Jimmy Fallon

12 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 27, 2022 by Jimmy Fallon · said 4 times in 3 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Jun 27, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fallon negotiated an unprecedented SNL exit clause into his WB pilot contract
“And so they put an extra page in the contract. Never been done before, never been done since, I don't think. But saying, if I get Saturday Night Live, I get out of the show, out of my contract.”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 24:31 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022 positive
Insight
Why bombing on stage is necessary to build a comedian's baseline skills
“You actually have to go through it. And what happens eventually is, years later, you miss those days. And you kind of laugh about those days. And I go, now I can talk to you about those days. At the time, I couldn't even walk back into the improv. I was so emb…”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 20:05 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Fallon plans to host The Tonight Show indefinitely
“I just think, I feel like I could do this for the rest of my life. As long as NBC and the audience would, will have me, I will.”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 1:06:12 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022
Assertion Supported
Lorne Michaels watched Fallon's failed first SNL troll doll audition
“I'm doing this troll doll thing, and Lorne was there. I saw him walk in, he had a baseball hat on, and, you know, really pulled down, and he kind of sat in the darkness, and I think, you know, I just remember it did not go well.”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 21:19 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022
Assertion Supported
Fallon's 8th-grade yearbook named him most likely to replace David Letterman
“I do remember graduating from eighth grade, my yearbook said, and this is true, I can, if you can believe me over this podcast I can somehow get a photo to you somehow, or maybe I'll tweet it when this airs, but it said most likely to replace David Letterman.”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 8:21 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Fallon's Late Night generated almost $200 million for NBC in year one
“In your, I think in your first year on late night, you brought in like, Almost two hundred million dollars in revenue for NBC.”
Guy Raz Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 50:02 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Lorne Michaels threatened to quit if NBC didn't give Fallon Late Night
“NBC didn't want me for late night because the movies didn't work and I wasn't hot, you know. And so, they wanted other people, and they were gonna give it to someone else, and then I remember Lorne just stepping in, kind of, and saying, look, I know, he's like…”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 43:13 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
The Tonight Show employs a staff of approximately 400 people
“Oh, man, probably, yeah, 400 people.”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 56:29 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Why Fallon chose to star in the American remake of Taxi
“And I chose to Taxi, because Queen Latifah just had a hit with Steve Martin, and it was the most successful film of all time in France.”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 37:52 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Fallon earned $7.13 a night for early Improv stand-up sets
“The Improv was my home club. I auditioned for them, and so they said, yeah, so you'll get like a Thursday night spot, or something like that, and I go, ok, so Thursday night, they put you up, 10 45, or 11 o'clock at night, and you get paid seven dollars and 13…”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 16:22 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022
Insight
Why Fallon's celebrity pitches succeed: genuine fandom over gotcha moments
“I'm a fan of, a giant fan of Paul McCartney, so he knew that it was coming from, I'm a fan, you know, I'm not just looking for a hit, and just a gotcha moment, come out, we'll do scrambled eggs, then you split, and I don't ever see you again. I'm like, I love …”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 47:22 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
Jun 27, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Celebrities sometimes privately admit to Fallon their new project is a flop
“Sometimes people know when it's a flop. You know, they come on the show and they're like, Jimmy, this one is a rough one.”
Jimmy Fallon Jun 27, 2022 ▶ 1:02:48 The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon
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