This Week's Best TV: Vin Diesel's D&D Obsession and Chris Pratt's Flashing Prank

From geckos having sex in space to 14-foot monsters, we're fully committing to the ridiculous in this week's TV round-up. And why shouldn't we? The news pouring in from around the world lately is bad, really bad, so consider this your oasis in a desert of otherwise hot and harsh headlines. Rest up, recharge, and close out your week with the most fun moments on TV from the last few days.

From geckos having sex in space to 14-foot monsters, we're fully committing to the ridiculous in this week's TV round-up. And why shouldn't we? The news pouring in from around the world lately is bad—really bad—so consider this your oasis in a desert of otherwise hot and harsh headlines. Rest up. Recharge. And close out your week with the most fun moments on TV from the past few days.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Vin Diesel Is Really Obsessed with Dungeons & Dragons

Really, this clip has to go up, because watching a human brick house and global action star talk about how he grew up playing Magic: The Gathering and that he credits that with getting him to where he is today as a performer is the ultimate geeky validation. And when Jimmy Fallon uses the word "dork" like it's something to be embarrassed about, we kind of wished Diesel would go all Furyan and slap some manners into him. Next time, Jimmy. You only get one warning with the Diesel.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart — Jordan Klepper Explains How Journalism Died

This one hurts us to watch, but we can't not include Jordan Klepper's explainer on the death of journalism. It's Gawker-meets-the-University-of-Michigan's-student-press, so, surely nothing could go wrong.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — The Roots React to 50 Shades of Grey Trailer

Sometimes, you just need a good sight gag. Well played, Jimmy.

NBC Nightly News — Brian Williams Announces Allison Williams' Peter Pan Casting

Brian Williams is your coolest friend's even cooler dad. Who you have a huge crush on. Because you're a human being.

Late Night With Seth Meyers — Chris Pratt Flashed His Parks and Recreation Co-Stars

Like we said before: Sometimes it's all about the sight gag, and all the better if it can be a nude sight gag with chubby Andy from Season 1 of Parks and Rec.

Manhattan — Manhattan

WGN is making a name for itself in original programming. They started in the spring with Salem, a well-styled and a solid first effort, even if it was a little too on trend with TV's current witch-warlock-fantastical sexual thriller obsession. But their second entry, Manhattan, looks truly promising. It's about the race to build the atomic bomb, and opens "766 days" before the bombing of Hiroshima. The story follows scientists Frank Winter and Charlie Isaacs as they compete to create a device that will change the world forever in the unassuming pop-up town that was Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1943. In this clip we meet our scientists and get a feel for the daily hustle and bustle of the military outpost. There will be science. There will be intrigue. And there will likely be more than a few ominous moments of "If we knew then what we know now..."

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — #GoGetThoseGeckos

"Don't you dare laugh at the fact that Russia has lost a satellite full of sexually active space geckos!" #becauseRussia #sexuallyactivespacegeckos #wut?

Bonus Track: Jimmy Kimmel Live! — The Giant Creature

So, we know this happened last week, but in the Comic-Con shuffle we weren't able to properly showcase the late-night TV debut of WIRED's massive successor to the Mech, the robot companion we brought to SDCC last year. This time, we traded the Transformers aesthetic for something more Labyrinth-like, and had our friends at The Stan Winston School step up their game in every way. Where the Mech measured up at 9.5 feet tall and 400 pounds, the new creature stands 14 feet tall and weighs 2,000 pounds, and even though the look was modeled after a dragon, our beast has a lot more of a Falcor feel than a Smaug one. And just so you know we weren't kidding around with this endeavor, some of the Legacy Effects geniuses working on our beast were responsible for dinos in Jurassic Park, including, but not limited to, the infamous raptors. We spared no expense.