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tonight, jay welcomes -- dana carvey. and a special performance by nicki minaj. and now, jay leno!

tonight, jay welcomes -- dana carvey. and a special performance by nicki minaj. and now, jay leno!

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now, dana carvey goes after the election on "the tonight show." >> obama's like a zen master of speakinge seems sincere, but a little jumpy. i like to set people on fire. what? i mean, i like to fire people. forgotten services. that's not a winning thing against obama. because obama, obama has a lot of confidence. romney can be -- and obama knows how to pump. he knows how to let things settle down. and if someone tries to interrupt, he's like, no, no, no, let -- bop bop bop. bop bop bop bop bop bop bop. >> same thing in 2008. >> barack obama is so smooth and smart that he just like, mccain's all crunched up and i know how to do this. i can do this. i've been there, i know what it's like. senator barack obama, what do you have to say? people are losing their jobs and people need help and that's all i got to say. >> i've been doing this myself, trying to figure out what each guy should do in the big debates this fall. next, why has this photo gotten so much buzz? he's just staring at a tomato. people are curious why he looks so engaged there. the folks at new york magazine see the presiden

dana carvey goes after the election on "the tonight show." >> obama is like a zen master of speaking. romney seems sincere but he's a little jumpy. i like to set people on fire. what? i mean i like to fire people. don't provide me services. that's not a winning thing against obama. because obama, obama has a lot of confidence. and obama knows how to pump. he knows how to let things settle down. and if someone tries to interrupt him, it's no no no. not -- not -- not. bop bop bop. >> same thing in 2008? >> barack obama is so smooth and so smart that he's just like. mccain is all crunched up. i know how to do this. i can do this. i've been there. i know what it's like. you know? then senator barack obama what do you have to say? people are losing their jobs and people need help. that's all i've got to say. >> well, you should -- on to the cease side next why is this photo getting buzz the past days? he's staring at a tomato. a lot of people are curious why he looks so engaged there. the folks at new york magazine think the president is thinking something like this. guys, check this out.

i want to thank my guests dana carvey and of course nicki minaj.have a great weekend. jimmy fallon is next. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much, everybody! i feel the love! what a great new york city crowd! welcome. welcome, everybody -- [ cheers and applause ] -- to "late night with jimmy fallon." hey, everybody, today is friday the 13th. [ cheers ] considered to be the unluckiest day of the year. yeah. most people are avoiding black cats while mitt romney is still avoiding black audiences. [ laughter ] >> steve: we've got to -- that's right. you know. what are you gonna do? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: hey -- [ scattered applause ] here's some more political news. in an interview with cbs, president obama said the

"saturday night live's" church lady, i love the church lady and dana carvey who played the church ladyident obama. >> he was on "the tonight show" and talked politics and called obama a zen master of speaking and said he thought romney was sincere but a little jumpy. take a look. >> i like to set people on fire. what? i mean i like to fire people. don't provide me services. okay. that's the thing about obama. romney is -- and obama knows how to let things settle down. and if someone tries to interrupt him, no, no, no, let let let -- >> usual carvey. pretty funny to watch. he did run through his impressions of all the living presidents. i still think he is the masterf both president bushes. he did a little regis philbin and i'm thinking maybe we can reach out to him to help you with your larry king impression. >> i need a lot of help. i'll never do that again on the air or even in private. thanks so much. >> you got it. >> want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world? check out "showbiz tonight" at 11:00 eastern on hln. >>> what's it like to be a black person at a