Featuring rick ross and Yummy Bingham. And the legendary roots cr. Questlove 775, reno gotcha steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy happy thanksgiving eve, everybody [ cheers and applause ] welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show, ladies and gentlemen. Youre at the right show. [ cheers and applause ] happy thanksgiving eve. Guys, thanksgiving is tomorrow, thats right, and trump is spending the holiday down at maralago, where they have a a big buffet. It has gourmet stuffing, vegetables, and turkey for the adults. And then they have chicken fingers, Grilled Cheese and curly fries for the president. [ laughter ] this Chicken Nugget doesnt look like a dinosaur. Im not eating it. [ laughter ] Chicken Nuggets are shaped like dinosaurs. [ light laughter ] you see this, though . Today trump went on a huge twitter rant at 5 00 in the morning. Melania would have stopped him, but youre not supposed to wake someone when theyre sleep tweeting. Steve yeah. Jimmy its dangerous. [ applause ] steve tweet jimmy just let him do it. Covfefe [ light laughter ] actually, trump attacked lavar ball and called him a a poor mans version of don king without the hair. [ light laughter ] which is interesting coming from the poor mans version of don king with the hair. [ cheers and applause ] but trumps not the only one traveling for thanksgiving. In fact, today was the busiest travel day of the year. You could tell who was going home to visit their families, because united was dragging them onto the plane. [ laughter ] come on, lets go [ applause ] come on, you got to get there. Lets go i read that atlanta, los angeles, and chicago were expected to have the busiest airports today. While laguardia hung a sign outside that said, abandon all hope, ye who enter. [ laughter and applause ] if you still dont have plans for thanksgiving, dont worry, youre not alone. Here to help with some lastminute ideas is our writer and selfproclaimed thanksgiving expert, arthur meyer. Arthur . [ cheers and applause ] hey, buddy. Thank you, jimmy. Jimmy good to see you, pal. Arthur, what advice do you have for people who dont have thanksgiving plans yet . First of all, theres no shame in not getting an invite. I mean, im a thanksgiving expert and i posted on every social media platform about how i dont have any plans this year, and even i didnt get an invite. [ light laughter ] jimmy well, what do you suggest people do . Well, if you dont have somewhere to go this thanksgiving, its time to take matters into your own hands. Jimmy you mean like host your own dinner . Sure, or offer to cohost someone elses. [ light laughter ] jimmy interesting. Its easy. Just go up to a friend and Say Something like, hey, what are you doing for thanksgiving . And would you mind if i swung by and cohosted your dinner with you, jimmy . [ laughter ] jimmy im so sorry. Are you asking me . Yeah. No. Yeah. No. [ laughter ] thats just the name im using in the example. Just say, for instance, you know, hey, jimmy, how about i swing by around 3 00 p. M. , maybe 2 00, maybe 1 00, maybe noon, maybe 6 00 a. M. [ light laughter ] crash on the couch, then join you and your family for a a festive thanksgiving meal, jimmy fallon . [ laughter ] jimmy thats my full name there. Well, its still just the example name. Jimmy yeah, but its my name. Well, its the example name, so youre wrong. [ laughter ] jimmy cant you just use a a different example name . Oh, yeah. No. Yeah. No. Totally. [ laughter ] no. Yeah. Itll be fun. You bring the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and all the other food. Ill bring a bottle of wine, not half empty, half full. [ laughter ] jimmy so you want to show up drunk at my place on thanksgiving and just eat my food . Yeah, no. Yeah, no. [ laughter ] yeah, no. Yeah, no. Yeah, yeah. No, no. Yeah, no. Yeah. Look, it will just be me, my girlfriend, and 10 or 12 buddies. Jimmy arthur, im sorry, this isnt going to happen. Sure it is. Jimmy nope. [ laughter ] yep. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] jimmy fallon, everybody [ cheers and applause ] jimmy arthur meyer, everybody. [ applause ] oh, my gosh, get oh, this made me laugh. On fox friends this morning, they were talking about brining turkeys when one of the hosts got a little confused. Take a look. The day before thanksgiving, a lot of you are just waiting to start brining the turkey. And brine is taking the gravy and wiping it on with the brush, right . Not at all. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah. If im not mistaken, a turkey is an adult chicken, am i right . [ laughter ] baby peacock . [ light laughter ] oh, listen to this. A restaurant here in new york city is serving a a thanksgiving turkey infused with vodka. [ audience oohs ] the chef didnt add it. That turkey just had a serious problem. [ light laughter ] am i a pretty bird . [ light laughter ] and finally, i read that after all the Sexual Harassment scandals, most Company Holiday parties will not be serving alcohol. Yep. Hanging with your boss and coworkers with no alcohol. Or as thats also known, going to work. Why are we doing [ applause ] we have a great show tonight give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you, roots. We have got a fun show tonight. We just love this man. He is the coolest. From the new movie, roman j. Israel, esq. , Denzel Washington is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] steve come on jimmy were going to catch up with him and then denzel and i are going to compete in a a thanksgivingthemed random object shootout. Steve ooh. Jimmy twill be fun. Plus, she stars in get out. Did you see get out . Steve oh, fantastic. Jimmy it was one of the coolest movies i think ive ever seen. It was fantastic. Its one of the biggest movies of the year, its getting all sorts of awards buzz. Allison williams is here tonight. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy we love Allison Williams. Steve love her. Jimmy and we have great music tonight from talib kweli [ cheers and applause ] featuring rick ross and Yummy Bingham. Look at this. Talib right there. This guy is one of my favorite rappers of all time. [ laughter ] i mean, he really is, man. I think about my lists and everything, you know . Steve hes like number one on your list you were telling me, right . Jimmy whats that . Hes one of the people on my list. Yeah. Tariq but see jimmy whats that . Tariq im his im number one on his list. [ audience oohs ] questlove transitive axiom transitive axiom jimmy wait, so that tariq if a equals b, if b equals c jimmy so then, youre my favorite rapper of all time . Tariq yeah, i i guess so. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy you are, man. I love you, come on. Tariq give it up, thats me. Jimmy come on, thats Black Thought right there. Talib kwelis here. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy i love the dude. Youre going to freak out. Hes fantastic. Guys, it is time for tonight show hashtags. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] Hashtags Hashtags jimmy thank you, thank you, thank you. Oh, i should say, everyone tune into the thanksgiving day parade tomorrow, because me and the roots are going to be on a a float. Steve oh [ cheers and applause ] were going to can we say what float were going to be on . Were on the gibson guitar float. Its a giant, giant, giant guitar, which is great, because captain kirk will be there with a guitar, a gibson of sorts of guitar. And were going to play a a really cool song that we couldnt believe we got the rights to, but we talked to the family and they were really cool and let us do it. Its amazing. We have great dancers, awesome kids. Its going to be super duper fun. If you dont have cable, then you probably arent watching this. [ laughter ] steve no, this is broadcast. Jimmy but if you dont but maybe if you maybe youre in transit, you can watch on nbc. Com and livestream it. Steve ooh jimmy yeah. [ laughter ] also, im sure, quest, youre going to, like, instagram it or something . Questlove certainly. Jimmy yeah. Questlove ill go live. Yeah. Jimmy i mean, are all you guys on social media . Tariq yeah, we are, jimmy, actually. [ laughter ] steve what was that . Meow. Jimmy hey, guys, we do this thing every week where i send out a hashtag and we ask you guys to respond to that topic. So since tomorrow is thanksgiving, i sent out a a hashtag called thanksgivingfails. And i asked you guys to send us a funny, weird, or embarrassing story about thanksgiving. Within 30 minutes, it was a a trending topic in the u. S. , so thank you for playing along. [ cheers and applause ] super fun. Now i thought id share some of my favorite thanksgiving fails from you guys. This first one is from msshawn80. She says, my grandpa was making mashed potatoes when his dentures fell into them. He stared right at me and after he put them back in, said, dont you tell a soul. [ laughter and applause ] steve you cant handle the tooth. Jimmy it never happened. [ laughter ] this ones from sarahbeezie. She says, my uncle got so drunk that he was cutting his turkey with the knife handle. [ laughter ] oh, a lot of blood coming out of this turkey. Its your hand, uncle bill steve my fingers came off [ light laughter ] jimmy cutting with the knife handle. Falls right off the bone. Oh, my god. [ laughter ] falls off the bone. Great job. Moist bird this year, honey. [ laughter ] gross. This ones from tinamarie0713. She says, one year, my grandmother kept complaining about the awful snacks. She was eating potpourri. [ laughter ] [ applause ] steve this tastes like lavender. Jimmy it was nice kissing her goodnight, though. I will say, it was very lovely. Beautiful. You smell great. Yeah, very fresh. Steve your breath smells like nantucket briar. [ laughter ] jimmy nantucket briar. This one is from islaclifford1. She says, two years ago, my aunt forgot the turkey and my cousin forgot the desserts, so our thanksgiving dinner was just different kinds of potatoes. [ laughter ] steve yeah [ applause ] jimmy red potato. Steve french fried potatoes. Jimmy french fried potaters. Scalloped potaters. [ laughter ] this next ones from inchilliwack. He says, should have used the pie pan. Look at this photo. Oops. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] thats what happens . Steve solid crust. Jimmy i never knew what would happen if i didnt use it. Took it out of the pie pan. Steve im not going to let this burn in my [ laughter ] i dont want to waste this good aluminum foil. [ light laughter ] jimmy oh, this ones good. This ones from lachute9. She says, one year my motherinlaw was making gravy. She poured the gravy in a a strainer, but forgot to put a a pan underneath to catch the liquid. Poured it all down the sink. Steve oh. [ applause ] jimmy thats totally something just pour the whole thing down steve i strained it jimmy yeah. This ones from at kelseycole01. She says, one thanksgiving i tried out my new chocolate fountain, but it broke and spun out of control. Hot fondue got everywhere and then hardened. [ audience ohs ] look at the photo. Thats real sent a photo right there. Oh, my steve oh. Jimmy disaster. I didnt even know you could steve thats a fon thats a fondont. Jimmy thats a fondont. [ laughter ] this last one is from thisiserikac. She says, one year, the turkey still had pink juice coming from it after cooking, but my dad said it was just leg juice. Everybody but me ended up with food poisoning. [ applause ] there you have it. Those are our tonight show hashtags. To check out more of our favorites, go to tonightshow. Com hashtags. Stick around. Well be right back with Denzel Washington, everyone [ cheers and applause ] go slow. Come on mom lets go mom slow down for the ones who keep pushing. Always unstoppable. We cantwhy . Y here terrible toilet paper ill never get clean way ahead of you. Charmin ultra strong. It cleans better. Its four times stronger and you can use less. Enjoy the go with charmin. At tmobile, when you holiday together, great things come in twos. Right now when you buy any of this seasons hot new Samsung Galaxy phones, you get a second one free to gift. Thats one samsung for you. One to give. Tmobile. Holiday twogether. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest is one of the biggest of your big time movie stars. Hes won two oscars, three golden globes, plus a tony award. Now hes getting terrific reviews for his new movie, roman j. Israel, esq. Which is in theaters now. Please welcome the one and only, Denzel Washington. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy Denzel Washington oh, my goodness. Welcome back. You look like the movie star you are. Thank you. Yes, i am a movie star. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy yes, exactly. In fact, im going to do this entire interview as a a movie star. Jimmy yes, yes, very last time you were here. Yes, thats true. Jimmy yeah, i was a movie star. The last time you were here, was for fences. Yes. Jimmy which after we talked, you got four Oscar Nominations for that. Congratulations. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy viola davis went on to win. Yes. Jimmy i think you and viola together was fantastic. Shes pretty good, huh . Jimmy yeah, shes okay, yeah, yeah. I guess so. Jimmy she knows what shes doing. Tomorrow is thanksgiving. Yes. Jimmy yes. [ laughter ] you love thanksgiving. Yes. Especially tomorrow. Jimmy especially then. [ laughter ] it has to be. Has to be. Jimmy its always better when its tomorrow. The [ laughter ] you want to start over, should i come back out. Jimmy no, no, no, thats good. Do you start prepping the bird the day before . [ laughter ] do i start prepping . Jimmy well, i mean the people cooking. Maybe like, say, monday night. Me, personally . [ light laughter ] jimmy getting ready for thanksgiving thats tomorrow. Man. Jimmy no, you dont do it. No, no. I dont know i dont even know how. I wouldnt know. Jimmy no, you wouldnt have any clue . No. Jimmy so who does the cooking . My wife does you know she jimmy shes got the thing. Yeah, knows how to do it. Do all that. Jimmy i mean, but its such a long process. You get up at like 4 00 in the morning. Start stuffing a bird you have no idea no, they gotta start like a a couple of days. Dont you have to like jimmy monday night probably. Soak em or something . [ laughter ] jimmy no, you do. You soak them, you do the whole thing. I soak him. Jimmy do you have a a favorite part . Do you have two different types of cranberry sauce . You know what im talking about . She kind of does the fresh cranberry mixture. Jimmy you dont do the stuff from a can that stays in the same shape . No, not from the can, no. [ light laughter ] jimmy thats the best. Stuffing from a can . Jimmy oh, i gotta get you some of this. No, not stuffing, cranberry sauce. You mean like the gel yeah, the one thing. [ laughter ] then you flip it over and you slice it up. Jimmy slice it up . Yeah, yeah, i look forward to that. I look forward to that every year. They still make it like that . Jimmy aboslutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Aint a cranberry in there. Jimmy no, not even close. [ light laughter ] i eat it straight from the can sometimes. Like an old cowboy. Do you watch football and hang out, and do all that . Of course. Jimmy yeah, you have to do that part. Last time you were here, we were talking about, you ran into an old librarian of yours, you met i love that story, and we were talking about that. And now, i heard another cool story about you meeting a fan. Her name is Juanita Hubbard in chicago. You ended up oh, i went to her house. Jimmy you went to her house. Youre talking about the little old lady . Jimmy yes, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didnt go to her what it was, is, i was on the south side of chicago, where my cousins are from, and they used to be they had a gang called the blackstone rangers. They were the blackstone rangers. In that neighborhood, there was leons bbq, and i was looking, i was trying to remember where it was. So i saw a group of guys standing out in front of this house and i forgot who i was. So i got out to ask them where leons and they were like, oh my goodness. I was like, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, but wheres the bbq place . [ laughter ] jimmy and then now back to being tough guys too . Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But then their grandmother was there. She was like, oh youre my favorite. So i went, sat down and talked to her. Jimmy i mean, how cute is this . Oh, you got a picture . Jimmy yeah, i got a picture of you. Oh, there she is. Jimmy she put this online. [ audience aws ] [ applause ] yeah, man. Jimmy the grandma put that online. I just love that. She would not let me go. [ laughter ] i mean, like jimmy oh, really . Oh no, she was jimmy she held on to you. She had a good grip. A good grip. Jimmy people just love you. We always flip out when you come here. The whole everybody. The whole staff. Everyone in the halls like, oh denzels coming. Drake recently got a tattoo of you. Did you know this . I heard about this. Jimmy he got a tattoo of me. Jimmy of you. Yes. Jimmy from mo better blues. Yes. Jimmy his tattoo artist put this online. This is i just dont know what body part this is from on drake. [ light laughter ] does anyone know drake that well . [ laughter ] does anyone know what part . Is this his arm . Is it his back . Its gotta be bigger than his arm, but thats you. Yeah, thats me. [ laughter ] now, you got me wondering now, where is that . [ laughter ] jimmy forgot i bring it up. Forgot i bring it up. Too late for that. Thats crazy. No, but, i think he got some other people he admires tattoos as well. Jimmy maybe im on there. [ laughter ] i never hear those stories. I want oh, that was good. Jimmy thank you. Roman j. Israel, esq. Yes. Jimmy again, another character i will say, just likeable. I love the dude. Right, yeah, i do too. Jimmy i just love him. I think hes just like, kind of dresses, kind of a little nerdy. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy glasses. You grew out a nice had my jimmy nice afro for it. And you know, everybody kept saying to me, everybody oh, so you grew it out like questlove . I was like, he got his from me, what are you talking about . [ laughter and applause ] im older than you. Jimmy hes older than you, dude. Denzel created a character based on your looks. Questlove okay, okay. [ laughter ] now, all right, but if you shake your head, does yours move like if you do that . Yeah, there you go. Thats the picture, thats the picture. Jimmy thats the picture . Yeah, you felt that, yeah. Thats like, the abas, the old basketball players. Had to work that hair, you know. Jimmy the aba. I know that. What is this film about . I mean, this guy. Hes a unique attorney who struggles with social skills and hes easy to love but hard to deal with. Jimmy yeah, i root for this guy. Thank you. Jimmy i want to show a a clip. Heres Denzel Washington. Roman j. Israel, esq. Take a look at this. Prosecutors are