--- title: Jimmy Fallon and Chris Christie Jig Out the Evolution of Dad Dancing description: In honor of Father's Day, "The Tonight Show" host teamed up with the New Jersey governor for an epic dance medley canonical: https://time.com/2868261/fathers-day-dad-dancing-jimmy-fallon-chris-christie/ author: Per Liljas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-13T04:48:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:24:01.585Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jimmy Fallon and Chris Christie Jig Out the Evolution of Dad Dancing og:description: In honor of Father's Day, "The Tonight Show" host teamed up with the New Jersey governor for an epic dance medley og:url: https://time.com/2868261/fathers-day-dad-dancing-jimmy-fallon-chris-christie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt348cb8743e686ee4/6986977d1eebf7360d3716dd/jimmy-fallon-chris-christie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: jimmy fallon chris christie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Fallon and Chris Christie Jig Out the Evolution of Dad Dancing twitter:description: In honor of Father's Day, "The Tonight Show" host teamed up with the New Jersey governor for an epic dance medley twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt348cb8743e686ee4/6986977d1eebf7360d3716dd/jimmy-fallon-chris-christie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Just in Time for Father's Day, It's Jimmy Fallon and Chris Christie With the Evolution of Dad Dancing by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Jun 13, 2014 4:48 AM CUT  NBC by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Jun 13, 2014 4:48 AM CUT In honor of Father’s Day, Jimmy Fallon teamed up with Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, in an epic dance medley showcasing the evolution of “dad dancing.” And yes, they took it to the bridge … ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2868261/fathers-day-dad-dancing-jimmy-fallon-chris-christie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2868261/fathers-day-dad-dancing-jimmy-fallon-chris-christie/"},"headline":"Just in Time for Father's Day, It's Jimmy Fallon and Chris Christie With the Evolution of Dad Dancing","datePublished":"2014-06-13T04:48:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:24:01.585Z","description":"From the \"Belt Grabber\" and the \"Dance You Do at a Springsteen Concert\" to the \"Republican Convention\"","url":"https://time.com/2868261/fathers-day-dad-dancing-jimmy-fallon-chris-christie/","keywords":["celebrities","Chris Christie","jimmy fallon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt348cb8743e686ee4/6986977d1eebf7360d3716dd/jimmy-fallon-chris-christie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Per Liljas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt348cb8743e686ee4/6986977d1eebf7360d3716dd/jimmy-fallon-chris-christie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jimmy fallon chris christie","caption":"","creditText":"NBC","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/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2868261/fathers-day-dad-dancing-jimmy-fallon-chris-christie/","name":"Just in Time for Father's Day, It's Jimmy Fallon and Chris Christie With the Evolution of Dad Dancing"}}]}] ```