--- title: Magic Mike XXL: Channing Tatum, Jimmy Fallon Perform Kids Scenes description: Jimmy Fallon recruited some elementary school students to write their versions of the movie canonical: https://time.com/3934256/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-jimmy-fallon/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-24T19:30:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:21:26.878Z og:title: Watch Channing Tatum Perform 'Magic Mike' Scenes Written by Kids og:description: Jimmy Fallon recruited young students to write their versions of the movie og:url: https://time.com/3934256/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Channing Tatum Perform 'Magic Mike' Scenes Written by Kids twitter:description: Jimmy Fallon recruited young students to write their versions of the movie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Channing Tatum Perform _Magic Mike_ Scenes Written by Kids ## Video: Magic Mike XXL - Official Trailer HD [Watch (HLS stream): Magic Mike XXL - Official Trailer HD](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZxbGk1OD.m3u8) (2:11)  _Published 2015-05-07. Warner Bros. just dropped a steamy new trailer for the Magic Mike sequel XXL._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 24, 2015 7:30 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 24, 2015 7:30 PM UTC When Jimmy Fallon told Tuesday’s _Tonight Show_ audience that Channing Tatum would be performing some _Magic Mike_ scenes right there on stage, the ladies went crazy. Because, like, obviously. Their thirst for the Chan is very, very real. But there was a catch: these weren’t actually scenes from the upcoming _Magic Mike_ _XXL_ _._ Instead, they were scenes written by elementary school kids. [Sign up here for TIME’s weekly roundup of the best parenting stories from anywhere](http://time.com/t4parents). “We gave them no direction, just the title,” Fallon explains. “We asked them to write scenes based on what they think a movie called _Magic Mike_ would be about.” What followed were three tales of flat bike tires, alien invasions and depressed birds. (And yes, there’s some unintentional sexual innuendo going on.) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3934256/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3934256/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Watch Channing Tatum Perform Magic Mike Scenes Written by Kids","datePublished":"2015-06-24T19:30:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:26.878Z","description":"Jimmy Fallon recruited some elementary school students to write their versions of the movie","url":"https://time.com/3934256/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3934256/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Watch Channing Tatum Perform Magic Mike Scenes Written by Kids"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Magic Mike XXL - Official Trailer [HD]","description":"Warner Bros. just dropped a steamy new trailer for the Magic Mike sequel XXL.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ZxbGk1OD/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-07T10:07:48.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZxbGk1OD.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3934256/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-jimmy-fallon/","duration":"PT2M11S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3934256/magic-mike-xxl-channing-tatum-jimmy-fallon/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```