-Welcome, everybody.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to "The Tonight Show."
You're here. You made it. [ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you for watching at home.
I am so excited about this.
Steve Martin and Martin Short are my guests tonight!
-Whoa! [ Cheers and applause ]
-Backstage, I was like, "You guys are my comedy heroes."
And they were like, "Oh, my God. We're such big fans of us, too."
Well, I'm in a good mood right now
because we're right in the middle of
the holiday season right now, and I love the holiday season.
[ Cheers and applause ] I love it.
By the way, here's a little tip for anyone buying presents.
Whatever you buy, just say you got it on Etsy
so everyone thinks a lot of thought went into it.
That's what I do.
Of course, gift cards are always a popular option.
And I like the Amazon gift cards,
because they basically say, "The only thing
I 100% know about you is that you want a gift."
Meanwhile, I saw that tomorrow is National Christmas Card Day.
And I've already seen some
pretty interesting cards this year.
I'll show you some of the ones I've got.
For instance, look at this. This is a card from Aaron Judge.
On the front, it says...
Open it up, and it says...
You go, "Wait. Come on."
Here's another one I got. -They're very specific, yeah.
-Here's a card from "Good Morning America."
It says...
You open it up, it says...
♪♪ -Wow!
-I don't know what it means.
-Morning. -Here's a card from Joe Biden.
It says...
You open it up, it says...
Wow.
Here's a nice card I got from Elon Musk.
It says...
Open it up, it says...
-Wow! -That's nice.
Here's a card from Herschel Walker. It says...
Open it up, it says...
And you go, "Well, he's trying. He's trying."
-Yeah, he's trying. He falls down, he gets back up.
-Yeah. And, finally, here's a card from Vice President Harris.
It says...
Open it up, it says...
Everyone's in the spirit. Very nice.
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
Let's get to some news. Everybody's talking about this.
Today, 10 months after she was detained,
Brittney Griner was freed from Russian custody
in a prisoner exchange...
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...between The White House and the Kremlin.
You could tell Biden was fired up
when he began his speech with, "It's Brittney [bleep]
And you go, "Hey."
Putin is no stranger to prisoner swaps.
In fact, "Prisoner Swap"
is the most popular reality show in Russia.
Yeah, there was a prisoner swap.
In exchange for Griner, Moscow received
the notorious Russian arms dealer
who was known as "The Merchant of Death."
-Ooh! -Can we see what he looks like?
-Ooh!
-When asked for a statement, he said,
"If your wife has ever said, 'Come move these
rocket launchers so I can take a bath,'
you might be an international arms dealer."
Hey, I read that the C.E.O. of Build-A-Bear Workshop
said 40% of their shoppers are now teenagers and adults.
It's little surprising,
but it does explain the new ad campaign.
Check this out.
-At Build-A-Bear Workshop, we're not just for kids.
We're for kids of all ages,
so the next time you're at the mall,
stop on by and build a bear.
Build a bestie.
Build a boss.
Build a boyfriend.
Build a better life, the one you used to dream about
back when everything still felt exciting and vital,
because age is nothing but a number,
a big, terrible number,
a grandfather clock about to strike,
the sound of whose bong, bong, bong
will never be heard by the lifeless bear
you clutch to as a totem of what was once possible
but no longer is.
Build-A-Bear Workshop --
we're going through something right now.
-Wow! -That explains it.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Wow!
-Well, guys, "Avatar: The Way of Water"
finally comes out next week.
A lot of people are excited for it.
It's getting great reviews.
But since it's been almost exactly 13 years
since "Avatar" came out, we thought it'd be helpful
to recap what happened in the first movie.
So here now with a rap recap is Tariq from The Roots.
Take it away, Tariq. -One, two, three.
-♪ I said, I don't remember ♪
[ Music stops ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughter ]
-I heard about a man in Florida who was arrested for
allegedly stealing over
$1,300 worth of toothbrushes from Walgreens.
Yep, the man was convicted after
four out of five jurors found him guilty.
Guys, we have exactly seven shows left
before we go on Christmas break, which means it's time for
that beloved "Tonight Show" tradition.
It is time for "12 Days of Christmas Sweaters."
Here we go.
-♪ "12 Days of Christmas Sweaters ♪
♪ Seven days left ♪
-That's right.
Every show between now and Christmas,
we'll be giving one lucky audience member
a magnificent Christmas sweater
from the Countdown to Christmas Cabinet.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Since there are seven shows left,
let's open door number 7.
[ Drumroll ]
Ooh! Here, right?
Go for it. Whenever you're ready.
-Ready. -Yeah, go.
Oh, wow!
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
Nice. Thank you very much. Look at this.
Disco Santa.
Now let's see who's going home with tonight's sweater.
Everyone look at your seat number.
If I call your number, come on down.
Quest, can I get a drumroll, please?
[ Drumroll ] Who wants a sweater?
This is a goody, this one.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Here we go! -Here we go.
-114!
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
Hey, come on.
Come on.
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Hi!
Nice to meet you. How are you? Stand right there.
-Right over here.
-What is your name and where are you from?
-I'm Jaslene and I'm from Norwalk, Connecticut.
-Hey! Jaslene, welcome!
Norwalk, it gets very cold this time of year.
And you have a beautiful sweater.
-Thank you. -You almost can't top that.
But then you have this.
Do you have anything like this in your wardrobe?
-No, it's unique. -Yes, thank you.
That's a nice way of putting it.
Would you like to try it on for everyone?
-I would. -Oh, this is exciting.
There you go. Roots?
There you go, bud.
-Oh, we've got to do the hands first.
-Oh, yeah, your hands go through.
Oh, yeah. Oh, no, no, no. I can already tell.
This is going to be gorgeous. -I love it.
-Are you -- Come on. Look at us. You look great.
Come on. How cute.
Yeah, give it up for our winner right there.
Congratulations. -Thank you!
-Guys, stick around.
We'll be right back with Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Come on back.
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