Matt Damon and Ben Affleck turned a Tuesday night on The Tonight Show into a rapid-fire Boston-accent tour of every city and town in Massachusetts, trading 351 names with host Jimmy Fallon in under three minutes.
At a Glance
- Damon and Affleck rattled off all 351 Mass municipalities in classic Boston accents
- Fallon, decked out in a Red Sox hoodie, stumbled over Winchendon
- The segment aired at 1.5× speed to fit Instagram Reels’ three-minute limit
- Why it matters: Pure hometown pride and comedy from two of Cambridge’s favorite sons
The Cambridge natives, on the show to promote their new Netflix film The Rip, leaned into their roots as they ping-ponged the state’s geography. Fallon-though a New Yorker-rocked a Boston Red Sox hoodie to join the fun.
“Abington, Acton, Acushnet, Adams, Agawam,” Damon opened, setting the tone for the marathon list where nearly every hard “r” softened into the signature “ah.”
Affleck saved a special twist for Foxborough, home of the New England Patriots, delivering the line “Foxborough, for your mutha” with extra Southie swagger.
Fallon hit a speed bump when Winchendon came up, needing three tries to nail the pronunciation while Damon and Affleck waited with mock patience.
Affleck brought the segment home, stretching the final Cape Cod entry into an elongated “Yahmuth” that drew studio applause.
The show later revealed on Instagram that the entire sequence had to be sped up to 1.5× so the Reel could stay under the three-minute cap, proving even late-night comedy bows to social-media limits.
Viewers can catch the full interview-including stories about Affleck surprising Damon on the set of The Odyssey-in the episode’s extended segment posted online.
