try it today! welcome to jack in the box! check. so they've launched a contest online. what do you want to go with? yeah. the chicks hatched at the school's bell tower back in april. there are four of them. there's two girls, two boys. contest organizers have narrowed down the submissions to the top four. now you can vote for your favorite. until wednesday. the winning names will be announced next week, but we need to find out what the what the four names are. well, we need to go on to their website. we need the info. we need more information on this. we'll work on that overnight. oh, jeff, you got the last word. so tuesday morning

how are we looking. we're going to start it off mostly clear 50s by the afternoon a hotter 85. look at that weekend. on saturday down to 67. it's memorial day weekend. thanks for joining us. we hope to see you back here tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- eddie redmayne. michael mcdonald and paul reiser. musical guest tems. and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 1977! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪

[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yes. oh, i feel the love. i love you right back. enjoy yourself. welcome, everybody. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show." you're here. you made it. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for watching at home. thank you. well, guys, what a great time it is to be in new york city. isn't it great right now? if you see someone on the subway wearing a satin robe, there's a 10% chance that they just graduated. [ laughter ] oh, it opens from the back as well, yeah. yeah, it's graduation season. right now, everyone with an english degree is like, well, now what? [ laughter ] tomorrow they'll be on linkedin and by next week they'll be on onlyfans. it's sad. [ laughter ] it's sad really. it's sad. hey, guys.

a lot of people are talking about this. i saw that pope francis just sat down for an interview with "60 minutes." [ cheers ] at first, viewers saw the pope and said, "whoa, who's the new young guy on '60 minutes'? oww! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] hubba hubba. he's like in his 70s, 80s?" it was the first time a pope has done an in depth one-on-one interview with u.s. network. and this is exciting. next, he's going to sit down for an episode of "hot ones." so, that's -- [ laughter ] "oh, dios mio." [ applause ] yeah, the pope had fun. at the end, they even got him to say, "stay tuned for an all new episode of 'the equalizer.'" which i thought was -- [ laughter ] that took -- he shouldn't have done that. he doesn't do a lot of these, so it was a big deal. he really got into some major issues though. watch this clip. >> when you look at the world, what gives you hope? >> translator: there's a quote that's been giving me a lot of hope lately. >> mm-hmm. >> translator: that's that me espresso. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: i don't know.

that's very interesting. some political news. over the weekend, former president trump was giving a a speech when it looked like the teleprompter stopped working. [ laughter ] let's see how he handled it. >> together they help make america into the single greatest nation in the history of the world. ♪ [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but now, we are a nation in decline. >> jimmy: oh. [ laughter ] [ sad tuba ] well, the third "frozen" movie doesn't look great. [ laughter ] well, we wanted to know what happened, so we actually got

footage of the guy operating trump's teleprompter backstage. >> steve: really? >> jimmy: yeah. take a look at this. >> together they help make america into the single greatest nation in the history of the world. [ buzzing ] >> hello. [ laughter ] yes, i guess i am interested in learning more about my car's extended warranty. [ laughter ] uh-huh. ♪ okay. that seems reasonable. no, i've never done that. does it matter if i don't have a car? uh-oh! [ laughter ] >> but now we are a nation in decline. [ cheers and applause ] [ rimshot ] >> jimmy: oh, no. it sounds reasonable. good job, brooks. meanwhile, today, michael cohen was back on the stand in trump's hush money trial, and he admitted to stealing $30,000 from the trump organization. [ audience oohs ] it's nice at the end of one trial when they tease the next trial. [ laughter ] speaking of trump's hush money trial, today, after calling 20 witnesses over the past month, the prosecution rested their case.

when he heard, trump was like, "big deal. i've been resting the whole case." [ laughter and applause ] "time to rest. time to rest." [ cheers and applause ] did you guys see this? the seafood chain red lobster just filed for bankruptcy. [ audience aws ] and here to tell us all about it, please welcome red lobster's lawyer, michael rispoli. michael -- [ cheers and applause ] >> i don't care. i don't care. the numbers need to be higher. we have to have higher numbers. higher numbers. good-bye. >> jimmy: hey, buddy. michael, tell us, why is red lobster going bankrupt? >> oh, my god. it's about the numbers, jimmy. they have to be higher. the numbers have to be higher. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> the numbers are here, but they have to be here. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: right. well, what numbers have to be here? >> what numbers have to be here? what numbers have to be higher, he asks. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i did. i did ask that. >> the numbers.

the numbers. you know, like number one, for example. >> jimmy: okay. >> number one has to be, like, at least a three. [ laughter ] number six should be, like, an eight. >> jimmy: okay. >> and number ten, that needs to be, like, 15. >> jimmy: right. okay. the numbers are low due to inflation? is that what you're saying? >> yes, yes. >> jimmy: okay. >> now you're getting it. >> jimmy: oh, good. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes. >> jimmy: okay. >> i remember -- look, look. i remember -- jimmy, i remember when a six was a six, you know? you'd walk into the corner store and you'd say, "hello, can i have a six?" and they'd give you a six, jimmy. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> now you walk in and you ask for a six, you get a one or a a two. a one or a two. >> jimmy: a one or a two? >> a one or a two. >> jimmy: now, look, now you just -- [ laughter ] it sounds pretty rough out there. >> what's you're favorite number, jimmy? >> jimmy: i don't know, probably seven. >> okay, well, i hate to break it to you. but that seven is no longer a a seven. >> jimmy: what is it? >> it's a two! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's a two? >> yes, you see, it's a two. >> jimmy: well, what is red

lobster planning to do to address the bankruptcy? >> we're going to get the numbers up. we're going to get the numbers up. >> jimmy: okay, okay. >> we're going to get the numbers from here -- >> jimmy: uh-huh. yeah, okay. >> to here. >> jimmy: okay, good. >> okay. the numbers are here. but we're going to get them up to here. >> jimmy: yeah, so, the numbers are here and you've got to get them up to here. >> uh-huh, wait. try -- try here. [ laughter ] watch me. watch me. okay. the numbers are here -- >> jimmy: the numbers are here. >> all right? we're going to get them here. >> jimmy: gonna get them here. >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah. >> no, no, no. the numbers are here -- >> jimmy: numbers are here. >> you're going to get them here. >> jimmy: here. [ laughter ] >> numbers are here. >> jimmy: here. >> gonna get them here. >> jimmy: here. >> here. >> jimmy: here. >> here. >> jimmy: here. >> both: here. here. here. here. here. here. >> yes, here we go! that's it. >> jimmy: okay, good. thank you very much. michael rispoli, everyone. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] take care, thank you very much. i appreciate it. ♪ thank you very much. thank you. >> no, i'm not talking -- no. what do you mean lower numbers? >> jimmy: good to see you. why would anyone say that? thank you.

[ cheers and applause ] what is he -- switching gears, i read that disney world said that it's going to disperse smells into the line at it's new bayou adventure ride. [ audience oohs ] while over at busch gardens, the scent is whatever vape the guy behind you is smoking. [ laughter and applause ] wintergreen. smells healthy. well, get this. soccer star cristiano ronaldo just topped the forbes list of the world's highest paid athletes. here, check out -- [ cheers ] check out what he had to say about it. he said, "i am paid to do what i love. it is a privilege." and this statue of ronaldo said, "ermagherd, er'm rerch ter." [ laughter and applause ] and then, real ronaldo said, "i will continue to do my best. thank you to my fans." then his statue said, "e'rma merk it rern! derler derler berls, y'erl!" [ laughter ] then this statue of lucille ball spoke up and said, "yer perberbly a berllionerr!" [ laughter ] then this old plaque of elvis presley said," her, mern! cern yer ber mer serm ner bler suerd shers?" [ laughter ]

and finally, this wax figure of leonardo dicaprio showed up and said, "yer kerng erv thef werld!" [ laughter ] that's nice. [ cheers and applause ] they all support each other. >> steve: wow. that's a lot of comments. >> jimmy: guys, i heard that l.a. county is investigating a a reported case of hepatitis a at a whole foods in beverly hills. [ audience oohs ] a spokesperson from whole foods says that the hepatitis is 100% organic and will cost $300. [ laughter and applause ] just so you know. it's organic. you know, and finally, before we move on, i'd like to take a a moment to thank some of our sponsors for "the tonight show." they don't always fit in commercial breaks, and we want to make sure that we mention all of them. it is time for "tonight show sponsors." ♪ tonight show sponsors tonight show sponsors ♪ >> jimmy: chiquita. name another banana company. we'll wait. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] cnn. sorry you're stuck in the airport right now.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: welcome back to "the tonight show," everybody. i'm steve higgins, and it is time to play -- >> audience: "password." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: okay. let's meet our contestants. to my left, he stars in "cabaret" on broadway, now playing at the august wilson theater. it's eddie redmayne. [ cheers and applause ] and eddie, your partner for this evening is the host of nbc's "tonight show" and grammy award-winning mu -- jimmy fallon. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

wow, grammy. your opponents co-wrote the memoir "what a fool believes," out now wherever you buy your books. it's michael mcdonald and paul reiser. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: come on, now. that's what i'm talking about. that's a dream team. that's a dream team, right there. >> steve: murderer's row. okay, the rules of the game are very simple. i will give each of you a a password. then you'll give a one word clue. one word only. to get your -- >> i'm already scared. >> steve: -- partner to guess that password. teams with the most points after four words wins. any questions? >> jimmy: well, i was just wondering -- >> steve: okay, great. [ laughter ] first clue goes to jimmy and michael. >> oh, mike. >> the password is -- >> steve: okay, jimmy, why don't you start us off? got it? >> jimmy: hmm. uh, okay. >> you look concerned, jimmy. >> jimmy: no, okay -- i'm trying to think -- all right, ready? >> yeah. [ laughter ] it's the concentrating face. >> jimmy: coffee. coffee. >> wow. >> jimmy: coffee. [ laughter ]

coffee. coffee. >> bean? >> steve: bean. ooh, no. >> come on. show them what you got, mike. >> double shot. >> espresso. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: two words, one word. >> jimmy: isn't double shot two words? >> no, it's together. >> steve: it's hyphenated? >> hyphenated. >> steve: that's an option now, it's one word. >> jimmy: paul, you can't do that on the show. [ laughter ] >> it's a hyphen. >> steve: yeah, it's a hyphen. >> i don't know where your brain went, that's a hyphen where i grew up. >> steve: all right. >> jimmy: unbelievable. double shot. >> steve: all right. eddie, goes to you. >> the password is -- >> steve: paul, you're up first. >> oh, [ bleep ]. >> steve: you got this. >> for crying out loud, i was going to say -- can you use hand gestures? >> steve: no, apparently not. >> jimmy: you know you can't. you know you can't. i love that question. >> steve: he's just trying to push it. >> can i write it down and give it to him? [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah, or just show him the clue.

>> all right, ready? mike. >> steve: one word. [ light laughter ] one word. >> haircut. >> steve: haircut? >> haircut. >> this is the important thing. yeah. [ laughter ] >> steve: clint eastwood's haircut. [ laughter ] >> haircut. [ laughter ] trump? [ laughter ] >> steve: trump, no. close. five points. five points. >> jimmy: yes, i saw that. haircut. >> steve: haircut. >> dodgy. >> steve: dodgy haircut. >> jimmy: dodgy. haircut. dodgy. [ laughter ] haircut, like it's a -- a bad haircut? >> come on, jimmy, you got this.

yeah. >> jimmy: super cuts? [ audience oohs ] >> steve: wow. >> there's no hyphen there, baby. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: all right, i'm not hating super cuts, i'm just saying, i'm trying to play the game. >> steve: man, wow. paul. >> jimmy: dodgy haircut. >> are you ready? >> steve: dodgy and haircut. >> are you ready, my friend? look at me. >> i'm ready as i'll ever be. >> '70s. >> mullet. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: nicely done. >> jimmy: oh, a mullet? >> steve: mullet. nicely done. jimmy and michael, next clue is for you. >> is billy ray cyrus one word? >> the password is -- >> steve: got it? okay, michael, why don't we start off with you? 9-0. you guys are in the lead. >> 9-0. >> steve: 9-0. >> it's a one-hour show, mike. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: welcome to the first hour of "the today show." >> avocado. >> avocado. guacamole. >> jimmy: whoa! >> steve: yes. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: wow. wow.

we're getting crushed. we're getting crushed. >> steve: you got to read that book. okay. eddie. paul. >> jimmy: that was great. great clue. >> the password is -- >> steve: okay. eddie, we're going to start with you. >> jimmy: we got this. >> dragon. [ light laughter ] >> steve: wait, what? >> oh, i shouldn't have said that. that was an awful one. dragon. >> jimmy: dragon. scales. [ laughter ] >> steve: ooh, no. >> oh, i'm so sorry. >> jimmy: no, it's good. >> ready? >> steve: ready. worth five points, it might be 20 to 0. >> mom. >> tattoo. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: wow, 25. >> jimmy: they crushed. that's never happened. their the first time ever. history is made.

>> jimmy: our thanks to my partner, eddie redmayne. michael mcdonald, paul reiser, the champions. [ cheers and applause ] we're talking to eddie after the break. we're gonna talk about this dragon tattoo. oh, dragon tattoo. the girl with the dragon -- [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ fremde etranger stranger ♪ >> now this bit you go -- ♪ gluklich zu sehen ♪ >> and then you sort of -- you tickle the balls. [ laughter ] tickle the balls. limu, someone needs to customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual. let's fly! (inaudible sounds) chief! doug. (inaudible sounds) ooooo ah. (elevator doors opening) (inaudible sounds) i thought you were right behind me. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, ♪ ♪ liberty. ♪

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please welcome eddie redmayne. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: come on. they love you, bud. welcome. welcome, welcome back to the show. i always love having you on. thanks for doing our show and coming back, especially busy with "cabaret." >> it's -- jimmy, i've got clammy hands. that was quite -- that was quite a traumatic, that game show. it's taken me back to -- [ laughter ] i'm right in the middle of three very competitive -- >> jimmy: yes, me too. >> -- brothers. and i was always useless at family games. [ laughter ] and that is like -- that was the sort of form of toxic public humiliation. [ laughter ] but we're here now. we're here now. we're here now. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. a little therapy, yeah. >> here we go. >> jimmy: you need that, you need a little thing. >> down here.

>> jimmy: yeah, we want to keep you humble, by the way. [ light laughter ] come on, mr. -- mr. big shot. you're out there winning tonys and everything, come on. winning oscars. here -- by the way, here's you winning your first tony here in 2010. this is for "red." [ cheers and applause ] and now here you are nominated, nine nominations total. best musical revival. you got a nomination personally. look at this, right here. congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] i like this, the kit kat club. congratulations. >> thank you, mate. thank you. >> jimmy: what do you think when you go back, when you see this photo of you at the tonys? do you remember going back and you're like -- it's your first nomination. >> the major thing about the tonys is, i mean, broadway do award shows better than anyone in the world. >> jimmy: oh, it's the greatest. >> and so, it's like even getting to go to the tonys is pretty extraordinary. but -- >> jimmy: i do love the tonys, 'cause they're like, you're nominated for this performance. do it. [ laughter ] you're like, "what? what? no one else has to do --" >> straight after having done a

a matinee. >> jimmy: yeah, exactly, yeah. it's amazing. >> but what's -- what's -- it was one of the first award shows i'd ever been to, and my mum was my date. [ audience aws ] and, as i said before, my family are, like, very competitive. and that sort of -- i would say that gene comes from my mother. and -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> so, i sort of had to give her a warning. i was like, "mum, you know, at these award shows, cameras come up when you're nominated. and there's a camera on you. ans when you -- if, you know, if -- so, basically, when i don't win, you can't turn around and go, you should have -- [ indiscernible ]" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, mom, be cool, because -- >> exactly! so, it's like, "mum, you've got to --" and she was like, "got it, eddie. got it, got it." and so, the moment happened and the scale of the event compared to london is massive. and the show is extraordinary. and the moment for the award that i was nominated for came up, and i was lucky enough to win. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and i couldn't take it in. i was completely elated. i turned to give my mum a hug, and she was sitting like this. [ audience aws ] [ laughter ] i was like, "mum, i won!" >> jimmy: "i'm doing what you told me to do. i'm doing what you told me to do." "i'm not reacting at all. who cares? who cares?" >> "i'm giving no emotional

reaction." >> jimmy: "who cares, boobah?" [ laughter ] >> exactly. so -- >> jimmy: it's like, "no, mum, this is a big moment. hug me!" >> i know. and i realized that, you know, that sort of fear, of your parents embarrassing -- i've been too hard on my note to my mum. [ laughter ] [ audience aws ] >> jimmy: can we set up "cabaret" and explain what this is. 'cause, this is a whole experience, by the way. >> yeah, so i -- i love "cabaret." i've loved this musical since i was a kid. it was one of the things that got me into acting. and i've seen all the productions. basically any production -- >> jimmy: joel gray, alan cumming. >> oh, alan cumming --and so i've adored them all, and -- but, this has always been a a dream. and i thought, if we're going to do it again -- it's got to be for now, and it's got to be -- theres got to be something new to it. and what we've tried to do here in new york is create an entire, sort of, experience of an evening. >> jimmy: yeah. >> so, when you -- you walk off 52nd street into the theatre, you go down this alleyway, kind of into these subterranean bars, past dancers and -- and musicians. >> jimmy: yeah, you don't even go through the front of the theatre. you go in through a side alley. >> with the idea being that you kind of leave all your troubles outside.

and by the time you arrive in the theatre proper, you have left your day and the -- the -- the buzz of new york. and you're, kind of, transported to weimar, germany. so, hopefully people leave the kit kat club feeling like they've had a whole kind of evening. >> jimmy: this is a picture of the theatre, just so everyone can get an idea. so, if you sit really close -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: if you sit close, these are cocktail tables in the theatre. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: so, you sit at the table -- you're in the -- you're at the kit kat club, and people are dancing around. >> and the joy -- i mean the amazing thing, for me, jimmy, is that the audience is the other character in the scene. so, depending on who's in the audience each night. and as you can see, it's super intimate. we're kind of in and amongst -- slithering in and amongst the audience. >> jimmy: you grab just anyone out and you go like, "hey, you would be a good person to --" >> often. and also occasionally, you get to, you know, maybe have a a little sip of their champagne or steal whatever. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> but there's also -- the hilarity of that proximity also means that you overhear things perhaps you wouldn't necessarily want to hear. [ laughter ]

so, there was a moment the other day when i was, kind of, doing -- you know, singing away and trying -- giving as -- try and give as much as i could. and i -- i overheard this lady turn to her daughter and go, "so which one's stephen hawking?" [ laughter ] and i'm in the middle of it, and i was like -- >> jimmy: "takes me right out." >> takes me right out. >> jimmy: "i'm trying to act here." i've done other things, yes. >> but that is also the joy. and people come and they have an amazing time. and i love -- american audiences are so generous. and as i was saying -- [ cheers and applause ] they really are. >> jimmy: you always -- i mean you throw yourself into a role, and you got rave reviews. congratulations on that. obviously, tony nominations. but in the west end, you did this and you got rave reviews. but you also went to like -- a a professional clown school. >> i did, yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i read about this. i was obsessed. what is -- >> so, basically, this -- i -- before i started prepping "cabaret," i wanted -- there's a certain element of

humiliation that goes into playing the emcee. you kind of have to -- you take the piss out of other people and they -- you are mocked yourself. so, i kind of wanted to get rid of all the -- i basically wanted to go and throw myself into the mix. and i apply to this school in paris where -- which is called, lecoq, and it's a famous sort of clowning physical theatre school and you send your cv. and -- but it was a course for people who were professional actors. and i arrived and the teachers were french, and these two extraordinary doyen french teachers. and all of these actors. and the first thing we had to do was stand up, put on masks, and do an improvisation. and -- i stood up, and i think i had, sort of, just started -- i had inched into doing an improvisation. and before i had said about three words, they were like, "no, no, no, no. ce n'est pas!" [ laughter ] and they, sort of, sat me down, and they told me how horrendous it was. so, it was ritual humiliation, but it was secretly kind of rewarding. [ laughter ] kind of like a --a, sort of, masochistic kind of training. >> jimmy: well, it definitely worked. i mean, you're crushing it right now. [ cheers and applause ]

but you always bring a little something to teach me. and tonight, you brought these little hats. >> i did. i did. i feel like -- i don't know whether it's emotional for you, jimmy, but for me, it is. i get to -- over the past few times, i've taught you some dances. >> jimmy: yes. >> yep. >> jimmy: you've taught me -- there was like a -- a mating -- >> a mating dance from "fantastic beasts." [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's correct. yeah, i did a mating dance. yeah. >> so, i thought -- i thought given also that you're a a great -- you know, you're a a singer and a performer, and you would be a phenomenal emcee. so, i thought i would teach you the beginning of "willkommen" if you're up for it. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> put on your hat! >> jimmy: i could never do what you do. >> so, you start by putting the hat on. >> jimmy: okay. >> slightly askew. >> jimmy: yeah. >> okay. >> jimmy: does it fit my giant head? yes. [ laughter ] [ cheers ] >> then -- then you adopt like a german accent. but it really can be, sort of, anywhere in europe because the emcee is kind of -- no one really knows where he's from. he's probably an abstraction, so, just talk a bit like this.

>> jimmy: yeah, this is good? >> this is good? this is excellent. [ laughter ] [ talking over each other ] so, we start like this. >> jimmy: that's the starting, yes? >> this is perfect. and we start with your hat off, like this, in your hand, like this. >> jimmy: just like this? >> perfect. just like this. >> jimmy: yes. >> and then you slowly let this hat go down. and you go -- willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! [ audience whoos ] go on. ♪ >> jimmy: willkommen -- no. >> willkommen! >> jimmy: willkommen -- [ indescernable ]. >> "bienvenue -- >> together: welcome! >> and then you look at the audience and you go -- fremde, etranger, stranger. [ laughter ] no come on keep going! >> jimmy: [ gibberish ] >> "fremde, etranger, stranger." now with this bit you go -- glucklich zu sehen, and then you sort of -- you tickle the balls. [ laughter ] tickle the balls. [ cheers and applause ] tickle the balls, fallon! tickle the balls! [ laughter and applause ] you're enticing people!

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guests are a a five-time grammy winner and rock & roll hall of famer and an 11-time emmy-nominated actor, comedian and best-selling author. together they've written this memoir, "what a fool believes," which is out now. please welcome michael mcdonald and paul reiser. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: standing ovation. come on. that's what i'm talking about. ♪ she came from some ♪ >> jimmy: now welcome back to "the tonight show." paul reiser, michael mcdonald. i wouldn't put you two together to write -- >> you wouldn't think. >> jimmy: -- to write a book. yeah, i wouldn't -- how did you end up writing a memoir? >> you know, people have been confused by it. a musician and a comedian writing a book. >> jimmy: yes. >> but there is precedent, you might remember.

leonard bernstein and buddy hackett did a book together. >> jimmy: of course. >> and of course luciano pavarotti and carrot top. and they together -- [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: did not know that. i got the audible book. i didn't read it. >> it has been done. >> jimmy: but i think it's genius, by the way, of you to get a world famous, one of the best comedians in the world, best-selling author, to write your memoirs. >> well i don't know about genius, but i'm a lucky man. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. how did you guys first meet? >> we -- how did we meet? it's embarrassing. no, you know what? here's what happened. mike was playing at a private event right near my house. and i walked in, i went, "there's michael mcdonald." and i was a huge fan. so, i, in a blast of moxie that i don't usually have, i said, "big fan. i live next door. i have two pianos. would you like to come and just play a little bit?" and dummy that he is, he went, "yeah, all right." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: just a nice guy, you go, "why not?" >> and there you go.

and we just -- we started playing you know beatles, motown for two hours, three hours. >> jimmy: no way. and how did you get to writing a memoir with paul? >> well, we were actually writing a song at the time. and the book got finished. the song has yet to be finished. but -- [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. have you written songs before? >> yeah. i've written, but this -- we haven't finished this one. but what -- you know, it's actually -- it was very selfish of me, 'cause i said i would always ask my questions that i didn't understand. i'd -- "how can you be in steely dan and the doobie brothers?" you can't play on the yankees and the cubs. you have to -- [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: you've got to pick a a lane. >> pick a lane. >> jimmy: you've got to pick a a lane, that's right. you are in two giant bands, steely dan and doobie brothers. i mean, how does that work? lightning strikes twice? [ cheers and applause ] >> so, that was one of my questions. explain how silly it is that you got into steely dan? >> well, the key to that is being fired by one so that the other one can hire. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it opens you up.

yeah, smart. genius. >> but, you know, like most guys, like myself, timothy schmit from the eagles, we were talking about this one time. he said, "isn't it odd," and he goes, "you know, you finally get that gig you can't believe with the band you wanted to play with all your life, and of course they break up that year." you know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. >> so that seems to be a a running theme for guys like us. but at that point in time, when steely dan decided, don and walter decided, they weren't going to tour anymore, that kind of opened the door for the rest of us to just kind of wander out there in the marketplace. you know, and jeff baxter was playing with the doobies. >> jimmy: oh yeah, of course, yeah. >> there's a story in here that just killed me. mike, we just did this for like a month or two, we were just zooming. it was like -- and we would just -- he would tell me stories. so his day job before he got to steely dan, he was playing was it in glendale, some like dive bar. >> the trojan room. >> the trojan room. gets a lucky break. gets into steely dan, goes on tour, they break up. he's back in the trojan room

playing steely dan songs. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, you sound just like the real thing. yeah, i am the real thing. that's why it sounds like that. >> i was in europe last week. >> jimmy: i will say it's so funny obviously because paul reiser's involved in this. but it's so open and it's beautifully written, the story about your dad, and just starting, and your mom. i don't want to spoil it, but there's a great line at the beginning that pays off in the end. it's so well written. it's, like, you've got to be psyched that this story is kind of out there. you go, all these great stories. i think the preface starts with you getting arrested. [ light laughter ] >> yeah. >> that's an eye opener. >> we thought we'd start at the lowest point. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, dude, it comes in like an action movie. you're like -- dude, i'm already into this book. i'm so into this. what was going on? and i think it was the second time you got arrested. >> yeah, it was. >> jimmy: yeah, congrats. [ laughter ] >> maybe more. well, you know, i do want to say, this book wouldn't exist but for this guy right here. you know. >> jimmy: oh, he's one of the best. [ cheers and applause ] it's perfectly done. it's well written. it's so well written. >> but you know what? it's like, everybody's a big fan of michael mcdonald. but if you ask him -- right?

[ cheers and applause ] but like me, i'll go, "i don't know -- i don't know anything -- how do -- how did this happen?" >> jimmy: yeah, a little mystique. >> and luckily, not only -- so all those answers -- all those questions get answered and i find out, oh, i get it now. i get how you got to where you are. but in the midst of that, there are all these personal stories that are really beautiful and funny and, you know, and very universal. so i'm -- you know, it's mike's story. when i say i wrote -- he wrote it. we just -- you know, i helped him put it into -- >> jimmy: but you talk about all the hit songs in there too and obviously you've been great guests to us on this show. we did a bit with me, you, and timberlake where we did impressions of you singing "row, row, row your boat." [ light laughter ] and it was like -- it was like -- ♪ row row row your boat gent -- ♪ and we're just doing this thing. and you're -- i go, i just love your voice and i want to hear the stories about "what a fool believes" being -- i want to hear stories about "takin' it to the streets." you know and i was just thinking, since you're here and we have the greatest band -- [ cheers and applause ] in late night. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ paul? >> sure. why shouldn't i? >> jimmy: maybe a little -- a

a little "takin' it to the streets?" >> why not? [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> so, sing along if you feel -- feel the spirit. ♪ ♪ you don't know me but i'm your brother ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i was raised here in this living hell ♪ >> with my gold-plated microphone. ♪ you don't know my kind in your world ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy fallon there. ♪ fairly soon time will tell ♪ ♪ you telling me the things you're gonna do for me ♪ ♪ i ain't blind and i don't like what i think i see ♪ ♪ takin' it to the streets

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