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♪ [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ >> announcer: tonight, on "late night with seth meyers alan cumming from "space jam: a new legacy," damian lillard," an all new "closer look," featuring the 8g band with charlie benante, and now, seth meyers >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers and this is "late night. we're so happy you're joining us and now, let's get to the news during a visit to the white house yesterday, pop star olivia rodrigo made a surprise appearance at the afternoon press briefing to help promote youth vaccinations, which should have a big impact on the millions of teens who watch the

white house press briefings. that's right, pop star olivia rodrigo made a surprise appearance at the afternoon press briefings. it was almost as surprising as when sarah sanders would appear at one it's been months according to a new book, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley was worried that former president trump would try to incite a coup after losing the 2020 election we really need to come up with a better early warning system than tell all books we're in danger! quick, get me a typewriter senate democrats unveiled details yesterday for their new $3.5 trillion spending proposal, focusing on so-called human infrastructure, which will include money for childcare, paid family leave and housing programs, or as republicans are calling it, socialism, fascism and critical race theory facebook reportedly fired more than 50 employees for spying on people, including men who used the platform's data to follow women they were romantically interested in.

oh, wow, they fired the guy who created the site for that exact reason republican representative matt gaetz attended a rally in los angeles yesterday in support of pop star britney spears it's the most worked up he's ever been about a woman in her 30s. florida governor ron desantis' campaign this week unveiled new merchandise which includes a drink koozie that says “don't fauci my florida.” it's a great way to keep your beer cold while you try to figure out what the hell that means. microsoft said yesterday that it may be bringing back its virtual assistant clippy, the paper clip as an emoji. it won't have any of the function of the original clippy, so it will be about as helpful and finally, a hospital in cleveland recently apologized after mistakenly giving a patient a kidney meant for another patient. and it's worse than you think because this is the other patient. that was the monologue, everybody.

we've got a fantastic show for you tonight. he's a tony winning and emmy nominated actor whose new show "schmigadoon!" is out tomorrow, alan cumming will be here. and he's a six time nba all-star for the portland trail blazers and a member of team usa men's basketball he stars in "space jam: a new legacy," which is out tomorrow, damian lillard is with us tonight. but before we get to all that, with covid-19 cases once again on the rise, especially in places where vaccination rates have lagged, the gop and fox news have been freaking out about president biden's plan to conduct community outreach to raise awareness about the vaccines for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ yesterday was a big day at the white house. pop star olivia rodrigo met with president biden and dr. anthony fauci to promote covid vaccines among young people and in addition to providing a much needed boost to efforts to get more people vaccinated, it also gave us the gift of fauci, celebrated scientists explaining to the best of his ability who rodrigo is

>> you're going to meet with singer olivia rodrigo tomorrow at the white house what do you think that she can do to try to persuade younger people to get vaccinated >> well, i understand that she's a very popular figure among young individuals. >> seth: that sounds like one of those weird next generation episodes where data is explaining to riker who elvis presley was. he was an influential musician of the mid 20th century. apparently, he died on a toilet. of course, you can't blame fauci for not always keeping up with the times. he's an 80-year-old immunologist fauci's idea of a pop star is probably eddie cantor. we need to reach out to young people, any ideas, dr. fauci what about bobby goldsboro mel torme? can we get perry como? fauci doesn't know anything about modern music, nor should he he probably knows leonard bernstein and that's it. which is fitting since when he goes back to his old neighborhood, he probably acts like a character from "west side story. hey, it's tony the fauch looking good, fauch. right back at you, mickey. tony, watch out, the republicans are looking for you.

hey, don't worry, honey. the fauch ain't no slouch. fauci, fauci, crazy fauci. [ laughter ] anyway this was a genuinely great and admirable thing that rodrigo did. we desperately need as many trusted sources across a wide swath of society to raise awareness about the vaccines and push back against all the toxic misinformation pushed by the right. and if you watched her comments yesterday, i think you'd agree that rodrigo is very effective at getting the message out >> i am beyond honored and humbled to be here today to help spread the message about the importance of youth vaccination. i'm in awe of the work president biden and dr. fauci have done and was happy to help lend my support to this important initiative it's important to have conversations with friends and family members encouraging all communities to get vaccinated and actually get to a vaccination site, which can you do more easily than ever before, given how many sites we have and how easy it is to find them at vaccines.gov

>> seth: side note here, it's nice to see a real celebrity at the white house after the last four years when the previous president could only manage to dig up the likes of ted nugent or scott baio. biden's got huge celebrities helping him out with an unprecedented nationwide campaign to get americans vaccinated against a deadly disease, and all trump can muster was 18 holes with kid rock and his flag pants which looks like something you buy for $6 at a truck stop because you tore the ass out of your good pants rock climbing on peyote then you might be asking yourself, they sell pants at truck stops? uh, yeah you think truckers go cross country wearing one pair of pants the whole time get real that is unless they buy my new product, permapants. and if you're wondering how i'm going to sell them, i'm going to grow a mustache and start talking like this, "the best thing about permapants is can you go on the go and you don't have to pull over and pee in the woods and risk getting eaten by the bears. i made so much money from permapants, i was able to buy a diamond ring from de beers." i also bought some earrings for

my wife debra, and then, the salesman asked what they were for and i said, 'deb's ears!'" [ laughter ] you see -- what happened here is shoemaker texted us last night and said, "fyi, plenty of time for tomorrow's closer look." and we said, "challenge accepted." shoemaker, why would you do that that's like texting a recovering alcoholic, "no line at the bar." the whole reason i went to impression camp was so i could stop doing impressions, then you come along like a drug dealer saying, "hey kid, want to do a lindell? how about a tony the fauch?" by the way, shoemaker also went to tangent camp. and if you want to know how to get there, you take a hard left and then you just keep on [ beep ] going [ laughter ] now, part of the reason the appearance from rodrigo was necessary and valuable was that it will hopefully help push back against vaccine misinformation being pushed by the gop and right-wing media for example, they've recently started claiming that joe biden's plan to conduct targeted community outreach and go door to door to raise awareness about vaccines is

actually a sinister government effort to take your guns and your bibles, and force you to take whatever medication the government wants you to take >> and now, they're starting to talk about going door to door to be able to take vaccines to the people the thing about the mechanisms they would have to build to be able to actually execute that massive of a thing and then think about what those mechanisms could be used for they could go then go door to door to take your gunsgo >> don't come knocking on my door with your fauci ouchy you leave us the hell alone. >> going door to door? this is creepy stuff you know, someone comes up to your door outside, wearing a mask, showing up at your house claiming to work for the government, asking you personal medical questions. >> can hhs force you to take antibiotics for your tb? how about xanax for your anxiety? thorazine for your mania and while we're at it, why are we letting irresponsible defective people reproduce vagrants, mental patients, even q-anon people, all are allowed to have children why is that? why aren't we sterilizing them

sound crazy? >> seth: what else can the government do? can they force you to take aspirin when you have a headache can they strap you down and slather you in bengay if your back hurts can they have mall security drag you out of brookstone for spending too much time in the massage chair even though you show them a doctor's note that says you have an enlarged tail bone you have a constitutional right to sit in the electric massage chair for as long as you want. and then they say that's not a doctor's note. it's written on a post it and everyone in the store laughs, and you say, "oh, i'm sorry i guess because my doctor works out of a staples, i'm not an american citizen anymore." and while everyone's busy laughing, you try to fish some quarters out of the mall fountain and they say you can't do that and you say, "well how else am i supposed to buy a box of garlic knots from sbarro? and they say, "there is no sbarro at this mall, it was replaced by a b. dalton booksellers.” and you say, "well, welcome to joe biden's america. and as you're saying it, you fall ass first into the fountain and nearly drown until the mall cop revives you by doing cpr without getting your permission first. does that sound crazy to you also, can we go back to this

>> going door to door, this is creepy stuff you know, someone comes up to your door outside wearing a mask showing up at your house claiming to work for the government, asking you personal medical questions. >> seth: well, you can make anything sound creepy when you say it like that someone comes up to your door wearing a high socks, short shorts and a bucket hat, opens your mail box, takes all the outgoing mail, puts it in a van that looks suspicious like an ice cream truck and drives it away i know you're not the ice cream man. you're not fooling me, government in reality, it is a volunteer effort, and all they're doing is trying to raise awareness about life-saving vaccines amid a deadly pandemic. and look, i get that if you still don't have the vaccine and you watch fox news, you are not going to be convinced by someone knocking on your door. but it's still nice that they're trying its not like they're working on commission or trying to get you to upgrade to pfizer's friends and family plan. everyone just wants this pandemic to end. and the fastest way out is the vaccine. covid-19 cases in the u.s. have doubled in recent weeks and cvs reported a few days ago that

almost all of the new cases, 99.7% are among people who have not been vaccinated. it's tragic and it's unnecessary. we have an abundance of safe, effective and free vaccines for anyone who wants one and yet, the right has even gone so far as to insist that democrats, or the media, or anyone who wants to combat t >> they just can't let the pandemic go. at some point, it's -- they're going to have to break the addiction. >> well, ann, it's like some of these people get put out there all the time when they've been dead wrong over the last year >> seth: and when you say some of these people have been dead wrong, you are referring to the guy who said a deadly plant toxin could cure coronavirus, or the guy who said last year that covid deaths were almost nothing, or the guy who said we could cure coronavirus by eating tide to go sticks like french fries and complimented a doctor who believes in demon sperm? remember that? i mean how could you forget demon sperm? it sounds like the name of a monster truck or a knock off energy drink you'd find at the counter in a bodega. also, you think we can't quit

the pandemic are you insane i'm so sick of this pandemic when it's over, i'm going to celebrate by going to a giant indoor concert where we all burn our masks, drink ayahuasca out of a shared cup and make out with each other. we all want this god-forsaken nightmare to be over with. which is why we're trying to convince people to get vaccinated but maddeningly, we're dealing with a political movement that made spreading lies about vaccines one of their central political projects it's become a culture war issue for them they're even selling merch now >> florida governor ron desantis introduced new coronavirus themed campaign merchandise. these are some of the items being sold on the governor's official campaign website. there is a drink koozie with a quote from desantis asking how “am i going to drink a beer wit a mask on?” and a t-shirt that reads, "don't fauci my florida." >> seth: cool. so the republican party is basically just hot topic for boomers now. florida's currently reporting daily cases close to four times the national average with the second highest number in the country and desantis is selling merch like he's at a folding table outside warped tour.

can't wait for desantis to show up to his next interview in a new t-shirt with a studded belt, a pierced nose and jet black hair and what does that even mean, "don't fauci my florida? is that supposed to be a play on words? it sounds like a mad lib filled out in a concussion ward also, poor fauci he's an 80-year-old new york doctor the natural next step for him was to move to florida and now he can't old new yorkers move to florida the way sea turtles migrate, it's just instinct one day, they're at the top of the subway stairs with a bag from zabars and something in them goes eff it next thing they know, they're in boca putting a basket of sea shells on the back of a toilet i'm home every sane person wants the pandemic to end as quickly as possible and the best way to do that is to get as many people vaccinated as we can. we have an abundance of safe, effective and free vaccines available for anyone who wants one. we just need to keep getting the word out instead, large parts of the right are spreading dangerous lies about the vaccines, the sane political move in this situation would be doing the opposite they'd be telling the government, please -

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>> seth: all this week we've had a legendary metal drummer sitting in with the 8g band. he's a founding member of legendary band anthrax, who'll be celebrating their 40th anniversary with a global live stream event on friday, july 16th. go to anthrax.live.com for more information. be sure to check out his new solo record, "silver linings," available everywhere now charlie benante is here. thank you so much for a great week, charlie. our first guest tonight is a tony award winning and emmy nominated actor you know from his work on "the good wife." he stars in "schmigadoon," which begins streaming on apple tv plus tomorrow. let's take a look. >> i know it hurts right now, but that won't last forever. soon you'll forget all about josh and find somebody new, somebody better. >> it's not that easy. >> i didn't say it would be easy, but it will happen i'm certain of it. ♪ somewhere love is

waiting for you ♪ >> seth: please welcome back to the show our friend alan cumming ♪ good to see you! welcome. it's so lovely to have you here back in the city because you've been -- you've been sort of traveling the world. >> i have been globe trotting, seth >> seth: globe trotting. >> yes >> seth: now, you were in australia. which, early on, everybody was jealous of australia >> yeah, well -- >> seth: and now -- and very sadly for our friends over there, it's not as good. >> it's having this sort of outburst it's actually really interesting. i was saying, a year ago here in america, trump denying everything, masks being politicized, numbers through the roof and then a year later, look at -- it's incredible. the percentage of people who are vaccinated, i saw you were talking about that lovely girl encouraging young people to get vaccinated whereas in australia, who had it all going on and where like --

had the security and the track and trace thing. they just didn't get ahead with the vaccinations there's only 6% or 4% of the population vaccinated. >> seth: it's really low >> so now they've had all these -- inevitably, they're going to have problems with the delta strain and everything. so my -- one of the great casualties was my tour of australia had to be postponed. >> seth: it was actually hard to get out in time, right >> oh, well, yeah. you mean to leave australia? >> seth: well, i guess you had an issue >> i got burgled so, i went to be -- i was the artistic director of the adelaide cabaret festival. so that was fun, and i had been planning that for a long time. and then that was -- i went and i -- i quarantined for two weeks in a hotel then i was in adelaide -- i was going to be in adelaide for a month for this festival, i was performing i was doing my club cumming thing. blah, blah, blah and the penis painter that we talked about one time was there too. i don't know why i mentioned that, but anyway - >> seth: i would like us to mention him every time you're here >> yes, he's confident he went. he like rocked adelaide. let me tell you. they did not know what had hit them, literally.

and -- thank you and anyway, but i got burgled. so on my passport -- >> seth: i'm so happy you said that instead of robbed because i think burgled with a scottish accent is just tremendous to hear >> you know, i don't like burglarized, you americans say burglarized. >> seth: yeah. >> i don't like -- why do you not just say burgled >> seth: well, i'm going to from here on out for the rest of my life >> well, good. it's a burglary. you get -- i guess you could say burglarized. i don't know >> seth: i don't know. don't immediately back off your own -- >> standing firm like brent ray fraser >> seth: the penis painter >> the penis painter, thank you. thank you. thank you for listening. >> so anyway, i got burgled and my passport was stolen it was kind of a funny -- it was distressing, obviously, cause it was a burglary and it was sort of violent and awful. i wasn't there, thank goodness but what was weird about it was that i couldn't -- i had to get a new passport >> seth: sure. >> otherwise, i wasn't going to be allowed to leave australia. and it was my american passport. so i have a -- i have a european

one too. anyways, so, there's three american consulates in sydney, melbourne, and perth so i was like, "oh, well i'm going to sydney twice, because my show is sold out.” so, i had to go a second time. well right adelaide festival was finishing, sydney went into lockdown, because they had an outburst a cluster. and then, i was like, "oh, well i'm going to perth." perth locked down as well. so it was like in the last day, it was like getting the last helicopter out of saigon the melbourne american consulate gave me a new -- like a tiny mean little one. it's not a proper one. you get this emergency one with about six pages in it. >> seth: oh, wow >> i have to get another one next year. i mean it's -- yeah. but i got out. but it was like -- it was weird. it was kind of -- it's not what i thought was going to happen. and i felt bad, cause there was all these concerts i didn't get to do. >> seth: well, hopefully they will get everything under control. you'll be able to go back. in the meantime, they could enjoy like rest of us, "schmigadoon." >> yes, “schmigadoon.” >> seth: this is a wonderful show that sort of plays off 1950 broadway musical tropes

a wonderful cast, keegan michael key, cecily strong. >> yes >> seth: kristin chenoweth and our own fred armisen >> fred? yes. i'm gesturing to the drums but he's not there, of course. but, yes when we were shooting it, it was so funny because we were in the same hotel, me and fred and kristin was my next door neighbor that was hilarious and fred would always have to go off and record his little bits >> seth: for this show >> for this, for you, yeah so it was hilarious. i loved that he had this other secret life. secret drumming life that he would have to rush back and do >> seth: it's a very funny thing to keep that a secret. like, are you also band leader >> how does this work? >> seth: bare with me. >> and what was weird is i adore fred i think he's just such a darling and hilarious. and we've done three films together before this one well, it's not a film, it's a series but -- we'd never met. >> seth: oh, wow >> isn't that funny? >> seth: cause he refuses to be on set with other actors >> he's always drumming. >> seth: he's always drumming, so he has to shoot his stuff separately you get to play the mayor. >> i do. >> seth: it was really a

fantastic clip i think that gets across exactly how much fun this show is. >> yes, and it's sort of like those hollywood musicals, you know it's kind of parodying and a homage at the same time, so -- >> seth: did you know those films and those musicals well? >> seth, i'm a bad musical queer person i'm just - >> seth: oh wow, thank you for admitting that here. >> i'm not -- i don't -- like i've been in some musicals i've been in "cabaret" and "the three penny opera. those are the only two musicals, which are basically the same show -- and don't tell me they're not, nasty, sexy things. and those are the only ones i've ever done on the stage i've done a couple of films. but i don't -- everyone thinks you know more about it >> seth: i would have thought you knew that, yeah. >> it'd be like you, do you know everything about talk show hosts? >> seth: no. >> see so it's the same as we were doing the show, shooting it, i was like going, "oh, so which musical is this we're parodying? and like aaron tveit plays the sort of the boy by the carousel. and i was like, "is that in

carousel?" and they were like, yes. that's why it is called "carousel. it was things like that. so i don't quite actually know -- i'm not quite sure who my -- where my one's from. there's always a mayor in these things >> seth: now, kristin chenoweth, she does, i would imagine, have that knowledge or is she like you >> no, she's much better than me in all ways. and actually, i'm going to tell you this hilarious story that i think is the best story about kristin chenoweth. cause we hosted the tonys together a few years ago >> seth: yeah. >> and she like knew in that obviously you have to kind of do sort of jokes about musicals and again, i wasn't up to speed, but i get by but she -- so we were hosting the tonys. we were laughing because we both won a tony a long time ago right about the same time. and there used to be this lovely lady called isabelle stevenson, who was, like, the head of the american theater wing. you know, she's like this older lady and very glam she went oh -- like "the american theater wing is delighted --" she was absolutely charming. i don't mean to -- she was a lovely lady. but anyway, so she was -- but quite old.

and that's the point of this getting to the next stage of the story. so one day, kristin told me this when we were hosting the tonys her assistant came to her and said isabelle stevenson is being honored at some event. would you like to send a message? and kristin was doing a thing with these muffin company -- muffins at the time. so she said, why don't we send her a basket of muffins. right? so, she sent a basket of muffins. then a week later, isabelle stevenson's son called up kristin and said thank you so much it was such a thoughtful gesture for you to send a basket of muffins to my mother's funeral and so there's like the coffin and all these bouquets of flowers and then muffins from kristin. and i said to her, "oh, my god did you say anything was there any message on it? she went, "yes 'congratulations, isabel!' >> seth: i think we could all use just a quick little break. and then we'll be right back with more from alan cumming. ♪

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♪ >> seth: welcome back to "late night. we're here with alan cumming i want to add something to the last story i feel like if i were kristin, the rest of my life i would do that for all funerals so that no one would know it was a mistake. >> we have a pact, she and i, that whoever dies first, the other one is going to send a basket of muffins. no, it's definitely going to happen >> seth: that's good you guys are doing a broadway cruise together. >> yes, we are i don't know why i'm laughing. but it's a cruise and broadway fans get to go on and meet the stars. but i'm doing a concert in dry dock >> seth: oh, gotcha. >> i'm not going on the cruise >> seth: so you're going to go on the physical boat you're going to sing and perform. >> sing my concert >> seth: get lost. >> yes, and then they go to bermuda or somewhere

>> seth: and now is that because you don't -- this did not interest you to be on the high seas >> well, no, i'm a quite good sailor if that's what you're referring to but no, i don't know why - >> seth: you're quite a good sailor >> yes i do enjoy a sail. >> seth: really? >> yeah. and i love going on a cruise i've been on -- across the atlantic several times >> seth: have you really >> i love it >> seth: to travel or for, like, vacation have you ever done it like, "i need to go over there anyway?" >> well, i have actually if you have enough time and if the dates work, i'd rather do that than take a plane >> seth: yeah. >> i've done it maybe two or three times, but it's so like another world. you kind of get on and they let you go for like piano recitals and it's not like a -- i think most people's perception of cruises is kind of tacky and show business and lots of covid and everything, you know and i think -- >> seth: showbiz and covid >> yeah. showbiz and covid, but this is very sort of like another world. >> seth: that's lovely this is very exciting. you have your own place, club cumming, which is a cabaret space.

and it is open again >> yes >> seth: and you actually did your -- you went there after your premiere. >> yes no doubt that is the premiere cecily sang "the man who got away" beautifully. >> seth: she has a beautiful singing voice. >> and dove and i -- lovely dove cameron, do you know her? >> seth: i don't >> she's so nice she's like a young actress and singer and she's been in all these disney things and she's just fascinating actually. she's fascinating to me. and we have a little thing i think she's got like a daddy crush on me which i quite enjoy and i have a sort of daddy crush back and we sang "part of your world" from little mermaid. >> seth: great >> which i think is a great song to sing in a public setting. >> seth: oh, no, i think it always brings down the house >> because it's one of these songs, everybody knows the words. but often pretends not to. you know >> seth: yeah. >> that's the thing i think in america, especially people sort of don't want to admit they know the sort of perceived to be tacky songs. but what was

because it's also got a question and answer thing, you know what's a fire and what's the word again like she can't remember, and you go, "burn. anyway, so there was one time i was doing that and there was one of -- like later at club cumming, its shows but then becomes more dancy and dj so there was -- we have gogo boys and girls so there was a gogo boy called mariano, who's lovely. he's moved to l.a. now, but anyway, he was there in his jock strap waiting to start dancing and there's me like granddad singing "part of your world. and when it got to that bit, "what is a fire and -- what is the word again?" i gave him the mic like that for him to go, "burn!" but he thought i meant to introduce himself. so he went, "mariano!" so now at club cumming, seriously, every single time anyone ever sings "part of your world," all the audience shouts out, "mariano. and a girl sang it in mandarin i heard a hear a girl singing it in mandarin one night. and everyone still shouted out, "mariano." >> seth: that's fantastic. >> i know, i like it nice tradition >> seth: you talked about how kristin couldn't go because she had to save her voice and had a show i heard you learned from

cyndi lauper a voice saving trick. >> seriously saves my life. >> seth: really? >> i nearly swore there, but yes. it's -- i was doing the "three penny opera" with her. the only other musical i've done apart from "cabaret. and it's very difficult playing "mack the knife. it's a really big singing part and i had a sore throat. and so i went to her singing teacher. she's this lady called katie agresta and her specialty is like rock stars who scream in stadiums every night and she gets -- so what you do is you pull your tongue out with a piece of paper towel because, basically when you're hoarse, it just means your tongue is wound up too tightly the bone at the back of your throat it's a game changer. >> seth: really? >> yeah. >> seth: and how long do you pull it out? >> well you pull it out and you go - these different things you pull it out and you smile, you go, gee hee hee. up and down the scale. and then you go gee and then you go gee up a third and down about 20 minutes i know it's funny and crazy. i'm sensing your cynicism. but i said i quite liked it without the audience now i want the audience back they'd cheering at this. >> seth: yeah, right they would be loving it. like look what he does for us.

>> right >> seth: this crew >> i know. >> seth: trust me. >> a little snicker that was >> seth: you have an advantage over me. when this is over, you get to leave. >> you've got to stay and be mocked mercilessly by those little people in the dark.teof . i've been like some mornings, you know, wake up in a hotel and think, "oh, [ bleep ]. voice is not so good got to do a concert tonight. 20 minutes, boom >> seth: wow >> yes, it's excellent >> seth: i think of one thing that a lot of people turned to during this pandemic were podcasts you've got a couple. >> yes >> seth: you have one that's about shelves and what people have on their shelves. >> well, it's about my shelves >> seth: your shelves? >> it's called "alan cumming's shelves. >> seth: okay. >> so i have all these shelves with -- i'm slightly hoard-y i kind of take weird things that - not always like -- mementos for me random little things and i sort of -- i was in the beginning of the pandemic. i was thinking, "oh, i remember that story." i thought that would be a really good podcast

so, i take something from the shelves and then i talk about it and then i get someone who's involved in my memory of it. so, it's always people i know. and i then tell the story. and so i did -- i've done about 12 now that i've gone out. and i did one, my friend monica lewinsky, she gave me this award and so it was about the awards i was clinking the award we were laughing because it was and emmy weekend and it was just when she was coming back into life again and society it was really lovely anyway, that night we went to this party her agent, one of those ones and one with three letters and it was in a restaurant and they didn't bring food you had go into the kitchen to get food yourself. it was like what and so we were really hungry and there was no pizzas left but they had these baguettes so i said, "could i have this baguette?" and the man was like, "sure. so monica and i -- i got a and she went to the loo and i went to the bar. and i was like, "i'll hold up my baguette so you can see me."

i do that, then we were leaving. and we were trying to go out, and i was bopping people on the shoulder with my baguette to get them out and it was really useful and then when we got out to the thing, it was all valets and everyone's car coming, it was a mess and there was police there and everything and we could see monica's car, but he couldn't see us so i went up and i bopped my baguette on the window of the car. and the policeman with a loud hailer -- who has loud hailer anymore? went, "sir, sir, would you stop hitting that car with your bread stick? >> seth: i was going to be shocked -- if the cop had said baguette, i would've been like, "this story's not real." >> no, no, it was, yeah. no it was -- but i just -- i was like -- i thought, "oh, gosh, i'm going to get arrested for hitting a car with some french bread. >> seth: yeah, i mean, if there is any crime that we should look the other way on, it's hitting a car with bread >> immunity for that, yeah >> seth: you have a show coming out on -- what is it, hbo max? prince >> hbo max yes, it's called "the prince." >> seth: "the prince." that's really exciting >> it is, it's hilarious it's an animated show written by gary janetti

and it's about -- started off on instagram, him sort of doing these sort of witty things about prince george, little prince george. and now it's an animated thing and i play prince george's valet. >> seth: oh, fantastic >> yeah, it's biting and hilarious. >> seth: i can't wait for that congrats on "schmigadoon." it's so lovely to have you here. thanks for the nice time >> thank, seth, so nice -- yeah, it was really nice >> seth: i really appreciate it. "schmigadoon" begins streaming on apple tv plus tomorrow. we'll be right back with damian lillard ♪

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♪ >> seth: our next guest is a six-time nba all-star for the portland trail blazers, and a member of team usa men's basketball

he stars in "space jam: a new legacy," which is in theaters and on hbo max this friday let's take a look. >> sheesh. you could use a makeover >> mm. oh, wow. >> wooh! >> mm, uh, okay. word [ screeching sound ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> seth: please welcome to the show, damian lillard how you are, dame? >> i'm good. how you doing? >> seth: i'm doing very well first, congratulations on the film obviously, you're an actor in it, but even more impressively for my money, you have a song on the soundtrack how did that come about? which happened first >> well, they had me in the movie first, and then some people found out that i do music, and they was like, "would want to be a part of the soundtrack?" and i was like, "yeah, let's do it." so, they put me on a bay area inspired track, because i'm from

the bay area >> seth: and you also -- you have an album coming out this summer, as well. so a pretty big musical moment you're having. >> i am. like, obviously i play basketball i'm an actor now and music is a big part of my life. so this is going to be my fourth album coming in august >> seth: do your teammates and fellow nba players, are they fans of your music do you get a lot of feedback on it >> at the beginning, they was, kind of, hating on my music. [ light laughter ] you know, it was like, "you think you're a rapper, all this kind of stuff. and then, when they started to listen, they was like, "you can you actually rap." so now, they look forward to it. they're fans - >> seth: now, the thing that i would be the most afraid of, would be them coming to you and asking if they could also rap on your albums. has that happened yet, and what do you say >> they have like, a few of them come, like, "let me get on the track." and then, i'll be like, "cool. and when it's time to do it, they back out, so. [ laughter ]

>> seth: so that's a -- that's a -- that's a good outcome so, the first "space jam" came out when you were 6-years-old. it seems like that might be the sweet spot for a kid who loves basketball do you remember seeing the film? were you a fan >> i was a huge fan. i had the merch, the t-shirts, the shoes, everything. i had it so, to be a part of the sequel, you know, it's a -- a dream come true >> seth: your -- your kids, i know you have twins who are very young, they're 6-months-old, congratulations. you got a 3-year-old is he going to see it or, has he seen it yet? >> he watched it with me the first time and he wasn't really interested until they got to, like, the "looney tunes" part. [ laughter ] and, he watched that and then when it went back to -- to real life, he was disinterested again. but, i think now that he's a little bit older, that was probably like six months ago, and i think, now, that he's a little more mature, he'll see what's going on better now, i think he'll really like it >> seth: i want to warn you,

cause a lot of my friends, when they do films that are kid friendly, their kids are very upset when they see their parents in it. they don't like it cause it takes them out of the world. >> i think my son -- i think, now, he'll like it when he's seen me on tv, like, playing basketball, or even when i watched the movie with him, he was like, you know, "that's other daddy. [ light laughter ] like, he don't think it's me he just thinks that's, like, another version of me. so - >> seth: well, i mean, i will say, he would certainly be allowed to think that, based on the animation here of your character, chronos was it -- it must have been cool to see that for the first time >> yeah, it was real cool. i was -- it was a process trying to figure out, like, how the character would look you know, there were so many different stages and i was like -- certain things i didn't really like so it was a process to get it to look how i wanted it to look so, i'm happy that it turned out -- you know, as soon as you see it, you can tell it's me >> seth: this is your first movie, not your first acting gig. i was thrilled when i first saw you appear in my colleague,

fred armisen's show, "portlandia. i mean, it made sense, cause you were in portland, but how did it come about >> well, they -- they had a history of having the trail blazers involved in the show, and it wasn't really acting it was just, like, coming through the tunnel at halftime just kind of a basketball environment and they asked me would i want to do it. so, the first time i did it, i did it with teammates. then, the next time it was like, "all right, i want to be, just, thrown into the show i don't want to be in an arena, in uniform, or anything like that i just want to be there. and they was like, "cool let's do it. so, i was like, "let's do it." let me -- let me get my acting career started >> seth: i, um, i'm glad that you could be helped by fred in an acting career but, based on everything i've seen from him, you did not help his sports career at all >> at all. [ laughter ] i was just his black friend. that was it. >> seth: hey, chad johnson, former nfl superstar, ochocinco,

he made news recently. he went to a portland ihop, and he left a -- let's see -- i want to leave the last part for the end. so, he left a -- right there, a $1 thousand tip on a $33 bill and that was in the news but then, he also wrote at the bottom, "i love you. i beat damian lillard in one-on-one years ago in the ymca." is that true, dame >> it is literally a straight up lie. [ laughter ] he literally made that up. i saw him one time at -- after a graduation, in oregon, in the parking lot. and he was like, "man, let's play some pickup." let's go hoop. and i was like, "let me know." and he was like, "all right. i'm gonna let you know." that was it. [ light laughter ] we never played. i haven't seen him since and he just made that up randomly >> seth: it's a really funny way to lie, because, you know, we're all kind of predisposed to take his side cause of the really nice tip he left >> right exactly. >> seth: you're -- >> he's trying to buy their loyalty with the tip

>> seth: hey, you're about to head to tokyo. has it sunk in for you i mean, you know, the season barely, for you, just ended. and now you're off to represent team usa how are you feeling? >> i feel good i think it's definitely a commitment coming up short in the nba season, it's like, instead of having a long off-season with you thinking about what went wrong, and what you could have done differently, jumping right back into meaningful games and doing something that's bigger than myself, and being able to -- to have an opportunity to be a gold medalist is -- is worth it so, you know, i'm excited to be headed there >> seth: big weekend for you, movie coming out it's your birthday happy birthday on behalf of everybody here at "late night. >> thank you i appreciate it. y'all going to sing happy birthday to me >> seth: any birthday plans before you go to japan >> y'all going to sing happy birthday to me >> seth: no, well, we don't have anyone here. so, no [ laughter ]

>> i don't -- i mean, i'll probably have dinner with some family something light, but, that's it. nothing -- nothing crazy >> seth: well, we really appreciate you making the time congrats on the film congrats on the album. best of luck in tokyo. we hope you bring back the gold and we look forward to seeing you next time. >> thank you thank you. i appreciate it. >> seth: "space jam: a new legacy" premieres in theaters and on hbo max tomorrow. we'll be right back with more "late night. ♪ liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need. how much money can liberty mutual save you? one! two! three! four! five! 72,807! 72,808... dollars. yep... everything hurts.

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♪ >> seth: we're almost done with tonight's show, but right after i say goodnight, the crew sticks around so i can record "corrections," where i respond to youtube commenters who take issue with things i say on this program. it gets released friday mornings on youtube and, as of this week, it is an emmy-nominated segment

why, you ask well, you'll have to watch and find out and, by all means, sound off in the comments we can take it we'll be right back. ♪