-Since the last time I saw you, you won the Emmy
for "The Crown," and congratulations.
-That's right. [ Cheers and applause ]
-I knew it. I knew it! -Yes, yes.
-I feel like I had nothing to do with it,
but either way, you were fantastic as Churchill.
-Thank you. -You're fantastic as everything.
Do you miss playing the role?
-Well, yeah. It was a wonderful job.
It was just -- "The Crown" is a great series.
I worked with incredible actors.
Everyone was great, and then I won --
-But you miss even having that mouthpiece in?
-Yeah, that's right. I did a little --
I did a Progresso commercial for you.
-Yeah, thank you for doing that.
-With my Winston Churchill jowls.
No, it's great,
and apparently Churchill makes it easy to win awards.
-No, no, no.
-I think it may be Gary Oldman's turn.
-Oh, well. -I say good luck Gary.
-He was fantastic, right?
He was amazing as that.
Another accomplishment of yours which I love --
I love everything you do.
Last time you surprised me with a painting...
-Oh, yes. -...of my dog.
-Of your dog. -Together: Gary Frick.
-Yeah, absolutely, and it's hanging in my kitchen.
I love it so much. We love you.
And then, now you always wanted to write
your own crossword puzzle in The New York Times.
-Well, no, it had never even occurred to me,
but they asked me to do it, to co-create a crossword puzzle.
-I mean, how fun is that? -Well, it was a lot of fun.
-You don't think about that when you --
-You learn the mysteries of crossword puzzle construction.
-Yeah, like I don't know -- I got to get --
Talk to Will Shortz.
-There it is. It's my pride and joy.
-But look at this. I love it.
And 44 Down's clue is
"Allen's replacement on 'The Tonight Show,'"
which is -- thank you for the shout-out to "The Tonight Show."
It's Paar. Jack Paar. -Paar, Jack Paar. That's right.
-But thank you for doing that, "The Tonight Show,"
and including that.
-If they ever ask me to do a puzzle again, Jimmy,
I promise that I'll get you in.
You know. -You will?
-Yes. -I'll have to earn it.
I have to earn it. No rush. I'm happy that you're here.
-It will be a "Tonight Show" --
-I didn't have you on just so I could end up in a puzzle.
I promise. I swear. [ Laughter ]
I did a little bit, but not completely.
-No, I think I thought of a clue for you.
"What one may do with one's sword."
Think about it.
[ Laughter ] And remember, it's --
-That was years ago, John.
No one even -- No one remembers that scandal.
-It's connected with Jimmy Fallon,
and "The Tonight Show."
"What one may do with one's sword."
-Fall on. -Fall on.
-Fallon. Fall on. Oh, that's great.
-You got it. -That's why you're good at this!
I'm awful. I'm terrible at crosswords.
-No, you got it. What are you talking about?
-I can't do -- I can't do crosswords.
What's the easiest day, Monday, right?
-Yeah, you start with Monday. -Trouble for me.
-When you reach your 70s, you're up to Saturday, like me.
-Were you ever bad at crosswords?
I try to do it all of the time and I go --
I just feel like an idiot. -I don't know.
Crosswords -- you're always a little embarrassed
to even confess that you do them.
Because it's such a pointless waste of time.
-Do you do them in pencil?
-No, no. I do them in ink. -You're ink all the way?
-As a matter of fact, I even have The New York Times app.
I do them on my iPad. I check out my average.
It's just totally embarrassing.
-No, that's fantastic! I love hearing that.
-What a waste of life.
[ Laughter ] -I love it.
-On the other hand, they did invite me to co-create one...
-There you go.
-...With a genius puzzle constructor
named Brendon Emmett Quigley.
I just wanted to say his name.
-What a great name, huh?
I mean, what else are you supposed to do?
He's got to be a writer, an author,
a crossword puzzler, or whatever.
Yeah, I think it's -- I'm gonna get into it.
I think it keeps you sharp.
Next time I see you, I'll be up to like Tuesday afternoon.
-All right, and I hope they'll invite me to do another one.
I'll get you in there.
-All right, thank you, buddy. I appreciate that.
Another fun thing about you
is when you also got in the greeting card business.
The Christmas card business.
-Well, you're going way, way back.
-I mean, people should know this.
You're famous for this.
[ Laughter ]
-When I was a kid, I wanted to be an artist.
I did not want to be an actor.
I grew up in a theater family,
and I didn't want to go into the family business.
I was a serious artist and print-maker.
And I did wood cuts and made Christmas cards for the family
and then turned it into a little cottage industry in high school.
-Isn't that fun to do? I mean, who does that?
How old were you?
-Well, yeah, my high-school years.
-And what did you -- you ended up --
How many cards would you create?
-Oh, I had a line of about six or seven.
Actually, I was -- I was the -- in my high school --
Princeton High School, I was a Jersey boy, too.
I was the president of the high-school student council,
and we had an executive committee,
and I rammed through a bill to send --
to have the executive committee send Christmas cards
to the entire faculty of the school,
and I sold my Christmas cards to the student council.
-That's genius!
-I got a check for like $35,
and I went home, and I showed my mother and my dad.
I was so proud, and my mom, she hit the roof.
She said, "You're gonna take that check,
you're gonna take it, and you're gonna give it back.
You're gonna tear it up in front of the principal."
She taught me about conflict of interest.
-Wow. -My good mother.
I had good parenting.
-Isn't that great?
-What I'm ashamed to confess is I never gave back the $35.
[ Laughter ] [ Applause ]
-Princeton High School.
You owe Princeton High School 35 bucks.
-It turns out -- it turns out I missed my calling.
I should have been a politician.
[ Laughter ]
-No collusion, no collusion.