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Some Lesser Known Facts About Jimmy Fallon

• Jimmy Fallon was raised as a Roman Catholic and also mentioned in one of his interviews about how much he loved Latin Mass which is a rite in the Latin churches. He also clarified in interviews that Jimmy was no longer a regular churchgoer as he used to be.
  

  Jimmy Fallon’s childhood photo with his sister

• His paternal grandmother was a German immigrant from Osterholz-Scharmbeck whereas his great-grandfather from his mother’s line was a Norwegian immigrant from Fredrikstad.

• One set of his great-great-grandparents was an Irish couple from County Galway, Ireland with this great-great-grandmother who herself was born to an Irish couple in France.

• Before Jimmy Fallon was born, his father used to sing on street corners and be part of doo-wop groups with Mellowdons and the Twilights and then he served in the Vietnam War.

• In 1975, a year after Jimmy’s birth, the whole family moved 110 miles north of Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley town of Saugerties, near Kingston, where Jimmy’s father had landed a job as a machine repairman for IBM.

• Jimmy Fallon is very close friends with the American singer Justin Timberlake and American actress Drew Barrymore.
  

  Jimmy Fallon (right) and singer Justin Timberlake on ‘The Tonight Show’

• In 2004, Jimmy Fallon co-starred in a skit titled ‘The Barry Gibb Talk Show’ in which he and musician Justin Timberlake portrayed Bee Gees brothers Barry and Robin Gibb. It marked the beginning of a long-running friendship and collaboration of Jimmy and Justin Timberlake.

• Jimmy Fallon grew up with a love of comedy and music and he moved to Los Angeles when he turned 21 to pursue stand-up comedy.

• Describing about his childhood, Jimmy and his sister were quoted saying that
  

  We had an idyllic childhood. Growing up, it was pretty much just us. We weren’t even allowed to cross the street on our own until we were 10 or 12 as our parents were super-protective.”

• Jimmy Fallon always wanted to be part of the American late-night live sketch comedy variety show titled ‘Saturday Night Live (SNL)’ and finally in 1998, he joined the show as a cast member. He was quoted saying in an interview that
  

  This was my ultimate goal. If I ever cut into a birthday cake and made a wish, I would wish to be on SNL. If I threw a coin into a fountain, I would wish to be on SNL. If I saw a shooting star, I would wish to be on SNL.

• In childhood, he used to watch ‘Saturday Night Live’ all the time with full devotion and he insisted on watching the program alone with no friends around because he could not bear the interference of other people’s commentary because he did not want anyone ruining his experience.

• He and his sister Gloria would re-enact Saturday Night Live’s sketches such as ‘The Festrunk Brothers’ with friends

• He co-hosted the program ‘Saturday Night Live’s (SNL) ‘Weekend Update segment.’ He left the show in 2004 to star in American films such as Taxi (2004) and Fever Pitch (2005).
  

  Jimmy Fallon (right) in a still from the ‘Weekend Update’ segment of the TV program ‘Saturday Night Live’ (2004)

• During his childhood, Jimmy regularly accompanied his father to work and go to garage sales, picking up vintage electronic gear that kept him occupied for hours in an industrious environment. Jimmy’s prize find was an old reel-to-reel audio recorder that he held close to his heart.

• Jimmy Fallon was musically inclined since the beginning and he started playing guitar at age 13 and later on started going around to perform comedy and music in contests and shows.

• By his junior high years, Jimmy Fallon was labelled as a class clown as he would always entertain his classmates with his singing, enacting, and guitar playing.

• At Saugerties High School, Jimmy Fallon was a performer in most stage productions and was twice a class social director. He won a young comedian’s contest with an impression of the comedy character Pee-wee Herman.

• During his teenage, he used to impress his parents by mimicking different famous people including the American actor James Cagney and American stand-up comedian Dana Carvey.

• Jimmy Fallon used to spend many nights listening to the American radio program titled ‘The Dr. Demento Show’ which exposed him to both comedy and music even more. He used to often record it on a reel-to-reel recorder so that he could listen to it again later.

• At the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, he was initially enrolled as a computer science major but ended up switching to communications in his senior year.

• While studying in college, Jimmy was a mediocre student, but his pre-professional education was already taking place via the stand-up comedy jobs that he used to do on the weekends.

• He often did stand-up at the Improv, which made him earn $7.50 per set. Jimmy Fallon then joined the American improvisational and sketch comedy troupe named ‘The Groundlings’ where he started taking professional comedy classes.

• He did not graduate as he ended up leaving college a semester early and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a comedy career full-time.

• Jimmy Fallon considers his first paid gig as his favourite memory which took place at a playhouse in some New York town. He drove there from Albany by himself, without telling his parents and performed four sets of comedy there.

• During his childhood, he always wanted to become a priest because of his experience as an altar boy who is boy who acts as a priest’s assistant during a service at a church. Jimmy loved going to church.

• Jimmy Fallon’s grandfather used to be very religious, and Jimmy used to accompany his grandfather to church all the time and even serve mass. He used to go to Mass with him at 6:45 in the morning, and he loved looking at the priest of the church and how he had the ability to make people feel good.

• After two years of working with the comedy troupe Groundlings, in 1997, Jimmy Fallon first auditioned for Saturday Night Live but he was rejected.

• Soon after, he was cast in a pilot presentation for the WB TV Network. During his time there, Jimmy Fallon made sure to include a clause in his contract specifying that if he were to join Saturday Night Live, he would be released from his contract immediately.

• Jimmy’s manager used to send videotapes of Jimmy’s performances to Marci Klein and Ayala Cohen who were the producers for Saturday Night Live.

• At the age of 23, Jimmy Fallon auditioned again for Saturday Night Live and performed a ‘celebrity walk-a-thon’ in which he made impressions of American comedian Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, and Adam Sandler who were SNL alumni who had recently left the show.

• Before his audition, he was told that the creator of SNL Lorne Michaels almost never laughed during auditions which made Jimmy scared and nervous but his performance made him laugh and Jimmy was given good reviews about his audition by Lorne Michaels.

• After his audition, Jimmy was not given any reply for three weeks and he thought he had lost the part again but he was later informed that the creator of Saturday Night Live Lorne Michaels wanted to meet him at the Paramount lot in Los Angeles where Lorne told him that he was selected for the SNL.

• Jimmy Fallon appeared in the feature film titled ‘The Scheme’ which was originally entitled ‘The Entrepreneurs.’ His one line in the 1997 film Father’s Day was cut but he can still be seen in the background.

• In 1998, Jimmy Fallon was first showcased on Saturday Night Live as a featured player at the beginning of the show’s twenty-fourth season but he became famous by his fourth episode when he performed Halloween-themed versions of songs by popular artists.

• He became the Saturday Night Live program’s most featured mimic by making popular impressions of Robert De Niro, Jerry Seinfeld, and Howard Stern.

• Jimmy Fallon also starred as many original characters including Nick Burns who was an IT support nerd, Pat “Sully” Sullivan, one of the Boston Teens with Rachel Dratch, and in Jarret’s Room which was a fictional webcast hosted by stoner college students. He was promoted to repertory player in his second season.

• In 1998, Jimmy was cast in the American sitcom television series titled ‘Spin City’ in which he played the character of a Photographer in the episode titled ‘The Marrying Men.’
  

  Jimmy Fallon in a still from the American sitcom TV series titled ‘Spin City’ (1998)

• During their time at SNL, Jimmy Fallon and the American comedian Horatio Sanz used to often drink alcohol together and they used to describe themselves as ‘super-functioning alcoholics.’ Jimmy and Horatio Sanz both used to be at the bars late till night and also used to get into a lot of bar fights after being drunk.

• Jimmy and Horatio Sanz also used to spend the whole night drinking and staying up drinking until the early morning, despite having to do SNL that night. Horatio was quoted saying about him and Jimmy that
  

  We actually took what we thought being on SNL was, what people think is awesome about it, and we made it happen.”

  

  Jimmy Fallon (left) with the American comedian Horatio Sanz

• In 1999, Jimmy Fallon released a book titled ‘I Hate This Place: A Pessimist’s Guide to Life’ which comprised of e-mail exchanges with his sister Gloria.
  

  The cover of Jimmy Fallon’s self-written book titled ‘I Hate This Place- A Pessimist’s Guide to Life’ (1999)

• Jimmy initially planned to spend three years at Saturday Night Live like John Belushi but he was convinced to stay on the show for three more years when he was given the sketch and satirical news program ‘Weekend Update.’

• In 2002, Jimmy Fallon was named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People. He described the honour as quite ’embarrassing.’

• In the same year, he was cast in the American film titled ‘The Rutles 2: Can’t Buy Me Lunch’ which was a re-telling of the 1978 mockumentary ‘All You Need Is Cash’ in a modern setting. Jimmy Fallon played the character of Melvin’s Son in the film.
  

  Jimmy Fallon (right) in a still from the American comedy-mokumentary film titled ‘The Rutles 2- Can’t Buy Me Lunch’ (2002)

• Jimmy imitated the music videos of various artists including Eminem, Avril Lavigne, The White Stripes, and Dave Matthews Band during his opening act at the 2002 MTV Music Video Awards.
  

  Jimmy Fallon (left) in a still from the 2002 MTV Music Video Awards which were held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York

• He is loved worldwide for suddenly breaking characters while hosting or being on the TV that breaking character is termed as “Jimmy Falloning”.

• In 2003, he used to split his time between shooting one of his films in Los Angeles and returning to New York City for Saturday Night Live.

• Soon after, his Saturday Night Live show’s contract came to an end and he signed off at the conclusion of the show’s twenty-ninth season in May 2004.

• Jimmy Fallon’s American action comedy film titled ‘Taxi’ was his first failure as the film flopped and remained unsuccessful in the eyes of the critics and audience.
  

  Jimmy Fallon (right) in a still from the American action comedy film titled ‘Taxi’ (2004)

• Jimmy met his wife Nancy Juvonen during the production of the American romantic comedy-drama Fever Pitch’ (2005) as Nancy was one of the producers of the film. They both started dating each other soon after.

• Jimmy proposed to Nancy Juvonen in 2007 with a bespoke engagement ring on the dock of Juvonen’s family home in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and they got married in the same year.

• Jimmy and Nancy Juvonen’s daughters were born via surrogate in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

• After the failure of his first two films ‘Taxi’ (2004) and ‘Fever Pitch’ (2005), Jimmy Fallon fell into a state of depression and started drinking a lot of alcohol. He was quoted saying in an interview that
  

  I was probably drinking more than I should have been drinking. I was like: ‘I can’t figure out what I want to do.”

• Soon after, Jimmy moved back east to New York and started looking around for work and during that time he also wrote a screenplay about a guy in a goth band who has to pretend to be a country-music star.

• Before he left the Saturday Night Live show in 2004 to star in American films such as Taxi (2004) and Fever Pitch (2005), the creator of SNL Lorne Michaels told Jimmy that he would be a good fit to take over the NBC’s Late Night franchise.
  

  Jimmy Fallon (right) in a still from the American romantic comedy-drama film titled ‘Fever Pitch’ (2005)

• Lorne Michaels urged NBC to give Jimmy Fallon a holding deal in February 2007 for the Late Night franchise as the then then-host of ‘Late Night’ Conan O’Brien had left the show to become part of another American late-night talk show named ‘The Tonight Show.’

• To fit into his role as a late-night host, Jimmy Fallon used to tour college campuses and comedy clubs for eight months, where he used to test out a new 50-minute routine. He also began watching the comedy of Chevy Chase, Dick Cavett, Johnny Carson, and The Larry Sanders Show.

• In 2002, Jimmy Fallon released his studio album titled ‘The Bathroom Wall’ which consisted of a total of 14 tracks. The first five tracks of the album consisted of studio songs with the remainder of the album consisting of stand-up comedy material.
  

  The poster of Jimmy Fallon’s first studio album titled ‘The Bathroom Wall’ (2002)

• In the same year, Jimmy was chosen as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People Magazine.

• In 2008, Jimmy Fallon was announced as the successor to O’Brien’s American late-night talk and variety show titled ‘Late Night.’

• Jimmy was considered an odd choice for the job at ‘Late Night’ both by executives at the American broadcast network NBC and among the general public.

• In 2009, Jimmy Fallon’s talk show titled ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ was premiered on the NBC TV channel.
  

  Jimmy Fallon on the poster of American late-night talk show titled ‘Late Night’ as a host (2008)

• In 2009 and 2010, Jimmy Fallon lent his voice to the character of Prince Betameche in the English-French live-action/animated fantasy film titled ‘Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard’ and ‘Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds.’ The film was based on the third book of the Arthur children’s books series by Besson.

• In 2010, the show ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ scored its first viral clip which was where Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake performed a History of Rap.

• Jimmy Fallon has hosted many award shows and some of them are the 2001 MTV Movie Awards, the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, and the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010).
  

  Jimmy Fallon in a still from the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)

• In 2012, Jimmy released a comedy album titled ‘Blow Your Pants Off’ which consisted of a total of 12 tracks and the album featured guest appearances from many artists including Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, and Brian Williams.
  

  Jimmy Fallon on the poster of his comedy album titled ‘Blow Your Pants Off’ (2012)

• As of August 2013, Jimmy Fallon was earning a salary of $11 million a year for his work on the late-night talk show titled ‘Late Night.’

• In 2013, NBC announced that Jimmy Fallon would succeed Jay Leno following the 2014 Winter Olympics to become the sixth permanent host of ‘The Tonight Show.’

• Jimmy Fallon was the first host in the history of ‘The Tonight Show’ who became the show’s permanent host without previously having served as a ‘Guest Host.’
  

  Jimmy Fallon in a still from the American late-night talk show titled ‘The Tonight Show’ as a host

• Jimmy’s Tonight Show debut on 17 February 2014 on NBC’s network engaged 11.3 million viewers.

• As of 2014, Jimmy Fallon’s annual salary was reported at USD 12 million by Forbes.

• In 2015, Jimmy released a children’s book titled ‘Your Baby’s First Word Will Be Dada.’
  

  Jimmy Fallon posing with his self-written children’s book titled ‘Your Baby’s First Word Will Be Dada’ (2015)

• In the same year, Jimmy Fallon suffered a ring avulsion injury after getting tripped over a rug in his home and he tried to break his fall by holding onto a countertop which ended up causing his finger to nearly get torn off by his wedding ring.

• Jimmy was taken to the emergency room and a microsurgery on his finger was performed. Jimmy spent 10 days in the hospital ICU.

• In 2017, Jimmy Fallon’s mother Gloria died from undisclosed causes at the age of 68 at NYU Langone Medical Center. Following Jimmy’s mother’s passing, the scheduled tapings of the following week’s Tonight Show episodes were cancelled.

• In the same year, he was reported to have a net worth of USD 60 million which made him one of the 10 highest-paid reality or news show hosts which was a category topped by Ellen DeGeneres at USD 50 million for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

• In 2020, Jimmy Fallon and pacifier company WubbaNub created limited-edition pacifiers based on the penguin and cow characters from his children’s books.

• In 2021, Jimmy appeared in a special Holiday season advertisement for snacks producer and PepsiCo subsidiary Frito-Lay’s “Share More Joy” campaign with his wife, Nancy, and their daughters.

• In the same year, Jimmy Fallon and his wife sold their Gramercy Park, Manhattan residence to actor Cara Delevingne who bought it for USD 10.8 million.

• In 2022, Jimmy announced on social media that he had tested positive for COVID-19 over the holiday season and mentioned that he only had mild symptoms.

• In the same year, a practical joke was surfaced on Twitter with the hashtag #RIPJimmyFallon which started trending nationwide.

• In 2022, Jimmy Fallon was cast in the American Christmas musical comedy film titled ‘Spirited’ which was a modern retelling of Charles Dickens’s 1843 novella titled ‘A Christmas Carol.’

• Jimmy Fallon asked Twitter owner Elon Musk for help and Elon joked and told Jimmy to “say something that only the real Jimmy would say.”

• Jimmy on the following day, made fun of the rumours about his death in a skit described by Vulture as “tent revival-esque” on his show ‘The Tonight Show.’

• In 2023, Jimmy Fallon along with other American comedians began hosting the comedy podcast ‘Strike Force Five’ with Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, and John Oliver to support their staff members out of work due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.
  

  Jimmy Fallon (extreme bottom right) in a still from the comedy podcast titled ‘Strike Force Five’ (2023)

• In the same year, Jimmy Fallon’s song titled ‘Wrap Me Up’ from his third studio album ‘Holiday Seasoning’ peaked at number four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
  

  Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor in a still from the English song titled ‘Wrap Me Up’ from Jimmy’s studio album titled ‘Holiday Seasoning’ (2023)

• During the initial days of his career, Jimmy Fallon took acting lessons from the American actor, writer, and director Gordon Hunt in Los Angeles.

• During his college days, Jimmy Fallon was an average student and he used to perform stand-up comedy on weekends. He would often board buses from his aunt’s house in Fort Hamilton to perform sets at Caroline’s on Broadway in Times Square.

• Jimmy Fallon loves to spend time with animals and he often shares photos and videos with his pet dog on social media.
  

  Jimmy Fallon with his pet dog Gary

• He has often appeared in the marketing campaigns of international brands such as luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz, American auto giant Ford, beverage corporation PepsiCo, Big Tech behemoth Microsoft, and American telecom major Xfinity.
  

  Jimmy Fallon posing with Lay’s chips which is owned by the American food, snack, and baverage company named ‘PepsiCo’

• Jimmy Fallon has been part of many films and some of them include ‘The Year of Getting to Know Us’ (2008), ‘Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star’ (2011), ‘Jurassic World’ (2015), ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ (2016), and ‘The Stand In’ (2020).
  

  Jimmy Fallon (second from left) on the poster of the American comedy drama film titled ‘The Year of Getting to Know Us’ (2008)

• Jimmy Fallon has been part of many TV series and some of them include ‘Band of Brothers’ (2001), ‘Sesame Street’ (2009), ‘The Spoils Before Dying’ (2015), ‘Maya & Marty’ (2016), and ‘5 More Sleeps ‘Til Christmas’ (2022).
  

  Jimmy Fallon in a still from the American educational children’s TV series titled ‘Sesame Street’ (2009)

• He has been part of two video games which are ‘Lego Jurassic World’ (2015) and ‘The Jackbox Party Pack 5’ (2018).

• In 2024, Jimmy Fallon became part of the American theatrical play titled ‘All In: Comedy About Love’ which consists of live readings of previously written short stories from the American magazine named ‘The New Yorker.’
  

  Jimmy Fallon (centre) in a still from the American theatrical play titled ‘All In- Comedy About Love’ (2024)

• In the same year, Jimmy released his third studio album titled ‘Holiday Seasoning’ which consisted of guest appearances from various artists like the Jonas Brothers, the Roots, Meghan Trainor, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande, and Dolly Parton.

• Jimmy’s third studio album titled ‘Holiday Seasoning’ included a total of 25 tracks.

• Jimmy Fallon has made guest appearances in many single English songs and some of them are ‘You’ll Be Back’ (2016), ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ (2017), and ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ (2020).
  

  Jimmy Fallon in a still from the 2020 version of the English festive song titled ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ (2020)

• Jimmy Fallon has published many children’s books and some of them are ‘Everything Is Mama’ (2017), ‘5 More Sleeps ‘Til Christmas’ (2020), ‘Nana Loves You More’ (2022), and ‘5 More Sleeps ‘Til Halloween’ (2024).
  

  Jimmy Fallon posing with his self-written children’s book titled ‘Nana Loves You More’ (2022)