With regular late-night programming paused due to the global coronavirus pandemic, hosts Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel offered comedic relief from their respective homes on Tuesday night
has pressed pause on its regular programming schedule amid the coronavirus outbreak, its host has vowed to continue providing entertainment through the show's main YouTube channel. On Tuesday, Fallon released a clip in which he tells a series of jokes in his living room, while his wife — film producer Nancy Juvonen — performs the duties of camerawoman. , I guess you can call it.
"So, we’re going to be doing some jokes for you, maybe a song, we’ll switch it up every night," says Fallon. "Every night we’re going to do a different charity, and talk about what they’re doing for people. Tonight’s charity is Feeding America. Has 200 food banks nationwide, they do so much for everyone who needs food — especially at this time, I always think of everyone [who is] out of work, staying in, who can’t get food.
"I’m doing the show from my house in New York, and this is how crazy New York traffic is. I’m doing the show from my living room, and I was still late." "But with classes canceled around the country, lots of people are home-schooling their kids. I am home-schooling my kids and it’s working out pretty well, in fact, my kids have already learned a valuable lesson: Their dad is an idiot."
He continues with a joke, "You know, you learn a lot about yourself when you’re isolated at home. For instance, I learned that I have two young children — which was really something to find out. Thank God for television. My blood type right now is Disney-positive, or Disney+, whatever they call it. We’ve watched. I’m actually hiding in my office right now, from my children. We’ve run out of snacks, we’ve run out of crafts to do.
Throwing in the theme of St. Patrick's Day, Kimmel says, "This is an especially tough day to stay home, obviously because it’s St. Patrick’s Day. I do want to say happy St. Patrick’s Day, not just to our Irish friends and the Irish-Americans watching, but all alcoholics, everywhere. Happy return of the potato famine, too."
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