-♪ Mimic challenge ♪

♪ Mimic, mimic challenge, yeah ♪

-And here to help me out is the one and only Maya Rudolph,

ladies and gentlemen.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Here's how it works.

We each have a bunch of items to make noise with,

and we're going to take turns making a sound with an object.

Then the other person has to immediately match that sound

as precisely as they can.

Are you ready for this?

-Absolutely. -Okay, good.

Maya, I will be the first -- I will make the first noise.

Okay. Maya? -Okay.

-Make -- Make this sound.

[ Key clacking ]

[ Blowing sharply ]

[ Laughter ]

That's pretty good. I like that.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Okay.

You ready? -Alright, my turn.

Yeah, whenever you're ready. -Ready, Jimmy?

-Are you supposed to, like, not see what I'm doing?

-I'm not gonna look, but -- I don't know.

-This is really complicated.

-Okay. -Alright, ready?

Jimmy, make this sound.

[ Tissue whooshes ]

-Can you do it again?

[ Tissue whooshes ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

-Yeah, that was it.

[ Cheers and applause ]

-Maya? -Yes, sir.

-Make this sound. -Okay.

[ Milk gurgling ]

[ Laughs ]

Okay.

[ Sputtering ]

Wait, wait.

-What?

What? -Wait.

-This sound.

[ Milk gurgling ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Coughing ] -Okay.

[ Chortling softly ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

-[ Laughing ] Okay, that was good.

-Oh, good news, Jimmy, I got another one.

-Gotcha. Alright, now I can see it.

-Alright, Jim.

[ Laughing ] What? Jimmy.

-Jim. You can call me Jim.

-Jim. It's Jim. It's Jim today.

-It's Jim today. I got it.

-Alright, James, make this sound.

[ Tape screeches ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Whooshes ]

Maya. -That was accurate.

♪♪

-Mm-hmm? -Maya, make this sound.

[ Clicking, water squirting ]

-[ Exhaling sharply ] [ Water squirting ]

[ Exhaling sharply ]

[ Laughter ]

♪♪

You had the face.

"Psst." -It was -- It had an attitude.

-It did have an attitude. -"Pfft."

-Okay, ready? -Yes.

-Alright, Jimmy. -Here we go.

-Make this sound. -Mm-hmm.

[ Clattering ]

-[ Laughs ] That's very good.

That was...perfect.

-Maya... -Perfect. Yes, sir.

-...make this sound. -Okay.

[ Toy squeaking nasally ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Squeaking nasally ]

[ Laughter ]

[ High-pitched ] "Uh, sounds like me on prom night."

[ Laughter ]

[ Squeaking ]

-[ Groans ]

[ Squeaking nasally ]

[ Clucking ]

[ Laughter ]

♪♪

[ Both chuckling ]

Holy -- Okay.

-Wow.

-It's -- This is normal.

[ Laughter ]

Okay, Jimmy make this --

[ Laughter ]

This looks ridiculous.

Okay, Jimmy, make this sound.

[ Bass guitar strums ]

[ Low vocalizing ]

[ Laughter ]

It was like The Breeders.

♪ A-ooh ♪ -♪ A-ooh-ah ♪

-♪ A-ooh-ah ♪ -♪ A-ooh-ah ♪

-Was that Breeders?

-Yeah.

-Maya Rudolph, make this sound.

[ Drill whirring ]

-[ Chuckles ]

[ Humming, whirring ]

[ Drill whirring ]

[ Humming, whirring ]

♪♪

-Okay.

My turn.

-Oh, it's your turn, alright.

-I see it. Oh.

-Okay, Jimmy, make this sound.

-Gosh.

[ Squeaking, squelching ]

[ Laughter ]

By the way, that's not how you sit on a --

Like, wow.

-Here, maybe it's better if I sit on it, right?

-Probably. -Stand by.

I'm a professional.

[ Laughter ]

Okay, Jimmy, make this sound. -Yep.

[ Cushion squelches ]

[ Laughter ]

Uh...

[ Blowing, sputtering ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Air squelching ]

-That's it. That's it.

-Was it right? [ Muttering indistinctly ]

-Ooh, I really -- I went through these fast.

-[ Laughs ]

Alright. Here we go.

Maya... -Mm-hmm.

-...make this sound.

[ Goat screams ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Goat screams ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Goat screaming ]

-[ Strained scream ]

[ Goat screams ]

[ Both shrieking ]

[ Bell dinging ]

-Aah!

My thanks to Maya Rudolph!

Watch Maya host "Saturday Night Live"

this weekend with musical guest Jack Harlow.