--- title: Matthew McConaughey and Jimmy Fallon VIDEO description: Watch Matthew McConaughey and Jimmy Fallon act out three skits written by elementary school students. canonical: https://time.com/4609006/matthew-mcconaughey-jimmy-fallon-kid-theater/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-21T16:09:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:41.339Z og:title: Watch Matthew McConaughey's Hilarious Skits With Jimmy Fallon og:description: He even breaks into a jig og:url: https://time.com/4609006/matthew-mcconaughey-jimmy-fallon-kid-theater/ 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 Matthew McConaughey's Hilarious Skits With Jimmy Fallon twitter:description: He even breaks into a jig twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Matthew McConaughey's Oscar-Worthy Performance as a Duck Who Owns a Mansion  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2016 4:09 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 21, 2016 4:09 PM UTC [Matthew McConaughey’s](http://time.com/4586114/matthew-mcconaughey-university-of-texas-safe-rides/) new film _Gold_ won’t hit theaters nationwide until Jan. 27, but during Tuesday night’s episode of [_The Tonight Show_](http://time.com/4607836/denzel-washington-on-jimmy-fallon/), he gave fans a sneak peak of the movie by acting out three scenes inspired by its title. However, there was one big twist — the scenes were written by elementary school students. With the help of host [Jimmy Fallon](http://time.com/4496425/donald-trump-hair-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show/), the 47-year-old actor performed a live reading of three different skits submitted by kids — one in which he played a pants-stealing gold thief, one in which he was a mansion-owning duck and last but not least, one in which he took on the role of a dancing “Gold Nugget brother.” Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4609006/matthew-mcconaughey-jimmy-fallon-kid-theater/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4609006/matthew-mcconaughey-jimmy-fallon-kid-theater/"},"headline":"Watch Matthew McConaughey's Oscar-Worthy Performance as a Duck Who Owns a Mansion","datePublished":"2016-12-21T16:09:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:41.339Z","description":"He even breaks into a jig","url":"https://time.com/4609006/matthew-mcconaughey-jimmy-fallon-kid-theater/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","Matthew McConaughey","The Tonight Show","TV","Late Night Television","The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/4609006/matthew-mcconaughey-jimmy-fallon-kid-theater/","name":"Watch Matthew McConaughey's Oscar-Worthy Performance as a Duck Who Owns a Mansion"}}]}] ```