entertainment himself, paul shaffer right there. e world's most dangerous band. >> paul: i got everybody here. >> jimmy: sounding good! [ cheers and applause ] thank you for being here. you're helping us out all week, because the roots are gonna help out "saturday night live" for thr big 50th anniversary ou hosting -- [ cheers and applause ] you're hosting the thing on friday, are you not, at radio city? >> jimmy: yes. radio city, and it's crazy. the lineup is nuts. i don't even know if it's all been released yet. >> paul: who are some of the people you got? >> jimmy: lady gaga will be there. [ cheers and applause ] >> paul: incredible on the super bowl. >> jimmy: miley cyrus will be there. [ cheers and applause ] >> paul: oh, great. >> jimmy: arcade fire will be there. [ cheers and applause ] >> paul: oh, they are an interesting group. >> jimmy: jack white might be doing a special song. [ cheers and applause ] >> paul: and sunday, the big live special on sunday night on nbc. you'll be there on that, of course. >> jimmy: yeah, and th

join jimmy and his guests -- renee zellweger, halsey, musical guest the lumineers, and featuring paul shaffernd the world's most dangerous band. >> paul: we goin' back to our roots! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: come on, that's how you do it. that's how you do it right there. ♪ hey, come on. ♪ oh! [ cheers and applause ] welcome. thank you. thank you. enjoy yourself. welcome, everybody. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show." you're here. [ cheers and applause ] well, tomorrow, happy valentine's day. that is tomorrow. [ cheers ] happy valentine's day, everybody. this is very interesting, i saw a survey that said 56% of americans are planning to celebrate tomorrow. yep. and they'll each spend an average of $188. [ light laughter ] that's a lot of money. yeah, they release this kind of data every valentine's day. and it's pretty interesting here. let's look at some other stats. first up, when it comes to boxes of assorted chocolates, 10% are caramel. 10% are coconut. the other 80% are "tangerine mint goo." [ l

you're yassified enough, paul shaffer. ine's day is this friday. >> steve: oh. >> jimmy: yeah, which means a a lot of famous couples are exchanging cards. and i don't know how, but we -- this happened, but we actually got ahold of some of these cards. >> steve: really? >> jimmy: yeah. check -- some of the valentine's cards. >> steve: from celebrities? >> jimmy: yeah, famous people. yeah, check these out. first up, look, here's a card that j.d. vance sent his wife. [ light laughter ] it says, "you're the only woman that always --" open it up, it says "-- remembers my name." >> steve: aw. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: sweet. up next here's one that grant, the bachelor, sent to one of the contestants. it says, "melissa, there's no one else like you." open it up, it says, "other than the four other melissas i'm currently dating." [ laughter and applause ] well, that's the show. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: a lot of people on that show. >> steve: lots of melissas. >> jimmy: here's one that rfk jr. sent his wife. >> steve: oh,

bowl champions jalen hurts and saquon barkley, jaylen brown, comedian leslie liao, and featuring paul shafferhe world's most dangerous band. >> paul: hey, am i in the right studio? >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jim: fantastic. ♪ oh, my god. that's what i'm -- welcome, everybody. that's how you do it. thank you, paul. ♪ enjoy yourself, everybody. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show." you're here. thank you for watching. [ cheers and applause ] you guys, i'm very excited about this. philadelphia eagles, hampion saquon barkley and super bowl mvp quarterback, jalen hurts, are my guests tonight! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ right now, every giants fan is like, "good lord, will this nightmare ever end?" [ laughter ] as if winning the super bowl wasn't enough, sunday was also saquon's birthday. [ cheers and applause ] before the game, they gave him a cake, and then he blew out the chiefs. [ laughter ] ♪ yep, the eagles absolutely dominated on sunday. the last time somebody from philadelphia smacked someone that hard they g

>> jimmy: my thanks to renee zellweger, halsey, the lumineers. [ cheers and applause ] and paul shaffer and the world's most dangerous band. [ cheers and applause ] the best, bud. thank you, thank you. thank you for watching. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." good night, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in w york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- tom hanks, from "snl," writer harper steele, an all new "closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. and now if you don't mind we're going to get to the news. president trump spoke yesterday with ukrainian president zelenskyy. "wow, you're english is better than i expected," said zelenskyy. [ laughter ] president trump met yesterday with the ceo of american airlines. well, actually it was the ceo of air canada. trump just renamed it. [ laughter ] the senate today confirmed robert f. kennedy jr. as secretary of health and human servi

[ cheers and applause ] and paul shaffer and the world's most dangerous band! [ cheers and applause ] thank you for watching. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." goodnight, everybody. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- bill murray. star of "anora," actress mikey madison. from "snl," writer jameanderson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. and now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. when asked during an interview on friday how many times he's spoken with russian president vladimir putin since taking office, president trump said quote, "i'd better not say." even worse, a voice from his pocket said, "donald, who are you talking to?" [ light laughter ] president trump said on friday he has spoken with russian president vladimir putin on the phone to try to negotiate an end to the war in ukraine, and added that the invasion, quo

[ cheers and applause ] and paul shaffer and the world's most dangerous band. [ cheers and applause ]hank you for watching. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." goodnight, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- jon hamm, from "snl" writer, emily spivey, an all new "closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. and now if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. president trump spoke today with russian president vladimir putin on the phone. and bad news, you guys, we got to change the name of the gulf again. [ laughter ] right after you buy a new map. [ light laughter ] in a post on truth social today, president trump said that he spoke with russian president vladimir putin and discussed ukraine, the middle east, energy, artificial intelligence, the power of the dollar, moo deng, sydney sweeney, the return of the shamrock shake, and t

and paul shaffer and the world's most dangerous band! [ cheers and applause ] thank you for watching. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." goodnight, everybody. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- pamela anderson, comedian rose matafeo. an all-new "closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. we're so happy to have you all with us tonight. before we kick things off, we just want to send our love to everybody in the los angeles area and california right now who are dealing with wildfires. you know, a great many people who work at the show have friends and family who live there. a great many of you watching have friends and fily who live there, or you live there. you know, and the scenes we're seeing on television are obviously harrowing, and there are no real words that i can share other than that we are thinking about you and we are hopi

[ cheers and applause ] and paul shaffer and the world's most dangerous band. [ cheers and applause ]hank you for watching. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." good night, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- graham norton, alex wagner. an all-new "closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. and now if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. president-elect trump will be sworn in next week for his second term. "well, i'm out," said everyone doing dry january. [ laughter ] president biden on wednesday is set to deliver his farewell address from the oval office, though i think he already did that during the first debate. [ light laughter ] bye, bye. former vice president mike pence revealed on friday what he said to president-elect trump at president jimmy carter's state funeral. it was, "no, i don't know how long this is going

paul shaffer to a rare appearance.finally made a cameo. >> in the flirty. >> domingo saga. >> we know. >> she's talking. >> bout domingo. >> the studio. >> audience also filled with famous faces who got in on. >> the. >> fun with tina fey and amy poehler. >> ryan reynolds. how's it going? >> great. >> hi. what have you heard? >> no. >> by 16 time host. steve martin doing the honors. >> with. >> the opening monologue. >> it was only a few days ago that lorne told me i was doing the monologue, and i was actually vacationing on a friend's boat down in the gulf of steve martin. >> but the laughs started even before the show, with snl stars taking the black and gold carpet. >> i've been to red. >> carpets before, but never one where most of the people are talented. >> oh my. >> and of course, there were some special musical guests too. >> from miley cyrus performing a cover of sinead o'connor's nothing compares. >> to you. >> don't even think on me. >> to paul mccartney performing. >> a medley from the. beatles abbey road.

[ cheers and applause ] and paul shaffer and the world's most dangerous band. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for watching. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." good night, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- colman domingo. from "snl," writer paula pell. an all-new closer look. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. and now, if you don't mind we're going to get to the news. during his fox news interview last night before the super bowl, president trump said that he was backing the kansas city chiefs. oh, man, that sure didn't work out. [ laughter ] who else -- who else were you backing last night? drake? [ ughter ] during the same interview, trump also said that he's serious about wanting canada to become the 51st state. and you know an idea is bad when you have to keep telling people you're serious. [ laughter ] "you know what? i'm going

. >> reporter: the show brimming with celebrity cameos, from a sketch featuring ge smith and paul shaffer on the fun with tina fey and amy poehler. >> ryan reynolds, how is it going? >> great. why? what have you heard? >> reporter: 16-time host steve martin dioing the honors with te opening monodog. >> only a few days ago i was told i was doing the monologue. i was actually vacationing. >> reporter: before the start of the show, "snl" stars taking the black and gold carpets. >> most of the people are talented. ♪ >> reporter: of course, there were special musical guests, too. from miley cyrus performing a s "nothing compares to you," to paul mccartney performing a medley from the beatles' "abbey road." all adding to friday night's homecoming concert. ♪ turn back time ♪ >> reporter: where cher, the backstreet boys, and lauryn hill rocked radio city. and will ferrell and anna's marty and bobby characters covered some of the day's biggest hits. ♪ >> reporter: it was adam sandler's heartfelt musical performance on sunday that brought studio 8h to its feet. ♪ 50 years of the best times of our l

paul shaffer to. >> a. >> rare appearance. how's it going? >> great. >> why? what have you heard? >> no. >> by 16 time host steve martin doing the honors with the opening monologue. >> it was only a few days ago that lorne told me i was doing the monologue, and i was actually vacationing on a friend's boat down in the gulf of steve martin. >> but the laughs started even before the show, with snl stars taking the black and gold carpet. i've been. >> to. >> red carpets before. >> but never one where most of the people are talented. >> oh, by. >> and of course, there were. >> some special. >> musical guests too. >> from miley cyrus performing a cover of sinead o'connor's nothing compares. >> to you. >> think back. >> to paul. >> mccartney performing. >> a medley from the beatles abbey road. >> we love you all. >> adding to friday night's homecoming concert. >> turn back time. >> where cher, the backstreet boys and lauryn hill rocked. >> radio city, london. >> and will ferrell and ana gasteyer as marty and robbie. >> characters co