Trump Holds Oval Office Meeting on Venezuela | Sydney Sweeney, Tom Pelphrey | Monday, December 1

Summary

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Episode: Trump Holds Oval Office Meeting on Venezuela | Sydney Sweeney, Tom Pelphrey
Date: December 2, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon brings a festive blend of holiday humor, political satire, celebrity interviews, and games. Featuring Sydney Sweeney discussing her adventurous holiday traditions and upcoming film, and Tom Pelphrey chatting about fatherhood, football obsessions, and his role in the new HBO Max series "Task," the show keeps its tone lively and comedic throughout.

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Monologue Highlights

Starts at 01:01

Jimmy opens with classic holiday humor, political jokes, and pop culture send-ups, setting the energetic mood.

Key Points

• Holiday Mashups: Jimmy jokes about houses decorated for both Christmas and Halloween, and the battle between “Happy Honda Days” and “Lexus December to Remember.”
• White House Christmas: Comments on First Lady Melania Trump’s décor:
  • “51 Christmas trees and 2,000 strands of lights. That's nice. I kind of wish they'd spice it up a little bit… maybe the nativity scene… just put the animals that Trump identified on his last cognitive test. Baby Jesus with a manger. And then a cow and a dinosaur.” (02:00)
  • Satirical suggestion: “Behind each Advent calendar door is the name from the Epstein list.” (02:05)
• Trump and Venezuela:
  • “Today, President Trump held an Oval Office meeting about the next. That's reassuring. Step one was launch missiles at fishing boats. Step two is. Okay, now what?” (03:07)
  • “Trump walked in like, make this quick. I got 515 tickets to Zootopia 2.” (03:12)
• Cyber Monday:
  • “Cyber Monday. You get great deals today on the items that will be stolen off your front porch tomorrow.” (03:26)
• Stranger Things Season 5:
  • “It was so popular Netflix showed this message: 'please stop watching.' Everyone was like, this is so scary—especially the part where I was with my family for five days and Netflix wouldn't load.” (03:32)
• Zootopia 2 Box Office:
  • Playful fake testimonial: “Parents say my kids watched in silence for nearly two hours. Thank you, sweet Lord Jesus almighty. Mama needed this so bad after Thanksgiving. Anyway, I'm gonna take the kids to see it again and tell them it's Zootopia 3.” (04:15)

Memorable Quote

“Even the hurricanes were like, I think they're dealing with enough right now.” (05:10, on hurricane season ending with no U.S. landfall)

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Amazon Five Star Theater Challenge

Starts at 06:29

A game where Jimmy dramatically reads Amazon five-star reviews and the audience guesses the product.

Segment Details

• First Review:

  • Dramatic, “alpha” energy.
  • Audience guesses “wallet” (correct):

    “As someone who seeks to embody the essence of the alpha... it unleashed my inner bull energy.” (07:25)

• Second Review:

  • Quirky, slightly creepy description.
  • Audience guesses “Furby” (correct):

    “Day one, adorable giggles... Day three, woke me up at 3am whispering... Day five, I'm starting to ask it for life advice. Day seven, it blinked at me like it knew and I blinked back. We reached an understanding. I fear it. I love it. Five stars.” (09:45)

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Guest Interview: Sydney Sweeney

Starts at 11:54

Thanksgiving & Holiday Traditions

• Friendsgiving:
  • “I had a luau. I had a hula dancer and a fire thrower. And then a spelling bee where we all dressed up as nerds... realized we all needed to go back to school.” (12:20)
• Shrek's Giving:
  • “I threw a Shrek themed Thanksgiving party… everyone dressed up as their favorite Shrek characters. Here's you as dragon at Shrek's Giving.” (13:01)
• Grandy (Grandmother) Stories:
  • Nearly burned the house down after leaving a cutting board on the stove while in a Shrek costume. “She says her Shrek costume, the burner turned on on its own... the whole thing went off.” (14:03)

Christmas Plans

• Considering jumping out of a helicopter and skiing:
  • “I've jumped out of a helicopter before and I've skied before, so I figured if I just put the two together, I got this.” (14:52)
  • Jimmy: “Just have a normal, regular hangout.” Sydney: “This is normal.” (14:35)

Euphoria Season 3

• On wrapping up filming: “It was super bittersweet... most of the crew I had worked with since I was 20.” (15:54)
• Teaser for Cassie: “Self discovery.” (16:40)

The Housemaid Movie

• Producing and starring alongside Amanda Seyfried:
  • “I am like the biggest Mamma Mia fan... all my dreams came true.” (17:14)
  • Premise: “It's about a couple that is perfect from the outside, but as you start to peel away layers, it's not what it seems. And my character, Millie, starts to uncover all of these hidden secrets.” (17:46)
• Release Date: In theaters December 19th.

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Guest Interview: Tom Pelphrey

Starts at 18:29

Family & Football

• Kaley Cuoco:
  • Shout-out as a supportive partner backstage.
• Fantasy Football:
  • “She undersold it. Eleven teams.” (19:29)
  • “I don't golf. I got a little bit of the sickness. Dominating for the most part.” (19:40)
• Giants Fandom Nostalgia:
  • Shared stories about childhood, tailgating with his grandfather and union friends, and obsession with the Giants.
  • Face painting, meeting legends:

    “Usually I don't go to a game without painting my face.” (21:05) “When I see you, I feel vulnerable... because you're so kind and you really listen.” —Tom to Jimmy (21:47)

Fatherhood

• Talks about baby daughter, Matilda:
  • “She's the best. She's my favorite thing... She runs my life.” (23:07–23:29)

HBO Max Series “Task”

• Working with Mark Ruffalo:
  • “My review is Tom Pelphrey can’t miss. He does not miss. You are one of my favorite actors. You crush it.” —Jimmy to Tom (23:35)
  • Ruffalo’s vibe on set:

    “He’s just physically fun, physical, fun, smart. He would just wander off into the trees and come, you know, rustling back. Five minutes later, he's like, here, Tom, you can eat these berries... don't eat those berries.” (24:29)

• Show Premise:
  • “I'm a guy who's trying to provide for his family, and me and my friends are kind of running an operation where we rob houses of drug dealers to take the cash. And we get caught up doing that, and we attract the attention of the bigger drug dealers—which is a motorcycle gang—and the attention of the FBI.” (25:31)
• Streaming Now: On HBO Max.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

Sydney Sweeney

• “All my dreams came true. It was amazing.” (17:25, on working with Amanda Seyfried)
• “Self discovery.” (16:40, one-word Euphoria S3 spoiler)
• “I've jumped out of a helicopter before and I've skied before, so I figured if I just put the two together, I got this.” (14:52, on her wild holiday plans)

Tom Pelphrey

• “Usually I don't go to a game without painting my face.” (21:05)
• “When I see you, I feel vulnerable... because you're so kind and you really listen.” (21:47)
• “She's my favorite thing... She runs my life.” (23:07, about his daughter Matilda)
• “He would just wander up… Mark would just wander off into the trees and come, you know, rustling back. Five minutes later, he's like, here, Tom, you can eat these berries and you can eat these berries. Don't eat those berries.” (24:29, on working with Mark Ruffalo)

Jimmy Fallon

• “Even the hurricanes were like, I think they're dealing with enough right now.” (05:10)
• “My review is Tom Pelphrey can't miss. He does not miss... You are one of my favorite actors. You crush it.” (23:35)

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Key Timestamps

• Monologue (Holiday, politics, pop culture): 01:01–05:18
• Amazon Five Star Theater: 06:29–11:54
• Sydney Sweeney Interview: 11:54–18:29
• Tom Pelphrey Interview: 18:29–26:06

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Overall Tone and Style

The episode maintains Jimmy Fallon’s trademark upbeat, self-deprecating, and playful vibe. There's irreverent humor, warm camaraderie with guests, and a mix of topical jokes with personal anecdotes.

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TL;DR

• Jimmy delivers a hilarious monologue riffing on holiday chaos, politics, and pop culture.
• Audience plays a guessing game with dramatic readings of Amazon reviews.
• Sydney Sweeney reveals her over-the-top Thanksgiving, almost burning down her grandmother's house, teasers for Euphoria, and excitement about her new movie "The Housemaid."
• Tom Pelphrey chats about football fanaticism, meeting Giants legends, being a dad, and working with Mark Ruffalo on HBO’s “Task.”
• Plenty of quotable moments, silly asides, and celebratory energy throughout.

Transcript

[A]

From Studio 6, Speed Rockham alerts center in the heart of New York City, it's a Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight join Jimmy and his guest, Cindy Sweeney, Tom Pelfrey. And featuring the legendary Ruth Curry. Two, two, two, two, Jim. And now, here he is, Jimmy Fall. Thank you very much. I love you. Come on now. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. That's what I'm talking about. Yes. Thank you. Enjoy yourself, everybody.

[B]

Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Tonight Show.

[A]

You are here. Thank you for watching at home.

[B]

Well, everyone, it's December 1st and the holiday season is here. December 1st. It's that magical time when you see a house decorated for Christmas next to a house still decorated for Halloween. And I love it. Just remember that not everyone celebrates the same holiday. I mean, for instance, many celebrate Happy Honda days, while others celebrate Lexus. December to remember. Okay, just. There's room for everyone. Hey, guys.

[A]

This is fun.

[B]

Today, first lady Melania Trump unveiled this year's White House holiday decorations, which include 51 Christmas trees and 2,000 strands of lights. That's nice. I kind of wish they'd spice it up a little bit, you know, like maybe the nativity scene. Just put the animals that Trump identified on his last cognitive test. Baby Jesus. Baby Jesus with a manger. And then a cow and a dinosaur. How about a big Advent calendar? But behind each door is the name from the Epstein list. That's what I thought.

[A]

Just something spice it up a little bit.

[B]

How about they replace the elf on the shelf with Marco Rubio? That would just be. Come on. But this is fun, actually. There's actually a gingerbread White House built out of £120 of gingerbread. Yeah. And just like the real White House, Trump demolished half of it in one weekend. The east wing was delicious, but Melania announced that this year's official holiday theme is Home is where the heart is. While Melania's unofficial theme is who gives a about Christmas stuff. Some more news from the White House. Today, President Trump held an Oval Office meeting about the next. That's reassuring. Step one was launch missiles at fishing boats. Step two is. Okay, now what?

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Trump walked in like, make this quick. I got 515 tickets to Zootopia 2. Switching gears, you guys. Today is Cyber Monday. Now, you know how Cyber Monday works. You get great deals today on the items that will be stolen off your front porch.

[A]

Tomorrow.

[B]

Some TV news. The long awaited fifth season of Stranger Things is officially here. It's great. Yep. Over the weekend though, it actually crashed. Netflix. Ooh, yeah, it was so popular. Netflix showed this message, said, please stop watching. Everyone was like, this season is so scary. Especially the part where I was with my family for five days and Netflix wouldn't load. That was frightening. Some more entertainment news this weekend. Zootopia 2 brought in over $150 million, dominating the Thanksgiving box office. Yup, the response has been amazing. Check this out.

[C]

Zootopia 2 is here and it's a hit. Kids say it's awesome. I loved it. And such a fun movie. And parents say my kids watched in silence for nearly two hours. Thank you, sweet Lord Jesus almighty. Mama needed this so bad after Thanksgiving. Anyway, I'm gonna take the kids to see it again and them it's Zootopia 3. Zootopia 2 in theaters now.

[B]

Yeah, it's very interesting marketing plan. How they do that? Well, this is going viral. A family in New Jersey was about to kick off their Thanksgiving dinner when something unexpected happened. Watch this.

[D]

There's a bow.

[B]

That's right. Their Roomba was like, best Thanksgiving ever. And finally, everyone, hurricane season just ended and for the first time in 10 years, not a single one made landfall in the US. Even the hurricanes were like, I think they're dealing with enough right now. We have a great show.

[A]

Give it up for the Roots. Let's go.

[B]

Get up.

[A]

Thank you, Ruth.

[B]

Thank you, Higgins.

[A]

Thank you, everybody.

[B]

Welcome to the show. Before we start, I want to quickly mention tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. In honor of that, we have UNICEF's newest ambassador, Amanda Gorman on the show. Later this week, we'll be talking to her about all the amazing work UNICEF does for children around the world. To learn more and donate, just go to unicefusa.org I appreciate that. That'd be great. But first, what a show we have for you tonight. She's an Emmy nominated actress who stars in and produced the new movie the Housemaid which is in theaters everywhere. December 19th.

[A]

Sydney Sweeney is here tonight.

[B]

Love her. He stars in the critically acclaimed series TV it's so good. It is streaming now on hbo. Max. Tom Pelfrey is joining us. One of my faves.

[A]

Welcome back, everyone.

[B]

We're about to play a new game called Amazon five Star Theater Challenge. Ah, yes. Joining us tonight is the host of The Tonight Show, Mr. Jimmy Fallon.

[A]

Thank you so much. Thank you. Fantastic.

[B]

Thank you. Thank you, Higgins. The game is simple. I will dramatically read a real five star review for a mystery Amazon product. You, the audience, must decide what that product is by using your clickers at your seats to vote. Oh, yeah. Big technology here.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

We have These remote door openers. Garage door openers. Now, look, I'll read three reviews. If you can guess two correctly, you'll all go home with a gift card courtesy of Amazon.

[A]

That's what I'm saying. But you have to get it right.

[B]

All right, here we go. This is five star reviews. These are real, by the way. This is a five star review. This is the first one. As someone who seeks to embody the essence of the alpha.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

I was drawn to this not only for its durability and craftsmanship, but also for the way it unleashed my inner bull energy. These are real, by the way. Five star reviews, Rico. Yet the true. It's not even halfway over yet. The true magic lies in its ability to tap into my primal instincts. As I run my fingers over its smooth surface, I am reminded of the raw power of the bull. Fearless, dominant. With each transaction, I assert my dominance with confidence, knowing that I carry the spirit of the bull within me.

[A]

Five stars, Rico. Wow.

[B]

Time to guess what the product is. Now. You press A or B. Press A on your clicker if you think that this is about a Dr. Toro, officially licensed matador cape. Press B if you think it's a wallet. A if you think it's a matador cape.

[A]

B.

[B]

B if it's a wallet. I mean, it was a lot of bull energy here. Yeah, lot of energy, lot of smoothness.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This is. Seriously, it's a real five star review. It better be for that matador cave. I'm just saying. I don't know if it is. All right, let's see the results here, everyone. You guys think that it is a wallet. Wait, let's see if you're correct. Higgins, please reveal the product.

[A]

Ready?

[B]

It is a wallet.

[A]

We got one. We got one.

[B]

All right, we got one. We got one. We got one. You guessed correctly. You need one more to get the Amazon gift card. Okay, here's review number two. Five star review number two.

[E]

I bought.

[B]

As a nostalgic joke. Joke's on me. Day one, adorable giggles, wiggles its ears, says me love you. Day three, woke me up at 3am whispering. I think it's summon something. Day five, I'm starting to ask it for life advice. Day seven, it blinked at me like it knew and I blinked back. We reached an understanding. I fear it. I love it. Five stars. Aaron M.

[A]

Howell.

[B]

Now you have to choose. A or B. Is it A, a matador cape? Okay, here we go. Is it A, a hot water bottle? This is skisky and spun.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Or is it B, a furby Ooh.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

It might not be as obvious as you think. Yeah, you never know. Aaron might be a little off. It winked at me. It summoned something. It blinked. Just saying. We're not just giving gift cards away here. You gotta earn it on the Tonight Show. Five stars. In fact, if you don't get this right, we might take something from you. Let's see the results. What do you think it is? You think it's a furby?

[A]

You better be right, Higgins.

[B]

What is is a furby.

[A]

Come on, everybody. That's right. You guessed correctly. That means you're all going home with Amazon. Amazon gift cards. Shop the perfect gift on Amazon. They have everything for everyone on your list. Now check out their latest five star theater. Our first guest is a two time.

[B]

Emmy nominee who and produced the new movie the Housemaid, which is in theaters everywhere. December 19th. Everyone, please welcome Sydney Sweeney.

[A]

Hey. Love you. We love you.

[B]

Welcome back to the show.

[D]

Thank you for having me.

[B]

Happy Thanksgiving. Have a belated Thanksgiving. How was your Thanksgiving?

[D]

It was so much fun.

[B]

It was good.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I had like a giant week of friendsgiving and every night I did a different theme.

[B]

Wait, this is fun.

[D]

So much fun.

[A]

What do you think?

[D]

I had a luau. I had a hula dancer and a fire thrower.

[A]

What?

[D]

And then I did a spelling bee where we all dressed up as nerds and we had like a real spelling bee. And we realized we all needed to.

[A]

Go back to school. Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

Also, wait. All of my girlfriends, I was like, yeah, dress up like you're going to school. They all showed up as, like, sexy school girls. And I was wearing, like, braces and a long skirt. I was like, what is this?

[B]

Like, we clearly didn't get the same email.

[D]

He didn't go to the same school.

[A]

No.

[B]

He didn't go to the same school. Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

And then Shrek's Giving.

[B]

Talk to me about Shrek's Giving. I never heard of this.

[D]

So I invited all of my neighbors and I threw a Shrek themed Thanksgiving party.

[B]

I mean, this is brilliant. And everyone dressed up as their favorite Shrek characters. Here's you as dragon at Shrek's Giving. By the way, this is gonna take off, I think.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

That's my best friend Kelly.

[B]

She's Kelly. Shout out. You're fantastic with the.

[D]

But you guys, look at all my neighbors. Like, they showed up.

[A]

Yes.

[D]

Like, they really showed up.

[A]

Cause you're fun. That's why you're the best neighbor. You're a great neighbor. You're amazing.

[B]

No, it's Awesome. I have to ask you, how's Grandma doing?

[D]

Grandy's great.

[B]

I love Grandy. Grandy, we talked about her last time.

[D]

She loves you.

[B]

Oh, good.

[D]

It is known throughout the entire town. The grocery people know her nail tech knows, her hairstylist.

[B]

She tells everybody.

[D]

She tells everyone about you.

[B]

I love you, Grandy. I miss.

[A]

Come on.

[B]

I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving, Grandy.

[D]

She did. She almost burnt the house down.

[B]

She almost burnt the house down?

[D]

Yeah. Grandi, don't get mad at me that I'm telling him.

[B]

Wait, how? What'd she do?

[D]

Well, she doesn't know how. She says her Shrek costume, the burner turned on on its own, and I was like, okay, Grandy. But she left the cutting board on top and the whole thing went off.

[B]

Of course. It's kindling wood. Yeah, that's the worst thing to leave on a stovetop.

[D]

But the turkey's okay.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Turkey was fine. Grandy's okay.

[D]

It was all fin.

[B]

Are you going to see Grandy for Christmas?

[D]

I don't know what I'm going to do for Christmas yet. I really want to jump out of a helicopter and ski.

[B]

Why can't you. No. Just have a normal, regular hangout.

[D]

This is normal.

[B]

Actually, it might be safer than going to Grandy's house and burning the place down. Were you going to jump out of a helicopter?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Wait, you like that stuff?

[D]

I love that stuff.

[B]

Absolutely not. Well, why not just go make a nice gondola ride up to the.

[D]

Because I've done that.

[B]

Jump out of a helicopter?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And do you hold your skis?

[D]

No, I actually have no idea. I've jumped out of a helicopter before and I've skied before, so I figured if I just put the two together, I got this.

[B]

Like, I wonder if you have to wear this. You can't jump with the skis on.

[A]

Right.

[B]

And go, you don't know, full on land action movie while you're out.

[A]

Why not?

[B]

I just don't think it's possible. Is that what you do?

[D]

I feel like it's what you do.

[A]

Right? It is. Yeah.

[B]

I've seen it in movies. But you're gonna do that?

[D]

I'm gonna do it.

[B]

If you do that, you have to take pictures.

[D]

Oh, there's. Next time you come up, there's so much evidence. I will not let anyone be like, yeah, right.

[B]

That never happened. Oh, trust me. This is on all the Grams Instagram Enneagram. Yeah, exactly.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Before we talk about your new movie, the housemaid people are very Excited about this new season of Euphoria. You shot it.

[A]

It's finished.

[B]

It's done. It's in the can.

[D]

I wrapped it.

[B]

You did, right?

[A]

I did.

[D]

I wrapped the top of November.

[B]

This is the last. This is it.

[D]

We never know.

[B]

We don't know.

[D]

You never know.

[A]

Ooh.

[B]

How'd it feel?

[A]

Were you.

[B]

Was it bittersweet?

[D]

It was super bittersweet.

[B]

It was, right.

[D]

Most of the crew I had worked with since I was 20 when I did the pilot, so every single time I'd go back, I felt like I was going home and I was getting to see everybody.

[B]

And you get to know everyone's family.

[A]

You do.

[D]

Because we work for so long together. We've been filming since February. Oh, my God. So they're a part of your family.

[B]

I know you can't give us a spoiler about what's gonna happen, but I cannot wait for this season. But what can we say? Maybe. Is there one word? Cause Jacob Elordi gave us.

[A]

I know.

[D]

His was good. You guys don't realize how good that word was.

[B]

He gave a good hint and no one understood it. He said, like, white fritillaries or something.

[E]

I know.

[B]

And I go, I don't know what that means. But he did. He knew.

[D]

Oh, we all knew. I was like, genius.

[E]

Really?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So wait, Cassie, season three. One word or two words?

[D]

Self discovery.

[B]

This is all gonna add up. It's all gonna pay off.

[A]

No, it's all.

[D]

You're gonna have all the clips.

[B]

Yes. We're gonna super cut all, put it all together.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I love this.

[A]

All right, thanks.

[B]

Let's talk about the housemaid. Man. This is based on the giant book. Everyone in the office is freaking out. I cannot wait.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. Oh, that's awesome.

[B]

Yeah. But it stars you and Amanda Seyfried, who we also love in the show. Did you know Amand Amanda before this?

[D]

Did I know Amanda before this? I'm obsessed with her.

[B]

You are.

[D]

She knows how obsessed I am with her.

[B]

Oh, really?

[D]

I am, like, the biggest Mamma Mia. Fan.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Me too. By the way.

[A]

No. Huge.

[B]

Yeah. Mamma Mia. Too. Here we go again.

[A]

All of it.

[D]

All my dreams came true.

[B]

You're so funny.

[D]

All my dreams came true. It was amazing.

[B]

That's.

[D]

So I'll like. I'll play Mamma Mia. And my girlfriends and I, we were on a trip, and we were in Africa, and I was playing this song. We were dancing on the beach, and I sent a video to Amanda, and I was like, you're forever My icon. Like, I love her.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So you're producing this film, and you go, so please do this with me.

[A]

Please.

[B]

I mean, people cannot wait. Can we tell everyone what the Housemaid is about?

[D]

So the housemaid. If you haven't read the most amazing book ever, it's a good book. It's about a couple that is perfect from the outside, but as you start to peel away layers, it's not what it seems. And my character, Millie, starts to uncover all of these hidden secrets.

[A]

Okay, Sydney Sweeney, everyone. The Housemaid is in theaters December 19th. More tonight's show after the break. Stick around.

[B]

Our next guest is a very, very talented actor whose critically acclaimed drama series Task is streaming now on hbo. Max, please welcome Tom Pelfre.

[A]

Welcome back.

[E]

It's so good.

[B]

It's so good to be here.

[E]

I was just realizing I didn't know what a Labubu is. I saw these Labubus. Doesn't it look like. Because my daughter's obsessed with Nightmare Before Christmas right now, a labubu looks like Jack Skelton taking over Easter.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That's a good idea, by the way. Yeah, that's a good idea. Tim Burton. If you're watching Tim Burton sequel.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

How's everyone doing? How's baby. How's Kelly Cuoco doing? We love her so much.

[E]

Kelly Cuoco's sitting back stage right now.

[B]

No, she is not. I love her.

[E]

Very supportive partner.

[B]

Yeah, she is. Oh, I got it. I didn't see her before the show. Yeah, she must have just got here. She snuck in last time she was on our show. She told me that you are involved with 10 fantasy football teams.

[E]

She undersold it. 11.

[B]

What?

[E]

I know. I know.

[B]

You're a.

[A]

That's.

[B]

That's a lot.

[E]

I don't. I don't golf.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. You gotta do something. You gotta figure your time doing something.

[E]

I don't golf. I don't like to leave that. How's friends?

[B]

It is a lot of management. It's.

[E]

I got a little bit of the sickness.

[B]

And how is your. How's your average? How are you doing on most of them?

[E]

Dominating for the most part.

[B]

You are?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know how to do it. I love this. You got to play next year.

[E]

Totally.

[B]

Well, tell me about your love of football. It's been.

[E]

Oh, psychotic. I. I've always been a Giants fan since I was a little kid.

[B]

Absolutely. Scaboo.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Great organization.

[E]

Yeah. We're so excited again for the first time in probably over decade. Right, guys?

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Jackson dart.

[B]

Jackson Dart.

[A]

Matrix tonight.

[E]

That's right.

[B]

There you go. That's right. Hey, I don't want any riots here, okay? Calm down.

[E]

And when I was a kid, my grandfather had season tickets. Old giant stadium, 50 yard line. He would take me and my brother. My grandfather started out just putting up the telephone poles, but eventually became the president of the local electrical union in Jersey.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

So we would go. We would go tailgate at the Giants games with all the union guys, which was hilarious.

[B]

That's fun.

[E]

Jersey Mike subs Jersey Mike.

[B]

That's so fun. That's a great way to grow up.

[E]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

You got room for your team.

[E]

Carried right into adulthood. Usually I don't go to a game without painting my face.

[B]

Oh, my gosh. You go that. You go that hard? Yeah, yeah. And you just got to go with. With the fam. Or did you go by yourself?

[A]

Here.

[B]

Here's you with Elon. Eli Manning.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

So he's the greatest.

[E]

He is.

[B]

He's.

[E]

He's my greatest.

[B]

That was two weeks ago at the.

[E]

At the packers game. And. And I went and they came over and they said, you know, Mr. Tish is here, Steve Tish. And he loves task and wants to say hi. You want to come say hi? I'm like, yeah, so go Say hi to Mr. Tish.

[A]

Who.

[E]

Lovely. I sat back down. About five minutes later, they come back over, he goes, tom, do you want to meet Eli Manning?

[B]

You start crying.

[E]

I cry a lot. And for some reason I feel like I always want to cry when I see you. I feel vulnerable.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Why?

[E]

Because you're so kind and you really listen. It's true, though. It really is true. Yeah.

[B]

Now it's not.

[A]

Come on.

[B]

I so sor. I wasn't listening. What were you saying? I had to do it. I had to do it. But did you? Wait, so you met Eli?

[E]

So I melted. Kaylee said, go, go. She saw that I turned instantly into a 10 year old child. Go, go have fun, you know? So I got to meet Eli, who's Giant, and he was so cool and friendly. And then I met Ahmaud Bradshaw and Jason Seehorn and Sean o'.

[B]

Hara.

[E]

These are all Giants legends. Yeah, it was very cool, man.

[B]

They take care of you over there, huh? That's amazing.

[E]

The organization. Everybody there, so friendly.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. We love. Michael Strahan's one of our best guests on the show. He's always coming. I think he holds the record for most appearances on the Tonight show and.

[E]

The single season sack record.

[B]

Well, of course.

[A]

That too. Yeah. Whatever.

[B]

I have to ask because since the last time you've been on. You have a beautiful little baby girl, Matilda. How is she doing? Look at how cute.

[A]

Are you kidding me?

[B]

How's she doing?

[E]

She's have you. She's the best. She's my favorite thing.

[B]

Next time you come, please bring her along with you.

[E]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[B]

She's fun. And we.

[A]

We have.

[B]

We have people that take care of.

[E]

Oh, no. You don't want her here.

[B]

Well, I'd love to have her on. She would come on the show.

[A]

Sure.

[B]

Make her Tonight show debut. She's so cute. I'd love to. Yeah.

[E]

She would run both of us.

[B]

She would.

[E]

She runs my life. She'd start running yours.

[B]

She does, right?

[E]

Give her about five minutes. She'll be telling you what to do and how to say it.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's the best thing ever.

[A]

Great.

[B]

I'm so happy for you, bud. Let's talk about task. Man, oh, man, I see your name on this thing. I see Mark Ruffal. I go, I'm in. I can't wait to see what you do. And man, oh, man, I'm telling you. My review is Tom Pelfrey. Can't miss. He does not miss. You were unbelievable. On fire yet again. I love. You are one of my favorite actors. You crush it. This is you've seen. Is one of the best performances. And I love Mark Ruffalo. So isn't he fun?

[E]

Oh, he's the kindest, sweetest, silliest guy.

[B]

He is.

[E]

Oh, he's so generous.

[B]

And we have some clip of that. We show, like, our best of clips, and it's someone standing up and jumping and falling behind the couch. And I was like, was that a dummy or what was that? Like, do we throw a. Sometimes we play. They go, no, that was Mark Ruffalo. He was doing. I forget what bit we were even doing. Like, we were doing the Hulk or something. He tended to get shot or he fell off the couch.

[E]

I go, he's just physically fun, physical, fun, smart. He would just wander up. We'd be filming in the woods of Pennsylvania. Mark would just wander off into the trees and come, you know, rustling back. Five minutes later, he's like, here, Tom, you can eat these berries and you can eat these berries. Don't eat those berries. Like, welcome back to set, Mark.

[B]

Always happy. Always, always happy. So sweet. What's the secret? He's just so happy to.

[E]

I. I asked him. I, you know, because he was so, so silly. Always on set. I'm a little confused by that. So I said, can we talk about that. Have you always, you know, been that way? And he said, no, no, I used.

[B]

To be more like you. And I was like. I was like, I know.

[A]

I'm.

[E]

I'm. I'm kind. I'm kind of intense. And he goes, kind of.

[B]

Here'S you guys together in Task. It's really great. I want to know, how did we set up task and who you play and what we're about to see?

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

So I'm a guy who's trying to provide for his family, and me and my friends are kind of running an operation where we rob houses of drug dealers to take the cash. And we get caught up doing that, and we attract the attention of the bigger drug dealers, which is a motorcycle gang, and the attention of the FBI. So the show becomes this triangle where we're all converging on a sort of destructive path. Me, the FBI, with Mark, he plays the head of the task force, and then this biker gang.

[A]

Tom Pelfrey, everybody. Task is streaming now on hbo. Max. Stick around, everybody. Hi, Kelly.

[B]

You about to get hyped, or should you just listen to the man on the mic?

[A]

My thanks to Sydney Sweeney. Tom Pelfrey, the rooftop there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thank you for watching. Good night, everybody. Thank you. Get involved. Get into it. Do.

[B]

Thanks for listening to the Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Don't forget to subscribe to get the latest episodes weekday mornings, wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon, weeknights on NBC and streaming on Peacock.