-You directed the horror movie of the year.
Not just the movie of the year
but the horror movie of the year.
And you have long been a fan of horror.
Back in the day, we saw plenty of horror movies together.
You're a fan of Tim Burton. -Yes.
Big fan of Tim Burton growing up.
-"Beetlejuice" is a big movie for you?
-[ Laughing ] What do you got there?
[ Laughter ]
-Well, this is just my taxes. -Okay. All right.
All right, hold on to that. -So how old --
This is you dressing up as Beetlejuice.
-That's me. [ Laughter, cheers, applause ]
-Pretty great.
-I used the same costume for Garth,
from "Wayne's World," the next year.
[ Laughter ]
Yeah, so that's --
You just got me un-laid by my own wife.
-Oh, wow. -By showing that.
-This moved you backwards. Yeah, this moved you this far.
This is you laid, and then, I just did this.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
-That's great.
But that's young to have seen "Beetlejuice," I feel like.
-Yeah, it was -- It scared me.
-Yeah, okay, good. [ Laughter ]
She takes the face off. No, it was --
No, that's one of the things I loved about Tim Burton
is that he entertained and scared at the same time.
He just has this very specific mix.
So hats off to you, Tim Burton.
-And Michael Keaton just literally
one of the greatest actors alive.
-Yeah. Amazing performance.
I mean, I wonder how Michael Keaton feels
that, like, his entire life --
He's put some amazing performances together,
and people must just be like "Beetlejuice, man."
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
-"Aah!" "I didn't --
I didn't do the face thing. That was prosthetics."
"No, you did it." Yeah.
-"Do you have people say, 'Do the face thing'?"
-"Do it, do it!" Yeah.
-You had fantastic actors in your film, as well.
-Yes.
-Daniel Kaluuya, who's fantastic.
Keener, Bradley Whitford. -Mm-hmm.
-And Allison Williams.
And Allison Williams was here recently,
and I heard that she came to you
because she needed help with a scene.
-Yes. So this -- One day, she just --
She calls me, and she says --
You know, there's a love scene in the movie.
It's not like a hot, steamy sex scene.
I would not feel comfortable directing that.
I just don't -- That's not my style.
But it was like this soft, sweet love scene,
and she calls me, and she's like,
"Look, I really need to practice that love scene with Daniel,
and I'm gonna invite him over.
Can you come and, like -- Can we work this out?"
This was like my worst nightmare.
[ Laughter ]
"Like, okay, so I have to go --
Okay, I have to go to your house and like witness you
doing this weird love -- like direct it?
Like, come on. This is --"
Yeah, just absolute -- absolute nightmare.
"Okay, I'm a director now.
I'm an enigmatic, intelligent director.
I have to man up.
So I went over to the house, and, of course,
it was a surprise party for me.
[ Audience "Awws" ] -Oh, that's fantastic.
-It was very sweet. At which point I realized,
of course, Allison Williams does not need coaching
with love scenes. [ Laughter ]
She's fine. [ Both laugh ]
-She also told me, which sounded fantastic,
is that, again, your unique situation,
where you're a director, not only an actor
but an incredible sketch performer, as well,
that you would sometimes direct, if it called for it,
as Tracy Morgan and sometimes as Barack Obama.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, yeah.
If you needed to pick up the room a little bit, you know,
you can just be like,
[ As Obama ] "All right, now, and cut!
All right, let's...
You know, that's pretty good.
It's pretty good."
[ Cheers and applause ]
"But it's, uh...
I think we can do a little bit better."
[ Laughter ]
"Let's learn our lines, for starters.
That'd be a big help."
And, you know, this is one of those things
where, like, the audience is ready for this
to go to a punch line.
[ Laughter ]
It's not. it's just a voice.
-Punch line -- When would you direct --
What would be the scene you would need Tracy Morgan for?
-Tracy Morgan was somehow a more competent director than Obama.
[ As Tracy Morgan ] "All right, stop, let's go!
Hey, let's go!
Everybody, let's get this -- We're gonna be movin'.
We got to be there in 60 seconds!"
[ Cheers and applause ]
"We got to be there --" Tracy -- Tracy is, uh --
Tracy's a good friend of mine.
He's like a brother to me.
-And you're producing a show with him, yeah?
-I'm producing a show with him, starring him, Tiffany Haddish.
-Oh, fantastic. -Cedric the Entertainer.
Amazing cast. -That's incredible.
-It's on TBS. It's called "The Last O.G."
-Mm-hmm.
-And it's just a super funny show, and Tracy is amazing.
And one day -- This is --
I was talking to him on the phone,
and he was eating something.
He's like, "Mm. Sorry.
I'm eating a Ding Dong right now."
[ Laughter ]
Like, "All right, no problem," And he starts talking to me.
All of a sudden, he starts coughing violently.
[ Coughing loudly ]
It's like, "Tracy, are you okay?"
[ Coughing ] "Yeah, yeah.
I'm Tracy Morgan.
Survived getting hit by a truck, killed by a Ding Dong!"
[ Laughter and applause ]
Classic line. -Well, I can't wait for that.
-Yeah.
-I can't wait for everything that's coming next for you.
I'm just an audience that can't wait for more.
Congratulations on everything this year, Jordan.
-Thank you, man. -It's just fantastic.
Jordan Peele, everybody!