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Mad Lib Theater with Benedict Cumberbatch

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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[0:03]Madlibs Theater. This is how it works, when it asks you some for some silly words, nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. We'll do that and they're going to be written on two cue cards as we're saying them, but also write them on this card. Then we're going to act out a dramatic Madlib scene. Ready for this? Uh, give me a male name. Uh, Rory. Not Rory. Just Rory. Yeah, it does not, okay. Rory. Name of your favorite teacher. Uh, Mrs. Tate. Exclamation. No, you can't. That. No. Uh, sorry. Can't still can't say that. American television. No, I can't say that. Can't say that. Okay. Flippity gibbet.

[0:47]F.l.i.p.p.i.t.y. flippity. gibbet. G.i.b.b.i.t. Okay. Got you. Flippity Gibbet. Uh, number. Uh, 4,229. Plural, plural objects. Plural objects. Eggs. Eggs? Yeah. Eggs. Okay. Store name. Uh, Macy's. Uh, body part. Buttock. Uh, silly word. Buttock. No, uh, You can't say that. Yeah, it's just

[1:24]Uh. Geronimo. No, that's a, well, that's a different thing here. Yeah. No, flippity gibbit. You can use that. We'll do flippity gibbet down by silly word. Okay. Take it upstairs. And then exclamation, give me that again. Exclamation. You say to somebody, you say, hey. Crumbs. There you go. It's very Hugh Grant. Crumbs is very Hugh Grant. Yeah, that's great. Uh, yeah. Name of a holiday. Uh, Hanukkah. Movie title. Uh, movie title, uh, Superman. Superman. Uh, verb ending in ing. No, I can't say that one. Um, You can't say that. Yeah, it's just Uh, gyrating.

[2:08]Uh, amount of distance, like 10 miles or 5 feet. 10 miles or 5 feet? What do you mean, just a amount of distance? Oh, an any amount, uh, um, half a millimeter. Uh, country. Uh, Ukraine. Um, animal. Badger. Famous movie quote. Uh, this town needs an enema. Jack Nicholson in Batman. Yeah, this. Another body part. Another body part? That's looking tough. Uh, little toe. Little toe. That was the name of my band in college. You hang. It was worse than mine. No, this is good. You wrote all this. Children's song. Uh, Ba Ba Black Sheep. Oh, yeah. Ba Ba Black Sheep. Any, any reason why? I have a small child. I'd sing things like Ba Ba Black Sheep to him. Oh. Adjective. Uh, mindbending.

[3:17]Oh, very interesting, uh, gentleman. Well, we've filled out our words. That's her whole game right there. Thank you so much. That's it. Okay. No, no. Now it is time to perform the scene. Let's go. Let's do it. Okay.

[3:37]Hello? I'm Detective Rory. And you are Mrs. Tate.

[3:51]You're here today under suspicion of second degree robbery. Crumbs.

[3:59]That's right. 4,229 eggs were stolen from Macy's. And the crime scene has your butt written all over it. That is flippity gibbet.

[4:26]Where were you on the night of Hanukkah?

[4:39]We were watching Superman. Then why does security camera footage show you gyrating just half a millimeter away from the crime scene?

[4:56]All right. All right. I'm I'm I'm through with playing games. Where you from? Ukraine. Yeah. Just as I suspected, you know, one of the best parts about being a detective is that I get to lock up criminals like you and go home to my children and my pet badger. And say, this town needs an enema. Yeah. Fine, I did it. I committed the robbery. But I only did it because I needed the money to buy myself little toe implants.

[5:47]I knew it all along. I knew it all along, and every time I solved a crime, I like to sing my favorite song. Ba, Ba, Black Sheep. Have you any wool? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full. You have a mindbending voice. I love you. And scene. That is. You're gonna call it, buddy. You're gonna call it. That's all for Madlib Theater. By the way, you're gonna come with us.

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