Boston accent wins late night again as Ben Affleck and Matt Damon hit Jimmy Fallon
Boston showed up on late night again this week when Ben Affleck and Matt Damon appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Fallon did exactly what hosts always - let them talk.
Here’s a short, factual version, no filler, no rhythm tricks, no invented reactions.
Boston accent wins late night again with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on Jimmy Fallon
This week on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Fallon, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon ran a segment built around the Boston accent.
The three took turns reading a long list of Massachusetts cities and towns, saying each name in a Boston accent. Fallon played along with Affleck and Damon rather than hosting or interviewing, and the segment focused on all dropping towns sans the R.
The bit circulated hard online.
Late night keeps going back to this formula because it works. In a sea of polished celebrity appearances, the Boston accent lands, even when the people using it are very much part of the Hollywood machine now.
For whatever reason, America still loves a wicked good accent.
