-Welcome back, Jon. -Ahh!
-You know, it is your 10th appearance.
-Double dige! -Double digits!
-Double dige! -I'm so happy!
Double dige! I'm so happy. -Aww.
-10th appearance. -That means you like me.
-I love you. I more than like you.
Please, come on for another 50 appearances.
-Oh, okay. -A thousand appearances.
-You have to give me my beard back.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, I kind of am trying to figure this out.
I'm not sure where it is.
-It looks fantastic. -Really?
-I'm on board. I'm on --
[ Applause ]
The people have spoken.
-I want to thank you also for helping me out.
You did an episode of "Password."
-How much fun did we have? -We had the best time
in "Password," and thank you for doing that.
You came on, and it was
a tribute to Betty White, that show.
-The best. -It was our first show.
You did me a solid. Thank you for that.
Remember, we did a sketch with Betty White?
-Oh, my God. -For the Emmys?
-It was a "Glee" parody. -Yes.
-6B.
-It was "Studio 6B, a 'Glee' Parody."
-And my job was to back that thang up.
-Yeah.
Into Betty White's...front.
[ Cheering ]
-She was like a choreographer.
She was like, "Back that thing up, back that..."
How funny was Betty White? -She was in her 90s.
-The greatest. -God bless her.
-God bless Betty White. She was the greatest.
-My favorite part was, the continuation of that was
that we had kind of a quick change after that,
and I had to present right after that with Betty,
And it was awesome, but I had to get out of my "Glee" costume,
and into my tuxedo.
So I had to do like, a quick change backstage,
and Betty was right there.
-In front of Betty? -Oh, yeah.
-And by the way, did not look away.
-Wow!
[ Laughter ]
Betty White is a legend.
I love that. -Took it in. She took it in.
-I haven't seen you since you owned the summer
with the blockbuster, "Top Gun: Maverick."
No big deal. -Thank you, thank you.
[ Applause ]
The biggest movie ever made. Come on, buddy!
-I can't wait till they re-release it 15 years later,
"Avatar" style.
-Dude, I saw you on the on the big screen,
but I saw you on the biggest screen.
Oh, the IMAX? Yeah. -Yeah.
I loved it. -It's kind of an experience.
-Dude, your movie was the greatest thing.
-Did that spontaneously make you grow that beard?
Watching that, it was just so testosterone-filled?
-So action-packed, like...
And then, you know, I saw the movie,
and then I go, and I went to a great restaurant.
Emilio's Ballato.
-I forgot about this.
-And this is an Italian restaurant,
opening weekend of "Top Gun: Maverick,"
and I happen to run into there, my best bud, Jon Hamm.
-Yes. -Was there eating dinner
at this restaurant.
-You were two-timing me, though.
You were there with Harry Kane.
-I was there with Harry Kane.
-Talking football, I'm assuming. -Yeah.
-[In British accent] Football.
-[In British accent] Yeah, we were talkin' football.
-Let's get some Italian food.
-It's what people like.
You go and you play football, you get Italian food.
-Some pasta. -Pasta.
-Maybe some, like, eggplant parm.
-Your ravioli. -Whatever. Whatever.
-Whatever. -Don't even matter.
-Doesn't matter, does it? -Don't even matter.
-Does it? -Just buds.
-Does it? Spuds. -Buds and spuds.
-Oh, buds and spuds. Exactly right.
[In normal voice] So I was there cheating on you.
Yeah, with Harry.
Thank God we weren't sitting together.
We would have done this all night.
-The whole restaurant would have left.
-No, but I was happy to see you, because it was a big --
-Yeah, yeah. You gave me a nice gift.
That was really sweet of you. -Do you remember?
-I do, the waiter came over
with a sort of dirty plate and half a meatball on it
and said, "Mr. Fallon would like to gift this to you."
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, I gave you half of meatball.
-And I ate it.
[ Laughter ]
-Good meatball.
[British accent] Good meatball. -[British accent] Meatball.
-Great meatball, mate. -Play football
and great meatball.
Football, meatball. -Football, meatball.
Half a meatball. Meat-foot. -Meat-foot..
We...
You know what it is? I saw you there, and I go,
oh, I don't know if you recognize me,
so I want to to send him over something
to congratulate him, because "Top Gun" was already...
-You weren't in disguise.
-I didn't have a beard then. -You did not have a beard then.
-But yeah, I guess it is was a small restaurant.
I guess you did see me, but didn't want to bother you.
But I thought it'd be funny to send you over something.
I go, I'll send over a meatball. That'll make him laugh.
Then I go, no, no, no. [British accent] Wait, wait.
-[British accent] Wait. -Wait, come back here.
-Oy. -Oy! Oy.
Back here. -Oy, waiter!
-Hey. -Oy, an old meatball.
-Oh, now, -- now --
[Accent becomes gravely] No, now I'm turning to Statham.
-[Imitating Jason Statham] Are you gonna be Jason Statham?
-Jason Statham?
Give him half a meatball. -Half a meatball.
[ Laughter ]
-Give him the ol' demi-ball.
[ Laughter ]
-Give him the 180.
[In normal voice] You've already starred in
one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
-Thank you. -"Mad Men."
-Oh, that one. -Yeah.
[ Applause ] A little hit.
-Pretty good. Pretty good.
Yeah, kind of a home run. -Had a good run.
Had a good run. A good run.
-But now you're returning to TV with not one, but two shows.
-Double dip. -Wow. Double digits, double dip.
-Double dige, double dip. -Yeah "Fargo."
-Half a meatball, two meatball. Double dip, who cares?
-"Fargo."
[ Laughter ]
"Fargo" and "The Morning Show."
-"Fargo."
-I like going off the rails with you.
It's fun. Why not?
Wait, "Fargo."
-"Fargo," it's a fantastic show.
Each season sort of reimagines the whole story,
although they are kind of --
Rock was on it last year.
It was in Kansas City in the '30s.
-Chris Rock was on "Fargo." -Yes, it was great.
It was great to see him doing all that.
-That's gonna be a great fit for you.
-So this one does not take place in Kansas City in the '30s,
but it does sort of, keeps imagining organized crime
and what's happening.
I play a rather unsavory character.
-Ooh. -I can't really get into it.
-Wow. You can't get into it?
-Well, I mean, I'm gonna very into it.
I can't give deets.
And "The Morning Show." I get to hang out with Aniston.
-Reese Witherspoon. -Reese.
-Billy Crudup. -Billy Cruds.
-Oh, I love that dude.
-Great cast, great people.
I can't really get into it.
[ Laughter ]
-"I can't get into it right now."
-I'd love to get it. I just can't.
Oh, I can't get into it. -"I just can't talk."
Well, I want to talk about this film, "Confess, Fletch."
-You know I'm a giant "Fletch" fan.
We've talked about this, but this is a great story.
-We did it. We actually made it.
It's in theaters and on digital platforms near you.
-"Confess, Fletch."
-It's the second book in the series.
When they made that movie with Chevy Chase,
very famously inaugurated that film franchise
and put his stamp right on it.
So we were like, "Oh, God.
I don't want to do a Chevy impression."
-Yeah, of course.
-And I don't want to, you know, steal his bits.
So we went back to the books, and there's 11 novels
that Gregory McDonald wrote over the course
of the '70s and '80s,
and they're really funny and they're fun.
And we just kind of took it back to the page.
-But you watched "Fletch" when it first came out with --
-Oh, my God, did I ever?
I saw it at the Wehrenberg Theater
in Saint Louis, Missouri.
[ Applause ]
I thought maybe there was some Wehrenbergs in town.
-Why would that get applause?
We're not in Saint Louis.
-Right? Everybody gets it.
-You saw it in Times Square in New York City.
[ Applause ]
You'll never forget it. -Never forget it.
-Never forget going to Times Square and watching "Fletch."
-When I was 14, somehow. -Yeah.
-Wildly dangerous, in the '80s, by myself.
-Yeah, well, you saw it and you loved it.
-I saw it and loved it.
-But you got into it and you go, "I'm going to watch this.
I'm obsessed with this movie."
And then you realized that it was based on based on a book.
And so I was like, "Wait, there's more?
There's more stories?"
And I immediately went to the bookstore
and realized I had no money,
so I stole all of the paperbacks that I could steal.
-How did you steal 11 paperbacks?
-Not at once! -Oh, alright.
You went back and stole more? -One at a time.
-Wow. -Then they don't see.
They don't think they're missing.
-Do the people at Walden Books --
-If you take the whole section out,
the guy's like, "What are you doing?"
You take one, it's like, "Hey, what is that over there?
That's weird. Oh, yeah."
-So you stole all of the "Fletch" books?
-I sure did.
And now I'm gonna steal the franchise from Chevy.
-Yeah, exactly. But here you are.
Will you make all 11 movies? -I hope.
That's up to America to decide, but...
[ Cheers and applause ]
And all the foreign territories.
But I really hope to.
Obviously, it's set up to be, you know,
kind of a franchise in the making.
-How do we describe "Confess, Fletch"?
-It's a whodunit, and by the end,
you definitely find out who done it.
I mean, that delivers right there on its promise.
-It delivers? -Yeah.
-But it's a funny, you know...
He talks his way out of trouble
that he's already talked himself into,
so that's kind of perfect for me.
-Yeah, it's actually great.
I can't think of a better person to play Fletch.
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here is Jon Hamm in "Confess, Fletch."
Take a look.
-So what do we know about this victim?
-Like we're going to tell you.
-Laurel Goodwin's from Westover, was living in Allstrom
with two roommates, worked at a Cambridge cafe as a barista.
-We're telling you.
-Ms. Goodwin was pursuing a career in the art world.
-Hmm. -Interesting connection.
-Well, I've either just walked into a frame-up,
or somebody from my past is trying to get revenge on me.
-Who hates you?
Besides Griz.
-Well, I did put quite a few prominent people away
when I was a very famous reporter
at the "News Tribune" in Los Angeles.
-I looked into your criminal record.
-And?
-Bad check charge. -Eh.
-Two contempt of court charges. -Pfft.
-A number of nonpayment of alimony charges.
-100% of most of those were dismissed.
-You're a bit of a shady character, Mr. Fletcher.
-But I am adorable.
-Yeah! That's right.
Jon Hamm, everybody! -Heyo!
-"Confess, Fletch."
When we come back, Jon and I are going head-to-head
in the game of "Hey, Robot."
-Hey, Robot! -Stick around.