Jamie Lee Curtis Recreated Her Viral John Travolta Aerobics Scene 40 Years Later
Her wacky workout with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show was comedy perfection.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Jimmy Fallon worked up a sweat in their Perfect parody on The Tonight Show.
Curtis and Fallon recreated the viral thrust-filled aerobics scene from the 1985 movie, Perfect, 40 years after its release. While it's decades old, the once lost-to-time film has become an oft-circulated meme in recent years.
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In the Tonight Show sketch, Curtis wears a one-piece leotard, teaching an aerobics class just like in the movie released 40 years ago. For this new "extended version," Fallon stands in for Curtis' original co-star, John Travolta. And just like her original co-star, Fallon can't keep his eyes off of Curtis even while trying to concentrate on the intense '80s jazzercise workout.
This new Perfect might look like the 1985 film, but the parody quickly ramps up the already ridiculous scene with props involving a pizza delivery, a champagne tower, and the reveal of a white dove — which flies out from underneath Fallon's tight workout shorts.
Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis her and John Travolta's Perfect aerobics scene
The class becomes a life-or-death situation when Curtis was tasked with defibrillating a person lying on a gurney — reviving them before she returned to thrusting her hips with Fallon.
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The sketch was a lighthearted moment during Curtis' emotional Tonight Show appearance, in which she fought back tears discussing the devastating fires ravaging through her hometown of Los Angeles. In an Instagram post from January 9, Curtis shared a behind-the-scenes image of her and Fallon hugging on the set of their Perfect parody.
"It was complicated to feel like we were making comedy in the midst of such a profound tragedy across the country, but we did," she wrote in the caption. "The hug he gave me in support of my fragile feelings will always be remembered, and I leave New York City with the hopes and prayers and good thoughts from all in the East Coast as I return home to the best coast and my beloved City of Angels to help start to repair and rebuild."
The Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta aerobics meme is from the 1985 movie Perfect
Curtis clearly hasn't lost a step 40 years after playing an aerobics instructor opposite John Travolta's Rolling Stone reporter in Perfect. Per the somewhat nonsensical plot description on IMDB, the reporter is "doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight."
Perfect is available for rental on all major streaming platforms, but we're pretty sure you already saw the best, most hip-swiveling part.
