-Welcome back to "The Tonight Show."
Bridget Everett, music from
Red Hot Chili Peppers is on the way,
but first, it's time to play "Box of Lies."
[ Cheering and applause ] The game,
if you don't know, works like this.
We have nine mystery boxes containing who knows what.
These are mystery items in the mystery boxes.
Hugh will pick a box. He will remove the object
and describe it to his opponent, which is me,
and then I have to guess if he was lying
or telling the truth about what's in the box.
And, based on your customs story,
it seems like I should win this pretty easily.
[ Laughter ] -Just take it now.
-And we'll play two rounds.
Loser has to eat a rat, okay?
[ Laughter ] -Yay! Awesome. -Alright, here we go.
You pick first. You're the guest.
Go crazy. -Alright, let's go for it.
1, 2, or 3? -3!
3? 3 it is. I heard 3. -[ Laughs ]
People really have a strong opinion on a number.
[ Laughter ] -And, while I'm pulling this out,
I know we're playing a game, but Ahmir, Questlove,
that movie "Summer of Soul"? You have to see it.
Won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
[ Cheering and applause ] -Thank you.
-Ooh! [ Laughing ]
Oh, hoh, ooh, yes.
[ Laughter ] I like it.
Oh, I really like it.
-Okay. -Yeah.
-You can keep it, probably.
[ Laughter ] -Uh, you know what?
I'm not going to keep this one.
-Oh. -This kind of -- Yeah.
-Okay. -Scare small children.
[ Laughter ] Alright, so, wow.
So it's jelly, like a jelly mold,
circular jelly, and, inside it...
♪♪
...I'm presuming,
is fake poo.
[ Laughter ] -Ooh, interesting.
-Mm. -Now, I'm going to say,
not necessarily based on your delivery,
but, based on the fact that that would be
an exceptionally disgusting thing to put in a box...
[ Laughter ]
...that you, Hugh Jackman,
are lying.
-You're accusing me of lying?
[ Laughter ]
Damn it! I'm really bad at lying!
[ Laughter ] [ Rimshot ] Damn it!
-What do we have here?
Ooh, a little diorama.
-By the way, I am keeping that.
It's so good. -Oh, look at that, yeah.
Wow! look at that. -That is so good.
-You're about to kill Professor X.
[ Laughter ] That doesn't seem in keeping
with the canon of the -- -Giving him a nice close shave.
-I don't know what we do with these now.
-I don't know what we do, either.
-Alright, now, it's time for me to pick a box.
-Can I keep this, by the way? -I am going to take
number... -5!
-Your opinions are not welcome.
[ Laughter ]
[ Rimshot ]
I'm going with number 6
because it's the closest one. Alright?
-Alright. -Alright.
♪♪
Alright. Okay.
♪♪
Alright.
This is --
Show it to the audience.
[ Laughter ]
This is a cake
with shrimp cocktail on top of it
and it says...
[ Laughter ] ...on it.
-[ Laughing ] It's just --
just way too good to be true.
That's way too good to be true
and I have a funny feeling, Jimmy,
that you may want to show that you're a better liar than me.
That's just my gut.
I'm sensing a little -- -Why would anyone want
to show that? In fact...
-Everybody is. -...something I'd keep quiet, probably.
[ Laughter ]
♪♪
-Jimmy, you're lying.
I know you're lying.
-I would never lie to you, Hugh Jackman.
[ Sad trombone, rimshot ]
In fact, it's this.
[ Applause ] -Wow!
[ Laughter ]
-I know. It's weird, right?
[ Cheering and applause ]
-Is that game over?
-I think the game's over. -Is that game over?
-I think I won. -I told you.
I'm the worst liar.
[ Rimshot ] I can't even spot a lie.
-You got a show to go to.
Hugh Jackman is in "The Music Man."
You will never get tickets to this, so forget about it,
[ Laughter ] but, on the off chance you do,
it's at the Winter Garden Theatre.
-And, if you come, I want you to know,
somewhere on the stage, this will be there,
and I'm not lying. Somewhere. -Oh. that's wonderful.
[ Cheering and applause ] And, Hugh,
I'm going to tell you that
we're going to send this to Ryan Reynolds,
for his house. -Thank you so much.
[ Applause ] -Hugh Jackman, everybody.