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He considered being a priest, inspired by his experiences as an altar boy , [10] [11] but became more interested in comedy instead. He spent many nights recording the radio program The Dr. Demento Show on a reel-to-reel recorder, which exposed him to both comedy and music. As a teenager, Fallon developed an obsession with the late-night comedy program Saturday Night Live , watching it religiously.

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He grew up watching the show, viewing "the clean parts" that his parents taped for him. He and Gloria would re-enact sketches like "The Festrunk Brothers" with friends. He would go on to perform comedy and music in contests and shows. At Saugerties High School , from which he graduated in , he was a performer in most stage productions, and was twice a class social director. In May , 14 years after he left college a semester early to pursue a comedy career, he returned to receive his Bachelor of Arts in communications.

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He was a double headliner that day at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center , earning an honorary degree reflecting his achievements and then joining classmates to collect his degree. Rose awarded Fallon his diploma after he earned experiential learning credits through a portfolio review of his television work. Fallon dropped out of the College of Saint Rose a semester shy of a degree in to move to Los Angeles and pursue comedy full-time. His one line in Father's Day was cut, but he can still be seen in the background. In , Fallon appeared briefly on the show Spin City in the second season as a man selling photographs.

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He remained fixated on joining Saturday Night Live. After two years of working with the Groundlings, [22] he auditioned for the program in , but was unsuccessful. This was my ultimate goal. I had no other plan. I didn't have friends, I didn't have a girlfriend, I didn't have anything going on.

I had my career, that was it. Fallon landed his second audition at the age of At the "notoriously difficult audition," [24] he was told by multiple individuals that creator Lorne Michaels almost never emitted laughter during auditions. Although he initially feared the comic before him, armed with an arsenal of props, would outshine him, Fallon went onstage and did well. Head writer Tina Fey , who was in the room, later said "He's one of two people I've ever seen who was completely ready to be on the show.

Kristen Wiig is the other one And Jimmy was ready—like, if there had been a show to do that night. Three weeks passed, and despite his feeling that he had not gotten the position, he was asked to meet with Michaels at the Paramount lot in Los Angeles. Michaels informed him that they wanted him for the show, and Fallon characterized the moment as being in "slow motion," remarking to Michaels before he left, "I'm going to make you proud.

Fallon debuted on Saturday Night Live as a featured player at the beginning of the show's twenty-fourth season in September Fallon possessed a strong female fan-base, receiving numerous letters from fans and becoming the subject of numerous fan-sites.

He was promoted to repertory player in his second season. In his off time, Fallon released a book comprising e-mail exchanges with his sister, titled I Hate This Place: Sanz has described Fallon and himself as "super-functioning alcoholics," and stated, "They say that kind of goes hand in hand with SNL , some kind of substance-abuse issues, because it's so stressful you easily find yourself blowing off steam a lot.

Fallon initially envisioned he would spend three years at SNL , like Belushi, but he was persuaded to stay on for an additional three when given the reins to Weekend Update which he would co-host with writer Tina Fey. It marked the beginning of a long-running friendship and collaboration with Timberlake. Fallon became well known for his tendency to break character in sketches, an attribute he himself, as well as Michaels, disliked.

Following this, other cast members would intentionally try to get Fallon to break. The joke became near-constant during Fallon's final year on the show. He also modeled for Calvin Klein. Fallon began to pursue a movie career beginning in He had spurned most major roles due to lack of time and disinterest in the dozens of scripts he read.

Fallon had read the script in the prior years but became more interested when co-star Queen Latifah became attached to the project. He was also attracted to the film's action comedy tone, seeing comparisons with SNL alumnus Eddie Murphy 's first big film, 48 Hrs. With big expectations from the studio, Taxi premiered in the fall of and was a flop with critics and audiences, resulting in Fallon's first failure. Film offers decreased, with his two chances for major films both considered failures.

Subsequently, Fallon went through what he has deemed a "lost period," characterized by a larger-than-usual alcohol consumption and confusion over his next career moves. Michaels urged NBC to give Fallon a holding deal in February so that he couldn't be lured elsewhere. To prepare for the role of a late-night host, Fallon toured college campuses and comedy clubs for eight months, where he tested out a new, minute routine.

Fallon was considered an odd choice for the job, both by executives at NBC who "hated" the idea and predicted it to be a failure , and among the general public.

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This was referenced in an early promo for the series: You hated him in the movies! Late Night with Jimmy Fallon premiered in March to mixed reviews. Producer Michael Shoemaker felt that the show's style solidified when it used Susan Boyle as a joke. While other late-night programs had centered on her appearance, Fallon's Late Night debuted a sketch in which Boyle's emotional performances could "salve any affliction.

Fallon proved himself different from other late-night hosts, with more of a reliance on music, dancing, impersonations, and games. Between Fallon's own musical sensibilities and the recruitment of his house band , hip-hop collective The Roots , his incarnation of Late Night "evolved into the most deeply musical of TV's musical-comedy variety programs", with sketches in which he parodies Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen going viral online.

Coincidentally, it was during the Tonight Show debacle that Fallon's show found its footing. Another component built into the program was its association with social media and the Internet. The first majorly successful online clip was of Fallon and Justin Timberlake performing a " History of Rap ". Fallon also hosted the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards in Following the appearance, Fallon was criticized by some media critics and viewers on social media for the uncontroversial questions he asked of Trump.

I'm never too hard on anyone. We'll have Hillary [Clinton] on tomorrow, and we'll do something fun with her too. Fallon apologized in March in the interview, saying "I didn't do it to humanize him. I almost did it to minimize him.

I didn't think that would be a compliment: I didn't mean anything by it. I was just trying to have fun. Fallon married film producer Nancy Juvonen , co-owner of production company Flower Films , on December 22, Fallon proposed in August with a Neil Lane-designed engagement ring, at sunset on the dock of Juvonen's family home in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

They were married four months later. They have two daughters. On June 26, , Fallon suffered a ring avulsion , an injury he suffered by tripping over a rug in his home and catching his wedding ring on a counter top which nearly tore off his finger. He was taken to the emergency room and then sent to a surgeon who performed microsurgery on his finger. Fallon spent 10 days in the ICU before going home. He discussed this on the July 13 episode of the Tonight Show and thanked the doctors and nurses who helped him. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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