jason bateman jason bateman ♪ ♪ jason bateman eeewwwww ♪ ♪ just eewww ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ iis garage ♪ ♪ and only be able to make it every fourth episode ♪ ♪ one two three four ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ someday my grandkids will ask me ♪ ♪ how did you spend the sunday before memorial day 2021 ♪ ♪ and i'll say, i listened to three men [ bleep ] george clooney for an hour ♪ ♪ they [ bleep ] him for an hour ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ if you like poop then you're in luck they are lame and make me ♪ ♪ want to crap out of my mouth and butthole at the same time ♪ ♪ it's a giant pile of poopy if you like poop then you're in luck ♪ ♪ they are lame and make me want to crap out of my mouth and butthole ♪ ♪ at the same time it's a giant pile of poopy it's a giant pile of poopy ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> sean: we've got a good show for you tonight. simu liu is here. we have music from yola. and we'll be right back with tracee ellis ross. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> dicky: abc's "jimmy kimmel live," brought to you by allstate. otification) where we've just lowered our auto rates. ♪

i think jason bateman was the host >> seth: oh yeah, was it monkeys throwing poop at celebrities >> that's. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> and i walked by and it made eye contact with me and it was like -- and it came out of nowhere and grabbed my hand and it wouldn't let me go. >> seth: i remember it kept shaking its head shot at you 'cause he wanted -- [ laughter ] >> that's right. >> seth: he wanted to meet your agent. >> yeah. and i was like, i can't help you. yeah so maybe i -- you know -- i have great respect for animals. and i don't think anyone or any sunglasses should go near them >> seth: no. i feel no peace when i'm in a room with -- >> no. >> seth: i -- we don't have animals on this show anymore >> really? >> seth: because there was a sloth on the show. and i was looking at the sloth -- and it was wonderful. >> yes >> seth: i mean, again, it -- you know, seeing a sloth up close. it was a sloth, right? and at some point i was just looking at the sloth and i feel like we made eye contact and what i read from the sloth was him saying, i don't like it here >> yeah. >> seth: you kno

to podcasts, and one of them i love is conan o'brien's podcast, and the smartless podcast with jason bateman, comics of a certain generation, both on "saturday night live" as performers or writers, will arnett performing, and they have a lot of snl alums, and when you hear the alums tell stories, it's delightful, if you care about comedy, and consider yourself a student of that kind of television, and one thing that comes through is there are some people who are on the show who have kind of universal respect, love, people who appreciate their gifts sometimes to a greater degree than their level of public fame. norm macdonald is one of those people. he was a guy who really kind of was part of the transformation of weekend update from the chevy chase, the slapstick version of weekend update to where it is now, the seat of political commentary on the show. and norm macdonald was key to that transformation, and someone put in the pantheon of the handful of greatest cast members of snl, and that says a lot. a guy who, you know, carries out of the snl world. if you ask david letterman who some of