Roots crew. Questlove 786 miami, man steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my goodness that is a great crowd. Welcome welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, everybody. Welcome to the tonight show, baby. This is it. [ cheers and applause ] youre watching it. Youre here. Thank you very much. Heres what people are talking about. You guys, tomorrow is santacon. [ scattered cheers ] its the annual bar crawl where people dress up like santa claus for a day of drinking. [ cheers ] also the day uber drivers walk out of their apartment and say, nope. [ laughter and applause ] take this day off. Steve im good. Jimmy thats right. Santacon is this weekend here in new york. So if you see a big guy in a a red hat stumbling around slurring his words, kindly help the president find his way back to washington. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] actually, i saw that trump hosted his First White HouseHanukah Party last night. I think he was a little confused. Every time he saw a yarmulke, he put his drink down on it. [ laughter and applause ] no, yarmulke. Thats the coasters are wrinkled. [ light laughter ] yeah, it was a little awkward. Staffers spent the whole night telling him that the menorah wasnt lumiere from beauty and the beast. [ laughter and applause ] be our guest be our guest put the Service Melania Trump told a group of kids if she could spend the holidays anywhere in the world, shed go to a deserted island. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] oh, my gosh. Oh, man. When asked what three things she would bring, she said, not my husband, not my husband, not my husband. [ laughter and applause ] but get this. Interior secretary ryan zinke spent 6,000 of taxpayer money on a helicopter to meet mike pence for a horseback ride. [ light laughter ] im sorry, were they discussing policy or going on date from the bachelor . Thats what they do on the [ light laughter ] [ applause ] speaking of horses, Roy Moore Says that hes going to ride his horse to vote in next weeks Alabama Senate election. Hell ride his horse. He didnt plan on riding his horse, but his windowless white van is still in the shop. Steve oh [ laughter and applause ] oh, oh hey jimmy and facebook is launching a new feature called did you know, where you post your answers to simple questions like what superpower you want or what your dream job is. Its a great way to let your friends know more about you, and already a lot of notable people have been using it. Ill show you how it works. For example, for the prompt, what scares me the most is Shaquille Oneal said, ceiling fans. Steve wow. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] jimmy next for the musical artist i relate to most charlie rose wrote, ol dirty bastard. Steve wow. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] finally, if i could live anywhere in the world, it would be President Trump wrote, the united shtates. Steve oh. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] jimmy can we see the clip . Dave, can you show that clip united shtatesh. Jimmy there you go. [ laughter ] steve unidid shtatesh. Unidid shtatsh. Jimmy i think they said his dentures were falling out. Steve i was going to say, his dentures were falling out. Jimmy oh, my gosh. That is funny. Steve gosh dang it. Jimmy well, this is cool. M ms is going run its first Super Bowl Ad in four years and apparently they have a secret idea for it. People were like, is it a a talking m m . And m m was like, damn, howd you know . [ laughter and applause ] this was kind of funny. This week, someone brought their service dog to the musical cats. [ light laughter ] and it actually got up and started chasing one of the actors. [ light laughter ] they used the leash to restrain the dog and a laser pointer to distract the actor. [ laughter and applause ] well, its the end of another crazy week. And since theres too much to talk about, instead of giving you a full week in review, we decided to put together a a little montage that just focuses on the keywords used this week. Its something we call this week in words. [ cheers and applause ] tweet. Tweet. Tweet, tweet. The mueller investigation. Trump. Feeling the heat. A little complication. After a weekend tweet. The president still. Has yet. To figure out. When theres. Something to hide. Dont tweet the stuff out. Trump just confessed to obstruction of justice. Clearly he. Is not to be trusted. Then he. Proclaimed. His lawyers to blame. Be careful. Mr. President , youre going to get. Busted. Every days a circus. Whats the world coming to . Ryan reynolds. Will play pikachu. Olympics. Russia can not participate. And god bless the united shtatesh. Approval ratings. Has a ways to go. Its a 35 . Thats his alltime low. You need to stop. You want to keep your job . And dont tweet. Tweet. Tweet, tweet. Jimmy there you go. We have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi woo. Hi, everybody. Hey, welcome steve wow jimmy welcome, welcome. What a great show we have tonight. First, i just want to give props. I saw chris rock last night at the theater at Madison Square garden. Questlove yeah. Jimmy you saw him two nights ago . Questlove yeah. Jimmy it is funniest thing ive ever seen in my life. It was so good. It was just hour and a half. Questlove mmhmm. Jimmy comedy for an hour and a half, chris rock. I was laughing so hard that i my laugh changed. [ light laughter ] because i was laughing for so long, ive never done you know what im talking about . Questlove i was wondering what you were talking about. You said jimmy i dont know how the describe. Yeah, because i was like i started out, i was like [ chuckles ] you know, how i would normally laugh. And then by the end, itd kind of be like e [ laughter ] everyone probably was like, get this guy out of here. I was like but it was so unbelievable. I want to thank chris rock for doing that last night. Congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] go see him. Go see him. Its an unbelievable, unbelievable show. We have a great show tonight. This guy is the real, man. Steve love this dude. Jimmy come on. He stars as p. T. Barnum in the big holiday movie the greatest showman, which hits theaters december 20th. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy the one and only hugh jackman is here steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy the showman plus, this is his brandnew album. Its out today. [ cheers ] what makes you country. Luke bryan is coming by today. [ cheers and applause ] i love that dude. Were going to catch up with him, then luke is going to perform the title track off of the new album on the show tonight. Cant wait for it. Yeah, its going to be good. [ applause ] guys, we have exactly 11 shows left before we go on christmas break. Which means its time for that beloved tonight show tradition. Its time for 12 days of christmas sweaters. [ cheers and applause ] 12 days of christmas sweaters 11 days left jimmy thats right. Every show between now and christmas, well be giving one lucky audience member a a fantastic christmas sweater from the countdown to christmas cabinet. [ cheers and applause ] now, since there are 11 shows left, lets open door number 11. [ drum roll ] jimmy whoa, whoa, whoa. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers ] i get it. Santa with the classic playing his trumpet. Just like the famous stories. Now, lets see whos going home with tonights sweater. Everyone, look at your seat number. If i call your number, i need you to jump up and let me know where you are. Quest, can i get a drum roll please . [ drum roll ] who wants me to pick their number . Come on [ cheers and applause ] 115 [ cheers and applause ] how you doing, buddy . How are you . How are ya . Good. Jimmy thats for you. What is your name . Where are you from . Im brandon. Im from fort worth, texas. Jimmy hey, welcome, brandon. [ cheers and applause ] from fort worth, texas. Now, this is fantastic for you, i think, because you look like a guy that really wants to control his temperatures. [ light laughter ] thats true. Jimmy you know what im saying . This is true. Yes. Jimmy you have a a shortsleeved shirt on, but yet a winter hat. And so theres a lot of stuff going on. You got a lot of things. Do you have anything like this at home . Thats no. [ light laughter ] jimmy all right, yeah, thats a no. Its great. Its only look, it buttons right up like this. Would you like to . Lets do it. Jimmy yeah, lets do it. Even the inside looks nice. [ cheers and applause ] look at that. Oh, goodness. Look at that. That looks fantastic [ cheers ] keep you nice and warm. If you feel like it, take it off. Thank you very much. I appreciate it, buddy. Congratulations [ cheers and applause ] thanks again to our lucky audience member. Stick around. Well be right back with thank you notes, everybody. Come on back [ cheers and applause ] feel the power of theraflu expressmax. New power. To fight back theraflus powerful new formula to defeat 7 cold and flu symptoms. Fast. So you can play on. Theraflu expressmax. New power. train whistle blowing i want a rabbit. What about you . Well, i want an iphone. Make sure you get that on verizon. Its the most awarded network ever. And if anyone asks, i want a bigger train next year. vo give the gift of any iphone and get up to 300 off. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy welcome back, everybody welcome back. [ cheers and applause ] today is friday. Steve friday. [ laughter ] friday, friday. Jimmy today is friday. Thats usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. You know, i check my inbox. Steve yeah. Jimmy i return some emails and of course i send out some thank you notes. [ cheers and applause ] and i was just running a bit behind today so i thought if you guys wouldnt mind, id just like to write out my weekly thank you notes right now. Is that cool with you . [ cheers and applause ] stationery right here. James, can i get some thank you note writing music, please . Wow, there he is. My old buddy, zippy over there. Steve yeah. [ laughter ] jimmy thank you, santacon, for being that magical time of year where parents explain to their kids why santa is puking on a cop car. [ applause ] steve no, i dont like it. Jimmy i dont want anything to do with it. Steve i dont like it. Jimmy thank you, fingerlings, for being this seasons hottest collectible toy or as beanie babies put it, enjoy the ride, kid. [ applause ] enjoy the ride. Steve enjoy it while it lasts. Jimmy its a blast when it works. Steve goes by fast. Jimmy thank you, trump, pronouncing the United States as united shtates, for making me laugh my arse off. [ laughter and applause ] steve united shtates. Jimmy can i just see it again . Im sorry. Steve come on. Jimmy dave, do you have it . United shtates. [ laughter ] steve nothing was wrong. Theres nothing wrong man. Dont look over here. Jimmy thank you, donald trump jr. , for refusing to provide congress any details of a phone call with your father, or as trump puts it, snitches get stitches. [ laughter and applause ] steve united stitches. Trump stitches. [ laughter ] jimmy thank you, family christmas newsletters, for letting my trash can know what my cousins are up to. [ laughter and applause ] steve travis has gone to yale. Oh, three pages, singed spaced, double sided. [ laughter ] oh, ninepoint font. Well, thats good. [ laughter ] jimmy you knew it was a a ninepoint font by looking at it . Steve yeah. [ laughter ] jimmy thank you, local news santa tracker, for keeping kids up to date on santas whereabouts as they watch their favorite show, the local news. [ laughter and applause ] thank you, meghan markle, being engaged to prince harry for proving that Hallmark ChannelChristmas Movie plots can happen in real life. [ cheers and applause ] steve yeah suits jimmy great. I believe steve he believes hes a prince. [ laughter ] jimmy thank you, stockings, for somehow managing to make a a bunch of small bad gifts seem special. [ laughter and applause ] ] there you go right there. Those are my thank you notes. Well be right back with hugh jackman, ladies and gentlemen [ cheers and applause ] [fireworks exploding] [ ] hurry in to old navy get gifting with up to 60 off the entire store. Thats up to 60 off the entire store with styles from 6 dollars, at old navy. You know how you dont talk like this. forces to enunciate slowly play the peter bjorn and john song called young folks on spotify. You talk like this hey google, play that hipster song with whistling. young folks plays its google home mini. Now only 29. Its google home mini. I started volunteering for victorinational parks. S twelve, i go out and demonstrate to people what life was like in the eighteenth century. You can have almost a spiritual experience with the beauty of nature or with a connection with the past. Theres no better place to find that than a national park, which preserves that beauty and the history. vo the subaru share the love event has donated over sixpointfive Million Dollars to help the national parks. Get a new subaru and well donate two hundred fifty dollars more. victoria put a little love in your heart. Music laying but having his parents over was enlightening. You dont like my lasagna . No, its good. Hmm. Oh. Huh. [ both laugh ] here, blow. Blow on it. You see it, right . Is there a draft in here . Im telling you, its so easy to get Home Insurance on progressive. Com. Progressive cant save you from becoming your parents. But we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. Progressive cant save you from becoming your parents. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest had a a huge hit earlier this year with logan, his final turn playing wolverine and just in time for christmas is another huge movie called the greatest showman, which hits theaters wednesday, december 20th. Please welcome the one and only hugh jackman [ cheers and applause ] jimmy we love you i love you too. Jimmy thank you for coming back to the show. I will always come back, invited or not. I will come back. [ laughter ] jimmy you know, we know that you are the most you made most appearances on the the tonight show out of any guest, it is you, hugh jackman. Number one. Number one . [ cheers and applause ] jimmy this is your ninth appearance. Ninth jimmy this is your ninth appearance. Im very competitive. So thank you. I love to hear that. Jimmy i love that too. Whos my competition . Is it, j. T. . Jimmy theres a dog named zippy. [ laughter ] i dont want to get into it. Right. How long do dogs live . All right i got to keep going for a while. Jimmy in dog years or no . Yeah. Yeah. Just let me know if im about to be beat, all right . Jimmy okay. And do me a favor, youll quit at the same time so we can go out together. I think thats a jimmy okay i see what youre saying, yeah. No, seriously. Well ride out into the sunset, together. Jimmy yeah, yeah. Of course. So if somebodys getting close to you yeah, well both thats it. Jimmy thats it. Okay. You heard it first. Thats it. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy my final guest, hugh jackman, everybody. Thank you. I love being here, man. Jimmy i love having you. The movie comes out december 20th. Yes. Jimmy and this its a a Great Holiday movie. Yeah. Jimmy big movie. So much fun. Great music. You go back to australia for the holidays . I go back to australia. I will be there on the 20th of december. Jimmy oh yeah, wait you do middle of summer. Jimmy hot christmas. What do you call it . Well, it is hot. Jimmy yeah. We just call it christmas. [ talking over each other ] [ laughter ] no, in our house. Jimmy i might have made that up. Yeah. Its very hot. Jimmy yeah, yeah, of course. Yeah. But thats not me. Jimmy hot christmas. But it is super, super hot, although my parents, im english, so we persevere with all the english traditions which is like here we have hot turkey, hot ham, gravy, steak, potatoes. Cooking. Its literally like 110 degrees. Jimmy yeah, its cozy. The paper hats disintegrating. Sweat. Drunk, arguing. Its messy. Jimmy yeah, its the middle of the summer. Yeah. Come. Please, everyone come. Jimmy yeah. [ cheers and applause ] [ talking over each other ] we swim. We go to the ocean. We get up. We swim in the morning. We have 30 for lunch. I mean, im from a big family, but debs family does it on steroids. Like literally 30 for lunch and then 100 for dinner. Jimmy no. Yeah, we go like she calls it the christmas orphan dinner, so anyone whos without a family or doesnt celebrate christmas, whatever reason, theyre invited over. Jimmy thats the best. Come on. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy ill come by. Yeah. Ill come, its just hop on a a plane. Its no big deal. You know, 24 hours, whatever. Jimmy yeah. You were here last for logan and i just loved it. Thank you. Jimmy what a a performance. Thanks. Jimmy but what a cool movie too. You really i did not see that coming at all. And it was just great. Thanks. Jimmy and are you going to miss wolverine . Are you gonna in a way. In all seriousness, a little bit of him, ill miss, but im to be honest, im so grateful to jim mangold, everyone at fox who took a a chance on that film. Jimmy jim mangold did a a great job. Honestly, i feel like i owe my life my work life to him, because that movie, for 17 years, i played this character, i knew it was going to be my last one, so it meant a lot to me, and he delivered a a movie literally, i saw it in berlin next to him and i was just weeping. Jimmy yeah . He was like, pull it together, man. Youre wolverine. Just hold it together a little bit. Jimmy exactly, its wolverine, exactly, yeah. Superhero movie. But its not its more. And the fans really sort of dug it. Jimmy almost hit 1 billion or Something Like that. 7 billion, i think. 7 billion. In australia. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy 700 billion. 700 billion. Jimmy but its also on a a lot of critics top ten lists of the year. So congratulations on that. Thank you. Jimmy well deserved. Thank you. Jimmy tonight, youre leaving our show and heading over to a giant, giant, massive ship. Giant. Jimmy look at this. Its not a bad look at that. Jimmy it looks its the queen mary. Jimmy but what is its the size of manhattan. The queen mary yeah, its huge. So, were premiering the greatest showman on that boat because the cunard line, barnum used to take jenny lind when he went on his world tour. Thats the connection. But basically hes barnum. Barnum was like, why have a a onering circus when you can have three . Make everything huge, make it massive, build that kind of hype. So thats what were doing tonight. And youre all welcome. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy you can all fit. Literally. Jimmy its giant. But its actually going off tonight. Jimmy it really is. Yeah, so you know, if it doesnt go well, i might just stow away. Jimmy and tell me about this movie now. Because youve been working on this for a while. Seven and a half years. Seven and a half years ago, i just finished jimmy so much work goes in to these things, i dont know if people even realize. Well i just hope for the oscars the producer