>> I'M DOING GREAT, JIMMY.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> Jimmy: WHY DO YOU HAVE THOSE?
THOSE ARE THINGS I ONLY HAVE.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU A 
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR 
FABULOUS TRIP TO ST. TROPEZ.
>> Jimmy: OKAY.
>> YEAH.
WHAT'S -- 
>> Jimmy: I'LL HOLD IT UP FOR 
YOU.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT, 
JIMMY?
>> Jimmy: THAT'S ME ON A 
VACATION WITH MAGIC AND COOKIE.
>> UH-HUH.
WHAT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HERE?
>> Jimmy: THAT IS ME STILL ON 
VACATION WITH MAGIC AND L.L. 
COOL J AND A BUNCH OF OTHER 
GUYS.
YEAH.
>> YEAH.
AND WHAT'S UP WITH THAT ONE 
RIGHT THERE?
>> Jimmy: THAT'S ME ON VACATION 
WITH MAGIC.
YOU'RE MISSING -- THERE I AM 
RIGHT IN THE -- 
>> I SEE.
I BRING THESE OUT, AND I ASK YOU
THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS 
ACTUALLY ON VACATION WITH MAGIC 
AND COOKIE.
>> Jimmy: OH, YEAH.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
>> YEAH.
I DID.
HOW DID WE MISS EACH OTHER?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: YOU KNOW WHAT THE TRUE
STORY IS?
>> NO, I DON'T.
>> Jimmy: HERE'S THE TRUE STORY.
I HAVE ASKED MAGIC AND SAM 
JACKSON NO LESS THAN -- MAGIC 
I'VE ASKED SEVEN TIMES.
SAM I'VE ASKED THREE TIMES.
EVERY TIME THEY SAY YEAH, WE'LL 
INVITE YOU, WE'LL COME OUT ON 
THE TRIP ON THE SUMMER.
THEN IT NEVER HAPPENS -- 
>> JIMMY, YOU HAVE TO STOP 
ASKING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: I TOOK MATTERS INTO MY
OWN HANDS AND PHOTOSHOPPED 
MYSELF INTO THE PHOTO.
AND ALMOST EVERYONE BELIEVED I 
WAS THERE.
>> I ACTUALLY BELIEVED IT THE 
FIRST DAY YOU DID IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT THE HECK?
I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, I WAS
THERE!
NO, THE VERY FIRST DAY YOU DID 
IT I WAS LIKE HOW DID I MISS MY 
GUY?
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
I REALLY WANT TO GO.
YOU DID GO, THOUGH.
>> I DID.
>> Jimmy: HOW DID YOU GET 
INVITED TO THAT?
>> MAGIC SENT A SOLID GOLD BRICK
TO THE HOUSE.
>> Jimmy: HE THREW IT THROUGH 
THE WINDOW?
>> NO.
A BRINK'S TRUCK PULLED UP AND 
DELIVERED A SOLID GOLD BRICK TO 
OFFSET THE COST I WAS GOING TO 
INCUR FOR BEING IN ST. TROPEZ.
>> Jimmy: SO YOU DID INCUR A 
COST.
>> A SLIGHT COST.
BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH, IT MAN.
>> Jimmy: DID YOU FLY OUT THERE 
WITH MAGIC?
>> I DID NOT.
I FLEW OUT THERE WITH MY WIFE.
BUT IN FLYING OUT THERE I SAID 
AND DID THINGS, IN PARTICULAR 
SAID THINGS THAT I'D NEVER 
THOUGHT I'D SAY.
>> Jimmy: LIKE?
>> LIKE I GOT A TEXT FROM 
MAGIC'S ASSISTANT, NATALIE, 
SAYING MR. JOHNSON WOULD LIKE 
YOU TO BE IN THE FRONT OF HERMES
AT 5:45 BECAUSE THE DINGHY WILL 
TAKE YOU OUT TO THE YACHT.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU 
KNOW, MY FLIGHT LANDS IN NICE AT
6:45, WHICH IS A TWO-HOUR DRIVE.
BUT HEREIN LIES THE THING THAT I
NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY.
ASK MAGIC IF MY HELICOPTER COULD
LAND ON HIS YACHT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THINGS A KID FROM COMPTON, I 
NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY IN MY 
LIFE, AND WAS SERIOUS AND MEANT 
IT.
>> Jimmy: OH.
DID HE SAY NO?
>> YES, HE DID.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HE DID.
BUT I WAS -- 
>> Jimmy: IS IT BIG ENOUGH THAT 
A HELICOPTER COULD LAND ON IT?
>> THE YACHT IS 280 FEET LONG.
>> Jimmy: IN OTHER WORDS, THERE 
WOULD BE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR ME.
>> YES!
[ LAUGHTER ]
YES.
>> Jimmy: SO THEY JUST DON'T 
WANT ME TO BE THERE.
>> PROBABLY.
BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN'T -- MAYBE.
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT 
LOOKED LIKE ME THERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: LET'S GO THROUGH THIS.
I FEEL LIKE I'D PROVIDE SOME 
MUCH-NEEDED DIVERSITY.
>> WHAT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION?
WHERE WOULD YOU BE IN THAT 
PICTURE RIGHT THERE?
JIMMY, WHERE WOULD YOU BE?
>> Jimmy: I'D PROBABLY BE JUST 
RIGHT HERE EATING THIS -- 
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO, YOU KNOW WHAT WAS CRAZY, 
WE'RE -- DAVE WINFIELD, HALL OF 
FAMER, AND HIS WIFE TANYA.
LATANYA JACKSON, EARVIN AND 
COOKIE JOHNSON, ANGELA BASSET 
AND HER HUSBAND.
WHAT'S HIS NAME?
COURTNEY B. VANCE.
ME AND MY WIFE.
SPIKE AND LATANYA LEE.
AND PAULETTA WASHINGTON.
DENZEL'S WIFE.
>> Jimmy: LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS 
HAD FUN WITHOUT ME.
>> WE DID.
>> Jimmy: THEN IT WAS IN THE 
NEWSPAPER LOCALLY IN ST. TROPEZ.
>> WE WOKE UP LOCALLY AND THIS 
WAS ON THE FRONT PANL OF THE ST.
TROPEZ PAPER.
KEEP THE CAMERA THERE.
AS YOU GUYS NOTICE, ANTHONY 
ANDERSON IS THE ONLY NAME 
MENTIONED.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ONLY NAME MENTIONED!
WITH ALL THOSE HEAVYWEIGHTS 
RIGHT THERE.
ANTHONY ANDERSON!
SET ON ROUGE -- [ SPEAKING 
FRENCH ]
>> Jimmy: WAS THIS YOUR FIRST 
TIME GOING ON THIS TRIP?
>> FIRST TIME.
I'D BEEN INVITED SEVERAL TIMES 
BEFORE.
BUT THE FIRST TIME I WAS ABLE TO
EVER -- TO MAKE IT WORK WITH MY 
SCHEDULE.
>> I SEE.
>> Jimmy: AND WAS IT AS GREAT AS
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE?
>> WORDS CANNOT BEGIN TO 
DESCRIBE THE FUN AND EXCITEMENT 
THAT WAS THERE THAT ENTIRE -- 
>> Jimmy: WAS THERE 
ENTERTAINMENT ON THE YACHT?
>> NO ENTERTAINMENT ON THE 
YACHT.
THAT'S JUST WHERE THEY LIVE.
IT WAS LIKE A FLOATING APARTMENT
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
>> Jimmy: I SEE.
>> THEY HAD A FULL EQUINOX ON 
THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THE BOAT.
THAT'S HOW BIG THE BOAT IS.
>> Jimmy: A GYM OR -- 
>> NO, A FULL GYM.
YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S CRAZY, YOU 
HAVE DINGHIES THAT TAKE YOU OUT 
TO THE BOAT.
EARVIN HAD A FERRY THAT TOOK YOU
OUT TO HIS BOAT.
THAT'S HOW BIG HIS BOAT WAS.
A FERRY PICKED YOU UP AND TOOK 
YOU TO HIS BOAT.
>> Jimmy: OH, WOW.
THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE 
FERRY IF I WERE TO BE -- 
>> PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE FERRY.
PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE BOAT.
I'LL TELL YOU HOW BIG THIS YACHT
WAS.
THIS YACHT WAS SO BIG THAT IT 
HOUSED THREE SMALLER YACHTS IN 
THE BOW OF IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'M NOT LYING.
>> Jimmy: NO, IT DIDN'T.
>> THERE WERE THREE -- THERE 
WERE THREE BOATS BIGGER THAN 
YOUR SOUND STAGE IN THE BOW OF 
THIS BOAT!
>> Jimmy: WAS ANYONE ON THEM?
>> NO!
THAT WAS JUST FOR DECORATION.
[ APPLAUSE ]
BECAUSE A FERRY BROUGHT ME OUT 
TO THE YACHT!
BUT YOU TALK ABOUT 
ENTERTAINMENT.
SO THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR 
COOKIE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, FOR HER
SURPRISE, WAS JEFFREY OSBORNE, 
CHERYL LYNN, CHAKA KHAN, EDDIE 
LEVERT, CHARLIE WILSON.
>> Jimmy: THESE ARE ALL MY 
FAVORITES.
>> ALL OF OURS TOO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
ALL OF OURS TOO.
AND THEN SO WE THOUGHT THE SHOW 
WAS OVER.
SO WE'RE SITTING OUT THERE IN 
THE OCEAN.
THE SEA IS RIGHT THERE.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S OUTSIDE.
IT'S AT THE CITADEL, WHICH IS AN
OLD FORT AND CASTLE.
HE HAD PEOPLE DANCING ON THE 
SIDE OF THE WALL AND TRAPEZE.
AND THEN HE CALLED EVERYBODY TO 
THE FLOOR AND SAID I WANT 
EVERYBODY TO COME OUT HERE AND 
CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, OUR 
BIRTHDAY WITH US, COME BACK OUT 
TO THE DANCE FLOOR.
WE'RE ALL ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
WE THINK WE'RE ABOUT TO SING 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN EARVIN 
SAYS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE!
AND ALL 116 MEMBERS OF EARTH 
WIND & FIRE START PERFORMING ON 
THE STAGE, MAN.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S HOW I'M GOING 
TO GET IN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
FIRST I'M GOING TO TRY OUT TO BE
IN EARTH WIND & FIRE.
>> YOU CAN DO A LITTLE 
SOMETHING.
>> Jimmy: ANTHONY ANDERSON.
HE'S RUBBING IT IN.
BUT WE HAVE MORE WITH ANTHONY.
HIS SHOW "BLACK-ISH" COMES BACK 
A WEEK FROM TOMORROW RIGHT HERE 
ON ABC.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>>> I DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE THIS 
GUY.
HE'S NOT THE SETTLING DOWN TYPE.
THE POPS I KNOW WOULD NEVER 
ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE CAUGHT 
GIGGLING.
>> HEY.
WHAT YOU STARING AT?
YOU NEVER SEEN TWO PEOPLE 
DANCING TOGETHER TO MUSIC THAT'S
NOT PLAYING?
>> YOU KNOW THIS IS CRAZY.
I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE 
GAME IS.
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU.
IT'S SIMPLE.
I'M IN LOVE, SWEET LOVE, DUMMY.
>> Jimmy: THAT IS ANTHONY 
ANDERSON ON SEASON 6 OF 
"BLACK-ISH," WHICH COMES BACK A 
WEEK FROM TOMORROW, FOR WHICH 
YOU ARE NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY ON
SUNDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: HOW MANY YEARS IN A 
ROW HAVE YOU BEEN NOMINATED?
>> ALL FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE 
BEEN ON THE AIR.
>> Jimmy: ALL FIVE YEARS.
>> YEAH.
THAT MEANS I'VE LOST EVERY YEAR 
TOO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: BUT IT'S TIME NOW.
>> IT'S TIME.
CAN WE CONGRATULATE JIMMY KIM 
S 
MEL AND NORMAN LEAR FOR WINNING 
AN OSCAR THIS PAST WEEKEND?
>> Jimmy: AN EMMY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU'RE NOT FREE SOLO.
>> Jimmy: FIRST OF ALL, THANK 
YOU AGAIN FOR BEING PART OF THAT
SHOW PLAYING HENRY JEFFERSON ON 
"ALL IN THE FAMILY."
THE REBOOT.
AND YOU WERE THERE -- WE HUNG 
OUT, WE ACTUALLY SAT RIGHT NEXT 
TO EACH OTHER, WHICH WAS FUN.
IT'S A LONG SHOW, BUT WE HAD A 
LOT OF -- 
>> WE DID.
>> Jimmy: I HAD A LOT OF 
COMMENTS.
>> SOME WE CAN SAY AND SOME WE 
CAN'T.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> I'M CURIOUS, THOUGH.
>> Jimmy: ABOUT WHAT?
>> WHAT WAS THE $100 BET THAT 
YOU -- OR WHY DID YOU GIVE YOUR 
WIFE MOLLY $100?
AND I'LL SAY THIS.
WE'RE SITTING THERE -- WE'RE 
SITTING THERE AND ALL OF A 
SUDDEN JIMMY JUST PULLS OUT A 
WAD OF HUNDREDS AND HE JUST 
PEELS OFF AND HANDS IT TO HIS 
WIFE.
I STICK MY HAND OUT HE PEELS ONE
OFF AND GIVES IT TO ME.
AND MOLLY SAYS DON'T YOU DARE 
GIVE IT BACK TO HIM.
SO I PULLED OUT MY WAD OF 
HUNDREDS AND WRAPPED IT AROUND 
MINE AND PUT IT IN MY POCKET.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND SO I NEVER KNEW WHAT THAT 
TRANSACTION WAS ABOUT.
IS IT SOMETHING YOU CAN TALK 
ABOUT ON AIR?
>> Jimmy: ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S NOT THAT INTERESTING.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WANT YOU TO 
KNOW THAT YESTERDAY I WAS LIKE 
PUTTING MY MONEY -- AND IT 
WASN'T A WAD OF HUNDREDS.
THERE HAPPENED TO BE TWO ON THE 
OUTSIDE.
AND I'M LOOKING AT IT, I GO, OH,
ANTHONY KEPT MY $100.
BUT IT WAS -- MY WIFE WANTED TO 
GO GET SOME PRETZELS TO BRING 
THEM BACK.
AND THEN WHEN SHE CAME BACK 
THEY'D CLOSED THE LINE, THEY CUT
IT OFF.
>> I REMEMBER THAT.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S WHAT THEY -- 
YOU KNOW, PRETZELS ARE 
EXPENSIVE.
>> ESPECIALLY AT MICROSOFT.
>> Jimmy: AT THAT MICROSOFT 
THEATER.
YEAH.
>> OKAY.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S WHAT THE 100 
WAS FOR.
IT WASN'T LIKE -- WHAT DID YOU 
THINK IT WAS FOR?
>> I HAD NO IDEA.
I JUST SAW MY BROTHER JIMMY 
GIVING OUT BROTHER AND I WANTED 
MY CUT.
>> Jimmy: I HAD TO PAY MY 
WIFE -- OUR DEAL IS I TOLD HER 
IF YOU AGREE TO MARRY ME I'LL 
PAY YOU $100 AN HOUR.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO "BLACK-ISH," YOU NOW HAVE TWO
SPINOFF SHOWS, WHICH REALLY IS 
THE MARK OF A SUCCESSFUL SHOW.
FOR INSTANCE, NORMAN LEAR, THERE
WERE SO MANY SPINOFFS FROM "ALL 
IN THE FAMILY," "THE 
JEFFERSONS," "MAUDE."
NOW YOU HAVE TWO SPINOFF SHOWS, 
"GROWN-ISH" AND "MIXED-ISH."
ARE YOU PART OF THOSE PROGRAMS?
>> YES, I AM.
>> Jimmy: ARE YOU APPEARING ON 
THOSE?
>> YES -- WELL, "MIXED-ISH" 
PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE THAT IS 
ABOUT RAINBOW'S CHILDHOOD 
CHARACTER GROWING UP A MIXED 
CHILD LIVING ON A COMMUNE.
>> Jimmy: SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO 
LITERALLY TRAVEL IN TIME TO DO 
THAT.
>> YES.
>> Jimmy: BUT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
>> THAT'S POSSIBLE.
YOU MIGHT SEE A YOUNG DRE.
LIKE WE HAVE FLASHBACKS ON 
"BLACK-ISH."
BUT I'VE BEEN ON "GROWNISH" ALL 
THROUGHOUT ALL THREE OR FOUR 
SEASONS THEY'VE BEEN AROUND NOW.
>> Jimmy: IT IS REMARKABLE HOW 
STRONG THE SHOW STILL IS AND HOW
IT KEEPS GOING.
AND OF COURSE YOUR BIG EMMY 
NOMINATION ON SUNDAY.
I YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER 
$100. 
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
WEIL WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE 
EMMYS, I UNDERSTAND THE EMMYS 
THAT WE ALL WON COLLECTIVELY 
WERE FOR THE PRODUCERS.
BUT DO THE ACTORS GET THOSE TOO?
>> Jimmy: APPARENT I. NOT.
THE ACTORS DONE GET THOSE.
>> WITHOUT THE ACTORS YOU 
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 
PRODUCE ANYTHING.
>> Jimmy: I KNOW.
JUST FURNITURE REALLY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OH, MAN.
DAMN IT, I THOUGHT I COULD GET 
ONE.
BECAUSE IF DOESN'T LOOK GOOD 
AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR ME.
>> Jimmy: IT'S NOT?
>> IT'S SOME STIFF COMPETITION.
I ALWAYS FEEL GREAT ABOUT IT.
THIS YEAR LIME IKE, AH.
IT'S DON CHEADLE, TED DANSON, 
MICHAEL DOUGLAS.
AND THEN A KID FROM COMPTON.
>> Jimmy: BUT DON'T YOU LOVE 
YOUR NAME IS ON THAT LIST WITH 
THOSE GUYS?
>> I DO.
>> Jimmy: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.
ANTHONY ANDERSON, EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Jimmy: SEASON 6 OF 
"BLACK-ISH" A WEEK FROM TOMORROW
NIGHT.
