i love david alan grier! that i actually carry -- [ laughter ] >> a picture of him. >> david: don't do it. [ laughter and applause ] >> david: i was 7 years old. >> look at that, man. >> david: look at my head. it look like somebody hit me right on my head right there, that's a dip in there. >> yeah, i just -- i carry a little childhood picture of you back in my pocket. >> david: just in case. why the back pocket, man? >> i don't want to put it in the front pocket. [ laughter ] >> david: that's weird. we're going to move on from here. >> right here. right here. >> david: hey, hey. [ laughter ] >> david: but you know, a lot of times -- >> okay. >> david: a lot of times people ask me -- >> what? >> david: what was the favorite sketch that i worked on. >> oh. >> david: one sketch always comes up, when we played the barbers. >> the barbers, right, right, right. i remember that. >> david: james brown came on. >> james brown. i remember that, i remember that. >> david: james brown came on and they said -- first of

and now david alan grier. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> david: what's up, what's up, what's up? oo! welcome to "jimmy kimmel live!" i'm your guest host, david alan grier. [ cheers and applause ] i'm what you call a "friend of the show." i've done this show over 36 times. [ cheers and applause ] but tonight marks my first appearance as a tony award winner. [ cheers and applause ] it only took me 41 short years to get that award. [ laughter ] and now here i am hosting "kimmel" in a theater that shares a parking lot with a hooters. [ laughter ] guillermo, how many awards has jimmy won? >> guillermo: like three or four. [ laughter ] >> david: shut up. [ laughter ] what a show-off. as a beloved tony award-winning actor, people are always clamoring for information about me. so i've decided tonight i'm going to answer three of the most frequently asked questions about me on google. by the way, these are real questions, okay? no fake news here. anyways. first up -- what is david alan grier doing now? answering your dumb-ass questions. next? [ laughter ] okay, this one isn't even about me

and now david alan grier. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> david: what's up, what's up, what's up? live!" i'm your guest host, david alan grier. [ cheers and applause ]

and now, david alan grier! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> david: what's up? thank you. whoo! l right! [ cheers and applause ] thank you. welcome to the "jimmy kimmel live" show. i'm your guest host david alan grier. [ cheers and applause ] now, i don't want to bring the mood down up in this piece, but tonight is my very last show here. [ audience: aww ] grand opening, grand closing. [ laughter ] don't worry, though. jimmy said he misses you all very much and he will be back sometime in the year 2025. [ laughter ] and speaking of jimmy, we have two very special guests in the audience tonight. they're my biggest fans. this is not a joke. please say hello to jimmy's parents, jim and joan, right here. [ cheers and applause ] or as i call them, "mr. and mrs. kimmel." thank you guys for coming tonight. i see you've got some dag swag. >> that's it. >> david: $27.50, each one of them. when these guys lived in arizona, jimmy's parents came to see me do stand-up every single time i was in town. and mrs. kimmel would always be very, very encouraging. she'd say stuff like, "oh, i see you

. >> lou: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live" with guest host david alan grier. dy bellinger, music from jessie reyez. with cleto and the cletones. and now, david alan grier! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> david: what's up? thank you. whoo! all right! [ cheers and applause ] thank you. welcome to tji

dan: we appreciate y >> lou: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live" with guest host david alan griern kutcher, amandla stenberg, cody bellinger, music from jessie reyez with cleto and the cletones. and now, david alan grier! >> david: thank you. whoo! all right! [ cheers and applause ] thank you. thank you.

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. >> david alan grier. tommy davidson >> seth: very impressive >> all these amazing people.y'd get on set they would be like, "what is my motivation?" but they're not. they're the goofiest ones. lance reddick. >> seth: they must be so happy >> oh, my god. he was just like, "please, just give me more jokes." they love it >> seth: yeah, it must be so liberating compared to, you know, especially when somebody like lance reddick who's oftentimes doing really dark material it must be so fun. >> yeah, this isn't "the wire. you're good. you can let loose a little bit the funny thing is, you know, so we'll do the script as written right, our emmy-nominated writers. >> seth: of course you have to do it as written >> you have to do it as written, because they're very sensitive and by they, i mean me so we do it as scripted, but then we're like, okay, rip up the script now do whatever you want and they just kind of look at you like a deer in headlights. like, "what do you mean, whatever i want? i'm like, "just say any words. it's fine. you know the story." and they're the best at it, a