And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 791. Yeah steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you, everybody welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, everyone. Welcome to the tonight show. Baby, this is it. [ cheers and applause ] glad you could be here. Oh, i love you. I love you. Heres what people are talking about. I saw that it snowed at the white house today, and temperatures are below freezing. I guess thats why trump spent the whole day with his tongue stuck to the flag pole. [ laughter and applause ] they triple dog dared me. God bless the united states. [ laughter ] this morning trump visited the fbi. Yep, he walked in, saw his photo on the wall and was like, isnt that nice, im the most wanted. [ laughter and applause ] no big deal. This is very interesting. Trump was the first president to speak at the fbi graduation since richard nixon. I guess theres one more thing trump and nixon will have in common. [ laughter and applause ] theyre both steve bravo. Jimmy theyre both president s. This is pretty big. Yesterday, trump spoke on the phone with Vladimir Putin. [ audience oohs ] guess putin heard all the drama about omarosa and said, i want every detail. [ laughter and applause ] dish that dirt, girl. [ laughter ] this is nice. Trumps official christmas portrait just came out. Take a look at this there you are. Yeah. Thats donald and melania surrounded by all the people who still work at the white house. You guys see this . Trump nominated a guy named Matthew Peterson. Did you see this . He nominated a guy named Matthew Peterson for district judge and a lot of people are saying that hes kind of unqualified. I say lets give him a chance. Lets see how he did at his confirmation hearing. Have you ever tried a jury trial . I have not. Civil . No. Criminal . No. [ laughter ] bench . No. State or federal court . I have not. [ laughter ] have you ever tried taken a a deposition by yourself . Uh i believe no. [ laughter ] have you ever argued a a motion in state court . I have not. Have you ever argued a a motion in federal court . No. [ laughter ] jimmy have you ever watched an episode of Peoples Court . [ laughter ] no. Have you ever been on a a Basketball Court . No. [ laughter ] have you ever eaten at a food court . [ laughter ] no, i havent. Have you ever done anything ever in your whole lifetime . [ laughter ] i have not. Sounds good to me. I think youre great. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] fantastic. Steve fantastic. Its only a lifetime position. Jimmy oh, this is exciting. Benicio is on the show tonight. Star wars. Steve oh [ cheers and applause ] jimmy Benicio Del Toro. [ cheers and applause ] star wars the last jedi came out last night. Its one of the biggest movies of the year. So that means its time for star wars the fast wet guy. This is where we send our writer arthur down to Rockefeller Plaza to get peoples thoughts on the movie and see whether they notice that hes mispronouncing the last jedi. [ laughter ] check it out. Star wars the last jedi so are you excited to see star wars the fast wet guy. I am and i am [ laughter ] im going to take my son as well so were both very excited to see it. Are you planning to camp out ahead of time to see star wars the bad french fry . [ laughter ] not too early. Im taking my parents and my wife and a few friends. For how long have you been eagerly anticipating seeing star wars the plaid necktie . [ laughter ] since the trailer came out. On a scale from 1 to 100, how excited are you to see star wars oh, snap, best buy. [ laughter ] uh 101. What have you heard so far about star wars that wet cry. [ laughter ] um i think i mean, i saw this i watched the trailer but i only watched it, like, once or twice. Have you heard a lot of people talking about star wars im mad yet shy . Mmhmm. Yeah. Absolutely. Have you heard anything about the special effects for star wars bitch slap popeye. [ laughter ] no, i havent, i havent. What about you . Have you heard a lot of people talk about star wars the gassy rabbi . [ laughter ] not too much but i see it all on tv. How many times in the theaters do you think youll see star wars my dad gets high . [ laughter ] id probably would see it one more time. Well, i hope you have a a great time seeing star wars lance bass bye bye bye. Thanks, very much. Jimmy yeah, thats right. Yeah. [ cheers and applause ] you guys, i saw that a statue of soccer super star Diego Maradona was just unveiled and some people dont think it looks like him. No. See for yourself. This is maradona in his prime. And now heres the statue. [ laughter ] a lot of people have spoken out about the statue, including maradona himself. He said, i am honored to be memorialized in this way. Thank you to everyone involved. Then his new statue spoke up and said, im hernered to be memereralerzed, ter. [ laughter ] thanks ter everyone invelved. [ laughter ] then maradona said, on second thought, maybe i dont need a a statue. [ laughter ] then the old statue of Cristiano Ronaldo said, wert, whats wrong with . [ laughter ] then this old plaque of Elvis Presley showed up and said, hey, dernt ferget about me. [ laughter ] and finally, this wax figure of zac efron said, ferget about [ indiscernible ] [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] thats amazing. They all said that. Steve what . Come on. Jimmy well, it is the end of another crazy week and since [ laughter ] steve ermahgerd. Jimmy since theres too much to talk about. Instead of giving you a full week in review, we decided to put together a little montage that just focuses on the keywords used this week. Its something called this week in words. Check it out. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] breaking news. Doug jones. Has won. The alabama race is finally done. The republican lost. Theyre sending him back. Hit the road. Jack. Dont you come back. No more, no more. Roy moore. No moore. Change in the senate, conservative fears. The states first democrat in 25 years. The poll shows the president s Approval Rating sinking. But in his mind. I beat abraham lincoln. Omarosa fired. Kicked to the street. Trump offered his goodbye in a tweet. A day in the life. I just saw you folks. Eight hours of tv 12 diet cokes. Net neutrality is reduced to nothing. Jeopardy contestant loves pushing a button. Media mergers. Still in talks. Disney and 21st century fox are close to reaching a deal that could be something unreal. They can finally combine other movies to equal. Snow white and the planet of the jedi die hard with a big hero 6 the sqeakquel. Jimmy we have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much, roots. Nice to see you, higgins. We got a fantastic show tonight. This guys a terrific actor and one of the new faces of star wars the last jedi, which is in theaters everywhere today. Benicio del toro is stopping by tonight [ cheers and applause ] plus from the new movie Pitch Perfect 3, ruby rose is here [ cheers and applause ] also joining us tonight as a a talk guest, he is the he was trending number one on twitter last night for his tenminute freestyle rap he performed on hot 97. From the roots, our very own Tariq Trotter, aka black thought. [ cheers and applause ] is a guest on the tonight show. Steve come out, come out. Jimmy dude, that was epic. That was genius. I cant wait to talk to you about this. Tariq thanks, man. Jimmy no, not now. Later. [ laughter ] i cant wait, man. That is awesome, buddy. It was really great. And we have great music god, i love this guy. Michael mcdonald is here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] come on. Thats my jam. Look at this. Whew steve ooh jimmy ooh, clear vinyl. Yeah. Guys, we have exactly six shows left before we go on christmas break, which means its time for that beloved tonight show tradition. Its time for 12 days of christmas sweaters [ cheers and applause ] 12 days of christmas sweaters 6 days left jimmy thats right. Every show between now and christmas, well be giving one lucky audience member a dapper christmas sweater from the countdown to christmas cabinet. Now since there are six shows left, lets open door number six. [ drumroll ] whoa [ cheers and applause ] now, lets see whos going home with tonights sweater. Everyone look at your seat number. If i call your number, i need you to jump up, let me know where you are. Quest, can i get a drum roll please . [ drumroll ] who wants me to pick their number . [ cheers and applause ] 447 [ cheers and applause ] yeah come on oh, come on. Hey, pal. Im super excited. Jimmy thank you so much for being here. Congratulations. Thank you. Jimmy what is your name, where are you from . Joanne from toronto. Jimmy yes joanne from toronto. Woo [ cheers and applause ] jimmy we love canada. Shout out to brewer street. Yes jimmy shout out to ruth. Yeah, we love toronto. Do you have a sweater like this . No. Jimmy you need this. I do not. Jimmy you dont have anything like this . No. Jimmy would you like to try it on . Absolutely. Jimmy lets do it and see what this is all about. Yeah, here, ill hold the mic. Thank you. Jimmy yeah, this is fantastic. This is going to work out. I can feel it. I can feel it. I got it. Jimmy this is going to work out. Oh, you are going to be the talk of toronto. Look at this [ cheers and applause ] oh, you look gorgeous thank you so much. Congratulations. Thank you jimmy congratulations, once again to our lucky audience member. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with thank you notes, everybody. Thank you very much. Happy holidays. [ cheers and applause ] so. You like it. Little bit. Nothing gets a reaction like a gift from kay jewelers. 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[ cheers and applause ] thank you, christmas and hanukkah, for being that special time of year where christians and jews can come together and almost accidentally burn their houses down. [ applause ] thank you, the names rey, poe, finn, and kylo for sounding less Like Star Wars characters and more like backup teletubbies. Again, again steve yay yay poe. Jimmy thank you, cherry cordial, for combining my two favorite things, chocolate and robitussin. [ laughter and applause ] ipecac. Ipecac. Steve ludens. Thank you, alabama. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you, dreidel, for being the musthave toy of 160 b. C. [ laughter and applause ] steve youve got to get the new dreidel jimmy hasbros all new dreidel. Every kid wants one every parents got to have it. Jimmy thank you, earmuffs, for looking like my beats by dre hooked up with a wookie. There you go, everybody. Those are my thank you notes. 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[ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest is a a golden globe and Academy Award winning actor who stars alongside daisy ridley, john boyega and mark hamill in star wars the last jedi, which opens everywhere today. Please welcome a very talented man, Benicio Del Toro [ cheers and applause ] jimmy benicio thank you for coming back and saying hi to us. I appreciate that. Thank you for having me. Jimmy oh, please. I know youre from puerto rico, and you grew up in puerto rico. Right. Jimmy and youre working with a group after the devastating hurricane youre working with a foundation. Unidos por puerto rico, united for puerto rico. Jimmy united for puerto rico unidosporpuertorico. Com, yeah . You were there right after, right . Yeah, i went to see my dad like seven days after the hurricane. Jimmy could you get in contact with him . We did. But he lives up in the mountains, so it was really hard to get him he has a a plant but we were trying to make sure he got some diesel for the plant, and you know, my First Impression was like, puerto rico is a vibrant, green island. Its green. And just flying in, there was no more green. I mean, the whole island, it was just a from east to west, north and south, it was really devastating. Jimmy please donate if you can. Do anything you can. We love puerto rico, everyone down there. [ cheers and applause ] hey, since you were last on the show, i did some homework on you, and i found out that in 1987, you were an extra in a a madonna video. Thats right. [ laughter ] jimmy do you remember this . Yes, i do. Jimmy i mean, this was a a big deal. La isla bonita. There you go. Jimmy i mean, thats my jam. Yeah. So, you get this call. [ laughter ] just to get thank you very much. But your version under cover the night is great. Jimmy hey, thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you, brother. Thank you, pal. How did you get the call . Did madonna just find you . Do you know madonna . No. I was just asked if i wanted to be an extra in the video, so i got paid about 150 to be to be a front row ticket to see madonna. Jimmy i want to show everyone a clip. Heres a young Benicio Del Toro in madonnas 1987 music video la isla bonita. Check it out. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats what im talking about, buddy yeah thats legendry, man. Yeah. Jimmy there you go. You go from that movie to that video to one of the biggest movies of all time. Congratulations on star wars. Thank you. Jimmy the last jedi. This is a giant, giant, giant deal. Are you do you have any understand how giant it is . No, not yet. I think ill figure it out in about a year from now. Jimmy yeah. But its you know, its an ensemble cast. Its a great cast, great group of young actors. Boyega. The director is rian johnson, who also wrote it. Jimmy fantastic, i like it. And he did a great job. Jimmy hows it working on those things . Because i always feel like its all is it all cgi . Not really. Jimmy oh, really . No. You know, most of the creatures are handmade. Theyre there. Theyre actually they have people that work the creatures. Jimmy oh, really . You might be acting with three individuals. Jimmy were you starstruck when you saw some of the robots, like bb8 . [ light laughter ] if i saw bb8, i would freak out. Ill tell you honestly, bb8 had like four closeup takes. I had two. [ light laughter ] jimmy whos his agent . Who is bb8s agent . Come on, thats not fair. Come on, man. But, great cast. Great cast. Jimmy cj is a new character. Thats you. I read somewhere that you use music to get into characters. Yeah, like a security blanket kind of thing. Jimmy it is, right . Yeah, yeah. Jimmy what music did you listen to . I was listening to a lot of jazz. Jimmy really . Miles davis, duke ellington. Jimmy that was who the the guy that was for you . Yeah, and a little bit of the blues as well. Jimmy yeah, and hows the premiere . You went to the premiere . I went to the premiere, the royal premiere in london. Jimmy yeah. Went to the premiere in l. A. Where my daughter came. My nieces and a nephew of mine came from puerto rico. Jimmy did they love it . Yeah, they loved it. They loved it, yeah, yeah. Jimmy its a big deal. Well, i