please say hello to bill hader. are you. >> bill: hi everybody. >> jimmy: good to see you how's it going. >> bill: good, good. >> jimmy: carol burnett was here tuesday did you know about this. >> bill: we are related. >> jimmy: i'm finding your roots like a distant cousin. >> bill: yeah, she e-mailed me and said we're related. i was like what? i turned to my daughters and said we're related to ms. hannigan. it was on finding your roots we were on the same show. >> jimmy: i found out i was related to martha stewart, did not hear from her at all. i don't want to start any trouble, you know i don't like to start trouble but we did some digging and we found a clip that i think it's important that america sees. >> bill: oh, no. >> jimmy: huge crush on carol burnett, just the q and a thing at the beginning, how could you not? such a smart thing doing that q and a because i did, i just had a giant crush on >> bill: hey, man. hey you can take the boy out of oklahoma, you know what i'm saying? [laughter] >> bill: that's the

thanks [ light laughter ] >> seth: please welcome back to the show our very good friend, bill hader,friend! >> hey, buddy. >> seth: how are you >> how are you, man? i'm good, man, i'm good. >> seth: we've been talking a great deal via text because i'm really obsessed with this season of the show. it's a fantastic cast. and that clip is, just to set it up for anybody who wasn't watching, she has written and created a show, and that is a press junket that people like you have had to do over the years when you're in a movie or for "barry." >> yeah. >> seth: is it as much like that as you have written it in the show? >> yes, yes. press junkets are not fun, and that one one is babased on -- i was in a movie called "the skeleton twins," and in that movie, my character attempts suicide -- hilarious [ light laughter ] and i was in australia, and the guy -- i was being interviewed, and the guy, he said, "so, you know, you tried to commit suicide in this film, and, you know, that's a big epidemic here in australia, so can you tell us a bit about it, you know, and what you think about suicide?"

. >> we are all inside bill hader's mind.mfortable, as long as you have packed for two weeks, you are fine. >> are you comfortable being in bill hader's mind? >> i am. the man is a genius. we have two creators. alec berg, the creme de la creme of comedy writing. bill hader, who wanted to be a director, diverted his life to "saturday night live," came back to what he should be doing. >> you're an acting teacher? >> i am. >> in the show. how did you -- i mean, i assume you have been in front of acting teachers before in your life. >> 14. >> 14. >> i had 14 -- >> i had 14 teachers. you take the notes that alec berg's wife when they were in class, which they based him on, you push it in and spit it out. >> how does it come across, do you think? >> i have fun. i think -- bill said to them halfway through the first year, oh, he's an [ bleep ]. >> halfway through the year? >> yes. >> i didn't know. i just thought he was, like, thoughtless. >> if people are not watching "barry" people who know you as the fonz and see your role as an

tonight bill hader, dr. jane goodall and music from metallica, with cleto and the cletones.kimmel! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> jimmy: i'm jimmy i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching and thank you for coming to visit here at our home here in los angeles california where the lakers and the clippers are in the nba playoffs kind of a miracle. last night guillermond

tomorrow night on the show we will be joined by bill hader and dr. from metallica too. our first guest tonight launched a popular sitcom, won and me, sat with oprah and hosted "saturday night live" but you can see the season finale of her show "ab elementary." "abbott elementary." quinta brunson! [cheers and applause] >> quinta: hi! >> jimmy: thanks for coming. by the way, congratulations. did a great job on "saturday night live." for you to thank you so much. >> jimmy: was that scary to do? >> quinta: no. i wanted to do that ever since i was a child. "snl" is what gets most people into comedy. it was the time of my life! i missed it. >> jimmy: how old were you when you thought, i would love to be on "saturday night live"? >> i was probably college age. i was in college and i was being a dork and watching "snl" at night. i was like, yeah, i'd want to be a part of that cast. >> jimmy: show? >> quinta: no. when those are too difficult, i tend to treat truly the audition process seemed really hard. and i was just like, hmm. >> quinta: i did. >> jimmy: i

guests who is going to be here, you were on that show "finding your roots" on pbs and learned that bill hader jimmy: maybe you can bring harry to justice. that is -- boy, that is something else. >> carol: it is great. >> jimmy: do you think there is something in your dna that there is some connection that makes you guys both two of the greatest sketch comedy performers of all time? >> carol: i have no idea, but i'm very thrilled that we are related. >> jimmy: have you gotten together to discuss this? >> carol: no, but he had a family reunion he said, the burnett family reunion party not too long ago. >> jimmy: right. one that you were not at but he was with the other burnetts. it is great to have you here and i'm grateful. i cannot wait to see your home life boiled down to an hour really. right? two hours ago, two hours. that is even better. "carol burnett: 90 years of laughter + love." it premieres on nbc and then on peacock. we will be back with wendi mclendon-covey. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ why are there two extra seats? are we getting a dog? a great dane? two great danes?! i know. gi

and -- >> seth: bill hader did a famous imitation of you on "snl."lous, 'cause i'm with the real -- the real keith morrison." >> yeah. uh-huh yeah >> seth: did you enjoy his impression of you? >> it was -- yes >> seth: okay. >> i did, and i didn't have you ever -- have you had some -- somebody do an impression of you? >> seth: yeah. >> in a, kind of, a parody like that >> seth: yeah, but not quite like that. >> yeah. >> seth: i mean, i feel like he really - >> so, if the first time you ever saw it -- >> seth: yeah. >> -- you were unprepared for it, and it was on national television >> seth: right >> on "saturday night live." and you turn on the tv and somebody's doing that. >> seth: is that how -- did you see it first, or did you get a bunch of texts from people >> no. well, i got -- my daughter - >> seth: yeah. was she happy? did your daughter like it? >> she was laughing her head off. >> seth: okay, well, that's good >> so -- >> seth: i think that's a good sign, if your daughter laughs her head off >> yeah, well -- but it does a wonderful thing, ac

alec berg and bill hader are the creme de la creme of comedy. amazing. i joked about your resume, but it just has been relentless. >> on 78th street and broadway, i had a dream i wanted to be an actor and i'm living my dream. i'm so grateful. i don't know what to do. >> you're doing a lot. you're very interested in eye health. >> i am. >> and working to, like, promote awareness there. >> you know, i had my father-in-law was one of the gifts that came with my marriage. he was a robust and a wonderfully funny, great dentist. ed. and i watched his eyes slowly deteriorate. and we knew he had age-related macular degeneration. but didn't know it had -- it had progressed into a geographic atrophy, a ga. and the thing is i think it is really important for people to go and have their eyes checked because this particular form, at this moment, either macular degeneration or ga, it is unstoppable, and it is -- there is no cure at the moment. so, going to your eye doctor is so important. i was so happy when this biotech company who really cares about eye car