And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 779 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my goodness. Looking good hi [ cheers and applause ] welcome welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. This is it, baby. [ cheers and applause ] youre here. Youre watching it. This is great. Well, heres what people are talking about, you guys. You guys, the Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree was lit tonight [ cheers and applause ] also getting lit tonight, the h. R. Rep over at the today show. [ laughter and applause ] today has been rough. Keep it keep it pouring. [ light laughter ] thats the big story, today. Nbc has fired matt lauer from the today show after he was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. So, if youre wondering where in the world is matt lauer, hes probably at a bar with charlie rose. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] steve oh jimmy thats our guess. And its not just lauer, radio host Garrison Keillor was also fired today. [ audience ohs ] theyre just the latest in a a long line of famous men to lose their jobs for inappropriate sexual behavior. Or as one guy put it, is it hot in here . [ laughter ] its getting hot, right . [ applause ] it feels like super hot . Like really, really hot . [ cheers and applause ] actually, President Trump tweeted about matt lauer being fired and went on to attack nbc News Executives and joe scarborough. Then kim jongun was like, uh, did you guys not see that missile yesterday or [ laughter and applause ] i mean, i know youre busy, but i can relaunch it or something. Are you kidding me here . Steve ermahgerd. [ light laughter ] jimmy well, yesterday, trump left two seats empty at the white house to symbolize Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi skipping their meeting. Take a look. This is real. See that . [ light laughter ] but it backfired when those empty seats reminded him of his inauguration. [ laughter and applause ] steve heyoh ho, ho hey jimmy everyone was there. Steve oh jimmy meanwhile, the president s been telling friends that the russia investigation will be over by the end of the year. Can we see a picture of trump with his friends . [ light laughter ] [ applause ] but as i mentioned, tonight was the Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree lighting. Some people said, but its still november. And then america was like, we need this [ laughter and applause ] something good [ cheers and applause ] anything good we need it give it to us light the thing up hurry up thats right, thousands of people gathered in Rockefeller Center, looked up at the tree and immediately yelled, my wallet. [ laughter ] okay, wheres my wallet . Someone took my wallet. But this is nice. In january, the wood from the tree will be donated to habitat for humanity to build houses. Isnt that great . [ applause ] while the needles will be ground into oregano at the times square olive garden. Steve really . [ laughter and applause ] breadsticks jimmy lets get to some sports. Here the giants announced that they are benching eli manning this weekend. [ audience oohs ] [ scattered applause ] elis not sure whats worse, not getting to play for the giants or having to watch the giants. [ laughter and applause ] feel like its a catch22. Instead of eli, the giants will start former jets quarterback geno smith. [ laughter ] you know things are bad when your solution is, lets try the guy who was cut by the jets. [ laughter and applause ] thats who we could try. And then finally, a new bust of soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was just unveiled. And it looks a lot more like him than the last one that went viral. Heres the new bust. This is real. Now lets take a look at the old one. [ laughter ] i mean, wow. Well, a lot of people are speaking out about the update, including the statues themselves. First, the new statue said, im beyond honored to represent a truly wonderful athlete, Cristiano Ronaldo. Then the old statue said, imma be hernest. [ laughter ] i may be smerlin on the ertside, but i aint nerthin but sad on the ernside. [ applause ] then the new statue said, for the rest of my days, i will proudly stand for ronaldo. The old statue said, enjoy it while it lersts, pal. One day youre on terp of the werld and nerxt its arr gern. [ applause ] then an old statue of lucille ball spoke up and said, kerp your herd up, man. Weve all bern therr. And finally [ laughter ] this courtroom sketch of tom brady said, yeah, things get berter. Trust mer. [ applause ] we have a great show tonight give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy we have a fun show tonight. You can see him in the new star wars movie, star wars the last jedi. John boyega is joining us tonight [ cheers and applause ] steve oh. Jimmy cannot wait for that movie. Plus, hes such a funny guy. From the Comedy Series man with a plan, kevin nealon is dropping in. Steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy always funny. Steve always funny. Jimmy a fantastic guest here on the show. Steve a delight. Jimmy and were featuring some amazing kid inventors in a a segment we call fallonventions. Its going to be great. [ cheers and applause ] inventions. Hey, guys, the holidays are here. Its the perfect time to snug up with a book. Steve snug up . [ light laughter ] jimmy yeah. I dont know, man. [ light laughter ] steve you gonna snug up with a book . Jimmy you know me. I always say, its the perfect time to snug up with a book. Steve yeah. [ light laughter ] jimmy and do some reading. And i dont want you guys reading any stinkers over the holidays. Steve right. Jimmy so to help you out, im about to show you some books that you should avoid at all costs. Thats right. Its time for my latest installment of my do not read list. Here we go. [ cheers and applause ] do not read do not read do not read these books these books jimmy now, before we start, i just want you all to know that every book that im about to show you is 100 real. These are actual books. You can find them on amazon or check them out at your local library. Steve right. Jimmy they are real. All right, lets see whats on my do not read list. The first one is a cookbook. Steve oh, good. Jimmy i love cookbooks. Steve love to snug up jimmy theyre perfect for the holidays. This is microwave cooking on a a diet. [ light laughter ] i guess thats the classic loose taco meat, chocolate pudding diet. [ audience aws ] steve oh. Jimmy i didnt realize you could microwave pudding. [ light laughter ] but no, theyve got some things in here. Like meat and potatoes right there. Yeah, thats good. What tongue stew. [ audience ohs ] steve oh jimmy sweet and sour tongue. Well, i see why its a diet book, because you never want to eat anything in this book. [ laughter ] youll lose weight. Makes sense. [ applause ] youll lose weight. Steve cant taste it. Jimmy the next one is a a howto book. Steve oh, i love howto books. Jimmy me too. Theyre the best. This is always helpful. This is how to be a drug dealer. [ laughter ] by 673126. [ laughter ] and below it says, note authors pen name. I love this author. Steve yeah. 673 yeah. Jimmy when i think of literary greats steve yeah. Jimmy i think of hemingway, i think faulkner, and i of course, 673126. [ laughter and applause ] just a classic. How to be a drug dealer. Next up is another howto book here. This is the complete idiots guide to teaching college. [ laughter ] steve god. Jimmy oh, my goodness. Steve quick, i need a book. Jimmy its definitely not what you want to see on your professors book shelf. [ light laughter ] steve no. Jimmy if my professor had this on his book shelf, id drop out and become a drug dealer. [ laughter ] steve oh, 673 [ applause ] mr. 126 . Jimmy idiots guide to teaching college. [ light laughter ] oh, man. Steve i gotta go teach real quick. Jimmy this next book is great. This one is called 88 reasons why the rapture will be in 1988. [ light laughter ] spoiler alert [ laughter and applause ] steve yeah ermahgerd. Jimmy ermahgerd. Oh, this is a great this is a romance novel. Steve oh, i love romance. Jimmy i love romance and i love novels. Steve love both. Jimmy together, this is great. Its beautiful, beautiful story, probably. It is called how to catch crabs. Steve oh [ laughter ] steve it is apparently [ audience ohs ] [ light laughter ] it is about a fisherman that falls in love. Steve sure. Jimmy didnt you didnt you write a book, how to catch crabs . Steve yes, i did. It was about my spring break to cancun. [ laughter ] jimmy thats right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Steve how to catch crabs . I snugged up with them. [ light laughter ] jimmy its a tale of look at the back. A tale of crabs, cricket bats, and catching your Hearts Desire in jazzage western australia. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] thats a very specific niche audience. Steve yeah. When i think of jazzage jimmy you got to love crabs, cricket, jazz. And you have to live in western australia. [ light laughter ] very relatable book. I like it. [ applause ] but dont read it. Were down to our last one. Steve aw. Jimmy and i dont even know what category this falls in, but this is totally real. It is what if you are a horse in human form . [ laughter ] so its a guy who thinks that hes a horse trapped in a human body. Steve really . Jimmy yeah. Steve hay. Jimmy he says haaay. Yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] over the years, i have communicated with and met several horses in human form. As far as i know, im the only one who has ever revealed himself publicly. I hope that this book will encourage others to come out of the stall. [ laughter ] steve stall. Jimmy im just glad that he had the courage to use his real name jason the horse. [ applause ] thats all i have for this edition of my do not read list. [ cheers and applause ] if you have a book that you think should be on our next do not read list, i would love to see it. Send your titles to our blog at donotread tonightshow. Com. Well be right back with john boyega, everybody [ cheers and applause ] think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo going on now, our subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars to those in need. Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. But after an electrical fire from faulty wiring, marys vintage clothing and designer shoe collection were ruined. 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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest this evening stars alongside oscar isaac, daisy ridley, adam driver, and mark hamill in the highlyanticipated new film, star wars the last jedi, which hits theaters friday, december 15th. Please welcome a very talented man, john boyega [ cheers and applause ] good to see you, man. Jimmy always nice to see you, buddy. Good to see you, man. Jimmy you look sharp. Thank you. Thank you. Jimmy thank you for coming back to see us. They love you. We love you too. I appreciate it. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy youve been having a a very, very big, busy Holiday Season because, of course, star wars the last jedi comes out. But, theyre also rereleasing your film detroit. Yeah. Jimmy that you did that was oh, what a powerful, amazing movie. [ cheers and applause ] and the roots the roots wrote an original song called it aint fair on that. Im telling you, it is you got to listen to it. Its an amazing song. Jimmy well done. Its an amazing song. Amazing film. Congrats on that. Thank you. Jimmy thats pretty cool to have it rereleased. And its also available for digital download as well this weekend. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy howd the movie come back out . Its not for me the receptions been amazing. Its awards season. I think its getting a bunch of buzz, and, so yeah, detroit is back. Why not . Jimmy yeah, exactly. You you go back to nigeria, right . During the holidays . Oh, yes. Im going back home, jimmy. [ laughter ] yes, man. Jimmy yes. Im going to go home for christmas with my family, just spend some time with them. I havent been around them enough. Jimmy are you as well known in nigeria as you are in oh, i am a chief in nigeria a king jimmy youre a king. Oh, yeah, man. Nigeria is home. Im a naija boy. Theres no thoughts about it so, thats my culture. Im going back to just spend christmas time and have a good time. Jimmy but do you get to lay low at all . Oh no, there will be no laying low. Im throwing parties. Im doing all of it. Yeah. Jimmy you are . Yeah, yeah, yeah. I lay low in the states and in the uk. In nigeria, ill be all over the gaff. Jimmy oh, really . Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Jimmy and, i heard this story about in london that you do cause you like shopping in supermarkets. Thats my parttime hobby. Dont judge me. [ laughter ] jimmy no, were not judging i love it too. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy i love supermarkets. One thing fame takes away from you, obviously, to a a certain extent is your movement and how much time you can spend in public. You know that. I decided that the best way to do is it find a 24 7 spot, go at 2 30 a. M. , and youre all good. Jimmy so, 2 30 in the morning, you might see john boyega. Youre going to catch me there. Yeah. Ive been caught a few times. And i never go in casual clothes. Im always in a robe and slippers. Jimmy you go in your pajamas . Absolutely. Why am i going to get comfortable . Its too late for that. Jimmy its too late for that. People are just going to think youre a crazy person. Yeah. That cant be the guy from star wars. [ laughter ] he wouldnt be here. Jimmy he would never be doing that at all. Its the best invisibility cloak. [ light laughter ] jimmy was it yesterday, you were walking through the airport and you said that phones smartphones actually helped you not be recognized. Its the best thing in the world because everyones on their phones. I just pretty much walk right past. [ light laughter ] jimmy so everyones just looking at their phones. Yeah. Its fantastic. Jimmy i didnt think about that. Its genius. Its brilliant. Its the best way. Just a brisk walk will take you through all of that and they dont even recognize you. Theyre busy watching the last jedi trailer on their phones. Jimmy theyre probably watching the last [ laughter ] theyre watching the star wars trailer on their phone as youre walking right by them. Yeah. Thats the way to do it. Jimmy i want to hear about this film and talk about this film but there were a couple of photos that were leaked and i thought they were so cool. This is Prince William and prince harry visiting the set of star wars. Theres you and chewbacca. I dont know whats happening there. Are you talking about i think i was talking about harrys engagement. I said, harry, its best to throw the ring, man. [ laughter ] jimmy teaching chewbacca how to throw a threepointer . I just think we were just having a casual conversation about threepointers, but mine doesnt look really accurate. Jimmy yeah, i know. Yeah. Neither does chewies. Jimmy but thats pretty cool that youre doing and then heres chewbacca and william. Yeah. Jimmy hugging. [ laughter ] i mean, hes the future king right here. Yeah. Jimmy okay. And then, heres my favorite one here. Chewbacca just giving you advice. [ laughter ] just like, hey yeah. [[ imitating chewbacca ]] how cool was that . It was cool. It was a cool visit. We had fun. Jimmy did you freak out . Because i know youre from london. No, i mean, you know, i dont know the royal family has always been a part of culture so its like, oh, cool, there you are. [ laughter ] jimmy no. No, it was pretty decent. It was pretty cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jimmy and theres a rumor that they might be in the film. No, theres loads of rumors, man. But, you know, its a hard secret to keep. The royal family in the star wars universe, im sure they wouldnt be able to keep that secret. [ laughter ] i know nothing. Jimmy you know nothing . [ cheers and applause ] i know nothing. Jimmy okay. Im going to stick with that. Im not going to push you. We have a question from a fan. That we have on videotape and i think her name is daisy. Daisy, whats your question . Oh peanut. Oh peanut. Please show jimmy your break [ laughter ] im going to need music. [ cheers and applause ] im going to need music. Jimmy youre going to need music. Roots could do it. What kind of music would you like . Anything, come vibe with it. [ laughter ] just vibe with it. I like you guys. Questlove what era . What era . 90s jimmy late 80s. Questlove Michael Jackson . Yeah, might as well. Michael jackson. Jimmy well, we cant pay for that so [ laughter ] Something Like that. [ laughter ] jimmy yeah, thats how you do it [ cheers and applause ] john boyega and i are talking about the last jedi after the break. Stick around, everybody [ cheers and applause ] sarah is a fifthgrade teacher. When it comes to molding young minds, nobody does it better. She also builds her own fighting robots. Destroy. But when it comes to mortgages, shes less confident. Fortunately for sarah, theres Rocket Mortgage by quicken loans. Its simple, so she can understand the details and be sure shes getting the right mortgage. Apply simply. Understand fully. Mortgage confidently. Part of your everyday routines with roomba from irobot. Just press clean and roomba gets to work. 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