Musical guest niall horan. And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 590 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, thats what im talking about, hey ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the show. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome everybody. Welcome to the tonight show. This is it. [ cheers and applause ] this is the show to be at. We got a big show tonight. But first, heres what people are talking about, everybody. This is this is pretty big. This morning, kanye west actually showed up to meet with donald trump at trump tower. [ laughter ] people were shocked. They didnt expect these two to meet until the first president ial debate in 2020. [ laughter and applause ] so there you go, this is i didnt [ applause ] steve werent ready. Jimmy no. Its all right. Trump met with kanye west at trump tower and even posed for photos in the lobby. Thats a photo, yeah. [ laughter ] can we see that again . [ laughter and applause ] theyre calling it, when cheesy met yeezy. [ laughter and applause ] and they go, well thats not why would they why would theyre calling it that. Guys, this morning, trump announced that hes nominating exxon mobile ceo, Rex Tillerson, to be his secretary of state, even though rex supposedly, has a friendly relationship with Vladimir Putin. [ audience oohs ] today, rex said, putin and i arent friends, while putin said, that is so something rex would say. [ laughter ] classic rex. [ applause ] but trump adviser, kellyanne conway, is defending Rex Tillerson saying, quote, its not like Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson are pounding down vodka at the local bar. [ light laughter ] maybe not. But they still seem pretty close. I mean, did you see the Christmas Card they just sent out . Here comes sandy here comes sandy claus. Steve wow. Jimmy like a beach holiday card. Steve together, they sent it out together. Jimmy you guys, christmas is less than two weeks away. [ cheers and applause ] i love it. And get this. The Weather Channel is already predicting which cities may have a white christmas. Yep, they say its never too early to get it totally wrong. [ laughter ] actually, i read that Global Warming is leading to a higher rate of reindeer reproduction. [ laughter ] you can tell theres a lot of reindeer, because take a look at this footage. Now dasher, now dancer, now prancer and vixen, on comet, on cupid, on donner and blitzen, hey larry, hey barry, hey marvin and justin, go go casey [ talking over each other ] jimmy we got it. We get it. I think thats enough. Steve lot of reindeer. Jimmy thats a lot of reindeer. You get it . Steve yeah. Copious amounts. Jimmy check this out. Cause apple just said that its new air pod wireless ear buds, would be available, after reports that they wouldnt be ready for the holidays. When asked what happened, apple said, we finally found them behind the couch cushions. [ laughter and applause ] i didnt know where they went. I had one of them. I had one of them. [ applause ] lets check in on santa and his reindeer. They still yay brian, yay ryan [ talking over each other ] jimmy we get it, we get it. Theres too many reindeer. [ light laughter ] guys, with christmas less than two weeks away, plenty of Americans Still havent finished buying presents, mostly because of those hard to shop for family members. Well, here to help us is one of our writers, arthur, who was out looking at some really great gift ideas. Arthur . Hi, jimmy. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy nice to see you, buddy. What are what are some of the coolest gifts youre finding out there . Well, to start off, we have the brew tap deluxe. This beautiful allinone brewing system, sports a a stainless steel body, a a magnetic drive pump, and a a 20 pound drain basket. Perfect for the home brew lover in your life. Jimmy huh, thats pretty cool. Okay. So, for those of us who dont have a home brew lover, in our lives, what else what else do you have . I think you i think you do have a home brew lover in your life, jimmy. [ laughter ] jimmy no ones coming to mind, so i arthur . [ laughter ] what are what are you doing . What are you doing, buddy . Hey. [ applause ] jimmy what are you doing, man . [ applause ] you know, im just just trying to cool off a little bit. Jimmy yeah. I guess i could also cool down, with a delicious home brew of my own design. Oh, wait, no, i dont have a a brew tap deluxe. Yet. [ light laughter ] jimmy are you asking me to buy you that thing for christmas . What are you talking about . [ light laughter ] im perfectly capable of buying the brew tap deluxe for myself. Or at least i would be, if i hadnt made a couple of very poor financial choices recently. Im a kind of in a situation right now. [ laughter ] jimmy hmm. Well, maybe you should hold off on making your own beer, then. Youre probably right. I could always crack open a a store bought beer at your place on christmas eve. [ light laughter ] maybe even stay a couple weeks until i get things straightened out. [ laughter ] jimmy wait, what . No, yeah. No, yeah. No, yeah. [ laughter ] no, yeah. Yeah. No, its no big deal. Just a couple buds using a a brew tap deluxe while you let me sleep over at your place for three to six months. [ laughter ] jimmy what what are you talking about . No, no, nothing, no. Its all good. No, yeah. Nah. No worries. Its its cool. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] friends for christmas [ talking over each other ] jimmy stop, stop, please, please dont break in the song. Arthur, is the only gift that you have for us today is the brew tap deluxe . No, jimmy, i brought another gift, but you cant buy it at this Shopping Mall here. Its the gift of love. [ audience aws ] jimmy thank you, arthur. You know what . I am going to buy you that brew tap deluxe. Really . Jimmy no. Arthur meyer, everybody. Thank you, arthur. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hey, guys, some tv news. After two seasons, netflix has canceled its series, marco polo. [ audience ohs ] yep, they ended marco polo the way everyone does, by getting out of the pool and not telling the other person. [ laughter and applause ] marco jimmy polo get this. New Research Suggests that marijuana may work as a a aphrodisiac. [ audience ohs ] i guess youll know a stoners hitting on you when he sees you at a bar and says, hey there, do i come here often . [ laughter and applause ] guys, finally researchers at Cornell University have invented a soft robot hand that can touch fragile items and even sense their shape and texture. [ light laughter ] when asked what theyve used the hand for, researchers said, thats not important dont come in here mom [ laughter and applause ] we have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots everybody [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, wow, wow, wow. Hey, welcome everybody. We have a big week of shows aheadtomorrow night. Arnold schwarzenegger will be here. [ cheers and applause ] be sure to tune in for that one. Plus elle fanning and music from Childish Gambino thats tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] then later this week, casey affleck, we have. Oh, wow, we love him. [ cheers and applause ] Sienna Miller and Reese Witherspoon will all be joining us. But first, we have a great show tonight. From the highly anticipated new movie, assassins creed, my man, Michael Fassbender is here. [ cheers and applause ] plus hes one of the funniest dudes i think ive ever met. I just the guys just got hes just the funniest dude i ever met. Jon glaser. Uh, he has a [ cheers and applause ] jon glaser loves gear. Its on trutv. Its hilarious. Jon jon glaser loves gear. And then tonight, we got some good music. You guys like good music . [ cheers and applause ] my man niall horan is here. [ cheers and applause ] hes a good man. This town, this town is the name of the jam. Want to hear a little bit . Yeah, here it is. Heres the jam. As if the whole world was watching id still dance with you jimmy drive highways and byways highways and byways. Both. Steve both. Jimmy drive highways and byways, man. [ light laughter ] guys, we have can we just check in on santas reindeer . To see how many yay aiden and caden. Whoo now the girls. On joey, on chloe, on jimmy guys, we have exactly nine shows we have nine shows left, before we go on christmas break. Steve nine . Jimmy only nine. Which means that its time for that beloved tonight show tradition. Its time for 12 days of christmas sweaters. [ cheers and applause ] 12 days of christmas sweaters nine days left jimmy thats right every show between now and christmas, we are giving one lucky audience member a a spectacular christmas sweater from the countdown to christmas cabinet. Now, since there are nine shows left, lets open door number nine. [ cheers and applause ] hold on a second. What is that . Its a its where i keep important things. Jimmy what do you have whats in there thats important . [ laughter ] [ applause ] it its so i remember what to say, when i fall in a a big hole. Jimmy lets open [ cheers and applause ] door number nine oh [ cheers and applause ] not bad. Not bad. Pretty nice. Now, lets see who is going home with tonights sweater. Everyone, look at your seat number. [ cheers and applause ] look at your seat number. Now, if i call your number, i need you to jump up, and let me know where you are. Quest, can i please get a drum roll. All right. [ drum roll ] who wants me to pick their number . Anybody . Come on. Lets do it. [ cheers and applause ] there you go 136 [ cheers and applause ] hey, come over here buddy. How are you, man . Good to see you. Lets see what is your name . Brooks. Jimmy brooks. Where you from, brooks . Alabama. Jimmy hey, brooks from alabama. [ cheers ] thank you so much for being here. I appreciate this. Thanks for coming to the show tonight. Do you have any sort of like this at all . Do you i love it. Im bout to put it on. Jimmy you do. Would you try it on . Yeah. Jimmy you would . Yeah. Jimmy yeah. Thanks brooks. You rock. Thats a nice, fleece jam you got there. [ cheers and applause ] no, no, no. It fits perfect. Fits perfect. Oh, look at that. [ cheers and applause ] thats good yeah. Brooks, everybody, right there. Thanks again. Look at how good he looks. [ cheers and applause ] stick around. Well be right back with more of the tonight show, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] sir . You give me that salad and i will pay for your movie and one snack box. Can i keep the walnuts . Yes. But i get to pick your movie. Can i pick the genre . Nope. With the blue cash everyday card you get cash back on purchases with no annual fee. Backed by the service and security of american express. You get cash back on purchases with no annual fee. sfx sfx teeth chattering sfx crashing tic tac orange. 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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy big show tonight. Michael fassbender, jon glaser, niall horan is here tonight. Theres going to be a big show. [ cheers and applause ] you want to hear a little bit more niall, right there . Heres a little bit more. Over and over the only truth everything comes back to you thats even how i walk too. I just walk like that. Steve thats how you walk normally. Jimmy hes just a good dude, man. Talented guy. This town is the name of the jam. Highways and byways. [ light laughter ] guys, welcome back. We are in week 15 of the nfl season, and the big thursday night football matchup is between the l. A. Rams and the seattle seahawks, right here on nbc. This is a big deal. Now as you know, at the end of every season, they give out awards, like most valuable player. But they also give out awards during the season, sort of like the ones in high school yearbooks. Like most likely to succeed, class clown, stuff like that. So with that in mind, its time for tonight show superlatives. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] tonight show superlatives jimmy our first player is garry gilliam, hes an offensive tackle for the seattle seahawks. He was voted most likely to ask his barber for the fireworks grand finale. [ applause ] steve wow. Jimmy it looks good on him. Our next player is tyler higbee. He was voted most likely to be watching his friend get grounded. [ applause ] steve he didnt mean to do it. [ light laughter ] jimmy next up from the rams is cody wickmann. [ laughter ] he was voted most likely to be a tater tot that came to life. There you go, thats steve through the magic of christmas. Jimmy what . Steve through the magic of christmas. [ applause ] the tater to the that came to life. Jimmy hes cute. I like it. Steve i want to be a real boy. Jimmy he is cute, hes cute. [ laughter ] heres seahawks quarterback, my man, russell wilson. [ cheers ] he was voted most likely to call you a betch. [ laughter ] steve wow. Jimmy next up is joey hunt. He was voted most likely to end every play, by taking off his helmet and waving his hair around in slow motion. Steve wow. [ applause ] oh, having the time of jimmy heres seahawks punter, jon ryan. He was voted most likely to come back as a ghost and somehow be tanner. Steve wow. [ applause ] that is a very specific award. Jimmy jon ryan, he actually likes these awards. He tweets at us all the time. We like that guy, yeah. Next up is rams long snapper jake mcquaide. He was voted most likely to form a band called zz top of the morning. Steve wow. Jimmy there you go, thats [ laughter and applause ] [ talking over each other ] steve a west irish town. Jimmy heres ahtyba rubin. He was voted most likely to be the black version of bill from guess who. Can we see that . Oh, yeah. I guess that makes sense. I know that dude. Steve yeah, i know that dude well. Thats bill from guess who. Jimmy this is a fun game. Steve fun game, so fun. Jimmy finally, from the rams, we have tim barnes. He was voted most likely to be the love child of santa claus and yukon cornelius. There you go. Those are your nfl superlatives. Well be right back with Michael Fassbender [ cheers and applause ] vo its the holidays at verizon, and the best deals are on the best network. With no surprise overages, you can use your data worry free and even carry over the data you dont use. And right now get four lines and 20 gigs for only 40 per line. Youll even get the Samsung Galaxy s7, the pixel phone by google, or the motoz droid for only 10 per month. Hurry, these offers end soon. Get the best deals and the best network, only on verizon. Luke . These as well. Amy. Its been years oh, you smell the same. Meet my wife and my kids. Oh you guys are so goodlooking. And impeccably dressed. Thanks. Its all old navy. You sending off some last minute gifts . I miss us. You know . You should go to old navy. The entire store is up to 60 off right now. 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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Michael Fassbender [ cheers and applause ] jimmy always looking sharp. Always looking like a stud. Thank you, buddy. Likewise. Jimmy for coming back to the show. I appreciate it. Assassins creed, i think this things going to be giant. I love it. Congratulations on this. I played the video game, probably i played, like, seven of them. Anyway, i played all of them. [ light laughter ] and so i think its great that youre playing youre playing this character. Can you describe the movie for people that havent played the video game . Yeah, its basically about genetic time travel, if you imagine, like, the animus, which is kind of like a genetic delorean, it allows us to access our ancestors dna and memories. And theres a war going on between templars, who believe in world order, and assassins, who are anarchists, and theyre fighting for the future of humanity. Jimmy fantastic. Now, what really is the movie about . [ laughter ] it all starts in the garden of eden. Jimmy i played it. I had to go kind of lived in a a kind of a Virtual Reality world where the character doesnt exist really, yet, so youre dealing with the future and also going back in history. Were actually dealing in present and then the past. Within the movie. Jimmy yeah, but right now, were dealing with present. Right now, were dealing with present. Right here . You and i . [ laughter ] jimmy but what if someones watching this clip in the future . Or in a parallel universe, in fact. Jimmy oh wow, interesting. So, everything is exactly the same except that curtain is orange. [ laughter ] jimmy the color is the only thing that changes . Yeah. Jimmy thats so interesting. So you have orange eyes. Kind of. Jimmy because you have blue eyes. [ laughter ] i guess. Jimmy you filmed in a a unique location in spain. Emilio. Almeria. Jimmy almeria. Yeah. Jimmy and this is where they shot a lot of spaghetti western . Thats right, yeah. A lot of the Clint Eastwood westerns were shot there so it was a real treat. Jimmy how awesome was that . I know,