and we'll be right back with mindy kaling!i, there, welcome to the show. tonight, you know her from "the white lotus," natasha rothwell is with us. [ cheers and applause ] and later, a talented singer and songwriter from nashville, tennessee, her album is called "evergreen" -- soccer mommy. [ cheers and applause ] soccer mommy. tomorrow night, we'll be joined by lionel richie, and kelly ripa and mark consuelos, with music from aloe blacc. so please join us for all that. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest is a multi-talented actor, writer, and producer, and probably some other things too. her new comedy series, "running point," it premieres tomorrow on netflix. please welcome mindy kaling. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you doing? >> i -- i am so -- >> jimmy: you look very glamorous, you look very beautiful. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. i'm so excited to be here. >> jimmy: you're probably just excited to be out of the house. you have three kids now, right? >> i have three kids, yes. >> jim

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paying tribute to mindy kaling at the walk of fame ceremony.at would make michael scott proud. i loved her when she was kelly kapur, and loved her book. clearly not everyone is hanging with her. >> a well-deserved honor for mindy. >>> now to the show showing no signing of slowing down. snl announced shane gillis will kick offer march, returning for his second stint as host with musical guest tate mcrae. and lady gaga is coming to studio 8h and will pull double duty on march 8. we've seen shane host before. we've seen lady gaga do double duty before and as a musical gist a number of times. this just promises to be so fun. >> i can't wait for the new album, too. >>> up knicks, the latest on the health of the pope. and how esports are going for the gold in the next generation of the olympics. e next generati of the olympics. - anyone else? fine... jake....from state farm.... - ok.... alright! it's the personal price plan theorem. if you bundle your home and auto, that can equal an affordable price, just for you. bundling. just another way to save

mindy kaling will be with us. as will kelly ripa and mark consuelos.hite lotus," natasha rothwell, rege-jean page will join us, and lionel richie will be here with music from soccer mommy and smokey robinson. but not together. they will be separate. our first guest tonight is a galaxy-guarding raptor-wrangling, shoe-shining superstar. his new movie, "the electric state" premieres march 14th on netflix. please welcome chris pratt. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> that's my favorite part. >> jimmy: did you guys practice that? >> yeah, thanks, guys. that rehearsal we did over the weekend really paid off. thank you for that. >> jimmy: it just goes to show you that really successful people prepare. >> that's it. separation. >> jimmy: congratulations. i know you have a new child since last i saw you. [ cheering ] >> thank you. thank you, yeah. >> jimmy: how old is he? >> ford. >> jimmy: four? >> ford. he is 3 months old. >> jimmy: he doesn't get confused by that. >> not at all. he is three months now. >> jimmy: you got a boy, two girls, boy. >> that's right. jac

i'm happy to be joined now by future egot mindy kaling. mindy, um, what drew you to a new job? >> oh. well. >> well, first of. >> all, thank. >> you. >> for having me on. >> the show, jake. >> um. and i just loved it. >> you know. >> i mattei, who's. >> one of the. >> filmmakers, is. >> a really well-established visual artist. >> and she emailed. >> me and said, i made. >> this short film. would you want. >> to. >> watch it and possibly produce it? and i had no experience in short film at all. and it seemed like the material was, like kind of heavy, so i was unsure. and i saw it and it blew me away. it's such an amazing coming of age story. there's so much joy in it. and we were lucky enough to get nominated for an oscar. so it's it's great. everyone should check it out on netflix. >> what was that like to hear that a nugent was nominated for an oscar? >> i mean, i'm from the world of television, so oscars and all. the film world is still so kind of far away and glamorous to me. but honestly, the film deserve it, deserves it. the filmmakers. they shot this in five days with no

and we talked about how mindy kaling is one of the eps. >> she's a writer creator and she's amazing.writing team and amazing cast. and really, it's jeanie buss, the president of the lakers. sort of. it's loosely based on her life being the first female president of, you know, a professional basketball team. but it's not about basketball. it's about the family dynamic and this very dysfunctional family. and being the only girl and a family of boys. >> it's also about a woman in a male dominated industry. and that line about like, don't mess up on behalf of all women. >> right. yeah. yeah, we can all laugh at that because we've kind of. yeah. well it's true. >> and the and the nepo baby of it. all right. i mean, because your parents are very illustrious. you are far from a nepo baby, but did you draw on any of your personal experiences? >> i mean, a franchise business family is very different than what i grew up in, you know, for me, when you're a family of artists and storytellers, it's a very different thing. i mean, to me, it's interesting that nepo baby became a thing because nepot

mindy kaling was paid tribute by her office co-star with roasting proud.ould make michael scott >> inlliant and wildly-successful show runner, an incredible mother of three, a deep and caring daughter and friend a mentor to so many, mindy is also in her spare time, i assure you, very superficial. >> he got emotional during the end of his speech talking about how beautifully kaling handles being famous. they had a brief actual romantic relationship in the early 2000s and stayed friends, and now he's the godfather of three of her kids. >> you can tell they just love each other. >>> when we come back, a new rival in the healthy bubble. >>> and kfc's corporate employees. >>> and kfc's corpora employees. - oooo me! - anyone else? fine... jake....from state farm.... - ok.... alright! it's the personal price plan theorem. if you bundle your home and auto, that can equal an affordable price, just for you. bundling. just another way to save with the personal price plan. like a good neighbor, state farm is there. [fighting scene] —ugh! here we go again —wait there's a red hulk now? excuse me...

mindy kaling and natasha rothwell, who you know from "the white lotus," will join us, with music from please join us for that. our first guest literally threw down his top hat and cane to stop rehearsal and walk across the street to be here with us. he is host of the oscars live this sunday on abc and hulu. please say hello to conan o'brien. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> yeah! >> jimmy: how are you? >> wow! [ cheers and applause ] [ audience chanting conan ] >> let's not do that. that sounds angry. [ laughter ] there's a real hostility to that. conan, conan! you know what you did! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you for coming. >> how are you, sir? >> jimmy: i'm doing well. i appreciate you doing that. >> i appreciate you inviting me, thank you. >> jimmy: did you walk across the street? >> i was across the street at the dolby theatre preparing for the oscars. and then i said, hey, it's time to go see my good pal, jimmy kimmel. [ cheers and applause ] i crossed the street. encounter like nine spider-men. [ laughter ] with fanny packs. [ laughter ] paid them all generously. and then made my

parker posey, mindy kaling, reggae jean page, and many, many more.ix episodes. it is good and intense. it is a fun watch. we want to check in and say hi to al, joining us from new orleans with a mardi gras edition of the 3rd hour. good morning, guys? >> savannah, carson, new orleans, are we ready? you ready? >> hello from the big easy. we are having quite the fantastic time, as you can see. we round out the best parts of mardi gras. this morning we will give you a preview. we have a marching band here. >> the marching 100. >> we have a whole lot of beads. >> plus, we went on one of our famed buddy up adventures all around new orleans. we had crawfish, a peeling contest. we checked out some of the haunted history in this town. and, of course, we also got to check out one of those famous parades. >> with the beads. >> a lot of beads, yes. >> craig took his shirt off. people were giving me beads. >> we can't go to new orleans without talking about the food. after the show today, we're choosing a first of its kind food event. we're calling it the taste o