Jimmy Fallon forced himself out of his bed at the
calling of the alarm clock. It was 5:30AM and time to
get ready for that day’s interviews. He slowly
dragged his exhausted body into the kitchen. After
enjoying a king-size bowl of Trix in his boxers and a
white shirt, Jimmy retreated to his room to start the
tedious process of "getting all cleaned up". He made
his way towards the bathroom. Though he saw the same
reflection everyday---a tired looking face, complete
with bags under the eyes and a five o’clock shadow---,
he ever so slightly jumped in surprise. Jimmy took
his shower, and once he’d finished, again turned to
the mirror. He carefully examined his hair, then
reached for the gel. After a few minutes of moving
his tresses every which way, none of them looking
quite right, he said, "Screw it," and brushed his
teeth.
Sporting a pair of jeans, a horrendously wrinkled
t-shirt, and dark sunglasses, he walked out the front
door of his apartment building. He quickened his
pace, when he looked at his watch, discovering that it
was already 6:45. A few blocks later, he was opening
the door to the lobby of NBC studios. Just then, a
young girl of about 14 broke away from her family, ran
up to him with her friend, and proceeded to ramble on
about how wonderful he was. After a couple of minutes
of listening to her incoherent gushing, he managed to
decipher that she wanted an autograph. So, he pulled
a pen out of his backpack and sloppily signed his name
on the Rockefeller Center brochure that she’d given
him. He apologized for the appearance of his
handwriting, but she obviously didn’t care. In an
instant, she’d turned Jimmy around, pulled him up
against her, and told him to smile. A flash went off,
the girls ran away, and Jimmy was left standing there
in confusion. He shrugged it off and continued on
into the building.
Once upstairs, he almost went into studio 8h, but
laughed and entered 8g. Immediately, he was dragged
backstage to wardrobe. He put on the suit that they
gave him and walked back down the hall to make-up.
One of the many stylists looked at his hair and rolled
her eyes. He laughed, but quickly changed his
expression to a more serious one, when he realized she
wasn’t kidding. As she attempted to commandeer his
rebellious hair, he flipped through a magazine that
had been lying on the counter. Finally, she told him
that his hair was impossible, that he should shave it
all off, and left. He sat there in shock, but reached
for his lifesaver---gel. He put a glob in his hands
and worked it through his hair, ending up with his
classic mussed look.
Jimmy was told that he needed to practice what he was
going to do. So he walked out onto the stage and sat
down. As the cameraman worked on the angles, Jimmy
messed with the chair. He got up, moved the chair
slightly to the right, then sat back down. One of the
producers asked him what he was doing, and he replied,
"I don’t know. I’m just bored. I fidget when I’m
bored." The producer then remarked that he must get
bored when doing Saturday Night Live, because he’s
always fidgeting. Jimmy laughed and ruffled his hair.
The same producer then gave him the tentative list of
questions that Rosie would be asking him. Jimmy
agreed to them and was told to go back into his
dressing room.
As he was walking down the hall, Regis Philbin
emerged from his dressing room. Jimmy’s heart
stopped. He wondered if Regis was still upset about
the prank Jimmy had pulled back in college. He
decided to say, "Hi," and see what happened.
Apparently Regis hadn’t forgotten, because he shot a
dirty look at Jimmy. Jimmy responded with, "What the
hell?!"
Regis mumbled, "Punk ass kid."
This sent Jimmy’s blood pressure through the roof. "I can’t
believe you’re still pissed about that. It happened
like five years ago!"
"Well, it was a foolish prank.
You thought it was so funny, didn’t you? Well, let me
tell you something, son. You can’t expect to get
through life by telling jokes!"
"What are you talking about, old man?"
"Old?! The audience out there came
to see me, not you. Half of them don’t even know who
you are!"
"What the hell? Most of the people out
there are in their 40’s. I could have sworn that
you’re the one who draws in the viewers in the 75+age
group!"
"Aw, that’s it, Fallon. Your ass is mine!
C’mon, I’ll take you right here, right now!"
"I’m not
gonna fight you! It’d be unfair. I’d whoop your ass!
And besides, you’d break a hip trying to come after
me."
"Why don’t we find out?!"
"NO! Dude, I don’t
want to fight you!"
"Oh, are you scared? Do you want
your momma!"
"At least my momma can eat solid foods!"
"The more food, the more weight. In fact, yo momma’s
so fat that when she backs up she goes beep beep
beep!"
"Man, YOUR momma’s teeth are so yellow, I
can’t believe it’s not butter!"
At this point, Regis had already removed his jacket,
rolled up his sleeves, and was in what appeared to be
his "attack mode". Jimmy stood there with his head in
his hands, shaking with laughter. Fortunately, it was
almost time for the show to start, so Regis was forced
to step down. But not before he said, "After the
show! Outside, I’ll punch you so hard that your liver
will fly out of your ears!"
By this time, Jimmy was
rolling on the floor laughing. He managed to get out,
"Whatever," between giggles.
On the walk home, Jimmy replayed what happened in the
corridor of studio 8g, over and over. As he was
reaching for the door, to enter his building, a hand
reached out, covered his mouth, and dragged him into a
van. A black canvas bag that had been thrown over his
head impaired Jimmy’s sight. His hands were bound
tight behind his back by a rope. He had been
kidnapped. He turned his head every which way, trying
to find some sign of familiarity, but found none. He
heard the laughter of the men in the van with him.
A few moments later, Jimmy felt the van come to a
halt, and the back door opened. He was dragged out
and thrown into a chair. The bag was removed from his
head, and he discovered that he was in a warehouse.
"What the hell?" was all he could say.
Just then,
Regis Philbin exited the shadows and positioned
himself in front of Jimmy. "I have you now, Fallon.
No one can hear you scream." Regis pulled off his
robe, revealing that he was dressed in full samurai
gear. He ordered his adherents to cut Jimmy lose and
give him the proper apparel. Jimmy went into another
room and put on the clothes he’d been given.
Regis and Jimmy stood facing each other in the center
of the room. At the command of Regis, the fight
began. As his elder charged at him, Jimmy ducked out
of the way and karate-chopped Regis on the back. He
hit the floor hard. Regis bounced back up and pulled
a matrix on Jimmy. Jimmy retaliated with a
triple-axle kung-fu karate kick. Regis wasn’t having
it, so he started going Jackie Chan on Jimmy’s ass.
Little did he know that Jimmy had the perfect secret
weapon. He ran to his backpack and retrieved his
Kathie Lee Gifford CD. He put it in the van’s CD
player and turned it up full blast. Regis’ face
turned pale. He screamed, "NO! Not that witch! Turn
it off! Turn it off!" Regis fell to the floor,
curled up, covered his ears, and began to cry.
Jimmy let out an evil laugh, grabbed his backpack and
shouted, "Catch you on the flip side, dentures!" He
ran out of the warehouse and began his trip home.
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