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# Jimmy Fallon and Glenn Close Redefined Transportation Goals With This Carriage Race

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## Melissa Locker


Jan 26, 2017 7:47 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Jan 26, 2017 7:47 PM UTC

Turns out formidable actor Glenn Close is a pretty [fierce competitor](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1638431,00.html?iid=sr-link6) too.

When Close stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Wednesday night, she brought her A-game, besting Jimmy Fallon in his own contest. For the competition, Close and Fallon each hopped aboard a “horse-drawn carriage” to race through the “city streets” like very confused Pony Express drivers.

The iconic [actor](http://time.com/4365681/2016-tony-awards-recap-hamilton-lin-manuel-miranda/?iid=sr-link9), who is currently starring in _Sunset Boulevard_ on [Broadway](http://time.com/102213/glenn-close-broadway-a-delicate-balance/?iid=sr-link1) drew on her skills to pretend that the scooters were actually horse-drawn carriages and that the NBC studio was a snow-covered Central Park complete with kids having a snow ball fight and a trash-talking moose. From the moment that Close rear-ended Fallon, it was clear he never stood a chance against the star. 

As the trash-talking moose told him, he is “so slow that it takes \[him\] an hour-and-a-half to watch _60 Minutes_.” Watch the race below. Watch below.

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