and you said -- >> actually, it's mike o'brien.'ll tell you why you're obsessed with it. it's 'cause when he was head writer, he was my boss. we didn't work together. you were my boss. >> seth: yeah. >> and you were a powerful, controlling -- >> seth: yeah? >> i mean, ask the band. [ laughter ] >> seth: and he does not want to be -- and so it would be like -- i made you look bad 'cause -- >> seth: yeah. >> it looked like you didn't know my name. >> seth: i got the name wrong the first day. but you had -- so because you're -- michael patrick o'brien is your full name. >> yeah. >> seth: and so you just decided when you moved to chicago to start going by your middle name. >> yeah, i was working at second city and the person i was working with one day was like, "i go by my middle name, you can just do that. you don't have to go to court or anything." [ laughter ] and i was like, "well, then i'm pat o'brien." and i did that for like nine years and regretted it. i regretted it like a month in. [ laughter ] >> seth: you still do short fil

tonight -- shaquille o'neal, from "transparent," actress judith light, comedian mike o'brien. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers! >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that's great to hear. president obama gave a rare national address last night from the oval office. and then today hillary clinton said it was her favorite episode of "house hunters." [ laughter ] i know what i'd do over there. okay, great." donald trump this evening said he wants to see a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. well, if he's elected, any muslims trying to enter the country will probably be trampled to death by all the people leaving the country. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] donald trump marked the anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor today with a campaign rally aboard a world war ii era aircraft carrier. not to be outdone, jeb bush is conducting his entire campaign on a sinking ship. [ laughter ] [ applause ] give

>> "snl's" mike o'brien, a web series. >> myself and mike o'brien in a closet. >> is that what happened in the >> he went for broke right there and had to apologize because he might have stepped over his boundaries a little bit. >> you're not that into that? >> you know, i think the atmosphere was wrong, you know. we were in a closet. >> the lights were on. >> that you canning about hats and then he figured that was the right time to make his move. he was wrong. >> the lights were on. usual lit game is played with the lights off. >> never heard of the game. >> really. >> classic high school game. >> yeah. >> i think -- i don't think i ever really played in. >> i never played. >> remember spin the bottle. >> got to pick who you got to go into the closet with. >> that was my first time, it was memorable. >> yeah. >> interesting. >> tell us more during the weather forecast. >> check it out. >> we'll let al go do the weather and you'll keep talking. >> you never know what you're going to find out. i like t.all righty. we've been watching this system make its way to the north up into norther

tonight -- shaquille o'neal, from "transparent," actress judith light, comedian mike o'brien.get to the news. president obama gave a rare national address last night from the oval office. and then today hillary clinton said it was her favorite episode of "house hunters." [ laughter ] "ooh, i like that.

tonight -- shaquille o'neal, from "transparent," actress judith light, comedian mike o'brien. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers! >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight?

o'brien. belichick is definitely not taking lightly. >> i think bill has done a great job coaching the team. i have a lot of respect for those guys on the defensive side of the ballroom. mike and so forth, i know they're well coached. it's going to be tough. we're going to have to do a good job all the way across the board. we have is to do a better job of really, you know, everything, from what we did last week. and you know, everybody doing a better job. >> bell lichick hardly feeling the holiday spirit after sunday's mistake loss. but the mood in fox bore error a lot more festive today. 7's tray stadium live where they are decking the halls, tray. >> yeah, joe, hard to get into the christmas spirit coming to you live. we've got devin mick cord tee like this. goodet a shot of this, we've got some fresh diamond ergearrings here. maybe replaced with an ornament. doesn't it look better for the holidays. >> we even got a gift under our tree. we came ready today. we've got gifts a and great tree. tell them about the work we did. >> oh, my god. it's like so awesome. >> he really looks better on our christmas tree. >> great kids helping us out. >> i'm from -- time. >> all havin