The world famous The Tonight Show (Evening Show) has won fans not only in North America, but also around the world. In almost every country there is now an analogue of a television project. And his permanent presenter, joker and badass Jimmy Fallon managed to collect an entire alley of stars in his broadcast. Many people think that the evening Urgant show, the most popular in Russia, is a replica of the Evening Show.
Biography and personal life
James T. Fallon was born in the Bay Ridge in September 1974. He inherited the name James from his father, whose name is the same. Jimmy spent most of his life in the outskirts of New York, where the family moved shortly after the birth of James. He attended the Catholic Church and even dreamed of becoming a clergyman, but this did not last long.
In school, Jimmy Fallon will be keen on comedy, and this will determine not only his career, but also his future life. He will be considered a local “clown” at school, and he will be happy to parody teachers and make crazy pranks, entertaining classmates and enraging teachers. But with all this, later in various programs, teachers will admit that they loved this educated and funny guy. Jimmy even won the title of class president. Later, he will participate in a school talent show and will win with a parody.
At college, Jimmy entered the faculty of computer technology without much difficulty. But later transferred to the Faculty of Communications. And soon Jimmy realizes that communication is not for him, and drops out of college.
A new goal for Jimmy Fallon is to become a comedian, actor or television host. To do this, he moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his comedian career and performed in stand-up shows, for which he received less than $ 10, but did not give up his dream. He wanted to get into the super popular SNL (Saturday Night Live). And by the age of 25, he set himself the goal of entering the crew. After several auditions in 1998, he managed to go through the casting and get into the 24th season of “Saturday Night Live”.
Jimmy is married and happy in marriage with Nancy Juvonen, they have two children.
So began the ascent of Jimmy to the television Olympus.
"Saturday Night Live"
Jimmy Fallon's participation in the program lasted from 1998 to 2000 as a guest artist. During this time, James managed to so much fall in love with the public that contracts and offers now poured into him like a river, in 2000 his cherished desire is fulfilled, and he becomes a full-fledged member of the Saturday Night Live team.
In 2004, Fallon makes a decision and leaves the show in order to become an actor and pursue a career in this direction.
2005-2014
At this time, Jimmy takes an active part in films, voices animated films, leads various awards and ceremonies, and also records his own comedy records. During this time, Jimmy's career, unfortunately, is rolling down. His acting skills are often criticized, and comedy records are awarded low scores. Despite this, the record is nominated for a Grammy Award.
At this time, Jimmy also begins a writing career and publishes the book "I Hate This Place." After a series of not very successful roles in the cinema, Jimmy returned to TV screens in 2009, to the delight of his fans, already with his own show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (for 2014). And in 2014, a new branch began in Jimmy’s career, the television program “Night Show with Jimmy Fallon” was broadcast.
Evening show
The Evening Show has been on the NBC channel since 1954. The show gathered many famous television presenters during this time, one of which was Jimmy. He first appeared on the show in 2014, in the seventh season.
By tradition, the show is given the name of its host, and since the seventh season it has been called "An Evening Show with Jimmy Fallon," or, as it is often called in Russia, the "Night Show." The program goes on weekdays, and always starts with the host’s jokes, and then continues with a meeting with invited star guests and a conversation with them. Fallon is assisted by host Steve Higggins. The show continues now.
The “Jimmy Fallon Night Show” brought together stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Keanu Reeves, Zach Galifianakis, Dwayne Johnson, Gordon Ramsay, James McAvoy, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington, Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jared Lett , Viola Davis, Jim Parsons, Colin Farrell, Dakota Johnson, Blake Shelton, Louis C. Key, Bob Odenkirk and many others. And all of them, together with Jim, perform funny tasks and participate in comic scenes after a short interview.