-Welcome back to "Late Night,"
we're here with Tracee Ellis Ross.
I do ask this question often of people who figure --
or I should say finish long runs on beloved shows --
did you, I don't want to say stole,
did you liberate anything from the set?
-Yeah, I, um I asked to liberate a piece of art
that had been on the wall, it has not made it to me.
I am still under the hopeful idea that it will show up
at my door in a package.
I don't think I got the piece of art I wanted.
I did, however, take as much wardrobe as I possibly
could fit in my car.
because Bow Johnson had a great wardrobe.
And at one point I was, like, loading the back of my car
and an ABC executive walked by and I was like,
"Either turn around or know that I am helping
the wardrobe department and I'm bringing
these things to the cleaners.
They are -- the cleaners is on the way home
and I just want to help them out to get all this stuff cleaned up
so you can pack it up. -[ Laughs ]
That was very, very kind. You're a, you know,
you're a very charitable person. -Awful.
I'm sure he bought that, hook, line, and sinker.
-Absolutely. And you know what, everybody knows that about me.
I'm helpful. -Very helpful.
Now, this is a time to embark on new experiences,
when you wrap something like this up.
I've heard tell that the next frontier for you might be
trying stand up out, is this true?
-It's a hope, it's a dream, it's a wish.
I don't, I think -- okay -- it's clearly so much harder
than the greats, you know who I'm looking at, Seth,
than y'all make it seem. -[ Laughs ]
-But I'm looking for a tight five.
-Alright. Well now -- -Isn't that the term?
Is that the term? -Tight five, yeah.
Is you can get a tight five you're on your way.
-Oh, okay. All of a sudden it sounded
like I said something sexual. [ Both laugh ]
-Or, like, what I'm supposed to achieve at the end of my diet.
Like a tight five. -There's a different kind --
there's a different of, like, people that will
will want a different kind of tight five.
Just steer clear of it. -Okay. Right. Okay.
So we don't want -- so will you tell me what the top three
things are that I should think about with stand up?
-Oh, that's a very -- that's a good question.
I mean, it has to be things you enjoy
that brings you joy to say them out loud.
-Okay. -Like, I think that people
can tell when you're not joyous about it.
-That's a good note.
-I think that in your head, your tight five is probably,
at first writing, gonna be 10 or 15 minutes, right?
Like, it will, you have to be --
-This is getting harder by the minute.
-Yes, but it'll, like, you just have to be,
you know, sort of ruthless at the editing of it.
-Okay. -And lastly, uh...
I would just say they can smell your fear.
So, you know. Don't have it. -Well it's gonna be --
It's gonna be a stinky room, Seth.
[ Both laugh ]
-Well, no you did something harder than a tight five.
-What? -So I saw this photograph.
You took, you managed to get your entire family,
including your mother Diana Ross, to wear
the same matching pajamas and take this Christmas photo.
I mean, this is -- when I look at the amount of people here,
I cannot believe this was pulled off, it's a beautiful photo.
-Not only -- well, my sister Rhonda is not in the photo.
Not only was it pulled off, but I during the holidays,
am in charge of food and photos. -Okay.
-So I usually will cut -- I don't have children
so I have really strong assignments.
And this Christmas I was like I'm not ruining this.
I literally shipped my Ring Light home.
So I shipped my Ring Light and my tripod home.
We used to do family photos where my mom would, like,
we would go to a costume shop, and like, do Victorian costumes.
But there's so many children and so many husbands and wives now,
we're like 22, that it's like Amazon pajamas.
And we got everyone in the photo.
And my family, it's, there's noth--
I just, I like and love my family so much.
And the holidays are, like, our favorite time
to be holed up in the house together.
And, yeah, that photo's a good capture of it.
-I think the very wise thing you did is, I noticed,
some of the younger people were allowed to have bicycles?
-Yeah. -That's very smart.
In regard to keeping their attention.
Let 'em have the bikes. -Well, let 'em have the bikes.
Let 'em look at -- I mean, the whole beginning
of taking a photo is like, "This way, this way, ha ha ha!
This way, this way. Look over here. Look over --
Everlee look -- Everlee look over here."
You do that for, like, 10 minutes
and then you finally get a photo.
But my trick is I have a little remote, in my hand.
And I just snap and snap and snap and snap and snap.
And then we have to go through, like, 45 pictures.
-Well, I -- let me just say that there are 22 of you
and at least 15 of you are looking at the camera.
So great job. -[ Laughs ] Thank you.
-Hey, thanks for being here, Tracee.
Congratulations on eight seasons and I do hope to see you soon.
-Thank you so much, it's lovely to see you as always.
-Tracee Ellis Ross, everybody.
The final season of "Blackish" airs Tuesday nights on ABC.