NBC may have passed the mighty Tonight Show baton last week, but there were other late night milestones to celebrate in last night's programming, like Jimmy Kimmel's seventh anniversary of employing his family members, 50 Cent's crossover into the Sundance and Smart Water demographic, and Mel Gibson's eighteenth day without a cigarette. If there was ever a chance that Jay Leno would die at the hand of a guest, on-air, it would have happened in last night's segment with Gibson. After the jump, those clips and the other moments you missed.
5. Sofia Vergara Plays 'Whip It Out' With G-Lo
Yes, that is actually the name of George Lopez's segment in which he asks audience members to do crazy things for $100, and the audience member replies by shouting enthusiastically "Whip It Out!" Last night, Modern Family's Vergara joined the host for the game before shredding the host's face for $50,000.
4. Jason Reitman Earns Even Less Sympathy
Last night, the Up in the Air director conducted a quick seminar on mock-modesty by appearing on Jay Leno's 10@10 to discuss the hilarious prank that George Clooney pulled on him (involving his Golden Globe), list nearly every credit on his father's IMDB page within 15 seconds and regale the audience with his late-night knife habit. (Scroll ahead to last chapter)
3. 50 Cent Waxes Poetic About Sundance
Who is this Curtis Jackson character who talks excitedly about Sundance, Joel Schumacher and his overindulgence in... soda? The only sign that a white politician hadn't invaded 50's body (Head of State-style) on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson came when the rapper admitted that if a girl doesn't recognize him, "she retarded."
2. Jimmy Kimmel Celebrates His 7th Anniversary
ABC's late night personality rang in his 7th anniversary of the Jimmy Kimmel Show! with guests Harrison Ford and Kristen Bell, who had some very practical gifts for him.
1. Mel Gibson On Edge
Mel Gibson in cigarette withdrawal is a little frightening. The Edge of Darkness star discussed his time in Boston, his new daughter and what his friends say about him ("You'll meet Mel twice. The second time when he apologizes"), the whole time looking like he would scalp Jay at any second for a single drag of a cigarette. As if trying to sit still while Jay talks about Boston's "salty language" wasn't hard enough, NBC subjected Gibson to a "diaper-changing challenge," in which Gibson nearly whacked the host with a baby doll and escaped out the fire exit.