Trump Sues BBC for $10 Billion| Finn Wolfhard, Martha Stewart, Nathaniel Rateliff | Tuesday, December 16

Summary

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Episode: Trump Sues BBC for $10 Billion | Finn Wolfhard, Martha Stewart, Nathaniel Rateliff
Date: December 17, 2025

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Episode Overview

This lively holiday-season episode of The Tonight Show blends classic Jimmy Fallon comedy, timely political satire, and upbeat celebrity interviews. Jimmy and his guests delve into recent news (with a particular spotlight on Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC), celebrate milestones with Finn Wolfhard and Nathaniel Rateliff, and get festive (and practical) with Martha Stewart’s holiday and gardening advice. The show’s signature mix of music, games, and lightheartedness is on full display.

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Monologue Highlights & News Parody

[01:10 – 03:11]

• Weather Humor: Fallon riffs on New York City’s cold snap with rapid-fire one-liners.

  • "It's so cold in New York. Hot dog vendors are now selling Vienna sausages."

• Political Satire:

  • Fallon lampoons Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC for allegedly editing his Jan. 6 speech.
    • “He was like, I’m taking this all the way to the leader of the British courts, Dumbledore.” ([01:52])
    • The punchline: "The BBC was like, trust us, if we want to make you look bad, we’d air the unedited speech."
  • Additional Trump family jokes:
    • On Trump Jr.’s engagement: "Congrats, the third engagement is always the best."
  • Trump’s planned address: "At least it'll be short." ([02:55])

• Stranger Things Release Parody:

  • Fallon jokes about the convoluted Netflix release schedule.
  • Hilarious audience bit:
    • "Volume 7 is 2,000 episodes on Yesterday. Episode Volume is Volume Day. On Day Day. Episode Dustin is 67 on the Fourth of July. And Episode 5 is The Empire Strikes Only on Quibi." ([03:31])

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Improv Comedy: Musical Game with Carl Schmertz

[04:04 – 08:18]

• Concept: Improv comic Carl Schmertz turns audience names into spontaneous songs, each somehow involving “The Pizza Stall.”
• Highlights:
  • Carl finds increasingly absurd ways to rhyme “Pizza Stall” with names like Nancy, Carol, and Lisa Paul.
  • Fallon pushes back:
    • Fallon: “Can we please forget about pizza stalls? I don’t even know… what is your problem with pizza stalls?”
  • Musical improv devolves into running pizza jokes, to the delight and confusion of the audience.
  • Ends with a group sing of “Pizza Stall, Pizza Stall, let’s all hang out at the Pizza Stall!” ([07:55])

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Interview: Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things, Album ‘Happy Birthday’)

[08:35 – 20:34]

Music & Albums

• New Album:

  • Finn discusses his debut solo album, Happy Birthday, and reveals it’s also nearly his real birthday (turning 23 on the 23rd). ([09:35])
  • Inspiration: His mom bought him a guitar at 4, but he just stared at it for years.
  • First music obsession:
    • "The Beatles were the things that got me. The band that got me into everything."
    • He idolized Paul McCartney and started with bass.

• Directing for George Harrison:

  • Finn directed a new stop-motion video for George Harrison’s “Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth.” ([10:50])
  • Got the gig via Fred Armisen and the Harrison family:
    • “That’s something that’s like… you can’t pass up that opportunity.”
    • Video depicts George gardening, capturing his personality.
  • Fallon: “It’s very George.” Finn: “Yeah, and so I wanted to make something that I feel like he would have liked.”

• Song “Trailers After Dark”:

  • Finn explains it’s about a Canadian TV channel that looped movie trailers 24/7.
  • Song grew on him after a producer friend nudged him:
    • “I kind of saw it through his eyes…and it became like one of my favorites.”

Stranger Things: Final Season

• Production & Training:

  • Increased action: "The Duffer Brothers texted me...just to let you know, there’s a one-take scene that’s three minutes long where you just have to run nonstop." ([15:36])
  • Finn: "The last time I did that...I almost puked."

• Emotional Series finale:

  • Fallon: “You all kind of grew up together.”
  • Finn: “It was like our weird little version of school except the school was in front of everyone.”
  • Finn describes wrapping the show:
    • “Let’s just take like three minutes for ourselves...really be as present in the moment as we possibly could. That was really the most special moment ever.” ([18:25])

• One-word tease game:

  • “The Shock Jock”: "Crispy."
  • “Escape from Camazotz”: "Shocking."
  • “The Bridge”: "Enlightening."
  • “The Right side Up”: "Emotional." ([19:23 – 20:28])

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Interview: Martha Stewart (Book “Entertaining,” Elm Biosciences Skincare)

[20:59 – 29:59]

Holiday Spirit & Sports Mishaps

• Christmas Decoration Critique:
  • Martha dislikes inflatable yard decorations: “They're always like flaccid and falling on the ground. I hate, I hate those.” ([22:01])
• NBA Toe Trauma:
  • Recounts New York Knicks game where player Jalen Brunson accidentally broke her toe:
    • “He comes crashing down, sits on my lap...stepped and he broke your toe?...He broke my toe.” ([22:50])
    • Best consolation: a signed basketball for her grandchild.

Gardening & Home Expertise

• Gardening Crash Course:
  • Fallon brings Martha a cucumber he grew (awkwardly shaped):
    • Martha: “What were you growing it in?”
    • Fallon: “Out of a pot.”
    • Martha: “You can’t grow cucumbers in a pot.” ([24:53])
  • Lesson: Cucumbers need to trellis upward; organic soil is vital.
    • “You must trellis cucumbers. They have to grow up something.”
• Tomato Varieties:
  • Martha loves Big Boys and Better Boys.
  • Fallon’s “Beefmaster” was comically undersized.

Entrepreneurship & Skincare

• ELM Biosciences:

  • Stewart co-founded a skincare line with Dr. Bonasali, focusing on innovative molecules for men and women.
    • Fallon tries it live on air:
      • Martha: “You look better.”
      • Fallon: “I looked good, but now I look even better.” ([28:14])

• Book Reissue: “Entertaining”

  • Stewart’s first book from 1982, re-released in a faithful facsimile edition (“even dedicated to my ex-husband – put him back in for this one because it’s the real thing.”) ([29:41])
  • “That book encouraged me to go on with the rest of my life. And it’s been so much fun.”

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Interview: Nathaniel Rateliff (Music & Milestones)

[30:35 – 35:51]

Personal & Professional Updates

• Life Changes:
  • Engaged, married, getting a cat (“Franklin”), expecting a baby. ([31:17])
  • Fallon: “What a time!”
  • Rateliff: “It’s been a big year. Surprising.”
• Tonight Show Memories:
  • Recalls his first late-night appearance in 2015 performing “SOB”; Fallon’s plugging boosted presales, which "changed our lives." ([31:54])
  • Paul McCartney called Fallon afterward:
    • “Paul McCartney goes, ‘Who was that band? You know, that was a great band. That was really good.’”
  • Fallon and Rateliff reflect on the role of late night for music:
    • Rateliff: “What late night TV is for artists like myself and people in the film industry—this is an important thing that you do. And I think it should be preserved.” ([33:09])

Music Journey & Legacy

• Colorado Music Hall of Fame:
  • Rateliff: “That community embraced me and gave me space...as an artist to figure out what I was doing.”
  • Started several bands—and gardening was a side gig.
  • Night Sweats project began as attic demos; collaboration with Richard Swift shaped sound.
• Live Shows:
  • Fallon: “When you perform live…everyone knows all the words, and they're yelling it back to you. Say it's a full-on party. Does that give you chills?”
  • Rateliff: “Sometimes I’m just like, wow. I think we’ve become a pretty good band sometimes.”
• 10th Anniversary Album:
  • Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 10th Anniversary Edition now available.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• Jimmy Fallon, Trump Lawsuit Satire ([01:52]):
  “He was like, I’m taking this all the way to the leader of the British courts, Dumbledore.”
• Carl Schmertz, musical improv ([07:55]):
  “Pizza Stall, Pizza Stall, let’s all hang out at the Pizza Stall!”
• Finn Wolfhard, on childhood and Stranger Things ([18:18]):
  “We totally did. It was like our weird little version of school, except the school was in front of everyone.”
• Martha Stewart, on holiday inflatable decor ([22:06]):
  “They’re always like flaccid and falling on the ground. I hate, I hate those.”
• Nathaniel Rateliff, on late-night TV’s legacy ([33:09]):
  “This is an important thing that you do. And I think it should be preserved.”

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Key Timestamps for Segments

• [01:10] – Monologue
• [04:04] – Carl Schmertz Improv Game
• [08:35] – Finn Wolfhard Interview
• [20:59] – Martha Stewart Interview
• [30:35] – Nathaniel Rateliff Interview

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Tone & Style

The entire episode keeps to Fallon’s light, celebratory, and banter-filled style—rarely missing a chance for a self-deprecating joke or a goofy bit. Guests match his easygoing energy, providing both personal anecdotes and sharp, media-friendly soundbites.

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Recommended for: Fans of comedy, TV and pop culture, Stranger Things aficionados, gardening hobbyists, and anyone interested in music or lifestyle inspiration.
Not to miss: Finn Wolfhard’s vulnerable reflection on finishing Stranger Things, Martha’s no-BS gardening tips, and Nathaniel Rateliff’s shoutout to late-night TV’s legacy.

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Transcript

[Jimmy Fallon]

From Studio Six Feet, Rockefeller center, in the heart of New York City, Mr. Tonight show, starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight join Jimmy and his guest, Finn Wolfhard. Martha Stewart. And featuring the legendary ruse crew. Two, two, three. And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon. Ra. I love you. I love everybody. Enjoy yourself.

Welcome, everybody. Hey, everybody. Welcome, welcome. Welcome to the Tonight Show.

This is it. Thank you. Yeah.

Well, guys, it is such a festive time in New York City. Doesn't it feel great? It's absolutely freezing out there. It is so cold. It's so cold. Tourists are begging to be groped by the Times Square Elmo. It is so cold in New York. Hot dog vendors are now selling Vienna sausages.

It's cold. Wow.

It's cold. It is so cold in New York City. On my way into work, I saw a squirrel pouring hot cocoa on his nuts.

What?

Nothing, honey.

Really.

It is so cold in New York. I saw a Wall street stockbroker spooning with Zoran Mamdani.

And I go, wait a second.

That's insane. It's cold. Some political news here. President Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion, claiming they edited his speech from January 6th in a misleading way. He was like, I'm taking this all the way to the leader of the British courts, Dumbledore. And he goes, Trump said that they made him look bad by editing one of his speeches. The BBC was like, trust us, if we want to make you look bad, we'd air the unedited speech. Some more news from Washington. In a new interview, White House Chief of staff Susie Wiles. Even though Trump doesn't drink, he has an alcoholic's personality, mostly. Cause you find him passed out in random places. That's. I don't know what Trump is gonna do with Susie Wiles, but he just changed her Secret Service code name to East Wing. Meanwhile, I read that Donald Trump Jr. Just got engaged.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Yep.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Trump was like, congrats. The third engagement is always the best. Speaking of Trump, he just announced that tomorrow night he'll deliver a primetime address to discuss his accomplishments over the past 11 months. So at least it'll be short. And that's.

That's.

Switching gears. Netflix just dropped the trailer for volume two of the final season of Stranger Things.

Yes.

Show is so awesome, but it's a little hard to keep up with the release schedule, I think. Check out this promo today.

[Unidentified Audience Member]

It's Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 1 is four episodes on Thanksgiving. Volume 2 is three episodes on Christmas. Volume 3 is one episode on New Year's Eve. Volume 4 is six episodes on St. Patrick's Day. Volume 5 is two episodes on Arbor Day. Episode 6 is Cinco. Cinco de Mayo's on Volume Day. Volume 7 is 2,000 episodes on Yesterday. Episode Volume is Volume Day. On Day Day. Episode Dustin is 67 on the Fourth of July. And Episode 5 is the Empire Strike Only on Quibi.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's just confusing. It's confusing.

I think on day date. Hey, get this. Woman just got reunited with her dog that went missing five years ago after it was found 2,300 miles away. The woman was thrilled while the dog was like, take a hint, Helen. Well, guys, tonight we have a very special treat. Right now we're being joined by an improv legend. He can take anything and turn it into a song. So please welcome the world famous musical improviser, Carl Schmertz, everybody.

Hey, nice to see you. Thank you, man. Carl, Great.

[Carl Schmertz]

Oh, no problem, Jimmy. I'm so happy to be here.

[Jimmy Fallon]

All right, now, Carl, you do musical improv, Is that right?

[Carl Schmertz]

That's right. It's absolutely right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. So which means you could take any prompt and turn it into an original song on the spot.

[Carl Schmertz]

100%. Yeah. All I need is a name. Okay, so any name you got, audience. Just. Everybody just shout out your names. Okay, okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Got it, got it.

[Carl Schmertz]

I heard Nancy. Okay, let's do this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

[Carl Schmertz]

One and a, two and a. I'm.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Here with Nancy and we're having a.

[Carl Schmertz]

Ball Heading on down to the pizza stall Picked up my phone and gave her a call we'll meet all up at the pizza stall oh, give me a sign Slice. Oh, give me a slice Give me the za. But that's not all.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Give me a large oh, give me.

[Carl Schmertz]

A small and get on down to the pizza stall I just made that up.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Amazing. That was great, Carl. I heard you use the woman's name in there once. That was good. But I just. I just. What is it? What is a Pizza Stall? I never heard of that.

Come on.

[Carl Schmertz]

You know Pizza Stall, right? The place where the teenagers hang out and eat pizza?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Like a Pizza Hut or something?

Sure, sure.

[Carl Schmertz]

Whatever they want to do.

[Jimmy Fallon]

All right, this next one, maybe you can say the person's name a few more times instead of just saying it once.

[Carl Schmertz]

Oh, okay, okay. No, sure, sure.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Carl Schmertz]

Let's get another name. Anybody?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay, I got it. I got it.

[Carl Schmertz]

I got it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Carol.

[Carl Schmertz]

Got it. One and a two and. I'm with Carol. And I'm here to tell y' all we're heading on down to the pizza. Not to the movies, not to the mall. We'll meet all down at the Pizza Stall. Give me a drink and give me a straw. But we're all teens, so no alcohol. Drinking underage is against the law. I get my buzz at the Pizza Stall with Carol.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Can we please forget about pizza stalls? I don't even know.

What is your problem?

[Carl Schmertz]

What is your problem? You have with pizza stalls?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I just. I don't know what they. Dude, I don't know. Maybe for this next one, you see him on something else.

[Unidentified Audience Member]

Of course, of course.

[Carl Schmertz]

I'm sorry. I lost my head there for a second. I can do anything. That's the magic of improv, you know? All right, here, here. Let's make it even trickier. You'll like this. Okay, for a challenge, can I get someone's full name? Oh, okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I got it, I got it. I got it.

[Carl Schmertz]

I heard Lisa Paul.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Here we go.

[Carl Schmertz]

One, two, three.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, no, stop. I'm already. No, I know. You're going to Lisa Paul with Pizza Stall, and I don't wanna.

[Carl Schmertz]

Ooh, that's good. I hadn't even thought of that. That's excellent. You're good at this. Okay, fine, though. What do you want me to sing about?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Anything, dude. After the holidays, Merry Christmas, Something like that.

Okay. Okay. Yeah, yeah.

All right, let's do that.

[Carl Schmertz]

I just need to get one more name. One more name?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Seriously?

Okay. Got it. Got it.

[Carl Schmertz]

Up there in the hood. Rodney Christmas is here and Rodney's here, too A present for me and a present for you I opened it up and guess what I saw? I saw a $20 gift card to the Pizza Stall.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Carl Schmertz]

Pizza Stall, Pizza stall let's all hang out at the Pizza Stall what? Pizza Stall. Pizza Stall. Let's all hang out at the Pizza Stall Everybody. Pizza Stall, Pizza Stall let's all hang out at the Pizza Stall all right, there he.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Carl Schmurtz, everybody.

Take care, Carl.

[Finn Wolfhard]

See you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We'll be right back with Finn Wolfhard.

Our first guest is a very talented actor and musician whose latest album, Happy Birthday, is available now. You can also see him in the final season of Stranger Things, Volume 2, premieres Christmas Day and the finale premieres New Year's Eve on Netflix. Please welcome Finn Wolfhole.

Welcome back.

What else do you do that's gotta feel. Yeah, that's.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Feels pretty good.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's gotta feel good.

[Finn Wolfhard]

What else do you do but stand there and just take it? I just. I had to just. I didn't know what to do, so.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No. Take the love in.

[Finn Wolfhard]

That's right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And you give the love.

You give the love back. You've given us love for 10 years.

We gotta give a little back to you. But congratulations. I'm actually psyched them I'm holding your album.

[Martha Stewart]

I know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's real, bud.

[Finn Wolfhard]

It's real.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Happy birthday.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, well, that's the name of the album, but also.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Oh, right. Yes, right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

When is your birthday?

[Finn Wolfhard]

It's on the 23rd and I'm turning 23. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Happy birthday. You told me that you got yourself a guitar or someone got you a guitar for your birthday when you were four.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah, my mom got me a guitar when I was four. But it's funny, it's really nice that you did that. But like, what four year old is some four year olds? I guess. Rip on guitar? I don't know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, no, I don't think so.

[Finn Wolfhard]

I just stared at it for like four years and didn't touch it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I was gonna say, what do you do at four?

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah, just like. Yeah, look at it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, it's like art in your bedroom, I guess.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah. Well, it would be. I would brag about. I would go into school and be like. I'd play guitar and then I would just strum it with open strings and it wouldn't mean anything.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, it mean nothing. And when did you start playing real songs? What music were you into?

[Finn Wolfhard]

I mean, the Beatles were the things that got me. The band that got me into everything.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I love them.

Yeah.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Help.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No way.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Help was your album.

[Finn Wolfhard]

That was my album. Yeah. And like I was so obsessed with it, I would play it over and over and over again. So bass was my first instrument because of Paul McCartney.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So my fave. He's my fave.

[Finn Wolfhard]

The best.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He's the coolest. But I was gonna bring up no connection. But I was gonna bring up your new project of what you just got to do came out today, actually.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You got to direct a video for George Harrison.

[Finn Wolfhard]

I did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Of the Beatles.

[Finn Wolfhard]

I did, yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This is crazy.

[Finn Wolfhard]

I know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You directed the video to Give me love, Give me peace on earth, Give me life. Come on. That's the greatest jam I know. How did you get around to doing this or get this opportunity?

[Finn Wolfhard]

It's like, it's a very odd turn of events, like the way that it came together. Name drop. Fred Armisen, who's a friend of yours?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love Fred Armisen.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Fred Armisen, who I met very briefly in Los Angeles. We were talking about music and I had already known the. The Harrison family a little bit. Just like was already friendly with Them. And a week after meeting Fred, he gave me a text and was like, hey, they're having trouble. The Harrison estate are finding. Finding it hard to get a director for the Give Me a Love video. Like, would. Would you mind if I put your name in the.

[Jimmy Fallon]

In the ring? Yeah.

[Finn Wolfhard]

I was like, yeah, like, that's. That's something that's like, I. You can't pass up that opportunity. So I worked with an amazing group of young, young artists in Toronto and Canada, and they did a stop motion video. And it's sort of. It's George gardening and it's in his garden because gardening was a huge part of his life.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's very George.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Finn Wolfhard]

And so I wanted to make something that I feel like he would have. He would have liked. Obviously it's a weird thing because he's not around, but I think he would have loved it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I watched it today. It just came out today, so it's on YouTube. Check it out. It's really great. Congratulations. Thank you so much.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's crazy.

[Finn Wolfhard]

I know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And here's your vinyl. The album is. Happy Birthday is out. It's your debut solo album. You've been coming on the show for 10 years.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Isn't that wild?

[Finn Wolfhard]

I know. Every horrible phase. No, every. Every puber. Every puberty phase.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, no, no. You are always a good.

Come on.

You handled it so well. You're always cool as a cucumber, man.

Come on.

I appreciate that, dude.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're a talented dude. Thank you. You're playing a song called Trailers After Dark.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What's that one about?

[Finn Wolfhard]

That one's about. It was a really odd. I don't know if this is even a thing in America, but in Canada there would be this channel on cable that played around the clock. Just trailers, just trailers. It would just play new.

[Jimmy Fallon]

A movie trailer.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah. To me, that is the most. I don't know why that was a channel.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's kind of a good idea.

[Finn Wolfhard]

It is a good idea. I would tune in, but that was a big thing. I would watch this movie that was all trailers. So I would watch that with my family. And then it kind of came. The inspiration came from that. And then I really didn't like the song actually until I actually started recording it. And I kind of. It was in like a folder for demos.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Finn Wolfhard]

And I kind of skipped past it. My friend Kai, who was producing it, was like, what was that one? I was like, oh, that's just this one about this trailer. Like, it's not great. He Was like, no, let's listen to it. And then I saw it kind of through his eyes and he kind of added some things that really elevated it and became like one of my favorite songs on the album.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So how do you come up with this song? Do you hum it into your phone or.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah, hum it into my phone or like, I don't know, pick a guitar and just like, go for it. Yeah. Hold on for dear life.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I guess you recorded this in Chicago where your good friend, one of the coolest dudes, Joe Keery. Yeah, He's a big part of the music scene out there. I love that dude. Were you influenced by him at all? Did he?

[Finn Wolfhard]

Hugely, yeah. Joe is a huge influence for me and still is.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He's talented. His band's great.

[Finn Wolfhard]

His band's amazing. And he was like one of the first people that I ever knew that was actually in a band. Before the show, before Stranger Things came out, he was kind of a cool older brother. I was 12, he was 22. He was fresh out of being in a really cool psych rock band in Chicago and introduced me to a ton of music that I think really informed everything. And so, yeah, I wouldn't be here without Joe.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love it. Come on. That's great, bud. So happy. I love this. Congratulations.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Let's talk Stranger things. We gotta.

We gotta talk.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Let's do it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's great. We're in the middle of the fifth and final season. Volume one has broken all kinds of records for television and Netflix around the world already. This season's so massive, by the way. A lot of more action in this scene.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Do you have to train for all this stuff?

[Finn Wolfhard]

This is like, oh, yeah. You can tell by how huge I am.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes. Yes. Yeah, I was gonna say yes. I was gonna ask you, are you taking steroids?

[Finn Wolfhard]

But yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We'll get into that scandal later.

[Finn Wolfhard]

I got in a quick pump before this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I know. Yeah, I can tell. You've got the best forearms in the business.

In the business.

[Finn Wolfhard]

That's what they say.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes, of course.

[Finn Wolfhard]

No, I mean, I basically, since high school, didn't really have a lot of physical activity, as you can see. And then season five, the duffer brothers texted me were like, hey, just to let you know, there's a one take scene that's three minutes long where you just have to run kind of nonstop. And the last time I did that in the show, it was just a casual scene where I had to run off camera and they made me do it 20 times and I almost puked.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Every time they're coming on tomorrow. The Duffer Brothers.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Oh, really?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Well, ask them, like, the Duffer Brothers, like, for them to get me to run and then be like, finn, like, why are you? Like, why are you sick? Like, that's not normal. Those guys could not run. It's like. I was like, you try.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, you run.

[Finn Wolfhard]

You try. You do it. Once you try it, you get winded immediately. Yeah, but. No, but I'm glad that they. But I'm glad they gave me this opportunity to, like, make. To, like, I don't know, redeem myself. So, yeah, I, like, got this trainer to help me, like, not die while running, essentially.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Wow.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Does it inspire you? Are you going to get into running at all?

[Finn Wolfhard]

I stop the minute those cameras flip.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Never again will you run. Never again will I run or get on a bike. Like from the 80s.

[Martha Stewart]

Yeah.

[Finn Wolfhard]

The bike in the 80s. That. Yeah. My dad was a bike racer growing up, or he's a cyclist. And we had to ride bikes, obviously, from the show. And I remember first season.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He must have been proud.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah, he definitely was. Until I was like. Yeah. I told the other guys, I was like, my dad's a bike racer, so this should be pretty easy. And then I got on the bike and crashed into a tree. Immediately. Like, immediately.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Because 11 is on the back.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Nope, solo. Solo by myself.

[Jimmy Fallon]

How sad.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yep.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's ridiculous.

[Finn Wolfhard]

That's the kind of guy I am.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, you are. Yes. Well, the last scene. You filmed the last scene, and you know it's the last scene. No spoilers, obviously. They call cut. What do you do? Do you start bawling immediately? Do you hide?

Yeah, hide.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Go into a corner and I hide. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. It's a really odd thing. I don't know. You know, you must have, at some point in your life. I don't know if, like, when you finished SNL or, like, it's a big moment of your life. Yeah. Like, transitioning from this, like, really tentpole thing that was a part of your identity for so long, especially. Cause it was our childhood, so it was a lot to take in. And.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, you all kind of grew up together.

[Finn Wolfhard]

We totally did. It was like our weird little version of school, except the school was in front of everyone.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Finn Wolfhard]

And then. Yeah, the end was, like. It was very emotional. They called cut, and I got to spend it with my other cast and the other kids. And I. You know, I said before the take started, I told Dacas, I was like, before. They call, like, rap before we go out to the crew and say, like, let's just take like three minutes for ourselves. Like once they say cut, let's just spend time and like, really collect ourselves and really just like try to be as present in the moment as we possibly could. And that was really like the most special moment ever.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah. I love them.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love that.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

One of the first times you were on this show for Stranger Things, I asked you to tease the upcoming season in one word. Now, since you're here for the final season, I thought maybe I could read the titles of the last four episodes and have you give me a one word reaction to each.

[Finn Wolfhard]

No spoils, no spoilers.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But one word.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

All right, ready? Volume two, episode five, the Shock Jock. One word.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Crispy. Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Episode six is Escape from Camazotz. Haunting music.

[Finn Wolfhard]

I'm like trying to remember what happened since 6. I would say, like, shocking.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What'd you say for the first one?

[Finn Wolfhard]

I said crispy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Those are two different.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I know they're different words. I understand, but I just, I got confused. All right, so episode seven is the bridge.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Oh, man. Enlightening.

[Martha Stewart]

Or.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah, enlightening. I'm gonna do that.

[Martha Stewart]

Okay.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Volume three, episode eight, the Right side Up.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Emotional.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you for doing that.

Thank you. You're the best. Congrats on the final season, dude.

[Martha Stewart]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Volume two of Stranger Things 5 begins streaming. Christma. And the finale premieres New Year's Eve on Netflix. And his album Happy Birthday is available now. More tonight's show after the break. Stick around everybody.

Our next guest does it all. She's an entrepreneur, she's an Emmy winning TV host. She's a best selling authority. The reissue of the first of her 101 books, by the way. 101 books. Wow. Entertaining. This is the one that started it all is available right now. She's also the co founder of Elm Biosciences skin care products which you can find@elm biosciences.com Please welcome Martha Stewart.

Yes, Martha, welcome back to the show.

I always love it when you come by. You look fantastic as always.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I have to ask. Yeah. We love you, Martha. This time of year, do you drive around and judge people's Christmas decorations?

[Martha Stewart]

Absolutely.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You do? Yes.

[Martha Stewart]

I know where all the best decorations are.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You are? Yeah. Any no no's to Christmas decorations? Anything you don't like.

[Martha Stewart]

There's this trend this year of putting up these balloony kind of characters.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yes.

[Martha Stewart]

And they're always like flaccid and falling on the Ground. I hate, I hate those.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. All right, Perfect. Yeah. I want to ask you a question, because I saw, I, I, I went to a Nick game, maybe see the New York Knicks maybe a month ago, and I sat courtside and I go, I wanted to ask you about this because for me, I think I'm too close. I don't really want to be that close. I was very lucky to get these tickets.

[Martha Stewart]

They're good seats, though.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, it's too much action for me. I'm afraid of getting in the way. Here you are sitting courtside.

[Martha Stewart]

Oh, you found it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Uh, oh.

[Martha Stewart]

See those open toe shoes?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Martha Stewart]

Never ever wear open toed shoes to a game like that when you're sitting on the floor.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Tell me what happened.

[Martha Stewart]

Cause Jalen, who's now like, super duper, I mean, isn't he doing really well?

[Jimmy Fallon]

He's the best player in the NBA. He's crushing.

[Martha Stewart]

He is so great. He is so Jalen Brunson. I have the Brunson fracture. He stepped on my big toe in this foot. That's why I'm wearing open toed shoes, because it's the only kind of shoes I can wear now, because I can't wear.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He stepped and he broke your toe?

[Martha Stewart]

He broke my toe. And it was like in the last five minutes of the game with the Pacers, and then they went into overtime, which made it even more painful because I couldn't get up and leave to go take care of my toe.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You felt it immediately?

[Martha Stewart]

Oh, yeah. I knew it was broken immediately. And he sat on my lap too. He comes crashing down, sits on my lap, and I grabbed his arm, and his arm was like icy cold. And I thought, well, he's playing base. He's a basketball player. He should be sweaty. He wasn't sweaty at all.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He was crazy as a kid.

[Martha Stewart]

And I said, it's okay. That's what all he said was, it's okay. And he didn't know he broke my foot, but he broke my foot.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You said that.

[Martha Stewart]

And he's not even big. He's only 6ft 2.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. But he's running and he's a beast. And he jumped and he has big feet, though.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Bash it.

Bash it. Have you got to speak to him and tell him?

[Martha Stewart]

I told his parents. I met his parents.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, is that as a coach?

[Martha Stewart]

He's his coach. And they were laughing. They thought it was so funny. All I got out of it was assigned basketball for my grandchild.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Martha Stewart]

That's all I got.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's good. That counts. Jaylen. Come on. Take care of Martha. I wanted to ask you why I have you here. I always ask you questions about veggies and cooking and all that stuff.

[Martha Stewart]

I hear you're gardening.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I got into gardening.

[Martha Stewart]

Oh, I'm so happy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I loved it.

[Martha Stewart]

Did I give you my garden book yet?

[Finn Wolfhard]

No.

[Martha Stewart]

Oh, I have to give you my garden book. And I brought you the entertaining book. So now I have to give you my new 102nd book, which is gardening.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm going to freak out.

What is the tip?

Because. Let me show you the cucumber I grew. I brought it on the show. This is it. So what did I do wrong? What happened?

[Martha Stewart]

It looks like a gourd.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. But it's not the middle. Didn't grow out, didn't plunge. I was waiting for it to. I was waiting for it to plump out.

[Martha Stewart]

What were you growing it in?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Where was I?

[Martha Stewart]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Out of a pot.

[Martha Stewart]

In a pot?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Martha Stewart]

You can't grow cucumbers in a pot.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Where's your.

[Martha Stewart]

I thought you had a garden.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No. Oh, I have a pot. They all told me I couldn't do it, and I didn't. But you could eat that. They were right.

[Martha Stewart]

You can still eat that, right? Did you eat it?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. We had a great sushi chef from Blue Ribbon Sushi come on the show, cut the cucumber and made a cucumber roll.

[Martha Stewart]

You can do better than that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What's the secret to gardening?

[Martha Stewart]

Well, you must trellis cucumbers. You know, they have to grow up something. Was that growing up something?

[Jimmy Fallon]

It was kind of.

[Martha Stewart]

Or was it growing down?

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, it was on a fence. It did grow down a little bit.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yeah.

[Martha Stewart]

See, growing down isn't as good as growing up.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Do I need. I need a trellis?

[Martha Stewart]

Okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I didn't have a trellis.

[Martha Stewart]

They like to climb.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, it went down and they like to climb.

[Martha Stewart]

Then they have room to hang down when they grow. They grow down. They don't grow up.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So get a trellis is your advice. Or don't do cucumbers?

[Martha Stewart]

No, do cucumbers. I love cucumbers.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Martha Stewart]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I was gonna try watermelon, but I don't feel like they're worth it.

[Martha Stewart]

It's hard to grow watermelons up north here because, you know, it tastes like. They say they don't get sweet enough. You know, it's just not so good. Yeah, but stick to cucumbers. Tomatoes grow really well.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But do you have a favorite variety of tomato?

[Martha Stewart]

Oh, I like big boys and better boys.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Better boys.

[Martha Stewart]

You could grow Better girls I could draw.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, well, I grew one called the Beefmaster. Oh, yeah. And, well, it was really tiny. It was small. I think the name is misleading.

[Martha Stewart]

I think. What kind of soil? What kind of soil are you? Are you a dirt nerd? You have to be a dirt nerd.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What's the kind of soil that came?

[Martha Stewart]

The ones that came out. I'm a dirt nerd. You have to do organic soil. Really highly organic soil.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This.

This is what I'm talking about.

[Martha Stewart]

I'll send you some sacks of organic soil.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You always take care of me. I want to talk to you about this too, because you're a great entrepreneur, always doing something cool, your time.

[Martha Stewart]

What are you talking about gardening for?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Sorry, sorry, sorry. Yeah, well, we have to, because it's you. We have to talk about everything while you're here. I love you. You're the co founder. Tell me about ELM Bioscience.

[Martha Stewart]

Well, this is a very exciting project. I. Everybody always asks, I have nice skin.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You have glowing skin.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Gorgeous skin.

[Martha Stewart]

Glowing good skin. But so everybody's always asked, why do you have such good skin? And I always try to take good care of my skin, of course. But then I worked with. For the last five years or so with Dr. Bonasali. You met him backstage. And he is a young Indian dermatologist. Fabulous, fabulous smart guy. And also a very fine chemist. And so we have developed this amazing. It's a formula and there's some molecules in there that have not been in skin care before. And you should try it because it is very good on men's skin as well as women's skin. So you're gonna use this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Which one should you try?

[Martha Stewart]

That one. Morning and night. A little bit here. Just put a little bit on. Yeah. Oh, good. You put it in the right spot. A little bit more.

[Finn Wolfhard]

One more.

[Martha Stewart]

And then just rub it all over your face. It doesn't take your makeup off. Just feel how nice and cool it is.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No one knows I wear makeup. They think I just look naturally. Perfect makeup. It's the magic of tv. No one knows I wear.

To give away my secrets. No one ever asked me about my skincare look. Doesn't it feel good?

I feel good. I feel refreshed.

[Martha Stewart]

Yeah. Feel cool, right? And actually you look better.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Better.

[Martha Stewart]

You looked good.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I looked good, but now I look even better.

[Martha Stewart]

Oh, yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you. This is all because of you and Elm. Congratulations on this.

[Finn Wolfhard]

Yep.

[Martha Stewart]

And you take the supplements too.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And I'll take the supplements as well.

[Martha Stewart]

Two a day. Two a day. In the morning. They are they're very good. They help you prevent sunburn. And, you know, you can go out in the sun with this. This is almost like an interior sunblock.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow.

[Martha Stewart]

But it has all other good nutrients.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're always doing something cool.

[Martha Stewart]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love this.

[Martha Stewart]

And then this is a big deal, guys.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This is a big deal as well. This is the book that started it all right here. Entertaining. Look at you. Come on.

[Martha Stewart]

1982.

[Jimmy Fallon]

1982. It's the greatest. Everything is great. Every photo is great. Every recipe is fantastic. Do you remember putting this out and going, this is my big swing. If this works.

[Finn Wolfhard]

It's my first book.

[Martha Stewart]

I had never written a book before, so it was very exciting. And I thought, wow, this is fun. And the response to it was great. Everybody really needed and wanted this book. I mean, people didn't have an interest. They didn't have an all colored book like this with a story and recipes, photos and real parties that we photographed. And so it was an instant hit. And that was. And then it encouraged me. That book encouraged me to go on with the rest of my life. And it's been so much fun. And to do a facsimile edition is.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Very interesting because everything's the original. Exactly how the book came on the.

[Martha Stewart]

80S, even dedicated to my ex husband. I had taken him out of subsequent printings, but now I put them back in for this one because it's the real thing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, good karma for you.

[Martha Stewart]

And you have. You have to do the real thing. But I love this book and I still use the recipes a lot.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I love every single thing you do. And I'm so thankful that you came back on the show every single time. You're my favorite. The one and only Martha Stewart.

Everybody Entertaining is in bookstores now.

And get Elm Biosciences. Come on.

It's elmbiosciences.com we'll be right back with Nathaniel Railiff. Everybody stick around. My mind is how to find a rhyme it's right on time I'm a step beyond I'm not my own.

Our next guest is a talented singer and songwriter. The 10th anniversary edition of his debut album, Nathaniel Ratliff and the Night Sweats, is available everywhere. Now please welcome Nathaniel Raitliff.

Oh, that's what I'm talking about. The one and only Nathaniel Raylan in the house.

Welcome back to the show, my friend. Man, oh, man, a lot of stuff has happened to you since we last saw each other. You got engaged.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You got married.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

You got a cat?

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

I got a cat. I Didn't cry when I got the cat too.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I think I have a picture of the cat. Look how cute this cat is.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Franklin.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, that's Franklin. It's very cute, but even cooler. You're expecting a baby. Congratulations. Come on, Matt.

The best.

What a time.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

It's been a big year. Surprising.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We've known each other for a long time. Now. You, you for the first time on the Tonight show was back in 2015. You performed sob on our show and it was unbelievable response. What do you remember from that night?

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Well, I remember it was our first ever late night appearance and you were so kind to have us. And I remember just getting hair and makeup and you kept flashing the record and the hair and makeup team was like, he never does this. And I was like, is it good that he's doing this? And I remember before we came out because of you and how you kept pumping the record, we'd sold more pre sales of that first record than we had of anything I had done up until that point. So, yeah, no way.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But I remember seeing you, my friend sent me a YouTube video of you performing it live. And I, I said, this is the most energetic, most fun song, the most amazing singer. I, I, I've never, I've never seen anything like that in years. It's electric. I go, we gotta please. Let's get them on the show. And you came in the show, you crushed it. I mean, dude, you left a pint of blood on the stage, dude. It was just like that much energy put into a heart and soul. I loved it. And then you crushed it. Next day I got a phone call from Paul McCartney. Do you remember I told you that? You did?

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Paul McCartney goes. Who was that band? You know, that was a great band. You know, that was really good.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

I was like, tell him to call me.

[Carl Schmertz]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Did he ever call you?

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

But I did, I did run into him. And I, you know, and I will say that like, you gave us that opportunity in those 10 years. It's changed our lives and the importance of what you do and what late night TV is for artists like myself and people in the film industry. This is an important thing that you do. And I think it should be preserved.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You know, thank you, brother. I just, I set you up and it's up to you to score. I mean, I point to the ring, I go, go for it. And you know, it's up to you to win. And man, oh man, did you score. And if you want to see a great band live or great performer, see Nathaniel Ratliff, you won't even ever forget it. It's unbelievable. You're a great. You got to. You live in Colorado and it's been your home for how many years now?

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Since 97.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

I grew up in Missouri and then moved out west.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And you just got inducted in the Colorado Music hall of Fame.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Talk to me. This. What does it mean to you?

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

I mean, I feel like that community embraced me and gave me space throughout the years as an artist to figure out what I was doing through multiple bands. I started a band called Born in the Flood and then the Night Sweats was kind of at the end of. I was, you know, I was gardening on the side. Well, I heard you and Martha's. I heard you need some tips.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But dude, whatever Martha gives me, I'll give you.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Yes, please. But yeah, this was supposed to be like a side project and these songs were just me and my attic. Yeah. Just writing songs, playing all the parts.

[Jimmy Fallon]

As his anniversary album has 11 demos.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Yeah. So that was the kind of the start of what was the Night Sweats.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Just you in the attic.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Just me in the attic. Except for the horns. I overdubbed those. I called my buddy Andy Wilde and I was like. He came over the sax and somebody.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Who played trumpet, who talk to me, Richard Swift.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

So I sent those demos to Richard Swift and we became fast friends. And he ended up producing the first record and second record. But his influence on those recordings, I think is also like what led to us kind of figuring out who we were musically and who I was musically.

[Jimmy Fallon]

When you perform live. Cause I've seen you live now a bunch of times and seen you at the Garden. You do songs, everyone knows all the words and they're yelling it back to you. Say it's a full on party. Does that give you chills? And you go, wow.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Sometimes I'm just like, wow. I think we've become a pretty good band sometimes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Definitely have. But congrats on this. This is 10 years. And congrats on, baby. And congrats on life.

[Nathaniel Rateliff]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Couldn't thank you enough for coming on my show.

Talented guy, Nathaniel Raeleff. The 10th anniversary edition of Nathaniel Raeleff and the Night Sweats is available now. Stick around everybod. First. We'll hand the link first. My thanks to Martha Stewart. Nathaniel Railiff, big wolf head, once again, well done. And the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thank you for watching. Good night everybody. Got it. Work. Hold it down. Yeah. You.

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