Jimmy Kimmel joins Agents Mulder and Scully to lovingly poke fun at X-Files, the '90s
The beloved show The X-Files is coming back to TV on Jan. 24, and on Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live, Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) got a wise-cracking new partner, Agent Keith (Kimmel). "They figured since you guys have been away for awhile, you might need some help getting back into the swing of things," Keith explained. Mulder and Scully protested, then gave us a full blast of '90s nostalgia to prove Keith's point: AOL dial-up, huge mobile phones, Hootie and the Blowfish. "What is that, a GameBoy?" Mulder asked when Keith pulls out his smartphone. "This isn't the '90s anymore," Keith finally said. "We've moved on." Just not from The X-Files. And then Keith had a suggestion Mulder and Scully literally embraced. Watch below. Peter Weber
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