Lorne Michaels threatened to quit if NBC didn't give Fallon Late Night
Jimmy Fallon · The Tonight Show & Electric Hot Dog: Jimmy Fallon · Jun 27, 2022 · at 43:13
Talk show host Jimmy Fallon explains how producer Lorne Michaels leveraged his position to convince skeptical NBC executives to give him the Late Night hosting job.
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“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, I know Jimmy, I know his work ethic, and if it's not Jimmy, then you don't have me as a producer. I'm not gonna produce.”
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