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Jimmy Fallon on Trick-or-Treating

Saturday Night Live1998Season 24Episode 4
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The setup

Jimmy Fallon brings a guitar to Weekend Update to pitch a musical alternative to trick-or-treating, turning familiar pop songs into a bid for candy.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

At the Weekend Update desk, Jimmy Fallon tells Colin Quinn that he still wants Halloween candy despite feeling too old to dress up and go door to door. He proposes singing seasonal versions of familiar pop songs instead, then demonstrates the idea on acoustic guitar. Counting Crows and Matchbox Twenty become vehicles for anticipation and costume-party complaints, while an Alanis Morissette impression turns to the treats and disappointments of the candy haul. He finishes with a Marcy Playground parody about the holiday’s messier traditions, leaving Quinn to react to his unusual plan.

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Say it with us

Highly quotable.

I'm going Halloween caroling.

They give me candy.

ScriptEnglish · 14 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:00

    Colin Quinn

    And now, with some thoughts on trick-or-treating, Jimmy Fallon.

  2. 00:04

    Jimmy Fallon

    Thanks a lot. Thanks, Tom. I realize that I'm too old to be dressing up for trick-or-treating, and yet I still want to go to people's houses and ring their doorbells, you know? So this year, this year, I'm going Halloween caroling.

  3. 00:21

    Colin Quinn

    Halloween caroling?

  4. 00:22

    Jimmy Fallon

    Yeah, yeah. This is where I write Halloween versions of my favorite songs. I go out to people's doorbells, ring them, and then do a little bit of this.

  5. 00:30

    Jimmy Fallon

    And it's seven more days left in October. And it's one more week till Halloween. And it's been so long since I trick-or-treated. I think I should. Nah, nah, nah, nah. Yeah.

  6. 00:52

    Colin Quinn

    So what do they do?

  7. 01:01

    Jimmy Fallon

    They give me candy. You know, I just ring the doorbell, and I go, uh...

  8. 01:06

    Jimmy Fallon

    Well, she said, it's cold outside. I said, it's October. And when we get to the party, we see someone else is dressed like Jenny McCarthy. And she says, baby, I thought that I'd be the one and only. And she says, baby, let's have a drink and then leave. I mean, oh, I'm pissed. I can't believe someone else wore the same costume.

  9. 01:37

    Jimmy Fallon

    See, like, everyone can do it, you know?

  10. 01:44

    Colin Quinn

    Yeah, everyone can do it.

  11. 01:45

    Jimmy Fallon

    It´s easy. Even girls can do it. Here´s Alanis Morissette.

  12. 01:48

    Alanis Morissette

    -♪ Candy bars, aren´t they moronic? How about cheap people that give you bags of pennies? Yeah. Thank you, Mike and Ike. Thank you, candy corn. Thank you, thank you, Smartay!

  13. 02:13

    Jimmy Fallon

    So, this year, get ready, you know, Because if this thing catches on, you know, if this thing catches on, somebody might ring your doorbell and go, uh...

  14. 02:28

    Jimmy Fallon

    -♪ I have eggs and candy here Shaving cream is in my hair Shine my flashlight at people that stare in my direction Mama, this is Happy Halloween to you. Yeah, Mama, this is Happy...

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