Yeah. That will do it for us. Well see you tomorrow. Bye bye. [ cheers and applause steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests Kelly ClarksonHenrik Lundqvist and featuring the legendary roots crew questlove 1853 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause jimmy oh, thats a hot crowd. Hot crowd tonight. I love you hey thank you very much. Enjoy yourselves welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome, to the tonight show. Youre here, and i appreciate it thank you for watching guys, today is friday the 13th [ audience oohs this morning this morning, i thought a black cat jumped in front of me, but, thank god, it was just a rat [ laughter ] and i go whew all right, now lets get to 20 jokes about taylor swift. All right, last night [ cheers ] its all weve been talking about all week last night, for the third time this season, taylor swift was cheering on travis kelce at the Kansas City Chiefs game. Yep. [ cheers ] yep, the nfl has the biggest popstar in the world at its games while Major League Baseball is like, we have live organ music. [ laughter ] [ mimicking organ music jimmy then it goes jimmy dododo doesnt it [ mlb charge jingle all right. Not everyone can do it not everyone can do it its a hard steve almost jimmy you got not everyone can do it [ laughter ] steve he doesnt do it for a living jimmy thats all right thats all right its very hard very hard. Say what you want about this relationship, but flying to kansas city on a thursday night, thats love steve yeah [ laughter ] jimmy yeah thats taylor watched the game with travis mom and dad. Thats a fun date, huh you want to spend four hours with my parents while i play with my friends . [ laughter ] all right. Not re not really. Meanwhile, before the game, announcer, al michaels, promised that they wouldnt go overboard with their coverage of taylor swift. Lets see how they did in case you are wondering, taylor swift is here of course, his number one fan, taylor swift, is here in arrowhead to cheer him on. Looking on, his his good buddy and girlfriend, taylor swift word just came down to me that taylor swift has written a a couple of songs for us tonight. Well, everything in moderation, but heres another shot of taylor swift [ laughter ] jimmy yeah, honestly, compared to the last two games, Mission Accomplished i mean, well done. They barely they cut [ applause ] the final score was chiefs 19, broncos 8, cutaways to taylor, 572. [ laughter ] well, guys, the three big movies this weekend are taylor swift the eras tour. [ cheers and applause its gonna be giant. The exorcist. Steve ohh. Jimmy and saw. Steve oh jimmy yeah and since its friday the 13th, we thought wed combine them all together, so please enjoy. cause baby now we got bad bloo you know it used to be mad love so take a look what youve don cause bab now we got bad blood hey [ laughter ] jimmy happy friday happy friday the 13th. Well, some political news. After failing to gain enough support from republicans, congressman Steve Scalise has dropped out of the race for house speaker. Yep. If were using republicans to measure time, a scalise is even shorter than a scaramucci. [ laughter ] i just came in for a quick scalise. [ laughter ] it wasnt a full scaramucci. The house is a mess. Mccarthy got voted out, scalise couldnt get enough votes, and the interim speaker slams the gavel like hes playing whack a mole [ gavel slamming ] [ laughter ] thats right, the search for a a new speaker has been pretty chaotic. First, it was kevin mccarthy, then it was Steve Scalise, and now it doesnt seem like anyone else can get enough votes. But tonight, the house finally picked a new nominee and hes here, now, via satellite, from d. C. Please welcome, the new pick for speaker of the house, tim barrett. Tim, thank you for being here. [ applause ] thanks for having me, jimmy im very exited to represent my party and my country in this new role and im ready to hit the ground running. Jimmy now now, tim, what what would you say your biggest goals are as you take over the office of speaker great question, jimmy [ laughter ] i think that above all, we need to come together jimmy yeah, yeah im sorry. Hang on, im sorry, what whats going on . What what happened to tim oh, he dropped out. [ laughter ] jimmy just just just now he dropped out thats right. Im the new nominee, and i couldnt be more excited to get started. Jimmy yeah, yeah, okay, but im sorry, but who who are you . My name is bill doyle jimmy okay, bill, im im a little thrown off, but i guess ill ask you the same thing. What are your biggest goals as speaker . Party unity, jimmy. [ laughter ] thats where it all starts jimmy yeah oh, im sorry. Wait, who who are you im jordan roth, the new nominee for speaker of the house. Jimmy youre the new speaker nominee . Thats right, jimmy hank remington, nice to meet you. [ laughter ] jimmy im sorry, wait, another nominee for speaker. Thats like the fourth one in a minute how is this even happening i know. Its a little cuckoo around here lol. [ light laughter ] jimmy wait, im sorry, tim, youre here again . Youre back in the running no. I just forgot my car keys. [ laughter ] jimmy okay, okay well, that thats enough. Will someone just tell me who the new speaker of the house is my name is lewis. [ laughter ] jimmy the new speaker is lewis, the target halloween decoration i am not the speaker. My name is lewis jimmy okay, good you know what, i think were done here. [ applause ] give it up for the new speaker of the house, lewis. Listen to this apparently netflix plans to open their own stores where customers can play games, shop, and eat. Yeah [ light laughter ] theyll even have servers going up to tables going, are you still eating three, two, one. [ laughter ] of course, since its netflix, people are like, we like to skip the appetizer and go right to the main course the only rule of the netflix restaurant is, you cant share your food. Steve oh [ laughter ] [ audience groans jimmy hey, i read that jeff bezos just bought his florida neighbors mansion for 79 million. [ audience ohs ] jeff bezos is the only person who sees an 80 million mansion and goes, closet . [ laughter ] and finally, a man pleading guilty to stealing the wizard of oz ruby slippers from a museum in minnesota. Yeah or as he tells his cellmate, murder, im in for murder. [ laughter and applause we have a great show Kelly Clarkson is here to talk and perform a song off her new album. [ cheers and applause new york rangers legend, Henrik Lundqvist, is here. [ cheers and applause lets go write some thank you notes. Come on, everybody jimmy hey, everybody, welcome i went to go see gutenberg last night steve oh, how was it jimmy this is this is my actual its all its all i thought id get a a nice, new, crisp one, but this is the one i had and was moving around. Steve in your pocket jimmy i didnt put it in my pocket steve its got the sticker on its got the Opening Night sticker. Jimmy when you go to Opening Night, you get the sticker. So, thats what i wanted to show off yeah, you get that special sticker. It was unbelievable. They were hilarious. It was great it was at the James Earl Jones theatre here on broadway i havent been to a broadway play in a little bit so, i mean, the shows been off for five months, so i havent really been around [ light laughter ] but it was so great. I loved everyone that put on this the play and everyone that works there around. I just miss broadway i loved seeing the they did the red carpet i saw the broadway. Com guy i love that guy. Steve oh jimmy hes fantastic i saw him. I i it was i saw anna wintour steve ooh. [ audience oohs jimmy sat in front of anna steve ooh. [ audience oohs jimmy no big deal. Its not a big deal. Right . Steve really jimmy who cares . Steve i mean, who cares. Come on. Jimmy who cares . No ones no ones asking. Steve yeah did you who did you sit in front of jimmy oh, anna the steve anna who jimmy oh, anna wintour you ever heard of vogue. Steve oh, my god oh, my gosh. Jimmy she was behind me the whole time steve really [ light laughter ] jimmy not not a big deal i guess i got good seats [ laughter ] it was the James Earl Jones theatre. And if youre a fan of James Earl Jones, or even star wars the beginning, they have a funny joke. Steve oh jimmy its really good but youll just have to listen to it. Its very but its all theres all jokes spread its crazy, by the way. The play is nuts its absolutely its about two guys pitching a play, and they know nothing about gutenberg and the printing press. And its its its bizarre. [ light laughter ] but these guys are so charming and funny. Steve oh jimmy oh, my gosh. Everything just a thousand laughs so, congratulations to everyone over at at Gutenberg Steve gutenberg [ cheers and applause jimmy and the James Earl Jones theatre anna, call me if you want to go see a show guys, todays friday, thats usually when i catch up with some personal stuff. I check my inbox, i return some emails, and, of course, i send out thank you notes. And i was just wondering if you guys [ cheers and applause wouldnt mind id like to write out some thank you notes, right now james, can i have some thank you note writing music, please [ light laughter ] steve wow. Jimmy thats good. Can you do it in, like, an organ style . Can you play like vinvinvinvinvinvin [ mlb charge jingle [ rhythmic clapping jimmy not hearing . Steve i can hear it. [ mlb charge jingle intensifies [ rhythmic clapping intensifies jimmy oh [ bell dinging ] yeah thats the jam, right there. [ mimicking charge jingle [ charge played rhythmically ] jimmy oh, yeah steve what was that . You sat in front of her . Jimmy yeah, she was right there. [ laughter ] steve wow. Those are good seats jimmy she was, like, moving her head around trying to see steve cause you were wearing your giant hat that you wear jimmy i was wearing my hairpiece. Yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] steve billy preston. Jimmy no, shes very lovely i i do i do love running into her but it was it was a good crowd. It was super fun yeah it was great but, you know, i just had a better view than she did steve yeah, whatever yeah [ laughter ] not a big deal jimmy we saw the same thing. Steve yeah yeah, sure jimmy kind of. Steve yeah but you saw it better. Your view was about one foot better jimmy less steve oh, sure jimmy less than one foot, but just lets just say better steve all right. [ light laughter ] jimmy like that, like we could touch hands. Steve right, you could or youd reach back and touch hands. Jimmy yeah, i had to reach back and strain myself [ light laughter ] and normally if we went together steve right, shed be sitting next to you. Jimmy then we could hold hands here steve right, but no. Jimmy no steve backseat jimmy i shouldnt even be holding her hand at all. It wasnt a scary play i had no business of holding her hand steve but you were anyway . Jimmy i think it was her hand i didnt look behind me. [ laughter ] steve you just put your hand out like this and someone grabbed it jimmy yeah, someone grabbed it i was nervous. Steve yeah jimmy i was nervous. I dont i havent seen a live play in a long time steve five months, yeah jimmy i thought i was going to get i was getting scared i go, whats all these lights and steve especially because today that was friday the 13th eve yesterday jimmy yeah, by the time if i if the play went long, i would have been there on friday the 13th. Steve yeah scary. Jimmy it ended around 8 30 9 00. Steve what 8 39 exactly [ laughter ] jimmy yeah steve wow. Jimmy 8 39 thats union rules. Steve oh, really jimmy every broadway show has to end at 8 39 steve 8 39, wow. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah on fri thursday the 12th steve thursday the 12th, yes. Jimmy yeah, it was good. You should go see it steve i will [ laughter and applause jimmy save save it. Ready . [ light laughter ] thank you, autumn, for being falls legal name. [ laughter and applause like a nickname. Steve autumn smith jimmy thank you, scarves for being the only clothes that you put on with attitude [ laughter and applause steve why not . Jimmy why not . Thank you, stepladders, youre not my real ladder, but i can tell you make my mom very happy. [ laughter and applause steve get away from me youre not my real ladder [ light laughter ] jimmy this is my stepladder, doug [ light laughter ] thank you, british tv shows, for reminding me that just because its in english doesnt mean i dont need subtitles. [ cheers and applause oi [ light laughter ] steve huh . Jimmy thank you, being offered banana bread, for being told all of our bananas started to rot so, well, here you go enjoy that. Steve live it up jimmy you dont have to tell me that steve yeah jimmy yeah, theyre all going bad so we made this for you. [ light laughter ] steve they were moldy. [ light laughter ] jimmy thank you, vr headsets, for being the coolest way to look like youre wearing a jockstrap on your head [ laughter and applause steve hey, oh. Smells ripe. [ light laughter ] jimmy thank you, plastic vampire teeth, for being draculas invisalign [ laughter and applause couldnt have done that joke ten years ago. Steve yeah jimmy thank you, kids who carve pumpkins with super elaborate designs, for making me think thats really impressive as well as do not anger this kid. [ laughter and applause steve oh jimmy thank you, the moment i finally get comfortable in bed, for also being the moment my bladder goes, guess what . [ laughter and applause there you have it, everybody those are my thank you notes. Well be right back with Kelly Clarkson [ cheers and applause [ music playing backwards [ buzzer ] im in love with the shap of you jimmy ed sheeran [ dinging [ cheers and applause the lor barista coffee and espresso system. Now brewing peets coffee. Who says you cant go for bold without going broke. Get the brands you want, the prices you want, whenever you want. 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We have so many different colors im obsessed with vinyl. Jimmy its beautiful like, i have too much but i yeah, i did it in like several different colors jimmy you have vinyl when i i did your show when it was in los angeles, and you had a a record player in your dressing room. Yes jimmy do you still have it like, everywhere, yes i have them everywhere jimmy youre our neighbor now. Youre right across the hall i know, rough commute today jimmy yeah, welcome. I love it, but i forgot i was telling you backstage. I forget like when my show ends and im going home, youre shows beginning and so im running into people in the hallway and im like, im not this cool, but i feel cool. [ light laughter ] jimmy cause you know everybody. Its like, hey, whats up . I know, you run into people and im like, oh, its awesome. Jimmy did you have a great first week here . I did well, i will say, my very first day, i look, i was very tired and we were working a lot and i had gotten a venti matcha iced tea latte and then, i was just tired i dont know what happened, but i got on it was f4, the elevator, f4. Jimmy oh, thats classic yeah, it is [ light laughter ] it is one of the most iconic elevators ever, isnt it jimmy fallon 4 so funny. Jimmy yeah and then, i proceeded to not only drop my drink in the entire like, i mean a full venti. And then it looked like art. Like it went, like, all over jimmy oh, my gosh. And then, i knew there were cameras. So, i was like i was like, oh, my god. This is going to be seen my first time here. Anyway, i completely trashed an elevator that was my you now have a rock star in the building, so jimmy oh, yeah [ laughter ] you trashed trashed the elevator on my way in jimmy look at this oh, my gosh. You really did [ laughter ] yeah, no. Youre not even [ laughter ] jimmy holy ive never seen that. Youre not even getting the full spectrum. It went jimmy did you throw it did you slam it down no, i was standing there and it just slipped out of my hands. And i was like, what the and it went it went everywhere jimmy oh, my gosh. Yeah, yeah. Youre welcome, 30 rock. Thank you for having me. [ laughter ] jimmy im sure ill be ill be asking you for favors. Like, kelly, please come over whenever. You know i love games jimmy come sing songs. Yeah, i will sing ill do anything tap dance. Whatever jimmy is there a song, by the way, that youve sang more than any other song, besides your own songs do you remember . Probably aretha, maybe. I dont know, i sing a lot of songs. Probably never loved a man, by Aretha Franklin jimmy was that the song you would sing, like, when you were a kid trying out and going to talent shows oh, no. Like, my very first i did do stuff from aretha. But my very first song i ever which was a bold song to pick. I would love to say i was brave and bold i was just stupid. But i picked vision of love. Jimmy oh, my gosh. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy mariah carey i was feeling very good about it and it went fine, but i just why would you pick that song as your first song to sing in front of people . I dont know jimmy cause you like maybe you like the pressure. I just loved the song jimmy did you ever tell mariah that that was your song no. Oh, my god so i did talk to her. cause i was like she knows i adore her. cause ive run into her several times. And shes probably got me on some security list, to, like, keep me away [ laughter ] jimmy are you in the lamb . Are you in the lambily i love her. I love her, yes. But i i did something stupid she came on the voice and we were Work Together and i just sometimes i say everything thats in my