Jimmy Fallon - 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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The jovial host of late night's most iconic program reflects on his journey from doing childhood impersonations to appearing on 'SNL,' how Lorne Michaels recruited him to 'Late Night' (despite opposition from network suits) and then Johnny Carson's old job and, in an emotional exchange, how his infamous 2016 interview with Donald Trump has — and hasn't — changed him and his show. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded by Gary O'Keefe and produced by Matthew Whitehurst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the 226th episode of Awards Chatter, the Hollywood Reporters Awards Podcast. the ones, a docuaries that chronicles the unlikely yet unbreakable bond of trust and friendship
0:25.2	between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, for your consideration in all categories, including
0:30.6	outstanding documentary series. My guest today is the current and including Outstanding Documentary Series.
0:33.3	My guest today is the current and only the sixth permanent occupant of one of the most iconic
0:38.4	and coveted jobs in all of entertainment, host of the Tonight Show, America's longest running talk show and regular A Rich history at NBC dating back 20 years. He made his name as one of the all-time
0:54.4	great members of the cast of the Peacock Network's Variety Sketch Series Saturday Night Live
0:58.8	on which he appeared from 1998 through 2004, spending his last three seasons as co-anchor with Tina Fay of Weekend
1:06.4	Update.
1:07.7	He then briefly tried his hand at a movie career before returning to 30 Rock at the behest of
1:11.9	Lauren Michaels to host Late night a 1230 a.m. talk show which he
1:16.2	anchored from 2009 through 2013.
1:19.8	Then when Jay Leno retired in 2014, Fallon took over the Tonight Show.
1:24.8	Now in his fifth season there, he is at 43 still the youngest of the three hosts of 1130 PM
1:30.6	Network Variety Talk Shows and is, according to Leno quote probably closer to what Johnny was like than anybody close quote
1:38.2	Johnny of course being the standard bearer himself Johnny, who hosted his version of the Tonight Show from the same 30 Rock studio where Fallon hosts his.
1:48.0	Fallon is at least on the air, always sunny, upbeat, and fun. He does impersonations, games, and music. And when moved to do so, he speaks
1:57.5	from the heart. Just go back and look at his remarks after Robin Williams' death, David Letterman's
2:02.4	last show, The Insanity in Charlottesville, and
2:05.8	most recently, last November 13th, the death of his beloved mother.
2:10.6	Fallon's work has long been celebrated by fans, colleagues, and Emmy voters. For
2:15.2	SNL he was twice nominated for and twice won Best Guest Actor in a Comedy
2:19.8	Series in 2012 and 2014.
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