-Wow. -I'm so happy to be --
Thanks for having me on the show.
-Oh, we love having you. -No, no. I'm so excited.
This is the American dream. -No.
-Yeah, yeah. This -- If you're -- If you're trying to --
This is the American dream.
-Really? -Yeah, for me.
-Well, this is -- this is a French --
This is a French dream for me.
[ Laughter ]
Now, this is an American dream for me.
-Thank you. -I love having you.
This fits. You and "The Tonight Show" fit perfect.
-Thank you. Thank you.
-Do you -- Do you see the show over there?
-We have the show in France, and, uh, that's funny 'cause --
and I'm not making that up -- "The Tonight Show" in France
airs in the morning.
[ Laughter ]
-Does it really?
-Just so you know, Jimmy, for the French people,
you are a morning guy.
-Wow. I'm the morning guy.
Yeah. Good morning, France.
Hi, everybody. Good morning!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hi! Good morning! Have a great day!
-That would -- That would be nice for them if you,
I don't know, sometimes could give them
some traffic report or...
-[ Laughs ] Yeah. -...weather.
Paris weather. That would be very nice.
-Do they have much American shows over there in France?
-"The Tonight Show." -Just "The Tonight Show?"
That's it. -We have "The Tonight Show."
-I know they have a "Saturday Night Live."
-Yeah. -You hosted the first episode.
-Yeah. -What was it called?
-"Le Saturday Night Live." [ Laughter ]
-Write that -- I got to remember that.
-Yeah. -"Le Saturday Night Live."
-We try to create our own thing, yeah.
-It's a different -- but you're creating your own thing.
It's a different show.
-I mean, I've been a huge fan of the "Saturday Night Live,"
and when they offer me to host,
obviously, I was so excited and honored.
-Yeah. -And we did it our way.
We didn't -- -Your own thing.
You didn't do any -- I mean, let's just --
For example, I mean, this is our "SNL."
This is a sketch called "More Cowbell."
-Yeah.
-And that was great with Will Farrell.
Chris Parnell was fantastic.
And here's a clip from -- a picture of your show.
And this -- What is -- [ Laughter ]
Interesting.
It's very, very interesting there.
That looks like a totally different sketch.
-Yeah. -What is this sketch?
-The wardrobe is not really the same.
Look at the hair. It's not the same.
-It's pretty much the same, yeah.
-And by the way, in the French show, we would say,
[ speaking French ]
-Uh-huh, and what does that translate to?
-Uh, more cowbell. -Yeah, there you go. All right.
[ Laughter ] Wow.
Wow. Unbelievable.
-Are you trying to say we didn't invent or create or adapt?
-I would never say that. -Okay.
-People call you the French Jerry Seinfeld.
Have you heard that before? -You know what?
I've been the French Jerry once, really.
Like, the French Jerry because --
Do you remember his movie? The "Bee Movie," animated movie?
-Of course. Yeah. -And I voiced Jerry's character.
-So you actually were the French Jerry Seinfeld.
-Yeah, once, in the "Bee movie." -Did you do --
You really were him, yeah. Wow. -Once.
-Did you do the voice and everything?
Do Jerry's voice? -No, no.
No. If anyone can do Jerry's voice, it's you, Jimmy.
-Yeah, I don't know if I can do the French Jerry Seinfeld.
-Let's try something. I'm going to give you a line in French.
-Okay.
-You're going to say the line in French with Jerry's voice.
Wait, it's a little twist.
And we're going to hear how a French Jerry sounds.
-I will try my best. Okay. -Is it clear?
-Yeah, yeah, sure. You give me a line,
and I'll try to do it as Jerry Seinfeld.
-Okay, uh.
[ Speaking French ]
[ Laughter ]
Wait. I-I want -- I want Jerry's voice.
-Okay, yeah. No. I understand that.
That's not the problem, Gad.
Gad, that is not the problem at all.
[ As Jerry Seinfeld ] Uh, uh, I need a little help here.
[ Speaking French as Seinfeld ] -[ Speaking French ]
-[ Speaking French as Seinfeld ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Continues in French ]
-[ Speaking French ]
-[ Continues in French ]
[ Laughter ]
-Do you want to know what's the meaning in French?
-Oh, no. Yes, what did I just say?
-In English? -Yes, what did I say?
-"What's the deal with airplane peanuts?"
-Okay, thank you. All right, good.
I think. Peanuts.
-Peanuts. -Okay, good, thank you.
For a second, I didn't want to get in trouble.
I don't know what I was saying.
Okay. Good.
Let's talk about the Netflix Special,
"Gad Elmaleh: American Dream."
You can check it out. It's streaming now on Netflix.
Don't watch it now. Finish our show,
and then, as soon as the show is over --
-French people, wake up, have your breakfast, and then...
-Have it after lunch or -- Yeah.
-Good morning. -Good morning, everyone, yeah.
What have you observed by being here in America?
-Wow, so many different things.
The language -- There's one expression I really like
is when Americans tell you they cannot do something
and they say, "For some reason, I didn't show up."
And... [ Laughter ]
And it's really interesting,
because nobody ever questioned, like, but what reason?
[ Laughter ]
-But for some reason... -And you're okay with that.
You guys -- Between you guys, are like, "Oh, for some reason?
I got it. Okay. No problem." [ Laughter ]
No, I need a reason.
It's really interesting, the language.
Even the dancing. When I go to --
I don't go a lot to clubs in America.
-You don't? -I -- No.
-I could see you go clubbing. -I used to go.
-Yeah. -I used to go,
but, no, I'm too old for this now.
I'm too old. -You know, but what's the scene?
-It's just, I'm too old. I don't want to go there
and watch girls doing boomerang videos with --
I don't like boomerang videos. -Boomerang videos.
-Yeah, I don't want to see -- [ Laughter ]
-Quest, give a beat. Give a beat for that.
♪♪♪♪
-But the dancing is important for me.
I'm from Morocco -- Oh, you know what? I'm gonna --
Okay, give me a beat again. Give me that beat again.
Jimmy, come next to me, please.
♪♪♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪♪ [ Rhythmic clapping ]
I'm going to teach you something really important.
-Yes.
-It's called the Moroccan hip thrust.
-The Moroccan hip thrust?
-Are you ready? -Yes, I think so.
-Wait a minute.
♪♪♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪♪
-Two times.
♪♪♪♪
-All right. Let me go again.
♪♪♪♪
Three. Three?
♪♪♪♪
-Oh, my God. I can't do this.
Here's a clip of Gad Elmaleh in his new Netflix special,
"Gad Elmaleh: American Dream."
Take a look.
-When I first moved to New York,
I really enjoyed to be anonymous.
it's really interesting to be very famous
in one part of the world
and totally anonymous in New York City.
First days, I was enjoying it so much.
Just walking down the street.
Oh, my God, that's great.
I can do whatever I want. Nobody spotted me.
Three days later, I was like, "What the hell is going on?"
[ Laughter ]
I was Googling myself at night.
[ Laughter ]
[ Sheers and applause ]
-Gad Elmaleh, everybody. "Gad Elmaleh: American Dream."
-25. -25?
-25. -25!
-Okay.
♪♪♪♪
-Gad, no!