-Our first guest this evening stars alongside Jack Black,
Nick Jonas, and Dwayne Johnson
in "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,"
which hits theaters Wednesday, December 20th.
He's also hosting the Christmas episode
of "Saturday Night Live" this weekend
with musical guest Foo Fighters.
Please give a warm holiday welcome
to the one, the only Kevin Hart!
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Oh! Oh, my gosh!
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Ohh! Yes!
Oh, my goodness!
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Ohh! My goodness!
Wow! -Yes!
-Kevin Hart! -How are you?
-And the legendary Rockettes! Ladies and gentlemen!
You can catch their "Christmas Spectacular"
now through January 1st.
Give it up one more time for the Radio City Rockettes,
ladies and gentlemen!
Hi, guys. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I love you guys! -Thank you.
-Oh, my gosh! -Thank you.
-Now, that's how to do it right there.
Unbelievable. Thank you so much.
Kevin. That's amazing.
That's how to make --
That's how you make an entrance, right there.
Kevin Hart, ladies and gentlemen!
[ Cheers and applause ] -How you doing? Hello.
What up, y'all? What's going on, guys?
Hey, fellas. -Kevin, always great to see you.
Thank you for coming back.
-I had to do something spectacular,
so I said I want to see kicks.
People love kicks. -Yes. People love kicks.
-Kicks equal big. -That's right.
They do equal big. How's "SNL" going?
This is your third time hosting. -"SNL" is going good, man.
Third time is always the best time.
I'm happy to be back, of course.
I mean, look, around the holidays,
it doesn't get bigger, it doesn't get better.
It's a great time. -This is my favorite episode
of "Saturday Night Live" every year.
I've actually hosted this episode before.
It's fantastic. Everyone's into it. Everyone wants to laugh.
-This one will be the best year ever.
Yeah. Like, I know people have done it in the past.
But this will be like -- -No. Not -- Not "people."
Legends have done it in the past, yeah, you know?
-Yeah. Well, "legends."
I'm saying, this will be, like, the biggest.
-Yeah, this will be something else.
But if you don't like it, you can always watch
the rerun of last year's. -Yeah.
-I forget when I even hosted. I cannot wait for you, man.
And Foo Fighters. I love those guys, too.
-Oh, man. They're amazing. -Are you into the holidays?
'Cause I know -- This is your family photo from last year.
-I'm very much into the holidays.
-You are, right? -I am.
-Look at how good -- Come on. Everyone looks good.
Is that not the cutest thing? -I'm their dad.
-Big dog, little dog.
Yeah, it's just -- -You can't even tell.
If you didn't point out the little dog,
people wouldn't have known what that was.
That's my -- That's my little angry dog.
He hates everyone in the household.
-Yeah, but this year's photo is going to be different
because you have a 3-week-old baby.
-Yeah, man. -Congratulations.
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-Just had a baby. Thank you. Yes.
-What's the baby's name again? -Kenzo Kash Hart.
-Kenzo Hart. Oh, my gosh. -Kenzo.
-Does he have a nickname yet?
-I call him Little Zo. -Little Zo.
-Little Do-Right. Little Baby Nugget.
-I mean, wait till you see -- Can I show --
-Lazy Knees. -Can I show you this --
-Loose Neck. -All right. All right.
Loose Neck. Yeah. Babies have very loose necks.
Loose Neck. [ Laughs ] Let me show you --
You guys ready to see the cutest photo
you've ever seen in your entire life?
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You said it was Kenzo's first photo shoot.
-Yeah, he just had his first photo shoot.
-Get ready for this. -You got the picture.
-Yeah. -[ Laughs ]
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Yeah. Yeah. -Oh, my goodness.
That is a beautiful baby, buddy. Congratulations.
-Thank you, man. -That is a beautiful baby.
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-Yeah. Ah.
-And you put a -- You put some text underneath.
You said that this is your bed. Yeah, that's interesting.
-Yeah. We literally just brought the bed out the room.
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No. Man, he's a great baby, though. He's a great baby.
I mean, literally -- It's exciting, you know?
You forget. Because my kids are getting older.
So my daughter's 12, my son's 10.
So you forget about that new-baby stage.
And when you get around that new baby,
it all instantly starts coming back, man.
Loose Neck hangin' 'cause it's, you know --
You get what I was saying? -I know. I gotcha.
-That's a dangerous -- That's the most dangerous thing for me.
-Exactly.
-'Cause you forget and you hold that baby
and you're like, "Oh, my God!"
Loose -- -[ Laughs ] Pick it back up.
-You got to hold it. So that's where that came from.
-I know. -You got to be alert.
You got to be alert with that new baby. Yeah.