[ cheers and applause jimmy wow wow. Oh, my goodness. Please welcome. Have a seat. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show, everybody. Youre here. [ cheers and applause finally. Lets start the show, finally, here can we please . Gosh, it was hot this weekend. Oh, my gosh. [ light laughter ] steve was it it was hot jimmy whats that . Steve was it hot jimmy it was very hot. The heat was brutal, all around the country. For the first time in years, Ice Cream Truck drivers sold more ice cream than weed steve really [ laughter ] jimmy for the first time, yeah [ cheers and applause this is the first get this, it was so hot that here in new york, they had to cancel the new york city triathlon. [ audience aws ] which means 4,000 people were just wandering the streets going, now what do i brag about on instagram . [ light laughter ] i mean, my brunch . Well, throughout the weekend, people came up with interesting ways to beat the heat. Check out what one guy did when he had to swing by the
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[ cheers and applause an jimmy thk you very much. That was great thank you, welcome [ cheers and applause thanks, that was great relax. Welcome,elcome, welcome to the tonight show, everybody. This is it youre here. Appreciate it. Look, i know youre all just clappi for the air conditioning but im still glad youre here [ light laughter ] were in the middle of a giant heat wave right now with temperatures in the 90s. Its crazy out there i sat on a bench for two minutes. When i got up, my pants had grill marks. [ laughter ] steve really jimmy i saw that officials are telling people that beer beer is not a good way to stay hydrated and that you should drk water. When new yorkers heard that, theyre like, okay, coors light it is. [ laughter ] [ applause ] well, you guys, this heat wave is really intense. Th kind of weather can be pretty rough so here now with some tips on how to beat the heat are the roots. Questlove thanks jimmynd [ cheers applause so tip number one, stay out the sun and dri
[ cheers and applause jimmy thank you very much. That was great thank you, welcome [ cheers and applause thanks, that was great relax. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show, everybody. This is it youre here. Appreciate it. Look, i know youre all just clapping for the air conditioning but im still glad youre here [ light laughter ] were in the middle of a giant heat wave right now with temperatures in the 90s. Its crazy out there i sat on a bench for two minutes. When i got up, my pants had grill marks. [ laughter ] steve really jimmy i saw that officials are telling people that beer beer is not a good way to stay hydrated and that you should drink water. When new yorkers heard that, theyre like, okay, coors light it is. [ laughter ] [ applause ]you ys, this heat we roots. Questlove thanks jimmy [ cheers and applause so tip number one, stay out the sun and drink lots of water. Tariq ah, its a good one. Heres what you should do. You get yourself a klondike bar and use it like a b