Hugh Jackman joins Jimmy Fallon for an impressively swift-flowing game of 'Catchphrase'

Jimmy Fallon and Hugh Jackman play &quot;catchphrase&quot; — (Image credit: The Tonight Show)

For most of Monday night's game of "Catchphrase," Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and announcer Steve Higgins were in a mind-meld, as were opponents Hugh Jackman and his Eddie the Eagle costar Taron Egerton. The game is like a musical-chair version of charades, and the team playing when the buzzer goes off loses. Most of the time, the game flew at an impressive rate — Fallon's Nicolas Cage impersonation was a clue maybe only Higgins would have guessed so quickly — but when one of the clue-readers got stuck on bad path, it proved fatal. Higgins might be excused for flubbing "False Alarm," but what was Jackman thinking with "flow"? Watch the fun and games below. 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.