. >> jimmy: at a memorial-type event for norman lear. >> norman lear, the great norman lear. iends with norman. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: how did you initially meet him? >> i initially met norman at an awards ceremony. there was some -- tv land was doing some icon award ceremony. they were giving a lifetime achievement award to norman. and i remember he met elle, my wife. they were talking with each other and having a good time. talking about being jewish, how jewish jokes work, everything like that. at the end he invited us to the house, he was like, "i want to see you again, you should come over sometime, bring the jew." [ laughter ] which was perfect norman, you know what i mean? >> jimmy: absolutely. and thank you, by the way, for playing our differently abled santa claus. [ cheers and applause ] >> of course. >> jimmy: norman would have enjoyed that. >> norman would have really enjoyed that, yes. it was the role of a lifetime for me. >> jimmy: had you played santa before? >> that was my -- was that my first santa'ing? i'm trying to think -- i played santa once on mad tv a

last month, some of you might know we lost norman lear. at 101 years old, he passed away. we told him, no more skydiving. he just refused. my last conversation with him was two weeks before he passed, was similar to our first one. he wanted to know what we were doing to defend democracy on the ground. what were we doing in virginia? what were we doing in ohio? what were we doing in wisconsin? i think if more of us woke up every day and asked ourselves what norman asked us, what can we do where we live? what can we do to fight? we would be better off. we believe we are on the right track if we follow what representative norton and representative jamie raskin and those that congress, we are fighting to defend our democracy. if we fight in 2024, we can keep safe everything we hold dear because our democracy is not an abstract thing. our democracy is key to keeping us all safe. there is one other person i'm thrilled to introduce now. i hope -- boy, i tell you i am surrounded by a lot of folks. whatever internal megaphone he has got is impressive. we need to get him as a quarte

this is you and woody harrelson and the great -- late, great norman lear. >> yes. [ cheers and applausean see. >> well, what this is, what's happening here, this is after a little wrap party for "live in front of a studio audience," a show that you, jimmy kimmel, produced. [ applause ] we were hanging out afterwards. and it was woody, and woody pulls out one of his -- what i call outer space joints. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> and hands it to me. and i'm a seasoned veteran. so i -- i can handle myself. >> jimmy: uh-huh? >> then norman, who was late 90s, reaches for it. and i was worried. because this man was a treasure. >> jimmy: yes, sure. >> and i know that before, when i've partaken in woody's weed, i'm like the astronaut at the end of "2001." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: even you? >> even me. but norman grab that joint, took a couple of big pulls of it, and he was beautiful. >> jimmy: yeah. that's -- i mean, what could be better? first of all, you've got one of the members of the mount rushmore of smoking pot. [ laughter ] >> yes, he's our teddy roosevelt of weed, he really is. >> jimmy: you hav

a tribute to norman lear and for the first time anthony anderson hosts. >> i can check that off the bucketow, the last emmys drew in the lowest audience in the history of the telecast with 5.9 million viewers and the awards show has direct competition for viewers as the tampa bay bucs face off against the philadelphia eagles in a wild card game at the same time monday night. >> wow anthony anderson will be great thank you. >> and favorite show the best show this past year >> "succession" and "the bear," "ted lasso." i'm going with "the bear." guys, it's a perfect weekend to stay inside and watch the movies maybe youhaven't seen them because we have rain in the northeast. notice the snow still happening in the great lakes it's going to be there for a little while we get a bit of a break in some spots, but lake-effect snow machine is going to be consistent through your saturday, through your sunday. we start to see the rain though out of the picture for the northeast. you will dry out, hopefully, some of those rivers will be able to recede when it comes to the snow another maybe 6 to 10 inch

one and only archie and edith bunker from "all in the family" to pay tribute to the late great norman lear getting together to celebrate that show's 25th anniversary. that is so hard to imagine. they looked fantastic. the big smile of the night came when the audience was transported to the place where everybody knows your name. the beloved bar from cheers recreated to perfection with ted danson, kelsey grammar all back together again. 11 glorious seasons, 28 emmy wins. one of the great shows in television history. and, of course, we lost one of its stars kirstie alley earlier this year. >> it was a great idea. >> it was a well done show. what about the fashion, you ask? can't talk about an awards show without mentioning the red carpet fashion. changing gears seeming to inspire some of the choices by stars like hannah wattingham. in marchesa. >> wow. >> she looked stunning. selena gomez looked just gorgeous posing alongside her only murders in the building steve martin and martin short. my vote for best dressed ariana debose. i love this look. effortlessly chic. the long jacket. the long sk

mcbeal and i love lucy, all in the family's rob reiner and sally struthers remembered the legendary norman learmoriam tribute. as for this year's emmy winners, the final season of the hit drama succession took outstanding drama series and individual honors for kieran culkin, matthew macfadyen and sarah snook. the emmys dished out trophies to the bear, including for outstanding comedy series and for stars jeremy allen. white iowa debris and evan moss. bacharach beef beef earned best limited series or anthology series, as well as wins for steven yeun and ali wong, who became the first woman of asian descent to win for a lead role. >> quinta brunson, lead actress in a comedy, went to abbott elementarys quinta brunson, lead actress in a drama, brought the white lotus star jennifer coolidge up to the stage with another shout out to her character, tanya. >> i am not elton john, among others. >> celebrating elton john is now an egot winner thanks to his outstanding variety special. new winners. taking home that emmys gold and many exciting moments from tv's biggest night here on fox in hollywood, ashl

mcbeal and i love lucy all in the family's rob reiner and sally struthers remembered the legendary norman learhe in memoriam tribute. as for this year's emmy winners, the final season of the hit drama succession took outstanding drama series and individual honors for kieran culkin, matthew macfadyen and sarah snook. the emmys dished out trophies to the bear, including for outstanding comedy series and for stars jeremy allen white, iowa debris and ebon moss-bachrach beef, beef earned best limited series or anthology series, as well as wins for steven yeun and ali wong, who became the first woman of asian descent to win for a lead role. >> quinta brunson, lead actress in a comedy, went to abbott elementarys quinta brunson in lead actress in a drama, brought the white lotus star jennifer coolidge up to the stage with another shout out to her character, tanya. >> i am not elton john, among others. >> celebrate! elton john is now an egot winner thanks to his outstanding variety special. new winners. taking home that emmys gold and many exciting moments from tv's biggest night here on fox in hollywo