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the Grinch Holiday Talk Show!

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Tonight, he hosts his own

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late-night show, so I guess

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he's here to get some

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expert tips. It's Seth Meyers

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and the perkiest pup in

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Whoville, Max the Dog! But

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first, he has an anger that's

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no match for management. Here he

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is, the Green Grumbler. It's the

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Grinch! Hey,

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before we get into this, Cindy, uh, listen to

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me. If you see a bat, whack

1:03

it with one of these various sticks and

1:05

clubs I have leaning against my cave wall.

1:07

Mr. Grinch! Those are good

1:09

eating, seriously. Little paprika, bake it

1:11

for like 15 minutes at 400. Double, uh. Delicious.

1:15

Get it! Grab it, Cindy! Grab it! Oh,

1:18

I would rather not. Ah! There

1:20

goes dinner. All right, now, this

1:22

is actually good. I'm getting ready to go on a rant, and

1:26

I'm already worked up. Hold

1:28

on to your seats, keep on your

1:30

pants, the Grinch is going on one

1:32

of his rants. My

1:35

question is, why are we so accepting

1:37

of Santa Claus's ways? He

1:40

has an entire North Pole shop full

1:42

of people who, let's be

1:44

honest, kind of look like Hoos just a little

1:47

bit. And then he flies around the

1:49

world entering people's homes through

1:51

the chimney. It's basically

1:53

breaking and entering, right? That's

1:56

not good. You want gifts? Give them

1:58

to each other yourself. You

2:01

don't need an elderly elf breaking into

2:03

your house and leaving you an air

2:05

fryer or one of those four foot

2:07

tall doll houses that opens like pharaohs

2:09

too. Also imagine

2:12

the damage he's doing to roofs all

2:14

over town. His weight plus the weight

2:16

of his sleigh and then he got

2:18

the twelve unruly reindeer clip clapping around

2:21

on your roof. And that's

2:23

all before you add in the weight

2:25

of all the junkies lugging around. I

2:27

mean say some junior John Cena asked

2:29

for a dumbbell set or a bench

2:31

press for Christmas. Add that all up

2:34

and that's like thousands

2:36

of pounds of Christmas chaos landing

2:38

on the roof of your house

2:40

in the middle of December. You

2:43

know how icy and snowy and

2:45

dark it must be up there?

2:47

Somebody can flip and fall. It's

2:49

a yuletide liability nightmare and then

2:51

we're supposed to leave cookies out

2:53

for this home invader. Why don't

2:55

we just draw a bath for

2:57

him too? Here get in the bed.

2:59

Yeah I just cleaned the sheets. Slide right

3:01

on in there. I'll take the couch.

3:04

No it's cool. We'll sleep on the

3:06

floor. Yeah go ahead. Don't

3:08

even take off your dirty boots. Just

3:10

get into my nice bed. Where

3:13

does it end? Anyway Merry

3:15

Christmas blah blah blah. Now

3:17

let's open another door in the advent

3:19

calendar huh? That was

3:21

the saddest Merry Christmas I've ever heard.

3:24

Well you know what nothing makes people sadder than

3:26

Christmas ending. You should really explore where that came

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from someday. God. I

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shouldn't have said anything. Here

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it is seven feet tall. I made

3:36

it myself. It's the official grandchild advent

3:38

calendar. Let's

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see what's behind the door

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a mean one, Mr.

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Grinch. You

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really are a

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heel. You're

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as cuddly as a cactus. You're as

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charming as an eel. Mr.

5:52

Grinch. You're

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a bad banana. Gracie,

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Blur. I

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have to say, I'm really

6:07

getting ahead of this gift-giving

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Michigosh. Now, what I can't

6:11

wrap my green head around

6:13

is holiday parties. It's

6:16

the most annoying

6:18

time of the

6:20

year! Whoo! Boy,

6:23

like the flu or the

6:25

common cold, these festive free-for-alls

6:27

are just inescapable. I mean,

6:29

check your mailboxes, check your

6:31

email inboxes, check your texts,

6:33

DMs, your InstaBox, your Snapchatter

6:35

machine, your Tiktak alerts, whatever have you,

6:38

because you are getting invited to these

6:40

holiday parties, whether you like it or

6:42

not, and you're going to be making

6:44

the mistake of actually going to some

6:46

of these things, and it's going to

6:48

be awkward people standing around holding cups,

6:50

looking at cheese, a

6:53

Carl Cacopini of Christmas music playing in the

6:55

background, and sometimes it can be hard to

6:57

meet or talk to new people, but not

6:59

for me. Not for me! I

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know just the perfect way to

7:03

start and end conversations at the

7:05

same time. You can too! With

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these Grinch Holiday Party Icebreakers!

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Grinch Holiday Party

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Icebreakers! Oh,

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and an icebreaker means, well,

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you know, that weird coldness that

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exists between you and a stranger

7:24

just sitting there like a

7:26

huge flock of ice. Well, we'll picture

7:28

these as giant axes that cut

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through that conversational ice, at least

7:33

temporarily. Okay, let me set

7:35

the seeds. So there you are, you're holding a

7:37

cup of punch, trying to figure out what kind

7:40

of stew they're serving. You're at a holiday party

7:42

and you're wondering, who are these people? What

7:44

do I say to them to break the ice? Well,

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here now are a few surefire ways to help

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you break the ice. Let's

7:51

start with an easy one that anyone can use.

7:54

Try pointing at someone's mouth and asking, what's

7:56

that thing on your lip? Before

7:59

they can ask. answer that run up to the bathroom for a

8:01

look in the mirror. They will then avoid you for

8:03

the rest of the party. One down. Moving

8:06

on, here's another can't miss icebreaker.

8:08

This is more of a conversation

8:10

killer. Just mosey on up to

8:12

someone like, hello, care to talk

8:14

about the latest anti-fungal foot powders?

8:17

If they do, well then, you found a

8:19

friend. But chances are, they'll leave

8:22

you right where you're standing. Now,

8:24

I thought this last one was a good one, but

8:26

I tried at a party last night and, you know,

8:28

here's how it went. Hello!

8:31

I rarely bathe and I need

8:33

a place to stay for the next, ah, three

8:35

months. Oh, that's okay. You can stay

8:37

in our guest room. It's no problem

8:39

at all. We'd love to have you.

8:42

You, you would? Really?

8:44

Really. It is no trouble at

8:47

all. But I, I'm absurdly, surly.

8:49

And everything I say, I, I

8:51

say it curtly and sternly. Do

8:54

not be so hard on yourself. We love

8:56

having guests. No,

8:58

oh no no no no no no. This can't be happening. March,

9:02

March, let's. Alright. So

9:04

now. Remember

9:07

your breathing, Rachel. Ah, ah, ah, ah,

9:09

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,

9:11

ah, ah. There we

9:14

go. All right, that was a close one. Let's

9:16

go rap and fire now. Here

9:18

we go. You look familiar. Aren't you

9:21

that kid from TikTok who skateboarded into a

9:23

police horse then got kicked into an open sewer?

9:25

Hi, I celebrate Hanukkah. Would you like to hear

9:27

all the different ways people spell the word Hanukkah?

9:29

Hey, great party. Do you know what

9:32

would make it even better? If we gotta jump

9:34

on our homework? Hello, is

9:36

it pop culture fascinating? Would you like

9:38

to read my 500 page manifesto on

9:40

why Shawn Mendes' song about Camila Cabello

9:42

is really about the climate crisis? Hi,

9:45

I know a fun activity. What if everyone

9:47

listened to me list all 300 of

9:49

the different shades of pink used in

9:51

the Barbie movie from ballet slipper all

9:53

the way to watermelon. Boom.

9:57

Nothing taps down a momentary.

10:00

moment of weakness like some

10:02

rapid-fire rudeness. So there

10:04

you have it, some genuine holiday

10:07

party icebreakers. You know,

10:09

Mr. Grinch, holiday parties aren't so bad.

10:11

They could actually be quite fun

10:13

if you give them a try and just let loose.

10:16

Let loose? That's your advice. Nobody

10:18

wants the Grinch to let loose.

10:21

It's completely off-brand for me. But,

10:24

uh, you know, I'll take your note

10:26

under advisement when I talk to my

10:28

guest tonight. Well, how are you, sweetie?

10:30

We're getting good at this. Just in

10:32

time for the second to

10:34

last episode of the season. Oh well.

10:37

Take it away, Mr. Grinch. My guest

10:39

tonight is very charismatic and

10:42

handsome. And he

10:44

hosts an award-winning late-night show with

10:46

lots of celebrity guests. It's me!

10:49

No, I'm sorry I read that wrong. Cindy,

10:51

your handwriting looks like a child. Okay, now

10:53

I see it. Please welcome Seth Meyers! Hi,

10:55

Seth. How you doing? It's wonderful to be

10:57

here with you, Grinch. Thank you. Isn't

11:00

that great to be on my podcast? Is

11:02

it Grinch or The Grinch? What is your

11:04

preferred term of address? You can call me

11:06

Grinch, but I really prefer The Grinch. Alright,

11:08

well, I want to make you as comfortable

11:10

as possible. The Grinch, it is an honor

11:12

to be here. Actually, just Grinch.

11:15

Got it. Grinch, it's a delight to be here.

11:17

Nah, I'm not liking that one. I think we're

11:19

going to go back to The Grinch for you.

11:21

The Grinch, what an honor. Yeah, now, the elephant

11:23

in the room is screaming right now, so let's

11:26

just say what everyone's thinking. I've had my talk

11:28

show for two months, and I invite you on.

11:30

You've had your talk show for like

11:32

ten years. No invite. What's the deal,

11:34

man? Well, I have to be honest,

11:37

until I saw you had a podcast,

11:39

I thought you were sort of famously

11:41

media shy. Okay, that's fair. So,

11:44

the fact that you're out in the open now

11:46

is very exciting for not just me, but anybody

11:48

with a talk show. It's a community thing. I'm

11:50

doing it for the community. Have you ever left

11:52

your cave and not committed a crime? Can you

11:54

wait like two and a half hours until we're

11:56

really deep into this interview? Sure. And as a

11:58

reminder, I told your producers I only have seven

12:01

hours. Okay. You're great. I'm

12:03

a big fan of you. Thank you.

12:05

But I'm not a big fan of late night,

12:08

just kind of like as a concept. As a

12:10

format? I just like to shut it down early.

12:12

Yeah. A lot of people, I think,

12:14

watch maybe in the morning on YouTube with a

12:16

cup of coffee, you could try that. I like

12:18

to watch Good Morning America at like 5 p.m.

12:21

Is that weird? You tape it? Yeah, I tape it

12:23

and I watch it later. Huh. You

12:25

know what? I'm just gonna get over the whole not being invited

12:27

on late night thing and try to move on to my next

12:29

point. I do like your, I don't

12:31

want you to get it twisted. I like

12:34

the segment Daydream. Yeah. Which

12:36

I assume is not for kids, just adults

12:38

going through a crisis. Yeah, I

12:40

know exactly. You did one with Rihanna, right?

12:42

I did, yes. I think that one went

12:44

viral, but you know, if you really wanna

12:46

go viral, you should have them drink room

12:48

temp eggnog. Maybe that would make it go

12:50

bacterial actually, now that I think about it.

12:52

Yeah, ideally they don't end in an ER.

12:55

No, you don't wanna do that, but I do like

12:57

eggnog. I've been known to get into a

12:59

big hot tub of eggnog. Do you make your own? Do

13:02

you have your own recipe? I have a recipe that I've

13:04

been using for a long time and it's based on the

13:06

redrum and one. And I've kind

13:08

of jeered it up. Do you know how to

13:10

spell jeers? You know what? The minute you said

13:12

jeers, I was worried you were gonna ask me

13:14

to spell it. All right, the other night, I'm

13:16

watching Carson, right? Carson Daly? No, the other one,

13:18

the blonde one who teaches you how to put

13:20

on a suit. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

13:22

Kressley. Kressley, he's on HGTV all the time now.

13:24

I'm a big basic cable guy. He said jeers

13:26

and I'm looking at the subtitles and you know

13:28

what they put on the bottom? What did

13:30

they put on the bottom? Speaking in non-English.

13:32

Now that. What am I supposed to do

13:35

with that? That is the most English of

13:37

words. Jeers? I wouldn't wanna see

13:39

it in my New York Times crossword. Do people

13:41

actually do that crossword every day? I don't have

13:43

the time. What do you do with your time?

13:45

I peel bananas and I don't eat the fruit.

13:48

I go over all my spreadsheets, which are just

13:50

lists of different garbage items I've collected. Okay. I

13:53

have to, well, I harass people.

13:56

Because I, you know, the thing about you

13:58

is it seems like The sounds of Christmas

14:01

you find very distracting. I hate the

14:03

noise. You don't like the noise, but

14:05

then I guess I'm questioning whether or

14:07

not you're actually doing anything so important.

14:09

Not doing important work. What about the

14:11

service that I'm providing to the community by

14:13

doing what a judge told me to do?

14:15

That's straight from my heart. I get it

14:18

now. I get that you wouldn't want to

14:20

hear who's celebrating Christmas while you're trying to

14:22

do a podcast. For example, I had to

14:24

move where I did today is because there

14:26

was construction in the apartment below me. So

14:28

as a podcaster, I understand why you would

14:30

hate the sounds of Christmas, but have you

14:32

had any grays among the green? I wouldn't

14:34

even call them grays. They're transparent. Oh,

14:37

cause I was wondering what happens to green

14:39

when green ages. It definitely loses that vertigo

14:41

that you're talking about. Yeah, if it gets

14:43

see-through, does that mean that as a Grinch

14:45

ages to a certain point, they become invisible?

14:48

Well, I don't know if you've piqued on

14:50

the Wikipedia about polar bears before, but they

14:52

also have transparent for their hairs are transparent.

14:54

So should we be less concerned about what's

14:57

happening with the polar bears? Because I feel

14:59

like there's a real threat of extinction, but

15:01

maybe they're just aging to a place where

15:03

we're not seeing them. You're looking at all

15:06

these polar bears. It's like, they're not disappearing.

15:08

They're just stressed out. Yeah. These

15:10

guys used to be blond. They're probably stressed out because

15:12

you're writing all these articles about how they're going to

15:14

go extinct. Can't you let them drink

15:16

their Coke bottles with a winking Santa?

15:18

Now, wait, you know, as we're talking

15:21

about this, again, you are, and I'm

15:23

not just blowing smoke. You are iconic.

15:25

Definitely iconic, yeah. Everybody across this globe

15:27

knows you. And yet you have managed

15:29

to avoid doing any sort

15:31

of product endorsement. You know,

15:34

my relationship with the commercial world

15:36

is a strained one. I got burned pretty

15:38

bad with the Tickle Me Grinch back in

15:40

the late 90s. I really

15:42

thought that merchandising is going to be a big moment for

15:45

me. You know, I saw what happened with the Foreman grill.

15:47

Yeah. And I said, you know, where's

15:49

my thing? I feel like everybody who was big in the

15:51

90s must just wake up

15:53

every morning and say, where was my

15:55

Foreman grill? Where's the Seth Meyers waffle

15:57

maker? I know. I'm waiting. have

16:00

one. Not for lack of trying Grinch. Not for

16:02

lack of trying. You show up, you throw all

16:04

your cred in the trash, and you cash the

16:06

check. Yeah. And you're the waffle guy. And then

16:09

you're just the waffle guy. You know, I'm good

16:11

friends with the rapper Future and he said, chase

16:13

a check. He says that a lot. You have

16:15

so many friends, which is really lovely. It's sort

16:17

of a motley crew. It's a rogues gallery. I

16:20

do feel like you might take this the wrong

16:22

way. I love taking things the wrong way. It

16:24

strikes me that you, and again I feel like

16:26

maybe I've just flayed it out based on how

16:28

much you just like Christmas. But yeah, I

16:30

thought you hated everyone. I thought you hated

16:33

people. It's a common misconception. I don't hate

16:35

people. I hate the things that they do,

16:37

the ways that they are, the things they

16:40

think, and the people

16:42

they be. Yeah. But it's

16:44

mostly around the Christmas related holidays. I

16:46

do hate those holidays that pop up

16:48

on social media like, it's National Pancake

16:50

Day. Yeah. Today's Pancake Day. No it's

16:53

not. When did Calvin Coolidge bang a

16:55

gavel and say it's National Talk Like

16:57

a Pirate Day? You know who those

16:59

are very helpful for though? People

17:01

with no personalities. Monologue writers. Oh

17:04

seasonality. Yeah, monologue joke writers. When the

17:07

news is very dire and you are

17:09

reading through the front eight pages and

17:11

it's just nothing but the worst of

17:13

the human condition, you're real

17:15

excited when it's National Open Toed Sandals Day.

17:18

That's the only way I can live.

17:20

Did you know that? I can really

17:22

only live the open toed lifestyle. Yeah, that

17:24

makes sense to me. Well moving on.

17:26

By the way, you're very good at

17:28

that. Moving on, not a lot of new

17:30

hosts know how to use that so

17:32

deftly. You host your show from 30

17:34

Rockefeller Plaza, which is basically the Mount Prumpet

17:37

of Manhattan. Do you ever stare out

17:39

the window and look on at all the

17:41

little people and think, I'm so much

17:43

more important than all of you? I

17:45

can look out my window at the Rockefeller

17:47

ice skating rink while people skate around in

17:50

circles and let me stress how poorly they

17:52

ice skate. I feel like at least half

17:54

the rink at any given time is first

17:56

time ice skaters and how small they look

17:59

from my life. window does make me feel

18:01

bigger. Well, it has to, right? I mean,

18:03

they look like ants. Also, this is a

18:05

thing, and I don't know if this was

18:07

around when you were a kid, Grinch. There's

18:09

now these, like, walkers. Yeah. If

18:11

you can picture sort of an ice walker, like,

18:13

sort of the walker a grandmother would have. They

18:15

have those now on ice skating rink. Yeah, they

18:18

got little slides on the bottom, like, little Adidas

18:20

slides on the bottom. And I don't want to

18:22

begrudge anyone the experience of skating, so, you know,

18:24

I realize there are people that aren't gonna get

18:26

on the rink without it, but that's not skating.

18:29

Yeah, it's like having the bumpers up at

18:31

Cosmic Bowling. Yeah. It's like,

18:33

I don't care about your strike,

18:35

because you're playing pinball. Exactly. Now,

18:37

you'll understand this as a fellow

18:39

talk show host. I'm sure you've had

18:41

to sign some bad contracts, but

18:43

there's a provision in mind that

18:45

says every episode I have to ask

18:48

a stupid question like this, so,

18:50

here we go. What does Christmas

18:52

Day look like in the Meyers'

18:54

house? What does Christmas Day look like in

18:56

the Meyers' household? Yeah. Well, I've

18:58

got three children. They are seven, five,

19:00

and two. That is just a perfect,

19:02

sweet spot of Christmas morning. And

19:05

they will roll downstairs in matching pajamas,

19:07

matching not just to one another, but

19:09

to my wife and I. This is

19:11

for photo opportunities. It is very important

19:13

to grab moments like these. I know

19:15

you're talking about Christmas, but that does

19:17

sound really nice. To have, you know,

19:19

other people there. Gosh, I'm really having

19:21

them looking in the mirror at 3

19:23

a.m. moment right now. And there's a

19:25

moment, not to interrupt your thought, Grinch. Let

19:29

me do it a little bit longer. But

19:31

sometimes I'll look at my son, and then

19:33

I look at my father, and I realize

19:35

it's three generations. You just get everybody together.

19:37

You got everybody there. You got the seven

19:39

and the five and the two. And everybody's

19:42

dressed in the same pajamas, even though everybody's

19:44

different sizes. Yeah. Uh-huh.

19:47

No, it's not gonna happen. You're not gonna

19:49

make the heart swell, Seth. I've done like

19:51

10 of these, okay? And I'm not gonna

19:53

let it happen with a late night host.

19:56

I'm sorry. It's just not going to happen.

19:58

Maybe with my GMA crew. Right. 5

20:00

p.m. I'm gonna watch later at 5 p.m. I'm

20:02

gonna watch the whole thing all like seven hours

20:05

of it I know this is audio only but

20:07

I can see right now and I did see

20:09

a little flutter under the old shirt as the

20:11

heart I feel like it almost

20:13

but I don't know I'll take you at

20:16

your word. Let me ask you one more

20:18

question Does the youngest one ever

20:20

give a present to the oldest person

20:22

in the room? I will only say

20:24

that the Seven-year-old gave the youngest one

20:26

a present last year and it's the

20:28

first time she ever said the word

20:31

hug She opened her arms and said

20:33

hug She said hug to the seven-year-old

20:35

Yeah No

20:38

stop get down get out get back

20:41

Hold my hands up. All right. I'm here.

20:43

Hold my hand virtually. I'm here Grinch I

20:45

know it's a zoom, but just type the

20:48

word hand in the chat, you know The

20:52

seven-year-old and five-year-old walk to school together and they

20:54

hold hands on the way They hold

20:56

hands I walk a

20:58

little bit behind them so I can see it How

21:10

you doing Grinch you okay, I feel

21:12

like watching your heart sort of go through that

21:14

I can't imagine it's healthy dude, it's not okay

21:18

Uh, let's see last question, you know one

21:20

thing you and I have in common is

21:22

that a lot of people incorrectly think we're

21:24

Jewish Yes, I mean for me they think

21:26

i'm whoish. Would you like to do a

21:28

quick Hanukkah shout out since we're here? Yeah,

21:30

I would just say to everybody even though

21:32

i'm not jewish I do have a jewish

21:34

wife and jewish children and a Hanukkah is

21:36

very lovely There is a nice ritual to

21:39

it that christmas Relax, and I think

21:41

over the course of eight days and no matter

21:43

how dumb your kids are You can kind of

21:45

get it through their thick skulls Yeah, I feel

21:47

like you know, you can tell them while they're

21:49

ripping open presents on christmas that this isn't really

21:52

about capitalism But I feel like they don't really

21:54

buy it. Yeah, they would need seven more days

21:56

with that message Now they gave me your plugs.

21:58

So I gotta read these Okay, so late

22:00

night with Seth Mike don't do it like that

22:02

by the way what you know I know I've

22:05

tipped my cap to some of your hosting acumen

22:07

You don't just say they gave me your plugs

22:09

you make them feel you know

22:11

authentic natural organic Well, you had the

22:14

benefit of a live audience. I mean

22:16

you and I are just having an

22:18

intimate conversation Yeah, you saw me convulse

22:21

and go through a cardiac event Yeah,

22:23

you just kind of stood there going

22:25

like Grinch. Okay. Yeah instead of grabbing

22:27

a defibrillator Like a normal

22:29

person and we had a nice

22:31

discussion about the beauty of different

22:34

Judeo-Christian holiday traditions Just get to

22:36

the plugs late night with Seth

22:38

Myers airs weeknights at 1235 on

22:41

NBC. It also streams on peacock Oh, that's good.

22:43

Yeah, we've seen a huge bump because it also

22:45

streams on peacock. I like peacock I can't tell

22:47

you how often I walked down the street today

22:49

and people will say, you know I never saw

22:52

your show but now that it's streaming on peacock

22:54

big fan You know if you went over to

22:56

prime, I think you've gone bananas You

22:58

got to think about that. You might want to take

23:01

another look at that contract there Family trips

23:03

with the Myers Brothers is available wherever you

23:05

get your podcast. I have a podcast. Did

23:07

you know that? Yeah, you can go to

23:09

Seth Myers calm for Seth upcoming standup dates

23:12

Seth. Give us a taste Comedians

23:14

love this. I know a lot of comedians

23:16

Give us a taste is actually a little

23:19

bit better than my least favorite question

23:21

when you do press for standup and

23:23

they say what? Can your audience expect

23:25

I can your audience expect probably some

23:27

stand-up doing local press for stand-up shows?

23:30

Not my favorite thing Boy

23:34

three in the morning. I we got a sono

23:36

funny man Seth Myers was in studio today

23:38

Seth What could the audience expect? Everything

23:40

about that was great including the fact that I've

23:43

been gone for over a decade and people say

23:45

F&L funny man People still say that raise SNL

23:47

funny man like it's in the Constitution or something.

23:49

No, I don't have it in front of me

23:51

Did you overlap with data carby? Were you there

23:53

at the same time as John Belushi? What was

23:55

it? It

23:57

feels good to laugh with my best friend It

24:00

does. Seth, thank you so much for coming on this

24:02

show. You know what, Grinch? It was everything I

24:04

wanted it to be. I really, I appreciate it.

24:06

You are such a peat. And I don't want

24:08

to tell you how to live your life, but

24:10

that whole matching pajama look, it's cute for the

24:12

morning. But don't expect that you're not going to

24:14

get some funny looks at Cracker Barrel, if y'all.

24:16

That's fair. Troop there in the matching outfits. People

24:18

are going to think you're some kind of family

24:20

band. I can take constructive criticism when it's delivered

24:22

with kindness like that. Well, love you, Seth. Love

24:24

you, Grinch. Keep on trucking. You do the same.

24:26

It's great to have you in the host field.

24:29

Good to have a little diversity. I

24:31

smell steak for six. Seth

24:36

Meyers, everybody. That's coming

24:38

for that guy's time slot. No, I'm serious

24:40

right now. I like Seth Meyers. I think

24:42

he's an excellent show host. But it's a

24:45

competitive band. And I got to look out

24:47

for me. How the Grinch stole late night.

24:49

How the Grinch stole late night. I like

24:51

that. But it was so nice of Seth

24:54

to stop by, especially at such a terrible

24:56

time of year, right before Christmas.

24:58

Thank you, Seth. Ugh, see

25:00

if the Emmy's or not, since you

25:02

won't be in consideration. Sandy, rattle off

25:05

the nerds. You

25:14

have hermites in your

25:17

pile. You

25:19

have old and sweetness in

25:21

the sea. Take like a

25:23

dog and snare Grinch. Given

25:26

the choice between the two of you, I take the

25:28

risk. Follow

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26:16

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