carson daly!u can't -- >> just thank you for that. thank you so much. >> jimmy: you cannot beat the roots. >> way to show up martha stewart there. fallon, way to go. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. how are you, buddy? thank you for coming on our show. >> thank you. are you kidding me? i'm so happy to be here. >> jimmy: oh, finally. because we wanted to have you on 'cause, guys, we go back a long way. we used to be neighbors here at nbc. >> i know, yeah. just a couple floors up. it's, like, a old homecoming thing. a bunch of old roommates, familiar faces. >> jimmy: everyone in the hallway is hugging you, going, "oh, carson!" >> it's so cool. no it's great. i'm so happy for you. congratulations. the show is awesome. >> jimmy: oh, thank you, buddy. i appreciate that. [ cheers and applause ] >> really. >> jimmy: we were friends for a long time, and then our moms became friends. >> well, you were at "snl" and we shot "last call" in this building on 8h, so our offices were on the eighth floor. so, you used

come from, and when you do, it is tactful and it is usually, i usually end up agreeing with it. >> carson dalygrilling me, which is the wrong way around, really. carson, 15th year in television, what better way to celebrate this momentous occasion than joining me on my show. >> that's the moment i fell in love with you, piers. that was it. >> let me say this about you off the top. i was very -- not pleasantly surprised. surprised in a good way about what a good interviewer you were. >> thank you. that's quite the compliment. >> i had seen enough of your interviews. >> nbc has me on the middle of the night interviewing celebrities. i entertain america when they're fast asleep. >> you're a good interviewer. >> thank you. >> you're well researched, you're probing. i thought you had a keen interest in your subject, even if maybe you had to create one, but it was impressive. do you like doing the interview? >> i do. our late night show evolved in the ten years where i'm involved in more storytelling. charlie rose, mike wallace. those sorts of interviews now. i think we have a boutique late night sh

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and the middle daughter, edith. [ laughter ] the current heir to downton sixby, carson daly, has beenu, sir. >> [ bleep ] is this? ♪ ♪ ♪ [ grunting noises ] >> all right, people. ahh. let's keep it moving. don't keep his lordship waiting. did you polish the silver? >> yes, sir. >> did you febreeze his lordship's pantaloon? >> i did, sir. >> did you shave lady edith? >> not yet, sir. >> well, snap to it man! the upstairs people are coming and you people need to be downstairs. step lively, people. >> you son of a -- >> five minutes to air me lord. >> jimmy: thank you, o'flannigan. >> eat [ bleep ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: not to be outdone, newt gingrich recently announced that he was endorsing the mcrib. i can't have a monologue without a kardashian joke. >> i just found a joke, sir. i must have forgotten to put it in the monologue. >> jimmy: well, for heaven's sakes, man, if a joke is missing, then put it back. [ light laughter ] i heard that recently kim kardashian went to an nba basketball game to find a new boyfriend. next card, next card. but she couldn't get into the arena because

less charlie rose and more carson daly. >> san francisco is consistently ranked as one of the most literateities in the united states. multiple reading events are happening every night of the year, competing against a big names like city arts and lectures. radar was voted the winner of these san francisco contest. after two decades of working for free, michelle is able to make radar her full-time job. >> i am a right to myself, but i feel like my work in this world is eagerly to bring writers together and to produce literary events. if i was only doing my own work, i would not be happy. it is, like throwing a party or a dinner party. i can match that person with that person. it is really fun for me. it is nerve wracking during the actual readings. i hope everyone is good. i hope the audience likes them. i hope everybody shows up. but everything works out. at the end of the reading, everyone is happy. ♪ let me tell you about the project and a lot about san francisco and by the end of this, you're going to feel like you have been buried about the new deal. i am only scratching the surface. i

carson daly and his girlfriend expecting baby number two.y are beyond thrilled. interestingly enough, she says on her website, now that the cat is out of the bag, i will be sharing some very exciting news with you about monday a little later. so a little later today, we're going to hear a little bit more. apparently -- and they have a 3-year-old son jackson. not quite sure what the news is. >> maybe twins? >> i don't know. >> maybe they're going to get married? what is carson daly doing these days? remember "trl" on mtv. and he had a night show for a little while. i'm not sure. >> he's having babies. >> he's still having a good time. we can see that. >>> we rarely get to report good hollywood marriage news. here's a bit of good news. it was on "the skinny" a few months back that dennis quaid and his wife were going to get divorced but she filed a new motion in court to withdraw the divorce papers. this is all according to tmz. kimberly buffington quaid who recently cited irreconcilable differences let the judge know on april 26th, i don't wa

be killed friedman told carson daly he sees this as a viable option amid the ongoing shareholder dispute in the company or earlier the russian side said it's ready to buy out b.p.'s stake in the company or swap its t.n.t. b.p. shares for stake in british petroleum. and russia and china want to set up a joint venture to build new airplanes based on russia's aircraft moscow will provide the know how and technology and beijing to catch the project this worth between seven and twelve billion dollars with an estimated seven years to produce the first plane that may challenge boeing and air bus business archie caught up with the head of boeing international who said russia has a huge market potential. we see russia's growth its economic growth as a huge benefit to an enabler of aviation growth within russia and so the market there as we see it is over a thousand aircraft to russian airlines in the next twenty years valued at over one hundred ten billion dollars. and that's all latest from the business desk i'll be back in about fifty five minutes time so you've got all right that's thank you t

♪ >> carson: all right, welcome back to "last call," carson daly, hello, i'm at my favorite place.ustin, texas. south by southwest week presented by sony's music unlimited service, and right now it is time for our first performance of the night. tonight, we turn you on to a band whose first album put them on the map. and whose second will establish them as one of the best indie pop acts around. they're a husband-wife duo from denver, colorado. they're here in austin to take our red7 stage by storm. i give you tennis! ♪ ♪ i prefer to think of him as a man of many means of powers extreme exposed to the extreme ♪ ♪ made you so determined in the never changes mind the only possible excuse for a pretended to be blind ♪ ♪ petition for the life or not on my banner censor show no, oh whoa oh oh oh ♪ ♪ petition for the life or not on my banner censor show no, oh whoa oh oh oh ♪ ♪ ♪ i can't know the riot is motives are mysterious his anger extreme exposed to the extreme ♪ ♪ i see your hidden past memories that don't go back and not to remember why i'm supposed to lack ♪ ♪ petition for the li

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not only are the contestants going to walk the red carpet but see carson daly and coaches come by asell. as you mentioned, it is down to the wire. final four is set. tonight we will see jermaine paul take stage, tony lucca, juliett simms, chris mann. sadly we won't be seeing erin willett, the young lady from gaithersburg who we have been rooting for. she was eliminated last week. we had the opportunity to catch up with her earlier. despite the loss, she's more motivated than ever. it has been six weeks since gaithersburg's hometown girl erin willett won over the world with those red lips and that hair. in one night she went from singing in brooklyn bars to bringing down the house in front of millions. >> it definitely gave me the confidence to dream bigger than i thought i could. >> reporter: the show has been her family, home away from home during a very trying time. early in the competition, her number one fan, her father chuck, passed away from cancer. she has grown incredibly close to her coach who also lost his dad around the same time. definitely more than a coach. >> yeah. he