Trump in Hot Water After Damning Epstein Emails Exposed by Congress | Ben Stiller, Brad Paisley, Peter Revello | Wednesday, November 12

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Episode: Trump in Hot Water After Damning Epstein Emails Exposed by Congress
Guests: Ben Stiller, Brad Paisley, Peter Ravello
Air Date: November 13, 2025

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Episode Overview

This packed episode of The Tonight Show melds sharp political satire, tech talk, celebrity interviews, and comedy sketches. Jimmy Fallon opens with his signature monologue on headline news—most notably, the release of Trump-Epstein emails by Congress. The show then moves through parodies about AI in entertainment, a musical country skit, and a recurring “Freezer Secrets” gag. Guests Ben Stiller and Brad Paisley discuss their latest projects, and comedian Peter Ravello delivers an energetic standup set. The overall tone is breezy, topical, and self-aware, true to the Fallon brand.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Monologue: Politics, Pop Culture, AI (00:59-05:46)

• Political Satire: Jimmy dives into the day's big story—the release of emails tying President Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, quipping about the resulting stress in the Trump camp.
  • “Trump heard and was like, bring back the shutdown. Bring it back.” (01:34)
• Tech & AI in Entertainment: Fallon discusses Matthew McConaughey creating an AI version of his voice, leading to a playful call-in segment with “Matthew” volleying his signature phrases (“All right, all right, all night, all night, all night.”).
• AI in Country Music: A comedic skit with “country duo” Guthrie and Maria lampoons AI’s encroachment into songwriting, playfully exposing that even they’ve used ChatGPT.

2. Freezer Secrets With Ben Stiller: Gag & Confessions (06:59-10:51)

• Fallon tries out Ben Stiller’s new soda and gets locked in a soundproof freezer, where the segment morphs into a confessional sketch.
• Both share quirky “secrets,” blending absurdity and self-deprecation (e.g., Ben thought “Knicks” was pronounced “K-nicks,” Jimmy claims to be "the liquid that comes out of the bottle before the ketchup").
  • “I just got the joke [about Focker] like, yesterday.” —Ben Stiller (08:53)
  • “The rumors are true. I had penis reduction surgery.” —Ben Stiller, to which Jimmy retorts, “I hadn’t heard them.” (10:10-10:23)

3. Interview: Ben Stiller on Career, Family, and Soda (11:05-24:13)

a. Basketball Courtside Anecdotes (12:05-14:49)

• Fallon and Stiller riff on attending a Knicks game together, with Fallon accidentally dressed like an assistant coach and feeling out of place.
  • “You basically looked like you were like the new assistant coach.” —Ben Stiller (12:47)
  • “I think they thought you were an assistant coach!” —Ben Stiller (13:19)
• The exchange is peppered with playful ribbing and mutual embarrassment about their sports fandom.

b. “Meet the Parents” & New Film (14:49-15:51)

• Stiller marks the 25th anniversary of “Meet the Parents” and teases a new spin-off, “Focker in Love,” featuring Ariana Grande, praising her comedy chops and musicality.

c. “Severance” and the Art of Slow TV (16:01-16:51)

• Celebration of the Emmy-winning series “Severance”; Stiller confirms another season is in development, though the process is slow:
  • “We've only done 19 episodes over five and a half years on the show.” —Ben Stiller (16:49)
• Compares with more “fast-food” TV: “I think, like, young Sheldon's done 600 episodes in that time.” —Ben Stiller (16:53)

d. Stiller Soda: Origins and Humor (17:04-19:18)

• Stiller launches his own soda brand, inspired by childhood nostalgia for Shirley Temples.
  • “I went to Italy for six weeks and embedded myself in the hills…with the maraschino cherry farmers.” (18:24)
• Jokes about research excess and challenges, e.g., “You can't put a maraschino cherry in a can.” (18:57)
• The soda’s all-natural approach is emphasized.

e. Documentary: “Stiller and Mira: Nothing is Lost” (19:24-24:13)

• Fallon and Stiller reflect on the documentary about Stiller’s legendary comedy parents, using found footage and family memories as a springboard for emotional storytelling.
  • “They really wanted to be together…that really influenced me in my life.” —Ben Stiller (22:42)
  • “They would have been so proud of you for making the documentary.” —Jimmy Fallon (24:13)
• The personal family history segues into a discussion about creative partnerships and legacy.

4. Interview: Brad Paisley & Holiday Spirit (24:50-28:31)

• Paisley’s new Christmas album “Snow Globe Town” tops the iTunes chart.
  • “I wanted it to feel like you stepped into a Hallmark movie.” —Brad Paisley (28:03)
• Fallon quizzes Paisley on his odd streak: every time he sings the national anthem at the World Series, the game goes to extra innings.
  • “Are you freaking out?” —Jimmy Fallon (25:44)
  • “I have a nickname—it’s Mr. More Baseball.” —Brad Paisley (26:23)
• Quick riff on Paisley’s 20-foot inflatable dragon yard decoration and the joys of festive absurdity.

5. Stand-Up: Peter Ravello (29:22-34:11)

• Ravello’s set channels sharp observational humor—Vegas absurdity, the weird sadness of casinos, generational divides, and the haunted house vs. studio apartment paradox.
  • “My grandmother, she was 103 when she died. No, don’t. That’s a tree age, not a human age.” (30:38)
  • “You ever watch a horror movie when you have no money? It’s not scary…I was like, I wish I had a house.”
• His deadpan delivery and flashes of blue-collar New York resonate with the studio audience.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Political Zinger:
  • “Trump heard and was like, bring back the shutdown. Bring it back.” —Jimmy Fallon (01:34)
• On AI and Country Music:
  • “If you want, I can generate more hit country lyrics for you.” —Guthrie/Marie skit (04:24)
• Stiller’s Soda Origins:
  • “I called myself Giuseppe…they called me Piccolo Giuseppe.” —Ben Stiller (18:42)
• Family Documentary Reflection:
  • “They really wanted to be together...that really influenced me in my life.” —Ben Stiller (22:42)
• Paisley’s Baseball Curse:
  • “All four times that you’ve performed…the game has gone into extra innings. …It’s Mr. More Baseball.” —Jimmy Fallon & Brad Paisley (25:44-26:23)
• Peter Ravello’s Standup:
  • “My grandmother, she was 103…that’s not a human age. That’s the age of a haunted sailboat.” —Peter Ravello (30:38)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Timestamps | |----------------------------------------|---------------| | Monologue: Trump/Epstein, AI, Country | 00:59–05:46 | | Freezer Secrets (Stiller Sketch) | 06:59–10:51 | | Ben Stiller Interview | 11:05–24:13 | | Brad Paisley Interview | 24:50–28:31 | | Peter Ravello Standup | 29:22–34:11 |

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Tone & Takeaways

The episode crackles with a mix of biting satire, warm nostalgia, and playful absurdity. Jimmy and his guests riff off current events, Hollywood culture, and family life with characteristic wit and humility. Standout moments include the AI country skit and the heartfelt yet hilarious exchanges between Fallon and Stiller. For those who missed the episode, expect a deft blend of comedy, pop culture, and personal storytelling—the Tonight Show at its lively best.

Transcript

[Jimmy Fallon]

From Studio 6P in Rockefeller center in the heart of New York City, it's the Tonight Show. Starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight joins Jimmy and his guest, Ben Stiller, Brad Hazen, comedian Peter Ravello. And featured the legendary Ruth Cru 22. Dark tire. Shit. And now here he is. J. Come on.

[Ben Stiller]

That's.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's a crowd right there. Thank. Thank you very, very much.

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

You here. Good show tonight.

Well, guys, some big news in Washington today. The House officially voted to end the government shutdown right now. People who were hoping to skip flying home for Thanksgiving were like, well, I guess I'll be back to drawing an extra line on my COVID test. Here we go. Meanwhile, everyone's talking about this. Earlier this morning, Congress released new emails that show President Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump heard and was like, bring back the shutdown. Bring it back.

Let's bring it.

Shut it down another couple weeks. Yep. As we speak, Trump's more stressed than the air traffic controller at Newark Airport. Speaking of Trump, tonight, he hosted Wall Street CEOs for dinner at the White House. During dinner, Trump was like, who wants to watch anything except the news? What do you think? Well, switching gears, I saw that Matthew McConaughey teamed up with an AI audio company to make a virtual replica of his voice. Ooh. Joining us now via phone to talk about it is the real Matthew McConaughey. Hey, Matthew. Thank you for being here. How you doing? All right, all right, all right. You're such a busy guy. When did you find the time to record your voice? All night. All night. All night. Interesting. But if it was at night, how could you see. Small lot. Small light. Small light. Yeah. Really? That was enough to see. So bright. So bright. So bright. Got it. Well, how was the recording booth? Airtight. Airtight. Airtight. Nice. Did you drink some Starbucks to stay awake? Tall white. Tall white. Tall white. That's a good choice. Well, this must have been around Halloween. What do you call that again? Fall fright. Fall fright. Fall fright. Yeah, it's very unusual. But, hey, quick Q. Do you think one of the Beatles would ever replicate their voice? Paul might. Paul might. Paul might. Well, I. I heard Kevin Hart was thinking about it. How. How would you describe him? Dolls height. Dolls height. Dolls height. Hey, come on.

[Ben Stiller]

What.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What do you think's going to happen next time he sees you? Bar fight. Bar fight. Bar fight. All right, last question. What's your favorite song of life? Of a showgirl? Let me guess. It's Opalite. Opalite. Opalite. Nah, I like the Fate of Ophelia. Oh, there you go.

Matthew McConaughey, everyone. Thanks for being here. Thanks for being on the show.

Well, speaking of AI, for the first time ever, an AI generated country song has reached number one on the Billboard charts. Here to discuss is our resident country duo, Guthrie and Maria. Welcome to the show, guys.

Thank you.

Now, you two are a professional, professional country musicians. How do you feel about an AI country song being so popular? We don't like it. Not one bit. Yeah, we poured our heart and souls into this industry and we're not gonna.

Let no computer replace us.

We actually wrote a song about it. Well, we'd love to hear it. Hit it. 2, 3, 4. My truck, my jeans Some silly and some beans that's what it takes to be country and ice cold beer on my John Deere.

How's that?

If you want, I can gener more hit country lyrics for you. Wait, wait, I'm sorry. Wait, wait, sorry.

What was that?

What was that last line? Oh, the ice cold beer John Deere. Pretty good rhyme, huh? No, no, I mean the one about generating country lyrics. That Sounds like something ChatGPT would say. We don't use ChatGPT. We did this all on our own. You'll see in the next verse. Okay, fine. Sorry. Take it away. 2, 3, 4. We don't need no chatgpt to ride our. Would you like this formatted as a downloadable PDF or word document?

All right, stop, stop, stop, stop. Guys, guys.

You are clearly using ChatGPT to help write this.

Fine.

[Ben Stiller]

You caught us.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We're doomed.

[Ben Stiller]

We're never gonna work again.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Guys, it's okay. I don't judge you. We don't judge you. Right guys? We don't.

[Ben Stiller]

No. Well, we hope you'll accept our apology.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We're genuinely sorry for the hurt we caused. That's okay, guys, really. And we'll do better next time. Would you like the apology to sound romantic?

Professional? All right, that's enough. Guthrie and Marie, everybody. Take them off the feed. No, wave at me.

Guys, listen to this. A self driving taxi company, Waymo, said that their cars will start taking customers on the freeway for the first time. They made the announcement after a Waymo accidentally took a customer on the freeway for the first time. Yeah, we're doing that now.

We have a great show tonight.

His new documentary, Stiller and Mira Nothing is Lost is streaming now on Apple tv. The very funny, the one and only, the very talented Ben Stiller is here tonight. He's got his own soft Drink, too, Stiller.

Also one of my favorites, country music superstar Brad Paisley is joining us. And we got great stand up from Peter Ravello. Stick around. We're telling Freezer Secrets with Ben Stiller after the break. Come on back. Check it out. You're now in tune to the sounds of the all to the double. Ooh. Welcome back to the show. Ben Stiller is our guest tonight. He's got a.

He's got a new soda called Stiller's Soda, and it's actually really good. In fact, I wouldn't mind grabbing one right now out of the Tonight show freezer. I'll be right back. Sorry. See this? I should have done it earlier.

Freezer Secrets. Oh, no, no, no, no. Not again. I'm stuck. Someone help. I'm stuck in the freezer.

It's no use, Jimmy.

Ben Stiller?

What are you doing in here?

[Ben Stiller]

I also came in here to get a Stiller soda and got locked in, so. So now we're both stuck.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I knew that buying a soundproof freezer was a mistake. We're doomed. But since this is the end, I have a few secrets I need to get off my chest.

[Ben Stiller]

So do I, Jimmy. So do I. I'll go first. I really love the New York Knicks, but up until last year, I thought it was pronounced K. Nicks. With a kid, that's pretty rough. I Canoe.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You know how people ask, are you a ketchup guy or a mustard guy? Well, I'm neither. I'm the liquid that comes out of the bottle before the ketchup.

[Ben Stiller]

You know how my character's last name in Meet the Parents is Focker?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, of course.

[Ben Stiller]

Then there's Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers. And then next year there's gonna be Focker in law.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah. That's classics.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah, I just got the joke, like, yesterday.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You know how some people cilantro tastes like soap to them?

[Ben Stiller]

Mm.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, to me, soap tastes like cilantro. And I shave a little bit onto my baked potatoes. It's dealing with. I can down him.

[Ben Stiller]

It drives me nuts that everybody thinks Darius Rucker is Hootie. He's just the lead singer of the band Hootie and the Blowfish. He's not Hootie. The rest of the band is not the Blowfish. Why is it so hard for people to understand?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I never learned the Alphabet song. Know all the letters. I just have no idea what order they're supposed to be in.

[Ben Stiller]

I can never get the claps right in the Friends theme song.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You Know how some people do the robot when they dance? Well, I do a really modern robot that's so advanced, it dances exactly like a human. So you can't even tell that I'm doing the robot.

[Ben Stiller]

The rumors are true. I had penis reduction surgery.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I hadn't heard them.

[Ben Stiller]

Well, would you mind starting that rumor?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Hey, guys. What are you doing here?

Higgins, you saved us. What are you doing to me?

I was just getting a Stiller soda, that's what.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah, they're delicious and only 30 calories.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my gosh. That's what I came in here for. Thanks, you guys.

Hey, I got Distiller soda. Oh, no. Higgins. Oh, wait, Higgins.

This has been freezer sequence.

If the channels ain't rowdy on hand. Our first guest is a very talented.

Actor, writer, director and producer. His fantastic new documentary about his parents, the comedy legend Stiller and Mira. It's called Stiller and Nothing is Lost, which is streaming now on Apple tv. It is fantastic. Please welcome Ben Stiller.

[Peter Ravello]

I kind of.

[Ben Stiller]

Thank you. I kind of wanted to see you do a little. Your non robot robot dance. What would that be like?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I know, it's kind of like. I don't know, it's kind of like that.

[Peter Ravello]

Yeah.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah, like that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Kind of like that.

[Ben Stiller]

Kind of like.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, it is almost like a robot kind of.

Not a robot.

I always love seeing you. Thank you for doing that bit with us. Yeah, man, I appreciate that. I want to get into the documentary. I loved it so much. You know, I was texting you and I told you I loved it. It's just beautiful. And I want to talk about your soda.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's a lot of things to talk about.

[Ben Stiller]

There's a lot of things to cover.

[Jimmy Fallon]

First, I want to say, the last time I saw you, we were. Do you remember this? We were at a Knicks game.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And we were across meet recently. Last week. Yeah.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes. We. He. You had. Well, we both had courtside seats.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Amazing seats, which is great.

[Ben Stiller]

I was there with Christine and you. I was like, in the area that they usually put us. You were across right next to the Knicks bench. These are like the prime seats where you're literally next to the Knicks assistant coaches.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I did not like these seats at all.

[Ben Stiller]

Because it puts a lot of pressure on you, too.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Nice. They were too. Yeah, it was. It felt like.

[Ben Stiller]

Like you're part of the stress and you're like a basketball maniac. Right? You love basketball, right? You live and breathe basketball.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I live in.

[Ben Stiller]

So.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm so nervous.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, I didn't belong there at all.

[Ben Stiller]

No, but you're there as if. And you're also. You were dressed in this sort of like dark sweats kind of. You looked like the assistant coaches there. You basically looked like you were like the new assistant coach. My brand.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You kept sending me text messages. You were taking pictures of me.

[Ben Stiller]

You're like a guy that came from.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The G league and laughing at me. And you were sending me pictures. Here's me.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah. So I started sending you pictures. So there's. There's Mike Brown, the new head coach, and there's an assistant and there's. There you are.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's me.

Yeah.

[Ben Stiller]

And I swear to God, they. They would, like, the. The players would come off and they'd high five all the assistants, and you put your hand out, they'd high five you. I think they thought you were an assistant coach.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I did not like it. It was so stressful.

[Ben Stiller]

You have the other picture, though, because then there was another shot I had where it really looked like you were giving secrets to the other team. You were telling the Mike Brown plays to the other team on a secret thing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, I was coughing. I was coughing.

[Ben Stiller]

I feel like that's like a Pulitzer winning photograph.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You kept sending me these. I was laughing because I was even afraid to check my phone. It's the most stressful thing I appreciate. The tickets are so nice.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Too nice. Too nice for me. No, it's going to coaches yelling plays and getting in my. Like standing in front of me is.

Going, vortex, vortex, vortex, chandelier, chandelier, vortex.

And I go, what is he. This is. I couldn't have a beer. I didn't want to eat a hot dog. I didn't want to. What if I spilled the hot dog on the coach?

[Ben Stiller]

But for people who love basketball, that would be like the prime seat. I'm not saying you don't love basketball. I know you do.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm a basketball mania.

[Ben Stiller]

But I've gone for years and years. My whole life, I've never had that seat. I've never, ever been that close. I would freak out being that close.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. In a great way. Yeah.

[Ben Stiller]

Oh, my God. It'd be amazing players.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And I don't want to make eye contact with them because I want them to stay in the zone.

[Ben Stiller]

Did you say anything to the players during the game?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I ignored all of them.

[Ben Stiller]

No, you ignored them.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I ignored them. I put my hand out a couple times. I didn't do anything.

[Ben Stiller]

Because they thought you were the coach. Yeah. They thought you were the assistant.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Sure they did. We have a lot to get into. First off, this is the 25th anniversary of Meet the Parents this year. Yes.

Yeah.

[Peter Ravello]

Classic.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And you just finished shooting a brand new called Focher in Love.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes. Yes, we did. With Ariana Grande. Join the cast. Come on.

[Jimmy Fallon]

How great. How great is she? She's unbelievable.

[Ben Stiller]

I mean, it's crazy how talented. She's so sweet. I didn't know her before. I actually had met her before because she did a cameo in Zoolander 210 years ago. She was in an orgy scene we had, but it's been a while since, you know, I haven't seen her since the orgy, so. But to see her, she's so great with comedy. She's amazing in Wicked, and she's just. She's such a. I mean, she's such a good singer. Obviously, too. Like, she'll just, like, be on set and she's sort of like, humming to herself and she'll be going and with this, like, incredible, like, operatic, you know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Kind of soliloquy humming.

[Ben Stiller]

And that's just her humming. It doesn't sound like I just did it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No.

[Ben Stiller]

That sounds like I was possessed or something. Yeah. But no, and she's so good with comedy. She's just, like, a total natural. I feel like she could do anything.

[Jimmy Fallon]

She's got the whole package.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I wanted to congratulate you, too, on severance. Oh, my gosh, what a great season.

Season two was unbelievable.

[Ben Stiller]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love season one, but season two, unbelievable. It won multiple Emmys. Congrats on all of that stuff. And now, of course, fans just want season three.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes. Yes, they do. And it's coming.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. Once you put it out, then we want more.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes. And no.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No.

[Ben Stiller]

It's a series and it's coming. There'll be another season. It just. It's not gonna, you know, it'll be soon. Ish. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

It takes time.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It takes time to make something that good.

[Ben Stiller]

I guess so. I mean, we have our own process. You know, I'm not. I'm not. You know, it's tough because people love. Do love the show. People love the show. And then they're always like, when is the next season? When's the next season? Yes. And it's always, you know, we're working on it, but we've only done. Yeah, We've only done 19 episodes over five and a half years on the show.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So it takes a long time.

[Ben Stiller]

I think, like, young Sheldon's done 600 episodes at that time, but they're fantastic. Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

They are, and they're coming out. And speaking of great ideas and keep me going, let's talk about Stillers.

[Ben Stiller]

Okay. This is a real thing. We launched this soda, like, a month ago. Yeah, Congratulations. Yeah, thanks.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Actually.

I love this.

[Brad Paisley]

It's.

[Ben Stiller]

I've never done anything like this before. I'm not, like, really entrepreneurial or anything, but the idea of doing a soda, you know. Cause, you know, there's these celebrity brands and stuff, you know, and a lot of, like, liquors and things like that. Tequilas and lifestyle. Yeah. And I don't drink, but I do love soda. I love Shirley Temples. I grew up, you know, drinking Shirley Temples as a kid.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's like the first cocktail as a kid.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah. Yeah. So that was the first. Yeah, it is. It, like, makes you feel like a grownup.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It does.

[Ben Stiller]

So that was the first idea was like, oh, can we do, like, a Shirley Temple company? You know? But there's not, you know, the market cap for Shirley. It's not like, there's not really small.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, you gotta go a little bit broader.

[Ben Stiller]

But the idea of, like, sodas that I loved as a kid, that sort of nostalgic, you know, like cream soda. We don't have cream soda yet. That's coming. But root beers and lemon lime was.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The first thing I asked you, and you're like, dude, you're coming out with this. I go, oh, my gosh. First of all, I love the logo.

[Ben Stiller]

And I go retro y.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So this is available in certain stores. Amazon.

[Ben Stiller]

It's on Amazon now. And then it's in, like, the tri state area. And then we're gonna be in Whole Foods. We're gonna be in Whole Food. What are you talking about?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Ben Stillert.

[Ben Stiller]

Come on. Thank you. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And it's delicious.

[Ben Stiller]

I really did a lot of research when we started working on the Shirley Temple. I actually went to Italy for six weeks and embedded myself in the hills of Italy with the maraschino cherry farmers.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You did not.

[Ben Stiller]

I did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I did. I did one of those methods. Cherry. Maraschino cherry farmers.

[Ben Stiller]

I called myself Giuseppe.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my goodness.

[Ben Stiller]

They called me Piccolo Giuseppe.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my God.

[Ben Stiller]

Little Giuseppe.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Little Giuseppe. Oh, my.

[Ben Stiller]

And we found the right maraschino cherry. And then.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow.

[Ben Stiller]

And then I found out you can't put a maraschino cherry in a can.

[Jimmy Fallon]

All right, well, you learned it's disgusting and gross. You learned the hard way.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You put the research in, by the way. It is delicious. And it's also 30 calories.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah, it's all natural. The idea is like, a Soda that's like, you're not gonna feel bad drinking. It's good for. And, you know, as good as soda can be for you. And also, you know, it's, you know, tastes good, and it's not, like, got a lot of chemicals and stuff in it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Dude, congrats on this. That's a. I love it. I love a new idea.

[Peter Ravello]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This is so cool.

[Ben Stiller]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I want to talk about the documentary about your parents, Stiller and Mira. Nothing is lost. Yeah, obviously. Yeah. You can clap for Stiller and Mira. Jerry Stiller and Mira, legends in the comedy business. I love them. I got to meet them. We got to do a bit on the show. I'll never forget it. And we watched this documentary. I was freaked out. I loved it so much, because not only do you get to see their whole career, you know, and how much work goes into making a career, especially being a husband and wife, but if I can explain this, the right way to have this documentary come out is so rare, because you have to have a famous mom and dad that are in comedy. You have to be a child of that mom and dad. You have to want to be in comedy. You have to start a career in comedy, do well. You have to learn how to direct, become a director. Then you have to become a dad. Then you have to make the same mistakes your parents made. Then you have to make this documentary. It's a very rare thing that you did.

[Ben Stiller]

And then you have to start a soda company.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's in the Secret.

[Ben Stiller]

No, it's. Honestly, I love documentaries. I think they're the most emotional. The movies that hit you the hardest, because they're real. And this was like, after my dad passed away five years ago. It was during COVID and we couldn't do a memorial for him at that time. And there was all this footage, this videotape and Super 8 footage and audio recordings that I discovered that my dad had saved all this stuff.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He recorded so many things.

[Ben Stiller]

And my sister and I were going through the apartment because they left the apartment to my sister, and we knew she was gonna sell it, and. And we had to clean it out. And I think a lot of people have gone through that experience. And I discovered there was just all of these, you know, these recordings that I didn't know existed of my dad and my mom having these conversations when they would write together. They'd write their sketches for the Ed Sullivan Show. They were on, like, 36 times, and they would.

[Jimmy Fallon]

36 times?

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah. So they would improvise together and record it and so there was just all of this material and all these appearances on Talk shows in the 70s and 80s, and I just wanted to try to put something together. And then it evolved into really a story about our whole family, because, you know, being. Since I was the one making the movie, that the perspective of being a child of parents who are actors and then also having grown kids now who are also actors, and being in a relationship, being in a marriage for 25.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Years, your wife is fantastic. Your kids are amazing. Talking to you straight up and being honest and going, yes, dad, we're kind of. We lived through it as well.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes. Yeah. I asked them questions about what it was like, and I got some interesting answers. I wasn't expecting.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You could tell. You could tell. But it's like you're really breathing, going like, okay. And you're like, dad, last week I was at a restaurant, I was trying to talk to you, and you had to take 10 pictures with fans, right. And you're like, okay.

[Ben Stiller]

And that's what I went through with my dad. You know, there's like, the experiences of, like, you know, as a parent, what you try to do differently with your kids, too, and, you know, the mistakes you try not to make and the other mistakes that you make. You know, all of that is part of the movie. And also, I think it's about creativity, too. And, you know, how you. How you can have a relationship with someone and be creative with them and how you figure that out. My parents were married for over 60 years, and they stayed together. Yeah. And I think that. Really.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, they were hilarious.

[Ben Stiller]

They wanted to be together. You know, not all marriages should stay together, you know, but they really wanted to be together. And I think that, you know, that really influenced me in my life. And so I wanted to kind of.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Just hearing them talk and nothing is lost and saying all that, and the tapes, and they have you and your sister. So cute, Amy. So this is. You guys went on the Mike Douglas show as kids.

[Ben Stiller]

That's right. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And played probably one of the worst renditions of some violin I've ever heard in my life. But it's so gosh darn cute.

[Ben Stiller]

Well, yeah. Yeah. My parents were on the Mike Douglas show, which was a daytime talk show, and they were the co hosts for the week. And they brought us out and we played Chopsticks, and we were awful, but.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It was perfectly awful.

[Ben Stiller]

It was perfectly awful.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And, you know, here's them after you played, just hugging you and kissing you and going, oh, you're great. You did such a Great job.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes. And then therapy for the rest of our lives.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, of course. I just want to mention also after you finish the documentary, which, by the way, the last couple scenes just absolutely killed me, but you'll have to watch to see it. It's great. But you've donated all of your parents comedy archives to the National Comedy center in Jamestown, New York.

[Ben Stiller]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Which is an amazing place. It's an amazing place.

[Peter Ravello]

It's a lot of stuff.

[Ben Stiller]

It's Lucille Ball's hometown, Jamestown, New York.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah. And they're gonna. Yeah, they're gonna. They're archiving that stuff and they're gonna have an exhibit and it's just great because it's about the comedy process, how they would figure out how to, you know, write these sketches that were very autobiographical too.

[Jimmy Fallon]

They would have been so proud of you for making the dude. Thanks, man. You're the best. Great doc.

Congratulations. Ben Stiller, everybody. Stiller and Mira. Nothing is Lost is streaming now on Apple tv. Brad Paisley joins us after the break.

[Peter Ravello]

Stick around.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Our next guest is a Grammy winning singer songwriter.

His new Christmas album, Snow Globe Town is available everywhere right now. Please welcome Brad.

Hazel.

[Brad Paisley]

How are you?

[Jimmy Fallon]

It is so great to see you. Congrats on the album. It is number one on the iTunes holiday charts right now. Congratulations.

Not too shabby.

I have to get into this and talk to you about this because you recently sang the national anthem of game three of the World Series.

[Ben Stiller]

All right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Which lasted a record tying 18 innings.

[Brad Paisley]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. I have a photo of you here. Okay. There's you doing the national anthem. But here's where it gets really crazy. You performed the national anthem at the World Series in 2018.

[Brad Paisley]

Right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. And that game also went 18 innings.

[Brad Paisley]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

In fact, all four times that you've performed the national anthem at the World Series, the game has gone into extra innings. Yeah. Are you freaking out?

We were.

[Brad Paisley]

I was. So I did an interview that day and they said, is this one going into extras? I said, no, this is the first one. That'll be nine. And that night we're at inning 17 and I said, oh, you've got to be kidding me.

[Ben Stiller]

Because I thought I'd never.

[Brad Paisley]

I thought my one thing in the record books in baseball was that I sang at the longest game in the history of the World Series.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No.

[Brad Paisley]

Now I've done all of them.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I don't know.

[Ben Stiller]

I mean, we won.

[Brad Paisley]

Our team won.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're gonna have to get a nickname for this.

[Brad Paisley]

Oh, I have it. It's Mr. Moore. Baseball.

[Jimmy Fallon]

There you go. Yeah.

Mister.

You're Mr. Moore. Baseball. If you want more baseball, you go to Brad Paisley.

[Brad Paisley]

Any sport I can.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Any sport.

[Ben Stiller]

You do basketball.

[Brad Paisley]

You want a long Super Bowl?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'll do it.

Yeah. That's it. Yeah. You want. Yeah. Happy birthday, by the way. Belated birthday.

Yeah.

[Ben Stiller]

You're late.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're way late.

[Peter Ravello]

I'm a little late.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's like a week ago.

Just a week ago. I sent you something in the mail.

[Brad Paisley]

Yeah, I'll look for it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, thanks, but this is kind of. You brought us a photo of something that you wanted for your birthday.

[Brad Paisley]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And I just thought it'd be interesting to show. This is.

[Brad Paisley]

That was my gift for my birthday. It was a dragon for the yard. I saw it at Home Depot on sale for $200. And I just wrote my wife and said, birthday. There it is.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You wanted it. Why did you want a 20 foot dragon?

[Brad Paisley]

Well, what. I wouldn't. Who wouldn't want a 20 foot dragon? And we're gonna put like a Santa hat on at Christmas. It's gonna stay up all year, Valentine's Day.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Your wife is a good wife, man. She's great. She's letting you keep it up and it moves and stuff.

[Brad Paisley]

Yeah, it like roars and it does the smog thing with the belly and it's amazing. Nothing says Christmas like that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Like a. That's true. Like a fire breathing dragon.

[Ben Stiller]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Congrats on the album. I told you backstage. Snow globe Town. I love the COVID by the way.

[Brad Paisley]

My son drew that. I say drew that. I started it. And he went, no, and then redrew that. And I think it's perfect. It just looks like it just has that holiday animation.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. It makes you. It's cozy. It tells me everything I want for the holidays. It's a mix of originals and classics.

[Brad Paisley]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. What did you want to get across when making this?

[Brad Paisley]

Well, I wanted it to feel like you stepped in a Hallmark movie. I wanted you to feel like that you're in one of those little towns that's just like everything's decorated and everything feels like Christmas. I love this time of year more than anything.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, me too.

[Brad Paisley]

So we really set out to sort of go through the stages of what Christmas is. You know, the anticipation, then the warmth of family arriving all the way through to, you know, I'm ready for them to go.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Brad Paisley, everybody. Brad's new Christmas album, Snow Globe Town is everywhere right now. We'll be right back with Stand up from Peter Ravello. Stick around, everybody. Take you to the hotel Hella Dell, our next guest, recently won a comedy.

Prize in Shreveport, Louisiana, and he can be seen this weekend at the Comedy Cellar here in New York, making his Tonight show debut. Please welcome the very funny Peter Ravel.

[Peter Ravello]

Thank you, guys. I just got back in from Vegas, and, oh, you gotta be a little dumb to, like, Las Vegas. You gotta be a little stupid. You gotta be a real colors and sounds sort of person. You see a bright light, and you're like, yo, it's daytime light. In the nighttime, you see a miniature Eiffel Tower, and you're like, am I in Paris? You gotta be operating at a pretty low level. And the whole thing is gambling. You gotta gamble. And I don't usually gamble, and I gambled, and I lost all of my money, and I was like, when does the addiction part kick in on this? I'm an alcoholic. It's so much better. It's just I wouldn't drink if there was a 50. 50 chance. Every time I ordered a beer, I'd be handed an empty beer bottle.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And.

[Peter Ravello]

The bartender was like, better luck next time. Sorry it's not your night. And casinos are so depressing. Everyone there has a cough. It's gross. And they're not just sick in one way. They're sick in every way. There's polio, there's rickets, there's eye patches, peg legs, people smoking out of their neck. And it's. It's like, folks, what are we doing at the casino? God already told you, you're not lucky. You have a club foot and Crohn's disease. Stop playing blackjack. It's a lot of old women playing slot machines. And my Grandmother, she was 103 when she died. No, don't. That's a tree age. That's not a human age. That's the age of a haunted sailboat. And she wasn't happy. She wasn't waking up, like, oh, another gift from God. No. She'd wake up and be like, not again. She wanted to die very badly. I feel like we don't like old people, though. You know, we like their stuff. We like the things they leave behind. Museums, secondhand stores, old houses. We love all that stuff. Ever have a friend buy an old house? They're like, oh, my God, if these walls could talk, huh? The stories they would tell. Meanwhile, an actual old person tries to tell you a story, and you feel rage you've never felt before. Hurry up, Gladys. Hurry up. I'm going to therapy. And guys, where I'm from, blue collar New York, guys, they don't really do therapy. This is what they do. They call up sports talk radio. That's how they get it out. Vinny's calling about the Yankees, but it's not really about the Yankees. He calls up, he's like, mike, what's going on? Yankees doing it this year also. You ever get, you ever stare at the moon and wonder if the jets are staring at that same moon? My wife and I were at the bar last night and this couple came up to us and they were like, hey, we like your vibe. Let's see where the night takes us. Oh, I'll tell you something. It's never the couple you want it to be. It's never a good looking couple. It's always a renaissance fair looking couple just sweating as they jangle toward you. Ooh, good morrow, squire. You're like, oh, no, I don't want to sample your maiden. Thank you, though. A most generous offer. My wife and I were broke, but I don't know, things don't affect you when you're broke. Like, you ever watch a horror movie when you have no money? It's not scary. I was watching this movie about this doll that was haunting this guy's house, and I wasn't like, oh, no, the doll. I was like, I wish I had a house. I live in a studio. Have you ever seen a haunted studio apartment movie? You have not. No. It'd be over in three minutes. The guy would be like, that doll could be anywhere. Oh, it's right there. It's in the kitchen, bathroom. You can't miss it. Thank you guys so much. Peter Ravello.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you, guys. That's how you do it, buddy. Oh my God. That's messed up. Peter Ravello. Peter Ravello. See him at the Comedy Cel New York this weekend. We'll be right back, everybody. I walk for them days upon the camera. My thanks to Ben Stiller, Brad Paisley, Peter Ravello once again, and the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank you. Get into it. Do it. Uh huh. Get into it. Angus out of New York City. Just let's learn the best ass Mike tonight. Start so hard working Mr. Dynam. Work, work, work, work, work, work, work. Yeah, baby, got into it. Do it. Say it.

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