Late Night with Seth Meyers is a talk show hosted by Seth Meyers that airs on NBC. The fourth incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, Meyers' show debuted in February 2014 after previous host Jimmy Fallon left Late Night to host The Tonight Show.
Appearances[]
- March 26, 2015 - Count von Count appeared to present the regular "This Week in Numbers" segment with Meyers. (YouTube)
- May 19, 2015 - The Count appeared briefly among other celebrities in a "Desk Swipe" montage, swiping a set of large letters off the desk. (YouTube)
Mentions[]
- On the episode of June 11, 2014, Meyers performed a bit called "Late Night Trading Cards," where Meyers opened packs of humorous trading cards and shared the statistics on the back (much like a sports card) with the audience. One pack was a "Pig Pack," which featured famous fictional pigs. The final card in the stack featured Miss Piggy. The statistics read: "Hair Color: Blonde. Eye Color: Blue. Favorite Color: Pink. Sexual Preference: Green."
- On the episode of February 5, 2016, The Muppets was featured in the segment "Hidden Credits," where a fake credit on the show read "Hand Accommodations provided by Kermit's Ass."
- On the July 20, 2017 episode, in his recurring "A Closer Look" segment, Meyers described former FBI Director Robert Mueller as looking "like Sam the Eagle's human son". He then explained, "That's right; what I am saying is that Sam the Eagle had sex with a human woman."
November 19, 2018
- On the November 19, 2018 episode, in the "A Closer Look" segment, he talks about President Donald Trump's previous comments on other countries. In the part about Sweden Meyers does his Trump impersonation saying "...He called me on the phone last night and he said, and these are his exact words, he said to me, schmorgity, borgity, borgity, borg. And you know, it's so true. I said it's so true."
- On the April 27, 2020 episode, in the "A Closer Look" segment, Meyers facetiously gave a tip to former New York City mayor and "Donald Trump's chinless gargoyle Rudy Giuliani," saying "No one's going to think you're smart just because you started wearing glasses. All it does is make you look like Dr. Bunsen Honeydew went on a meth bender. Adding glasses isn't going to suddenly make you look like a gentleman of letters," adding "Well, well, well; who's that scholarly kumquat?" During the same episode, Meyers reported on the CNN special The ABCs of COVID-19, saying "CNN aired a Sesame Street town hall over the weekend to answer questions about the coronavirus, featuring Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and Grover. Oscar would have been there, but he was deemed an essential worker."
- March 25, 2021 monologue: President Joe Biden suggested in a press conference that Republican voter suppression laws as making "Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle." Meyers questions if he is "talking about the Muppet?"
- April 14, 2021 A Closer Look: Meyers says that Rand Paul "looks like a puppet fired by the Jim Henson Workshop for stealing office supplies."
- April 15, 2021 A Closer Look: Meyers says that "Republicans are obsessed with the idea that Biden is a puppet, when Trump was like a Muppet they introduce on Sesame Street to teach kids about impulse control. [Impersonating Cookie Monster] Where all my cookies go? [Impersonating Trump] Sorry C. M., I ate 'em all."
- June 14, 2021: Meyers in the monologue notes that Amazon has introduced "two robots, named Bert and Ernie. And they brought in this guy," showing Count von Count, "to make sure they meet their quotas."
- June 15, 2021:
- In the monologue, "According to reports, a pop-up coronavirus vaccine site in New York's Times Square gave nearly 900 patients expired doses of the Pfizer shot. Patients became worried the moment they saw the doctor." A picture of a Times Square Elmo is shown, wearing a stethoscope.
- Josh Meyers, the host's brother, plays California Governor Gavin Newsom in a sketch. At the end, Newsom waves while saying "Mah Na Mah Na."
- September 21, 2021: Governor Gavin Newsom (Josh Meyers) speaks on winning California's recall election. As with the June sketch, he says "Mah Na Mah Na" as a farewell.
- November 8, 2021: A Closer Look includes a segment on the controversy about Big Bird getting a COVID-19 vaccination, sparked by The ABCs of COVID Vaccines. The segment included Meyers doing an impersonation of The Swedish Chef, saying "Imma makin' Moderna [my dinner.]" (YouTube)
- November 10, 2021: In the monologue, "Finally, according to a new survey, 40% of Americans said that they strongly approve of Sesame Street's Big Bird announcing on social media that he got a coronavirus vaccine. They were less comfortable, though, with hearing that Oscar needed the Hep C vaccine." (YouTube)
- November 15, 2021: In the monologue, "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did not attend today's signing ceremony for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. But in another middle finger to the right, Big Bird did." (YouTube)
- November 23, 2021: "Back in my day, Big Bird wasn't getting vaccinated for COVID. Snuffleupagus," used as a harrumph. "If you saw a needle on Sesame Street, it meant that Oscar was using again." (YouTube)
- December 7, 2021: In the monologue, "The fifth annual gingerbread replica of the Capitol made its debut yesterday, but sadly, it's just been breached." Meyers goes on to ad lib, "you know what? He's so loveable, you're still rooting for him." (YouTube)
- December 15, 2021: In the monologue: "Singer Grimes tweeted yesterday that her ex-boyfriend, Tesla C.E.O. Elon Musk, cut his own hair for his Time magazine 'Person of the Year' magazine cover. Well, it was either that or he went to a Supercuts and handed them a picture of Beaker." (YouTube)
- January 13, 2022: In the monologue, Meyers comments on the cancellation of New York Toy Fair. "Which is for the best, because they were about to launch the new Cough On Me Elmo." (YouTube)
- May 25, 2022: Chloe Fineman recalls the season 52 after-season party for Saturday Night Live. An Uber mishap took her to the wrong part of Times Square at 6:30 am. "Yeah. Like, Elmo was, like, hanging off the -- You don't want to see Elmo take the head off." Meyers replies "Elmo's like, 'I only take it off now 'cause nobody comes here.'" (YouTube)
- March 13, 2023: John Oliver and Meyers talk about working with the Muppets, including how natural it feels to speak to the puppet and how easy it is to ignore the puppeteer. Oliver referred to his times hosting the Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala, and Meyers recalled when Kermit the Frog appeared with him on Weekend Update.
- October 11, 2023: In A Closer Look, Seth featured Republican Nancy Mace's apparel choice. "One of your members is walking around like a [bleeped] Sesame Street character who hangs out near Oscar's trash can selling drugs. Hey hey Elmo, you wanna get high? The A stands for amphetamines." (YouTube)
- October 23, 2023: John Oliver recounts roasting honoree Bank of America at the Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala 2023, for its claim to share the value of kindness with Sesame Workshop. (YouTube)
- December 14, 2023: A Closer Look references when Ted Cruz "picked a fight with Elmo," over Elmo receiving the COVID vaccine, "and not, as I originally assumed, because Elmo refused to take a picture with Cruz in Times Square." (YouTube)
- December 21, 2023: In A Closer Look, Meyers says "before the Times Square Elmo, he [Trump] was the scariest thing to run into on the street. Also, it's got to be just a matter of time before Trump starts going full third person, Elmo-style. 'Trump thinks the media treats him very unfairly. When it comes to the press, Trump not tickled.'" (YouTube)
- February 1, 2024: Larry David is asked about having attacked Elmo earlier in the day on Today. He cites Elmo's voice, and says that he'd do it again. (YouTube)
- January 8, 2025: Quinta Brunson and Seth Meyers discuss their respective guest appearances on Sesame Street. Brunson recalls working with Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster, and "a new little chick they got" (identified as Abby Cadabby by Meyers, a father of young children). Meyers cheekily bemoans being paired with Count von Count: "God love him, it's just... so much counting. Like, it's literally impossible to have a conversation with him that's not about counting." (YouTube)
Connections[]
- Fred Armisen is the leader of The 8G Band, the show's house band.
- Amber Ruffin is a writer for the show