please welcome chris elliott. chris elliott!hank you. >> jimmy: thank you for coming. how are you? >> i'm fine. >> jimmy: can i mention that when i was a kid watching david letterman's show, i look forward to your appearances so much, and then i saw you on the show last week saying good-bye to david. and it really was a very touching moment. >> it actually was. i didn't intend it to be, but i, in the moment, kind of got into the fact that i started my career with david letterman, over 30 years ago, those of you who remember me from that show. [cheers and applause] that just worked perfectly. >> jimmy: the important thing is i remember. and cleto remembers. >> dave, when he leaves, really, you are going to become the king. [cheers and applause] nobody does this better than you. and you've always been the prince, but you're going to be the king now. and you know what, jimmy? >> jimmy: what? >> to the victor goes spoils, because, as you know, dave letterman created me and owned me, but now ownership of me automatically transfers to

jimmy's guest christian bell, chris elliott music from desean. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with more. for ducis rodgers adam joseph cecily tynan the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner. good night. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, kristen bell, chris elliott, britt from "the bachelor", and music from big sean with cleto and cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel!

tonight, kristen bell, chris elliott, britt from "the bachelor", and music from big sean with cleto and cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel!

tonight, kristen bell, chris elliott, britt from "the bachelor", and music from big sean with cleto andimmy kimmel!

katie got blown away when misty elliott took to the stage, as well. i know chrisdon't know that song yet. but just to let you know, it is what we call a throw back. she brought that back. >> i was hoping that the video would show them when katie perry join misty elliott on stage. ap has a great write through perry join elliott dancing beside her but came across as a student lost in chorography class. >> well, it is hard to keep up with that dancing, and twisting. >> she did her best, yes. >> she did fine. >> half time show was not the only show stopping performance. >> so before the game edina manziel belted out outstanding rendition of the national anthem. lets take a listen. >> ♪ >> and the home of the brave ♪ >> yes. >> manziel yelled and excited yes. in an interview after the performance she said she wanted to connect, to the song, and sing from her heart. >> she did a great job. >> we know her from frozen the sound track, let it go let it go. >> all right. coming up soup every bowl 49, it is over. what went wrong with the the seahawks final play. we will brea

elliott, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> is new jersey governor chris christie really a jet setting freeloader? the fans of harper lee. possibly not great news for harper lee herself, we'll explain, next. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. >>> it is not every 80-year-old that can break the internet but today, harper lee announced there will be a sequel to "to kill a mocking bird." it was published in 1961 and she never published another novel, it is no small thing to hear that a new novel is forth coming. go set a watchman was written before mocking bird and it finds scout finch. the man script was believed lost and rediscovered last fall by lee's friend and lawyer. but, and here is when the ne

elliott. bryce thompson a senior writer for espn. fellow writer on the series "treme," chris.klyn. downstairs, currence's restaurant city grocery cranks out many delicious things. the man known as big bad chef, aka johnny snack, is sending some of those goodies upstairs as there's nothing professional writers like more than free food. usually, you put five writers in a room, it's an ugly, hell broth of envy, hatred -- >> we all hate tommy. >> yeah, that goes without saying. >> even me. i hate me worst of all. >> around here anyway the writers are really supportive of each other. for writers to argue would be like arguing over a piece of dirt. i mean, what are we fighting about? >> the stakes are too low. >> the stakes are so low. why would you be a jerk about it? >> if mississippi were a country and there were a national hero, dead or alive, by consensus, statewide, who would the statue be of? >> elvis. >> really? it wouldn't be b.b. king? >> it should be b.b. king. >> yeah. >> but it would be elvis. >> but it would be elvis. >> mississippi is -- you know, the joke is it's not