please welcome allison janney. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: allison, i always forget how talllike a little man standing next to you. >> i'm so sorry. >> jimmy: you look great, it's great to see you. >> thank you so much. >> jimmy: how's your life, how's everything going? >> everything's going really well. i'm very busy as always. working on a new show for apple called "mrs. american pie." >> jimmy: i heard you're working with carol burnett on that show. >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] yeah, she is the main reason i am an actress, why i'm doing what i am today. >> jimmy: is she? >> she and mary tyler moore were my favorites, my inspirations. everything about them i loved. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i definitely want to talk about carol burnett, she's one of my favorites too. did you ever meet mary tyler moore? >> i never met her, no. >> jimmy: carol, are you friends now that you've worked together? >> you know, she did ask me out to dinner. >> jimmy: great. >> i went out with her, and i was so -- i was -- do i tell her how much -- you know, she's my inspiration, do i tel

>> i -- allison janney was a part of my start kit.months of moving here 27 years ago. >> jimmy: oh, wow. >> so she's family at this point. >> jimmy: where did you meet her? >> i met her through a mutual friend, tate taylor, he's kind of the mayor of everywhere. tate introduced me to janney. i've been a fan of will's. we worked together on "spirited." he's stuck with me now, poor thing. >> jimmy: he's the best. yeah, he's a great guy. allison i think has a star on the hollywood walk of fame? >> yes, she does. >> jimmy: so now you guys really made it after knowing each other as young kids? >> it's kind of crazy, you know? i don't take it lightly. i joke, but all of us kind of started out, you know, together. and we -- we've just been in each other's lives. >> jimmy: were you working together at that time or what? >> we worked -- i mean, no. we kind worked on all of our friends who were writing things. melissa mccarthy -- >> jimmy: i know, a very good friend of yours. >> yeah, we're all very good friends. i met melissa and ben through ta

tonight -- allison janney. chris estrada & frankie quiÑones.o on the road to brooklyn in boston.