Lin-Manuel Miranda and Weird Al Yankovic joined Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show March 2 to geek out over the release of Yankovic’s Hamilton parody “The Hamilton Polka,” an accordion-driven medley of the hip-hop score that includes “The Room Where It Happens,” “The Schuyler Sisters,” “My Shot,” “Wait For It,” and more.
Miranda and Yankovic performed a lightning speed lip-sync of the medley during the appearance. Check it out above.
Miranda revealed that he and Yankovic—one of his longtime idols—had been considering making “The Hamilton Polka” for a year before finally releasing it. Fallon and Miranda even got their own shot at lip-syncing a Weird Al classic.
The two discuss the creation of “The Hamilton Polka” below:
