Musical guest, Pharrell Williams and kim burrell. And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 587, Alberta Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh [ audience whooping ] a dog pound, my dog pound. Steve yeah. Jimmy welcome welcome to the tonight show, everybody. Youre here. You made it. [ cheers and applause ] thats what im talking about. Big show tonight. Its going to be fun. You guys, this weekend is santacon, which is the annual bar crawl where people dress up like santa claus for a day of drinking. [ cheers and applause ] thats right, a drunken bar crawl wearing a santa suit, or as the real santa calls that, december 26th. [ cheers and applause ] i did read that a growing trend among families is giving their kids a few small presents ahead of christmas to break up the tension of getting everything on christmas day. They actually have an interesting name for this. Hanukkah. [ laughter and applause ] theyre calling it hanukkah. Great name. This is very interesting. I heard that putting cinnamon and nutmeg into your baked goods for the holidays can actually reduce stress. [ audience ohs ] then certain other people were like, i know Something Else you can [ laughter and applause ] put in your baked goods. Marijuana, dude oh, come on. Steve we get it. Bake at 420, dude. Jimmy why is he yelling so loud . He got so excited about his answer. Steve hes very excited. Jimmy i knew what you were talking about. Steve you know what im talking about, dude. [ light laughter ] jimmy get this, you guys. David and victoria beckhams 11yearold son cruise just released his first single. [ audience ohs ] called, if every day was christmas. [ light laughter ] im pretty sure if youre the son of david and victoria beckham, every day is christmas. [ cheers and applause ] i have my own butler and im quite good looking. Merry christmas. I own a stadium. [ laughter ] i cant relate to that song. [ light laughter ] steve he owns the stadium. Jimmy i saw that Leonardo Dicaprio met with trump last night to talk about the environment. He even handed trump a copy of his environmental documentary, before the flood. If you havent seen the film yet, you can pick up a copy in the dumpster behind trump tower. [ laughter and applause ] i cant wait to watch this fall into my trash can. But president obamas still got a little while left in office and in an interview with people magazine, obama said that he loves living with his motherinlaw in the white house. [ laughter ] he said that hes really sad that its come to an end in just 42 days, 7 hours, and 9 minutes. Theres the bus stop. Nice knowing you. [ applause ] i heard about a new literary app that will actually send you fulllength books via a series of texts. Seems like an interesting idea. In fact, theyve even updated some classic books to sound more like text messages. Steve really . Jimmy yeah, take a look at this. First ones from moby dick. It says, call me. Ishmael. [ laughter ] steve oh, wow. Jimmy like a modern steve theyre making it modern. Theyre making these books jimmy yeah, i mean heres one from romeo and juliet. Steve okay. Jimmy it says, juliet, art thou up . [ laughter and applause ] heres a Charles Dickens classic, a tale of two cities. It says it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, i dont know, whatevs. [ laughter and applause ] steve whatevs. Modern. Jimmy whatevs. Steve yeah. Jimmy next one is from mark twains tom sawyer. It says, group text, who wants to come help paint a fence . Free pizza beer. [ cheers and applause ] steve wow. Jimmy ill do it for the beer and the pizza. And finally, this last one is from animal farm. It just says a poop emoji. [ laughter and applause ] its a classic. Steve classic. Classic. Jimmy some health news, you guys. A recent study said that even one drink a day can be harmful to heart health. So if youre thinking about drinking some wine, just wait a a month until a new study says its good for you again. [ laughter and applause ] it will happen. It will happen. And finally, i dont know if you saw this. Did you see this news clip . Man, its funny. Some newscasters in oklahoma were reporting on a story about a beaver that broke into a a dollar store last week. [ light laughter ] check out how it went. Apparently theyre the most popular creatures right now. This time of year. Beaver breeding. Those little guys are cute and cuddly looking. The beavers ive seen are bigger. [ laughter ] theyre not. Yeah, and they dont look as friendly. So i dont know. Maybe ive seen my beavers in the wrong place. [ laughter ] moving on. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy stop talking. We have a great show, you guys. Give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy its been a great week so far. Theres more ahead. Tomorrow night, the always entertaining Dwayne Johnson will be here. [ cheers and applause ] got a cool special coming up. Its really good. Plus we have the very funny kevin nealon. [ cheers and applause ] oh my god, we love kevin nealon. And music from gary clark jr. You dont want to miss that. Its a good show. [ cheers and applause ] but first, its always a great day when this gentleman stops by. Hes the codirector of a bronx tale on broadway and also stars in the new film called the comedian. Robert de niro is in the house today. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] hey, Bobby D JimmyRobert De Niro. Oh my gosh. Hes the best. Plus, he has a new movie coming out that he produced. Its called Hidden Figures. Pharrell williams is here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] he produced it. Were going to talk to pharrell and then hes going to perform a song with kim burrell off the Hidden Figures soundtrack later in the show. So thank you. [ cheers and applause ] i had fun last night after the show. I went to see the new york knicks. Went to the garden, its right down the street. Madison square garden, they always treat me great. Theyre very nice over there. And theyre playing the cavs. [ cheers ] yeah, and it was a close game. They only lost by like 45 points. [ laughter ] steve pretty good. Jimmy so yeah, i mean lebron, yeah. It was really good. Nail biter, if you have really long nails. [ light laughter ] anyways, im there and i they sit me courtside, which is wild. Thats amazing. Right there, you see how just giant these athletes are. Its amazing sitting there. I go, wow, this is so good. But they put you up on the jumbotron, you know, if youre sitting courtside. So im sitting there, i go and i see the cameras. They go, we put you up. Theres three cameras, so you know youre gonna be on. So i go, hey, im waving at the jumbotron, smiling. [ light laughter ] you know, and you do whatever, and so you hope dont get booed, you know. And so you just do it. So i do that, great. And then i get an email from my wife. She goes, i saw you on the at the game. I saw you on the thing. You looked cute. I think you have a little pepper in your teeth. [ laughter ] i was sitting next to my friend lee and i go, do i have pepper . And he goes, oh my god, yeah. Sorry. [ laughter ] only your wife would notice. I go, i was just on the jumbotron. [ light laughter ] the biggest screen, and all these people, and im waving into the camera. Its on msg, and everyones watching the cavs play the knicks, you know. And i go also, you cant have food at the garden that will give you pepper. Its hot dogs and chicken tenders and fries, so that means fatty ate a taco on the way over to the seat. The garden, thats five minutes away. [ laughter ] jimmy fallon there clearly doesnt floss before he [ laughter ] totally embarrassing. But it was really cool, they took care of me. We had some cool news here today, guys. One of my alltime favorites, tom petty, Just Announced that hes going back on tour with his band, the heartbreakers. [ cheers and applause ] tom petty and the heartbreakers. Theyre going back on tour in honor of their 40th anniversary. It is really exciting news. I cannot wait. Here to tell us more about the tour, live from his Recording Studio in santa monica, is the man himself, tom petty [ cheers and applause ] tom, thanks for joining us. Are you looking forward to the upcoming tour . Yeah, jimmy, im really excited. Should be a lot of fun. Jimmy yeah. Thats great. [ laughter ] do you know what songs youre going to play . Yeah, jimmy, im really excited. Should be a lot of fun. [ light laughter ] jimmy okay. Well, any any chance that you can hook me up with a a ticket . Yeah, jimmy, im really excited. Should be a lot of fun. [ light laughter ] jimmy all right, tom, i think i know whats going on. Youre not actually live. You just sent us one clip of you saying the same generic answer. Is that right . Yeah, jimmy, im really excited. [ laughter ] should be a lot of fun. Jimmy you know what, im going to test this out. Who was the 14th president of the United States . Franklin pierce. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy wait. So you are live . Yeah, jimmy, im really excited. [ laughter ] should be a lot of fun. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you very much, tom. Tickets go on sale friday december 16th for tom petty and the heartbreakers 40th anniversary tour. [ cheers and applause ] you can find out all the details at tompetty. Com. Oh, man. I love that guy. Guys, we have exactly 12 shows left before we go on christmas break. Steve what . Jimmy which means its time for that beloved tonight show tradition. Its time for 12 days of christmas sweaters [ cheers and applause ] twleve days of christmas sweaters twelve days left jimmy this is exciting oh. [ cheers and applause ] hey. Nice to see you again. How are you, man . Im good, thank you. Jimmy happy birthday, man. Thanks very much. [ light laughter ] jimmy that is right. It is your birthday, right, today . In february. [ laughter ] jimmy every show between now and christmas, were giving one lucky audience member an awesome christmas sweater from the countdown to christmas cabinet. [ cheers and applause ] now, since there are 12 shows left, lets open door number 12. Ooh. [ cheers and applause ] oh, wow, whoa, wow. [ cheers and applause ] santa of diamonds and hearts. Oh. [ cheers ] hieee hieee hi there and we also have a cool oh, look at the elbow patches on this gem. Youre going to freak out. Check this out. Ready . [ laughter and applause ] its a little it might be a a little wonky. Anyway, lets see whos going home with tonights christmas sweater. Everyone look at your seat number. Now, if i call your number, i need you to jump up and let me know where you are. Quest, can i get a drum roll, please . [ drum roll ] who wants me to pick their number . [ cheers and applause ] 211 [ cheers and applause ] hi, come here. Hey, how are you . [ applause ] this is fantastic. You won the first. Congratulations this is big. Hi. What is your name . Taylor. Jimmy taylor, where are you from . South plain field, new jersey. Jimmy oh, my gosh. It gets chilly in new jersey, does it not . Yeah. Do you have one of these . No, i actually do not. [ light laughter ] i had to borrow my friends last week for a party. Jimmy oh, my god. Do you want to try it on . Yes. Jimmy go for it. Taylors going to put it on. [ cheers and applause ] this is going to be fantastic. Its going to be good. Oh, this is look at this. You can rock this. Look at how good you look. Thats fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] oh, it looks great congratulations thank you. Jimmy thank you so much yeah. Stick around, you guys. Well be right back with more of the tonight show, everybody. Taylor, congratulations. 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So, since donald trump may soon gain the ability to send out mass text messages, to everyone in america, i went on twitter and i sent out a hashtag called textfail. We got a ton of great ones. So now id like to share my favorite text fail tweets from you guys. Here we go. This first ones from rockatbrock. He says, my parents texted me, are you near your phone . I texted, no. They replied, okay, text me when you are. [ laughter and applause ] next one is from adamtjensen. He said, after a snowstorm i meant to text my boss. Hey, ryan, im afraid i wont make it in today. Instead, i texted, hey, ryan, im afraid. [ laughter and applause ] its okay, dude. Steve i appreciate your honesty, man. Jimmy yeah, i appreciate it. Steve dont come in today, man. [ light laughter ] jimmy next ones from ifeelgreat. Steve well, good. Jimmy she says, replied to my dad with idk, he said, whats idk . i said, i dont know. he said, then why are you using it . and i go [ applause ] and you said that but i said that you steve who is on first. Jimmy this ones from tonyjoe621. He says, my moms phone autocorrected gps to god, so her message read, okay, god says were 42 minutes away. [ laughter and applause ] steve youre 42 minutes away. Jimmy thank you, god. Steve make a left. Make a left. You missed it. Recalculating. [ light laughter ] jimmy this ones from nickhreynolds. He says, my dad texted my sister once saying, football playing spider. Then he replayed saying, sorry, thought you were google. [ laughter and applause ] football playing spider. Steve what . Jimmy is that a famous thing . Steve why would you need to google football playing spider . Jimmy now i want to google it. Steve yeah. Steve i dont know, it sounds funny. Steve football playing spider . Jimmy i dont know. This ones from halloranpj. He says, wife sent out a pic of new outfit, asked if it made her look big. I tried to reply nooo, got auto corrected to moo. [ laughter and applause ] oh my gosh, that is awesome. How do you explain that one, man. Steve no, i didnt mean jimmy this one is from themoviechair. He says, i texted missing you to my wife when she was at work. She texted back, ok. [ light laughter ] steve glad to know. Jimmy last one is from hollynheron. She said, i texted the wrong number trying to buy weed. The fourth time, they replied, wrong number, but if you get weed, hit me up. [ laughter and applause ] there you go. There you have it, those are tonight show hashtags. To check out more of our favorites, go to tonightshow. Com hashtags. Well be right back with Robert De Niro ladies and gentlemen [ cheers and applause ] the itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout. Down came the rain and clogged the gutter system creating a leak in the roof. 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Save now when you buy philips sonicare. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest this evening is a multiple academy and golden globe awardwinning actor. He is the best. And now yeah, i know. We just love him. [ cheers ] now has codirected his first Broadway Musical of a bronx tale, which has just opened at the longacre theatre. He also stars alongside an impressive cast in a big, new movie called, the comedian, which will be in theaters february 3rd. Please welcome back to our show, Robert De Niro [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy they love you. Come on. New york city. Yeah, they gotta give a a standing ovation for you, buddy. Thank you for coming back to the show. [ cheers ] i know. We love you, man. [ cheers and applause ] we have a lot to talk about. I want to talk about the broadway play. You have the movie. But also, congratulations, you just got the president ial medal of freedom. Yeah. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy which is the highest honor you can get as a civilian from the president. Congratulations. Yeah, thank you. Jimmy how was what was that like . It was great. It was very emotional, too. It was the last time that obama would be doing that. Jimmy yeah. And he really enjoys it. And you can see that in what he was saying and how he the whole the whole ceremony was emotional. Jimmy yeah, i would bet it was emotional. Yeah. Jimmy i mean, i loved what a great class you were in. You were with springsteen and tom hanks and Ellen Degeneres and Lorne Michaels and