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Jimmy Fallon

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“For some reason at that point I don't remember going I was a bit numb, I think And I think on. I was starting to work on my act and really getting to stand up and I just kind of Kept thinking in my head I have to get another shot. Another chance at Auditioning or showing them what it could really do because that was just not the best that I could do. But it wasn't Too long after that where I got another phone call from Caroline.”
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“Yes. Yes, he was creative Sarah Livin. And now the late night and the tonight show. And I remember going on stage as soon as I did my first impression, I knew it just didn't work. I didn't have the audience. It was cut down from a ten minute act to, I think, three minutes, and I had to catch the audience, hook them in three minutes, and leave. And I started the first twenty seconds, I could tell. This is bad. And it was sweaty. It was bad audition. And I left and I go. We went to a diner next door to the club with my manager and I had coffee. It was very depressing like wow, that was my that was it. That was my just for Saturday Night Live Lorne Michaels, who's the creator of the show, was there. That was my big opportunity, and I blew it. All right, so let me fix your shows. It'll be fine. Let's figure it out. Went back”
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“Yes my manager sent tapes and tapes and tapes to Siren Live saying can, you know, this is he really wants it, blah, blah, blah. And so I got an audition for Siren Live. This is my first of two auditions, my first one I went to do stand up my troll bit. on stage at the comic strip here in New York, and I remember going in and having my one outfit that I owned that I thought was the best, and, you know, some shirt from the gap or something and Nike sneakers that it was such a big deal. I only wore them on special occasions. This was it. And I went on stage with my troll doll and I saw Lauren was in the audience. He had his hat on.”
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“And they said No, that's the whole reason no one can you can't I go well that's that's the only reason I could I have to get this clause in my contract and they said no one's ever asked for that but okay so they put it in my contract so if I was on this show the show didn't get picked up but if the show got picked up and I got a chance to audit for Scient Live I could leave the show contractually because they were like It's just no, it's not going to happen. But so I ended up acting and getting a little money, which is great because it actually, I could stay at my apartment and actually still work on my goal of Sarant Live. while not doing i didn't want to act in sitcoms but that that helped me Take a breath and go like, okay, I got a couple more months of.”
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“Ah, I could use luck, but I'm just going to say good things. I mean, it probably is luck. I feel like I am a lucky person, but I think they're just like, like, I think I got a holding deal at Warner Brothers television to do like to act for a sitcom or something, even though I didn't want a sitcom. I remember putting in the contract that. If I get Sarant Live while I'm doing the sick home that I can contractually get out.”
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“I can't see it not happening. It was going to happen. I don't know. I don't know if I can tell you honestly that I could imagine another path. I don't even know if I could fake it because I would be lying. I know I would be on Sarah. I have to. That was, I can't even, I can't lie and say, well, I guess I could have done it. I just know.”
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“I mean, I think a lot of performers have done this where you interview yourself You pretend you're on a radio show and you go like, here I am. I'm counting down the top ten songs and here's the vote and I have cassettes of me doing that. You know, I think a lot of people do that.”
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“I would have found a way and done it, and even just walked on or something. I would have found a way to get on it. I would have found some way to either be an extra or walk in the background or do something, or I would have there's no way. I'd have to. But you're saying if I didn't, what would happen? Or are you saying I don't think it would ever happen? I had to be on it. I was going to make it happen and I had to do it I don't think there was an option. I don't think I would have done it. I don't think there's ever an option I wouldn't ever have been on that show.”
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“Then I think your life was pretty good. If you look back and go, that was, it meant so much to me though, you know, and I think about that now with my daughters, you know, they tell me stuff is going on in school and stuff. And to me, I'm like, you won't even see these kids. This will mean nothing to you. These kids, maybe you'll be friends with them for life. I hope that'd be great, but I don't think so. I don't remember anyone. I don't talk to anyone from my grade school. But it's the biggest thing in their life now. So you can't say that because it's like, Dad, this is my life. What are you talking about? This is the biggest thing. Like, high school is so slow when you're in high school. Right now, four years is a joke. Four years is like a joke to me. I go, oh my God, I can do anything for four years. When you're in it, it's long. Four years feels like 25 years.”
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“I would say I want it to happen faster, but not really. I think you have to live through all the stuff and go now I remember that. That was cringy. Oh, that was rough. Oh, I remember that. That was bad. But that was a good one. And then you go, oh yeah, that was another great one. And then, oh, yeah, and then you start thinking of all these stuff that you thought was depressing. Then it's kind of charming now. And you go, kind of, I love those days. And I love the days where you bombed and that was the biggest problem. The biggest problem in your life was that you didn't do a great impression of Jerry Seinfeld. Like that was the biggest problem in your life?”
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“When you need to show your strengths or, you know, it's almost like you're going to the gym, you know, it will pay off one day. Like, I don't want to do it. I don't want to run. I don't want to lift. I don't want to do anything. I don't want to eat. I know, but the future of me is telling you this is great that you're doing this because you're going to have it. It's just going to be when you need it, you'll be strong enough. And so I think I was becoming stronger as I was building it. And I look back and I wouldn't change anything. At the time, you know, if anything,”
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“didn't quit you didn't You're really like against all odds. You're doing something that no one in the family has done, that none of your friends have done. You really don't know where this is going to end. And you're kind of in adventuring into an odd place. You're discovering all new stuff that's never been done. And it's great to do this because one day you'll get tested in a different way and you'll be mentally stronger. And so I'm proud of you because this is all tough now, but it will pay off.”
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“And see if you can find the funny in it and go like if you can perform now. Then get ready if you step in the ring, you're an animal.”
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“I mean I would all the things that I remember just in LA and like I remember like finding cardboard boxes that were thrown out in this garage next to me and bringing that in not dirty or anything but new boxes and I would put sheets over and they would become tables so I would use that as like kind of an end table next to my bed stuff like that and you go oh yeah those are it's creative you know it could you could look at it so sad to talk about now and go oh my god you're by yourself you had cardboard boxes it's tables and you go I didn't think about that I was just trying to be that will look nice if it had a sheet over it and that looked kind of cool it was very kind of dormy you know but I think about it I don't know why it just made me think about it now so maybe I mean having cardboard furniture was depressing but you know you know I think that's where you have to dig”
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“Yeah, I mean, of course the advice would be like, it's going to be okay You know, I think probably the best would go back and be like, hey, I'm proud of you, dude. Like you're doing exactly what you have to do. You're doing what you have to do to become me. So I'm so proud of you to keep it up? You know?”
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“I don't even ask, but I think it was something to the point like I'm losing it. And I don't know if I can make it. And I don't know what else to do with my life. And, you know, something to that or... Effect or you know, I miss college, I miss you, I miss having friends, I miss going out, I miss, you know. I think it was that it was like maybe regretting my decision to move to LA.”
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“Go back to doing like these little clubs and make some money, save up money, then go back out and try again in LA. I remember they became a moment where I'm like, oof. I think I've wrote a letter to my best friend like I'm losing it, dude. And in fact, I know I did because he still has the letter and he works for our show now. And he says, I have it, and I'll publish it one day. I'll give it to people if I need the money. I'll release your letter if you emotionally broken. But that's what best friends do. They hold it over your head. Yeah, exactly. I'll sell it on eBay.”
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“Really kind of no friends and no social I'm just obsessed with work and obsessed with stand up and try to make my act better and trying to see if I can get on Saturday Live and having no money and just going like what is this all about you know I can't I don't know if I could afford to keep failing you know I can't live in an apartment if you don't make money can't afford gas to get to the audition. You can't eat it's like you just go oh yeah I just got to keep doing gigs but I'm running out of space so maybe if I go home I can”
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“Wasn't the greatest, and I'm a pretty positive guy in general, but I think that was probably my lowest looking back. I mean, I remember like You know, trying to see what therapy was or if I could afford a therapist or what that meant or Because I was just breaking down mentally of like what What have I done? Like what have I done? I've kind of made these decisions and I wasn't getting anywhere. And it was like, I mean, I had.”
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“Gosh, this is the building. This is what it looks like. This is the doorway and the revolving door. I know all this. I know everything. I know what the walls look like. I know what the ceiling is painted like. I know art deco decorate, you know, I knew everything. I geeked out and I was like, this is the best day just going on tour there. Now I've worked there for 20 something years? You know, it's my home. I've been working in that building since nineteen ninety eight. I don't even think about it anymore. That's the door I go into work. Every now and then I'll walk to, you know, I walk to work almost every day, but I'll get that feeling again. Like, oh yeah, don't lose that.”
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“I was beyond obsessed obsessed without a doubt. That was it. That was the pinnacle, I can't. I went on like an NBC tour with my dad, like a bus trip to New York City and took me on a tour of NBC to see Siren. If this is older, I was just so nervous to go in the building and”
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“sixteen or something or something like that I'm not the smartest but they would you know I would hang out with my friends and they would say yeah they're gonna have a couple beers and you know if I would watch Siren Live with a six pack and watch it and study it and I ended up just stop watching it with anyone else I guess I still drank that's sad if I drank by myself but I became an alcoholic at 16 but it was it was a thing that I would do and I would just study it and I would every Saturday night and continuing into college my friends would have parties and they go you got to come right I'll be there at one o'clock I go you know the parties you got to come before I go Sarah Live can't go and they go just tape it I go I can't just tape it I have to watch it live”
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“He almost became so obsessed in high school that I couldn't really hang out with anyone while I watched the show because I didn't like it if anyone didn't like the show. And my parents used to let me drink if I stayed home. So if I didn't go out, they would buy me a six pack of beer and I could drink at probably, you know.”
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“As kind of a family, yeah, as a family, they would tape it. We were one of the first families to have a VCR, which is anyone young listening to this podcast, a video cassette recorder. So it would tape, it's like a DVR, digital video recording. So it's a video cassette and you would tape it on these giant tapes and they would record two hours on television. And so we would tape the show and then you could rewatch it. And then I would re-watch it and study it and watch the sketches over and over again and watch repeats and watch the greats and watch Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and people I want Bill Murray and Steve Martin, people I wanted to be like as it got into high school, I was taping it, watching the best sketches and I would go to my friend's party and show the best sketch that week and go, oh, this is the best sketch. It's Chris Farley and it's blah, blah, blah. Or, you know, I would be obsessed that way.”
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“I think my parents loved it and their friends loved it, but that was what they would watch. And that was like the pinnacle of comedy. That was the best comedy show in America. And so that was the best. So it's like playing for the greatest team, you know, playing for the Yankees or, you know, whatever, I don't know soccer, but Arsenal? I have no idea. Manchester Units, you couldn't help yourself. Oh my gosh. But yes, playing for that you're playing. You want to play, play for the best. If you can make it there. That's the best team. Then you could do whatever for that if you play for Manu.”
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“That's very specific. That's like one in a zillion. That's what I want. And he brought that up to me. He brings it up. He's like, I'll never forget that. You said that that's what you wanted to do. And that was my ultimate, ultimate. I said, if I do nothing else in life, that's all I wanted to do. And like even if I got on for one season or one episode, then I could do whatever I could. I didn't care what I did after that. That was my...”
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“Live with my parents and probably go back to college, if they can let me back in. And I think I even might have looked into it. But I was just so bummed out because that's not what I wanted at all. I wanted to be on Siren Live. And, you know, it's just. Reality was like, oh, it almost didn't feel like living in this world because it's like people couldn't believe that they're like, that's not reality. You can't just say I'm going to be on Saturday Live. I remember going to my Groundleys class. My first teacher was great. His name was Jim Wise. And he goes, what do you want to do? And he would go around the horn. And people are like, I want to be in movies. I want to be in a TV show. I want to be in a sitcom. And I said, I want to be on Saturday Live.”
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“No parts of pre audition for thirty shows and movies and stuff like that. And you just kind of, it's tough. It's really tough. Say anyone going into the business or acting or any of that stuff, the entertainment stuff, you're going to get beat up. It's going to be to the point where you're like, I'm so depressed I can't do it. But just know that if you can just get through it and keep working, eventually whatever it is is going to happen in life will work out. Maybe you won't even be an actor, but maybe it'll be a lighting director. Maybe you'll work on sets. Maybe it won't be acting, but it will get you to where you're supposed to be if you just keep going and keep doing. I just kept kind of telling myself that. I ran out of money and I was like, I'm going to have to go home.”
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“And I go, okay. She goes, but we have to work on it. You know, just keep doing it and keep doing auditions and working on these lines. And you should get an acting coach and go, bring the lines to the acting class and go, can you get out of the pool, you know, whatever better? So it just got over and over again. You get rejected and you wouldn't get parts.”
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“bring in the paper when you do the audition, hold the lines so that they don't think you're off book. So they think that you have a chance of getting better. I go, okay, great. So I would hold the paper and I go and action. I go get out of the pool, okay. You want to just do it one more time? I go, okay. Quiet, it's just so awful. And I go Good the poor or whatever it was, and she goes Okay, bye and actually said bye and I was like my face got red I got so embarrassed and I got back to my apartment and my manager called me and I go Did you hear feedback? She goes Yeah, you didn't get it They said that weirdly she goes they said you're green.”
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“I think you should learn how to act with other actors. And I was like, yeah, maybe he's right. Like I'm not James Dean. So I started acting. And then you realized, oh, gosh, I'm really not good at this. I got to learn how to do this. It's a skill to play off of other people and to listen to other people. So then I started doing auditions because that's my manager. We get me an audition for movies and stuff. And I think my first audition was to play a lifeguard in the Brady Bunch 2 movie or something. And I had to say like one line like, get out of the pool. Something like that. And so I remember going and my line was printed on fax paper. They faxed it over. And when fax machines were a thing. And so...”
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“Yeah, definitely. A bunch of times. It's tough when you're just not getting the it's not working and you want to tell everyone that it is working, but it's hard. It's a lot of rejection. And you end up like you just trying so hard and you go, I know what I want, but it takes so much time to get there. But in the meantime, you have to take auditions. You have to because I was like, I didn't want to take acting lessons because I read somewhere that James Dean would go to acting class and just watch and never do the acting lessons. And I like James Dean for some reason. So I would go and I'd just sit in the back of the and watch everybody. And finally the acting teacher came out to me. He was like, are you sure you want to do this? Because, I mean, you can get so much more out if you did this and started working with other actors. I think you should because you're a stand-up comedian. You don't perform with anyone. You're by yourself on stage.”
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“Amateur he's not ready yet if you're not ripe, he's green. So if you're green, you're like, you know, green banana, you know.”
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“In Troy, New York I was a receptionist at a newsweekly called Metroland. I used to answer the phones and I would also do the personal ads like, you know, men seeking women and blah, blah, blah, and I typed those things out. And I remember he moved to LA to be a music manager. And so I gave my tape on his way out, a videotape of me doing my troll act. And I said, if you see anybody, he goes, I'm not doing comedy. I'm doing music. I go, I know. But if you see anybody, maybe pass it along. And so he passed it along to this manager. So she talked to my parents and they got a phone call where she was like, I think Jimmy's got something. You know, he's green, but I think if he gets, you know, if he goes to work and puts in the work, I think that he'll get something. I think he'll be successful.”
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“Really think about this, you know, this is really what you do, and who is this person that you're going out to? And I go, her name is Randy Siegel. She's a manager, and I had met her through a guy that I used to work for in.”
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“Yes, he was working at IBM and he said to me, I said he said, look, just guarantee me two years of college. Just go to college for at least two years. I think we made a deal where he said, if you go for four years, I'll pay for two years. A new pay for two years. Okay. That was kind of a deal for us. And so I remembered going to college for three and a half years. And on that half of that last semester, I got kind of an opportunity to go to LA to meet with this manager. And I said, I called my parents and I said, I think I'm going to drop out and go to LA and go for it and just try to take acting lessons and take class at the groundlings and try to get an audition for Saturn Live. And they were like, all right, well.”
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“or the people that they had everyone from, I think Belushi on till they probably have people on the show now. But I remember getting a call from a manager who used to work at Brosing Gray, just left. Her name was Randy Siegel, and she was great, and she was my manager. I moved out to LA with the manager. And so I thought she would know how to guide me to Silent Live.”
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“pressure that I put on myself drove me to figure it out and see what were the right steps. I think, you know, my big decision, you know, was going to stand up and doing impressions. I knew the show could always use impressions and people doing impersonations of celebrities. And so I thought that was one way in. And so I remember doing that. And then I remember reading that people that study at the groundlings, which is an impromptu, if they study there, some people go from the groundlings to Siren Live. So I moved out to LA and started taking classes at the Growlings, just in case that could help me. I also knew that there was a management company named Brilstein Gray that managed a lot of the people that were on Sir Live, and if I could get seen by Brostein Gray, maybe they would put me in touch with the Adam Sandlers of the world.”
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“That's not my wish anymore, but I remember I would blow up the candles and I'd say, I want to be on Saturday Live every year, all my birthdays. Any wish that I could make, that's what I wished, that I could be on Saturday live. And so maybe that”
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“I remember just being, I don't know what it is. I wasn't that well read or anything like that, but I just knew that what I wanted to do, I think from around twelve or thirteen. And maybe it's because people said I was good at it or I was making people laugh, you know. So I think when my peers and my friends said like you should do this, like I think you're going to be famous one day or I think you're going to be a comedian. You know, I think you start believing it and you're like, oh, maybe I am good at this. Like, I don't even remember watching late night or David Letterman around that time. I knew Siren Live, and I probably did watch Letterman and Johnny Carson's night show, but I think I started thinking, oh yeah, Siren Live will be, that's what I want to do. That'll be the ultimate dream, because that felt exciting and electric and show business, but also cool and edgy. And I was like, if that would be my goal, like, how would I do that? And I remember secretly if I threw a coin in a fountain or if I made a wish on a birthday cake, you know, which I still do.”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, Live was my aim. I wanted to be a cast member on Saturday Night Live, which I ended up doing. But then Saturday Night Live is what got me late night which was Letterman's show. And then late night got me the tonight show.”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think I was pretty confident I wasn't cocky, I remember my grandfather and my parents being like, hey, don't be too full of yourself. They didn't like kids that were too full of themselves or cocky. I was pretty but I was confident.”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Then I go. She's like, I swear to God, I mean, like, look at his hair. Like, who does this hair? Like, it's so weird. Like, what kind of doll is this, right? I mean, like, I can't even play with this thing over here, you know, Sandy, you know, do something like that. But this time I came out and I go first up for the celebrities Seinfeld. And I go, okay, people, okay, look at these dolls. They don't have their arms and legs don't move. These aren't fun. He's got no pants on. He's not even wearing pants. What kind of a dolls is? And it worked. And I followed Jerry Sifa. And I was like, and that was cool. And then I went down the list and I finished my act and I pulled out a guitar and I played guitar with the troll doll. And that was my act for years.”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Do your research. Unless you just carry that around Like that one. So I would have this doll. Oh my gosh, this is my act. This is so I would have this and I go, hello, I'm Jimmy Fallon and welcome to the auditions for twelve productions incorporated. We're looking for a star or sponsor for our new line of troll. I would do like a British accent. I don't know why. I thought that was cool for me at the time. Probably sounds terrible to you. And I don't mean to be offensive. I go, we're looking for a star or celebrity to sponsor a new line of troll dolls for a new line of commercials. First up, John Travolta.”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Who's Jimmy Fallon? And he goes, that's me. He goes, yeah, you're up next, kid. I go, oh my gosh, my first Saturday night I have to follow the greatest comedian of all. I mean, he was the hottest comedian. Might be one of the best comedians of all time now. I mean, he's the greatest. I had to follow that was my first act. And so I went up and I had this doll and I would do these impressions about a troll doll and different impressions of celebrities that would be the host of the...”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“She's like, this is the peak of Seinfeld. She goes, is he going to go, do you stand up? And I go, I don't think so. I don't know. He's just eating at the restaurant. I know he's a fan of comedy and the owner whose name is Bud Friedman. And so he was there with Bud. So I go, so I go in and I'm getting ready to do my act, which was a lot of impressions. And I'm waiting there and who goes on stage but Jerry Seinfeld. He just walks on stage. We have a surprise for you tonight and he gets a standing ovation before he even says anything, comes out, does his greatest hits. I mean crushing every joke the famous ones the sock missing from the dry the whole bit. He did everything then says good night standing ovation and he leaves and the guy goes okay who's on next Mark and this guy Marco goes I'm not following that and he goes How about you and he's two other guys here like Gerald or no he goes I'm following that he's like”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“and I call my mom one hundred collect and she goes, hi Jimmy? I go, Mom, Jerry Seinfeld is at the club at the improv tonight. She's like,”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Really eat much. Saturday they would feed you and I remember my first Saturday gig at the improv. I go in. It's a big deal and I'm brand new probably out in LA maybe six months or something. And I worked my way. You have to do any weeknight, anytime they call, you have to be up there. And so I did that and I put my dues in for that and showed up. I did pretty well had a good 10 minute act. And Saturday night gig and I get there and I see Jerry Seinfeld in the restaurant. I go and I go out to the payphone and I call my parents 1-800 collect. Do you know what that is? Just about. Yeah, it's like a way to make a collect call so that you don't pay for it if you have no money. So you would call one hair collect and someone would have to pay for it. My parents would pay for the phone call from LA.”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Anywhere it led to comedy as well as when I did comedy shows, you know, when you When you worked at the improv in LA was a great comedy club in Los Angeles on Melrose Avenue, you would go up and I think the paycheck was seven dollars and twenty five cents. That's what you get paid, total. There's no way you could do that for the money. Because, I mean, it's worthless. What's $7 going to do for you? But it was the getting on stage, the stage time, that was priceless, and building an act and trying to get a persona and build a brand and build a character and work in your act that could lead to a bigger act or a Saturday night gig. A Saturday night gig paid maybe twenty dollars a gig. And that was kind of okay money. And they would also feed you on a Saturday, which is great because I had no food. You know, I was just like living there going like, you know, I got to seven dollars. I can buy some things, but you didn't.”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Going into work and working nine to five day and doing overtime. I looked forward to working wherever it was. And like maybe it was because I was trying to be my dad because he would go to work in the mornings and then I would see him at night, you know, when he came home. But I remember just not caring about money. And my mom, I would always put our laundry in the laundry basket or whatever. My mom would do the laundry. Jimmy, I found $5 in your jeans. And I go, okay, yeah, yeah. She goes, thanks. She goes, next time I'm going to keep it. And I go, do it. I could care less. What am I going to do? I take, she's like, you know, and my dad's like, you gotta start caring about money. I go, I don't. I don't think I ever will. I just don't, it never was a thing for me. I never cared about, oh, I got the most. Or I got paid, blah, blah, blah. I just love the experience of it all. The experience of work.”
2025-06-02 · The Diary of a CEO · Jimmy Fallon: I Wasn’t Prepared For The Hate… It Was Brutal. I Was Starving, Living on $7.25! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT