-Welcome back to "The Tonight Show," everybody!
It's time to play Jinx!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Now, our first team tonight, he's the host
of "Love Connection," on Fox,
and he's the host of "The Tonight Show," on NBC.
It's Andy Cohen and Jimmy Fallon!
-Yeah! [ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
-And their opponents. He is the legendary emcee
of the legendary Roots crew,
and she stars in the new movie, "Ocean's 8."
It's Tariq Trotter and Mindy Kaling!
-Whoo! [ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
-Now, the rules of this game are simple.
I will read your team a category.
-You're yelling right now. -All right.
[ Laughter ]
Yeah, and what do we do? You read the category?
-Then, I will read your team a category.
-Yep. -Then, you will count to three.
-And you will both say the same thing at the same time.
-That's a jinx! -Yes!
-That's a jinx, okay good. Because we want to get a jinx.
-Partners, put on your Jinx gloves.
-Okay, let's put on our Jinx gloves.
-Oh, my God! -These are the Jinx gloves.
All right.
-These are gonna meld your minds into one.
-Why do we put these gloves on again?
-So you meld your minds into one.
[ Laughter ]
Ooh. -This is good.
-I feel good about this. -Oh, nice.
All right. Jinx gloves in place.
-This is so weird. -Oh, my gosh.
-It's weird.
-I have all of Tariq's memories now.
-Oh, wow. It's really working already.
Wow. -Oh, my God.
-It's like a movie. Okay. -Mindy and Tariq.
-Yeah. -You are up.
May I have the category, please?
-Oh, gosh. -Oh, wow!
-That's some high technology. -What?!
-Yeah, you got the tube, man. -What's the budge for this show?
-We got the tube, man. -Oh, my God.
-Okay, this is not fair for you guys.
"The other names for marijuana."
-No, come on! -Okay, come on.
Tariq -- -Okay, okay.
-This is rigged. -Other names for marijuana?
Other names for marijuana. Whenever you guys are ready.
-Andy would crush at that. -Three, two, one.
-Okay. All right.
-Three, two, one.
-Reefer. -Weed.
[ Laughter ]
[ Buzzer ]
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Reefer. -Reefer!
-Mindy, are you from 1954? -I'm from 1954.
-Your partner is Chong. [ Laughter ]
Oh, my God. "Reefer" is the best.
That was fantastic. -What's wrong with me?
-I like "reefer."
-What's wrong -- I'm from "L.A. Confidential."
[ Laughter ] -"Reefer" is great.
-All right, try it again. This is for 2 points.
Try it again. -Wait, no, okay.
I don't know any more.
-Oh. [ Laughter ]
One will come to you. -You're a writer.
-One will come to you. -Ready?
-You're filled with synonyms. -Can Steve tell me one?
-No, he can't do one. -Connect with me.
-Connect with Tariq. -Let's do it, let's do it.
-Ready? You got it. -Yeah.
-One, two, three.
Grass. -...grass.
[ Buzzer ] [ Ding! ]
[ Laughter, cheers, applause ]
-I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
-This is so --
-I'm sorry, they got it. 2 points.
Judges said it. Judges said it -- 2 points.
-Hey, hey. The confetti has spoken.
-Oh, my God. -Let's see the next category.
-Reefer. -Okay.
-So embarrassing. -Ready?
-Wow. This game show has a big budge.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-Again, this is cheating for Jimmy.
Category's "Nuts." [ Laughter ]
Nuts. -Okay.
-Types of nuts -- -We got this.
-Okay. -Nuts.
-Nuts. -Yeah. Like popular --
-Popular nuts. -Nuts. Okay.
-Popular nuts. [ Laughter ]
-Three, two, one.
-Almonds. -Peanuts.
[ Laughter ] [ Buzzer ]
-The hell -- -Who the hell eats almonds?
-That is the most obvious nut.
-Oh, give me a break! You love Snoopy!
-No, yours! -What is Snoopy from?!
-I got it wrong! -What is Snoopy from?
You love snoopy. -I agree! I got it wrong!
-What is it, the comic strip? -"Peanuts"!
-That's right! Not almonds!
[ Laughter ] -All right, ready?
-I'm a low-fat -- -Oh, are you doing like a --
-Are you doing low-fat thing? -You look good.
-All right, ready, bud? -All right, ready?
-We need another nut? -Another nut, very easy.
-2 points. -Ready? One, two, three.
Walnut! -Cashew.
[ Laughter ] [ Buzzer ]
-Kit Kat?! He said Kit Kat!
-Cashew! Cashew!
-What the hell is happening?! -Cashew!
-My arm hurts me. -Oh, my gosh.
-Don't say Almond Joy.
-Walnut -- there's the word "nut" in the name walnut!
[ Laughter ] Cashew?!
It doesn't even have the word nut in it!
-Almond doesn't even have the word nut.
Peanut, walnut -- names of nuts!
[ Laughter ]
-I'm very -- [ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh. -All right.
-I'm very disappointed in myself.
-That's okay. -You can get it.
-I don't even know other nuts. -1 point.
There's another nut coming up. Ready? You guys ready?
-Oh, we're doing another nut! -One more time.
You get three times. -I gotta think of another nut?
-Yeah. -Oh, God, hold on, hold on.
-I got one! I got one, I got one.
-You do? -Yes.
-Hold on. Did you say --
Oh, I can't. -Ready?
-Yeah, that's the nut. That's the nut he's thinking of.
-Three, two, one.
-Hazelnut! -Almond!
[ Laughter ] [ Buzzer ]
I can't believe I said almond.
-You said almond already! You can't say it twice!
It didn't work the first time! [ Laughter ]
-I was -- [ Laughing ]
-So I said it had the word "nut" in it!
-No. -As in nut-tella, Nutella!
Nut, nut, nut, nut, nut, nut, nut, nut, nut, nut!
-Who said almond already? -You said almond, yeah.
-Keep the game moving! My hands are getting sweaty.
-All right, back -- It's back --
-At least I'm consistent. -Yeah, you are a consistent.
That was good.
-I can't believe I already said it.
-Don't go nuts. All right.
Mindy and Tariq, back to you. Can I have a category please?
-Yeah. -Oh, my God.
Oh. I'm shvitzing.
[ Laughter ] -God, you got burned again.
These are words that rhyme with "junk."
-Junk? -Words that rhyme with "junk."
-How dare you. -What?
-How dare you. Words that rhyme with "junk."
-I don't know. Let's not overthink it.
-At least there's no nuts in it. Oh, wait. There is.
-We're good, we're good.
-You ready? -Yes.
-Three, two, one.
Punk. -Trunk.
-No!
[ Buzzer ]
-Punk? -What'd you say?
-I said trunk. -I said punk.
-You said punk? -Trunk and punk.
-This is harder than it seems. -It is harder than it appears.
-What other words are there? -Well, there's --
-Okay. -Just try -- one will come out.
-Oh, I'm so sorry. There's a million nuts...
[ Laughter ]
...that you guys can choose from.
-There's a million words that rhyme with --
-Okay, Tariq. -I'm sorry.
-They get very competitive. They get very competitive.
-My arm is killing me. -We said punk, and we said...
-And we said trunk. -Trunk, and you said punk.
-And it has to rhyme with junk? -Yes.
-Yeah. Ready? Here we go.
-Three, two, one.
-Monk! -Dunk.
Monk? [ Laughter ]
[ Buzzer ]
-What were you gonna say?
-Okay. -Hey, Tariq.
Hey, Tariq.
-Okay. So is this the last one?
-Yeah, you get one more chance.
-Now there's no more words. -No, there's one more.
-There's more. -Come on.
-Let's look into each other's eyes.
-Don't do that thing you did last time.
-Three, two, one.
-Lunk. -Funk.
[ Rim shot ] [ Buzzer ]
-Hold it. Can we -- Can we --
-What did you say -- lunk? -Lunk.
-Lunk? -Like a lunkhead.
-Like a lunkhead. The old-fashioned word lunkhead.
[ Laughter ]
-That's why I love you. All right, Jimmy and Andy.
You're up next. May I have the category, please?
-I'm sorry, I'm sorry. -Lunk.
-Oh, my God, my arm.
-Oh, so we had nuts, junk, and one more -- body parts.
This is body parts. That is the category.
Body parts. -Body parts.
-We can get this. -Parts of the body.
The human body. -Oh, okay, okay.
-Ready? -Okay, okay.
-Three, two, one.
Arms! Yeah!
[ Ding! ] [ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
-Whoa!
They have swept into the lead!
This is a real barn burner, folks -- 3-2.
-I'm, like, punch drunk. [ Laughter ]
Uh, hey, what's up? You got...
-What do I got -- Thank you.
-What happens now? -Now they get one more shot.
-Okay. -How many points do we have?
-You guys have 3. -Oh.
-You have 2. -I'm very stressed out.
-All right, ready? Are you guys ready?
-Relax. Just take a deep breath. It's all good.
-Thank you Steve, okay. -Let's see the category.
-Mindy, you can do this. -Mindy, you can do this.
-You've been getting easier categories than us.
-♪ I believe in you ♪ -Thank you.
-Ready? Okay, this is rappers.
Rappers. -Okay, we can do this.
-This is rappers. You guys can do this.
-Who -- Okay. Before -- Who would I pick?
[ Laughter ] -Oh.
-Okay. Can I say any more? No.
-Yeah, you go three -- -Three.
-Okay. -Three, two, one.
-Jay Z. -Drake.
-[ Gasps ] [ Buzzer ]
♪♪
-That's all right. That's all right.
That's okay, that's okay. Come on, you got another one.
You can get this. -They get another chance?
-Who would I pick?
-Oh! She just gave out the hand signal!
-I said, "Who would I pick?" -That's a hand signal.
-Who would I pick?
[ Laughter ]
-Okay.
[ Laughter ]
You ready? -Yeah.
-Three -- -One, two --
-Three, two, one.
-Childish Gambino. -Nikki Minaj.
[ Buzzer ]
♪♪
-Okay, you can still tie this up.
-What? They get another try?
-You got three. You got three nuts.
You guys named six nuts. [ Laughter ]
-Our arms are killing us. -You give me a hint through...
-Okay. -Rappers. Famous rappers.
-Rappers, here we go. -Ready?
-Three, two, one.
-Black Th-- -Eazy-E.
-Oh! [ Buzzer ]
-Did you say P? -Did you say Jay Z again?
-No, I said Eazy-E. -Eazy-E. There you go.
-Whoa. [ Air horn blares ]
Oh! You know what that means! -What?
-Time for the final round. -Oh!
-First team to get Jinx gets 10 points.
-Oh, my God. -10 points.
-10 points? -10 points.
Okay. Jimmy and Andy, you're up first.
You will get one chance to Jinx.
Otherwise, Mindy and Tariq can steal.
May I see the category, please?
-Oh, my God. -Wow.
[ Laughter ]
-The category is... -Mm-hmm.
...holidays. -Okay.
-Holidays. -You ready?
-Holidays. Are you ready?
Come on. -You ready?
-Whenever you guys are ready. Holidays.
Ready? -Three, two, one.
-Hanukkah! -Christmas!
Jimmy! [ Buzzer ]
-You're Jewish! -Okay.
Okay! Okay!
Hanukkah?! What's wrong with you?!
-I love Christmas! It's my favorite!
-No! You're Andy Cohen! You're Jewish!
-I know! -Hanukkah!
You celebrate Hanukkah!
You don't celebrate Christmas!
-You people drive it down our faces!
-Oh, please. [ Laughter ]
-Mindy and Tariq. -Okay.
-You can steal. -Okay.
-The category is -- -...logos is like a menorah!
-Holidays. -Logo.
-Don't you have a thing? It says --
-Oh, now you're typecasting. [ Laughter ]
-Ready? Are we ready? Are we ready?
-All right, ready? -Okay.
-Okay. Mindy? -Yes, we can do this.
-Holidays. -Holidays.
Don't say Christmas or Hanukkah.
-Three, two, one.
Halloween!
-Oh! [ Ding! ]
-There you have it! The winners!
-Thanks! Yay!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh, my God!
-My thanks to the champs right there!
Mindy Kaling, Tariq trotter.
My thanks to my partner, Andy Cohen.