-Our first guest to night is an Emmy-nominated comedian
You know her from her work on "Saturday Night Live,"
"Coming to America," and "Our Flag Means Death."
She's hosting "The Daily Show" January 17th through the 19th
on Comedy Central, and her podcast,
"The Fckry with Leslie Jones & Lenny Marcus"
airs new episodes on Thursdays,
Please welcome back to the show our good friend,
Leslie Jones, everybody!
[ Cheers and applause ]
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Leslie, as I live and breathe! -So...
Yes, let me sit so I don't show my cooch.
-Okay, thank you. [ Laughter ]
You're very, very polite. -Yes.
-You've gone to a manners and etiquette class, I can tell.
How are you? -I learned how to say "Cooch."
[ Laughter ]
-It's so nice to have you back. -Well, thank you.
It's always good to be here with you.
-This is a very exciting week for you being in New York City.
I want to ask about "The Daily Show,"
but I also -- Fred isn't here this week,
-Fred, my husband.
-Yeah, because you were on "Our Flag Means Death,"
And you were Spanish Jackie, and Fred was one of your husbands.
-Yes. He was one of my favorite husbands, too.
-That's so lovely.
-Because he would help me get dressed, you know?
-We would talk about business things, you know?
Sometimes he got a little touchy in public, but it was cool.
-That's cool. It's good to have multiple husbands
in case one of them runs afowl.
-It's good to have multiple husbands.
-Now, you got to shoot the show in New Zealand.
-Yes. -How did you enjoy New Zealand?
-I enjoyed it for the first week I was there
'cause, you know, you're a tourist.
You're like, I'm in New Zealand! -Yeah.
-You insult a couple of new Zealanders by saying,
"Oh, this is just like Australia."
And then they go -- -Yeah.
-And then everything is off the land.
They're really fresh out there, but they don't have, like,
the same type of food.
It's just, like, a lot of lamb. -uh-huh.
-A lot of heavy pies.
-uh-huh.
You didn't care for the menu?
-Not after a week. After a week, I was like,
I don't want another pie. -uh-huh.
-I don't want another pie. -You hit your pie limit?
-I hit my pie --
and I never thought I would say those words.
-Uh-huh. -Pie limit.
-Yeah. Were you near the water?
-Yes. -Were you, like, on the coast?
You must have been for "Our Flag Means Death."
-And the weather was crazy 'cause
you know how they sell it.
It was like, oh, we're doing it in New Zealand,
and it's going to be during the summertime?
-Right. -It's going to be hot out there.
They said it was gonna be beautiful, they said.
And we got out there, and it rained every day.
And not just regular rain, like,
that rain where I called the front desk and was like, yo,
Are we safe?
Like seriously, how many floors up do I need to be
to not get hit by the tsunami?
[ Laughter ]
-And this is really cool.
I'm very impressed that you spent your time there.
You also did some stand-up in New Zealand.
-Yes! -How did you find the crowds?
-Oh, my goodness, so calm.
[ Laughter ]
They were so reserved and kicked-back,
but I guess you can be reserved and kick-back in New Zealand.
You don't got to be crazy Americans.
They're like drinking wine and tea and, you know --
-They got big bellies full of lamb pie.
-You know what I'm saying? [ Inaudible ] crazy American.
-Because you're very calm on stage?
-No, at all.
So, it was a lot of -- it was a lot of, "Whoa."
[ Laughter ]
-Do you have a New Zealand accent now?
-Oh, that's so cruel for you to do that.
The only thing I know how to do is say "no" in New Zealand.
-Okay. -Naw-o.
[ Laughter ]
-So it's four syllables. -Yes.
Nah-o.
-So you've had a podcast with your friend Lenny.
I have been lucky enough to do it.
It's a blast. Tell me how --
You guys obviously have a great chemistry.
How long have you known Lenny, and how did you meet him?
-Well, you know at The Cellar,
you know, when you sit at Estee's table,
you meet, like, a little, you know --
-Comedy cellar here in New York.
-Yeah, a caravan of comedians that's always sitting
at the table, and Lenny was there one year
I think when I first got "SNL."
He was there, and he was talking about this girl he was dating.
And I was like, "Oh, wow, this girl, you should definitely,
you know, be with this girl.
Then the next year I came in because you know "SNL"
keeps you busy. -Yeah.
-I saw him the next -- the following year,
and he's like getting married to her.
And I was like, yeah, you know, get -- marry the girl, whatever.
Then I think the third year, between that and --
they were sitting there watching the Yankees,
and they was watching it on TV, cheering.
I was like, I can get seats to the Yankees.
So I took them to Lauren's seats.
-Wow, those are good seats.
Those are the good seats. -Oh, man, we had --
We lau-- I just, like, laughed.
We were just laughing, like just easy laugh and kicking it.
He had already gave me some notes like, you know,
when we came off the stage he had, like, this little,
you know nerds. -Yeah.
-He had the whole -- you know, he had the whole like --
-Yeah, they write small. -Really small!
Nerds like that tiny handwriting.
-Really small. Really small.
Like my whole set was on this little bitty piece of paper.
Then he had equations by it.
-It's no fair because they have glasses.
So their glasses can see tiny writing, yeah.
-Especially his. His is especially nerdy.
You know what I'm saying? So he has like a nerd --
But he gave me like some notes, and I used 8 out of 10
of the jokes. And I was like, "Oh, dude."
So we were sitting at the game, and I was like, yo, dude,
you want to come and open for me?
And he came and opened up for me, and that was it.
-That's great. And now you have a budding friendship, which is --
-Yes. -Which is fantastic.
-And we write so well together.
-That's really great.
It's lucky to have someone like that.
-When he was there, we were talking about --
you're very kind, talking about how I'm the greatest living
American impressionist. -Which you are, though.
-Thank you very much. I don't brag about it.
That's not my style.
-The Obama one is my favorite one.
I'm sorry. -But you --
You were talking about -- you know I do an Al Pacino,
but you have an Al Pacino story that I would very much
like you to share when you saw it.
-He's gonna take me tell it. -It's just too good.
-Okay. So -- okay.
So first of all, y'all need to know I'm ignorant, okay?
I have no chill whatsoever.
So we're standing in front of this hotel,
And I -- you know, I spot Al Pacino.
And I go over, and I'm like, "Oh, my God. I love you."
I think you're one of the best actors in this business.
You know, I'm bowing to him, and I was like,
the work that you did in "The Godfather" and woo, woo.
You're just so woo, woo, woop, woop, and I'm going off.
And then he looks up at me. He goes --
he just looks, and then he walks off and gets into the car.
And then my friend comes over, and he goes,
you know that was Dustin Hoffman, right?
[ Laughter ]
And Dustin Hoffman, he was like --
Dustin Hoffman was probably like, damn,
Latifa be trippin'.
[ Laughter ]
-I got a lot more to ask you about.
This week's host of "The Daily Show."
We'll be right back with Leslie Jones.