Jimmy addresses the latest news, like Trump saying "one really violent day" of policing would end crime, before speaking with Kate McKinnon, Kit Connor, Rachel Zegler and Jelly Roll.
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Trump Suggests The Purge to End Crime | Kate McKinnon, Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, Jelly Roll | Monday, September 30
[MUSIC PLAYING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] From Studio 6B in Rock 'Em Other, Center in the Heart of New York City, it's a tenet-go starring Jimmy Fallon. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] When I joined Jim and his guest, Kate McKinnon. Kate Connor, Rachel Zagler, Gelly Roll, featuring Pete on the Prairie Roof. From 2020 now-- [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] --and now, here he is. Jimmy Fallon! [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Come on, that's a hot track. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to "The Tonight Show." Thank you for watching, thank you for being here. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Well, guys, tomorrow is the first day of October. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Yeah, it's the time of year when you tell yourself that a $500 12-foot skeleton from Home Depot is a necessary purchase. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Here's a fun game to play during the Halloween season. If you see someone buying a ton of eye makeup, try to guess if their costume is Beetlejuice or JD Vance. It's a fun game, you should play it. It's good. You never know, it could be. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Speaking of Vance tomorrow here in New York City is the first and only VP debate between him and Tim Walls. Can you feel the lack of excitement? Ah, yes! Right now, both guys are doing last minute prep. Walls is working on his comebacks while Vance is thinking of a random group of people and a random pet that they're eating. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Do we really need Swedish immigrants eating our guinea pigs? Do we need that? Actually, today, Trump asked Vance if he needed any debate advice, and Vance was like, absolutely, do you have Kamala's number? [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] OK. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] But Vance is feeling good and said he doesn't have to prepare too much for the debate. All he has to do is super quickly learn what human interaction is. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Actually, Vance is very prepared. He's already written a note on his hand that just says, don't be weird. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Hey, get this on Saturday, former President Trump attended the Alabama Georgia football game. And his dinner order at the stadium was two McDonald's fileo fish sandwiches and Domino's pizza. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Two McDonald's fish filet and Domino's pizza yet. After hearing his order, voters were like, this VP debate may be more important than we think. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] You know, when he ordered McDonald's and Domino's, some staffer had to pretend like the stadium had those. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] I can't get McDonald's. I'll have the filet mignon from Peter Luger and some butter beer from Hogwarts. Everyone loves Hogwarts. Right away, Mr. President. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Get McDonald's at a stadium. It was a very exciting night while everyone was watching the game Trump was cheering on the Domino's pizza tracker. Only 10 yards. Go, go, go. Pizza tab. Meanwhile, yesterday, Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania where he said that one really violent day of policing would end crime. Good news. He stopped talking about how to have a lecture. Bad news. He suggested we do the purge instead. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Yeah, Trump wants the purge while his staff wishes he would reenact a quiet place. [LAUGHTER] Some more political news today for the first time since becoming the Democratic nominee. Kamala Harris said that she wants to legalize marijuana. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Not to be outdone, Trump wants to make all drugs legal for one hour. [LAUGHTER] It'll be called the puffs. [LAUGHTER] Trump hasn't yet said if he supports legalizing marijuana, but his diet certainly has. Yeah, I heard that today Verizon got hit with a nationwide outage that caused thousands of phones to get stuck in SOS mode. Sprint was like, if it makes you feel any better, our entire company is in SOS mode. [LAUGHTER] You guys hear about this? Apparently, on TikTok, Gen Z is pimping up instant noodles with gourmet upgrades and is causing a boost in ramen noodle sales. Here to explain the phenomenon is a Gen Z food influencer known as the Nom Nom Beast. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] Yo, Jimmy, let's get our Nom Nom on. OK, hi, the Nom Nom Beast. What exactly is it that you're doing to upgrade ramen? We're out here adding vegetables. We're adding meats. We're even adding spices, my dude. [LAUGHTER] OK, no offense, but isn't that just how ramen is supposed to be eaten, like in Japan? No way, Jimmy. This is a totally new Gen Z invention. And the party don't stop there either. Wait till I introduce you to pasta maxin. Ooh, pasta maxin, what's that? That's when you take plain spaghetti, then you add tomato sauce, and uh oh, meatballs. [LAUGHTER] Yeah, that's spaghetti and meatballs, that exists. OK, boomer, then I bet you're going to pretend not to be impressed when I tell you about the ultimate Gen Z food innovation, which I call the bloated and goaded. OK, what's the bloated and goaded? That's when you take a piece of bread, then a second piece of bread, and you probably think I'm done, don't you, old man? No. Well, I'm not. Because then you take a couple slices of turkey, and you put it in between the bread-skimity. That's a sandwich. I think this was a waste of time. Follow at the Nom Nom beast. Tomorrow, I'm going to add bubbles to water. What? [LAUGHTER] Let me get it out of here. The Nom Nom beast. Fantastic. Thanks, dude. Wow. Well, guys, get this. Uber Eats just announced that they are now delivering costumes, makeup, and decorations from Spirit Halloween. Sounds like for this Halloween, Uber Eats is dressing up as Amazon. [LAUGHTER] As I mentioned, you guys, today is the last day of September, so I thought it'd be nice to give a little recap of the entire month. [CHEERING] [MUSIC PLAYING] Hey, September, say goodbye 30 days, what a ride. We all focused on one thing, and that was-- This little hippo named Moo Dang. The candidates had a debate for one of them. Well, it was great. Sophisticated dialogue, just kidding. They're eating the dogs. Agatha on Disney Plus, only murders is a must. But the thing with the most view was, well, it's-- Welcome back to "Talk Toa." Beetlejuice in the U.N., pumpkin spice in the penguin. Plus, things we'll never see again like. Sabrina Carpet are making out with an alien. New York mayor, he got charged to fly in first class, living large. Record has a couple spotches, almost as shady as. My new Trump watches. Brand new Golden Bassaret, who is who they all forget. Who will make it to the end? Well, I guess it will. Defend. By September, you were fun, but it's time to change the month. Hey, October, time to scream and party hard on Halloween. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you, thanks. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you very much. And finally, before we move on, I'd like to take a moment to thank some of our sponsors for "Tonight Show." They don't always fit in commercial breaks. We want to make sure that we mention all of them. It's time for "Tonight Show Sponsors." Here we go. ♪ "Tonight Show Sponsors," "Tonight Show Sponsors." ♪ WebMD, headache, you have six days to live. LAUGHTER Red roof in, think you know how to turn on a shower? Think again. LAUGHTER Footlocker, when we check in the back, we're just standing there. LAUGHTER Hunt's ketchup, the ketchup version of "We Don't Have Coke" is Pepsi okay? LAUGHTER Lunchables, a fun way to tell your kids, "I was too hungover to make you a sandwich." LAUGHTER Scope mouthwash, for when you have a hot date, but not brush your teeth hot. LAUGHTER PayPal, Boomer Venmo. LAUGHTER And finally, Denny's, for people who like Waffle House but don't want to get a hit with a chair. That's all we have for "Tonight Show Sponsors." We have a great show. Give it up for the Roots, everybody. [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ What a show we have for you tonight. She is an Emmy-award-winning comedian and Saturday Night Live, a alum who's written her first novel called "The Millicent Quib School of Etiquette" for young ladies of Mad Science, which is out tomorrow. Kate McKinnon is here. It's perfect. It's awesome. It's so fun. It's very -- Come on. Kate McKinnon. Plus, they are making their Broadway debuts in the new production of "Romeo" in "Juliet," which is now playing at the circle in "The Square Theater." Kit Connor and Rachel Ziegler are joining us tonight. [ Cheers and applause ] But that's not all. -What? -Yes, there's more. Here's a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling artist whose new album, "Beautifully Broken," is out October 11th. Jelly Roll is here! [ Cheers and applause ] Jelly Roll! How fun is that? And maybe another special guest. I don't know. I don't know anymore. Who knows what's gonna happen. This is tonight's show. Anything could happen. You know what I've been obsessed with? The "New York Times" game, "Connections." Ooh. You ever play that game? You could play that? It's so fun, but the day got away from me, and I haven't done today's puzzle. I was thinking, "We could all just do it together." Is that okay? It's time for "Tonight Show Connection." Here we go. ♪♪♪ All right, so the way it works is there's 16 random words or phrases in our goals to find four groups or four words that share a common theme. Once we think we have one, I'll click "Submit" and see if we're right. Higgins, you see anything here? I think I do. I think Camaro, Corsica, Captiva, and El Camino. Oh, what are the -- They're all, like, Chevy car models. Oh, interesting. All right, let's see. [ Bell dings ] What the Republicans are purposely mispronouncing, "Kamala." [ Laughter and applause ] Ways and -- [ Laughter and applause ] -It's so hard. -So counts as a match, yeah. No, yeah, of course. You got one, Quest? Yeah, I think so. Let's see. Purple haze, brown sugar, blue skies, and mellow yellow. [ Cheers and applause ] What do you think that is? Those are songs with colors in the title. -Oh, I see that. All right. Let's try that. [ Bell dings ] What Trader Joe's employees smoked before their shift? [ Laughter and applause ] Still, we got the win, but that wasn't what I was expecting. Yeah, we sold, yeah. "Treat want to play"? -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's go. [ Laughter ] Okay. Dolphins, Eagles, Rams, and Lions. -Yeah, of course. All right. That's all -- And football teams, right? -Yeah, they're all NFL teams. -Yeah, that's great. Let's try it and see if it works. [ Bell dings ] "Animal Salm Trump" is accused of migrants across the community. [ Laughter and applause ] That's interesting. Again, we're three for three. All right, so that just leaves ambrosia, golden delicious, pink lady, granny Smith. I obviously say they're all apples or types of apples, right? Let's submit. These are names for your grandma's only fans account. Oh, that's great. [ Cheers and applause ] That's all we have for "Tonight Show Connections." We'll be right back with Kate McKinnon, everybody. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Our first guest is one of my favorites. She's an Emmy Award-winning comedian and actor who, you know, from Saturday Night Live. She's written her first novel called the most-enquibbed school of etiquette for young ladies of mad science, which is out tomorrow. Everyone, please welcome Kate McKinnon! ♪♪ Oh, it's so good to see you. Shoo-choo. Thanks, and hey. Yeah. I'm happy to see y'all. Hey, guys. Hey, y'all, we're in "Love You." Yeah. Hi. We're gonna go one at a time. We love her. You love her? [ Cheers and applause ] We, too. Congrats on this book. I think it's so perfect. Oh, thanks, man! It reminds me of your sense of humor. I'm like, "I want to get into the whole deal." Now, is this true -- I heard you live in the woods now. I do. You live in the middle, though. I had to go. I had to go. You had to leave reality. They were beckoning me. And I had to go. Yes. Is it like a cartoon fantasy? What is it? Is it a cartoon in that -- There are so many animals. Oh, my gosh, these animals. I've been plagued by animals. Oh, talk to me. I love animals. What animals are you seeing? Snakes, turtles, lobsters. That's the whole thing. Wow. I had geese earlier in this year, in the spring, first time with geese. And they were -- That's beautiful. It was beautiful. I thought it was beautiful. Yeah. I agree. These two geese, they came every day and just sat there politely like they were on their honeymoon, just like lovers. And then one magical day, the lady lifted her wing and the fuzziest little gray things came out. And I was like, "Oh, my God, life is beautiful." And thank God that I get to be here to win. Yeah, I like that. And I hope they don't go away. And then they didn't go away. And they kept coming back. And then another family came. And they had, like, five Goslings. And then another family came. And they had, like, seven teen Goslings. That's a lot of geese. The teens are not as cute as the babies, I will say. They're not, no. They're not. They have full adult legs with full adult feet and, like, weird long necks, but, like, little bodies still. And I -- There were so many birds in the heart. I began to feel put out. I was like -- I was like, "Am I -- I'm running a resort for g -- This is a club med for geese." And it was really, like, a resort. Like, the teens would be, like, vaping over there in the corner and, like, the dads have their gin and the moms, who are, like, "Branley, Brayden, poop here. Poop here. Poop here." -Branley! -Branley! -Branley, poop here. -Poop there. Poop -- There's an -- I don't see poop there. Poop there. -All over your backyard. Congratulations. That's unbelievable. -Thank you. Couldn't walk. Couldn't step outside. -Yeah. Yeah. -I just love this. I got this yesterday in a van solo copy, and I just thought it's perfect. -Thank you so much. -The Millicent quib that is a very -- -Yeah, yeah. Well, so it's about these three, like, dorky girls in their town, not based on me at all. -No. Of course not. Why would anyone think of it? -Yeah. And they get kicked out of etiquette school and they get a mysterious invitation to another etiquette school run by the infamous mad scientist Millicent Quib, who pickles brains and has really crazy hair and takes them on an adventure and they save the town. And, you know, not a spoiler. And I just -- I loved science when I was in Middlesex. I was like such -- I was such a doebus, you guys. -You really were. -But you didn't even know. -But you were working on this pre-SNL. -Yes, I started when I was, like, 26, and I got hired when I was 28. So I was really doing this, like, the whole -- I worked on this for 12 years. -Buddy, come on. That's how we're talking about it. -Thank you. Thank you. -And it's here. It's real. -People can buy this as it right now. It's a real thing. -I can't believe it. -You're in the Library of Congress. -I can't believe that. -Yeah. It's so fun. It's very unique in here. There are maps. There's also an appendix. -Yeah, yeah. The illustrator, Alfredo, is such an incredible artist. And I just -- I loved -- I still love manuals and diagrams. I'm obsessed with, like, botanical prints from the 1800s. So I wanted to be full of, like, really fun art and diagrams and stuff. -Yeah, but they're based on your original drawings, like, here is -- -Oh, yeah. Like, well, it's the three girls -- Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee Dee. They're like -- they're so -- Like, how great is that art? I mean, come on. -No, that's so cool. -And that's -- I know. I love them. And so the original illustration I did, like, five years ago or something, and that's -- -I was impressed by your drawing. Look, these are your drawings. You're an amazing artist? -No. But what, like, just doodling, you know? I like to -- I do also -- I like to do it all. -What kind of -- would you read this book in middle school? What is this for? This is for -- -Okay, so it's Middle Grade, which is a genre of literature. My favorite genre of literature is for ages 8 to 14, roughly. And I would tell people I'm writing a middle grade novel, and they would be like, "Don't sell yourself short." But it's -- that's the name of the genre. -The middle school, yeah. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -So it's for middle school, which is my favorite genre because it's like -- It's the age when kids are starting to really think about who they are and how to live a good life and what they're going to do in the world and magic. And it's just so fun. I love it. -Congrats in this book. I want to talk more about Kate's book. It's officially out tomorrow. This is -- Right now, we can order it. More of the Kate McKinnon after the break. Come on back! [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah, I'm just like, yeah, I'm looking back. [ Cheers and applause ] And there's Kate McKinnon. That was an exclusive look at Kate's new commercial for "Philip Son of Care," which I do love, by the way. Susan, toothbrush is your name? -Well, look. I mean, I got the opportunity to partner with "Philip Son of Care." -Yeah. -And they were like, "We want you to pop into people's bathrooms." And I was like, "Well, I don't pop into people's bathrooms. But, you know, who does Susan toothbrush?" [ Laughter and applause ] -That's exactly right. It's so fun. -So, Susan toothbrush. -Yeah. Do you like doing commercials in spots? And I love -- -I love doing -- I love doing it all. -I love it, too, but -- -I love it all. -You've done commercials, you've done movies, you've been on TV for other people who recognize you in "Upstate" when you're in the woods. -Sometimes. I did -- I got -- I got recognized the other day because I was -- So, there's -- I love old houses. -Yeah. -So, I'm always going to scope out if I see a listing for an old house. I, like, I go and I see if there's anyone in the driveway and if there's not, I, like, go look in the window, which you're not supposed to do. Anyway, so I saw this listing for this old house that I wanted to look at, so I, like, drove up the driveway thinking it would be empty, there would be no one there. And there were these -- A lot of people sitting and having a glass of wine in their yard. And I was like, "Oh, sorry. I'm going to go." And they were like, "This is private property. What are you doing here?" And I was like, "I am going. I'm going." And I'm trying to turn around, but there were dogs. And the dogs were on the car, jumping on the car, barking in the thing. And I was like, "Can you just help me with the dogs? 'Cause I'm just -- Oh, I'm trying to turn around. I was just trying to turn around." And they were like, "I know who you are." -Uh-uh. -"I know who you are." "You're Kristen Wiig." [ Laughter ] And I was like, "I am -- I cannot tell you how much I am liter -- I am not Kristen Wiig." And they were like, "Yeah. You're Kristen Wiig." And I was like, "Well, can you help Kristen Wiig get out of your driveway with these dogs, please?" -Thank you so much for coming by. Kate McKinnon, look at this. You're an author. This is so cool. [ Cheers and applause ] The Muslim crib school of etiquette for young ladies of mad science is out tomorrow. We'll be right back with more "Tonight Show," everybody. [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪♪ -♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Our next guests are very talented actors who are making their Broadway debut in the new production of "Romeo" and "Juliette," which is now playing at the Circle in the Square Theater. Please welcome, Kate Conner and Rachel Zeglou! [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪♪♪ Welcome back to the show. -Thank you. -And welcome to the show. This is your talk show debut. -It is, yeah. -We're honored to help you. [ Cheers and applause ] -There we have. -Rachel, last time you were here, we talked about how you were named Rachel after Rachel from Friends. -Yeah. -Did you remember this? -I do remember. -Yeah, and then I just watched the People's Choice Awards, and who do I see a picture of? -Oh, my God. -You and Rachel. What?! Jennifer Aniston! [ Cheers and applause ] What were you like? -It's the freakiest thing ever. -Did you tell her -- -You just want to go like this with her, right? -Yeah, no, she's the same person. -Yeah, she's exactly -- -Yeah, you're real. -Yeah, she's a real person, which is crazy. -Yeah, she's the coolest. -She told me that she knew. So, she must have watched the show, obviously. -Okay, yes. -Big Jimmy Fallon fan. -Yes, she is. -Thank you, Jennifer. -As we all are. And she said that it made her feel really old, but it's near the outdoor. -Oh, my God. -But she was so cool and so kind. -And fun. That's amazing. -Yeah. -And she was a party. We were like -- We were grooving us some Lenny Kravitz that night, 'cause he performed. -Oh, yeah. -You need a good table partner? -Absolutely. -Yeah, you'd be fun to hang out. -This is Kekeying with Jennifer Aniston. -Yeah, you have to. -A kid, a lot going on with you, too. Obviously, you're starring in the Broadway show, but also the third season of your Netflix show, "Heartstopper," premieres this Thursday. Congrats on that. I think fans go crazy for it. What can they expect for this season? -Well, this season's like quite a big departure from the first two seasons. We're a little bit sexier. It's a little bit more grown-up. You know, we start to explore our bodies a little bit more, which is quite funny. So, that's always good. -That's always good, yeah. -Yeah. Your co-star, Joe Laka, also made his Broadway debut this year in "Sweetie Tards." He, uh, fantastic. Did he give you any advice? -He gave me a massive list of restaurants in New York. All he loves to do is just go and eat and... -Where'd you go? Any places that we... Lucali's was the big one that I've been to. -Oh, it's delicious. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -It was, like, one of the best meals I've ever had. -That's fantastic. -So, I did send him a big message and said, "You know, thank you." I mean, performance-wise, he gave me nothing. -Absolutely nothing, yeah. -Yeah. -But now, let's talk about this, because now you're doing it. Romeo and Juliet, I mean, this is a big deal. I mean, this has been done on Broadway over 30 times. -I'm so excited. -This show has a different take on it. The characters are vaping. There's a DJ. You even do some singing. How do you describe this version of the play? -Well, I feel like Sam Gold are director. Tony Ward-winner, Sam Gold. -Yeah, I love him. -Yeah, exactly. And he came to us and he said, "It's a choice-of-on music video." -It's a choice-of-on. -Yeah, that's pretty much how he pitched it. -Wow. -But then he also -- I mean, he said very profound things is, like, it's a group of 20-something-year-olds who broke into circle in the square on Broadway and have to get something out -- to get something off their chest. -That's interesting. -And the play really deals with a lot of things that somehow relate to a modern audience, even though it was written 500 years ago. -Isn't that why -- -But you don't have Shakespeare. -Yeah. -Yeah. -It's been something that I've wanted to do for a while. Shakespeare is, like, you know, I think, as a British actor, a lot of the time, you're kind of encouraged to do it. If you haven't done it, then, you know, you get -- -But what's it like in the round? 'Cause you're circling the square, so you're in the rounds. You're interacting with the audience. -Oh, you can see everybody. And what's been really wonderful, we're only a few previews in, obviously. -But by the way, Ernie got shows added already, just for pre-order. -Yeah, we did extend. -We did extend already, guys. That's a good time, by the way, that's a good time. -Yeah, they like guys. -They like you, yeah. -But we can -- I mean, it's so awesome to feel like -- And I'm sure you experienced this, to feel like you really have an audience. -Yeah. -And they're responding to us verbally. -Oh, they talk back. My audience -- -Oh, yeah. -Thank goodness doesn't talk back to me, either. -Imagine they talk to me. -We don't like that joke. Jimmy and you're okay, bro, they just speak through the silence. Yeah, they go, "Yeah, we're not clapping for that one, yeah." -But there's a line where I say, "Was every book containing such vile matter so fairly bound?" And someone was in the front row going, "No." -That was awesome. -Wow. -Does it throw you? -I had the exact same thing with, I think, the same person on the same night. I was, like, end of a massive fight. I'm sort of there panting, like, not sure what to do. And then I just hear, like, "Romeo, walk away." And I was -- My immediate thought was just like, "Wow, she's really feeling it." -Yeah, she's really good. Yeah, you got to come to the "Tomorrow Night Show," as well. -Yeah, exactly. -You have a performance tonight. -Yes. -You're heading straight to the theater from here. I love you guys for doing this. Thank you for doing this. Congrats on this. Congrats on the early buzz. Kid Connor right here, Rachel Zegler. "Romeo and Juliet" is now playing on Broadway. That circle in the square theater. And we'll be right back with Jellie Row. Stick around, everybody. [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ These you ain't working with no air, but just humping. ♪ ♪♪ Our next guest is a Grammy-nominated multi-platinum-selling artist who is currently on tour. His new album "Beautifully Broken" is out October 11th. Please welcome Jellie Row! ♪♪ Jellie Row, welcome back to the show. Oh, first time on "Accounts," I'm so nervous back here. I thought I tinkled myself out there. I'm still think I did. I won't know until I do a full assessment. Jellie, you're coming off a big weekend, but... I am proud of what you played at Friday night, Madison Square Garden sold out, by the way. [ Cheers and applause ] Saturday, you headlined the Global Citizen Festival. [ Cheers and applause ] And you were the musical guest on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, and crushed it! You crushed it! I thought you were funny in the sketch. Oh, thank you. You got to be funny in the beat-up. I got to be on the sketch. I was so cold. Yeah, I was good. Were you nervous you did a sketch? I was so think I just tinkled before I came out here. I double-tinkled there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was so fun. I was more nervous for the sketch, obviously, because I'm already -- I'm a fish out of water in the music business. Yeah. And I'm a double-fish out of water when I was there. I was like, "Oh, man, I'm just -- just wail out." You know that you got big laughs, but... Yeah, it was fun. That was a really good time. For those who might not know your story, it's not your typical success story. This is, I would say, between the ages of 14 and like your mid-20s, you were in and out of jail 40 times. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. How did you turn everything around? Man, as cliche as it may sound, is faith, finding love. It's off in my heart. I fell in love with a woman and got married. I had a daughter. It changed my whole life. She's 16 now, so that's getting interesting. But it's still really good, and it just made me want to be a good father and a better human. And I just -- I knew I was just a crappy person for so long, man. I destroyed. I was just a bad human. And now I'm trying to turn that around, and I'm a totally different guy, man. That's awesome. [ Cheers and applause ] We love -- I love you, but we all love you. I love the title for the album "Beautifully Broken." Yes, sir. "Beautifully Broken." I kind of think I understand what that is. It's just like, "Hey, is that just life in general?" Yeah, yeah. I think it's almost everybody in this room, especially me and you, we're a couple of quack jobs. So, you know, you look and you think it's -- I think that we're all a little broken, but I think that it's fine and beauty in that. And we use consuga for the idea that they do in Japan that if something is worth saving when it breaks, that they bring it back together with gold, and they polish it, and that's kind of our message, man. You know, is everybody's worth saving? I love it, and "Beautifully Broken" tour. You're playing for, like, 75,000 people. Oh, it's been crazy. I mean, that's pretty fun. When you're starting out, what's this, like, give everyone an idea? What's the smallest crowd you've performed from? Oh, listen, this is one I'll never forget. It was -- it was a night we played outside of Sacramento, California in Orangeville, a little place called the Boardwalk. All right, good to see all five of y'all are here. [ Laughter ] You're really five people showed up? Yeah, that's it. All five must have came here today, too. [ Laughter ] I pulled up -- there was five people, and I felt so bad for the door guy, sound guy, and the concession guy. They were all the same person. And I felt so bad for him that I was like, "You don't even open the door." And I brought all five people in my RV. And when I say "R," this was early days. So imagine, like, a 1975 Cheech and Chong RV, right? Yeah. Yeah. There was smoke coming out of the hood. There was smoke coming out of the inside. It smelled like Willie Nelson and Cheech Beer. It was all bad, man. I actually just brought all five onto the crappy RV, and we just partaked in a peaceful pipe together. And I just told him, "I was sorry I couldn't perform." Yeah. Oh, he didn't do the show. Yeah, I felt bad the one guy that was working. I was like, "I don't want to make this poor guy work." Because at that point, we needed to put two of the five people that bought a ticket to work to help him. They were doing three jobs. It cost me money just to turn the lights on. Yeah, let's cancel a show, come hang out with my van. Come hang out with this old crappy van. Yeah. You couldn't be more successful right now, but the universe has funny ways of bringing everyone back down to earth. I want you to tell the story of Buchanan. Last year, you won a CMA award. Yes, sir. Okay. And you won-- (cheers and applause) You won a CMA, that's a big deal. You knew artists of the year. I want to show a video of what happened right after you won. Take a look at this. It's so cool to do that with family. That's right. So special. Oh, goodness, Jelly Roll just broke his award. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, he's still standing there in pretty sure it's his award. He just dropped on the floor. Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Here's a picture of your shattered award. Oh, oh, oh. What? What happened? What happened? That was the sound backstage. First of all, when it first dropped, you could have heard a mouse pee on cotton. I mean, it was bed silent. Right after you could have heard a cricket fart, you heard a bunch of people go, "Aww." Oh, my. I was just so excited. It's so nervous that I had the sweatiest, shakiest palms. And that thing is, I'm already not a physically fit man, and that thing's heavy. That thing was really heavy. And I was so excited, and I was going to change it from one hand to another to shake somebody's hand, and it just boomed. And I was like, "This is the story of my life, though, Jimmy." I finally get my life together. I win the biggest award, the best new artist. I was one of the oldest people to ever win it. I was 39 years old. I gave a passionate speech. And then I came back upstairs and fumbled the ball. Did you drop it right there? No, I said, "No, be you. Never stop being you." I came paying for them to give me the broken one. I was like, "I think it fits me great. I'll just duct tape it together." Yeah, exactly. They give you a new one, and it says, "We have another shot of holding onto it, because you're nominated for a three-time nominee, including Entertainer of the Year at the CMA's. Good luck." Oh, thank you, thank you. I'm on it. Beautifully broken comes out October 11th. I heard that you wrote over 150 songs for this song. We wrote a bunch of songs, yes, sir, man. 150 songs? Well, sometimes you write 120 crappy ones. Yeah, just in every know, you know. I was like a comedian testing out jokes, and it just -- I was bombing. Yeah. It just wasn't working. I lonely wrote with MGK. Yeah. Machine Gun. Yeah. Machine Gun Kelly. I love that dude. Yes. We're the greatest guys, man, and I just love him to death. We've known each other a long time, and we started on rocky roads and made amends, and now we're just taking over the world together. It's so fun to do it. Life's not always about what you do, it's about who you do it with, and I'm getting to do the coolest thing in life with some of the coolest people, man. That's awesome. We love it, bud. We love you, bud. Congrats on everything. Thanks for being here. All the way. Jelly Roll, everybody. Beautifully broken. He's out October 11th. Stick around, everybody. We're just going to take the plot apart as we pray to see that he's the most alive, proud to hear the name that he never made, but I do that thing, and he just won't get down. Come on now. Beautifully broken. He's out October 11th. My thanks to King McKinnon, Keith Clatter, Rachel Zegner, General, MGK, Travis Barker, Wootz again. And then we drive down to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. [MUSIC] Thanks for listening to The Tonight Show, starring Jimmy Fallon. Don't forget to subscribe to get the latest episodes weekday mornings wherever you get your podcasts. Watch The Tonight Show, starring Jimmy Fallon, weeknights on NBC and streaming on Peacock. (upbeat music)