In all seriousness, the only way “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” could have gotten off to a better start is if Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian would have crawled onto Fallon’s desk and started going at it.
Instead, the two were part of a star-studded crew who took turns giving the new “Tonight Show” host $100 after Fallon looked into the camera and said, “To my buddy, who said I’d never be the host of ‘The Tonight Show,’ and you know who you are, you owe me a hundred bucks, buddy.”
Within seconds, Robert De Niro appeared from behind the legendary blue curtain and slapped a hundred bucks down on Fallon’s desk.
But it didn’t end there.
De Niro was followed by the likes of Tina Fey and Joe Namath, who we’re pretty sure would have molested the host if he was actually Suzy Kolber. Joan Rivers made her first “Tonight Show” appearance since being banned by Johnny Carson in 1986. Seth Rogen, Mike Tyson, Lady Gaga and still others all followed, with each reluctantly giving the host $100.
But the best truly was saved for last, as Stephen Colbert dumped a bucket of pennies on Fallon and his desk, paused to snap a selfie and finished the bit by shouting, “Welcome to 11:30, bitch!”
Indeed. Welcome to 11:30, bitch.
(via Deadspin)
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