joseph gordon-levitt and stephen merchant, ladies and gentlemen. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] oh, my godverybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. on a sunday. isn't this fun? fight fear of missing out on football. download nfl mobile. live nfl games every thursday, sunday and monday night. exclusively from verizon. perfectly bite-sized drops of rich and creamy chocolate happiness. when the chocolate is hershey's, life is delicious. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guests are great friends of the show. oh, man, they're fantastic. they're here tonight to debut the song, "another is waiting." i'm so psyched to hear this record. their upcoming album, "magpie and the dandelion," which will be in stores on october 15th. please welcome the avett brothers! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ it's a fake it's a hoax it's a nowhere road where no one goes ♪ ♪ anywhere anyhow well you're following your heart rate down ♪ ♪ she's a rose she's a queen but she's staring at a magazine ♪ ♪ in the d

please welcome joseph gordon-levitt. ( cheers and applause ) nice to see you. what a pleasure to have you on. >> it's a pleasure to be on this show. i'm a big fan of the show. i think you do a service to put this out in the world. so thank you. >> stephen: thank you very much. wow. ( cheers and applause ). >> i love your show. >> stephen: you are-- you're one of the heroes. >> thanks, man. >> stephen: joseph gordon-levitt, you're an actor, director, writer, producer. your credits include, "angels in the outfield" "10 things i hate about ow," "third rock from the sun" "500 days of summer." the of "the dark knight rises." your new film is called "don jon." >> correct. >> stephen? "don jon" you play a guy who has trouble related to women? >> hes does does. he has trouble relating to everything. he doesn't connect with anybody. his whole life is sort of a one-we street, and you see it especially with his love life and sex life because he's constantly comparing women to the images he sees on tv and movies and especially in pornography. >> stephen: especially in porn

my man joseph gordon-levitt, who i love, talented guy. >> yes, he is. >> jimmy: great actor. but, he wrote and directed it. >> he did. he's like embarrassingly talented. he makes me feel bad about myself. >> jimmy: he works to hard. you're so supertalented by the way. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i say this every time you come on. let me just remind you. broadway, you won a tony. you put a record out that was amazing where you sang. you act in giant movies like "the avengers," you act in indie movies. you do everything. we love you. you're on the cover of magazines. [ cheers and applause ] you should feel really good about yourself. >> it's going great.

i want to show a clip to everyone of you and joseph gordon-levitt on your first date, that's what this is. you're first date. >> sizing each other up. >> jimmy: feeling each other out here. "don jon." here we go. >> how did you get my facebook? >> get right to it. >> yeah. >> i just looked up your name. >> i didn't say my name? >> well, obviously you did because i looked it up. >> i definitely did not tell you my name. >> yeah, you did. >> i think i would remember that. >> well, no offense, but you were pretty wasted the other night. so was i. >> can i get you something to drink? >> yeah, diet coke please. >> coke. >> coke and a diet coke. i'll be right back to take your order. >> all right. i had a few drinks the other night so i may not remember telling you my first name but i definitely did not tell you my last name. >> i'm telling you. >> don't lie to me.

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my man joseph gordon-levitt, who i love, talented guy. >> yes, he is. >> jimmy: great actor.e makes me feel bad about myself. >> jimmy: he works to hard. you're so supertalented by the way. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i say this every time you come on. let me just remind you. broadway, you won a tony. you put a record out that was amazing where you sang. you act in giant movies like "the avengers," you act in indie movies. you do everything. we love you. you're on the cover of magazines. [ cheers and applause ] you should feel really good about yourself. >> it's going great. >> jimmy: it's a confidence booster. it's a confidence booster. >> i feel really good about myself. >> jimmy: well, how did he find you and why did he want you to be in this role? >> i have no idea. no, i got really lucky. i was shooting "avengers" in albuquerque. i got this call that he was writing and directing this project he was going to be starring in. and he wanted to come down and talk to me about it. and i was like just happy to get a visitor in albuquerque. come on down! and here like this beacon of

tonight, jay welcomes -- joseph gordon-levitt, comedian jay mohr, the music of mika featuring ariana grande and jim norton visit's the dodgers. and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you, gentlemen. thank you! welcome! [ cheers and applause ] welcome! thank you. thank you. thank you very much! welcome non-essential employees! [ cheers and applause ] yes! thank you very much. thank you very much. how many are here because all the museums and state parks are closed? that's the only reason you're here. [ laughter ] yeah. well, we got the government shut down, but the beginning of obamacare. so obamacare has started. you know what that means? you can now complain to your doctor about the government making you sick. you see that? how many -- how many -- [ laughter and applause ] how many are worried about the government shutdown? [ light laughter ] how many more are worried about it starting back up? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, that's the problem. let me tell you something. let me tell you something. i am glad the government has shut down. thi

tonight, jay welcomes -- joseph gordon-levitt, comedian jay mohr, the music of mika featuring ariana dodgers. and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you, gentlemen. thank you! welcome! [ cheers and applause ] welcome! thank you. thank you. thank you very much! welcome non-essential employees! [ cheers and applause ] yes!

and i'm liz, we're here today to discuss the newest film from jo-go-lev - joseph gordon-levitt: "don." we've all just seen it. aaron, you wanna start us off? i will. this film was great. i was really looking forward to it all year, as soon as i heard that he was writing, directing, and starring in his first film, and i think that it delivered. it's sharp, it's witty, it's real. it kinda reminds me of films that he's acted in, previously, like "500 days of summer" or "50/50." it knows how to balance tone really well. - when you have a writer/director/actor, usually they write themselves into the role, and there's not that much of a character. - yea, but it's a completely different person! - it's a completely new character! - it's great. - don jon is very unique. he has this very unflinching philosophy on life. he only cares about a couple of things - his friends, his car, the women that he dates, and his pornography. - that's straight from the script! - i know, it's exactly - well, maybe not in that order. - right [ laughs ] - at first you might see him as being on the surface, but as

i'd like to thank my guests, joseph gordon-levitt, come here guys!jimmy fallon coming up right now! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6a in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: ah-ha! ah-ha! hot crowd. hot crowd right there. thank you very much. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. thank you for being here. thank you for watching. we're going to have fun tonight. it's going to be a good show. it's a party. it's a party on your tv. welcome. well, here's what people are talking about, you guys. the government has shut down. [ scattered cheers ] yeah, that's fun, right? yeah. the government just shut down. after congress failed to reach an agreement on the new spending bill, the federal government has officially shut down so roads won't get fixed, public employees won't be able to help you, and getting a federal loan for a house will be very

tomorrow night, joseph gordon levitt will be here. but "jimmy fallon" happening right now! jimmy!s and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6a in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much. oh, man. that's what i'm talking about. i feel the love. i love that, that's awesome! oh, that's a hot crowd right there. [ cheers and applause ] a good looking crowd. new york city crowd. welcome, everybody! please, welcome, have a seat. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." oh, my goodness. that's the way to do it right there. oh, man. you made me feel so good. that's great. thanks so much for doing that, you guys. thanks for watching at home. i appreciate you tuning in to see the show here. people are take being about. the big series of "breaking bad," the series finale of "breaking bad." that was last night. more than 10 million people tuned in for that show. [ cheers and applause ] that was