Author: Ryan Gajewski

April 09, 2015 4:41am PT by Ryan Gajewski

Things also don’t go well for “Uptown Funk You Up.”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has a type of pizza in mind that isn’t typically available on most menus.

The Veep star appeared on Wednesday’s Tonight Show, where she and host Jimmy Fallon played a game in which one person said a phrase while the other was wearing noise-cancelling headphones.

Fallon recited the words “salted peanuts,” but Louis-Dreyfus’ first guess was a less family-friendly: “Sausage penis?”

The host then attempted to interpret the song title “Uptown Funk You Up,” and his response is priceless.

Watch the video below to see the full segment. 

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April 08, 2015 35 minutes ago by Ryan Gajewski

The actress also put on a protective mask to star in a baseball-themed soap opera called ‘Umpire.’

Taraji P. Henson is the master of the slap. 

The Empire actress hosts this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, and promos for the episode feature castmember Taran Killam learning the hard way not to ask if she’s like her character Cookie in real life.

“Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answer to, little boy,” Henson tells him after smacking him in the face. 

In another clip, Killam pitches an Empire-style soap called Umpire, about a family of baseball umps. This leads to the two of them donning protective headgear. 

Henson’s episode airs April 11 at 11:30 p.m. on NBC, with Mumford & Sons as the musical guest. To see the promos, watch the video below.

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April 08, 2015 33 minutes ago by Ryan Gajewski

“I was dead against you,” C.K. told Fallon during Tuesday’s ‘Tonight Show.’

Not everyone takes a shine to Jimmy Fallon right off the bat. 

Louis C.K. was a guest on Tuesday’s Tonight Show, and he talked about Fallon having auditioned for a role on ABC’s The Dana Carvey Show, on which C.K. served as the head writer. The sketch series aired for seven episodes in 1996.

C.K. said that, after his audition, the women on the writing staff all wanted to hire Fallon. However, C.K. and another male writer weren’t feeling it.

“I think I actually said, ‘I will quit the show if you hire that kid,’ ” C.K. admitted. “‘Absolutely not!’ I was dead against you.”

To see Fallon’s reaction, watch the video below.

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