Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers Reveal That Lorne Michaels Helped Them Get Their Talk Shows
deadline.comNBC didn’t want Jimmy Fallon to host Late Night at first. The Saturday Night Live alum revealed during a recent Strike Force Five podcast episode that Lorne Michaels helped him land the job, which he held from from 2009 until 2014, Fallon was exploring a film career when Michaels threw out the prospects of hosting a late-night show. “I was leaving SNL and so [Michaels] goes, ‘Would you ever want to do it?
A talk show?’ I go, ‘I don’t think so,'” Fallon told podcast cohosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver. “And so I said, ‘Well, in six years, ask m,e and if I, you know, if I’m around, I’ll think about it.'” Six years later, Michaels returned.
Fallon said his wife encouraged him to take the gig.”‘You have to take this job. You’re one of three human beings to ever do this: David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and you.
And, if anything, you’re on a great list of people. Like, this is insane.'” He continued, “So, I call Lorne, and I go, ‘I’m in.
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