Tonight Show's Pumpcast News Prank Turns Couple Into Overnight Stars, But Was it Real?
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Tonight Show's Pumpcast News Prank Turns Couple Into Overnight Stars, But Was it Real?



Jay Leno recently scored a hit on The Tonight Show with an episode of the popular gas station sketch called “Pumpcast News” after a musical prank starring a former Chicago bartender Will Sims and his fitness instructor wife Monifa, went viral garnering more than 7.5 million views since the video was uploaded on YouTube on May 9.

The couple was at a gas station filling up their minivan when the screen on top of the pump went live with fake news anchor Jack Rafferty, portrayed by Tim Stack, for the “Pumpcast News”, engaging in a conversation with Will before asking him to sing for the show, something that he did with great success.

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