-Welcome to "The Tonight Show." I'm Jimmy Fallon.
As of this morning, we planned to do a show
with a full audience,
but as the day progressed and the more we thought about it,
we and NBC decided it would be smarter
to not have an audience in order to do our part
to help decrease the spread of the coronavirus.
Like you, I'm watching the news,
and I'm just as confused and -- and freaked out as you are.
-Breaking news tonight -- the coronavirus outbreak
declared a global pandemic.
-Officially declaring a global pandemic,
tonight, the World Health Organization
says it's deeply concerned
by the alarming spread of the coronavirus
and the levels of inaction to stop it.
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-Hi, guys. Uh, this is Jimmy Fallon,
and this is "The Tonight Show: Home Edition,"
I guess you can call it.
And we really don't know what this is.
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-♪ Uh-huh ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Get it ♪
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♪ Hey, now ♪
[ Children shouting ] -Hi, this is Jimmy Fallon.
I'm coming to you from my home.
We did a show from here a year ago.
Before it was a show, it was my home.
So, welcome to our show.
-Uh, let's get ready. New York, can you hear me?
-Yeah, loud and clear, Jimmy.
-[ Speaking indistinctly ]
It's so bizarre shooting the show from home again.
And the crazy thing is that this is all built --
look how beautiful this is, and look at these cameras
and teleprompters and microphones,
and I had none of this.
I was just speaking into my phone,
and Nancy was the director.
-Here I am, because...you don't have anyone else to interview
in our household. [ Both laugh ]
She was the producer,
and she would, like, be the scout for shots.
She would say, like, "Honey, the light is so perfect right now.
Let's go do a bit."
And then, you know, I go, "Okay."
She was a good partner. It was fun.
Really? You don't want to hear "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
150 times? -[ Laughs ] But we can do well.
We've got time for all of it. -We can do all of it.
Uh-oh. What's -- Oh, no.
You know I don't like one animal, and one animal only.
Ohh, my goodness. -Uh-oh.
-My kids were great costars.
-[ Singing indistinctly ]
[ Laughs ]
-No, they were. They were --
They were touching, pressing the wrong buttons.
Franny was booing me.
I didn't know where they learned that.
Yay!
-Whoo-hoo!
-Pbht!
-We'll be right back with the more produced version
of "The Tonight Show: At Home Edition."
All the stuff that goes into the show that,
uh, I, you know, sometimes take for granted.
I'm on my way to P.C. Richard's
to get a tripod for my phone.
I don't know what for.
[ Creaking ]
I'm proud of the shows we did at home.
I'm proud of all the money we raised.
I'm proud of the bits that we ended up doing.
We did a full sketch, where I -- we -- I did "Tiger King."
We sang with Sting. I'm so proud of that.
I'm proud of all my friends that came through for me
and -- and did the show when they had nothing to promote.
Everyone just came to help, and it was at a time
where we're all -- we're looking for something to escape
or we're looking for someone to say, like,
"Hey, we're going through this."
-I got blue balls.
-You are frozen -- You are frozen, holding your balls.
That's just super cool, and, like, love the show.
-One -- One time, my friend sent me this thing,
and went -- I'm sorry -- Somebody was trying to call me.
-Maybe I can even convince my wife,
who doesn't like to be on camera,
to maybe a couple questions?
-Maybe. -Honey?
Come on. Come on. -Make them good.
-I need -- I need guests. I need guests.
This is "The Tonight Show: At Home Edition."
I'm in my tent, obviously.
I think I did it.
That's as good as I'm gonna get.
Back to you.
And I don't even know if this is usable.
-Pbht! [ Laughs ]
-Of course, everyone's been out, buying supplies.
Personally... -[ Laughs ]
-...I recommend CVS.
They got what you need, and every receipt
is a week's worth of toilet paper!
-[ Laughs ]
-Toilet paper. [ Laughter ]
-People I'd see at the grocery store
or something -- it was like,
"My family and I, we still watch your shows
just to get through that and -- and realize
that you're going through the same thing we're going through."
I didn't really feel that immediate feedback
as we're doing the show, clearly,
'cause we're focusing on the show.
But months later,
to see how it affected people and touched people
made me feel really, really great.
I can see slowly a hint of light
at the end of a 365-day long tunnel.
[ Thuds ]
-[ Speaking indistinctly ]
[ Metal squeaking lightly ]