-A lot of people don't know this,
but we actually costarred in a popular teen drama
back in the '90s. Do you remember?
-Yes, that's right. I forgot about that.
It was, um -- What was it called?
It was called, um...
-"Speak for Yourself." -"Speak for Yourself."
Yes, that's right. -"Speak for Yourself"
was the name of it. -Yeah, yeah.
-We played two high school seniors...
-Right. -...who were in love
with the same girl. And the show was great,
but there were some weird audio issues.
Do you remember? -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
The director, this guy, Giovanni Puccini -- right? --
who was, like, this very intense Italian Director.
-Was he Italian? -He was Italian, yeah.
[ Laughter ]
And I remember, he had a very specific thing.
He liked my voice better for your character,
and your voice better for my character.
And so we ended up having to lip-sync each other's lines
while, you know, the other person spoke for us.
And I spoke your lines. -Yeah, and I spoke your lines.
-Yeah. -And you would have to lip-sync.
It was a little weird.
-But you know, it was Puccini, so, you know, you go with it.
[ Laughter ] Yeah.
-You're not gonna believe this. -No. What?
-I have a clip. -No. What?
-Yeah, I have a clip.
Here's me and Ben Stiller
in the first episode of "Speak for Yourself."
Watch. [ Cheers and applause ]
[ Theme music plays ]
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-[ Fallon's voice ] Hey, Chet, word around school is
that you got the hots for Jessica Pinkus.
But guess what?!
There's only one guy at Hinsdale High
who's good enough for her, and that guy is
[ Laughter ]
-[ Stiller's voice ] Oh, is that so?
Because last I checked, Reggie, I'm the only one of us
who wrote her a rockin' love poem.
-Say what?!
Prove it!
[ Laughter ]
-"Violets are blue, roses are red.
You're the only thing in my
[ Laughter ]
-Huh? -"You're a total babe."
-That's the most beautiful poem I've ever heard.
[ Sobbing ]
[ Theme music plays ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I honestly have to...
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
I honestly have to say,
that holds up better than I remember.
-Yeah. -It really does.
-You could barely tell that we were lip-syncing.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Do you remember what happened in the, uh...'
Sorry. I guess I got hot.
-That's all right. You okay? Yeah, yeah.
-I was a relief pitcher in high school.
-Right, right. -You got to keep the arm --
-You got to keep the arm warm. -I hear you. Yeah, yeah.
[ Applause ]
I'll massage that for you, there.
-Got to keep that working. -Good.
Maybe just lose... -Tommy John surgery.
A long story.
Do you remember what happened in the next episode?
-Oh, yeah, when I had to sing, right?
-Yeah. -Yeah, we both had to sing.
Oh, man, glad you don't have a clip of that, 'cause...
-Well... [ Laughter ]
-No. No way! -Let's take a look
at the second episode of "Speak for Yourself."
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Theme music plays ]
♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Hey, Chet. You probably heard
that our mutual love, Jessica, is singing the alma mater
at this week's pep rally!
[ Laughter ]
-You bet your face, I heard.
And I'm gonna be the one to sing it
[ Laughter ]
-Say what?!
I'm
You probably don't even know the words!
[ Laughter ]
-Well, guess again.
♪ Hinsdale High School ♪
♪ Let's go, Crows ♪
♪ From our heads down to our toes ♪
♪ Caw-caw ♪
-♪ We won't stop, we have team pride ♪
♪ Sports are outdoors, and class is inside ♪
♪ Caw-caw ♪
[ Laughter ]
-[ Sobbing ]
You...have...t-t-t-t-the voice
of an angel.
[ Sobbing ]
[ Theme music plays ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughter ]
-Yes.
That was a very intense episode.
-Not as intense as the finale.
-Oh. Oh. Oh, you mean, episode three.
-Episode three was the... [ Laughter ]
That was the series finale.
-Yeah. -It was a three-parter.
-I remember that. -We finally get to meet Jessica.
-Right. [ Audience whooping ]
-Let's take a look at the third and final episode
of "Speak for Yourself."
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Theme music plays ]
♪♪
-Tonight's the big homecoming dance,
and Jessica can only choose one of us to love forever.
Whoa! There she is!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-[ High-pitched Fallon's voice ] Hi, guys.
You're not fighting about me again, a-are you?
[ Laughter ]
-No way, babe.
I'd never resort to violence to win your affection.
-He's lying!
You can't believe a word he says.
-Stop fighti-i-i-i-ng!
I can only take one boy to the dance, okay?
-Well, who's it gonna be?
-Yeah, who-o-o-o?
-Who?
-What?!
-He said, "Who?"
-Huh?
-Who...will...it...be?!
-The dance.
Who's going?
[ Laughter ]
-To the big dance,
I have decided that I, Jessica...super Jess,
the coolest girl in the whole school,
the best...of the best,
the upper crust --
you ever heard of French bread?
I'm better than it. I'm better than it.
Better than it. Better, better, better than it.
Better than "better than it."
Better than it, better than it.
Than it, better. Better than it. Than it, better. Better than it.
Than it, than it, Better, better.
Better than that. [ Cheers and applause ]
And I've decided that I, Jessica,
will be taking both of you.
[ All crying ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Theme music plays ]
♪♪
-Seems like yesterday. -Oh, man.
-What a finale. -Memories.
-My thanks to Ben Stiller and Fred Armisen!