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Jimmy Fallon Has Eyes Set On Passing Johnny Carson As Longest-Running Host On A Late-Night Show: “Let’s Do 30 Years!” — Contenders TV
Jimmy Fallon says he plans to stay in his 'Tonight Show' chair long enough to break Johnny Carson's record as longest-running late-night host.
Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, is about to celebrate his 10th anniversary fronting a franchise that first began with Steve Allen behind the desk in 1954, followed by Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien (and Jay Leno again) — and he’s keen to keep it going. Speaking about Carson’s record as the longest-running (and most-identifiable) host of this seminal late-night show, Fallon said during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television event, “I’m gonna go, you guys want me? Fallon added that he used to be so excited by being called up for one sketch on SNL — “That was a big deal” — but now he’s in a job “where I’m in every sketch every night… This is like for a kid when I’m 12 years old, in my bedroom looking in the mirror lip-synching Steve Martin bits; to see that I got this job it feels so lucky — it’s the best word I can think of; it feels so lucky to made people laugh.”
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