LOL: Channing Tatum And Jimmy Fallon Perform ‘Magic Mike’ Scene Written By Kids
Magic Mike XXLisn’t exactly what you’d call family-friendly entertainment, what with its gleaming lineup of gyrating male strippers and endless stream of Michael Scott-level innuendos. But last night,Jimmy Fallonfigured out a pretty genius way to get kids in on the fun: Let them write their ownMagic Mikemovie, and makeChanning Tatumact them out.
Watch the Channing Tatum Jimmy FallonMagic Mike XXLKid Theater segment after the jump.
The premise is simple. Fallon got elementary school children to write scenes forMagic Mikebased on nothing but the title, and then selected three bits for him and Tatum to perform onThe Tonight Show.
Not surprisingly, the Kid Theater version ofMagic Mike XXLis nothing likeMagic Mike XXLat all. It involves a lot less grinding and a little more singing. Though Tatum does manage to put a disturbing amount of sexy suggestion into that first scene involving a bike pump. It plays like a scene fromLogjammin’once he’s done with it. And come to think of it, that bird bit looks to be headed in a more intimate direction before it left-turns into a song and dance routine.
But the kids do come up with some pretty genius bits, like what should be the franchise’s new tagline: “I’m like regular Mike except magic.” And whowouldn’twant to see a movie in which Tatum plays Magic Mike, undercover king of the aliens?
Previously, Fallon looped Michael Keaton into a Kid Theater version ofBirdman. You can watch that below:
The real, adult version ofMagic Mike XXLis in theaters Wednesday,July 1.Gregory Jacobsdirected and Tatum stars withJoe Manganiello,Matt Bomer,Kevin Nash,Adam Rodriguez,Elizabeth Banks,Donald Glover,Amber Heard,Stephen Boss,Andie MacDowell, andJada Pinkett Smith.
