It’s been 40 years since Jamie Lee Curtis bought her hips busy within the jazzercise scene from the 1985 movie Excellent, and now, with the assistance of Jimmy Fallon, the actor has recreated the enduring second.
Sitting down reverse Fallon on the Tonight Present stage, Curtis started the section by recalling some movies she’s danced in, like Promenade Evening and True Lies. Fallon then talked about the leotard-clad section from Excellent, exhibiting a clip of the unique with Curtis and her co-star, John Travolta, gyrating to the beat of Jermaine Jackson and Whitney Houston’s “Shock Me.”
“That’s loads of thrusting!” Fallon stated of the clip, fanning himself. He then joked that it went on for “5 minutes,” to which a laughing Curtis replied, “No, no, that scene went on for, like, seven minutes.”
The 2 then launched their skit — calling it “never-before-seen” footage — recreating the second. Curtis, donned in leg heaters and an identical striped leotard, leads the jazzercise class, with a wigged Fallon taking part in Travolta’s half.
Then, after an excellent little bit of thrusting after all, the scene unravels into surreal comedy as the 2 actors eat pizza, pour champagne, launch a reside dove, and resuscitate a lifeless physique, all whereas getting all the way down to “Shock Me.”
Watch the video of the skit under.
In the meantime, Curtis’ Tonight Present reserving occurred because the wildfires in Los Angeles continued, with the actor — who pledged $1 million to fireside reduction efforts — writing on Instagram that it was “very difficult” to go away her Los Angeles dwelling behind to make the looks.
“I suited up and confirmed up for work right here within the metropolis, full with the recreation of the hip, thrusting meme from the film, Excellent,” she wrote. “It was sophisticated to really feel like we had been making comedy within the midst of such a profound tragedy throughout the nation, however we did. The hug [Fallon] gave me in help of my fragile emotions will at all times be remembered, and I go away New York Metropolis with the hopes and prayers and good ideas from all within the East Coast as I return dwelling to the perfect coast and my beloved Metropolis of Angels to assist begin to restore and rebuild.”
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