Jimmy Fallon
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Yeah, which I thought, I think I'd be a pretty good priest. I think it would be funny and, you know, I could have good delivery, you know. Someone said to me once, they said, maybe you got your first taste of
wanted to be an entertainer from being an altar boy because you're up on stage kind of technically and there's an audience and you're up kind of performing I mean walking around and you're wearing an outfit kind of you know wearing costume and you know so it's kind of theater in a weird way but I remember just
wanted to be an entertainer from being an altar boy because you're up on stage kind of technically and there's an audience and you're up kind of performing I mean walking around and you're wearing an outfit kind of you know wearing costume and you know so it's kind of theater in a weird way but I remember just
kind of wanting to do good for like be like make my parents proud or my grandparents proud or there was a kind of i mean it all happened so fast that i don't i don't i don't have problems with it or or go back to it and go like oh that was traumatic you know i just think that i was always like a people pleaser your parents were very strict
kind of wanting to do good for like be like make my parents proud or my grandparents proud or there was a kind of i mean it all happened so fast that i don't i don't i don't have problems with it or or go back to it and go like oh that was traumatic you know i just think that i was always like a people pleaser your parents were very strict
yeah very catholic very strict no cursing no sex you know very catholic you know no no dirty words no i would listen to comedy albums you know and my dad would take a key and scratch the curse words out of the record he would find where the dirty word wasn't stopping and scratch it out of the record so i wouldn't hear it so i would hear rodney dangerfield and it would skip to the end of the joke i was like well i'll tell you and then cut to people clapping and laughing i go
yeah very catholic very strict no cursing no sex you know very catholic you know no no dirty words no i would listen to comedy albums you know and my dad would take a key and scratch the curse words out of the record he would find where the dirty word wasn't stopping and scratch it out of the record so i wouldn't hear it so i would hear rodney dangerfield and it would skip to the end of the joke i was like well i'll tell you and then cut to people clapping and laughing i go
I don't even know what the joke was. And he kind of ruined it. I go, why are they laughing? But I didn't quite, but he would, my dad would tape music videos. You know, we'd have these shows in America, you know, called like USA Night Flight or Friday Night Videos. And he taped these music videos.
I don't even know what the joke was. And he kind of ruined it. I go, why are they laughing? But I didn't quite, but he would, my dad would tape music videos. You know, we'd have these shows in America, you know, called like USA Night Flight or Friday Night Videos. And he taped these music videos.
He would watch them on Saturdays and go tape to tape of what videos we could see that wasn't offensive at all or sexually inappropriate or something too advanced for us or something.
He would watch them on Saturdays and go tape to tape of what videos we could see that wasn't offensive at all or sexually inappropriate or something too advanced for us or something.
Funny, life at the party, hardworking, very Brooklyn, very New York. He sang in a doo-wop group on the street corner. So he would go, not professionally, but just that was one of the things he did in high school. And then he also fought in gangs.
Funny, life at the party, hardworking, very Brooklyn, very New York. He sang in a doo-wop group on the street corner. So he would go, not professionally, but just that was one of the things he did in high school. And then he also fought in gangs.
like um not just beat each other up gangs like i don't think anyone killed each other but this was back in the 50s where they just would one street corner would fight another street corner and they get together and just have a fist fight or something tough guy he's a tough guy yeah emotional no not emotional uh i've never seen my dad cry or any of that stuff affectionate Yeah.
like um not just beat each other up gangs like i don't think anyone killed each other but this was back in the 50s where they just would one street corner would fight another street corner and they get together and just have a fist fight or something tough guy he's a tough guy yeah emotional no not emotional uh i've never seen my dad cry or any of that stuff affectionate Yeah.
I mean, I got I love you's and hugs and stuff like that. Yeah. I mean, not overly, not the way I think I am. I'm hugging my kids every single day and telling them how proud I am of them and saying I love you. And they say I love you back. And, you know, I'm overly, you know, where I didn't have that. You know, I think it was just my mom was more than that.
I mean, I got I love you's and hugs and stuff like that. Yeah. I mean, not overly, not the way I think I am. I'm hugging my kids every single day and telling them how proud I am of them and saying I love you. And they say I love you back. And, you know, I'm overly, you know, where I didn't have that. You know, I think it was just my mom was more than that.
And I think that was kind of put on my mom as you're the emotional, you know, you hug the kids and love them. And he was just more like, yep, I love you. You know, that's great. He was rooting for me always, you know, but, you know, a little harsh, but not, not crazy harsh. Like we, you know, yeah, nothing, nothing that crazy.
And I think that was kind of put on my mom as you're the emotional, you know, you hug the kids and love them. And he was just more like, yep, I love you. You know, that's great. He was rooting for me always, you know, but, you know, a little harsh, but not, not crazy harsh. Like we, you know, yeah, nothing, nothing that crazy.
Yeah. Gloria is my mom, yeah. Sadly passed away. I miss my mom. My mom's name is Gloria. My sister's name is Gloria. My dad's name is Jim, and I'm named Jim. A very unoriginal parent. Couldn't come up with any other name. Those are the perfect names for you. But yeah, my mom was my, she rooted for me. That was my number one fan. I was the golden child in her head.