WROTE AND ILLUSTRATED BECAME A

NUMBER ONE NEW YORK "TIMES"

BESTSELLER.

"THE SERIOUS GOOSE."

ALL THE MONEY I MAKE FROM THE

SALE OF THIS BOOK GOES TO

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HERE IN L.A.

AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS ALL

OVER THE U.S.

YOU CAN BUY IT ANYWHERE THEY

SELL BOOKS AND IF YOU WANT AN

AUTOGRAPHED COPY GO TO

THESERIOUSGOOSE.COM TO GET ONE

SIGNED BY ME.

IN GREAT, BIG BLACK SHARPIE

JUST, LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A GOLDEN-NOMINATED

ACTOR AND RAPPER

AND BOTTLED WATER TOO.

YOU KNOW HER FROM THE MOVIE

"CRAZY RICH ASIANS."

STARTING TOMORROW YOU CAN SEE

HER ALONGSIDE DWAYNE JOHNSON AND

KEVIN HART IN "JUMANJI: THE NEXT

LEVEL."

PLEASE WELCOME AWKWAFINA.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪

>> Jimmy: HOW YOU DOIN'?

HEY, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Jimmy: THAT CAME ON MONDAY,

RIGHT?

>> YES, CAME OUT ON MONDAY.

>> Jimmy: THAT'S A VERY EXCITING

THING.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

VERY EXCITING.

>> Jimmy: WAS IT VERY EXCITING?

WERE YOU UP WAITING TO HEAR IF

YOU'D GET NOMINATED?

>> UM, NO.

>> Jimmy: OKAY.

GOOD, GOOD.

>> AND NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I

HAD KOREAN BARBECUE THE NIGHT

BEFORE, AND IT WAS VERY RICH,

AND SO I, I FELL ASLEEP, AND I

WOKE UP, AND I SAW LIKE A FLEUR

EFLEURY

OF MESSAGES AS I WAS WAKING UP

AS IF SOMEONE DIED.

>> Jimmy: YOU'D FORGOTTEN WHAT

WAS HAPPENING?

>> YEAH, I DIDN'T, I WASN'T

REMINDED THAT THEY HAD COME OUT

THAT DAY.

>> Jimmy: I SEE.

>> YEAH, SO IT WAS THAT.

AND YEAH, BUT --

>> Jimmy: THAT WOULD BE WEIRD IF

SOMEBODY DID REMIND YOU, BECAUSE

THEN IT PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE

ON BEING NOMINATED.

SOMEONE'S LIKE, BY THE WAY,

NOMINATIONS IN THE MORNING, AND

THEN IT'S LIKE, WHAT IF THEY

DON'T HAPPEN, THEN THAT PERSON'S

A JERK.

>> YEAH, SURE.

THE NOMINATIONS IN GENERAL, LIKE

THE WRONG DATE, NEVER MIND.

>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

SAYING.

IT'S ALL THIS KOREAN BARBECUE.

THAT KNOCKS YOU OUT, HUH?

>> KNOCKED ME OUT, YEAH.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT, THOUGH.

>> Jimmy: YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING

THAT I, TICKLED ME GREAT LAY.

YOUR FAMILY WAS VERY EXCITED.

>> YES, THEY WERE.

>> Jimmy: THEY START THE GROUP

TEXTING YOU.

>> YES.

>> Jimmy: EXPLAIN WHAT I'M ABOUT

TO SEE.

>> MY AUNT LINDA IS A LITTLE BIT

OF A NUT.

>> Jimmy: THERE'S ALWAYS AN AUNT

LINDA, AND SHE 'S ALWAYS A NUT.

>> IT WAS JUST AN ODD TEXT FOR

THE NATURE.

>> Jimmy: SO FIRST OF ALL, I

LIKE THE NAME OF THE GROUP,

WHICH IS AKWAFINA FAN CLUB.

CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATS NORA.

THIS IS AWESOME.

YOU SAY THANK YOU GUYS, WHEN YOU

FINALLY WAKE UP.

THEN LET'S ZOOM IN ON AUNT

LINDA.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> Jimmy: SERIOUSLY, FAM, CURB

YOURSELVES OF GLUTEN, GRAINS AND

BEANS, READ UP ON LECTIN AND HOW

IT POISONS YOUR BODY OVER TIME.

TRY TO EAT ONE MEAL A DAY AND

CUT OUT CORN AND SOY, AND EVEN

THE ORGANIC KIND.

THE SEEDS ARE ALL GMO.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CONGRATULATIONS

THAT WAS FROM AUNT LINDA.

>> I KNOW, LOVE HER.

>> Jimmy: SO SHE IS NOT COMING

TO THE SHOW, I GUESS.

>> NO.

>> Jimmy: SHE'S NOT EVEN ALLOWED

AT THE FARMER'S MARKET, YOUR

AUNT LINDA.

>> I THINK SHE YELLS AT THE

PEOPLE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET,

SHE'S THAT TYPE.

>> Jimmy: SHE'S LIKE THAT.

>> AUNT LINDA.

>> Jimmy: NOTHING MORE THAT YOU

NEED TO SAY THAN THAT.

>> YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

>> Jimmy: YOU USED TO WORK AT A

VIDEO STORE.

>> YES, I DID.

>> Jimmy: HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT?

>> WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.

JOIL

.

>> Jimmy: STILL AT THE END OF

VIDEO STORES.

>> WE'RE GETTING PUT OUT OF

BUSINESS.

THAT'S HOW WE OPERATED.

>> Jimmy: NOT GIVING YOU A RAISE

OR --

>> FOR EVERYTHING.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF

BUSINESS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE A THING OF THE

PAST.

>> Jimmy: DID THEY GO OUT OF

BUSINESS EVENTUALLY?

>> YES.

>> Jimmy: THEY WERE RIGHT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> Jimmy: DID YOU HEAR FROM

THOSE PEOPLE YOU USED TO WORK

WITH IN THE SENATOR.

>> YEAH, HE TEXTED ME.

IT WAS A GREAT STORE.

>> WERE YOU ACTIVE IN

RECOMMENDING FILMS TO PEOPLE,

THINGS YOU WANTED THEM TO WATCH?

>> YEAH, ALWAYS, THEY WOULD ASK

ME, AND I WOULD TELL THEM, YEAH.

>> Jimmy: WOULD THEY GET MAD IF

YOU RECOMMENDED SOMETHING AND

THEY HATED IT.

>> YES, THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO

HATED "INCONVENIENT TRUTH".

AND THREE WERE LIKE, WHAT KIND

OF MOVIE IS THIS?

I WAS LIKE, A DOCUMENTARY.

>> Jimmy: WAS THAT PERSON

WEARING A RED HAT WITH FOUR

LETTERS ON IT BY ANY CHANCE?

>> POSSIBLY, YES.

>> Jimmy: WHAT WAS THE FIRST

MOVIE YOU EVER SAW, DO YOU

REMEMBER?

>> YEAH, WHEN I WAS YOUNG, ONE

OF THE FIRST MOVIES I EVER SAW

WAS A "A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN",

"BETELGEUSE" AND "PRIVATE

PARTS."

>> Jimmy: HOWARD STERN'S MOVIE.

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: HOW OLD WERE YOU?

>> 7 OR 8.

>> Jimmy: THAT'S THE PERFECT AGE

FOR "PRIVATE PARTS."

>> AND JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.

>> Jimmy: WAS THAT THE WORK OF

YOUR DAD?

>> MY DAD AND MY UNCLE WERE

OBSESSED WITH HOWARD STERN.

MY UNCLE HAD THE "PRIVATE PARTS

A

PARTS"BOOK.

AND I WAS LIKE, WHO IS THIS GUY

WITH THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

THERE.

>> Jimmy: IT WAS IN THE MEDIA.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> Jimmy: SO YOU WERE FASCINATED

WITH THIS?

>> YEAH, AND MY DAD WAS ALSO

OBSESSED WITH RECORDING THE

E! SHOW ON AND TAPING IT AND

HOARDING THE TAPES.

>> Jimmy: AND WHOULD YOU WATCH

THAT?

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: SO IT WAS OKAY, YOU

GUYS WOULD WATCH IT TOGETHER?

>> NO, IT WASN'T OKAY.

IT WAS MORTIFYING AS I LOOK BACK

NOW.

JUST LIKE THE DIFFERENT CONTESTS

AND WHATNOT.

>> Jimmy: YEAH.

>> AND THEN WHEN I WAS IN MY

20S, YEARS LATER, WE FOUND THE

TAPES, AND HE'S LIKE, YOU WANT

TO

TO WATCH THEM?

IT STILL DIDN'T GET BETTER.

>> Jimmy: DAD WAS NOT

UNCOMFORTABLE AT ALL.

>> DAD LOVES STERN.

>> Jimmy: IN CERTAIN COMPANY,

NOT WITH YOUR DAUGHTER.

AND AUNT LINDA ALLOWED THIS TO

HAPPEN?

>> NO.

NO.

I DON'T THINK AUNT LINDA

WOULD --

>> Jimmy: SHE'S PRETTY FOCUSSED

ON KOU

ON CORN RIGHT NOW.

>>> TRYING TO STEAL THE KEY TO

MY CHEST!

>> NOPE.

>> SHAKE HER DOWN.

>> I'M SORRY, I DID IT.

IT WAS MY FAULT.

I UM, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS --

>> Jimmy: THAT'S AKWAFINA WITH

THE HOUND FROM GAM"GAME OF

THRONES," PLAYING ALMOST EXACTLY

THE SAME ROLE HE PLAYED IN "GAME

OF THRONES."

>> I LOVE THAT DUDE, HE'S

AWESOME.

>> Jimmy: GREAT.

THIS MOVIE, YOU'VE GOT DWAYNE

JOHNSON, KEVIN HART, JACK BLACK

ALL THESE GUYS, DWAYNE JOHNSON

WAS HERE THE OTHER NIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: HE, FOR CHRISTMAS,

BOUGHT HIS MOTHER LAST YEAR A

HOUSE, AND THEN FOLLOWED IT BY

BUYING HIS FATHER A HOUSE.

WILL YOU BE BUYING HOMES FOR

YOUR FAMILY THIS HOLIDAY?

BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE MOVIE,

TOO.

>> YEAH, NO, I WAS IN THAT

MOVIE.

NO.

NO.

>> Jimmy: YOU WILL NOT?

>> MAYBE A NICE CHAIR.

>> Jimmy: MM-HM.

>> YOU KNOW?

>> Jimmy: HAVE YOU BOUGHT

YOURSELF A HOUSE?

WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?

>> I JUST MOVED TO LAC.A.

>> Jimmy: YOU DID.

DID YOU DO THAT BECAUSE YOU

REALLY WANTED TO OR YOU FELT

LIKE FOR PROFESSIONAL REASONS IT

WOULD BE BETTER?

>> YOU KNOW, I DID WANT TO,

BECAUSE I LOVE L.A., AND I'LL

TELL YOU WHY I LOVE L.A.,

GROWING UP IN NEW YORK.

MY DREAM WAS ALWAYS TO DRIVE A

CAR TO TARGET, GO TO TARGET.

YOU LOAD YOUR THINGS IN THERE.

YOUR THONGS IN THERE.

AND THEN, AND THEN YOU DRIVE

HOME, AND THEN YOU GO INTO THE

MOUTH OF YOUR HOUSE AND DROP OFF

WHAT YOU BOUGHT, INSTEAD OF

TAKING FOUR TRAINS HOME WITH

LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SMALL HOUSE,

YOU KNOW?

>> Jimmy: YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M TOTALLY WITH YOU ON THAT.

I LIKE TO GO TO COSTCO, AND I

LIKE TO GET STUFF I DON'T NEED.