guys are going to a premiere later this evening? >> yeah, later on, weird al is my date later. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, that's pretty fun. how long have you guys -- >> it's fun unless you're a bottom. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, no. it can be fun. it can be fun. >> it can be a great time. it's good to see you. how you been? >> jimmy: i'm doing great. i know everyone knows you from all your movies and your tv shows, but you're an author now. look at this. >> look at that. >> jimmy: this is major league. >> it's an actual book that came out. >> jimmy: it's an actual book that came out. >> the title is not a mistake. "fun and" is crossed out. now, this is not -- if you want to write movies that are, for example going to win academy awards, or they're going to have morgan freeman in them -- >> jimmy: well, yeah. >> or that are going to be, like, great classics, this book won't help you for that. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: no, no, no. don't read this. >> no, no, no, no. we have no advice on how to do anything -- we've written some -- you know, we wrote like "herby fully loaded." [ applause ] no, no, no, no, no. don't clap for that. don't clap. you don't need to clap for that. >> jimmy: i feel like i should. i felt like i should. >> thank you. we got fired when we wouldn't make the car smile. >> jimmy: is that right? >> that's 100% accurate. we got in a big fight about not making the car smile. and then they're like, "and you know what? out you go." >> jimmy: that was the one thing? >> that was one -- that was one of the big things, yeah. but, there's a lot of practical -- >> i mean, you wrote "taxi" that i was in. [ cheers and applause ] [ rhythmic clapping ] >> jimmy: here's the thing, it is still good. it's still good. haven't seen it in awhile. but i like it because it's so much fun. and i was great. it was the best. >> a couple things about that movie. one, you were great in it. two, that movie tested through the roof. >> jimmy: do you remember? >> yes. what happened? >> jimmy: we already started to write "taxi 2." >> we covered this in the book. never talk about sequels, because it's a horrible jinx. >> jimmy: it is. >> and then you're done. >> jimmy: it tested through the roof? >> you say it out loud, and then the movie gnomes come out of the trees, and they smite you with horrible mojo. but your -- we signed a deal. everybody was like, "oh my god, more 'taxi.' jimmy fallon is driving this crazy taxi more." >> jimmy: and then it came out. it wasn't that it did awful, but it got beat like "alien versus predator" or something? >> yeah, one of those. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: classic. >> some classic project. >> jimmy: a classic project. yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> jimmy: that will stand test of time. so it's like success stories and failure stories? >> yeah. we break it down for you. if you want to be a working, busy -- everybody's got an idea for a screenplay, don't you think? pretty much. you've got a couple. >> jimmy: i've tried, yeah. >> it's the actual nuts and bolts of how to do it as a job. you're not going to win any awards. it's also just great stories of, like, being in the trenches as a screenwriter, like pitching to people that fall asleep in the room. that happened, absolutely. >> jimmy: someone fell asleep while you were pitching -- >> oh, yeah. sound asleep. sound asleep while we were pitching an adam sandler movie, obviously. because the only person who's hearing it is falling asleep right now. >> jimmy: it's really bad. you've written, you should tell everyone -- "night at the museum," "night at the museum 2" -- >> sure, sure. >> jimmy: he's written those. [ cheers and applause ] he's had major blockbuster hits. >> you know, what's funny. the reason "night at the museum" -- we wrote "night at the museum" is because they decided they didn't want to make "taxi 2," and they're like, "well, we need to find a project for you around here. what do we got? take this children's book instead of 'taxi 2.'" i'm sorry the energy from "taxi 2" got diverted into "night at the museum." >> jimmy: congratulations. i'm happy that it worked out the way it did. you got something. see. [ applause ] >> we got something out of it. >> jimmy: but, you're also still acting in movies too. you're very funny -- >> thank you. >> jimmy: -- every time i see you perform. >> thank you. >> and you're in this new mo