“You have a great show, Jimmy.” You work great. Parents certainly rewarded you with talent.
- I had a wonderful childhood. My parents (my mother is no longer with us) have been married for over forty years. In my opinion, due to the fact that in the end they no longer heard each other, it was just something ...
Incredible people. My parents should have met my wife’s parents. Those had a stunning summer home in New Hampshire - a very beautiful old family home that has been seen for five generations. And, therefore, mine should have come to visit them for the first time. My mom calls me the day before. I say: “Hello,” and she told me: “Don't hang up.”
Me: “I mean? What happened? Will you come? ”She replies:“ Yes, we will, but something happened. Dad’s tooth fell out. Front tooth. " I say: "So go to the dentist, let him do something." She: "We can’t, he is on vacation." I answer: “A nightmare! And what will you do? ”And then mom says:“ He just won’t smile. ”
Will not smile! But this is their first meeting with his wife’s parents. I'm going to hang up, and then she said: “Wait a minute, there’s something else. I combed my eyes in a dream, now he is all inflamed. " “Excellent,” I say, “perfectly simple!” What are you going to do, put a bandage on him? ”
Meet my parents - a Halloween pumpkin and a pirate with a bloodied eye.
For fun, my father jumped into the lake. This, incidentally, is Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. So, the weather is not that summer - like October, people do not swim, because it is too cold. But he climbed into the water ...
We’re going to have dinner, I’m upstairs - I’m getting ready. There is a knock on the door. I open - and there is mom. He stands in his invariable outfit - a white linen set, similar to Bishop Desmond Tutu (Anglican archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize laureate. - RT ). I ask: “Mom, what are you doing?” And I see that there is smoke. She answered: “Everything is in order, nothing is burning ...” Me: “What are you talking about? What happened? "She:" Well ... dad ... when he jumped into the lake, he had all the money in his pocket - five hundred dollars. In general, he wanted to dry them and put them in the microwave. ” So they caught fire.
My father burned five hundred dollars in the microwave! I am like: “Lord! Yes, come to your senses at last! ”I am going down to the kitchen. Everywhere burnt twenties. I say: “This is an old family home! He is hundreds of years old! It can easily erupt ... "
- Some people burn money in strip clubs, and this is like the old man’s equivalent of revelry. Five hundred dollars to burn.
“Yes, five hundred dollars ... Good God!” Thanks to these things, I became what I am.
- Jimmy Fallon is also a writer. He has a trilogy. “The first word of your child will be“ dad, ““ Everything around is mom ”and“ This is a baby. ” You are now a father. And you can write such cute books.
- Yes. But this is what I wanted to say. Do you know how it happens when you need to read to children before bedtime?
I read Bayu-bayushki, the moon so many times that in the end I just had to get rid of this book. I gave it to the library ...
And these books can be read both quickly and slowly - as you wish. “Read me three books!” - “My friend, you have to go to sleep!” You take a book and read: “This kid, baby, fuck, dad, crack, moo, fucking ... Sweet dreams!” Put out the light ...
- Tell me, which of the guests of The Tonight Show do you particularly remember? Which cases shocked you the most?
- In general, I must say that musicians always ...
- Bruce (Springsteen, musician. - RT ), for example, was visiting you ... You are great friends with him.
- Yes ... In that issue, I liked the most about this moment ...
We interviewed him and Stephen Van Zandt. We had his concert program there in the 70s. I asked him about her (depicts Springsteen. - RT ): “Yes, there was such a song. And this too ... There was a good song, we played it. And this is Wiggle-Waggle. Do you know her? "I reply:" I never heard. " He says: “Don't know Wiggle-Waggle? Hey Roots (a band playing Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. - RT ), do you know Wiggle-Waggle? ”And our musicians say,“ No, we don’t. ”
He continues: “Wiggle-Waggle! Great song! ”We talked, I announce a break. And during the break, the Roots found Wiggle-Waggle on YouTube, figured out how to play it, and actually played.
- Jimmy Fallon and Bruce Springsteen
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And Bruce Springsteen's face was like a child's Christmas. “This is a Wiggle-Waggle! This is Wiggle-Waggle! ” Something like that. I could make out only Wiggle-Waggle. It was nice to see how happy he was. It was just great. I love him. And Paul McCartney also ...
“Well, and how is he?” Was there that signature Beatle charm with him?
“Oh, he's the same Beatle!” So much fun with him. Paul loves to have fun.
It is known that the song Yesterday was originally called Scrambled Eggs . In order to remember the melody that came to him in a dream, he quickly sketched the words: Scrambled eggs, oh, my baby how I love your legs. This is how the lyrics of Yesterday sounded originally.
So we decided that it would be funny if we add the text Scrambled eggs, we get a song about food. And Paul will do it.
I told Lorne (Michaels, producer of the show. - RT ) about this, and he tells me: “Well, you can ask him yourself. Do not be afraid - there will be no problems with him! ” And now, wildly worried, I turn to Paul McCartney: “Paul? Hello ... ". And he: “Greetings, Jimmy! I’m quite likely to give up this venture, but let's listen to what you have there ... ” I shake and say: “You know that the Yesterday song was originally ... originally called Scrambled eggs?” He says: “I know. I am its author. ” In general, I explained to him what I want to do with the melody Yesterday. He says: “Okay, now I’ll take the guitar ...”, and he takes the very guitar on which he accompanied himself, performing Yesterday on the air of the Ed Sullivan show.
In the end, he agreed. And we sang a duet - that was his condition. How could I refuse? Singing with Paul McCartney is incredible!
- You, Jimmy, are not without musical abilities yourself - this is one of the most effective tools in your arsenal. Did you make music from the very beginning? Or did you just decide to supplement it with your comedic work? What came into your life before - humor and parodies or music?
- Perhaps the music. Yes.
- But in order to achieve mastery, it must be practiced from an early age.
“Yes, and I always liked that.” I learned to play the clarinet - not the coolest instrument ...
“You will not lure anyone into bed with a clarinet ...”
- That's it! So I threw the clarinet, and then I tried to master the piano, but I still did not understand where it was. And I did not like to sit next to the teacher on one bench. But the guitar fascinated me.
- Paul McCartney and Jimmy Fallon
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If you learned four chords, you can play anything. It will take you two years to master the guitar, and then you will play the rest of your life. So, I started doing guitar, as well as parodies. Then he began to introduce music into his skits. He performed, so to speak, with props ...
- I started from the same.
- Oh really?
- Only my good did not fit on the top shelf in the plane, but I did not want to wait for him at the luggage tape ...
- I have the same…
- We turn to questions from social networks. By the way, your team acted very wisely, taking up social networks early.
- Yes, we quickly got a Twitter account. Emotions have gone wild. We just started Late Night then, and I say: “Guys, I have a hundred subscribers!” And the general jubilation began. Fifty million seems to have been subscribed to my account now. I was glad of that hundred!
- Question from Facebook : “Tell us, what was the first time you said the phrase“ Live from New York - Saturday Night? ”.
“Oh ... I played a White House security officer.” For me it was an ordinary sketch. In the end, when the door was closed, I had to say: "Live from New York ..." - and so on. So, I ruined it all ... Actually, the sketch was not some particularly outstanding, but it caused strange feelings in me ... I remember I almost cried ...
I cried out, shouting: "Live from New York - Saturday Night!" And he thought that my parents were looking at me now ...
Lorn then said: "He will not give this remark to him anymore - he begins to cry." But when Don Pardo introduces you (TV presenter. - RT ) - this is always the most ambitious moment on SNL. He pronounces your name ... Nothing beats that!
- Another user asks: “Do you have talents that are not related to acting and television work, but which you are proud of?”
- All my talents are shown on my transfer.
- Does everything go in the course?
- Yes.
- Give all your best?
- Yes, in full: parody, dance, sing ...
- They ask : “Do you think that evening talk shows have changed since your first steps in this field?” Well, everything has become more politically correct ...
- All the years of our work on Late Night have passed under the sign of Obama. We are used to it. And now everything has changed. But you need to keep up with the times ...
- Question from a Twitter user : “What advice would you give to a person who wants to get into show business?” The eternal question.
- You need to take on any work. But not for the money. I never took up anything for the sake of money, and did only what I love. I remember how I arranged a stand-up in front of the Vons store in Los Angeles because I heard that Melanie ... What is the name of the actress who played Catwoman? She was in Scarface.
- Michelle Pfeiffer!
- Michelle Pfeiffer! Thank. In general, I heard that she was noticed when she worked at the grocery store - in my opinion, a cashier ...
So, I spoke in front of the grocery store, did parodies and sang, hoping that someone would notice me too. In general, everything was very bad ... But, one way or another, even such an experience is informative. So here is my advice: take on any work and don’t start anything for the sake of money, because money is just a bonus.
- Finally, a question from Twitter: "What does your ideal day off look like?" You like to eat, right? Are you a little foodie?
- Yes, I love food. But my ideal day off is when I spend time with my wife and children. It is desirable - in silence. But it seems to me that now it is impossible. Now quietly does not happen at home. Sometimes I like just staring at the wall. You sit like this and don’t talk to anyone ...
In general, yes, at every opportunity I like to spend time with my wife. She is great. That's why we are married: I want to spend time with her, and she - with me, and it's great. So, I think, my ideal day off is to spend time with my wife, children and eat well.
See the full version of the interview on the RTD website.