Last year, when it was first announced that Jimmy Fallon was taking over for Conan O’Brien on Late Night, he told this heartwarming story:
Jimmy Fallon’s kindergarten yearbook at St. Mary of the Snow in Saugerties, N.Y., listed him as “most likely to take over for David Letterman.”
Awwww!
One problem: Fallon was 7 years old when Late Night with David Letterman premiered in Feb. ‘82. Either he flunked preschool once or twice — which is definitely possible, come to think of it — or he was telling stories.
Now he’s trotting out this one again, with a slight difference:
Jimmy Fallon says his classmates at St. Mary of the Snow middle school in Saugerties, N.Y., knew he was headed to NBC’s “Late Night” long before anyone else. “In my eighth-grade yearbook they put ‘James Fallon Is Most Likely to Replace David Letterman,’” Fallon told Entertainment Weekly, out Thursday.
Now, I know Fallon is a wizened old man of 34, but has his memory really faded to the point where he gets kindergarten and junior high mixed up? “Yeah, I almost got to 2nd base, but then the recess bell rang.” Let’s hope Fallon hosts better than he fibs.
Nah, he won’t.
(Hat tip: TVtattle.com)
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What a douche. Why do these people talk?
generally I saw “werd” to whatever ya’ll post, but to this..I’m kinda like “ummmm ok, whats ur point?” he is really good at making jokes, as most comedians/ SNL people are…sooooooooooo add more so I can say shame on you, Jimmy Fallon!!!
He lied. For no apparent reason. When he got caught, he adjusted the lie in a way that can’t be chalked up to faulty memory. Other than that, nothin’.
Jimmy who?
i’m with ya pasta, i don’t know who this guy is!
And who the Hell has a kindergarten yearbook?
i guess i could see that, but the quote to me looked ridiculous anyway,kinda like he pulled it outta his a**,and went with it. who the heck remembers that far back…i can barely remember what happened yesterday lol
Yeah didn’t you know preschoolers have yearbooks these days? Along with cap and gown graduation ceremonies, class rings, and spring break trips to Florida.
And wouldn’t that imply that his little friends nominated him for David Letterman replacement? Who the heck even knows who David Letterman is at age 5?
Whatever it takes to get dopey parents to shell out some extra cash I guess.
I hope no one knows who David Letterman is at 5… for a variety of reasons.
Chronic I agree that we should wonder why these people should talk. Then again, why are they allowed to breath oxygen?
Well, in ‘79 I think he’d hosted The Tonight Show a few times. Kids love The Tonight Show.
big shocker. a comedian telling jokes.
yea that’s deceiving.
Lies. When you try to make people believe they’re true but they’re not, they’re called lies.
I have a class yearbook from when I was in kindergarten, however, it also included the whole elementary school.
And I agree, Jimmy Fallen is not qualified to replace David Letterman. I cannot recall the last time I laughed at anything he said.
Well after all hosting a talk show is easy and Letterman’s is more so. Walk on, tell jokes, sit at desk, insult guests, act as if you are superior to everyone, collect check.
Good Night All……
I thought he had died- gotten run over by a taxi. Must’ve been some wishful thinking on my part.
When Dane Cook says “Yesterday, I went to the store and over heard this conversation in the Jelly Isle…”
It wasn’t really yesterday, and it probably didn’t happen. that just what comedians do, tell b.s. stories to make us laugh.
That being said, it is Jimmy Fallen. Who likes this guy?
When he got called out about it last year, he insisted it was true. And if you can name a time Fallon has made you laugh…
I was being sarcastic katie.
Jimmy Fallon made me laugh one time, but that was the instance in which I realized he reminded me of a three-toed sloth. Facially, I mean–I have no idea how many toes he has, although I’m prepared for a stunning coincidence, here.
Kindergarten, eighth grade, it all runs together.
I say he was really voted “Most Likely To Get A Good Beating From Sister Agatha’s Ruler Of Doom.”
What’s all the fuss? In kindergarten I was voted “Most Likely to Take Over for Chelsea Lately,” and again in middle school. Nevermind that she didn’t have her own show then, we had a psychic friend living under the school in the boiler room. True Story.
Ok, Simon, I should have said he TRIED to make us laugh…
I think this is like that time Hillary Clinton claimed to be named after Sir Edmund Hilary…