--- title: Watch Mark Wahlberg and Jimmy Fallon Slingshot Watermelons description: The 'Tonight Show' host and 'Deepwater Horizon' actor took aim at a giant target in Rockefeller Plaza with the last of summer's watermelons. canonical: https://time.com/4502692/mark-wahlberg-on-jimmy-fallon/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-21T15:59:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:48.180Z og:title: Watch Mark Wahlberg and Jimmy Fallon Slingshot Watermelons og:description: The host and 'Deepwater Horizon' actor took aim with summer's final watermelons. og:url: https://time.com/4502692/mark-wahlberg-on-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 Mark Wahlberg and Jimmy Fallon Slingshot Watermelons twitter:description: The host and 'Deepwater Horizon' actor took aim with summer's final watermelons. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Mark Wahlberg and Jimmy Fallon Give Watermelon Slinging a Shot > Sponsored content. 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To no one’s surprise, [Marky Mark](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/08/late-night-highlight-young-mark-wahlberg-looks-a-lot-like-justin-bieber/?iid=sr-link8) turned out to be naturally talented at the test of strength, casually hitting the central target rings without breaking a sweat and handily beating the host at his own game. It’s not quite [watermelons exploding](https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/we-blew-up-a-watermelon-and-everyone-lost-their-freaking-min), but you have to give it to Fallon for consistently coming up with wacky ways to showcase his guests’ secret skills. 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