--- description: Jim Carrey refused to take any chances Wednesday night on the Late Show With David Letterman title: Ebola: Jim Carrey Fake Tests David Letterman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt391e4e8177a4bc8f/69876365cd1bba69656f2e69/jim-carrey-ebola.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Jim Carrey Test David Letterman for Ebola by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2014 2:29 PM CUT  by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2014 2:29 PM CUT Jim Carrey refused to take any chances Wednesday night on the _Late Show With David Letterman._ He performed a faux screening test for Ebola on Letterman, complete with questions like, “Have you traveled abroad lately?” Watch it above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3548083/ebola-jim-carrey-david-letterman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3548083/ebola-jim-carrey-david-letterman/"},"headline":"Watch Jim Carrey Test David Letterman for Ebola","datePublished":"2014-10-30T14:29:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:07:13.185Z","description":"\"Have you traveled abroad lately?\"","url":"https://time.com/3548083/ebola-jim-carrey-david-letterman/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt391e4e8177a4bc8f/69876365cd1bba69656f2e69/jim-carrey-ebola.png?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/blt391e4e8177a4bc8f/69876365cd1bba69656f2e69/jim-carrey-ebola.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jim-carrey-ebola","caption":"","creditText":"","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":"https://time.com/3548083/ebola-jim-carrey-david-letterman/","name":"Watch Jim Carrey Test David Letterman for Ebola"}}]}] ```