-Fred, congratulations.
Your wonderful comedy special was nominated for a Grammy.
You were at the Grammys last night.
You did not win, but that is amazing to be a Grammy nominee.
Congratulations. -Yeah, I had a great time.
So thanks. -That's fantastic.
What a sad clap from the rest of the band.
-I know. -The weirdest golf clap.
You guys call yourselves rock 'n' rollers.
But one of the things I was remarking on you is --
you're always so busy.
Not only did you do a comedy album,
but then you have to obviously go out to L.A. for the Grammys.
You're constantly traveling around,
working on different shows.
And one of the things you were lamenting is --
you no longer have time to read fiction.
And you love fiction.
-I love fiction so much, 'cause it's --
You know, a lot of it is, like, pretend.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-So it's not always real, which is good
because your imagination goes into what fiction is.
-Yeah. I've never heard it crystallized so well.
-Yeah.
-But you were saying that you actually --
And I was really blown away by this.
You've developed a process wherein you can
basically figure out everything a book is about --
all the plot twists, all the characters --
just by looking at the cover of the book.
-Easily. -Wow.
That must be such a time-saver. -It really is.
It makes flights go quicker. -So let's try it once again.
You guys, it's time for our new segment,
"Fred Judges a Book by its Cover."
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All right, so, here you go. You ready, Fred?
Just look at the cover
and tell me everything you can about this book.
It is "The Lost Girls of Paris" by Pam Jenoff.
Fred, what is this book about?
-Well, first of all, isn't she who wrote "The Orphan's Tale?"
-Yeah. -So, "The Orphan's Tale" --
-I mean, I think you just read that right there.
-No, I'm just saying.
So, "The Orphan's Tale" -- this is, like, the sequel to that.
And "The Orphan's Tale," as we --
I don't know if you guys read it.
It looks like what happened was --
there was a kid who didn't have parents.
-Uh-huh.
-So then the town was, like -- -Your classic orphan.
-Oh, classic orphan.
But the town decided -- they were like,
"You know, we're going to call you an orphan,
just so you know.
That's what you are." "Great."
And, so, this transformed into, as we see,
"The Lost Girls of Paris."
And what it is -- it was a blueprint for an airport, right?
So this airport was going to be built.
But the architect got the wrong blueprints
and, instead, did a tower of London, right?
So in the first three chapters,
he's building the tower of London.
-So, wait.
He thinks he's building an airport.
-Well, the thing with architects that
a lot people don't know is -- they just do their job.
They're like, "Show me the blueprint.
My job is to complete this.
You said 'airport.' Not my business."
So, he builds this tower of London, where --
-It's not "the" tower of London? It's "a"?
-It's a tower of London. -Okay, okay.
-And he builds it, and, of course, now they say
that it's going be Boston Logan Airport.
And, so...
-Of cour-- So, they're trying -- Now this is a reveal.
This is the twist.
The whole time, we think they're building Boston Logan Airport,
and it's a tower of London.
-Yes.
So, then, of course, people go there to, like, you know,
greet people at the airport.
And this woman -- her name is Lost Girl, from Paris.
She goes there, and, of course, as you see,
the plane's behind her.
The pilots are like, "Uh, where are we supposed to land?"
-And then what did she do?
-That's the sort of mystery ending of the book.
It's like, "Where are we supposed to land?"
-So it ends at the first time a plane tries to land...
-Yes.
-...at what it thinks is going to be an airport,
but it's a tower of London.
-Yes. So they're just all at a loss.
And there's, like, a whole bunch of traffic of planes.
-What's the last line?
Because I imagine it must be, like, incredibly gripping
as a plane is coming in to try to land on a tower.
-"Anyone feel like going to Hawaii?"
-Give it up for Fred Armisen, everybody!