Elon Musk Begs Retired Air Traffic Controllers to Return to Work | Mark Ruffalo, Gabriel Iglesias | Thursday, February 27

Summary

Summary of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" Episode Featuring Mark Ruffalo and Gabriel Iglesias

Podcast Information:

• Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
• Host: NBC Universal
• Episode: Elon Musk Begs Retired Air Traffic Controllers to Return to Work | Mark Ruffalo, Gabriel Iglesias
• Release Date: February 28, 2025

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1. Introduction and Monologue

Jimmy Fallon opens the show with his signature enthusiasm from Studio 6P at Rockefeller Center, highlighting the prominence of "The Tonight Show" as the longest-running and #1 late-night program on digital platforms.

• Oscars Preview:

  • [01:13] Jimmy: "Well, guys, the 97th Oscars are this Sunday."
  • He humorously teases the nominations, mentioning Timothée Chalamet for playing Bob Dylan and a fictional appearance by Elon Musk as President.
  • [02:24] Jimmy jokes: "The Oscars celebrate all the incredible, innovative, and inspiring movies that you're waiting to watch on Netflix."

• Trump's Movie Reviews:

  • [02:24] Jimmy: "President Trump is a big movie fan and he actually put out his own reviews of all the best picture nominees."
  • He shares Trump’s satirical critiques, such as praising a "Russian oligarch's son marries a stripper" and dismissing "Wicked" due to the actress changing her body paint color daily.

• Elon Musk’s Call for Air Traffic Controllers:

  • [04:20] Jimmy: "Elon Musk posted something on X that got people's attention. He wrote, 'There is a shortage of top-notch air traffic controllers. If you have retired but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so.'"
  • This segment humorously references the practical implications of Musk's tweet, imagining controllers reading it mid-flight.

• Business News Highlights:

  • [05:04] Jimmy mocks Meghan Markle’s rebranding of her lifestyle brand from "American Riviera Orchard" to "As Ever."
  • He covers various business updates, including the closure of Tomorrow Party City stores and Tropicana potentially facing bankruptcy.

2. February Rhyming Segment

Jimmy Fallon and Tariq Trotter engage in a playful rhyming recap of the month of February, touching on political mishaps, sports victories, and entertainment highlights.

• Notable Lines:
  • [07:07] Tariq: "The name of the month is February."
  • [07:10] Jimmy: "Canada's our adversary and egg price is super scary."
  • [07:20] Tariq: "Mitch McConnell fell downstairs."
  • [07:25] Jimmy: "Elon is a billionaire. Feels like he and Trump are married."

The segment concludes with audience cheers as they transition to the guest introductions.

3. Guest Segment: Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo joins the show to discuss his latest project and share personal anecdotes, bringing both humor and depth to the conversation.

• Introduction:

  • [16:37] Jimmy: "Mark Ruffalo is here tonight."
  • [17:08] Mark: "Thanks."

• Discussion on "Mickey 17":

  • [17:10] Jimmy: "Congrats on this movie. You're great in it."
  • [20:17] Mark: "It's about a guy who's just a common man and they ask him to reprint himself to do these horrible jobs to be killed over and over and over again."
  • [21:05] Jimmy: "So they're gonna reprint the human over and over?"
  • [21:07] Mark: "Yes. It's a sci-fi film directed by Bong Joon Ho."

• Anecdote: Slipping a Real Joint on Stage:

  • [17:53] Mark: "In the play 'The Moment,' we had to pass a joint around on stage. I slipped a real one, and it wouldn't stop smoking."
  • [19:36] Mark: "The stage manager wanted to close the show, but I insisted they couldn't."
  • [20:25] Mark: "I left Dodger Stadium around 4 AM, facing a $25,000 fine."

• Upcoming Honor: Cemented Hands and Feet at Man's Chinese Theater:

  • [28:30] Mark: "Next month, my hands and feet will be in cement at Man's Chinese Theater."
  • [29:25] Mark: "Fluffy is now going to be immortalized in cement."

• Comedy Special "Legend of Fluffy":

  • [31:16] Mark: "The name 'Legend of Fluffy' came from merging ideas inspired by Nintendo's Legend of Zelda."
  • [33:09] Mark: "My tour name is the 'Don't Worry Be Fluffy Tour,' and we rename it every 18 months to keep it fresh."

• Notable Quotes:

  • [20:05] Jimmy: "You can't close the show, man."
  • [29:46] Mark: "Knowing me, they're going to have to make me stirred in my own cement. But I'll do it."
  • [33:00] Jimmy: "It's super funny. Congrats on the tour. You're still on tour."

4. Guest Segment: Gabriel Iglesias

Gabriel Iglesias appears to discuss his accomplishments in stand-up comedy, particularly his historic performance at Dodger Stadium.

• Introduction:

  • [23:35] Jimmy: "Please welcome Gabriel Iglesias."

• Dodger Stadium Performance:

  • [24:07] Mark: "Gabriel, you're the first stand-up comedian to ever do Dodger Stadium. That's insane. But congratulations."
  • [24:46] Mark: "I walked out on stage in front of 50,000 people and got emotional."
  • [25:47] Mark: "We started celebrating on stage with tequila and stories about making it here."

• Challenges Faced:

  • [26:00] Mark: "If you go past the venue's curfew, you face a hefty fine. I left Dodger Stadium around 4 AM, incurring a $25,000 fine."

• Notable Quotes:

  • [24:19] Mark: "I tasted what Taylor. It was easily the greatest night of my life."
  • [28:12] Mark: "As awesome as hosting SNL would be, that's not what I wanted to announce tonight."
  • [33:28] Jimmy: "I'm so proud of you and so happy for you."

5. Additional Highlights

• Comedic Interludes:

  • Throughout the show, Jimmy Fallon and Tariq Trotter engage in humorous exchanges, including attempts at joke writing and playful banter.
  • [09:25] Tariq: "Today because you had to yazzify yourself."
  • [12:37] Jimmy: "Thank you, box of cords in my closet for letting me rest easy knowing I can still charge the ipod shuffle I lost in 20."

• Audience Engagement:

  • The show features musical performances, including the legendary root crew 2100 and Gimme Valley, enhancing the entertainment value.

• Recurring Jokes:

  • The monologue includes running gags about Elon Musk and playful references to current events, keeping the content relatable and timely.

6. Conclusion

Jimmy Fallon wraps up the episode by thanking Mark Ruffalo, Gabriel Iglesias, and the Roots for their appearances. He encourages the audience to stay tuned for more episodes and to subscribe for the latest updates.

• Closing Remarks:
  • [35:37] Tariq: "Thanks for listening to The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Don't forget to subscribe to get the latest episodes weekday mornings."
  • [35:37] Jimmy: "Good night, everybody. Huh? Get involved, work, get out."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Jimmy Fallon:

  • [02:24] "Elon Musk posted something on X that got people's attention. He wrote, 'There is a shortage of top-notch air traffic controllers. If you have retired but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so.'"

• Mark Ruffalo:

  • [19:36] "Kieran Culkin. Yeah. Behind the drapery, going."
  • [29:46] "Knowing me, they're going to have to make me stirred in my own cement. But I'll do it."

• Tariq Trotter:

  • [07:07] "The name of the month is February."

This episode effectively blends humor, celebrity insights, and current events, providing an engaging experience for audiences both familiar and new to "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

Transcript

[Jimmy Fallon]

From Studio 6P at Rockefeller center in the heart of New York City, it's a Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight joins Jimmy this guest, Mark Ruffalo, Gabriel Iglesia. And featuring the legendary roots crew 2100. And now, here he is, Gimme Valley. Thank you. Enjoy yourself. Thank you very much. Enjoy yourself.

What's up, everybody? Welcome, everyone. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Tonight Show.

The Tonight Show. This is it. Thank you for being here.

Thank you for watching. Well, guys, the 97th Oscars are this Sunday. That's right. Ten movies are nominated for best picture, including Wicked and. And nine others. The Oscars celebrate all the incredible, innovative, and inspiring movies that you're waiting to watch on Netflix. It's very exciting. Well, this is very exciting. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Eriva will open the show with a performance from Wicked. I don't know. Does Wicked really work on stage this year? The best actor nominees include Timothee Chalamet for his role as Bob Dylan and Elon Musk for his role as President. Thank you, Denise. I heard that this year's Oscar gift bag contains $200,000 worth of items. Ooh, that's right. It's one carton of eggs. That's cool.

Yeah.

The Oscars are this Sunday, and I read that President Trump is a big movie fan and he actually put out his own reviews of all the best picture nominees.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Really?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Let's take a look. First up, after he saw a complete unknown, Trump said, I thought this was gonna be about J.D. vance. Oh, who's that guy again? Up next, after he saw Dune Part two, Trump said, we're gonna invade Arrakis and take their spice. Not real. Next up, after he saw Emilia Perez, Trump said, I hated this movie until I read the lead actress old tweets.

Wow.

That's what he said.

[Tariq Trotter]

Yeah, that's what he said.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I believe that's what he said.

[Tariq Trotter]

He put out his own reviews.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's correct. Then after he saw I'm still here, Trump said, that's what I shouted while Elon gave a speech at my cabinet meeting.

It's like, hey, oh, wait, I'm over.

Up next, after he saw Anora, Trump said, a Russian oligarch's son marries a stripper. You had me at Russian. Had me again at oligarch. Lost me at sun, then had me at stripper. Interesting long review.

Wow.

[Tariq Trotter]

From the heart.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And finally, after he saw Wicked, Trump said, the actress had to paint her entire body a different color every day. I could totes relate.

Interesting reviews. It's cool.

That he's into movies at least. Speaking of Trump, today, he said that he trusts Vladimir Putin not to violate a peace deal with Ukraine. Trump was like, I mean, look at him. He'll give you the shirt right off his back, you know? Did you guys see this? Today, Elon Musk posted something on X that got people's attention. He wrote, there is a shortage of top notch air traffic controllers. If you have retired but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so. That must have been a fun tweet to read while you were in mid flight today.

[Tariq Trotter]

What?

[Jimmy Fallon]

We're gonna go ahead and turn off the Go Go wi fi for a little bit and take that Go Go off. And switching gears, Meghan Markle just announced her new lifestyle brand called as ever, which is a little confusing because it used to be called American Riviera Orchard. This is true. And before that it was called the Tig. Yes, confusing, but it's like, you know, it's like food, beauty, wellness, home decorations. This is branding life branding stuff. So we understand it can be hard to name your brand. So here to help you give your brand a name, we made this educational video.

[Unknown]

Hey, are you interested in a whole lot of different stuff, but can't pick a brand?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Focus.

[Unknown]

Just shove it all together under one lifestyle umbrella.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on. It's fun. Come on.

[Unknown]

Customers will understand when you jam it all into one big brand. Take one lancer from each thing. Give your brand an international ring. Fusion flavors. Pottery, urban farming, Scrapbooking, meditation and decor. Yoga, postures on the floor. Homemade jellies, bonsai trees. Add as many as you please. Recipes or vintage clothes. Doggy treats or garden hoes. Entertaining on the lawn or pilates on the john. Teaching pets to play board games. And now you've got a new brand name. Foo Foo puffs Matty Papa J Bootayam be prav kad Tokyo Lobo tachi di patu puffs Matti tapa hamajayam me pravkada Tokyo lopotajiti Patu bib.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That is very helpful. That's very helpful. Well, some business news. I saw that Tomorrow Party City is closing all of their stores. There's nothing more somber than letting the air out of 100 balloons and say congrats. And listen to this. Apparently Tropicana orange juice could be headed for bankruptcy right now. Sunny D is looking around like, how the hell are we still here? What are we. And finally, you guys, it's our last show of February, so you know what that means. It's time for me and Trik to rhyme the month. You ready, Tariq?

[Tariq Trotter]

Let's do it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Here we go.

[Tariq Trotter]

The name of the month is February.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Was it eventful? I'd say very. Canada's our adversary and egg price is super scary. Bird flu, please be sanitary. Mask up your pet canary.

[Tariq Trotter]

Mitch McConnell fell downstairs.

[Jimmy Fallon]

TRUMP called pennies unnecessary.

[Tariq Trotter]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Elon is a billionaire.

Feels like he and Trump are married.

RFK is secretary and he might give us dysentery.

[Tariq Trotter]

Luca traded so unfair.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Now the Yankees can be hairy. Eagles won. They're legendary. Kendrick's jeans were extra flairy. Yeah. Grammys had that music blaring Bench's bulge was kinda glaring. SNL had roots in Sherry. That was awesome. I was Larry who does bankrupt stepdads everywhere despairing Trump wrote the OB Keeping.

Up, but only barely.

The name of the moth.

[Tariq Trotter]

The name of the month.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The name of the month is February. Yeah. We have a great show. Give it up for the ruthless chef. Oh, the best right there. Tariq Trotter from the Roots. Black thought. Come on. The Roots.

What a show we have for you tonight. Oh, my gosh. So much talent. He's a very talented actor who you can see in the new movie Mickey 17, which is in theaters and IMAX March 7th.

Mark Ruffalo is here tonight.

I love that guy. Plus, he's a very funny comedian who has a new Netflix special out now called Gabriel Legend of Fluffy.

Gabriel Iglesias is joining us this evening.

[Tariq Trotter]

Fit as. Couldn't see it, but binocular.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my goodness.

Welcome back, everybody.

It is the end of the week, and that's usually when I catch up with, you know, I check my inbox, I return some emails, and of course, I send out thank you notes. Can I do that every time? Well, I was running a bit behind.

[Tariq Trotter]

Today because you had to yazzify yourself.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I didn't have to yazzify myself, but, yeah, I had to be concerned that people were getting yazzified and stuff like that. And I wanted to make sure everyone was in their best selves. And so, yeah, I was running a bit behind. I thought. If you guys wouldn't mind, I like to write out my weekly thank you notes right now. Right now. Okay.

You guys are the best.

James. That's James Poison right there. James, take us in. Thank you. Note writing music, please. Yes. Yeah.

Look at that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tariq Trotter]

Yeah. It's a five.

[Jimmy Fallon]

James, what if you took out your pocket square and used it and made it into a tie or something?

[Tariq Trotter]

Like, is that what, like a cravat?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Yeah. That's pretty good. Oh, yeah. That's it. That's it. Yeah.

Seems like you're in the revolution, dude.

Come on. Yeah.

No, no, Prince.

Prince in the revolution. Yeah.

No. Oh, boy.

Oh, my God. Here we go. Thank you, Academy. That's gonna be a meme, you know? Right? Yeah. Or a gif. Sorry. Gif. All right, here we go. Thank you, Academy Awards orchestra, for being the classiest way to tell someone to shut up. Neil.

Go to bed. Go to bed.

Thank you, onions, for being like, I'm literally getting cut into pieces. But sure, you cry. Thank you, hair tie, for being something a detective can pick up and say a girlfriend was here. Thank you, dream catchers, for looking like something a spider would sell on Etsy. Here you go. Thank you, box of cords in my closet for letting me rest easy knowing I can still charge the ipod shuffle I lost in 20. Darn it. 2007. Yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna say 2007.

[Tariq Trotter]

2007.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. That's not what you say for. No, no, you should have trouble. Oh, seven.

[Tariq Trotter]

Yeah. They were just coming from.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's how I was in 2007.

[Tariq Trotter]

That's what you said. Triple zero seven.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, I said.

[Tariq Trotter]

You said 20.

[Jimmy Fallon]

20 zero seven. Yeah. Which is not something anyone say that.

[Tariq Trotter]

No, humans don't say that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, but I do. Like robots do. Let's redo it.

Oh, no.

Thank you, box of cords in my closet for letting me rest easy knowing I can still charge the odd.

Oh, does not compute.

I put the emphasis. I put the emphasis on pod. Yeah, the ipod. The ipod. The ipod shuffle. Campos is on the right. You want to go get some ice? You want to go get some ice cream later?

Yeah.

You charge my ipod. Is that. Is that the brand new ipod you have? Who talks like that? Robots do. Let's try it one more time. Stop. I can't take it anymore. Oh, hey. Hey, Alexa, I'm playing. All right, we'll try this one one more time.

[Mark Ruffalo]

All right.

[Tariq Trotter]

We haven't heard this at all. We've never heard this before.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, Brandon, I just feel like we're gonna air this, and so you'll just see that we've done this joke twice, and it's not worked, but this.

[Tariq Trotter]

Each time, it gets better.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You think so?

Yeah.

What if it changed the date? Maybe 2008.

Oh, yeah.

[Tariq Trotter]

Well, don't tell them.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tariq Trotter]

Make a new punchline.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Tariq Trotter]

I don't know what year you're gonna come up.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, me neither.

[Tariq Trotter]

But don't say 20. Something. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, he might do it.

No, he won't. I'll try this one again.

[Tariq Trotter]

Okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And I don't think it's three's a charm.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Hmm.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you, box of swords in my closet, for letting me.

You.

For letting me rest easy knowing I can still charge my ipod shuffle I lost in 2017. Oh, this one's great. I mean, I'm thinking you're the one.

[Tariq Trotter]

You'Re thinking of right now.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, Yeah, I thought.

[Tariq Trotter]

I'm reading it.

[Mark Ruffalo]

You're right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, no, I'm writing. Correct, right.

[Tariq Trotter]

Living a state of gratitude.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's correct. Here we go. Thank you, door hook, for looking like an octopus challenging me to a fight.

[Tariq Trotter]

Last one.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Should have ended on that one, but, you know, we can add a fake laugh track and applause. Or maybe the audience could give this a standing ovation. I. I don't want to. No, no, no.

I don't want to tell anyone.

I don't know. I don't know what you're going to.

Do just because you're in New York City.

[Tariq Trotter]

I don't know what city in the world.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I'm not gonna. Yeah, just. Cause I'm in New York City, the greatest city in the world. I'm not gonna.

I don't know what they're gonna do. I'm not gonna tell you what to do.

Here we go. I'm gonna read this joke, and I'm not saying that if you stand up, you're guaranteed to be on television tonight. Yeah, you're not saying that.

[Tariq Trotter]

But friends and family don't say that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

All right, thank you, hot sauce, for coming in. Two spice levels, a nice kick, and fire in the hole.

[Tariq Trotter]

That.

[Jimmy Fallon]

There you have it. Those are my thank you notes. We'll be right back with Mark Ruffalo. Our first guest is one of our favorites.

He's an Oscar. Oscar nominated actor who stars in the new movie Mickey 17, which is in theaters and IMAX March 7th. Please welcome Mark Ruffalo.

Yes. Oh, my goodness. Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo, soldier.

Is that what you want? Ruffalo, soldier.

Dreadlo, my man.

It's always good to see you too. You look fantastic.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Thanks.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Congrats on this movie. You're great in it. Mickey 17.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You've been acting for a long, long time. Yeah. Was it. Did you start in theater?

[Mark Ruffalo]

I did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You did?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Because I have a story that I want to hear if it's true or not.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Let's hear it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, you. You did a play once with Kieran Culkin.

[Mark Ruffalo]

I did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay, now Is this.

[Mark Ruffalo]

That brings back a lot of memories.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Now, do you know this story?

[Mark Ruffalo]

A lot of memory loss.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Do you know what. Yeah. Do you know the story I'm about to tell?

[Mark Ruffalo]

You mean the.

[Jimmy Fallon]

When he. Yes.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Slipped a joint.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Into the prop joint.

[Jimmy Fallon]

This really happened?

[Mark Ruffalo]

This truly happened.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No way. All right, tell me about this.

[Mark Ruffalo]

I haven't recovered.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wait, so. So you're opening up the play? What play was it?

[Mark Ruffalo]

It was called the Moment when it was James Lapine and with Aria Barakis and Kira and Phyllis Newman, who was in her 70s, I think, at the time.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow.

[Mark Ruffalo]

And in the beginning of the play, the first scene, we have to pass a joint around, me and Aria and Phyllis, and we're passing it around. And, you know when you're on a stage in real life, you take, like, two puffs and you're so stoned.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Mark Ruffalo]

But when you're on a play, you're just killing that thing. And it's a long scene, so.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And it's fake. Normally.

[Mark Ruffalo]

It's usually fake. Not this time. When did you realize Ari had never been stoned in her life? Now, I, on the other hand, smoked a lot.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Sorry.

[Mark Ruffalo]

A little bit.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So, yeah. Okay.

[Mark Ruffalo]

So I had some experience, but. So we're passing it back and forth, and I'm like, man, I am really in the moment, man.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I. Bro, I've never acted.

[Mark Ruffalo]

I'm so in the pocket.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I've never acted.

[Mark Ruffalo]

I'm really feeling this tonight. And then I look down and I go. And it doesn't stop. It just keeps going and going and going and going and going.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow.

[Mark Ruffalo]

And the lights start to fade, and I look down and I realize it's a real joint. And I look at Aria and she's just like, this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Paranoid.

[Mark Ruffalo]

And then I look backstage and there's.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That little nice guy. Cutie. Yes.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Kieran Culkin. Yeah. Behind the drapery, going.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love it.

Did you get in trouble?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Well, they wanted to close the play down. They were literally like. The stage manager came running out. She's like, we're closing the show. We're closing it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Mark Ruffalo]

And I was like, you can't close a show.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Can't close the show. You can't close the show, man.

[Mark Ruffalo]

You can't close the show.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What are you doing? You can't.

[Mark Ruffalo]

No.

He'll get in trouble.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's so sad.

[Mark Ruffalo]

One of the best reviews I've ever had.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Is that right?

[Mark Ruffalo]

That's amazing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Did you really. Is that correct?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Oh, my God, yeah. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Congrat.

Thank you for clearing that up.

Thank you for clearing that buffalo soldier. Buffalo ruffalo soldier. Absolutely.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yeah, that's right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, you're about to get even better reviews for this, Mickey17. Congratulations on this one. This is. You're so good.

Yeah.

Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, who's a brilliant writer, director, Parasite, which is one of my favorite movies. And it's a sci fi film.

[Mark Ruffalo]

That's right. It's about a guy who's just a common man and they ask him to reprint himself to do these horrible jobs to be killed over and over and over again.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So they're gonna reprint the human over and over?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yes. And then they kill him and they reprint them and they kill him and they reprint them. And it's a space mission, so there's all kinds of dangerous things. So they keep killing him off to further this colonizing spaceship. And I play a petty dictator at the time. We shot it three years ago, and I thought, this is over the top at the time. And now I realize it totally underplayed.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You, Skip.

[Mark Ruffalo]

That's really like. I made a documentary.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Mark Ruffalo right there.

Mark, you were telling me something during the clip that there's always something that you wanted to do.

[Mark Ruffalo]

I want to crowd surf.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You want to do it?

Go if you want to do it. Are you sure? Give me that.

Give me the mug.

Give me the mug.

Give me the mug.

[Tariq Trotter]

Go for it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Give me the mug. You want to do it? Hold my mug. Hold your. Go for it, dude.

All right, ready?

Here we are. Hey, you can't do without me, dude. Here I come.

Oh, my God.

Mark Ruffalo, everybody. You crowdsource the best crowd in the world. Mickey 17 is in theaters on March March 7th. We'll be right back with Gabriel Iglesias. Stick around.

[Tariq Trotter]

Got a whole planet by the first stranger sees the earth plane not built for earth things.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Our next guest is a very funny.

Comedian whose new stand up special, Gabriel Legend of Fluffy is out now on Netflix.

Please welcome Gabriel Iglesias.

I love you, dude. Come on.

I love you, Gabriel. Welcome back to the show. Come on, Gabriel Iglesias.

[Tariq Trotter]

That's how to make an entrance.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Oh, man. I. I don't know if you guys are excited that it's me or that you didn't pay for me.

Yeah.

And I'm up here looking like a Mexican Liberace.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, no, no.

We.

We have things we have to discuss here. First of all, last time you were on, you were about to do this thing. You were about to do stand up at Dodger Stadium 50,000 people.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yes, I know, right?

[Jimmy Fallon]

And you did it.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yeah, I did it. It was awesome. Everybody showed up. It was cool.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Gabriel, you're the first stand up comedian to ever do Dodger Stadium. That's insane. But congratulations.

[Mark Ruffalo]

I tasted what Taylor. Yeah. It was easily the greatest night of my life.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Describe it to me. What was it? Where'd you walk out? What'd you see when you walked out? What was it feeling?

[Mark Ruffalo]

I basically came out of the field. We had a huge stage. It was a beautiful setup. You could still see it on Netflix. Walking out on stage, you guys, in front of 50,000 people that are just there to cheer for you and laugh and have a good time. I got emotional. I started crying in the first 30 seconds.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Did you really?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yeah, I started crying. I was so freaking happy. And it's. It's one of those things where I wasn't nervous about the set because I was very confident with the material. It was more so like a celebration of a hometown kid that not only did he make it, he's making an incredible statement performing somewhere where he grew up. You know what I mean? So, of course.

[Jimmy Fallon]

How many years, and I hate to age you or anything, but how many years have you been doing this? I know of you for a long time.

[Mark Ruffalo]

At the time, I was hitting 25 years, so I just thought it was a great number. 25 years. What a way to. What did make it happen?

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's so funny. It's unbelievable. But then you were telling me backstage, I go, what'd you do? Did you take anything? What'd you do? Did you enjoy?

Did you embrace?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Did you steal something?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes, I did. I go, why not?

You're at Dodger Stadium.

But you said that you. You got in a little trouble.

[Tariq Trotter]

I got in a little bit of.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Trouble because when you have the greatest night of your life, you're not worried about consequences. You're. You're pretty much.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're.

[Mark Ruffalo]

You're celebrating. And when I say, consequently, I didn't steal anything. But what I did do was at the end of my performance, I didn't get off the stage. I actually brought out a couple of friends on stage with me, guys that I've been touring with for all these years. And we just took it in. We started celebrating. We cracked a couple bottles of tequila and we started drinking on stage in front of 50,000 people and started telling stories about what it took to be there.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Mark Ruffalo]

And so, yeah, it was.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But here's the. Here's the problem.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Here's the.

There's a problem.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You have to get off the stage.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Every venue, especially in New York, you have curfews. There's a certain time where you check in and you check out, and if you go past that time, you are, you know, met with a fine. Especially here. I remember it was a $25,000 fine if I went over one minute at one of the venues down the street. And so magnify that by a stadium. No, I got off stage after midnight, and I probably left Dodger Stadium around 4 o'clock in the morning.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Mark Ruffalo]

So the. The fine. The fine was insane. I'm the reason they could afford Ohtani.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my God. You're that. Wow. Oh, yeah, That's. You're the reason.

[Mark Ruffalo]

I'm the reason. I'm the reason. That's exactly fine. I've never paid anything like that and never will I do that again. No, but again, yeah. I could have fed a small country.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You did it, buddy. I'm so proud of you and so happy for you.

[Mark Ruffalo]

It was insane.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You deserve it, man. All the hard work and well deserved you. You posted something online that I saw. Y. Actually, I have an art card here. You said it was right outside the Tonight Show. NBC here. And you said, big announcement coming soon in a photo of you. What can you. What can you tell us about the big announcement?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Well, Jimmy, this is really exciting, and I love the fact that I saved this moment for you. I wanted to make sure that I did it on the greatest platform. Super excited to announce something big. Now. When I posted this yesterday, people started speculating what it might be, and the number one answer was, oh, are you finally gonna host snl? And as awesome as.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's fantastic.

[Mark Ruffalo]

As awesome as that would be. That. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not. Which camera can I look into directly? Can I look into this?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mark Ruffalo]

As awesome as it would be to host snl. Lauren, he doesn't.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He doesn't watch.

He doesn't watch our show.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Oh, he will tonight.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, my gosh.

[Mark Ruffalo]

He will tonight. Yeah. Hashtag FluffySNL. Anyway, but that's. That's besides the point. That would be a huge honor. But that is not what I wanted to announce tonight. As you know, with comedy, with standup comedy, we don't have a hall of fame. When you achieve certain things, there is no place where you're celebrated, where this is your moment. But I have been given an incredible honor, and I found out that next month my hands and feet will be in cement in front of Man's Chinese Theater.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on.

Gabriel, you're Doing it all.

[Mark Ruffalo]

You'Re going to hands and hands and.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Feet of cement in the cement.

[Mark Ruffalo]

So, you know, it's one of those things where long after I'm gone, kids will still be able to go like, what's this right here? This.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Fluffy was here.

He was right here.

[Mark Ruffalo]

And I did talk to some of the people and they're like, it is a huge honor. And I know it is because they're like, you know, a lot of people get stars on the walk of fame, but rare, it's rare to get the cement. And I'm like, dude, I'm Mexican. What you talking about? I got, I got uncles. Cement's very common in my family. You know what I mean?

[Jimmy Fallon]

But Fluffy is now.

[Mark Ruffalo]

But no, Fluffy is now going to be immortalized in cement. Knowing me, they're going to have to make me stirred my own cement. But I'll do it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, no, no, Gabriel, no, they won't, they won't make it there. But, you know, we've, we, we've talked a lot of times. I don't know if anyone knows the origination of Fluffy.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yeah, the actual origin. Fluffy is a nickname that was given to me a long time ago by my mom because I called myself fat around my mom. And she was like, mijo, you're not fat, you're Fluffy. And yeah, I know, right? And I didn't like that nickname. I'm like, I'm not a cat. When I first got started, I was trying to build my name. My last name's already famous. Iglesias. I just gotta work on the first name. There's no Gabriels in comedy, so, you know, with the exception of Gabe Kaplan in the 70s, but there's no Gabriels. I just gotta work on one name. And at the end of the show, no one remembered Gabriel Iglesias. They would remember me by a joke where I said, I'm not fat, I'm Fluffy. So they'd say, good job, Fluffy. And I'm like, here we go.

[Jimmy Fallon]

There you go, Mom. Thank you, Mom.

That's the best.

We love our mom. Come on.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Getting. I'm sorry, getting a nickname like that, it took me a while to accept it because I didn't like it. I didn't like the name. But then eventually I embraced it and I learned how to brand it. And now I basically own the word Jimmy. Yeah, I own the word. I challenge anyone to Google or just go online and look for the word Fluffy. I promise you, I am the number one thing that pops up.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I mean, that's kind of number one. That's crazy.

[Mark Ruffalo]

I know, right?

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's awesome.

[Mark Ruffalo]

It's like I beat out quilts, comforters, cotton candy, fabrics on anything.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I mean, the name of the special on Netflix, by the way, congrats on being top 10. Thank you. It's all fantastic. It's all happening on Netflix, by the way.

[Mark Ruffalo]

It's the biggest platform I was competing with Cobra Kai and Squid Games, and so to be in that category in the top 10. Legend.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Legend of Fluffy.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Legend.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The Legend of Fluffy. Yes. How'd you come up with the name Legend of Fluffy?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Okay, so the special was shot at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Sure.

[Mark Ruffalo]

The Hard Rock. It's a beautiful casino. It's in the shape of a guitar. And so since I was the first comic to shoot a special there, the Hard Rock was like, hey, well, if anything, you want to use with the name. So I told Netflix, I want, you know, Hard Rock Fluffy. It made sense. He's shooting it at the Hard Rock Fluffy. Put them together.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Hard Rock Fluffy.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Hard Rock. Netflix goes, yeah, that cost. Cost money for Hard Rock to do that. And. And we're not getting our cut. It's very mafia. Very, very, you know, hey, that a hard rock, but, you know, so you can't do. So they. They did not. Netflix did not approve of me having Hard Rock in my title. And so my agent goes, why don't you tell him you want to call it Rock Hard Fluffy? And I'm like, that's a different.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's a different movie. That's.

[Mark Ruffalo]

That's against the brand. So we didn't want to do that. And finally, my. My manager called me, and he goes, dude, we gotta give him a name. And I go, you know what? Call it Legend. It was literally just like that. I think I was playing a Nintendo game, and I'm like, oh, Legend. Yeah, okay. Yeah. Legend of Fluffy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Legend of Zelda. Legend of Fluffy. Come on, bud.

It's a great name.

[Mark Ruffalo]

It's a great name.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's super funny. Congrats on the tour. You're still on tour. Now you have another special coming out. You're in the Netflix family.

[Mark Ruffalo]

Yeah, yeah. No, once you're in, you're in, you know? Yeah. What's the name of your tour? I can't even download a prime account with Netflix.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No.

[Mark Ruffalo]

If they find out I get the.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You don't watch anything else. Yeah, exactly. But what is the name of your tour again?

[Mark Ruffalo]

Just so people, my tour name right now is the Don't Worry Be Fluffy Tour, but it's I know, right?

I love it.

It's one of those things where the tour is continuous. I have not stopped working. So basically we just rename the tour every 18 months. You know what I mean? It's just now we call it this. Now we call it this. Now we call it this. But the material does change.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on, boy. Gabriel Iglesias, everybody. Legend of FL is on Netflix now. More to Nitro after the break. Stick around, everybody.

[Tariq Trotter]

White dogs on my doorstep? What comes around goes around like the vortex competition I'm all phobic quartet Choke them out. Y'all seen being force fed?

[Jimmy Fallon]

My thanks to Mark Ruffalo, Gabriel Iglesias, and the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thank you for watching. Good night, everybody, huh? Get involved, work, get out.

[Tariq Trotter]

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