May 14: Jimmy Fallon mounts his prize catch - NSYNC's Lance Bass - on his mantle during The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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What do you get when you combine a kitschy home prop popularized in the early 2000s with a boy band member popularized in the early 2000s? Big Mouth Lance Bass, of course. On Wednesday’s “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” the former ‘N Syncer was brought onstage while mounted on a fake wall, planking atop a fireplace.
After Fallon pressed that big red button, Bass presented a pretty solid imitation of Big Mouth Billy Bass while singing Al Green’s “Take Me To The River.” The fish-kicks sell the short clip, more than anything.
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