Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, and Jimmy Fallon goof with fake arms in a fake Canadian soap opera

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last updated 8 January 2015

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels were on The Tonight Show on Tuesday night to promote their new film, Dumb and Dumber To. Instead of the normal roll-clip-and-let's-talk routine, Jimmy Fallon and the duo created an elaborate backstory about a fictional Canadian soap opera (complete with opening credits) they worked on in the 1990s. Things only got stranger when the three of them acted out a clip from Jacob's Patient, gamely adhering to the odd contractual tick that nobody could use their real arms. Leno would never have gone for this. --Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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