-I'm talking with the great Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Julia, thanks again for doing my show.
You know, you're doing a fundraiser tomorrow night
with a couple of your "Seinfeld" pals.
Tell me about this and how it came together.
-Okay. So... [ Clears throat ]
A couple weeks ago now, I did a fundraiser
for the Wisconsin Democratic Party with the "Veep" cast.
-Yeah. -And it went very well.
It was very, very successful.
And, so, I'm just constantly racking my brain
about getting the message out about voting
and raising funds for the Democrats
and what's an effective way to doing that.
I thought, "Oh, well, let's get the 'Seinfeld'
group together, if I can." It was very last-minute.
I mean, like, hyper last-minute. -Yeah.
-And we thought, "Oh, let's do a fundraiser for Texas."
Because Texas is on the verge of turning blue.
I mean, sort of all the way down the ballot,
not just congressional seats, but also the state legislature.
And that's incredibly important. -Really?
-Because if we're able to turn the state legislature blue,
then we get a seat at the table when it comes to redistricting.
And, you know, the Republicans
have been very, very crafty in their gerrymandering,
which is not a cool thing to do, and so it's important --
State legislature races in addition, of course,
to the other races, are just as important, just as critical.
So we thought, let's raise funds for Texas,
'cause there's a real opportunity here.
So that's what we're doing.
So, Larry David, Jason Alexander, and myself.
-Wow.
-And Seth Meyers is going to moderate.
And we're going to -- Each of us is going to talk about --
We're going to pick an episode --
We have picked an episode, each of us,
to talk about sort of,
I don't know, the making of, behind the scenes,
that kind of stuff. It'll be really fun.
-That's going to be great.
Can you tell us what episode you picked or no?
-Yes. I picked "The soup Nazi."
And Jason Alexander picked "The Marine Biologist."
And Larry David picked "The Contest."
-[ Laughs ] -So -- I know.
So, anyway that'll be super fun.
And we're going to have sort of "Seinfeld"
memorabilia stuff -- I got, like, a --
That we're going to raffle away to people who sign up for this.
And you can go to afundraiseraboutsomething.com
if you want to -- to join the party tomorrow.
-Yeah. And it's important to encourage people
to talk about their voting plan, is what you have been saying.
-Oh, yes. -Why -- Their voting plan.
So it's not even like just -- Why is that important?
-Well...
getting people to vote sometimes can be a heavy lift.
I think sometimes because the voter-suppression effort
is such a strong one that people feel disenfranchised
and feel as if their vote doesn't matter.
But, of course, you and I both know that's not the case.
The more people vote, the better it is for our democracy.
And I do mean that, really.
I say that as a Democrat. I say it -- I believe that.
And research shows us that if you, for instance,
Jimmy, talked to three of your friends
who may not be that inclined to vote, right?
And you say, "What's your voting plan?"
And they say, "Well, I'm not sure."
And you can kind of sort of talk them into casting their ballot.
You will have a very --
You have a very good shot at getting them to vote.
So, in addition to making your own plan,
asking people in your life
what their plan is, is very effective.
-It sparks. -So my plan --
Here's my ballot right here.
I'm going to fill this out, and I'm voting early
and taking it in next week.
That's my plan.
-Ah! -What's your plan?
-I've sent mine in. I handed mine to a --
I went to the post office here in the building.
I did it last week.
I filled out my ballot with black ink, by the way.
Black ink. -Good.
-Don't use a pencil. Don't use colored ink.
Black ink. I did it in the secret envelope.
I put the secret envelope in the other envelope
so that through the windows, you can see it.
And, in New York City, believe it or not, you need a stamp.
Which, a lot of people will probably be like,
"Are you kidding me? I don't have a stamp."
It's all -- I feel bad.
I go like, "If there's someone in their 80s,
how would you even understand how to do this,
unless you have someone in your family helping you?"
It's like, "Wait. This envelope --"
So I did a video. It's online.
I show people how easy it is. -Oh, good!
-You can do it. And I showed -- This is exactly how do you it.
You put this envelope in this thing.
It's like -- It's possible. It's good.
But someone needs to talk you through it.
-Yeah. Sometimes, you know --
'Cause each state has different methods, et cetera, et cetera.
So it's important to decide what your voting plan is
and then get it done.
And if you can early vote,
like you did and like I'm going to do,
that's a very good thing, too.
'Cause voter turnout is HUGE this year.
5 million people have already voted in Texas. That's a lot.
-Have they always -- Texas is giant.
But, I mean, have they always had a lot of voter turnout,
or is it just this year? -No. No.
They're getting more people to turn out this year.
And this year, there are about 2. million more
eligible voters in Texas since 2016.
So that's like -- That's like the population
of New Mexico inside of Texas.
So it's just -- it's just --
It's a real opportunity. Let's put it that way.
-Well, I gotta say, you have been --
You said that you were going to do this and get people to vote.
And already, we're seeing numbers go up.
So this is all because of everyone's hard work.
But thank you for doing all this hard work.
It's awesome what you are doing. -Thank you.
-It's always great to see you. Good luck with everything
at the "Fundraiser About Something."
-Right. FundraiserAboutSomething.com.
Or you can come to my social and sign up.
And any amount. You can give any amount.
-Yeah. -Any amount.
-Love it. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, everybody.
We'll be right back with Patton Oswalt.
-Thank you. -You're the best.
Come back whenever. -Patton Oswalt!
Tell him I said hey. -I will. Perfect.
-All right. -Bye.
-Bye!