The Best of Chris Pratt on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

-One of those things you always say. You always say to yourself what? -Oh, gosh. I say... If you're going to eat gravy, don't leave it in your soul patch. [ Laughter and applause ] That's one that's always gone down. [ Laughter ] Where I come from, everyone says that. If you're going to eat gravy, don't leave it in your soul patch. -That's right. -But what if you're eating, for instance, a chicken cordon bleu? [ Laughter ] That has some type of thing on there. You can get something like that. Bu

t that's a good food. I mean, you you love to go out. You love to eat. -I tell you what, I do. I love to eat. I love the outdoors. I mean, honestly, this year, like towards the end of the year, I need a break. What I plan to do is just go out. Um... [ Laughter ] I want to -- I want to get a fishing rod and I want to go out. I want to eat some -- I want to -- I just want to eat a peanut butter jelly...fish. [ Laughter and applause ] ♪♪ Peanut butter jelly... -Peanut butter jelly/fish. Yeah. -Fish

. -That's what you want to do. Yeah. Peanut butter and jelly and fish. -Or hunt jellyfish. [ Laughter ] -Just hunt jellyfish. [ Laughter ] I don't think you hunt j-- Do you hunt jellyfish? -You can hunt anything. -I can't eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, so it's a sore subject for me. -Oh, I'm really sorry. [ Laughter ] What can you eat? [ Laughter ] -You say why -- You say, why can't I eat them? [ Laughter ] -Yeah. Why? Why can't you eat a peanut butter jelly? [ Laughter ] -Dentures. [ L

aughter ] ♪♪ Chris Pratt, good to see you again, my friend. -Nice to see you. -You look sharp. You look great. -Yeah, It's a suit. -Yeah, it is. [ Laughter ] -Yeah. -Was the first time we met? Was it here? -No. You know, the first time we met. You're never going to remember this. -Was it September 3rd? [ Laughter ] -On Third Street. -Yes. -It was during -- It was -- I just got started in Hollywood. I worked on a TV show. I got nominated for something called the Best Sidekick for like a Teen Choi

ce Awards. It was a really big deal to me. I got to take a limo. It was like all so new and novel still. And I had this little bit where I was like pres-- I didn't win. The point is, I got nominated for a Teen Choice Award. -We get it. You're a big star. -[ Claps ] -Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get it. [ Cheers and applause ] -Oh, yes. Come on. Yes. Yes. That's really not the point. The point really was that afterwards I did like this little comedy bit and presented, and it kind of went over all right,

but you came up to me at the end of it and you said, "Hey, man, great job tonight. You were really funny tonight." And it meant so much to me. It was just so nice to have someone, like -- [ Audience awws ] No, really, truly. Yeah, it was -- -That's cool. -It was cool and it just meant a lot to me because, like, you know, I knew you from "SNL" and I knew that you made a living doing funny things. And I wanted to make people laugh. And it just really meant a lot. And I think it's cool. I just thin

k you deserve all your success because you were nice to me and nice people deserve success. [ Cheers and applause ] -I want to say congratulations to you. It couldn't happen to a better guy. Gosh, all these fun things are happening. You're doing the new Jurassic Park movie. -Yes. -That's amazing. [ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah. Thanks, man. Thanks. -That's exciting. -Yeah, I'm excited. I'm really excited. Yeah. Jurassic Park. -And they're filming it in Hawaii, right? -Whoo! -Yes. Yeah. -That's th

e bad part. -Yeah, that's gonna be tough. They're filming in Hawaii. Last time I was in Hawaii, I lived in a van. Now I'm going back. I'm the star of Jurassic Park. -That is so awesome. -It's gonna be great. -It is the best country in the whole wide world. I love America. -I'm moving back to the van. I'm going to have them rent the van out. I'm moving in with my family. -Didn't you work at a Bubba Gump Shrimp Company? -Yeah, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Maui. I worked there. -That's one of my fa

vorite theme restaurants. -It's the best theme. It's one of my favorite theme restaurants, too. -Do you have to ask Forrest Gump trivia to people? -Oh, yeah. That was one of the conceptual musts. -Yes. -Yeah. -Is that what they call them? -Yeah, yeah. There were four of them, I think. -Do you remember any of the trivia questions at all? -Oh, yeah. Yeah. What did Forrest Gump drink when he met the president? -Oh, I remember. He drank like a bunch of them. Dr Pepper? -Dr Peppers. -Yeah! [ Cheers a

nd applause ] -The folks at Lego made something for you. -They did? -Yeah. And we're going to give it to you. I've been asked to give it to you. -That's very nice. -So I think they said it's maybe back here. Okay. I think I might get it. Okay. Don't look. Don't look. Okay. -Oh, wow. -To commemorate this big moment for you, Jimmy, and going to "The Tonight Show," the folks at Lego made this for you. [ Cheers and applause ] -I love it. -Isn't that cool? -I was kind of like the Lorne Michaels of th

e leadership class. I was like, "All right, guys, this one goes in. This one is cut, this one stays." And I would sort of be in charge of the assemblies. -You would do skits for people? -We would do skits for people in front of the school. And by the end of the week, it would always be the same thing, which was just a skit starring me that I'd ripped off from "SNL" the week before. [ Laughter ] -Word for word? -Yeah. Yes. Like, with giving "SNL" no credit. -No, no, no. Yeah. -Just being like, "C

ome on, guys. I came up with something last night. Let's just go for it. It's called a cheerleader sketch. I'm gonna play like a gregarious cheerleader. Chrissy Barr, you're going to play my sidekick. And then this is what it looks like." They're like, "Uh, yeah. From 'SNL,' the Will Ferrell-Cheri Oteri.'" -So I'll be playing Cheri Oteri and you'll be playing Will Ferrell. -"I don't know what you're talking about. All right, guys, we're on in three, two." And they're like... -And then it worked.

And now look where you are. -Now I'm doing the real show. -Oh, it's so exciting. I cannot wait. I'm so happy for you. -And it's just as fun as when I did it in high school. -I mean, it is, right? -Yeah. Yeah, I think. -Hey, I want to know. I want to know about this guy here. I saw you. Who's this guy? [ Cheers, whistling and applause ] I just have to know the story behind it. I want to know what's going on. Where were you? Were you okay? [ Laughter ] Did anyone help you? What was this? What was

this? -This is -- Okay. [ Laughs ] I was 20 years old in that picture. I guess it was the year 2000. I just moved to L.A. I knew I wanted to be an actor. I had no idea what to do to become an actor. I had a car and that was it. -That's a big deal. Even having a car is a big deal. -Yeah. And I'd ask around and my friend said, "What you need is something called a headshot. And that's a picture of your head." [ Laughter ] "And then you send it out to people. They're like, 'Hey, that's a good head.

I'll look and meet him.' You know?" -Yeah, I'll put that head in my movie. Yeah. -Yeah. So I knew I needed a headshot and I was in an area of L.A. called West Hollywood, which you know West Hollywood. It's a great part of Hollywood, predominantly gay area. -Yeah. -Really kind of a fabulous place. I was at the post office. There's a guy who is like looking at me for a long time and he was like, "You look familiar. Have I shot you before?" And I was like, "Oh, I've never been shot." [ Laughter ]

-Yeah, yeah. -"Have you shot somebody?" I don't think you've ever shot me. -Either way, I'm fine. -I would know. -I would never press charges. -Yeah. -I'm fine. -He was like, "I'm a photographer." In my head, I'm like, "Do you do headshots?" He's like, "Yeah. My apartment is two blocks from here." [ Laughter ] I was like, "Let's go, let's go." [ Laughter ] So I walk over to the apartment. This guy's got like a penthouse suite, really nice. He's like, "You probably need to take a shower. You're a

little messed up." He was right. He was right. I lived in the car. ♪♪ Hey, I'm just painting a picture here. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -So I took the shower, I got cleaned up. I did my hair, as you can see. Like, you know, picked it out a little. And then he was like, "That shirt's not going to do. Here's one of mine." He gave me this shirt that's in the picture. It's a white shirt. -That's his shirt? -It's a nice shirt. I couldn't afford that shirt. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -I had that shirt. And then he t

akes the pictures. He tells me what to do, tilt my head, put my arm like this, takes the film out of the camera, sticks it in the thing. He hands me three rolls of camera film, which at the time would have cost me like 400, 500 bucks, you know, like head shots are not inexpensive. And he was like, "Good luck, kid." And I walked out of there and then I decided that this was the best one. [ Laughter and applause ] -That's a great story. -Yeah. -He's a good guy. -He is a good guy. [ Cheers and appl

ause ] He's a good -- That's a good -- -So if you're watching, dude, if you remember, thank you, man. Thank you. -You made his career, man. -You did. That got me on the WB. That got me "Everwood." That was that headshot that got me "Everwood." -Hey, that's awesome, buddy. -Pretty cool. -Three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] And three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] -Three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] [ Cheers and applause ] -Ah! Oh, my God! -We should do a triple piggyback in o

ne of these. -And three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] [ Cheers and applause ] -Dude, this next one, we're getting lei'd. -All right. Big smile. And three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] Three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] One more. Three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] -Never been done before. The triple hoagie. -All right. And big smile. And three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] -Is it crazy to just have that come out of my fly? Here. -I think that is the best thing

I've ever heard in my life. -And big smiles. And three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] Gonna get another one like that. And three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] Three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] Let's get one more. And three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] -Oh, my God. Jimmy Fallon. -What's up, my man? Holy God. Captain America. -Captain America. -You want to jump over my shoulders? -I can. If you just drop your head, I can get up. -Three, two, one. [ Camera shutter cli

cks ] Three, two, one. [ Camera shutter clicks ] -Oh, my God! -Seahawk fans! -Let's get a group shot. -Everybody say "Super Bowl." -Super Bowl! [ Camera shutter clicks ] -I worked at a place called the Viking Drive In. I like flipped burgers at a little tiny drive-through burger joint. -Fun. -It was awesome. -Yeah. -It was great. I could walk, I could rollerblade there. I rollerbladed everywhere as a kid. I mean, I'm painting a pretty awesome picture. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Who I was as a kid. -You

were a cool kid, man. -Really cool. Super cool. -So cool. -It was really fun. It was -- The Viking Drive-- -You would operate the drive-through? -I would operate the drive-through. I'd take people's orders. It was right kitty-corner to this place called the Mini Mart, which was like the hangout for -- it was a small town, maybe 7,000 people when I lived there. And Lake Stevens, Washington, and people would go get out of their car and go into the mini mart and I would be hidden in the Viking Dri

ve In over the intercom and I would mess with them. I'd be like, "Hey, buddy, I need your help." [ Laughter ] -People looking around. "Who's saying that?" Yeah, yeah, exactly. -I'd be like, "It's me. God." [ Laughter ] It was awesome. -Coming from a drive-through speaker like, "This is the calling, God talking to me." -It was pretty great. -But it must have been good to have your own pocket money at 14. -Yeah. Yeah, it was good. Well, here's a lesson I learned because the lady who who owned the

place was like, "Listen, if you ever want to eat something, you just eat something. Just make sure you write it down. We'll give it you for half price and then we'll just take it out of your check." I was like, "Cool." So it was kind of a credit system. -Yeah. -And I worked there -- I think I got paid every two weeks and I got my first check and they were like, "Okay, let's just see. Here's what you got. Oh, you owe us $80." [ Laughter ] I was like, "What?! How is that possible?" -You owe them.

-I owed them $80. -You ate a lot of burgers. -I ate a lot of stuff. -Yeah, that's good stuff. -It was good stuff. -And how about your son now? How old is your son now? -He's now two and a half. -Two and a half. -And he's going to work, right? Is he going to? -Yeah, we're trying to get him jobs now. [ Laughter ] -Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What is he doing? Is he saying things? -Man, he loves trucks. He loves everything trucks, cars, automobiles. He -- He thinks... He thinks I'm a firefi

ghter. [ Laughter ] -Why? -I don't know. Because I know this. Because I'll say, "Hey, bud, I'm going to be back tomorrow. I got to go to work," and he'll go, "Um, are -- are you going to work on your fire truck?" [ Laughter ] And I'm like..."Yes, I am." [ Laughter ] "Yes, I am, son." -You just go, "Yeah, sure. Of course." -Hi, Santa. -Hello, Ding Dongs. [ Laughter ] -You're looking at me like I'm on your naughty list. -Well, I was counting my toys and was one doinker short. I believe you stole i

t. -But, Papa... -I started making that toy in 200 A.D. What will the little Jennifer Lawrences think when she wakes up on Christmas morning with nothing under the apple tree? [ Laughter ] -I would never steal such a demure toy. [ Laughter ] -Where were you the night before Christmas? -I was with Pickles. We were listening to The Roots' holiday album and making snow gerbils. [ Laughter ] -Nice. -Pickles is very... -Hmm. Mm-hmm! Then why did Rudolph see you spanking on the roof? [ Laughter ] ♪♪ [

Cheers and applause ] 22 centuries before the toy was missing. [ Laughter ] -That's a coincidence. -The reason I work so hard is because I get to spread joy to millions of people and go sit by the fire, shaking my nad. [ Laughter ] -What?! -The little... -I know, I know, I know. -Tiny, little guy. -Yeah, yeah. -While eating cookies and drinking Milwaukee's Best Ice. [ Laughter and applause ] -Fine. I stole the toy. [ High-pitched ] But I only did it... -Wait. [ Laughter ] -I was using a fake vo

ice earlier. -Oh. -I'm an elf. I forgot I was an elf. -Oh, right. Oh, and I'm Santa. Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! -That's right. -Ding Dongs. Ho-ho. You're silly. -I sold the toy. I only did it because I wanted to impress my pediatrician. [ Laughter ] -Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! [ Laughter ] Every time there's a holiday miracle, I sing my favorite Christmas song, "Jingle Forks." [ Laughter ] [ Bells jingling ] ♪ Jingle forks, jingle forks ♪ ♪ Jingle all the way ♪ ♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪ ♪ In a one-horse open star

ship ♪ -Merry Christmas, Santa! -Scene! [ Cheers and applause ] -Are you a karaoke guy? Did I ask you that last time? -I don't know if you did, but I am a karaoke guy. I mean, who doesn't -- Do you guys like karaoke? [ Cheers and applause ] Yeah, I've sang karaoke for a long time. My whole family. We always sing karaoke at parties. -Do you have a go-to song? -Well, yeah, I did. I had a go-to song that for a while I felt like I murdered "Man in the Mirror." [ Cheers and applause ] -Michael Jackso

n? -Michael Jackson. -That's a classic. -I know. And then I realized... I have to tell you this story. The time I realized that I don't murder Michael Jackson singing karaoke, I went to -- I had killed it one week. I felt really good. I was like, "Oh, that's my song." [ Laughter ] -"I'm the next Michael Jackson." -"I can sing 'Man in the Mirror.'" -That's a tricky song. -Very difficult, high degree of difficulty. But when you nail it, you nail it. -Yeah, yeah. -I was riding high on the wave of n

ailing "Man in the Mirror" the week before. -Yeah. -Went to the new karaoke bar. Met a girl. -Oh, yeah. -Her name was Marina. Do you remember Marina? I was flirting with her. I had "Man in the Mirror" in my pocket. I knew I was going to kill it. Put "Man in the Mirror" in. I got up on stage. I said -- [ Laughs ] This is true, by the way. I know I'm playing it up. But this was a really a vulnerable moment for me. [ Laughter ] -Thank you for telling me this. -I said... "This song is for Marina." I

swear to God. And then the first note came out. And I didn't realize there's different notes and different keys and stuff, and it just wasn't my key. It wasn't my night. And it came out and it was like I was like... [ Vocalizes ] ♪ I'm gonna make a cha--♪ Oh. [ Laughter ] -That's when you knew you couldn't do it? -It didn't match, you know, the sound didn't line up. -Oh, no. -And I was like... ♪ For once in my ♪ "You suck!" [ Laughter ] And I just immediately started sweating. Some guy yelled,

"You suck." And I look and he was standing right next to Marina. [ Audience ohhs ] And she left with the "you suck" guy. [ Laughter ] [ Sad tuba ] I've never sang "Man in the Mirror" since, man. It hurt. It hurt so bad. -She left with the "you suck" guy. Yeah. Well, no. How is the family? How old is your son? -He turned four. He's about almost four and a half. -Wow. -Yeah, he's just great, man. -Isn't it cool? -It is cool. -I mean, I have three and a two, but it's just every day is a new fun thi

ng. Do they know that you're in movies? Does he understand that yet? -He does, but he doesn't, you know. It's not -- The other day he went to Universal Studios. You know, we were both in "Jurassic World." Yes. And he -- -Number-one movie of all time. -He went to -- He went and they have a guy there dressed up like my character from "Jurassic World." And he does the thing with the raptors and they have like these fake dinosaurs that come out and this guy pretends to be that character and amuses t

he people who come to Universal Studios. And he came home and he's like, "Dad. I met the real 'Jurassic World' guy." [ Laughter ] -I'm like, "That guy? No!" -"I'm the real guy." -He's like, "No, no, no, no, no. He doesn't do it on TV. He's the real guy. I think it's the character your guy is based on." -He met the real one, man. -He met the real -- He met the real "Jurassic World" guy, so he was pretty thrilled. Yeah, same at Legoland. He's like, "Dad, Emmet's here. The real Emmet, not you, the

real one." I'm like, "Come on, man." -Come on, come on. Give Dad something. -I think he knows. I think he's just being mean. -He's just playing with you. Yeah. -[ Humming ] ♪♪ [ Laughter ] [ Jimmy humming ] Okay. ♪♪ Now, you can either lie about this or you can tell the truth. It's up to you. Tell me what the object is, or you can tell me -- You can tell me what the object -- -It's, uh -- Is this real? -No, look at me. All right. -This is a small... diorama... of little people, dwarves. -Dwarves

. -Engaging in... -Oh, my goodness. -No. -...stretching, yoga. And... they're all wearing hats. [ Laughter ] -All right, so you're telling me -- You're telling me that what is in front of you... [ Laughter ] ...is a diorama of sorts, which is something I normally would make in a shoe box, perhaps, maybe when I was growing up, which is maybe why you thought of that, because we have a box and you thought of a shoe box, and then made up a lie about a diorama, which makes me think, Chris Pratt, you

lie! [ Audience cheers ] -Sucka! ♪♪ [ Laughter ] -Oh. That was well done. -Yes. -You had such a great year. I know you've been all around the world, but you were in "Avengers: Infinity War," ...which has crushed at the box office. Continues to crush. [ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah. -And then all these -- a whole lot of coincidences started happening. -Whoa. -Here's you with the comic book. -Yeah, look at this. -Can you explain this story now? -Yeah, you got to hear this story. -All right. -So thi

s is me, just recently, around Christmastime, and I have here the comic book, "The Infinity Gauntlet." -Okay. -Okay, when I was a kid, I was collecting comic books. I was about 13 years old, but I actually loved comic books. I didn't have any, 'cause they were expensive, you know? It was like 5 bucks apiece or something. My friends Travis and Forrest, they collected "Wolverine" and "Punisher," and they each had a number 1. And I was like, "You got to get a number 1," 'cause I thought a number 1

comic book, that's going to put you through college one day. If you have the number 1, then you'll sell it for $10,000 one day, and you'll be set for life. -Yeah. -So, I went to -- I went to bingo with my mom. [ Laughter ] And this story -- -As kids do. -As one does. -Yes. -Accompanied mom to the gambling hall. -A little bingo time. -And she let me play, and I picked my own numbers, and for one game, the pick eight, I could play, and I won $300, and I went and I spent it all on comic books, just

blew the entire check, and I got all these number 1s, including this one, right here, "The Infinity Gauntlet." -Which is -- -Which is, like, a really crucial story element in the "Infinity War" film. So my brother dug that up, and he was like, "Dude, did you know we have -- You bought that comic book when you were a kid." And so, this is where it starts to get weird. I was in London, and I was at this Bellator MMA fight. It's kind of like an MMA, kind of like the UFC, a big fight. -Yep. -And th

is guy -- -You're into that, you love it. -I love that stuff, yeah. And these guys just beat the crap out of each other. I was having the time of my life. I was sitting next to 50 Cent. It was like, "My life is so awesome." They were playing 50 Cent, and I was sitting next to him. -Was he going to the music, or was he just cool? -Yeah, I just looked at him, I was like, "They're playing your music." He's like, "Yeah, I know that's my music." But I was just having the time of my life. And the guy

who won, this champion, named Michael "Venom" Page, comes out, and they bring him an Infinity Gauntlet, and they slide it on his hand, and he's the victor. And he looks and notices me, and points to me outside of the cage. And meanwhile, 50 Cent is playing, and 50 Cent is right next to me. [ Laughter ] And the guy's got an Infinity Gauntlet, and it was like déjà vu. It was one of those moments where your life and your destiny intersect. [ Laughter ] -Well, I mean -- -And I -- And it was just the

craziest thing. I thought for certain I was gonna wake up. -Lookit! -Where would you just have something like this lying around? -He didn't know I was gonna be there. [ Cheers and applause ] -He did not know. -Didn't know. And I was like, honestly, I -- Part of me in that moment was like, "Oh, crap. This is a dream." [ Laughter ] "This whole thing's been a dream. I'm gonna wake up, living in a tent." [ Laughter ] "And this whole 20 years has been a dream." -Yeah. -"A big fever dream." An awesom

e dream. I'd be so gutted if I woke up and it was gone. -Your dream is like, you got "Parks and Rec"... -I got "Parks and Rec," yeah. [ Cheers and applause ] Yeah, I moved to -- I moved to Hollywood. -Moved to Hollywood. -The whole thing wouldn't -- It makes sense. It could still happen. You, I'd be like, "The guy from 'SNL' was hosting the show that Johnny Carson used to host." -The guy that laughed at himself his entire life is now hosting "The Tonight Show"? -He's now hosting "The Tonight Sho

w." -I love that you created us. -Yeah. -I love that you created a back career for my career. -Thank you. It's a good dream. [ Laughter ] -Wait, all right. 3, 2, 1, go. [ Laughter ] [ Buzzer ] Holding in a yawn? -Unh-unh. -[ Laughs ] I was like... That was a good yawn! -I didn't even do "holding in a yawn." I just tried to make you me laugh. -You made me laugh. All right, that's an interesting strategy. I like that. I was actually trying to swallow one. All right. Let's do another one here. This

is... "pretending you love a present." -Oh, got it, got it. [ Laughter ] [ Laughter ] -All right. Three, two, one. [ Laughter ] [ Buzzer ] ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] I did the same face. [ Both laugh ] -That was a good bit. You did the same face! That's so funny! Gosh, that's such a good strategy. -I won't do it -- -No, but that was so funny. Your "pretending to hold a yawn" face. -Yeah. [ Laughter ] -That's the only face you make. It's very funny. It's very funny. -I won't do it again. That's

good. Here we go. Let's do another one. [ Laughter ] "Cinco de Mayo at 3:00 a.m." -Oh, yeah! [ Laughter ] ♪♪ -[ Laughs ] [ Laughter ] All right, three, two, one. -[ Laughs ] [ Buzzer ] Stop doing that. Stop doing that! [ Both laugh ] -All right, all right. I'm gonna actually do a real one this time. [ Laughter ] -It's so stupid, it makes me laugh. Oh, I love it. All right, here's one. There's one more round. Here's the last one here. This one is -- Oh, you'll be good at this. -Yeah, I got this o

ne. -"Velociraptor is standing right behind you." -Like, you're trying to convey to a person that they're standing right behind you, or -- Yeah, yes, 'cause otherwise, you wouldn't know if it was standing behind you. -No, I think you would know. -I'm telling you that a velociraptor is standing behind you, or am I just -- -Would you know? -'Cause if they're standing behind you, I'd just be making this face. I wouldn't know. -I know, but what -- -They're sneaky. -Oh, they are sneaky. -I wouldn't k

now. -You wouldn't really know? -I'd know. -Right. [ Laughter ] I'm a scientist. I know these things. A velociraptor is standing behind me, and I know. -Okay. So, the idea is that I'm gonna have to do it -- My thing is, I'm gonna be telling you that there is a velociraptor behind you, like, over there. -Or is it that that's happening, and you're like, "What just happened?" [ Laughter ] Like, I don't think it's just -- "I don't know what's standing behind me." Is there something behind me? -Can w

e get a ruling? [ Laughter ] -Is there something behind me right now? -Yeah, that's gonna be the face. I'm doing there's a velociraptor standing behind you. -Oh, I'm doing there's a velociraptor standing behind me. [ Laughter ] -Okay. -You know what I'm saying? -Yeah, all right. -Yeah, yeah. -We got this. -Oh, no, you're right. It's standing right behind you. -Like, there's a velo-- Is it in quotes? -No. [ Laughter ] "You" is in quotes. -Yeah. -It's standing behind "you." Yeah, "you" is in quote

s. -Is there an emphasis? [ Laughter ] -There's an emphasis on "behind." Okay. Ready? -Let's poll the audience. Do you have "Millionaire" technology? Can we poll the audience? -Here we go. -Oh, God. -"Velociraptor standing right behind you." -Okay. -[ Laughs ] Same thing as me. Okay. Behind you. -Yeah, yeah. [ Laughter ] Three, two, one. [ Laughs ] [ Buzzer ] I knew you were gonna do it. [ Cheers and applause ] Chris Pratt, everybody! That's how you do it. That's how you make me laugh. Oh, you'r

e a funny dude. Love you, bud. Oh, I love that little lapel pin. -Thank you. It's a mushroom. -I love it. I get it. I get it. -Because -- -No, no, I understand. -No, because -- -No, no, no. I understand. Don't explain. No, no, no. You like mushrooms. -Yeah. -That's right. Yeah. Last time you were here, we had the best time. I appreciate you coming to the show. And you were very nervous and excited because your wife, Katherine, was very pregnant and was about to have a baby. -That's right. -And y

ou had your phone out. -Just in case. -You go, "Just in case anything goes down just during this interview." And...? -We had a deal that if she was born while I was on the show that I would name her Jimmy. -Questlove? [ Drum roll ] -She's named Eloise 'cause she was not born... -Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow. [ Sad tuba ] Beautiful name, though. No, no, beautiful. -Bohm-bohm! Boo, Eloise! -No, no, no! -One day you'll see this, and you'll know that I wish your name was Jimmy... -No, we love you. -...

not Eloise! -Eloise. Wait. That's beautiful. -Isn't that beautiful? Yeah. -You are now the father of three. Does that ever sink in, bud? -Wow. -This is -- You're a dad. -Whew! -Yeah. I mean... -Yeah. Thank you. -You're a fun dad. -I love it, man. Yeah, I have -- -You have a 10... -I got a 10-year-old, 2 1/2, and 10 months. -Ooh! -The 10-year-old is my son Jack. And then Lyla and Eloise, the two girls. -How's Lyla doing? -Oh, my gosh. She's -- She's the best. She's so girly. She's so cute. She lo

ves dresses and bows and all of the princessy stuff. Pink is her favorite color. And she loves to chat. She's a real chatterbox. She'll talk -- She was talking to my sister on FaceTime, and then my sister later said, she goes, "Lyla is like the personification of a Mad Lib 'cause she knows all these words, but she doesn't quite know how to really use them." So she'll -- The other day, she said, "Daddy, Daddy. I'm going to Palm Beach in two minutes!" [ Laughter ] I said, "You are?" She said, "Yes

. I'm going with Santa Claus. We are going to bring all of the sand." -Yeah. Yeah. -I was like, "That's exactly a Mad Lib." -Give me a noun. Give me a noun. -Give me an adjective. -Yeah. And how's Grandpa? Arnold Schwarzenegger is your grandpa. -Yeah. He goes by "Opa." -Oh. -You know, he's Austrian. German. "Opa" is "grandfather" in German. So he goes by "Opa." -[ As Arnold ] Did he have a cigar? -Oh. [ Laughs ] -Did you have a cigar with him? -Yes. Yes. -Yes. You had the cigar? -Yeah. -[ Normal

voice ] He loves his cigar. -He loves his cigar. -He came on the show. He taught me how to smoke a cigar. -Yeah, he kind of taught me, too. I mean, there's nothing manlier than Arnold Schwarzenegger smoking a cigar. And when you're part of, you know, bringing his granddaughter into the world, he comes and he brings you a cigar and he's like, "Let's go out and smoke these." And I was like, "Okay," but I have asthma, so I don't like cigars. And I was like, "You got it, Arnold." And Katherine's li

ke, "What are you doing?" I was like, "I'm fine. I'm gonna be okay." And so I go and I smoke the cigar and I'm like, "This is good. [ Coughs ] Hmm. Oh, yeah. Cohiba? Nice." And then woke up the next day. Massive lung infection, but... [ Laughter ] Worth it. -You always have to -- If Arnold says, "Let's smoke a cigar..." -You go, "Okay." -Let's do it. Yeah. You go, "Yeah." -There's peer pressure, and then there's... -Arnold Schwarzenegger. -...Arnold Schwarzenegger pressure. -No, you do whatever

-- He came on. I said I want to understand it and how to do it and everything, because I smoked a couple of cigars. I don't know when. And I'm like -- You bite the end off and then you, like, lick the side. He goes [As Arnold] "You don't bite and lick it. What are you talking about? You don't lick the cigar! You don't lick it and bite it!" [ Normal voice ] I go, "I think I did." He's like, "No!" He goes, [As Arnold] "Next time I'm in town, I'll teach you. I'll take you to a cigar bar, and I'll t

each you how." [ Normal voice ] I go -- And he's a man of his word. Called me on the phone. -No. -Said, "Jimmy, it's Arnold. I'm going to a cigar bar." And I was with -- I was with Drew Barrymore and my wife, and I go, "Do you guys want to go to a cigar bar with Arnold Schwarzenegger?" They're like, "Let's do it." We showed up, and we all smoked cigars. -Come on. -It was the best. Love that dude. Congrats, Opa. Opa? -Opa Arnold. -Congratulations, Opa. [ Cheers and applause ] -Stogies. -Congrats

to you and Katherine. -Thanks, man. Thank you. Yeah, we're blessed. We feel very blessed. -Good, nice parents. I want to talk "Super Mario Bros." because that is -- That's the jam. I'm excited about this Wednesday. -Let's go. [ Cheers and applause ] -I'm excited. -Go see it. -You're Mario. -I'm Mario. I'm the voice of Mario. -So what happens when you get the phone call and they're like, "Hey, would you like to be this iconic..." -I'm like, "Pfft. No." [ Laughter ] -Yeah. Exactly. -I was like, "O

h, my God! Really?!" Yeah, I mean, you get that call. And it's just really exciting because, I mean, if you think about it, all the IP that's out there, anything that has reach, it's already been remade. It's already been turned into a TV show or a movie. And for some reason, the Super Mario Bros. hasn't been a movie for almost 30 years. And it's because I think the folks at Nintendo just didn't want to give anybody the permission to make the movie, and so finally they made... -Oh, Illumination

is -- -Illumination, you know -- "Despicable Me," "Secret Life of Pets." -"Minions." Brilliant. -"Minions." Incredible studio. And so they partnered up and they decided that they were going to make this movie. And so when something like that comes around, it's just like -- you're so blessed, so honored to do it, I mean, for me... -It's fantastic. It's gonna crush, buddy. And, you know, I was thinking about you because I was watching it, and there's a lot of action. There's a lot of action in thi

s movie. And I could just kind of hear you -- a lot of grunting by you. -Yes. -Going like... [ Grunting ] And I go -- I was like -- "Oh, maybe Chris will bring footage," of you doing those grunts when you come on the show. I just want to see you in the sound booth going like... [ Both grunting ] -Well, you know, here's an interesting thing about that, actually. Usually the effort sounds you do at the end of the session. You probably do like one or two sessions a month over the course of a couple

years to voice one of these movies. And at the end, because the efforts and the grunts and the screaming, that really takes it out of your voice, they save that for the end. But here's an interesting little tidbit. In a -- What makes physical comedy work in like a "Tom and Jerry" or a "Super Mario Bros." is when a character falls a long way and hits, they don't die, right? If they died, it would -- If Tom and Jerry -- If, like, Road Runner -- If, like, the anvil hit his head and there's freakin

g brains everywhere... -No, no, no, no, no. That'd be terrible. [ Laughter ] -Be like, "Oh, my God!" That'd be bad, right? -Terrible idea. Terrible. -So in order to let kids know that the character's not dead... -Yes. -...you have to do an, "I'm okay, I'm alive" sigh. "I'm hurt, not injured" sigh. So it's like this. You're like, "Aaaaaah!" Unh! Uhh... -Yeah! [ Applause ] -Without that... [ Cheers and applause ] -It just goes, hey, it's a joke, everybody. -Kids will be like, "Mario is dead! Mario

fell to his death, Dad!" -That's so funny. It's so well-done. It's such a great cast. Everyone's so talented and good. A lot of fun people. -Good luck. -Super Mario Bros. -Boom! Let's see the answer! [ Ding! ] Yes! Super Mario Bros.! -Wow. -Wow. That was a hard question. -How was that a hard question? -James. Oh, yo! [ Mario power-up sound plays ] -[ Laughs ] -How was that a hard question? It's basically every video game right there. -Right. It was hard. That was a difficult question. -Alright.

-Now, here's your question. -Yeah. Oh, good luck. -Good luck, James. -Yeah. ♪♪ [ Laughter ] Who's the creator? -I mean, I'm a Nintendo nerd. I'm going to say Miyamoto? -Judges? [ Drum roll ] [ Ding! ] Yes! Shigeru Miyamoto. Chris. Ready? [ Mario power-up sound plays ] [ Grunts ] He's more man than you. Okay. [ Laughter ] -What? -Wow. -Hurt my leg. -My God. -Oy! -God. -[ Laughing ] Chris? -Yes. -This is a hard one. -Pfft! -Travel across 1800s America? -Yeah. -Okay, now I'm going to phone a frien

d on this -- uh, myself. -Oh. [ Laughter ] -Hello? Yeah, uh, is that -- I think it's, uh, Oregon Trail? -Let's see. Let's see the answer. [ Ding! ] Oregon Trail! Yes! -Hey! I played that at school. -Oh, my God. -I played that in school. -You died of dysentery. You got a snake bite. -Oh, yeah, you died of a snake bite. -Ready, Jimmy? You're going up. [ Mario power-up sound plays ] Ohhhhh, my gosh! Okay, Jimmy, next question is for you. You know this. -Well, first, I want to give a shout-out to my

... -[ Laughs ] -...my buddy Weasel back at home in Boston. You know I love you, Weaz. Uh, you're talking about EA Sports. Come on, dude. -All right, let's see the answer. -Electronic Arts. -Yeah! [ Cheers and applause ] Okay, Chris. Oh, my God. So close. [ Mario power-up sound plays ] -Aaaah! -♪ So close ♪ -If it's in the game -- -Alright, Chris. Next question is to you. -Okay. -[ Laughs ] -Not What, like his name. What is his name? It's not What. -Blinky. -Inky. -Inky. -Pinky and... -Pinky and

... [ Drum roll ] It's got to rhy-- I don't know. I'm going to have to take a guess. Uh, Juanita? -[ Laughs ] -Juanita. [ Sad tuba ] Jimmy, do you know the answer? -I do, but it's not -- It doesn't rhyme. It's like Gary or something. Or Paul or something. -Let's see. Judges, let's see the answer. -If it's Gary, I'm gonna be upset. -It's Clyde! Oh, Chris. One more. Ohh, so close! [ Mario power-up sound plays ] -Oh, my God. -All right, Jimmy. -[ Laughs ] -Next question is for you. -Yes, yes, yes,

yes, yes, yes! Clyde. Yes. Yes. -...not Trump... -Q-Bert. Who changes co-- You're just gonna jump right on it? Q-Bert? Let's see the answer. [ Ding! ] Yes! Q-Bert. ♪♪ [ Mario power-up sound plays ] [ Laughing ] Oh, my gosh. Chris. -Are you kidding me? -Next question is for you. -What, does his head gotta go in the pipe?! -Well, he's got to go in the pipe. And that's not -- Trust me. -For heaven's sakes. -You don't want to get that dumped on your head. [ Balloon pops ] Oh! [ Laughter ] [ Mario co

ins rapidly dinging ] -Wow! His laughter! His laughter! His laughter, that's what got him! He's a good sport. -Let's see a slow-mo of that! [ Cheers and applause ] Oh! -Chris Pratt, everybody.