Trump Claims Economy Is Booming, Urges Parents to Cut Back on Christmas Gifts | Kate Hudson, John Stamos, Lily Allen | Wednesday, December 10

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Episode: Trump Claims Economy Is Booming, Urges Parents to Cut Back on Christmas Gifts | Kate Hudson, John Stamos, Lily Allen
Airdate: December 11, 2025
Guests: Kate Hudson, John Stamos, Lily Allen

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Tonight Show is a lively holiday edition packed with Jimmy’s signature news-driven monologue comedy, celebrity banter, and playful games. The major theme weaves together holiday spirit, pop culture recalls, and cameo-filled interviews with stars at the peak of their careers: Kate Hudson, John Stamos, and Lily Allen. Highlights include sharp jabs at President Trump’s latest statements and Christmas advice, a rapid-fire run-through of recent product recalls, festive and nostalgic anecdotes from guests, and behind-the-scenes stories from new film, television, and music projects.

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Key Moments & Discussions

1. Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Monologue & Trump Jokes

• [01:08] Jimmy grounds the show in classic holiday humor, poking fun at New York’s transformation during the holidays—“You know it’s the holiday season when Times Square Elmo switches from vodka to eggnog.”
• [01:40] President Trump gets the spotlight for his recent rally in Pennsylvania, where he claimed, “the economy is doing great,” humorously attributing American prosperity to the "booming" tanning bed business.
• [02:12] Fallon highlights Trump’s advice to parents: “Instead of buying 37 dolls for your kids, buy two or three,” riffing, “By the way, who is buying $37? What kind of haunted asylum are you living in?”
• [02:33] The monologue playfully scrutinizes Trump’s awkward praise of coal miners and delivers a risqué Epstein zinger: “That's actually a quote from his last birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein” (Jimmy Fallon, 02:50).

2. Pop Culture Recall-palooza: Product Recalls Turned Comedy

• [03:01]–[05:02] Jimmy, with guests chiming in, launches a comedic cascade about product recall headlines:
  • Hyundai’s missing rearview cameras.
  • Nissan’s windshield air bubbles.
  • Aldi’s holiday bark sweets recall.
  • Porkorno/Picorno Romano cheese products.
  • Over a million bags of shredded cheese recalled.
• The segment is fast, silly, and leans into running jokes about John Stamos’ Christmas shopping getting successively derailed.
  • “How am I supposed to pick up food for my Christmas party this weekend?” (John Stamos, 03:36)

3. Viral Oddities & Holiday Cheer

• [05:12] Jimmy shares a weird news tidbit: a San Francisco woman gave birth in a self-driving Waymo just to use the carpool lane—“Even crazier, she did it just to get into the carpool lane.”
• [06:39] Jimmy plugs his NBC holiday special, touting guest stars like the Jonas Brothers, Mariah Carey, and more.

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In-Depth Celebrity Interviews

4. Kate Hudson: Golden Globes, Christmas Mania, & Neil Diamond

[07:27]–[13:47]

• Award Season High:
  • Kate is celebrated for her Golden Globe-nominated role in Song Sung Blue (opens Christmas Day). Jimmy praises: “You knocked it out of the park. But it is so great.” (Jimmy Fallon, 12:12)
• Holiday Spirit Queen:
  • Her brother Oliver’s “Christmas Guy” reputation is debunked; “No, you’re the one. He’s a fraud. Baker.” (Kate Hudson, 08:41)
  • Kate’s love of the season: “I love Christmas more than anything. My house looks insane. I’m one of those people. It literally lights up the whole block.” (Kate Hudson, 08:56)
• Inside Song Sung Blue:
  • A true story about couple-turned-Neil Diamond impersonators—“It sort of follows them through their story, which is beautiful and unimaginable. …with a thread of hope that kind of carries you through.” (Kate Hudson, 11:15)
  • Working with Hugh Jackman: “His generosity of spirit is just insane. …the most lovely human on the planet.” (Kate Hudson, 11:01)
• Meeting Neil Diamond:
  • Hudson recalls drinking lemonade with Neil in Colorado—“He was just beautiful. …this is— he’s enjoying his life right now.” (Kate Hudson, 12:48)
• The “So Good” Family Rule:
  • On the Diamond family custom: “If anyone says ‘so good,’ two people have to say ‘so good.’” (Kate Hudson, 13:17)
  • Group joins in on the “so good” call-and-response; a playful, memorable moment demonstrating the show’s spontaneous fun.

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5. John Stamos: Family Traditions, Viral Jesus Christ Superstar, & Games

[14:14]–[22:43]

• Holidays & Mother-in-Law’s “Crack”:
  • John describes a legendary dessert that’s family tradition: “People come over, they don’t even say hello. Is your mother-in-law’s crack out yet? …FedEx guy goes, ‘your mother-in-law’s crack changed my life.’” (John Stamos, 16:08)
• Career Update & Jokes:
  • Upcoming role in The Hunting Wives: “First thing [my wife] said is, ‘Are you going to show your penis?’ I’m like, no.” (John Stamos, 16:42)
• Viral Performance Story:
  • Last-minute Jesus Christ Superstar gig at the Hollywood Bowl—replacing Josh Gad, suffering teleprompter issues: “The way the sun is shining, hits the teleprompter and I can’t see a word. …I come out and said, you are the Christ.” (John Stamos, 18:13)
  • Encouraged by a Liza Minnelli note: “Dear John, take no prisoners. The wounded, Liza May.” (John Stamos, 18:05)
• Pop Culture Game:
  • Jimmy quizzes John on shoutouts to him in Guardians of the Galaxy, Full House, and Step Brothers. Stamos rolls gamely with confusion and humor.
  • “If you were a chick, who’s the one guy you would sleep with? John Stamos. What? Did we just become best friends?” (Jimmy Fallon, quoting Step Brothers, 20:34)
• Palm Royale Preview:
  • His character: “A lawyer-slash-gynecologist. His name is Dr. Dusty Magic Dust.” (John Stamos, 21:13)
  • Stories about working with Kristen Wiig and improv on set.

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6. Lily Allen: SNL, New Album, and Viral Album Art

[22:57]–[27:47]

• SNL Return:
  • Lily shares her nervous excitement playing Saturday Night Live again: “I did it 20 years ago, but I didn’t really understand the cultural significance of it then. …Now I really do. …I’m scared.” (Lily Allen, 23:45)
• On Writing West End Girl:
  • The album was sparked in a “10-day writing session”: “I had 18 track titles which I wrote the night before …Two songs on the first day and I was like, oh, this is kind of good.” (Lily Allen, 24:07–25:27)
  • Early tracks: “Just Enough” and “Tennis.”
  • “You keep adding dates. Congratulations, bud. You’re crushing it right now. You’re crushing it.” (Jimmy Fallon, 26:14)
• Album Artwork:
  • The oil painting cover designed via Instagram collaboration: “We wanted to have a painting… her specialty is kind of doing, like, renaissance-y like, looking paintings, but with modern clothing and they're all puffer jackets.” (Lily Allen, 26:25)
  • Jimmy surprises Lily with a custom-made puffer jacket, matching the album’s cover art.
  • Lily gamely strikes the album pose on stage.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “By the way, who is buying $37? What kind of haunted asylum are you living in?” (Jimmy Fallon, 02:20)
• “No, you’re the one. He’s a fraud. Baker.” (Kate Hudson, 08:41, deflating brother Oliver’s “Christmas Guy” image)
• “His generosity of spirit is just insane. …the most lovely human on the planet.” (Kate Hudson on Hugh Jackman, 11:01)
• “People come over, they don’t even say hello. Is your mother-in-law’s crack out yet?” (John Stamos, 15:55)
• “If anyone says ‘so good,’ two people have to say ‘so good.’” (Kate Hudson, 13:17)
• “I did do it 20 years ago, but I didn’t really understand the cultural significance of it then. …Now you really do. …I’m scared.” (Lily Allen, reflecting on SNL, 23:52)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Monologue & Trump jokes: 01:08–03:01
• Recall-palooza (recalls comedy bit): 03:01–05:02
• Kate Hudson interview: 07:27–13:47
• John Stamos interview: 14:14–22:43
• Lily Allen interview: 22:57–27:47
• Viral puffer jacket/album cover moment: 27:13–27:47

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Episode Tone and Style

The tone is warm, irreverent, and playfully chaotic—Jimmy’s brand of late-night banter blends pop culture commentary, affectionate guest-teasing, and a strong sense of ensemble fun. All three guests are brought in on each other’s conversations, creating a party-like, collaborative atmosphere.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Show

If you didn't catch the episode, you'll leave this summary with all the highlights:

• A monologue laced with holiday and political satire
• A rapid-fire recall comedy bit
• Kate Hudson’s Christmas spirit and her heartfelt stories about Song Sung Blue
• John Stamos’s family recipe shenanigans, viral stage stories, and sitcom shout-outs
• Lily Allen’s candid return to SNL, the quick birth of West End Girl, and a viral art moment
• Fun, jokes, and camaraderie throughout, making this an entertaining and memorable Tonight Show episode.

Transcript

[Jimmy Fallon]

From Studio 6P in Rockefeller center in the heart of New York City, it's the Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon.

Tonight, join Jimmy and his guests, Kate Hudson, John Stamos, Lily Allen. And featuring the legendary Ruth.

Jimmy. And now here he is, Jimmy Melody.

That's fantastic. Thank you very, very much. Enjoy yourself everybody.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to welcome Tonight show.

You're here. Thank you, thank you, thank you for watching.

Well, guys, Christmas is just two weeks away.

You know, it's the holiday season when Times Square Elmo switches from vodka to eggnog. That's sweet. But right outside, it's magical. We got the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Got the.

Got the ice skating rink.

Plus all the smoke shops are all selling peppermint vape juice.

Get your vape juice.

Get your peppermint vape juice over candy cane vape juice.

Even President Trump is getting in the holiday spirit. In fact, he and Melania have been celebrating a silent night for over a decade.

There you go.

Speaking of Trump, last night in Pennsylvania, he delivered a 90 minute campaign style speech that about affordability.

Trump claimed that the economy is doing great. He was like, thanks to me, the tanning bed business is booming.

Booming.

Trump also told parents to cut back on Christmas presents this year.

Yeah, he really did say this. He said that Instead of buying 37 dolls for your kids, buy two or three. By the way, who is buying $37? What kind of haunted asylum are you living in? Merry Christ.

At one point during the rally, Trump took a moment to praise coal miners. But I'm not sure he used the best phrasing. Watch this. For miners.

Do we love miners? I love miners.

That's actually a quote from his last birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein. I didn't know that he would do that.

I'm sorry.

Why would he do that?

Switching gears. You guys hear about the. The Hyundai recall? Yeah. It's not good. Watch this.

[Kate Hudson]

Hyundai is recalling 141,000 cars because the rear view camera wasn't installed correctly.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What?

[John Stamos]

Oh, man. I drive a Hyundai.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Gee, I'm sorry about that, Tariq.

[John Stamos]

It's okay. I still have my trusty Nissan.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh.

[John Stamos]

Oh.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What?

Roll the clip.

[Kate Hudson]

Nissan. We're calling more than 41,000 cars because of air bubbles in the windshield.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What?

That's not good. No, no, no.

[John Stamos]

Oh, man. How am I supposed to pick up food for my Christmas party this weekend?

[Jimmy Fallon]

What do you need?

[John Stamos]

Well, I'm doing my holiday shopping at Aldi. The Sylvester sweets has some cookie butter holiday bark as well as the pecan, cranberry and cinnamon holiday Bark.

[Jimmy Fallon]

If you're doing your holiday shopping at Aldi Sylvester sweets is recalling some cookie butter holiday bark as well as the.

[John Stamos]

Pecan cran and cinnamon holiday bark.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Are you kidding me? Yikes.

Yikes. This is bad. Did you have anything at home that you could use instead?

[John Stamos]

I'll double check my fridge. We might have some products that contain the Ambiola company's Porkorno Romono cheese. I'm sorry if I butchered that name.

[Kate Hudson]

Double check your fridge. The FDA has issued a recall for products that contain the Ambriola company's Picorno Romano cheese. I'm sorry if I butchered that name.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, come on.

What am I gonna do now?

I don't know. Do you have any other cheese at home?

[John Stamos]

I actually do. Like one and a half million bags of shredded cheese from the brands Borden sprouts great value and good and gather.

Excuse me, go ahead.

[Kate Hudson]

The food and drug administration announced the recall of more than one and a half million bags of shredded cheese among the brands impacted board and sprouts great value a good gathered.

[John Stamos]

Excuse me. Go ahead.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I give up. All right, well, you try. Drink trotter, everybody.

And finally, I heard about a woman in San Francisco who gave birth in the back of a self driving waymo. Even crazier, she did it just to get into the carpool lane.

We have a great show. Give it up for the roost, ladies and gentlemen.

What a show we have for you tonight. Everybody on the show tonight couldn't be hotter career wise and physically. Yes, everybody. I mean, our first guest that's gonna come up tonight, she just picked up a Golden Globe nomination for a performance.

She's phenomenal. Fantastic.

Getting an Oscar buzz for her new film song Sung Blue which is in theaters Christmas day.

Kate Hudson is here to knocked it out of the park. So good.

He stars in the Apple TV series Palm Royale. New episodes stream every Wednesday. John Stamos is joining us tonight. He's got an announcement.

That's good.

She is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Lily Allen is here with a fantastic album, West End Girl.

Hey, everybody, quickly. I want to mention if you're looking for something fun to watch to celebrate the holidays, tune in to NBC tomorrow night at 10pm it is my holiday seasoning spectacular.

All the songs off of my holiday album, my Christmas album, holiday seasoning. Here's my album. Look at this.

Oh.

Isn'T that amazing? Everybody's in the special. The Jonas Brothers are in this. Meghan Trainor, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, the Roots. Lots of surprises.

Tomorrow night, 10pm on NBC. Set your DVRs.

We'll be right back with Kate Hudson, everybody. Come on back.

Just received a Golden Globe nomination for her fantastic performance in the new film song Sung Blue, which opens in theaters everywhere Christmas day. Please welcome Kate Hudson.

They love you. We love you.

You have an amazing year, but what a great start to the week. You get nominated for a Golden Globe, Beth.

That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.

[Kate Hudson]

It's so exciting. It's so exciting.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Song Sung Blue. It's crazy, right?

[Kate Hudson]

It's so great, you know, and the movie's so wonderful. And so it just feels really, really great.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I want to get into the whole thing and I want to talk about Hugh Jackman, who's great as well. Yeah.

But the holidays are here and they are upon us. They're upon us. And your brother has said that you were like, miss holiday spirit, Ollie.

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[Kate Hudson]

Well, it's so funny. Cause Oliver somehow has become like a Christmas guy on, like these shows. Like, he did the great British baking show and it was like the Christmas baking thing. And then he did. Then he did like some baking thing on the Magnolia network where he was like hosting the gingerbread.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Is he always in?

[Kate Hudson]

No, you're the one. He's a fraud. Baker.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

Finally.

Finally someone could say it.

[Kate Hudson]

But during that press and stuff, he said that I miss holiday spirit, which actually kind of made me really happy. Cause I feel that I am like, I love Christmas more than anything.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Kate Hudson]

My house looks insane.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It does, right?

[Kate Hudson]

It looks insane. I'm one of those people. It's like it literally lights up the whole block.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes. Good.

I love that spirit.

Fun.

[Kate Hudson]

I just think it's the coziest and happiest time of year. And it also can be the loneliest. So I feel like it's a good thing to spread cheer.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, Yeah, I like it.

And your movie comes out on Christmas on Christmas day. That's the ultimate gift to everybody. For everybody to go out together, go to a movie theater, go watch this movie. You're going to love it.

[Kate Hudson]

It used to be such a tradition that people on Christmas day would take their family and they go to see a mov On Christmas day.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Kate Hudson]

Hopefully this movie will bring that back.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes. Let's do it.

Let's go out.

Yeah.

It's great to see with the crowd. Basically, it's you and Hugh Jackman and you form a Neil diamond tribute band. Is kind of how I. We'll describe it more later. But there's a fun clip that went viral. I don't know if it was this week. You just did. You and Hugh Jackman surprised people in a bar?

[Kate Hudson]

Oh, yeah, we went to. There's this place called Old Mates that actually is Hughes Bar. It's an Australian bar in the financial district.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Kate Hudson]

And it's like, all of a sudden you're in Australia. It's like everybody's Australian.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, really?

[Kate Hudson]

It was really fun. You would like that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I would love it. Yeah, exactly.

[Kate Hudson]

And, yeah, and we went in there and just ended up singing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No one had any clue you guys were gonna come in.

That's the best.

[Kate Hudson]

I know. The fact that we get to, like, go out and sing this song everywhere is so much fun.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You know, it's such a great. It's such a. I mean, Neil Diamond's body of. Is just.

[Kate Hudson]

Well, he's an interesting artist because I think we all know him by his anthems. But then when you really, like, enter the catalog of Neil diamond, it's extensive.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I am.

[Kate Hudson]

I said, oh, and, like, lonely and isolating. But he does it in the context of these, like, big songs.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Kate Hudson]

So it's a fascinating artist and really interesting for the movie to, like, be the through line of this true story.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And how great is it to work with Hugh Jackman? And he's.

[Kate Hudson]

He's the best.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He's the best. He's so fun, talented.

[Kate Hudson]

So, yeah, talented, beautiful. Like, his generosity of spirit is just insane. And he's like the most lovely human on the planet. I just.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I do love him. How do we describe what the movie is about and who you play?

[Kate Hudson]

So it's a. It's a. It's a true story about a couple who were impersonators and then they met, fell in love, and decided to do a Neil diamond tribute band. And it sort of follows them through their story, which is beautiful and unimaginable. And you wouldn't believe it if it wasn't a true story. And you kind of go through all of the ups and downs of what it is to have a pretty challenging life, but with a thread of hope that kind of carries you through. And it's a wonderful, wonderful movie, and we're all so excited about it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, it's a great movie, but you are fantastic in this movie, buddy. My friend saw it a couple weeks ago. They said, you have to see. Kate Hudson's gonna win an Oscar. This is one of the best. And I go. I go, she's coming on in two weeks. I gotta watch it, dude. You got me. It's the greatest. Only you can pull this off. You totally pulls at your heartstrings. I just loved you in this movie. And then you could sing on top of everything. And you've sang on our show before. Only you can do this part.

Thank you.

You knocked it out of the park. But it is so great.

Song Tsung Blue is a terrific movie. And courtesy of Fandango and Focus features, Everyone in the audience tonight is going.

Home with tickets to go see songs on.

You guys are getting everything this. What a spoiled audience. A great audience. Come on.

I also wanted to show you there's a cool picture of you and the real Neil Diamond. Yeah, I wanted to show that. What did he.

[Kate Hudson]

He's such a lovely man. Yeah. After I had heard he'd seen the movie. And then I grew up in Colorado. He lives like 10 minutes from where I grew up. And I was like, is he in Colorado? Cause I was home. And I just basically was like, I have to meet him. And I went over and we sat on the porch and we drank lemonade, and he was just beautiful. And, you know, this is. He's enjoying his life right now.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Kate Hudson]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And you told me something backstage I thought was funny about what his family says. Like, if someone. Oh.

[Kate Hudson]

Oh, my God. Oh, yeah. I'm sitting there.

[John Stamos]

It's the best bit.

[Kate Hudson]

It's so crazy. I was sitting there and I'd say like, oh. And you'd hear someone go, so good. And then go, so good. And after, like, about five times, I turned to Katie, his wife, and I was like, are you saying so good after? And she goes, oh, yeah, we do it. If anyone says, so good, two people have to say, so good.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So good.

[Kate Hudson]

So it's just like. It's just like what they do in their end.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So, like, the roast beef is so good.

[John Stamos]

Yeah.

[Kate Hudson]

Oh, so good.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So good.

Yeah. It's just like.

[John Stamos]

It's the best.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm doing this from now on. Yes.

I'm totally doing it. Hey, Hudson. Everybody. Sun Sung Bu open theaters Christmas Day. John Samos joins us after the break. Stick around, everybody.

Eyes up.

[John Stamos]

Eyes over face for your face. Eyes for your eyes. Don't blink. Black Kickers survive.

In front of an audience that's never been pleased.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Our next guest is an Emmy nominated.

Actor, producer, and bestselling author who stars in season two of the series Palm Royale. New episodes stream every Wednesday on Apple tv. Please welcome John Stamos.

Yes. Welcome back to the show, Jimmy.

[John Stamos]

I love you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love you.

[John Stamos]

I have never met anyone who gives away joy more effortlessly than you? And I love you for that. I brighten up the whole world.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Really?

[John Stamos]

Yes, you do.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, do. Do you remember the last time I saw you?

[John Stamos]

We were singing. We were doing karaoke. We were singing Summer Lovers.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[John Stamos]

You have the best butt. O, by the way. But.

[Jimmy Fallon]

O, but oh. Oh, thank you. I was like, wait, what are you talking about?

The best.

I have the best butt. Oh, hey, well, thank you very much, but we kicked off. We kicked off the night.

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We sang.

[John Stamos]

You can sing, you can do everything.

[Jimmy Fallon]

By the way, not only is he good looking, he smells fantastic.

[John Stamos]

Oh, thank you. Before I left, my son hugged me and said, you smell like a good potato.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I don't know why.

That's very nice.

[John Stamos]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

How's your wife doing?

[John Stamos]

She's great.

[Jimmy Fallon]

She's great.

I always get. I always get nervous when I see you at these parties because I want to ask you so many questions and bother you, and I feel like I bother you the whole.

[John Stamos]

Oh, get out of here.

I swear.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, we're here.

[John Stamos]

Ask me questions.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

I just want to hear what are.

You doing for the holidays?

Are you excited about it?

[John Stamos]

I am excited. Yeah. We have. We have one family tradition. I don't know if you do. My mother in law, who I love, she makes this dessert and it's so good, but it's like, like, it's like pirate booty and sugar and more sugar and brown sugar and cream, and you become addicted to it. So we, the family calls it crack.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And that's a great name.

[John Stamos]

Right? And so my handicap, people come over and they don't even say hello. It's like, is your mother in law's crack out yet? And I'm like, seriously? No. Merry Christmas, right? Straight to my mother in law's crack.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Where's your mother in law's crack? Oh, my gosh.

[John Stamos]

FedEx guy recently, I'm not kidding, he goes, respect. He goes, your mother in law's crack changed my life. Where did you get it?

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's so funny.

[John Stamos]

One year we didn't have it and people thought Christmas was canceled. Yeah, they need a house like this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

They need it.

[John Stamos]

Yeah, yeah. It's like Christmas heroin or something.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes. Thank you. Next time you're here, you have to bring your mother in law's crack.

[John Stamos]

Okay, I will.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you. Yeah, but you were in the news everywhere yesterday. John Stamos, a big announcement that you were going to be in the second season of the Hunting Wives.

This is a big deal.

[John Stamos]

I told my wife, I said, I'm going to be honeymoon. The first thing she said is, are you going to show your penis? I'm like, no.

[Lily Allen]

Why?

[Jimmy Fallon]

No?

[John Stamos]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Are you?

[John Stamos]

Maybe.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

Do you know anything about the character?

[John Stamos]

Yeah, she's a wild character.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. It's going to be crazy.

All right.

I want to ask you about this. You did this? Jesus Christ Superstar. You know what I'm talking about? It went viral, this performance. Where were you at?

[John Stamos]

That's the Hollywood Bowl.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're at the Hollywood bowl doing this.

And.

And explain this. How did you get this role and how did they. How did they choose you for this?

[John Stamos]

Well, Josh Gad. So I was flying home from Spain with the Beach Boys and Josh Gad. We love Josh.

[Jimmy Fallon]

How are the Beach Boys?

[John Stamos]

They're good.

[Kate Hudson]

Good.

[John Stamos]

My best Josh got Covid. And so my friend who was producing texted me on the plane and said, do you want to be a hero and replaced Josh? And I was like, no.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, Yeah.

[John Stamos]

I mean, literally, we landed on Wednesday night. So Thursday. I said yes. I woke up Thursday morning, I'm like, what am I doing? I can't. You know, Cynthia Erivo is playing Jesus Christ.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[John Stamos]

And so I'm like, I freaked out. And I'm in. I have a Broadway bathroom. And so I have, like, posters from different Broadway stuff I've done. And there's one that I did, Bye Bye Birdie. And Liza Minnelli signed it. And she said, dear John, take no prisoners. And the wounded Liza May. Wow. So I signed from Liza Minnelli. Yeah. So I said, I better do it, right? I mean, you know, she says to do it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

She says, liza tells you it's a sign.

[John Stamos]

So I get there, I get to the Hollywood bowl and I sing it. I needed a teleprompter. You've had teleprompter issues before, right?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes, I have, many times.

[John Stamos]

And I had and I rehearsed it. It was great. Then 11 o' clock comes up and Cynthia and the whole cast come. I hadn't met him yet. And we're gonna do a run through in the afternoon. The sun, the way the sun is shining, hits the teleprompter and I can't see a word. And this big reveal and you have Cynthia Revo. So. So it reveals like this. And I come out and said, you are the Christ. Yes, the great Jesus Christ. You are the Christ.

[Kate Hudson]

You.

[John Stamos]

You are the Christ.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You.

[John Stamos]

And she's laying here, she's on the floor like this with me, you know, and she's going.

I got Elphaba looking at me going, uncle Jesse. But I did it that night, and it turned out okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, but it turned out more than okay. You got rave reviews. It went nuts.

Viral.

You can do it.

You can sing, buddy. You're amaz.

And now I want to talk to you. So you got this. You got hunting wives.

[John Stamos]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're all over the place. People bring you up in shows and movies all the time.

[John Stamos]

Why? Do you know why?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Because you're. Because we all love you. We love you, and you're just part of our lives.

You show up in these unexpected things. I thought it'd be a fun game to play. As if. Maybe I read you a couple quotes and you can guess where they appeared in what TV show or movie.

[John Stamos]

Okay, I won't know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

All right, But I'll give you two guesses.

[John Stamos]

Okay.

All right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The first quote says, I come from a planet of outlaws. Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde. John Stamos. Is that from Guardians of the Galaxy?

[John Stamos]

Guardians of the Galaxy or am I right?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I mean, come on.

You're in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Do people call you and freak out and go, dude, you're in Guardians of the Galaxy?

[John Stamos]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. All right, all right. They don't. All right, how about this one says, let's.

[John Stamos]

I love you, Jimmy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love you so much.

[John Stamos]

You do? Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank you, buddy. Thanks for saying that.

Let's be honest.

Why are they laughing?

How would. I don't know. They feel the love.

Yeah.

Let's be honest. How would I feel if I was at home stuck with the kids while she was go karting with John Stamos? Is that Parks and Rec, or is that the office?

The audience is Parks Are and Fussled or office.

[John Stamos]

Full house.

[Jimmy Fallon]

There you go.

Come on.

[John Stamos]

Okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

If you were a chick, who's the one guy that you would sleep with? John Stamos. What? Did we just become best friends? Yep.

[John Stamos]

Yep.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Is that from 40 year old virgin or stepbrothers? Stepbrothers.

Come on. It's so weird. No, it's not weird. It's so weird. It's not weird.

We love you.

[John Stamos]

I love you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

How did you. So now you're in Palm Royale with.

[John Stamos]

The great Kristen Wiig.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Kristen Wiig.

[John Stamos]

She is the great. I just fell in love with her. I was so.

[Jimmy Fallon]

She's the best. She's so fun and talented and funny.

[John Stamos]

Yes, all of it. It was just the great. They called me and said, you know, Palme Royale? I said, yes. What do I play? And they said, you play a lawyer slash gynecologist.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

[John Stamos]

His name is Dr. Dusty Magic Dust.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Dusty Magic.

[John Stamos]

It's like that show is like a confetti bomb or something.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's so joyous and it's great cast.

[John Stamos]

Oh, my God. Kristen.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Carol Burnett.

[John Stamos]

Burnett. When I the, the, I asked the producer, I said, so, what's the set like, Abe? And he said, you know, he said, everybody's very professional. Don't try to out funny anyone. I'm like, yeah, sure, Kristen Wiig and Carol Burnett are going to try to out funny.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[John Stamos]

But then I had this scene where and you know Kristen, you could just play with her. You could do anything. She's the greatest. And she'll catch the ball and throw it right back at you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

One of the best improvisers.

[John Stamos]

The greatest.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Hilarious.

[John Stamos]

And I go on the set and I was supposed to put these flowers in a vase and pour her a drink and. But I see the flowers, they look like drumsticks. So I said I'm gonna start and I start spinning the drumsticks around and I turn into Tom Cruise and cocktail and I'm throwing the drinks around and stuff like that and I'm going, oh my God. I did what they told me not to do. I was trying not funny. But I asked them, do more, do more. And when you see it, Kristen gets like 15 laughs off, you know, reaction of what I'm doing, so.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Because she's a genius.

[John Stamos]

She's a genius.

[Jimmy Fallon]

She really is brilliant. Here's a picture of you and Kristen.

[John Stamos]

Dr. Dusty Magic.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Dr. Dusty Magic. I love the cowboy hat too. Yeah, it's a good character. I happen to have some roses here. I was just wondering if you.

[John Stamos]

Can you do a spin.

Quest?

[Jimmy Fallon]

There you go. Perfect.

I mean that's how you do it right there. John Stamos. New episodes of Palm Royale stream every Wednesday on Apple tv. More tonight's show after the break.

[John Stamos]

Stick around.

Everybody get a gripper slip. But lift me up. As I was a pup, was it not?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Our next guest is a Grammy nominated singer and talented songwriter whose new album West End Girl is streaming everywhere. And now she'll also be performing on Saturday Night Live this weekend with host Josh o'. Connor. Please welcome Lily Allard.

Welcome back to the. Welcome to the show.

[Kate Hudson]

Hi.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Congratulations on this album. Oh my goodness. I want to get into all of this right here. West End Girl. You're on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Are you a big SNL fan?

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Did you grow up with it?

You're not.

[Lily Allen]

You're from England, I'm from England. So it's not on the television.

[John Stamos]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So did you know what it was when you did it?

[Lily Allen]

I did it 20 years ago. I know I don't look old enough, but.

I did do it 20 years ago, but I didn't really understand the cultural significance of it then. Now with the Internet.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Now you really do. Yeah.

[Lily Allen]

I know what a big deal it is and I'm scared.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, now you're scared. But you already did it. You can totally do this.

[Lily Allen]

Yeah, I hope so.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You can rock this.

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[John Stamos]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Josh o' Connor is the host.

[Lily Allen]

You know Josh, he is going to be great.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Do you know Josh at all?

[Lily Allen]

I don't. I think he's very attractive.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay. Yes, yes. We all, A lot of us do.

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Let's talk about West End Girl. This is your first album in seven years.

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And we've heard.

We'Ve heard a lot of the stories about what is kind of behind a lot of this album. But what. I won't get into it because it's already been done.

Please don't.

I won't. But what went into writing this album and when did you feel like I got something here?

[Lily Allen]

I started writing it in about like exactly a year ago, actually. The beginning of December. December, yes. And yeah, it was. I had a 10 day writing session booked. I didn't really have a plan and I got there and you did this in 10 days? It was 10 days? Yeah.

[John Stamos]

What.

[Jimmy Fallon]

14 songs?

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You did in 10 days?

[Lily Allen]

Well, I mean, I'm exaggerating a little bit. We actually. I had 18 track titles which I wrote the night before I went in for the sessions. Wrote two songs on the first day and I was like, oh, this is kind of good. I think.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow.

Yeah, you're brilliant. I don't know how you did that all in 10 Days, which were the first two songs.

[Lily Allen]

Just enough and tennis.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And then you go, oh, this is the vibe. I know.

[Lily Allen]

I know what I'm doing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You know what you're doing?

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And you're getting crazy good reviews. People are saying this is the album of the year.

[John Stamos]

Congratulations.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, they are. I mean, that's fantastic. In fact, in London, they're trying to make West End Girl into a play.

[Lily Allen]

That's true. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Are you involved with that?

[Lily Allen]

I might be.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You can't tell me if you're involved.

[Lily Allen]

Well, I mean, it's not, you know, like the ink is not dry. Is that what they say?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Lily Allen]

But, you know, I'm definitely having some conversations with people.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, I like that. And you're Going back on tour as well.

[Lily Allen]

I am going on tour, and that's why I came here, was to sell tickets to my tour, but it sold out. It's a bit.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You sold out?

Yeah.

You keep adding dates. Congratulations, bud. You're crushing it right now. You're crushing it.

Thank you.

And I love the album cover. Who came up with this idea? It's like an oil painting. It's gorgeous.

[Lily Allen]

Creative director Leith and I both agreed that we wanted to have a painting, and she found Leith Clark, Amazing woman, by the way. She's backstage tonight and she found this artist, Nieves Gonzalez from Spain on Instagram. And we just approached her by dm.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And yeah, the future's here, man. Is this. Is this. Was this your jacket? Is this your outfit? Is this what you were wearing?

[Lily Allen]

No, it was made up.

Well, the artist, her speciality is kind of doing, like, renaissance y like, looking paintings, but with modern clothing and they're all puffer jackets. And so she was like, well, what kind of puffer jacket do you want? And we were like, well, a blue one with white dots.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So you don't own anything like this at all?

[Lily Allen]

No, I wish I did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. They should make these.

[Lily Allen]

They should make them. Yeah, we should make them.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. I actually did make one.

Stop. No, actually.

I wanted to give this to you. Congratulations for your new album.

That's amazing.

[Kate Hudson]

Can I put it on?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

I was gonna say, would you mind trying it on?

[Lily Allen]

Can I do the pose?

[John Stamos]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Could you do the pose and everything?

[Lily Allen]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

There you go. All right. That's it right there. Fantastic. Lily Allen, everybody. West End girl is streaming everywhere right now. We'll be right back.

It looks fanta.

[John Stamos]

Wait a second.

Let's have it. Mr. Onassis. Drop top Whips, My twins could go hat.

[Jimmy Fallon]

My thanks to Kate Hudson, John Stamos, Lily Allen, and the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody.

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[John Stamos]

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[Jimmy Fallon]

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[John Stamos]

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