Trump Eats Beef Patties and Ketchup in South Korea | Jesse Eisenberg, Brittany Snow, Jim Downey | Wednesday, October 29

Summary

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Episode: Trump Eats Beef Patties and Ketchup in South Korea | Jesse Eisenberg, Brittany Snow, Jim Downey
Air Date: October 30, 2025
Guests: Jesse Eisenberg, Brittany Snow, Jim Downey

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Overview

This lively episode of The Tonight Show blends political humor, Halloween-themed antics, and playful banter with celebrity guests. Jimmy Fallon kicks things off with a satirical monologue focused on President Trump's trip to South Korea and upcoming Halloween festivities at the White House. The show transitions into a series of comedic sketches, a playful “Other Treats” segment, and in-depth interviews with Jesse Eisenberg, Brittany Snow, and legendary comedy writer Jim Downey.

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Monologue & Opening Segments

Theme:

• Satirical reflections on current events, particularly President Trump's international visit and Halloween at the White House.

Key Moments:

• [01:15] Trump in South Korea:
  Fallon riffs on President Trump's meal with South Korea's president, joking about the menu—kimchi, spinach, and “mini beef patties with ketchup”—quipping, “Gee, I wonder who ate what.”
• [01:57] Halloween at the White House:
  "It’s exciting for trick-or-treaters, because this year everyone gets a little piece of the East Wing," Fallon says, poking fun at presidential hospitality.
• [02:47] Segment: Other Treats:
  A goofy bit in which Jimmy shares fake favorite treats of celebrities—e.g., Snoop Dogg likes "blazonettes," Elon Musk prefers "carbursts," and Shohei Ohtani likes "pitcher's mounds."
  • This bit quickly devolves into Jim Downey and Jimmy volleying demands for "one more treat," culminating in a Trump joke:

    “President Trump doesn’t like Butterfingers, he likes Little Fingers.” — Jimmy Fallon [04:11]
    “Finally.” — Jim Downey [04:19]

Notable Quotes:

• “If someone asks about the Epstein files, he’ll hit the lights and pretend he’s not home.” — Jimmy Fallon [01:57]
• “Deliverest me thou treat or perish.” — Jimmy Fallon, playing up Downey’s repeated requests [04:02]

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Featured Sketch & Halloween Fun

• [06:37] Fallon shares a “scary story” with Questlove: a hangry man in the woods uses a suite of cordless KitchenAid appliances (humorously disguised advertorial).
• “The blender—It was cordless. That’s right. It’s all part of the KitchenAid Go line of battery powered cordless appliances.” — Jimmy Fallon [07:23]

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Guest Interviews

Jesse Eisenberg

Topic: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t (Film, in theaters Nov 14)
Key Points:

• [09:49] Third film in the “Now You See Me” franchise.
• Addresses rumors the Louvre heist was a movie promo:

  “You know, we’re trying to get people to come back to theaters. There’s only so many kind of cute TikTok videos I can make and we have to do something a little outside the box.” — Jesse Eisenberg [10:19]

• On playing a confident magician:

  “The only fun thing in my life is these ‘Now You See Me’ movies… I’m a miserable person... but then, you know, I play like the most confident magician… I feel so good about myself. After these movies…I don’t use [my therapist] for a year.” [10:35–11:10]

• Emphasis on real, practical magic in the film, not CGI

  “In this movie, we did… like, it’s almost all practical magic.” — Jesse Eisenberg [11:44]

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Brittany Snow

Topic: “The Beast in Me” (Netflix, Nov 13), “Murdoch: Death in the Family” (Hulu, now) Key Points:

• [12:40] First time on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
• Discussion of her previous series (“Hunting Wives”) and playful banter about on-set wig controversies (involving her dog).
• [13:54] Fallon brings up a childhood interview, reading back her answers from 1998:
  • “How I want to spend New Year’s Eve 1999”: Brittany’s answer then—“partying”—and a giggly discussion about “Actual Coke. Coca Cola.” [14:23–14:31]
• [15:23] Discusses love for mysteries and true crime.
• [15:36] Description of her character in “The Beast in Me” — married to a potentially murderous man, played by Matthew Rhys.

  “He can snap into it and be a villain right away. There was one scene...I just smacked him right across the face. And he was like, ‘I can hear the ringing in my ears!’” — Brittany Snow [16:08–16:22]

• [16:48] Describes the central mystery and her character’s defensive stance as the second wife in a possibly dangerous marriage.

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Jim Downey

Topic: “Downey Wrote That” (Documentary on Peacock) Key Points:

• [17:37] Fallon enthusiastically lists Downey’s classic SNL and Late Night sketches—including the Patrick Swayze/Chris Farley Chippendale’s sketch, and the origin of the word “strategery.”
  • “You were rarely on camera. But I have a clip here that I’m gonna show of you actually being on camera with Dave Letterman. I think.” — Jimmy Fallon [20:41]
• [19:03] Downey shares memories of Fallon sending in jokes to SNL’s Weekend Update with Norm MacDonald and how he once advised Fallon against becoming Update anchor—to no avail:

  “If you wanted to do like a talk show or something down the road, Update would be okay. But I—I urged Jimmy not to do it.” — Jim Downey [19:51] “And now I’m the host of the Tonight—thank God, thank God, thank God.” — Jimmy Fallon [19:53] “You didn’t listen to my dreadful, dreadful career advice.” — Jim Downey [20:02]

• [20:12] Talks about the peculiar challenges of making a documentary about a behind-the-scenes writer:

  “When you’re doing a documentary about a writer, you know, there’s a writer coming up with an idea. Doesn’t look interesting on camera.” — Jim Downey [20:12]

• [21:36] A vintage clip is played: Downey appears on Late Night with Letterman (1983) wearing an obscure college t-shirt and riffing with Dave over its origins.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You didn’t listen to my dreadful, dreadful career advice.” — Jim Downey [20:02]
• “Breakfast time is any time. Wouldn't you agree?” — Jimmy Fallon, during the Halloween/kitchen gadget sketch [08:29]
• “If there’s one thing you can trust, it’s an ETA from Uber.” — Jimmy Fallon, poking fun at ride share predictions [04:37]
• “I just smacked him right across the face. And he was like, ‘Oh my God. I can hear the ringing in my ears. That’s a Welsh accent. It’s not a good one.” — Brittany Snow, on filming with Matthew Rhys [16:25]
• “There’s only so many kind of cute TikTok videos I can make...” — Jesse Eisenberg on movie promotion versus viral stunts [10:19]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Monologue & Trump jokes: [01:15]–[02:36]
• Other Treats Segment: [02:47]–[04:19]
• Halloween “scary story” sketch: [06:37]–[08:50]
• Jesse Eisenberg interview: [09:28]–[11:51]
• Brittany Snow interview: [12:17]–[17:10]
• Jim Downey interview & clip: [17:37]–[23:01]

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Conclusion

This episode is bursting with playful, smart humor and behind-the-scenes insights from Hollywood and comedy legends. Jimmy Fallon's lighthearted, inquisitive tone keeps the energy high, whether poking fun at world leaders, reminiscing about childhood interviews, or honoring comedy history through Jim Downey’s prolific career. Fans of late-night TV, comedy writing, and fresh celebrity anecdotes will find plenty of treats across this Halloween-hued show.

Transcript

[Jimmy Fallon]

From Studio 60 in Rockefeller center in the heart of New York City, host the Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Tonight joins Jimmy and his guests, Jesse Eisenberg, Princeton Snow. Jim Downing, Hughes River. Steve Martin, Allison Brown. And featuring the legendary roots of Kirby. 2206. Yeah. And now, here he is. Give me. Come on. That's a great crowd. Thank you very.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it.

Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Tonight Show.

This is it. Thank you for watching.

Well, guys, today President Trump traveled to South Korea for the last stop on his trip to Asia. Trump had many questions for South Korea's president, starting with which demon hunter are you? Trump and South Korea's president then had lunch where they were served kimchi, spinach, soybean paste soup, and mini beef patties with ketchup. Gee, I wonder who ate what. Well, tomorrow Trump will return to the US and host the annual White House Halloween party. Yeah, it's exciting for trick or treaters because this year everyone gets a little piece of the East Wing. Isn't that nice? I think that's cool.

There you go.

There you go. Yeah. Trump will give out candy, but if someone asks about the Epstein files. So he'll hit the lights and pretend he's not home. In honor of the White House Halloween party, it's time for a White House Halloween party. Moments we'll never forget. There you go.

There you have it.

Yeah, guys, Halloween is almost here. And I read that America's favorite Halloween treat is Reese's. But a lot of people like other treats, too. I'll show you what I mean in a new segment called Other Treats.

Other treats. Other treats. Now it's time for other treats.

First up, Snoop Dogg doesn't like Raisinets. His favorite treat is blazonettes.

Love em Treats.

Next up, kids don't like take five. Their favorite treat is take six. Seven.

That's another treat.

And finally, here's the last one. Elon Musk doesn't like starburst. He likes carbursts. That's it for other treats.

How about we hear another treat?

[Jim Downey]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Sorry, no. That was all. That was the last. That was the last one.

Come on, man, just one more treat.

Um, okay, here's one. Shohei Ohtani doesn't like mounds. He likes pitcher's mounds.

That was rough. You owe me one more treat.

I really don't have any more. There's no more treats.

One more treat.

No more treats.

One more treat.

No more treats.

10 more treats.

10. No. The bit's over. I'm sorry.

You must give me one more treat. I am all powerful. Deliverest me thou treat or perish.

All right, all right. Okay. President Trump doesn't like butterfingers. He likes little fingers.

[Jim Downey]

Finally.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, thank you.

Well, get this, get this. A woman is suing seaweed for $50,000 claiming she was on one of their roller coasters and a duck hit her in the face. And for everyone else, it was the most entertaining thing they saw at SeaWorld. And finally I saw that Uber said that they plan to have a fleet of 100,000 self driving vehicles by 2027. And if there's one thing you can trust, it's an ETA from Uber. We have a great show.

Give it up for the roost, everybody. The man at hand of Rural School of each and he's supplying to find their way from A to Z.

We got a big fun show. Welcome to the show, everybody. I want to quickly mention on Friday night is the season finale of my new show on Brand.

We're down to the final four contestants.

It's a full episode. Tune in Friday night at 8pm on NBC and then the next day on Peacock. Then watch the Tonight show on Monday night. We're gonna have the winner on as a guest.

Yeah, that's right, Omri.

But first, what a great show we have for you tonight. He's a very talented actor and writer who stars in the new film now youw See Me, now youw don't, which is in theaters November 14th.

Jessi Eisenberg is here tonight. The Mexican, the Best.

You know her from her starring role in the Hunting Wives. You can now see her in two new shows, her Netflix series the Beast in Me, which is out in November. And Murdoch Death in the Family, which is streaming now on Hulu. Brittany Snow is joining us today. She's great. He is a five time Emmy winning writer for Saturday Night Live and the subject of a new documentary, Downey wrote that, which is streaming now on Peacock. Gosh, if you love comedy or late night or Saturday Night Live, you have to watch it. It's a must see.

[Jim Downey]

You'll.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You'll totally dig it. He's also in one of the biggest movies of the year. One battle after another. Jim Downey is here tonight.

Jimbo. Jim Downey.

Super fun, guys. As I said earlier, Halloween's almost here and that reminded me of something that happened to me. Questlove and Trique the other day. Take a look at this. Thanks for coming out here, guys. Yeah, man, it's fun. We should do it more often. You guys want to hear a scary story? Okay, sure. There once was a man who was alone in the woods at night, on a night just like tonight. And he was very, very angry because he was very, very hungry. So he was hangry. He was very, very hangry. So he grabbed some eggs and he grabbed a blender and then he cracked those eggs and then he blended them. And then he blended them again. Wait a minute. How was he using a blender in the woods? What was he plugged into? That's the thing. The blender. It was cordless. Cordless. That's right. It's all part of the KitchenAid Go line of battery powered cordless appliances. One interchangeable battery powers them all, so they easily enhance your everyday life. Cordless blenders, food choppers, mixers, the hangry man use them all. Some say he even had a cordless.

Vacuum for a hand.

And then what happened? Well, when he was done blending the eggs, he took a chopper, he chopped the peppers. After the peppers, he grabbed the coffee grinder and he ground the coffee. And then he grabbed a citrus juicer and he juiced that orange to a bloody pulp. And then he. And then he.

He had breakfast.

[Jim Downey]

And he had it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The omelette and the coffee and juice, all under the stars on a night just like tonight. Well, why was he having breakfast at night? Because breakfast time is any time. Wouldn't you agree? Whoa. Where'd that come from?

It came from me. Go to kitchenaid.com for more info on all the KitchenAid Go products. Happy Halloween, everybody. Our first guest is an Oscar nominated.

Actor and writer starring in the new film now youw See Me, now youw don't, which opens in theaters Friday, November 14th. Please welcome Jesse Eisenberg.

Hi, Jesse.

[Jim Downey]

Hi.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Welcome back.

Thank you again for coming on the show. We love having you on. I want to get into now youw See Me and Now youw don't, which is fantastic. It's great. It's the third one in the franchise.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

That's right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And fans are very excited about this. There was Internet speculation.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You know what I'm about to say?

[Jesse Eisenberg]

I do.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That the real life Louvre museum heist was just some kind of promotion for your film. Yes. Can you clear that up and just admit it was ok? It was. That was very well done.

Perfect timing.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

You know, we're trying to get people to come back to theaters.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, people will come back to theaters.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

There's only so many kind of cute TikTok videos I can make and we have to do something A little outside the box.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're great in these movies.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

Oh, thank you so much.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Is it fun to play this character and learn all these tricks and illusions?

[Jesse Eisenberg]

The only fun thing in my life is these now youw See Me movies. Like, yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Like, you know, in life, in your acting career.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

In my life, I am, like, you know, you know, I'm a miserable person. And then, you know, I do movies where I play miserable people and I write things about miserable people. And then I, like, once every, you know, seven years, I do these amazing movies where, like, I play, like, the most confident magician on the planet. And, like, it just makes me feel so good about myself. You know, I'm standing up straight and I'm wearing a suit, and I feel so good. After these movies, I usually, you know, my therapist doesn't like when they do a sequel because, you know, I don't use him for a year.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, There you go. That's it.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It actually helps you out.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

Yeah, exactly.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Great job. Again. What do we tell everyone and how do we set everyone up for now youw See Me, now youw Don't.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

Yes, now youw See Me truly is, like, an amazing movie. But there's all these magic tricks through the movie. But what's amazing about the movie is the entire movie in and of itself is a magic trick. And I don't want to, like, say anything or give it away. Cause it's like, the most incredible twist ending.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And again, I've said this to you to the last movie, but it's tough to do magic in a movie. Cause you just go. Yeah, just edit it and you cut it. And the card is the one card. Of course, we could have added whatever card.

[Jim Downey]

Yes.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

But in this movie, we did. Like, it's almost all practical magic.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes. And when you see it, you're gonna be amazed and go see it in the big screen. It's so fun.

Jesse Eisenberg, everybody. Now you see me, now you don't. Opens in theaters November 14th. We'll be right back with Britney Snow. Come on. Our next guest is a talented actress.

Starring in two new shows. Her Netflix series the Beast in me is available November 13th. And Murdoch death in the Family is streaming now on Hulu. Everyone, please welcome Brittany Snow. Welcome to the Tonight Show.

[Brittany Snow]

I am so excited to be here.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm so happy you're here. Oh, this is your first time?

[Brittany Snow]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

With you.

Oh, my gosh. I'm so. I'm honored. I want to get into all of your. You have, like, 10 new shows on TV. It's amazing.

[Brittany Snow]

I wish it was 10.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're working. You're crushing it. You got three. I mean, thank you. Hunting Wives. Congratulations. That was the biggest hit. That was phenomenal.

[Brittany Snow]

It was wild. You watched it?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I did, definitely. Everyone watched it.

I guess.

[Brittany Snow]

You had Malin here.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Brittany Snow]

And she had a vote with her wig.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Malin Ackerman came on. We talked about. Everyone was talking about the wigs on the show and her wig, and I didn't even know it was a big controversy, but.

[Brittany Snow]

Oh, yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And then I asked you, and you actually, you said that your dog was on set.

[Brittany Snow]

This was the bigger controversy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. I didn't know your dog is wearing a wig. I mean, is that. Is that your dog's real hair or is that a wig? We don't know.

[Brittany Snow]

Weirdly enough, it is not her hair.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Although it's Scandal.

[Brittany Snow]

Perfect match.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Scandal.

[Brittany Snow]

Charlie came from the same box that I think we found Malin's wig in.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my God.

[Jesse Eisenberg]

Can we.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What do we know about season two? Can we talk about Hunting Wives at all? Is it happening? Is it done?

[Brittany Snow]

It's happening. We start in two weeks.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

[Brittany Snow]

Actually, yes. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you. All right.

I'm excited.

[Brittany Snow]

I'm excited, too.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I found an article. It was actually before the first thing you did to get famous. You were on Guiding Light.

I was.

[Brittany Snow]

When I was, like, 12 years old.

[Jimmy Fallon]

12 years old.

Mm.

And do you remember this interview that this magazine did with you? This is.

[Brittany Snow]

What is my hair doing?

[Jimmy Fallon]

What do you mean? It's so cute.

Come on.

[Brittany Snow]

This mushroom.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This is 1998.

[Brittany Snow]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And they asked you all these great questions, and I thought it'd be kind of funny if I asked you the same questions now to see if they're the same as your answer was in 1998.

[Brittany Snow]

OK. All right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Do you remember this?

[Brittany Snow]

I do not remember this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. How I want to spend New Year's Eve 1999. And you said partying.

[Brittany Snow]

Is it in all caps?

[Jimmy Fallon]

It is in all caps. Is that you?

[Brittany Snow]

I don't know what partying was. Yeah, I was, like, staying up late and having Coke. Actual Coke.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Coca Cola.

Yeah. Coca Cola. Coca Cola.

[Brittany Snow]

You guys definitely would.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The business is hard, kids. The business is rough.

[Brittany Snow]

You would have heard about it if.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I had heard about it.

[Jim Downey]

Wow.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes. Coca Cola. Of course, yes. Pepsi. Any?

[Brittany Snow]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay, here we go. Smartest thing I ever did, you said say no to drugs. Well, we know.

That'S what I said.

[Brittany Snow]

The smartest thing I ever did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The smartest thing you ever did, you said no to drugs.

[Brittany Snow]

Well, at 13 I hope I did good.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love that favorite song you said. Do you remember the song that you liked when you were kidding?

[Brittany Snow]

I think it was Love shack by the B52s.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That is correct. It was love shack by the B52s. I want to talk about your numerous projects. One is Murdoch Death in the Family, which is streaming right now on Hulu. It is a crime drama based on the true crime story.

[Brittany Snow]

Yes. I love murder mysteries and I love true crime and I love mysteries in general.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, me too.

[Brittany Snow]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, you too.

[Brittany Snow]

You're one of those girls.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm one of those girls, yes. But let's talk about your show, the Beast in Me.

[Brittany Snow]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. Your character is great. You're married to Matthew Rhys and he. Man, he's scary.

[Brittany Snow]

He is. He's not scary in real life. He's actually very gregarious and lovely. But no, on the show, you don't know necessarily if he's killed his wife. His ex wife before me.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, but he does it really well.

[Brittany Snow]

Oh, he's so good.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes. Is it harder doing scenes with him when he's, like, in character?

[Brittany Snow]

It's actually very easy because he's so funny and we were having so much fun right before, but he can snap into it and be a villain right away. There was one scene that we actually had to do, though, and we're sort of fighting and I do have to slap him across the face. And we were having so much fun and sort of joking around, and then they yelled, action. I just got caught up in the moment and I love him and I was joking around. I just smacked him right across the face. And he was like, oh, my God. I can hear the ringing in my ears. That's a Welsh accent. It's not a good one.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You really slapped him.

[Brittany Snow]

I dropped down right to the floor and I was like, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. But I think that that's what they used in the show. So if you watch the show not to give anything away, I do slap him.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, there you go. So you get to see a real slap. That's what I'm talking about. That's meth. How do we. How do we set up the Beast in me? And who do you play?

[Brittany Snow]

I play Nina Jarvis. She's Niall Jarvis wife. And she is the second wife to a wife that had recently been killed. But you don't know who killed her. And I'm trying my very best to look out for my husband, but Aggie, Claire Danes character is doing a book and writing a Book on my husband. And so I'm sort of hesitant about that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Ho, ho, ho.

Britney Snow, everybody. The Beast in me is available November 13th on Netflix and Murdoch Death and the Family is streaming now on Hulu. We'll be right back with Jim Downey. Stick around, everybody. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Our next guest is a five time.

Emmy winner and the longest tenured writer in the history of Saturday Night Live. He's also the subject of a new documentary, Downey wrote that, which is streaming now on Peacock. Everyone please welcome Jim Downey. Jim, you've worked in late night, but this is your first time as a guest. And thank you so much for doing this because I know you normally don't like to do this.

[Jim Downey]

No, not really. I like to be out there or back there.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, but you're doing this as a favor to me. I just want to let everyone know things that Jim Downey has written.

[Jim Downey]

You owe me.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, I know I do.

[Jim Downey]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Chippendale's sketch with Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley. The Chris Farley talk show. You were the head writer of Weekend Update with Norm MacDonald, the head writer of Late Night with David Letterman. You wrote for Dana Carvey when he played President Bush. Knock on dot, knock on dot. And you wrote for Will Ferrell when he played President George W. Bush and wrote the word strategery. That is definitely. That's some of the things you've done and some of the great things you've done. I first met you at Sirent Live when I started in 98. Do you remember meeting me?

[Jim Downey]

I remember Jimmy, Jimmy sent jokes to Update when I was working on Update with Norm MacDonald. And I think we used some of them. And then we, a few years later, Jimmy was hired as a feature player in the cast in like, 98. And you called me, wanted to have dinner with me in 2000 because Lauren had suggested that Jimmy take over Update and you wanted my opinion. And I said, you know, I don't know if you want to do Update. It's, it's, it's a personality act. It's like we would, you, we'd lose you from sketches. You wouldn't be able to do characters and impressions, everything. And it's like, if you wanted to do like a, like a talk show or something down the road, Update would be okay. But I, I, I urged Jimmy not to do it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And now I'm the host of the Tonight. Thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God.

[Jim Downey]

You didn't listen to my dreadful, dreadful career.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, you always gave Me the best advice. Are you nervous doing a documentary? When they come up to you, you're like, I don't want to do a documentary.

[Jim Downey]

Well, the tough thing is when there's nothing to shoot. When you're. When you're doing a documentary about a writer, you know, there's a writer coming up with an idea. Doesn't look interesting on camera.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I guess.

[Jim Downey]

And if you track someone like 24, 7, so you're. So you're with him or with him and the other writers when, you know. Yes, you might get a few seconds, but it's a really low density thing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, it is so fascinating. And you got all these great people talking about you. Maya Rudolph is talking about you. David Letterman saying great things about you. Obviously Lorne and Saturday Night Live, which were very kind. You were rarely on camera. But I have a clip here that I'm gonna show of you actually being on camera with Dave Letterman. I think.

[Jim Downey]

I think I know the one. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Do you know. Do you want to set. Do you know?

[Jim Downey]

It's. We would do a segment called Viewer Mail where we take actual letters and just use them as an excuse to do some sort of goofy freeform thing. And. And I had been on the week before, in order to avoid doing laundry, the. The writers would just wear college T shirts that had been sent in. We'd get like, boxes of them every week. And so I was wearing one from the University of Wazeca at Steuben in Wisconsin. We got a letter about that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, here we go. Here's a Jim Downey on Late Night with David Letterman, 1983.

[Jim Downey]

Dear Dave, on Wednesday, June 15th, I saw your head writer wearing a shirt that said University of Wazeka at Steuben. I was wondering how he got the shirt. I live in Wazika and have been. Have seen those shirts here, but never expected to see one on your show. Psychological. Does anyone there really know where Wazika or Steuben is? Well, gee, let's find out. Mr. Downey is. Jim. Jim, could you come? Yeah. Jim, I'm sure Kathy would be interested in. In knowing where you got the. The T shirt that said Wazika and Steuben and so forth.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I've never even heard of the place.

[Jim Downey]

You didn't go to school there?

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, never. Never heard of it.

[Jim Downey]

Yeah. Then how is it that you were wearing a shirt that said University of Wazeka at Steuben?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Am I in some kind of trouble, Dave?

[Jim Downey]

No, Jim, no. This is just. We're trying to find out the origin of the shirt and so forth. Where did you get that shirt?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, I don't know, but sometimes I wear shirts without really reading what's on them. Come on.

That's how you do it.

Thank you again for coming on. And thank you for always being nice to me and always rooting for me ever since. I know. And you still do. Yeah. I love you, buddy. That's Jim Downey right there.

The documentary Downey Road that is streaming now on Peacock. Stick around, everybody. My thanks to Jesse Eisenberg, Britney Snow, Jim Downey and the roots from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank Sara.

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