Jimmy
Fallon often has his Tonight Show guests perform skits with him, but a
camp-themed performance on Tuesday with Justin Timberlake might have
been the best yet.
In the skit, Jimmy, 40, and Justin, 33, went back in time, landing in 1997 at Camp Winnipesaukee.
Taking
on exaggerated versions of their early selves, the two then revelled in
singing Third Eye Blind's hit song, Jumper, and playing games of Truth
or Dare.
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Flashbacks: Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon performed a 1997-set camp skit on Tuesday's The Tonight Show
From its very premise, this was, of course, ludicrous, especially with real Justin's rather notable beard.
The
'90s jokes were a bit temporally vague, but Justin having a crush on
Full House's Kimmy Gibbler would be funny no matter what year it was.
Because no camp skit could be complete without an annoying counsellor, Jimmy and Justin had to deal with one Mr. Fletcher.
Little boys: Based on their performances, Justin and Jimmy were meant to be fairly young children in the skit
Hairy: Justin's beard was, fortunately, commented on as something odd for a camper
Down below: With excellent timing, Justin got easy laughs from mentioning more hair in other places
Sunblock
on his nose and knee-high socks almost reaching his too-short shorts,
Fletcher was the perfect caricature of a creepy man in power.
He
even was once the victim of a 'wheat accident,' a possible ad lib that
sent Jimmy into fits of laughter in the middle of the skit.
Unmentioned
but definitely audible in the 1990s references were the Beavis And
Butthead voices that both Justin and Jimmy adopted for their younger
selves.
Anachronisms: Jimmy was, in 1997, a
23-year-old man getting ready to make his Saturday Night Live debut, no
matter how the skit portrayed him
Such random little treats, plus Justin's always-excellent comic timing, were enough to make this skit a hit.
It
didn't even matter that, in the real 1997, Justin was 16 and Jimmy was
already the ripe old age of 23 - his run on Saturday Night Live began
shortly after in 1998.
In a final anachronism, the final round of Third Eye Blind was accompanied by enthusiastic 'running man' dancing.
Cranky counsellor: Mr. Fletcher was
the boys' camp counsellor, an odd fellow who claimed to have lost
certain bits of himself in a 'wheat accident'
Real laughter: At several points in
the skit, Jimmy and Justin burst out laughing - the wheat accident line
may have created the most laughter
That move was incredibly uncool at any point after roughly 1992.
Still,
one has to be impressed by the skit and the casting, especially since
Justin was not a scheduled guest on The Tonight Show on Tuesday.
That honour went instead to Christoph Waltz and Nicki Minaj - Justin was just there to have a little fun.
Jumper love: Throughout the piece,
Jimmy and Justin repeatedly sang Jumper by Third Eye Blind, accompanying
the tune with a dancing of the 'running man' at the end
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