--- 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: 2026-08-04T07:48:22.755Z 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 > Sponsored content. 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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. 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