(clicks mouse)
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
- (audience cheers) - (Fallon) Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart,
- and I are about to throw down-- - I have not seen this.
- ..In the Super Bowl of lip sync battles! - All right.
Really? Do I have to react to this?
(Fallon) First up is Mr. Will Ferrell.
- ♪ Flashing lights ♪-- -Aw, I love Will Ferrell.
- (giggling) - ♪ You got me faded, faded, faded ♪
- ♪ Baby, ooh ♪ - How do you compete with this?
(snapping fingers in beat to music)
(laughs) He's such a dad.
♪ I want you, na, na ♪
Oh, he has such life goals.
Will Ferrell's the man.
♪ We be all night ♪
I would not be able to go in front of that many people and do that.
What is he doing?
(laughs) What is he doing?
♪ We be all night ♪
(cracking up)
(Fallon) You-You can never... you can never unsee that.
(laughter)
(Fallon) All right, I'm up next.
♪ Here's the thing ♪
♪ We started off friends ♪
I love him.
Did he just pull a locket out of his pants?
(singing along) Yeah, yeah.
♪ Since you've been gone ♪
- ♪ And all you'd ever hear ♪-- - Is this really 20 million views worth?
- He's gonna put a glove on. - ♪ Is how I picture me with you ♪
Yeah, he's got props. That's not fair!
♪ That's all you'd ever hear me say ♪
- ♪ But since you've been gone ♪ - (audience cheers wildly)
This is more than I could ask for.
Okay, why does he get all these lights and stuff?
Now he's cheating because he had the lights.
♪ Since you've been gone ♪
I love that.
Aw, great eye at the end.
(Fallon) Kevin Hart, you are up.
Kevin Hart is, like, my favorite right now.
- ♪ Now I'm floating like a butterfly ♪ - Yes, Kevin. Yes.
Yessah!
- ♪ I went from zero ♪ - Oh, his expressions look so happy.
♪ To my own hero ♪
- ♪ I've got the eye of the tiger ♪ - (snickers)
♪ A fighter, dancin' through the... ♪
He's such an itty bitty human! As somebody who's
also an itty bitty human, I feel a connection.
(Fallon) My thanks to Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart!
Love those guys.
Awesome.
♪ (campy '80s music) ♪
Oh, are they at Bayside right now?
Yessssssssssss!
(cheering along with audience)
I just watched this.
- (Zack) Bayside High. - I used to have such a crush on him.
- (Zack) Hey, Jimmy. - (Fallon) Oh, hey, Zack. How's it goin'?
This is my favorite part of it.
(Zack) Typical day. I woke up in the morning,
the alarm gave out a warning, I didn't think I'd ever make it on time.
(laughter)
(Zack) By the time I grabbed my books and I gave
myself a look, I was at the corner just in time to see the bus fly by.
Nice.
- (Fallon) It's all right. - All right.
- (audience laughs) - That's pretty good.
Whoo, nostalgia!
Yes, Slater! Yes!
Oh my god, and he hasn't aged a day!
(Zack) You know, I was just about to ask Jimmy here
about the big Valentine's Day dance.
(Fallon) Who are you taking to the dance, Slater?
(Slater) She's right up there.
(audience bursts into cheers)
Oh my god, she looks so good too!
(Jessie) Hey, bubba!
- You getting ready for the big dance? - I forgot she used to call him "bubba".
That is so cute!
- (audience shrieks) - Yes!
(laughs) He has tights on. Oh my god, his quads.
- ♪ (classical music) ♪ - His quads are huuuge!
This must've been so fun for them.
(laughter)
(Fallon) Guys, I actually have to tell you something.
I'm moving to New York. Host my own talk show.
He does host a talk show! I get it.
(Fallon) Who knows, maybe one day I'll date Nicole Kidman.
(giggles)
(Zack) Jimmy going on a date with Nicole Kidman
- is like Jessie becoming a stripper. - (audience laughs)
Yessss!
Aaah!
(gasps) Tiffini Amber Thiessen.
People that don't know what it is need to understand
that this was, like, the girl.
(Kelly) You and I have to talk.
- I'm pregnant. - Oh, [bleep].
Oh, [bleep].
- (Zack) Time out. - Yessssssss!
(Zack) Well, on the downside I'll probably be grounded for life.
Dude, this is genius.
(Zack) But on the plus side, I got Kelly Kapowski pregnant.
Amazing.
(sarcastically) I remember this as a kid,
so I'm gonna share it with all my friends!
I'm waiting for Screech, man. Where is Screech?
(Zack) Time in.
I don't remember the show being quite that racy.
(Belding) Attention, students...
(laughing) "No hope with dope."
(Belding) This song goes out to Jimmy Fallon
and his friends at Bayside.
No, just friends at Bayside. Not Jimmy Fallon.
(Fallon) Friends forever?
- (everyone) Friends forever! - Oh, freeze frame!
(disappointed) Oh.
Oh, yes! They did it!
Amazing.
It's a trip back.
Yesssss! Oh, that made me so happy.
♪ (dramatic chord) ♪
(Finebros) So before we dive into it, do you watch The Tonight Show
- with Jimmy Fallon on TV? - What is television?
I don't regularly.
I do sometimes.
I don't.
No, 'cause I watch it on YouTube.
I watch all the clips online.
I don't watch anything on television.
No, of course not! Who watches television?
(Finebros) And what did you think of the lip sync battle video?
I thought it was good.
That was funny.
(sarcastically) I thought it was so original and creative--No.
They know what they're up to.
They've seen the success of other things on YouTube,
whether it's challenges or collaborations.
But, you know, they say imitation is flattery, right?
So I guess the fact that they're coming to YouTube
and coming to us to get ideas says something about that.
(Finebros) And how did they do in recreating Saved by the Bell?
I didn't get any jokes. I felt so left out.
I never watched it.
It was so good!
It seemed very SNL-ish.
If you've seen Saved by the Bell, it was killer.
I was a little sad Screech wasn't there.
Screech made that show, but he's probably in prison right now.
This is a great example of what to do with TV content,
but I think that people in TV are gonna continue struggling
with the fact that they put money and production on shows
that will not succeed on YouTube.
(Finebros) What is your opinion on how late night talk shows
are now making content on their television shows
with intentions to make them become viral online?
I mean, it shows the power of the Internet.
It's just good marketing. YouTube's so powerful.
That helps spreading a video or a content so much better
than the TV could ever do for those shows.
While it is funny, it's pure click bait.
YouTube is founded on a connection, an authentic connection
and trust between the audience and the creator.
If, all of a sudden, it starts to become TV,
everything that made YouTube interesting and special is lost.
(Finebros) Do you think that it's bringing viewership
back to TV though, or no?
I don't think that happens at all.
I think it will.
I don't know if it really brings people to the TV show or the opposite.
It kinda brings them to the web.
If I'm gonna watch the best part online, I don't really wanna tune in
and watch the whole thing.
The good thing about YouTube is you could watch it
at whatever time you want, and I don't even know
what time these talk shows air.
(Finebros) Due to how savvy these television shows are being,
they often get considered to be very new media
and YouTube savvy companies, even though they are television channels.
Do you think they deserve to be considered part of YouTube,
even though all the clips are coming from television?
Um, I feel like they have an impact on digital media.
Even if it's not native to YouTube, I still think it has a place here.
Who am I, or anyone else, to say, "Oh, well you know,
this is my ship and dah dah dah dah dah!"
You know, hey. You know?
I think there's plenty of views for everybody.
It doesn't bother me, but it certainly didn't
[bleep] invent the damn thing.
I guess it depends who you ask, you know?
The people that are watching their shows may not be watching YouTube,
so to them they feel like it's being innovative.
Is there a place on YouTube for them? Sure.
Should they be considered vanguards of using digital media?
Welcome aboard the train that's been going
for the last six, seven, eight years.
(Finebros) In all and all, do you think it's good or bad
for digital first creators that clips from television are becoming
some of the most popular clips on YouTube?
I think, overall, it's good because it's getting,
I think, more people who generally don't really watch YouTube
the way that we do onto YouTube.
I think it's good.
It's fine because when people want to watch other stuff
on YouTube, they will. They still will.
Now I am technically competing with people
with millions of dollars and production.
It's not as fair as what is been until now.
If that is the situation, you have to learn how to compete with it.
What's bad is when content that is made by a conglomerate
like NBC is uploaded daily and is able to reach an audience
on YouTube because of the way the algorithm structures that.
When you see stuff like this come onto the platform
get homepage placement, that feature, "Oh, you gotta watch this next!"
It sets a very scary precedent for all of us.
The TV studios will come in and say, "See, look.
The TV stars, the TV shows, they still have the most power.
They still have the most draw. And all these YouTubers
are just some weird niche, weird audiences
that aren't really that valuable."
It's like, YouTube, we are the ones that made you guys even attractive
to these TV shows. Why not invest in your own celebrities?
(Finebros) So last question, your choice: Address the camera,
tell Jimmy Fallon and his team if they're watching this
either advice you have for them on YouTube,
or if you want them to leave YouTube and stick to TV.
All right, Jimmy, my man...
if you're watching this, my advice is that you start talking to YouTubers
and collaborating with them.
Integrate with the YouTube community and kind of give them exposure.
If you guys are gonna do an idea that has already existed
on YouTube, why don't you bring the YouTubers in on that idea?
We see you ripping off our [bleep].
I'm kidding, get off the internet.
I'm kidding, stay. I love you.
I feel like YouTube is a place for anyone,
but you got to give credit where credit is due.
If you're gonna be playing in our playground,
at least come hang out with us! Let's do stuff together.
Jimmy Fallon, do I want you to leave YouTube?
No, I think that there's a place for you on YouTube.
But do I also think that there's a place
for creative digital first creators who found their start here? Yes.
And I think that homepage placement should be shared amongst both of us.
So this isn't so much to Jimmy Fallon and his team
as it is to you, YouTube. Share the love.
There's a lot of good content and you don't need to be
a big, traditional media celebrity in order to produce that good content.
(Finebros) Truth!
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(singsong) Bye, friends! Love you forever. Bye!
Here's a heart for you.
(blows a kiss)
I sucked it back in. (giggles)