[ Cheers and applause ] -"Why we don´t suck."
Why did you want to write this book?
-Okay, so the reason I wrote the book
is that that last election, as we all know,
was very divisive, right?
And I find myself even now, like, my Democratic friends --
they have completely lost their sense of humor.
They´re just rage-tweeting about Trump and Republicans.
My Republican friends -- they´ve lost their sense of humor,
and they´re just bash-tweeting back at Democrats.
You know, my Republican friends think that Sean Hannity is God,
and -- and my Democrat friends think that
Rachel Maddow is the Virgin Mother.
It´s, like, insane. [ Laughter ]
Nobody´s talking to each other,
and -- and I wanted to just sort of discuss,
you know, some of the big issues,
like racism, you know, sexism, fake news, guns, and everything,
and make everybody laugh their asses off because --
and remind them that there´s common ground.
You know what I mean? -Yeah.
-So... -Good for you.
-And here´s the thing.
I tell my Democratic friends this all the time.
You´re not gonna beat Trump with Bernie Sanders.
It´s not gonna happen, folks.
And you´re not gonna beat Trump with Elizabeth Warren.
You need to find somebody
that can really, actually challenge Trump.
And it might have to be somebody famous.
I talk about it in the book.
This is insane, but it´s true.
They did a poll -- I put it in the book --
the top 10 most trusted people in America, okay?
And 8 out of the top 10 are actors.
And the first three
are Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, and Denzel, okay?
[ Laughter and applause ]
So, I mean, just look at that. Listen.
I don´t know Denzel, I don´t know Tom Hanks,
but I know Sandy.
I´ve known her since we started out together,
and you can trust her.
One time, we were having a party,
and we were running out of booze,
and I said, "Listen.
You got 20 minutes to go to the liquor store
and get two more bottles of booze, okay?
Get one vodka and whiskey.
She came back in 15 minutes with change
and four bottles of each, okay? [ Laughter ]
That´s a woman you can trust.
[ Cheers and applause ] So...
-Sandra Bullock -- you can trust Sandra Bullock.
-But -- But I´m here tonight
´cause I think right in this room is --
there are a couple people who could make
a great Democratic ticket.
And I´m announcing it tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, Questlove/Fallon 2020.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Please. -What? What do you mean "no"?
-Please, no. Please, no. Oh, my God, no.
-Questlove? Questlove? -No. No, he...
-Questlove? -No.
-He´d make a great president, man.
He´s a deep thinker. -Yeah, yeah.
-And you´d be -- And you´d be a great vice president.
All you got to do is go to,
like, "Hamilton" and -- and football games.
I´ll go with you. Okay? We´ll have a great time.
[ Laughter ]
I mean, with this band, can you imagine?
We´ll all move into the White House together, okay?
And -- And we´ll have a giant --
we´ll have the best music in the history of the presidency.
And you won´t -- you´ll just be like a song and dance guy.
We´ll just go around and make appearances.
-All right. -I´ll be your right-hand man.
-Done. Let´s think about this. -We already have --
We have Higgins as a -- -Yeah.
-You know? [ Cheers and applause ]
-We´ll think about this.
-We could win. We could win.
-I´m going to see you very, very soon in Boston.
-Yes. -Because you do this event,
this charity event.
You´ve been doing it for how many years now?
-20 -- this is our 23rd year.
"Comics Come Home" in Boston at TD Garden,
November 18th this year.
It benefits the Cam Neely Cancer Foundation.
-And they saved my dad´s life. -They saved Jimmy´s dad´s life.
I mean, it´s an amazing organization.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Amazing.
Really, top notch.
-Yeah. -And who´s gonna be there again?
-Okay, so this year´s lineup --
him, Jeff Ross, Lil Rel, which is -- he´s hilarious.
-Yep. -Who am I forgetting?
Lenny Clarke, Bobby Kelly, Craig Ferguson --
it´s his first time doing the show.
[ Cheers and applause ] It´s gonna be great.
It´s gonna be great.
-Do -- I wanted to ask you something.
-Okay. All right. What?
-Because I do the show and I have fun,
but I want to do something special this year.
-Well, you and I always do like a --
when -- when you come, we do a duet or something.
-Yeah. -So, what do you want to sing?
-I want to challenge you to a lip sync battle.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You pick a song -- one song.
I pick a song. We do it at the Garden.
Done? Done deal! -Done!
[ Cheers and applause ] -Done deal!
-Guys...it´s happening. -It´s happening.
I´m winning. -When is that?
November 18th at the TD Garden in Boston.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Get tickets on Ticketmaster -- me versus Denis Leary.
Denis Leary´s new book, "Why We Don´t Suck,"
is available now. [ Cheers and applause ]