--- description: The actor and late night host got high and squeaky when they sucked air out of a helium balloon. title: Watch Morgan Freeman & Jimmy Fallon Suck Helium Out Of A Balloon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt159267d77fbe6740/69869d38e53aba2be04d3bb5/lnh1280x7202.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Late Night Highlight](/tag/late-night-highlight/) ## Late Night Highlight Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morgan Freeman Inhales Helium With Jimmy Fallon by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 3:06 PM CUT  Actor Morgan Freeman during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on July 24, 2014 Actor Morgan Freeman during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on July 24, 2014Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 3:06 PM CUT Jimmy Fallon was up to his usual antics on _The Tonight Show_ Thursday, convincing his guest Morgan Freeman to suck air out of a helium balloon and make his famously stoic voice high and squeaky. Freeman was on the show to promote his upcoming film _Lucy_, but the late night host brought up an episode of the actor’s Discovery Channel show _Through The Wormhole_ where he had sucked helium out of a balloon. The actor has a fascination with scientific questions, as evidenced by both projects. While _Lucy_ asks what would happen if a human used 100% of their brain, _Through The Wormhole_ explores space mysteries such as the possible existence of non-human lifeforms in the universe. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3033835/morgan-freeman-helium-balloons/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3033835/morgan-freeman-helium-balloons/"},"headline":"Morgan Freeman Inhales Helium With Jimmy Fallon","datePublished":"2014-07-25T15:06:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:20:47.931Z","description":"The actor conducted his interview in a much higher pitch than usual","url":"https://time.com/3033835/morgan-freeman-helium-balloons/","keywords":["Late Night Highlight","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt159267d77fbe6740/69869d38e53aba2be04d3bb5/lnh1280x7202.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt159267d77fbe6740/69869d38e53aba2be04d3bb5/lnh1280x7202.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MorganFreeman_Balloon","caption":"Actor Morgan Freeman during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on July 24, 2014","creditText":"Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/late-night-highlight/","name":"Late Night Highlight"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3033835/morgan-freeman-helium-balloons/","name":"Morgan Freeman Inhales Helium With Jimmy Fallon"}}]}] ```