the film is based on the courtship between kumail nanjiani and emily.st time after a stand up routine. >> my name is kumail nanjiani. >> yeah, we know. we saw you at the club. >> now that the niceties are out of the way, i have to tell you when you dwreled at me, it threw me off. you shouldn't heckle comedians. it's so rude. >> i didn't heckle you. it was woo hooed. >> that's a common misconception. yelling anything at the comedian is considered heckling. be in i yelled out "you're amazing in bed." that would be a heckle? >> yeah. it would be accurate, however. >> that's pretty good. >> that's pretty good. >> actor and comedian kumail nanjiani is here with us at the desk. welcome! >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> listen, you got the idea. you had the idea of making your relationship into a film. but it started to take root when you met judd appatow. we hung out at a festival and he was like i like you. do you have any movie ideas? i prepared all the ideas like, you know, a ghost witch. she was a witch and comes back as a ghost. he was like you

it is stirring and written by kumail nanjiani.is inspired by a real—life story of him being unable to commit to his girlfriend until a mystery illness landed her in a medically—induced coma. it doesn't sound like perfect subject matter for comedy. it is really funny and deals with subjects like commitment and racism and racial prejudice and arranged marriages. to do it all through these characters as well, who you get to like in love, i mean, it is genuinely laugh out loud funny. it is a movie where the comedy is born from the fact you recognise the characters and they are not living in a completely unbelievable environment. you believe in the situation they are in. i laughed all the way through but was also moved by the melancholic edge to it. it is all given another layer by the fact there is a certain amount of poetic licence to say it is based on a true story. he is telling his own story and doing it really well that is an interesting week. a really interesting week. and going now with your review ofjustice league. i have a do

it is stirring and written by kumail nanjiani.by a real—life story of him being unable to commit to his girlfriend until a mystery illness landed her in a medically—induced coma. it doesn't sell my perfect subject matter is a comedy. it is really funny and deals with subjects like commitment and racism and racial prejudice and arranged marriages. to do it all through these characters as well, who you get to like in love, i mean, it is genuinely laugh out loud funny. it is a movie where the comedy is born from the fact you recognise the characters and you are not living in a completely unbelievable environment. you believe in the situation they are in. i laughed all the way through but was also moved by the melancholic edge to it. it is all given another layer by the fact there is a certain amount of political licence to say it is based on a true story. —— poetic. he is telling his own story and doing it really well that is an interesting week. a really interesting week. and going now with your review ofjustice league. see you next

actor/comedian kumail nanjiani joins us at the table. welcome. >> thank you. when you met judd apatow. >> yeah. >> what was his idea. >> >> we hung out at a festival and he liked me and sa, you ewe have any ideas? i had an idea about a ghost witch. she dies and we don't have to get into that. he said, okay, do you have any other ideas. i said when my girlfriend and i were first dating she was in a coma for eight days and i hung out with her parents. he said, that's it. we've got to do that. he likes to take emotional stuff and make it funny. >> you wouldn't think that was funny. why was she in a coma? >> she was just very tired. >> it's what you did to her. >> enough of you. you put me in a coma. like a little trip to europe for eight days. it took them a long time to diagnose her. she had an illness, a mystery illness. they couldn't figure out what it was. her body was shutting down. so they put her in a coma to take stress off her body and put her on a respirator. >> >> it's called adult-on set stills disease. it was actually on an episode of "house." that w

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john boyega. [ cheers and applause ] kumail nanjiani and queen latifah will be joining us. >> steve:lause ] >> jimmy: plus we have performances from miguel and sam smith. [ cheers and applause ] big week. but first, we have a fantastic show tonight. i love this guy. i wish he could come on every single night. he's the funniest dude ever. he's so talented. martin short is here tonight. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's unbelievable. >> steve: yes. >> jimmy: plus from the cw's "jane the virgin" and the new animated film, "ferdinand", gina rodriguez is stopping by tonight. >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: "ferdinand", the movie. and we have great music from spoon, you guys! [ cheers and applause ] yeah! >> steve: it's hot. >> jimmy: "hot thoughts." spoon. guys, thanksgiving is over. i hope you had a great thanksgiving. christmas will be here before you know it. and if you're really looking for a cool gift idea, check this out. this is the -- this is the amazon echo show. all right? yeah, check this thing out. right? it's just like the amazon echo

it is stirring and written by kumail nanjiani.ally—induced coma. it doesn't sell my perfect subject matter is a comedy. it is really funny and deals with subjects like commitment and racism and racial prejudice and arranged marriages. to do it all through these characters as well, who you get to like and love, i mean, it is genuinely laugh—out—loud funny. it is a movie where the comedy is born from the fact you recognise the characters and you are not living in a completely unbelievable environment. you believe in the situation they are in. i laughed all the way through but was also moved by the melancholic edge to it. it is all given another layer by the fact there is a certain amount of poetic licence to say it is based on a true story. he is telling his own story and doing it really well that is an interesting week. a really interesting week. and going now with your review ofjustice league. i have a domestic battle on my hands now withjustice league, though. see you next week. apart from that, a reminder that you will find more