The former 'Seinfeld' star delivers a series of Thanksgiving-themed jokes on the kick-off of 'The Tonight Show' since its host was too overstuffed to do his monologue.
- Nov 24, 2018
AceShowbiz - Jerry Seinfeld took over Jimmy Fallon's Thanksgiving monologue on Thursday night (November 22).
The latest episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" opened with a sketch depicting host Jimmy eating from a plate packed full of turkey and stuffing, and telling comedy star Jerry, "I can't do the opening monologue; I just ate too much."
As Jimmy kept stuffing himself, Jerry offered to do the opening duties and took to the stage to offer the audience a series of Thanksgiving-themed jokes.
"It was so cold (at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade) Spongebob's nipples got so hard they popped the other balloons," he joked, before adding: "I heard about a trend where, this Thanksgiving, people made tiny turkey, yeah, tiny turkeys. You may know them by their other name: Chicken."
During the show, Jerry sat down with Jimmy for a chat too, with the duo discussing how the "warm and wonderful" modern Thanksgiving holiday contrasts with the "depressing" origins of the day, due to the "subjugation of the Native American culture".
And Jerry, who is known for wearing jeans and sneakers on his TV show "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee", also struck up a conversation with the presenter about men wearing denim and questioned him about the right time for older guys to retire "cool jeans".
"There are no jeans for older men that people think look good, there's nothing you can do," the 64-year-old laughed. "You reach an age where it's just... bad. We're still wearing jeans but we don't look good."
