janelle monáe is here. what? i can hear you all screaming from your homes. i ran into janelle-- the last time i saw her, naacp image awards, and then i saw her at the oscars, and at the time she said, "i'm going to come on. i heard from y'all the on social mediave." throughout this year saying, "when is janelle going to come on? is she really coming to see us?" absolutely. now, i didn't imagine in this form. i didn't picture that we would be in a pandemic, and she'd be at her home and i'd be here and you'd be in your home under quarantine, but here we are, and i've interviewed her over the years, but this is the first time i get to do it on my own show. janelle monáe is currently starring in the amazon prime hit show "homecoming," and she joins us on skype from la. it is so good to see you. how are you holding up? - well, i'm not going to lie. i don't know what day it is of the week, what time it is, what alternate universe we're living in right now. like, i'm just trying to get used to this new reality. - yeah. we listen to your music, me and moses, the bab

musician and actor janelle monae is here. you know patton oswalt from "king of queens," "ratatouille," and "a.p. bio. he's one of the greats and has a fantastic new stand-up special so, i'm excited to talk to patton, but first, "a closer look." >> seth: hello everyone, and welcome back to another attic show without tacos and i say without tacos, because that's an anagram for attic show and personally, i think coming up with anagrams is a fun way to pass time during a pandemic. denim cap. which is a good one because maybe the only thing worse than wearing a denim cap is going through a pandemic see? aren't anagrams more fun than baking a loaf of sourdough or noon day rye, which is an anagram for andy rooney who i realize i'm starting to sound like "have you ever noticed how anagrams are just the same letters in a different order?" but look, i'm not here to talk about portland mud i'm here to talk about donald trump because the president and his political allies are, once again, trying to subvert the 2020 election, suet the 202

janelle monae. actor and comedian patton oswalt. an all new "closer look. tested this morning for coronavirus and said, quote, i tested very positively in another sense. so this morning i tested positively toward the negative, right? so, no, i