-Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome.
Welcome to "The Tonight Show."
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I’m so excited about this. Christmas is almost here.
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If you’re behind on your shopping,
that gift you bought as a stocking stuffer
is about to get promoted to a spot under the tree.
I know you had your eye on that toothbrush.
Even on Amazon, if you buy a gift right now,
the estimated shipping time is lol.
Yep, all over the country people are printing out
Amazon links like this is what I would have gotten.
Well, this is fun, too. Thanks to Barbie,
there’s a trend of pink Christmas trees.
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It might not be a big deal to you, but over at Fox News,
the oxygen mask just fell from the ceiling.
"Take care of yourself before you help others.
We all know trees are green and men."
That’s right, guys, it is the holidays
and they’re always filled with little highs and lows.
But of course everything fluctuates
based on what’s happening in that moment.
I’ll show you what I mean.
For instance, there’s a high when...
Right? There’s a low when...
A little low, I think.
Next up, there’s a high when...
But a low when you realize...
You know?
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Up next, there’s a high when...
There's a low when...
No, no, no. This Christmas?
Yep, there’s a high when...
There’s a low when...
Just a little bit.
Next up, there’s a high when...
There’s a low when...
Forget it.
And finally, there can be a low when...
But there’s a high when...
There you go. See? It all evens out.
It all even out. It's all fine.
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We’ll get this. I saw that weather forecast show
most of the country will probably not
have a white Christmas.
-No. -Here in New York, no snow
on Christmas is probably for the best.
It’s a white Christmas for about a minute,
then it’s pothole frappucinos till New Year’s.
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Oh, that one’s -- That one’s deep.
Well, this is wild. I read that after Christmas,
$173 billion worth of holiday purchases will be returned.
-Ooh. -But good news.
On December 26th, Macy’s will have one return register open.
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$173 billion in returns.
Every year before Christmas, the CEO of Bed Bath and Beyond
is like, we’re rich.
And then a day later he’s like, board it up, we’re done.
We ruined.
Some entertainment news. Starting on Christmas Eve,
TNT will air Christmas movies for 24 straight hours.
Hallmark was like starting on Christmas Eve.
We’ve been doing that since 4th of July Eve.
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4th of July Eve. Guys, listen to this.
A family that was planning a trip to Disney World
meant to buy a bunch of Disney parks gift cards,
but they accidentally bought $10,000
worth of gift cards for Disney Plus.
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$10,000 on streaming, or as Netflix calls it,
a one year subscription. There you go.
And finally, as I mentioned, Christmas is three days away,
and you may think you know everything about the holiday,
but right now it’s time to test that knowledge.
That’s right, It’s time for "Name The Reindeer."
Here we go. -Name the reindeer.
[ Tinkle! ]
-Alright, the game is simple.
We’re going to go round and see if any of The Roots
can name all of Santa’s reindeer.
If they get one wrong, you’ll hear a buzz.
Quest, do you want to go first? -Uh, sure.
Okay, there’s, Rudolph,
Dasher, Comet, Prancer and Jumper?
-Ah, you did so well. Kamal, your turn.
-Okay, Rudolph, Dasher, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Blitzen and -- shoot.
Is -- is there a Clapper? -No.
-You’re only missing one.
Mark, Do you know the last reindeer's name?
-I think I do. Is it Mark?
[ Buzzer ]
-No, Mark. That’s your name.
-I knew it sounded familiar. [ Thunder rumbles ]
-Oh, you know what that sound means.
It’s time for the lightning round.
We’re looking for the last reindeer's name.
Ready and go.
-Uh, Loofer. -Sucker.
-Jennifer.
-Bennifer? -Santa?
-Reindeer.
-Mark, do you think the reindeer's name is Reindeer?
-No, I don’t, unless that's right.
In which case, yes, I do. [ Sad tone plays ]
-Oh, I’m afraid we are out of time.
-Uh, wait. Uh, can I guess?
-Uh, yeah, you up in the audience.
Sure, go for it.
-I think I have the same name as the reindeer.
-What’s your name?
-It’s Rick.
-Oh, that is incorrect. Boo
[ Audience booing ]
Hold on, hold on. Before we boo this guy.
What is your last name?
-Uh, it’s Donner. -That’s it.
-The reindeer's last name is Donner.
Catch me!
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We have a great show.
Give it up for The Roots, everybody.
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-Oh!
-What a show we have for you tonight.
She is an award winning performer who’s starring
in the highly anticipated movie version
of "Wicked," out next year.
You can see her right now in the new film "Drift,"
in theaters nationwide February 16th.
Cynthia Erivo is here tonight.
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He is an Emmy winner who stars in the new film
"The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,"
which is streaming now on Paramount+ with Showtime.
Kiefer Sutherland is joining us.
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And we got great stand up from Jay Jurden here tonight.
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Uh, I do want a couple of quick things, if I can mention.
One is it’s the last day I can talk about this,
so I’m just going to do it and don’t applaud.
You were going to clap? No, no, no, no.
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No, it’s a good thing. Don’t applaud.
I won’t talk a bit, but now Christmas is coming.
So you can’t really talk about a Christmas song
after Christmas. -Right.
-But I’m very happy and proud of the song we did.
Uh, "Wrap Me Up."
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Thank you. Meghan Trainor, couldn’t be
a better partner to do this with.
And thank you radio stations for playing it.
And you always kind of, I don’t know why,
but I kind of forget about radio as a medium,
but it is a giant, giant deal.
I mean I’m, of course, in our bubble of television.
Uh, where would be? I grew up with radio,
but this song is on stations all over the country
and all over the world, And just hearing from people...
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, radio.
I appreciate this, and happy holidays.
Also, quickly, I wanted to mention that, um,
Cynthia is in the film version of "Wicked,"
but I got to see "Wicked" on Broadway
this past weekend at the Gershwin Theatre.
And it was amazing. The cast was so good.
There’s me and, uh, me and my family.
Yeah, it really was a beautiful thing.
Alyssa Fox and Allie Trimm were the two leads in the play,
and they were so amazing.
Backstage, they gave hair things to my girls.
They were nice to my girls, and here’s me with the cast.
I just want to say thanks to the cast and crew.
Everybody over at that play, it is top notch.
It was one of the best plays I’ve ever seen.
They could sing, every single thing,
I just loved it so much. So thank you guys so much.
Thank you, Gershwin. Thank you, everybody.
It was great.
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Anything else I got to mention?
Oh, I have to mention that Ricky Gervais’ new specials out
on Christmas Day day on Netflix.
And apparently we just got a personal holiday message...
sent in to us by Ricky Gervais.
He has an announcement that he wants to say on the show here.
Do we have that?
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-Hello, Jimmy Fallon.
Sorry I can’t come on your program, but I’m in the bath.
Can you tell your hundreds of viewers
that my new stand up special,
"Armageddon,' drops on Netflix Christmas Day?
Thank you.
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-Oh, my Lord, -That’s so nice of Ricky.
Yes, yes, Christmas Day, of course, his special is on.
Guys, we have exactly one show left
before we go on Christmas break,
which means it’s time for that beloved
"Tonight Show" tradition.
It’s time for "12 Days of Christmas Sweaters."
-♪ 12 days of Christmas sweaters ♪
♪ No days left ♪
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That’s right.
For each of the last 12 shows before Christmas,
we’ve been giving one lucky audience member
a Braggadocious Christmas
sweater from the countdown to Christmas cabinet.
Since there is only one show left,
let’s open door number one.
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It’s been a pleasure, by the way.
Thank you. It’s been a pleasure working with you.
Yep, this is it.
The final sweater. Oh, my.
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Oh, this is a little hat.
The sweater, it comes with the hat.
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[ Chuckles ] You're gonna have to hold the hat there.
This is -- this is gorgeous right here, yeah.
I feel like this is gonna -- This is gonna be great.
Yeah.
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Alright, let’s see who’s going home with tonight’s 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 drumroll, please?
Who wants me to pick their number?
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297!
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Wow. How you doing?
Nice to see you.
How you doing? What’s your name?
-Jamie. -Jamie, where are you from?
-Queens. -Jamie from Queens.
Yeah, Queens, New York. Of course.
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Now it gets a little chilly this time of year.
I see you have a good sweatshirt there.
That’s really nice, yeah. It goes with some things.
Yeah. -This goes with everything.
-I don’t know about that. -Yeah, yeah.
Do you have anything like this at home?
-[ Scoffs ] Hell, no. -Ah, that’s -- Yeah.
Well, it’s your gift, so...
-I guess we’ll take it. -You’d like to try it on?
-We’ll take it on the train, too, you know?
-Take it on the train, sure.
Would like to try it on right now on national TV?
-Sure. Let’s go. -Let’s do it, bro.
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-How do you put this on?
-I don’t know. I don’t think it’s the right way to do it.
I don’t think there’s a wrong way to do it either.
Good luck, buddy. Get in there.
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Get in there, bud. Oh, jeez.
-Whoo! -Come on. Yeah.
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There you go, bro
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You look -- you look good, bud. You look good.
-Thank you. -I’m happy you’re here, bud.
Nice to see you, bud. Come back, okay?
Yeah. -Good luck on the train.
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That was good. Fantastic.
Hey, you know what?
You know what?
I’m in the giving spirit.
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Why does just one person get a gift?
Why can’t everyone in the audience get a gift?
That’s right
It’s time for "Tonight’s Show" Stocking Stuffers.
Here we go. -Hey, girl!
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♪ It’s the late night starts stock stuffers, baby ♪
-♪ Hey-y-y-y ♪
-That’s right, every night until Christmas break
we’re giving away an awesome gift
to every single person in our studio audience,
and we saved the biggest gift for last.
You guys want to see what you’re taking home?
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Questlove, drumroll please.
Tonight’s stocking stuffer is...
a bundle of Amazon devices.
-That’s right, Jimmy. Tonight’s audience
is going home with a whole trove of Amazon products.
First, the Kindle Scribe, which elevates the beloved Kindle
with a pen and paper like writing experience
and the largest Kindle display ever.
Next is the Blink Outdoor 4 Smart Security camera.
It’s weather resistant, compact,
and easily integrates with Amazon Alexa
so you can monitor and control your Blink devices hands free.
Then there’s the Fire Stick TV Stick 4K Max, Fire TV smartest
and most powerful streaming stick ever.
Also included is the Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor,
who makes it easy for you to monitor and understand
and track the quality of air inside your home.
And finally, everyone is going home
with a new Echo Pop speaker,
which you can easily ask Alexa to turn on and off lights
and listen to your favorite playlist or podcast,
ask for the weather and so much more.
-Jimmy!
-What?! Come on!
That is amazing!
My thank you to Amazon for this amazing bundle
of devices right here.
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We will be right back With thank-you notes.
Come on back, everybody.