Jimmy Fallon<\/a> used to do stand-up comedy outside a grocery store as he tried everything “to get famous”.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jimmy Fallon used to perform stand-up outside a grocery store<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old talk show host – who has fronted ‘The Tonight Show’ since 2014 following five years on ‘Late Night’ – has recalled his early period in Los Angeles as he tried to rise up the ranks in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
He told Extra: “I was out here when I started trying to do stand up, trying to make money. I tried everything I could to get famous.<\/p>\n
“I remember doing stand-up outside of a Vons. I heard that Michelle Pfeiffer got discovered as a cashier at Vons, and so I did stand-up and played guitar and did impressions outside of the grocery store in LA.\u201d<\/p>\n
He would eventually get his big break in New York, as he landed a job on ‘Saturday Night Live’.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: \u201cI remember actually doing \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 and I was hoping just to be in one sketch, and if I was in a sketch, I\u2019d call my mom before the show, like 11:25, like, \u2018Mom, I\u2019m going to be in the show tonight, so stay up.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
\nWhen he took over ‘The Tonight Show’ a decade ago, Jimmy didn’t think he’d last “two years”.<\/p>\n
\nHe confessed: “I was like, ‘Oh man, they’re going to fire me’. They are gonna say, ‘What is this guy doing?’ “<\/p>\n
\nNow, he’d love to pass Johnny Carson’s 29 year record to become the longest running host on late night.<\/p>\n
\nSpeaking at a panel during Deadline’s Contenders Television event earlier this week, he said: “I’m gonna go, you guys want me? Let\u2019s break the record, let\u2019s go, let\u2019s do 30 years!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMeanwhile, Jimmy – who insisted the ‘Tonight Show’ is more of a “variety” programme – still holds close some advice from Conan O’Brien, who in turn received advice from Carson.<\/p>\n
\nHe was told: “With this job, you\u2019ll do everything you\u2019ve ever learned. Everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nJimmy added: “I can barely tap dance, I can do impressions\u2026 I\u2019ve done all of them numerous times on the show.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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