Look who’s talking! John Travolta was Jimmy Fallon’s guest on “The Tonight Show” Thursday, and the two had a friendly competition to determine who is the best John Travolta of all time: Jimmy Fallon … or John Travolta.
It was a “John Travolt-Off,” if you will. And the two traded off brief impressions of classic lines and scenes from some of Travolta’s most famous movies, many of which have shown vastly different shades of the actor through his multi-decade career.
Fallon got to do a line as Tony Manero from “Saturday Night Fever” and as Vincent Vega from “Pulp Fiction,” while the “Random Travolta Generator” resulted in Travolta doing Danny Zuko from “Grease” and even the villain Sean Archer from “Face/Off.” That one was tricky, because it required Travolta to dip into a bit of a Nicolas Cage impression as well.
“It’s like looking into a mirror, only, not,” Travolta said in Cage’s voice. We admit it. We smiled.
To cap it off, the two each did an impression of a teenage Travolta’s breakout role, playing Vinnie Barbarino in “Welcome Back, Kotter” dating back to the ’70s, as well as the signature Vinnie Barbarino dance.
You may recall Fallon did this bit at least once before, when he and Jerry Seinfeld had a Jerry Seinfeld-Off, performing iconic Jerry Seinfeld stand-up material. The real thing “won” that battle too, but it was actually close.
Thankfully neither Travolta nor Fallon had to dip into their “Gotti” impressions. Watch the clip above.
John Travolta, Spike Lee and 31 More Portraits From TheWrap's Studio at The Girls' Lounge Cannes (Exclusive Photos)
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Actors Kevin Connolly, John Travolta, and Kelly Preston, "Gotti"
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John Travolta, "Gotti"
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Kevin Connolly, "Gotti"
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Kelly Preston, "Gotti"
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Director Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman"
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Actors John David Washington and Laura Harrier with director Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman"
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John David Washington, "BlacKkKlansman"
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Laura Harrier, "BlacKkKlansman"
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Actor Topher Grace, "BlacKkKlansman" and "Under the Silver Lake"
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Composer Disasterpeace, "Under the Silver Lake"
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Director Joe Penna, "Arctic"
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Actor Mads Mikkelsen, "Arctic"
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Writer-producer Ryan Morrison, actor Mads Mikkelsen, producer Tim Zajaros, writer-director Joe Penna, producer Christopher Lemole, "Arctic"
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Actress Sofia Boutella, "Climax"
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Director Gaspar Noé and actress Sofia Boutella, "Climax"
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Director-producer Pamela B. Green, "Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy-Blaché"
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Producer Natalie Metzger, "Thunder Road"
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Writer-director-actor Jim Cummings, "Thunder Road"
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Director Caryn Waechter, "Escape"
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Ana Grace Knight, Caryn Waechter and Meredith Littas, "Escape"
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Actress Ana Grace Knight, "Escape"
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Writer Meredith Littas, "Escape"
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Singer and songwriter Morgan Kibby
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Writer-director Christophe Honoré, "Sorry Angel"
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Actors Pierre Deladonchamps and Vincent Lacoste, "Sorry Angel"
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Marlene Schiappa, French politician
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Director Wim Wenders, "Pope Francis"
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Actress Devika Bhise, "Swords and Sceptres"
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Victoire Dauxerre, model and actress
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Whitney J. A. Yadoa-Evans and Niquole Esters, Conservation International
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Omar Samra, sailor and subject of "Beyond the Raging Sea"
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Omar Nour, sailor and subject of "Beyond the Raging Sea"
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"Beyond the Raging Sea" director Marco Orsini flanked by documentary subjects Omar Nour and Omar Samra
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"The Wild Immersion" filmmaker, Adrien Moission, VR experience supported by the Jane Goodall Institute
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