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Standup

Watch Jerry Seinfeld Do Five New Minutes of Standup on 'Jimmy Fallon'

by | June 19th, 2013

Here's Jerry Seinfeld on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, doing five minutes of new standup, which is always an exciting thing to see.

Food

Jim Gaffigan Does New Food Material on 'Fallon'

by | June 10th, 2013

Here's Jim Gaffigan on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Friday, discussing his favorite topic: food. If you've ever wondered what Gaffigan's take on apples is, here it is and it's super funny.

Late Night

Watch Jimmy Fallon's Elaborate 'Game of Thrones' Parody, 'Game of Desks'

by | May 28th, 2013

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon went all out for "Game of Desks," the show's 10-minute Game of Thrones parody that aired Friday night. Come for a couple cool cameos, stay to see The Roots play the Late Night's Watch.

Late Night

It's Official: Seth Meyers Will Take Over NBC's 'Late Night' in 2014

by | May 13th, 2013

With Jimmy Fallon's impending takeover of The Tonight Show set for next February, Seth Meyers has been considered the frontrunner to be the new host of NBC's 12:35am show, Late Night, for months now. NBC made Meyers's new job official yesterday when they announced him as the fourth host of Late Night.

Bill Carter at The NY Times has some new info about the transition:

  • Meyers is expected take over Late Night, like Fallon and Tonight, around the time of NBC's Winter Olympics coverage in February.
  • Meyers will stay on SNL through the fall season and will most likely leave at midseason in December to start working [...]
Late Night

Colbert: "I'd Love to Be in a Late Night War But I Just Like the Guys Too Much"

by | May 3rd, 2013

"I like Jimmy Fallon, and he seems to like me. And I like Jimmy Kimmel. Conan's a friend. I'd love to be in a late-night war, but I just like the guys too much."

-Stephen Colbert, discussing the love and respect for each other the new generation of late night hosts have in a rare, out-of-character interview with TV Guide.

Late Night

Howard Stern Gives Jimmy Fallon 'Tonight Show' Advice

by | June 18th, 2013

"I subscribe to the 'anyone but Jay' philosophy. No offense to you. You know I love you, but if they had replaced Jay with Ahmadinejad over in Iran, I am telling you I wouldn't have cared. Charlie Manson could have taken over The Tonight Show as long as it's not Jay Leno."

-Howard Stern to Jimmy Fallon

Music

Somebody at 'Jimmy Fallon' Edited Brian Williams Clips Together to Make Him Rap a Snoop Dogg Song

by | June 6th, 2013

I don't know how much time went into editing this footage of newsman Brian Williams together to make it so he's rapping Snoop Dogg's "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang," but I want more.

Impressions

Dana Carvey's Jimmy Fallon Impression Is Pretty Good

by | May 23rd, 2013

Here's a clip of Dana Carvey on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, in which he debuts the Jimmy Fallon impression he's been working on lately at the very end. If that isn't enough for you impression fanatics, Carvey and Fallon also do Paul McCartney, Jay Leno, and Adam Sandler impressions prior to Carvey's Fallon impression and Carvey did his Lorne Michaels impression in the first part of the interview, which you can watch below:

Late Night

Jimmy Fallon Isn't Getting a Fancy New Studio for His 'Tonight Show' After All

by | May 8th, 2013

Don't worry, Jimmy Fallon is still taking over for Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show in February; he's just doing it without the fancy studio NBC promised him. In March, it was reported that NBC was building Fallon a state-of-the-art, double-decker $25 million studio in 30 Rock for his Tonight Show launch, but today, THR reports that the network has opted to keep Fallon in his current studio. NBC spent seven months on plans to build the "megastudio," which would have seated 400, but they're now going with a $5 million upgrade of Fallon's current studio, a decision that he and producer Lorne Michaels are [...]

Late Night

Watch Zach Galifianakis on 'Jimmy Fallon'

by | May 3rd, 2013

Tomorrow's SNL host Zach Galifianakis went on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night and told a bunch of fun stories about working on Tequila Willie's, living in a closet, hitchhiking, and, worst of all, the unsuccessful two weeks he spent writing on SNL.

Check out the rest of Zach Galifianakis's appearance below:

Late Night

Fallon's 'Tonight Show' Will Be Called 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'

by | June 11th, 2013

When Jimmy Fallon takes over NBC's Tonight Show in February of next year, the program will be reverting back to its old title. Fallon's version will be called The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon instead of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, making him the first host to use the word "starring" in the title instead of "with" since Johnny Carson. The show had the word starring in the name under its first three hosts, Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and Carson, but the switch to "with" was made for Jay Leno in 1992 and "with" was also used for Conan O'Brien's short stint as host. This is [...]

biographies

Watch Chris O'Dowd Improvise His Biography

by | June 3rd, 2013

Here's Chris O'Dowd in Improvised Biography, a web series from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in which famous people, um, improvise their biographies. As you'd expect, O'Dowd's life story involves the horrific accident his grandmother had while drumming for the Blue Man Group.

Late Night

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers Will Debut on 'The Tonight Show' and 'Late Night' February 24th, 2014

by | May 13th, 2013

NBC announced today the premiere dates for Jimmy Fallon's first Tonight Show and Seth Meyers's first Late Night. Monday, February 24th, 2014 will be when both guys begin their new jobs. Jay Leno's last stand on The Tonight Show will be the week of February 3rd, 2014, which leads right up to NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics in Russia. Mark those 2014, calendars, everybody!

Heroes

Steve Martin Took a Long Walk to the Jimmy Fallon Set Last Night

by | May 7th, 2013

On his guest appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, Steve Martin took his time to walk on stage and even got a little lost in this "little skit," as David Letterman calls it (in the skit). Try to find anything half as fun as this that's ever happened on Jay Leno's Tonight Show (Dancing Itos don't count).

Check out the rest of Steve Martin's Fallon appearance below:

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