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Jimmy Fallon: Thank You Notes

Jimmy Fallon mentioned the popularity of his weekly bit 'Thank you notes' in his Nerdist podcast. Each Friday, he writes hilarious one-liners disguised as Thank you's. For example, "Thank you, apostrophe, for being a comma that got high."

You can check out a recent segment here. I liked the dramatic flourishes by Fallon as the piano music begins. :)

Just like Matt Smith's hair (by the way, May 11th's entry? It looks like it was from an Anthropologie or Urban Outfitters catalogue. Matt Smith...what a hipster.), Jimmy Fallon's Thank You Notes has a tumblr devoted to them.

EW Interview: Tina Fey + Jimmy Fallon

This article is almost 10 years old! It's an interview with Fey and Fallon while they were both doing Weekend Update. It's a bit long, but really fun.

Highlights:
"I'll tell a George Bush joke, but I don't really know who anyone in Congress is," says [Fallon]. "I read USA Today for the colors."
:)
Mention a certain YM magazine cover to Fallon, the one featuring his face and the cutesy headline "Jimmy Fallon: Hilarious and Hot," and he turns pinkish and mumbles something about being embarrassed when people talk about him.
-Adorable!
Her schedule is about to get even more insane: Paramount recently hired her to write and potentially star in a comedy based on Rosalind Wiseman's book Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence.
-Mean Girls, anyone?
[Fallon's] first comedy album, The Bathroom Wall, hits stores this fall.
http://www.amazon.com/Bathroom-Wall-Jimmy-Fallon/dp/B00006GFA5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305155203&sr=8-1
-I'm going to check this out soon. If I get around to listening to it, I'll try and post some notes!
Enjoy!

Jimmy Fallon at the Emmy's

Watching this is way funnier than listening to it on the Nerdist Podcast. Tina Fey kind of stole the bit when they were on stage as her glasses fell off. So funny! Jon Hamm is so hilarious. I think the hilarity is driven by the fact that his goofy antics clash (because if somebody else delivered the same performance, I don't think I'd find it as funny) with his suave Mad Men persona. For those interested, I highly recommend watching 'The Bubble'--an episode on 30Rock featuring Jon Hamm that is hilarious for that very reason reason.

Link from the Baker.

Nerdist Podcast: Jimmy Fallon

If you thinking to yourself, "Whoa. Deja vu.": (1) thank you for following me! (2) yes, you're right. This post appeared before. I'm revisiting it though to add some thoughts.  

This podcast is Chris Hardwick (of Nerdist fame) interviewing his good friend, Jimmy Fallon. Now, the last time this post appeared, my feelings for Jimmy Fallon were like my feelings for the latest art exhibit at the MFA. Yeah, I wouldn't mind going to see what's up, but I don't really feel *compelled* to go. After listening to this podcast however, I believe I might actually start watching Mr. Fallon's TV show. The chemistry between Hardwick and Fallon is very real (not to the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn level, but maybe like a more verbose version of Paul Newman-Robert Redford chemistry). I always feel that the best conversations occur when there's no agenda to be had, when it's just two friends letting their attention-deficit minds wander from one lily pad to the next. And that's exactly what happens in this podcast. 

Jimmy Fallon is also one funny dude. On the podcast, he performs a handful of impressions. He does an impression of Jerry Seinfeld that is hilarious, but he tops it with his impression of Jerry Seinfeld doing an impression of himself (Confused? Listen to the podcast to figure out this reference!). 

Let me see if I can describe the appeal of Jimmy Fallon. On the podcast, he described a bit on his show called 'Wax on/wax off." Two friends are invited onto the show to compete with the host in a trivia competition. For every question that is answered incorrectly by Friend A, Friend B will receive a painful chest wax strip removal. Now, if I were to actually tune in and watch this, I'm positive that I would not find this entertaining in any way. But, when Jimmy Fallon was describing the setup (yes, his description is much more entertaining than mine), he had me in a giggling fit! His enthusiasm for comedy (even if his definition of comedy may differ from my own) is so unadulterated that I actually considered watching that clip and enjoying it (if only to recall Fallon's hilarious side notes about the show). 

Like Tina Fey did in her book Bossypants, Jimmy Fallon referred to his obligation to the crew on his show. His days of boozy weekends are over because other people and their families financially depend on him! Hearing this sentiment (and more than once!) makes me happy. 

So check out the podcast here! I think it has to be one of my favorite Nerdist podcasts.

http://www.nerdist.com/2011/04/nerdist-podcast-82-jimmy-fallon/ 

Here's Jimmy on the Colbert report. 

Jon Stewart's cameo gave me a good laugh.