-Josh, welcome back. It is always great to see you.
You know I love when you come on.
-It's good to be here. -How's the kids?
How's the family?
-There's so many things that they're into.
My daughter's 3 1/2, my son's 7 1/2.
So he's very much into Minecraft and you know...
Pokémon, I'm sure, right? I hear the moans.
I hear the moans. -You hear the -- Yeah.
-No, and I was telling someone the other day,
I was saying, you know, some of the best acting
I've ever done in my life --
I mean, I'm talking about Academy Award style --
-Yeah. -...is pretending to my son
that I understand what Pokémon is about.
[ Laughter ] No, I'm serious.
Like, we have conversations about it, and I'm like,
"Really?"
[ Laughter ]
"So that thing -- and how many points is that one worth?
Oh, okay, cool." By the way, I mean,
I can say this 'cause he's not going to see the show --
I don't think he knows what the hell it's about either.
-No, no one knows about points. I didn't know you get points.
-His whole thing is always like, "Oh, that's a fake card."
I'm like, "They're really in."
He's like, "No." I'm like, "How can you tell it's a fake?"
He's like, "Dude, you rip it,
and, like, you can tell, like, the paper."
I'm like, "I didn't buy you a fake card.
Where did you get a fake card from?"
-I wanted you to come on,
I wanted you to bring a Baltimore thing.
-Yeah.
-Like a snack or something. -Of course.
-You brought me something here tonight,
which I'm very excited... because I want to talk
about your new series,
but you brought me a snowball maker.
-Yes. This is why -- Well, you know, you were asking
to bring something from Baltimore.
And if I think about something that is uniquely Baltimore,
it's a snowball. -Okay.
-Similar to an Italian ice, a little more granular.
And, you know, so I brought some...
This is my Little Snowie machine.
My Little Snowie Max. -This is from your house?
-This is from my house. My dad had one.
And when I was in Baltimore, I was like, I think I had like
six snowballs one night. I was like,
"I think I need to get one of these for my apartment."
So I have one. -This was before you had kids?
-This is -- No, this is yesterday.
[ Laughter ]
And these are flavors from a place in Baltimore
called Kavern Syrups, and it's important.
The syrups are very important because you can't have
any of that high-fructose corn syrup crap.
You know, these are just pure 100% sugar
to pump into your -- to pump into your veins.
-Okay. That quality sugar. -Just 100% sugar.
-But Kavern is the way to go if you're going to get syrup.
Kavern Syrups in Baltimore, Maryland, is a great place.
-Okay. How do we do it?
-So, let me do it. Let me make you some snowballs.
-I appreciate this.
-First, I'm gonna tell you, this is very loud.
So I don't know if the guys want to, you know...
-No, they don't want to do... -Well, I mean, you know.
-Let's talk about your -- I want to talk about your show,
"We Own This City." -Yeah.
Well, it is based in Baltimore, unlike...
[ Machine whirs ]
-What? What?! -Yeah, well...
-[ Indistinct ] -Where is it set?
-Takes place in Baltimore! -Set in Baltimore?!
-Yeah, it's great! [ Whirring continues ]
[ Whirring stops ] -Kids hear this sound,
they come running.
Don't put your fingers in there, Josh!
-Dude, you just gave kids SpaghettiOs on a damn hot dog.
[ Laughter ]
Gonna worry about my fingers in your snowball?
Get out of here, Fallon!
Alright. -Okay.
-Which flavor? Now, here I have cherry.
I have Skylite, which was mine as a kid growing up.
And basically, I just call it blue.
I couldn't tell you what flavor. -Blue is the flavor.
-Spearmint for -- you know, maybe for your parents.
And this is an egg custard, right?
This is one of the... [ Audience oohs ]
Thank you. This is one of the most unique,
original -- one of the first flavors, I think.
It was made originally with eggs and vanilla and sugar and syrup.
And this is a classic Baltimore flavor.
I would suggest you try this. -Let's go with cherry.
-Is that alright? Alright. -Let's go with cherry.
[ Laughter ]
Let's start with cherry, then -- -You would pick cherry.
-We'll work our way to the egg custard! -You would pick cherry.
Really? -Egg custard is what you want?!
-What do you want to go with? -You want to have a hot dog off?
-Yeah, let's go, right now! -Bring your egg custard
on the hot dog! -Let's go!
Do you want cherry or you want egg custard?
-Alright, give me egg custard. Yeah.
I'll make you one.
-Alright, you make me one.
[ Laughter ]
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Ooh. Oh, I'm screwing it up. There you go.
-Oh, I see. It's seeping right in there.
-Yeah, you get it all up in there.
-Let me try this.
-Alright, now. Here you go. That's yours.
-Bottoms up. -What the hell did you do?
-It's like a mint julep. Like a mint julep, like...
-Okay.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That's the best. That's the best.
-That's what I'm telling you. -That is the best.
It's like a cream soda. I love it.
-Give me the damn thing. -Alright.
Um, Josh...
Tell me about your show, please.
Who do you play? This is a true story.
-It's based on a true story.
Justin Fenton, an incredible reporter in Baltimore,
used to be with The Baltimore Sun.
Now he's with the Baltimore Banner.
I had followed his reporting very closely.
It's a true story about the Gun Trace Task Force
and corruption in Baltimore Police Department.
And David Simon and George Pelecanos,
you know, created "The Wire." -"The Wire," not too shabby.
-This is their world, and they know it well.
[ Applause ] Yes. Thank you.
And, you know, unlike a snowball,
it's not the most pleasant story about Baltimore,
but one that's important to be told.
And yeah, it's all real, and it really happened.
-I always love when you come on, and congrats,
you're fantastic in this. I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Josh Charles in "We Own This City."
Take a look.
-I could use your insight. -Yeah? About what?
-Well, you have an impressive number of complaints with IAD.
46, by my count.
-Only one sustained. -But given the number --
-Ma'am.
You know what the Baltimore cops who don't have complaints
are doing every day?
-No.
-They sure as hell ain't policing.
-Mm.
-'Cause if you want to do this job,
then you're gonna get complaints for doing this job.
-So what you're saying -- -I'm saying the reason
so many complaints are unsustained
is 'cause they're coming from criminals
who are being policed for doing crime.
And that's all I have to say.
-Oh! Josh Charles!
Check out the finale of "We Own This City"
Monday on HBO.
We love you, Josh Charles.