Vault: Jimmy Fallon Opens Up With Us

Summary

The Bert Show – Vault: Jimmy Fallon Opens Up With Us

Date: March 26, 2026
Guests: Jimmy Fallon
Hosts/Cast: Bert, Wendy, Jeff, et al.

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Episode Overview

In this lively morning show vault episode, the Bert Show crew welcomes Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC's late night talk show, for a candid chat full of laughs, lighthearted roasting, and genuine insights. The group dives into modern celebrity life—including social media habits—Fallon’s nerves launching his own show, and memorable backstage stories. The tone is playful and irreverent, combining hugs with honest talk about the highs and quirks of fame.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Clearing the (Fake) Beef with Jimmy Fallon

• The episode opens with playful back-and-forth about an imaginary feud between Jeff, Wendy, and Jimmy Fallon, sparked by unreciprocated Twitter interactions.
• Notable Quote:

  "We thought going into this interview that we had beef with you."
  — Host 1 [01:04]
  "You could. Well, I think beef has to be both sided, right? Double sided. It can't be a one sided beef, can it?"
  — Jimmy Fallon [01:07]

2. Twitter, Fandom, and Celeb Interactions

• Jeff recounts his sadness at not getting a Twitter reply from Jimmy during a live show, sharing the depth of online fan engagement.
• Discussion on how Jimmy uses Twitter to connect with fans and why he enjoys it.
• Jimmy reflects on the addictive but efficient nature of Twitter, even predicting its expanding influence as a news and engagement tool.
• They joke about prolific tweeters (Diddy, Questlove) and Twitter overload.
• Notable Quote:

  "I'm addicted to it. I like it because it's quick. It's just fast... It's not like a blog. I honestly think it's a cool way to actually even get, like, news and stuff. It's weird. I think it's going to go bigger than this."
  — Jimmy Fallon [04:08–04:27]

3. The Pressure & Surreality of Hosting a Late-Night TV Show

• Jimmy humorously describes his first night nerves as the new NBC late-night host, likening the support from family and friends to getting his “appendix taken out” due to all the flowers and balloons.

• He recalls feeling like an out-of-body experience when walking through the curtain for his debut—simultaneously excited and daunted by living out a “movie moment.”

• Notable Quote:

  "It was just like one of those surreal moments like you've seen in movies... When the curtain opened up and I walked out to the spotlight, it was like. It didn't feel like it was me, but it felt like I was watching a movie or something."
  — Jimmy Fallon [08:31]

• The Bert Show crew probes Jimmy about imposter syndrome and whether he ever wanted to “run away” before his first taping.

• Jimmy shares an anecdote about his eighth grade yearbook predicting he’d become a late night host:

  "...They made a prediction in my eighth grade yearbook. They said, 'James Fallon will most likely replace David Letterman.' Isn't that weird?"
  — Jimmy Fallon [09:12]

4. Backstage and Industry Camaraderie

• They discuss a touching moment with Tracy Morgan, whom Jimmy thought was feuding with him due to rumors, but who privately congratulated Jimmy and clarified a misunderstanding.

• This moment underlines how public perception doesn’t always mirror private relationships and the importance of direct communication.

• Notable Quote:

  "He said no, he was misquoted and he was having a rough time at that point anyway."
  — Jimmy Fallon on Tracy Morgan [10:08]
  "Yeah, I called him up. I was like, dude, what's up? I mean, you got something to say? Say it in my face."
  — Jimmy Fallon [10:35]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I apologize. You know, Friday night, it was the most exhausting week of my life. I gotta be honest. It's my first time I've actually had a real job.”
  — Jimmy Fallon on adjusting to a new work schedule and engaging fans [02:53]

• “Twittervention. We can have a Twittervention. Yeah, totally.”
  — Jimmy Fallon, riffing on social media addiction with the hosts [05:36]

• “I honestly think it's a cool way to actually even get, like, news and stuff. It's weird. I think it's going to go bigger than this.”
  — Jimmy Fallon, prescient about social media’s trajectory [04:08]

• Wendy’s “tweet desperation” sequence: The ongoing gag of trying to get a Twitter reply from Jimmy produces recurring laughs and lightly mocks the social media age [Throughout 01:30–06:19].

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:01] — Jimmy Fallon joins the conversation
• [01:42] — Jeff shares his broken Twitter heart story
• [02:53] — Jimmy Fallon on work-life exhaustion as a new host
• [04:08] — Jimmy’s insights on Twitter’s future
• [06:39] — Transition to talking about the pressure of hosting the first show
• [08:31] — Jimmy describes the surreal first curtain call
• [09:12] — Eighth grade yearbook prediction anecdote
• [10:08] — Talk about Tracy Morgan, celebrity misunderstandings, and beef resolution

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains a witty, breezy, and frequently self-deprecating style. The hosts joke about fandom, desperation for celebrity engagement, and bond with Jimmy over shared pop culture and behind-the-scenes TV experiences. Fallon’s responses are candid, humorous, and insightful, relating to both industry pressures and social media’s impact.

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For Listeners

This episode is a classic “Bert Show” mix: celebrity access, authenticity, and humor. It’s a slice-of-life look at the real pressures and absurdities of modern fame—offering both industry insight and lighthearted entertainment for fans of Jimmy Fallon or those curious about the realities behind hosting late-night TV in the age of Twitter.

Transcript

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[Host 1]

All right, so we are all in agreement that Jeff and Wendy are gonna

[Commercial Announcer]

clear the air here with Jim.

[Wendy]

We will clear the air with Jimmy Fallon.

[Jeff]

Excuse me. Hold, please.

[Wendy]

Well, he responds.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, hold on.

[Wendy]

It's negative.

[Jeff]

I got no beef with Jimmy.

[Wendy]

Yes, you do.

[Jeff]

No, I don't.

[Wendy]

Yes, you do. It's not gonna.

[Jeff]

No, I don't.

[Wendy]

Not anymore.

[Host 1]

He must have responded this morning.

[Jeff]

He just wrote back, okay, this is.

[Host 1]

This is a. I know. I'm gonna be on his show. I'm gonna kiss his ass before I'm on there.

[Wendy]

Not fair.

[Jeff]

No, it's not. Jimmy and I were bros, man.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Solid.

[Host 1]

Here's Jimmy Fallon right now from NBC. Hey, Jimmy Fallon.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Hey, what's up? Good morning. How are you?

[Host 1]

We thought going into this interview that we had beef with you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You could. Well, I think beef has to be both sided, right? Double sided. It can't be a one sided beef, can it?

[Wendy]

I didn't get any. I didn't get any. When you left on the Twitter, on

[Jimmy Fallon]

the tweets, you didn't get any. Love, here's the deal. I check at, like, random hours. So I got to give you good hours to tweet to me.

[Wendy]

Oh, yes, please give me your hours. Second constant when sending stuff.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, I didn't know what that means. When were you sending these tweets out? I got Jeff's.

[Jeff]

Well, I was actually.

[Wendy]

I just sent my tweet.

[Jeff]

Well, here's what broke my heart, Jimmy. This is where you and I drifted. This is when we began to drift apart.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay?

[Jeff]

And I'm sure you felt it, too, but it was Friday night and I was home and I was watching your show. Oh, yeah. And I had my laptop open and my little thing started blinking, and I saw that there were a bunch that you were responding to a bunch of people who were commenting on the show as it was on. And I thought the thing you did with the sour balls and put them, you know, had everybody put them in their mouth. At the same time. And they did the audience thing. Yeah, I thought that was great, because, you know, everybody makes that face about 10 seconds after it starts to dissolve. So I sent a tweet to Jimmy Fallon. I'm like, check it out. He's responding to everybody right now. And then I went to bed with tears in my eyes because.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wait, in your eyes still, or are they coming out of you?

[Jeff]

They were falling. I mean, I was dry because I cried so much.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I feel so stupid, so I don't know what to say.

[Jeff]

And that's when you and I broke up?

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's when we broke. Yeah, I felt it a little bit over here.

[Jeff]

But I got your love note.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It was almost like sleeps in Seattle. I looked out the window, I put my hand on the window, and I could kind of feel you all the way over in Atlanta.

[Jeff]

But seven minutes ago, Jimmy Fallon responded to ef$. Sorry I missed your tweets. Talk to you in two.

[Wendy]

That's sad.

[Jeff]

So thank you, Jimmy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I apologize. You know, Friday night, it was the most exhausting week of my life. I gotta be honest. It's my first time I've actually had a real job. So, I mean, I wake up early in the morning. I go to bed as early as I can at nighttime because I cherish sleep. It's like, I need it. It's unbelievable. So by Friday, I was just wiped. And so I sent, like, as many tweets as I could get out, and then I just passed out. I was almost on a nyquil high. Almost. I passed out in the hallway.

[Host 1]

Well, you owe an apology here to Wendy, because she's still stalking. Tweet stalking you. And she hasn't gotten anything yet.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wendy, did you send me one right now?

[Wendy]

I did two minutes ago. Should I send it right now?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, let me just check. Cause I have, like. I have, like, 350 followers.

[Host 1]

See, Wendy, this is falling.

[Wendy]

Well, I wish I had the same

[Host 1]

theme that we had the last couple of weeks of you acting desperate. You can't beg somebody to tweet you back. That's an act of desperation.

[Jeff]

It has to happen like it happened with me. Just the connection between Jimmy and I was undeniable. And so he wrote me back.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Where is yours?

[Wendy]

Hang on.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wait a second.

[Jeff]

Is it. Do you think right now, like, Twitter's all fun and games, but you have 350,000 followers? And how far. How many more weeks do you think it'll be before you hate Twitter? Passionately.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm addicted to it. I like it because it's Quick. It's just fast. You don't have to overthink this thing. It's not like a blog. I honestly think it's a cool way to actually even get, like, news and stuff. It's weird. I think it's going to go bigger than this. It's going to be. I think invest in this thing. This thing is going to be bigger.

[Host 1]

I think it's so beautiful. Also, because you're interacting that money, by the way.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I meant invest your time in it, by the way. Save your money. The economy is terrible. Just invest your time in these. Because I think, honestly, CNN is sending out tweets now. And there's different things. Like, if you want gossip, there's Perez. Revenge is on there. I mean, there's all things anyone can get RSS feed, kind of like, so you'll get tweets saying, like, hey, this just came in. This just happened. You know, and you'll get news, and it's only 140 characters long. So they get right to the point.

[Host 1]

Right.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And they can also link to a website. So it's kind of, like, convenient. It's like having a newspaper on your phone.

[Host 1]

You're hooked on it now.

[Jeff]

There needs to be a limit, though, because Diddy, you gotta admit. Do you follow Diddy?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I do not follow Diddy.

[Jeff]

Yeah, I mean, I think probably in the time when I go to bed, to the time I wake up, he will probably send 60. 60 tweets. Not kidding.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And someone questlove, the drummer and our band is in the roots, sends tweets like, it's going, like, during the show.

[Host 1]

Yeah, these guys do that too. It bugs me. I'm like, shouldn't you be focused in on the show here?

[Jimmy Fallon]

On the show? He's so good. He doesn't miss a beat. I can't yell at him yet.

[Jeff]

You need a Twitter. Twittervention.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We can have a Twittervention. Yeah, totally.

[Host 1]

Do you follow any other celebrities on Twitter?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Shaquille o'. Neal. I like his. He rarely comes out and says stuff and it always makes me laugh. Like, I don't know what was the last one he sent, but it's called the. And then underline, underscore, realshaq. That's what his name is. Yeah.

[Jeff]

I don't know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And he sends out really funny ones and it's just like, random. Like, he'll send out song lyrics or something like that and just make me laugh.

[Wendy]

Someone is totally tweet blocking me right now because I have not gotten a response.

[Jeff]

Do you tweet okay.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You just sent one just now.

[Wendy]

I did.

[Jeff]

Let me go.

[Jimmy Fallon]

There you go.

[Wendy]

Come on.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You see it? You put tweet on there.

[Wendy]

I did.

[Jeff]

And then I said her Twitter name is LoveJimmyPhallon.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So much. I'm currently stalking Q100. Wendy.

[Host 1]

That's it.

[Wendy]

Yeah, that's me.

[Jimmy Fallon]

All right. Let me think of something to say back.

[Host 1]

I'm going to ignore your tweet from now on.

[Wendy]

I'm choosing to ignore your only tweet.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm sending one right now.

[Wendy]

Yes.

[Host 1]

Hey, now, outside of tweet and Twitter, tell us about the show here. Because, I mean, that first night, when the lights go on, you. I mean, and you have that time slot, I imagine the pressure that you had. I think I would have puked right before that first show.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I mean, I think I almost did. I just had it kind of in my mouth. Yeah. I was like, it was. The first show is the weird. It's the oddest thing, because you get this job, and it's like a lot of people are watching you at your first day at work and judging you. And not only that, but your mom and dad come to your office. They want to see your job. My aunt and uncle, my sister was there. Like, all the people supporting me. My office was all balloons and flowers. It was like I got my appendix taken out. I was like, it wasn't like my office at all. I was like, oh, my gosh. I was flop sweating before I even went out. I was just nervous. I just wanted to make sure everyone's happy and sit in their seats and happy. And so it was just a lot of, like, I just kind of wanted to get it through. And thank God, you know, De Niro showed up and Timberlake showed up because there's a crazy snowstorm in New York. I don't know if you remember that, but I was nervous, like, these guests aren't going to make it. Van Morrison's going to call me. Like, I'm stuck in Dublin. This is terrible. So I didn't know what to. I was thinking, like, I got to call Tina Fey. I know she lives here, so I can get her. She can come down to me. But I'm like, I was freaking out.

[Host 1]

Did you have at any point, but between getting the job and the lights actually hitting you the very first night, did you think, oh, God, I bit off way more than I could chew. Is there any way to get out of this?

[Jimmy Fallon]

There was one moment, I think, when it was surreal. First of all, when did you get my tweet?

[Wendy]

I did get your tweet. I tweeted it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What does it say?

[Wendy]

It said, say hi to Jeff for me. It's so personal, Jimmy. I feel like we have this really strong. I feel like we have this really strong relationship.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I just miss it, though. That's all. There was one part. There was one part where I was coming through the. The curtain. The curtain opens, and it was just like one of those surreal moments like you've seen in movies and you've seen. I've watched so many DVDs about Johnny Carson and Jack Parr and, you know, and all these shows where you see him backstage or even Larry Sanders. And that just kind of made me, like, just so excited when. When the curtain opened up and I walked out to the spotlight, it was like. It didn't feel like it was me, but it felt like I was watching a movie or something.

[Jeff]

Didn't you watch any Arsenio Hall?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, of course. I didn't watch any recently, but I used to. Yeah, I love him. I thought he was great.

[Wendy]

Is that something that you visualized for yourself when you were a kid? Is that Mom?

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, I didn't. But then it was weird. My mom found this thing. Of course, when NBC announced that I was going to take over for Conan, they said. My mom was like, remember they put that thing in your yearbook in eighth grade? And I was like, no. They said. And I looked, and they made a prediction in my eighth grade yearbook. They said, james Fallon will most likely replace David Letterman. Wow. Isn't that weird? And I was like, oh, I forgot all about it. So maybe a seed was planted when I was in eighth grade, and I had no idea. I mean, I kind of. I remember it now, like, looking back, going, oh, yeah, I do remember that. It's weird, but my principal was Nostradamus. It kind of makes more sense now. Joe said something about Hisler, which, I don't know.

[Jeff]

Tracy Morgan, though, did say something. He didn't say it during the interview, but when, after y' all got up and were going to commercial break, like, he kind of gave you a hug and said, congratulations. He said something along the lines of, you said you were gonna do this, you finally made it, or something like that. It was really touching and really cool.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So it's so, I think, like, when I was leaving the show, I mean, me and Tracy, by the way, were totally friends. And then until I just read somewhere, they trashed me. And then I was like, what? So that was. Seriously. That was a beef solver over there, too. As well, because I was like, dude, are you mad at me? Like, tell me at least talked to me before. And he said no, he was misquoted and he was having a rough time at that point anyway.

[Jeff]

Yeah. So I thought that was just like you were just messing with him. But he really did say some stuff that hurt your feelings.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, I called him up. I was like, dude, what's up? I mean, you got something to say? Say it in my face. Tell me.

[Host 1]

Say it to my face over the phone.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Or say it to my face over the phone. Yeah, exactly.

[Jeff]

Jimmy.

[Host 1]

I think that was NBC cutting off the call.

[Jeff]

Wow. Jimmy, why did you leave me again? Jimmy Fallon.

[Host 1]

Were we on a time limit with him?

[Jeff]

I don't think so.

[Wendy]

Was it the Tracy thing?

[Host 1]

I think not. I think it was our time limit maybe was up.

[Wendy]

I think it was just time.

[Host 1]

Yeah, that's how it works on the networks right now.

[Jimmy Fallon]

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