hey, thomas haden church on the show tonight. the -- [ cheers and applause ] yes, terrific actor. he's from this new -- great family movie. it's called "we bought a zoo." and they're already working on the sequel. in the sequel the family falls on hard times, that's called "we ate a zebra." it's a good movie, too. it's a lovely, wonderful story. [ laughter ] and "fear factor" doing really well here at nbc. you know, they've already come up with a spinoff. have you seen the ads? just take a look. >> announcer: in three -- [ screams ] >> announcer: two -- >> whoa! >> announcer: one. [ screams ] >> announcer: coming next monday on nbc. "deer factor." [ light laughter ] the buck stops here. "deer factor." next monday at 8/7 central only on nbc. oh, deer! [ applause ] folks, we'll be right back with holiday pranks, and thomas haden church. say hello to rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ding dong ding, dong ♪ ♪ that is their song, with joyful ring all caroling, ♪ ♪ne seems to hear rds of good cheer,

talking with thomas haden church. so, tell us about "we bought a a zoo."ut the movie. >> it's a lovely story about -- >> jay: it's a family show. >> it's a true story. it is a family movie. but it's a true story about a a man named benjamin mee who sort of went through a life changing event and then he ended up buying outside of london in the u.k. this sort of dilapidated zoo and then revitalized it. and kids, animals, pranks -- >> jay: this is perfect for your daughter. she's 7. she would love this movie. >> she told me she thought the movie looked too grown up. >> jay: really? >> yeah, she said do the animals talk? and i said no, no, it's a real >> jay: this is perfect for your daughter. she's 7. she would love this movie. >> she told me she thought the movie looked too grown up. >> jay: really? >> yeah, she said do the animals talk? and i said no, no, it's a real story. she goes yeah, "those movies are only funny when the animals talk." [ laughter ] >> jay: really! >> i immediately called the heads of 20th century fox and gave them that note. [ light la

thomas haden church will join us as well, and our old buddy, terry bradshaw. yes sir. [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: folks, it's monday night. time for "headlines." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jay: i know it's christmas, i think they could have worded this better. pucker up for mistletoe kissing balls. [ laughter ] that seems -- that's appropriate somehow. look at this picture. anastasia alexander belts out "jingle bells" to the hewlett-packard corporate concert. look at the guy behind her. he seems stunned. [ laughter and applause ] look at this, hey guys -- do you need teeth by tonight? [ laughter ] sounds like a drug deal or something, doesn't it? "yeah, i'm gonna see this girl. i need some teeth by tonight. can you help me? she, doesn't know i don't have any teeth." now, this seems the wrong way to sell cookies to me. this seems inappropriate. girl scouts flash -- mob at the commons. [ laughter ] never show your cookies, that's what i always say. [ light laughter ] i think what they mean here is full time. now hiring, four-foot cashier. [ laughter ] here

really good, so -- tomorrow night, we have thomas haden church.ill, terry bradshaw and the newest member of the los angeles clippers, chris paul. chris paul is here. [ cheers and applause ] and as you know, his -- his father ron paul running for president. [ laughter ] >> rickey: wow. >> which is fascinating. so we're going to find out all about -- >> rickey: i didn't know that. >> jay: now, folks, internet search engines like google and yahoo!, they present lists of popular topics under the heading, "what's trending now." now, that's a great -- wait. [ light laughter ] as i was saying -- [ light laughter ] you know what he was like on the wedding night. all right. [ laughter ] as i was saying, it's a great way to stay on top of the big news stories of the day. now, thanks to the vast resources of the nbc empire, we can bring you something even better in a bit we call "what's trending tomorrow?" ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> all righty. here's how it works. first, we'll tell you about what's trending right now and then, using our advanced technolog

tomorrow night, thomas haden church will be here. but jimmy fallon's happening right now! jimmy!lon! [ 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. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." i'm so excited, you guys. what a show we have for you tonight. tonight we have tom cruise on the show -- [ cheers and applause ] and tech expert joshua topolsky. [ cheers and applause ] yep, you heard it right, ladies -- tech expert joshua topolsky. [ cheers and applause ] that's for josh. hey, did you guys see this? facebook founder mark zuckerberg apparently went hunting, he killed a bison, nicknamed it billy, then mounted its head on a wall. then, zuckerberg was like, "anyone else want to complain about the new facebook timeline? okay, good." [ laughter ] that's right, mark zuckerberg killed a bison and mounted its head on the wall, which explains why today all my farmville animals migrated to friendster. [ laughter ] get this, guys. [ light laugh