Awesome / The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

• February 17, 2014: On his first night, he allowed Joan Rivers to appear after Johnny Carson (and out of respect for Carson, Jay Leno) banned her for a quarter of a century because of a grudge.
• March 21, 2014: Jimmy decided to decree that dancing was illegal on the Tonight Show. His guest was Kevin Bacon. Mr. Bacon was not amused. As such, he decided to express his displeasure in a very familiar style.
• After a lip sync battle with Emma Stone, Jimmy declared Stone was the winner hands down after her incredible lip sync performances of "Hook" by Blues Traveler and "All I do is Win" by DJ Khaled.
• Will Ferrell and Chad Smith's epic drum-off, culminating in a surprise performance of "Don't Fear the Reaper" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• You will believe that Harry Potter can rap. He is reciting Alphabet Aerobics of "Blackalicious" from memory. Something he claimed to have memorized in school.
• February 1, 2015, the post-Super Bowl XLIX live show: Jimmy took the show to a commercial break, but announcer Steve Higgins suggested that the program should "go out big." After Higgins pulled a lever, the curtains were drawn, and Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the Terminator) appears to thunderous applause from the audience, and later declares, "We'll be back!"
• February 4, 2015: Jimmy took the show back to LA for the first time since he took over. He then realized a dream dating back to his first year of Late Night, as for the first time since 1994, the cast of Saved by the Bell (minus Lark Vorhees and Dustin Diamond) reunited. Not just that, but in character, and with a spot on recreation of the iconic Bayside High hallway. Bonus points for references to the cast's post-SBTB careers, complete with Elizabeth Berkley's Death Glare at referring to Jessie becoming a stripper, and Mario Lopez not aging one damn bit.
  • Jessie's character was an outspoken feminist, meaning that reaction totally fit the character!
• On September 23, 2015, Jimmy surprised and overjoyed many a 90s kid with a completely new Good Burger sketch, bringing back both Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell for their respective roles, and faithfully replicating the original Good Burger restaurant set.
• The Undertaker shows up out of nowhere - complete with his trademark Big Entrance - just to give a Tombstone to a guy in a turkey costume.^note And not just any guy - it's WWE also-ran Brad Maddox!
• February 5, 2016: Jimmy's "Puppy Predictors" were summoned to predict the outcome of Super Bowl 50. Jimmy placed two food bowls with Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers insignia, respectively. When the puppies were released, the majority of the puppies headed to the Broncos food bowl, and the Broncos were declared the winners of Super Bowl 50. Two days later, in the actual Super Bowl 50, the Broncos actually defeated the Panthers 24-10! Coincidence? Doubtful.
• December 7, 2016 saw an appearance by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Amie, who let Jimmy demo Super Mario Run live with Shigeru Miyamoto himself cheering him on in the audience. After that, Reggie managed to surprise both Jimmy and fellow Nintendo fans by doing a surprise live demonstration of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on the Nintendo Switch!^note For those out of the loop, Nintendo gave out hardly any information about the Switch in the months leading up to its October preview trailer, and publicly stated that they would not provide any more info about the console until January 2017 You could just tell how overjoyed Jimmy was to be able to experience all this in one night.
• April 21, 2019: Jimmy presented a "We Didn't Start the Fire" parody featuring the cast of Avengers: Endgame. Doubles as a Heartwarming Moment with a comic book panel collage creating an image of Stan Lee.
• All and every moment where, despite being pant-wettingly frightened, Jimmy gets involved with Robert Irwin and the creatures he brings in. Jimmy seems a true warrior as Kevin Hart, his guest co-host, does little but run away. Jimmy holds everything, despite dying of terror.
• During the quarantine caused by Covid-19, Jimmy and the Roots put out a unique version of of the Men Without Hats song "Safety Dance" that included footage of doctors and nurses dancing in hospitals, but what really crosses this over into Awesome territory is the instruments everyone is using, including closing and opening a cupboard door, clearing a tabletop with a squeeze bottle, and turning a page in a book.
• November 15, 2021: Dan Aykroyd appears alongside Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson to promote Ghostbusters: Afterlife and, when the show is about to go to commercial, he suddenly gets up from his seat and sings "Spooky" with The Roots' playing it as outro music. Despite being in his 70s, it's clear Elwood hasn't lost a step.

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