Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an NBC talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon. The third incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, Fallon's show debuted in March 2009 after previous host Conan O'Brien left Late Night to host the The Tonight Show. The show features a variety of comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and stand-up comedy performances.
Appearances
- March 20, 2009 - Fallon and Jason Segel talk about their love for the Muppets, and Segel's script for a new Muppet movie. Statler & Waldorf appear in the audience to heckle Fallon and Segel.
- April 15, 2009 - Elmo appears to promote the new Sesame Street video Sesame Street: Being Green. He tells another guest, rapper Ice-T, that his rap name is "Wild Cherry". He tells another guest, video game columnist Morgan Webb that the only video game his daddy let's him play is Pac-Man. He sings the Sesame Street theme song with the help of the house band, The Roots.
- May 22, 2009 - Jimmy showcased official entries in The Jimmy Fallon Dance Challenge submitted by Bunsen & Beaker, Animal, and Kermit. The videos (using recut footage from the Muppetism interstials) featured a remixed version of the contest's song "The Late Night" with samplings of "Mahna Mahna". Although Fallon thanked "everyone at the Henson Company" for the videos on the air, the entries were actually produced and submitted (without solicitation) by the folks at The Muppets Studio. Of the videos, Fallon said, "that's the coolest thing ever! I love it! That's just so cool!" Show announcer Steve Higgins also commented on the videos stating that "You see the Muppets and you just feel good." (Hulu)
- November 9, 2009 - Elmo and Rosita promote the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street with Laurence Fishburne.
- December 23, 2009 - Unknown appearance by The Muppets.[1]
Mentions
- On the March 4, 2009 episode, Fallon talked with Cameron Diaz about their visits to the Sesame Street set. Diaz mentioned that everyone on the set loved Fallon, while Fallon expressed his admiration for the puppeteers and their talent, especially Elmo's performer, Kevin Clash.
- In the opening monologue of the March 12, 2009 episode Fallon made several jokes about the then-recent layoff at Sesame Workshop - saying it will be hard for some of the characters to find work because it's been 40 years and they still don't know the ABC's. He also jested at unemployment slogans such as "will tickle for food" and "will eat cookies for food".
