>> larry: tonight, jimmy fallon. ♪ the late-night laugh man is turning prime time emmy host. he wants your help. we'll find out why. and then, his take on the new cast of "dancing with the stars." his old stomping ground "saturday night live," plus jay versus dave versus conan. what's it like to play beer pong with betty white?

jimmy fallon, keeping it real, even when he imitates other people. he is next on "larry king live." >> larry: i love our openings. thank you, folks. good night. we are out of time. jimmy fallon is here. he's host of the double-award emmy winning "late night with jimmy fallon," hosting the 62nd annual prime time emmy awards this sunday night on nbc. >> not the 62nd annual prime time -- longer than 60 seconds. i don't want people thinking 60 seconds. >> larry: i meant -- >> longer than 60 seconds. people have been asking me about that. longer than a minute. >> larry: i have an emmy i won. >> hey. >> larry: yeah. so i thought it would be appropriate that we display this in your honor. >> that's a beautiful award. you have probably many awards. i got one recently. i think they mail them to you.

i haven't got mine fed-ex'd to me yet. >> larry: how did they ask you to host this? >> it's on nbc this year so i think they run down the nbc list. i was right under "the biggest loser" and then me. they said no. i said, yeah, absolutely. but i did the emmys last year. neil patrick harris did a great job. >> larry: you were a presenter? >> i was a presenter and did a bit a w an audio-tone mike and i was like party, everybody ready to party. i slipped and i fell and pretended to hurt my become and then just screaming in pain but auto toned and it was like -- help me. and so, i did that for a while and then i said, just roll the clip. roll the clip. and then asked me to host maybe think about it for next year. >> larry: who in your family knocked the crib over? >> hey, we didn't have a crib. i was raised by wolves.

>> larry: let's take a look at one of miss emmy promos. watch. ♪ >> what's on the schedule for today? >> 10:00 staff meeting. 10:00 drinks with the clinic. tonight you'll be hosting the emmy awards. ♪ >> can i get you a drink? >> a drink? it's 10:00 in the morning. >> larry: take a you have on "mad men." funny, funny. >> yeah. >> larry: the preparation for this kind of show, you're on tape all this week? >> yeah. repeats this week in new york so i'm out in l.a. i got a tan. this is what i call a tan. this is pretty good for an irishman. i burn first. and then takes the burn goes away and turn a cinnamon colored but i come out here. as soon as i heard that i was hosting, we started writing.

my writers on "late night" and came up with 200 great ideas and honestly probably 50 ideas and the producer, these are all great. a great producer. he goes, but, we do have to give out awards at sometime. we can't do -- this is too many bits. we whittled it down. we have a really good opening, strong opening, i think. >> larry: this is -- >> it is, right? >> larry: you have to grab them. can you give us a hint? just a hint. >> it is -- a lot of celebrities are helping me. >> larry: oh. they rehearsed it with you? >> uh-huh, uh-huh. >> larry: are they going to tape the opening or live? >> you asked for one hint, larry. this is sane. this is ridiculous. >> larry: having a twitter contest regarding the emmys. explain it for your fans. >> nbc went come/i'm on the emmys. you have the emmys. you look at the presenters that

are on that list and you go, jon hamm. you go, my grandma should leave my grandpa for jon hamm. i get it and select from the different amounts of tweets and i could use them to intro a presenter on the emmys. you could type it out as many times as you want. >> larry: do i get anything? >> fame. fame. your name and probably followers. at least five followers. yeah. >> larry: bizarre. this is modern -- this is social media, right? >> yeah. you couldn't do this last year. so something -- who knows if it will work? something different and something to keep you watching the emmys. why not? i'm here. i have my phone with me. might as well try it. >> larry: this is only thursday but being honest are you nervous? >> a little nervous. >> larry: big platform. >> i have thrown up a couple of times. more for weight loss but, you know, you know, because you lose weight faster. throwing up the food.

>> larry: you get reviewed monday morning. >> yeah. i know that. usually reviews never that good. >> larry: never. they don't laugh. critics don't laugh. >> yeah. so i'm not looking for good critics. i was thinking about that because neil patrick harris did pretty well last year and i was going to do what he did word for word. i figured if i do half as good as he did i'll be happy. >> larry: you won a couple emmys this week, right? you did? >> one for editing. we did the pretapes. we spoof real housewives and late and elevator crashed on the floor and didn't know how to get off. we have no budget on our show. we have to use an abandoned floor at nbc. and we made it work. so we got nominated, yeah. we won for a "glee" spoof called "6-b" where the studio is and sing thing, song thing, really funny. and then won for best website. late night with jimmy fallon.com.

>> larry: it's an emmy? >> yeah, of course. always been. >> larry: now come on. >> i don't know if it's a new -- i'll take it. it's an emmy. >> larry: did you jump up and sleek with glory and glee? >> yeah. i cried. that's just what happens in my bedroom every night. i have problems. i have to take an ambien or something. the nightmares are awful. i could get in detail with you but it would blow your mind. >> larry: do you want to keep doing this late night thing forever? do you have a goal beyond this like, like -- >> good question. >> larry: leno out, you in. >> no. well, i'm happy where i am. 12:30, it's like if you get, you know, the viewers, the ratings, they're happy. the network's happy. i'm happy. so far, so good. >> larry: you don't look beyond it? >> no. i said this on the show and the whole late night thing went down, i said one thing i learned from hosting late night from david letterman and conan 0 brine, it is a one way ticket to not hosting the tonight show.

if you want to not host "the tonight show" host late night for a couple of years. >> larry: doomed? >> exactly. maybe i'll get into perfume business. >> larry: a rumor spreading here now you're a big shot host you are thinking of getting this job and were you sitting in this chair earlier? >> was i sitting in that chair? >> larry: did you sit in this chair, my chair? >> i don't -- i don't think so. i mean, i don't know what you're talking about? >> larry: are you denying it? >> i don't know what you're getting at, larry. >> larry: watch this, jimmy. >> cheboygan, wisconsin, you're on the air. >> jimmy fallon, i just want to say you're great, man. so glad you replaced larry. you're better than larry himself. >> that's nice. without larry, i wouldn't be here. nashville, tennessee, talk to me. >> man, jim fallon, man, you are

funny. you are like the greatest ever. the greatest in country music, too. i just want to say you're like three-alarm chili funny. >> that's so nice. thank you so much. brockton, massachusetts, you are on the air. >> fallon, you are working funny, buddy. you have done it again. oh my god. i have never laughed so hard in all my life. every time i watch cnn, i watch you, buddy. >> hey. >> i apologize i guess i was here. >> larry: were you comfortable in this chair? >> very comfortable chair, actually. really is. it's worked in, yeah. has that been here for the whole time? >> larry: you lied to me, though. >> now it's turning into the godfather. are you going to put an orange peel in your mouth and -- >> larry: you have relatives in new jersey? jimmy got his start on "saturday night live."

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>> look like you're dressed exactly like larry king. >> yeah. >> just be you. just be yourself and -- >> i want to make a smooth transition into the job. you know what i mean? i don't want to shock old people. >> this is just -- >> larry: okay. jimmy fallon, he hosts "lat night." now, you have got your show. >> yeah. >> larry: because conan was replacing jay. >> yeah. >> larry: they need someone at 12:30. >> that's right. >> larry: and then do you feel any guilt that you suddenly have a show that conan didn't have until he signed with tbs and conan mentioned you that he wouldn't quit -- wouldn't stay because they would move you to 1:00 a.m. >> yeah. >> larry: so you changed the face of late-night television. do you think about that? think about it. >> you put it that way, i'm thinking about it, yeah. >> larry: you! >> thank you, yes. i got it. you know what? >> larry: we're live now, jimmy.

>> when i got this -- when i got "late night," everything was fine. it was good. conan was there and jay was -- jay -- we didn't know what jay was up to. >> larry: somewhere at 10:00. >> jay at 10:00. we didn't know what he was going to do at 10:00 and then became the biggest story in the business and i'm just sitting there like, i just got here. i don't know -- and i got here at the most exciting time in late night and friends with jay and friends with conan. and i'm friends with dave. i'm friends with all those guys because as an actor you go on all the shows. i'm going to keep my head down and make people laugh. >> larry: what did you make of the wars? >> you know, it's tricky. it's difficult stuff. you go, like, i don't know -- i don't know what the real story is. i don't know what they have dealt with but i know that it's -- it was crazy. >> larry: what was nbc thinking? your network about the 10:00 script show. >> another talk show. well, i thought you do jay leno's talk show, then you do

the news and then conan's talk show and then at that point everyone in america's just ready for one more talk show. >> larry: that was the thinking. >> yeah. just primed up. like, let's go. more talk. this is fantastic. >> larry: how do you think conan will do at 11:00? on tbs. >> they're lucky to have conan o'brien, i think. he is a funny, funny guy. i know him. he's great. so i think it's -- he's going to change the face of their late night structure, absolutely. >> larry: do you see craig ferguson? >> yeah. i talked to him on the phone. >> larry: you do? funny guy, too. >> really funny guy. charming guy, smart guy. we have totally two different shows which i love because i love being up against that because it's apples and oranges. i called him go, he says, listen, jimmy fallon. we're sitting in the late-night wars. i go, yeah, no late-night wars. he was really funny and did a thing waving to me on -- from his show with the big mickey mouse hand.

he goes, no late-night wars. so we got a hand and i waved back across the country there. just being buddies. i have talked to him since. >> larry: you have this gig. you came to comic, "saturday night live." were you comfortable in the fact of hosting a show, doing births? >> not at first. it's not easy. it's tricky. i got used to it. when i first started i didn't have the air conditioning where it should be in my studio. i had flop sweat. what are you like, raging bull? you are in a movie? who's the movie? what's a movie? go to commercial. when's a movie? he was confused. and now, now, i'm much better. >> larry: comfortable? >> i used to worry about time. do we have enough time? going to commercial? now i don't care. it's like just talk. i would talk and the conversation get good and then go to commercial. it is like, what are you doing? shut up and let them talk. >> larry: secret is the world ain't going to change.

right? >> that's good. >> larry: it ain't brain surgery. >> we'll miss you when you go eventually. >> larry: i'll be around. >> no longer. rumors are around you're doing a show with kate gosselin? it's going to be amazing. >> larry: he'll never be back. we'll be back with jimmy fallon. >> that's what it was. yeah, yeah. [ female announcer ] lunch at red lobster... it's laughs over a coastal soup and grilled shrimp salad. catching up over wood-grilled shrimp and chicken. and with lunches starting at just $6.99... it's an hour you wouldn't trade for anything.

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my turn. here we go. didn't even bounce, yeah. drink it up, yeah. oh my god. >> maybe i'll sniff it. >> larry: is she a hoot? >> great person. >> larry: her career is alive again.

>> exactly. that's what it was. snickers commercial. yeah. she was coming the emmys. and just -- >> larry: going to do a thing on the show? >> dear lord, i just hope she's not drunk. i just pray -- >> larry: late afternoon. >> just tough. getting her in the limo. that's the hardest part, you know? prop her up in the chair. >> larry: on the show? >> almost like a weekend at bernie's thing. attaching the strings to her arms. clap and stuff like that. >> larry: let's hope she lives. okay? all right. how did you -- how did you get "saturday night live"? what were you doing at the time? >> i was doing stand-up comedy out in los angeles, out here. i got my start. i grew up in upstate new york. socrates, new york. it's by woodstock. my mom heard about an impression

contest on the radio and so she told me, she goes you're doing voices up in your room. why don't you go after this contest? i went out. bananas comedy club and won first place. i think it was like $500. i was 16 years old. and i was like, $500 for 1 minute of comedy? this is my career. this is a good gig. >> larry: how did you get "saturday night live"? >> i went out to l.a. did groundlings. got an audition for the show. i went and performed in front of loren michaels. >> larry: just him? >> they have you do impressions and the original characters and if you do any music, do musical impressions. i was an impressionist. i wanted to do different characters and voices. everyone tells you loren's not going to laugh. the guy's putting the microphone, good luck, dude. loren's not going to laugh. don't worry about it. he's seen it all. no problem. i go into the makeup room.

the girl's like, oh, you look great but, loren's not going to laugh. he doesn't laugh. he's seen it all. i go, okay, okay, great. in wardrobe, here you go. you look great. loren doesn't like to -- i go, i heard you. what's this guy's problem? so scared. not going to laugh. i do impressions. one point i do adam sandler and he starts laughing and puts his head in his hand. no one had done adam sandler. i was like, wow. my moment. this is the coolest thing. >> larry: hire you right there? >> no. i felt it right there. that's the wonder years moment. they wait you for like three months. this is true. the agent is calling every day. you don't hear anything. i didn't get it. i'm a loser. this is over. my career's done. you know? i don't know what to do. i was going to have eight babies with somebody and start a reality show. i didn't know what was going to happen. he calls and i met him.

and i was in california out in paramount studios. i met him in a room that was all white. very heavenly. cream colored and white. it was like a calvin klein obsession ad and the wind was blowing. he had his shirt off. no, just kidding. he was sitting there. he said, do you wear wigs? first question. i was like, oh, i do this to my hair. he goes, no, no. i'm asking if you've done characters and wigs because we want you for the show. everything was in slow motion. >> larry: let's look at some of jimmy's greatest "saturday night live" hits. watch. >> this is pat sullivan from fenway park. this is my girlfriend denise. >> that's not what i do. >> yes, you do. >> oh. >> that's -- that's not what i do. >> yes you do. you do that. ♪

>> oh, by the way, you're welcome. >> larry: what a lot of fun it was. >> best job in the whole wide world. it was the history there. six seasons. i think almost seven. >> larry: i hear will forte's not returning. movie star now, right? >> i guess so. >> larry: you became a star. a lot of stars came from that show. >> i left -- i wanted to do a blue sheet. he was in three years and left. things don't work like that anymore. do you know chevy chase was on one season. >> larry: what? who? >> chevy chase. >> larry: one year? falling down. >> falling down. that's it. big star, movie star. i mean, everyone thinks chevy chase for ten seasons. >> larry: what do you make of the show now? >> best show on television besides "larry king live." >> larry: because? >> because it's live. it is live and -- all that work, the hard work. just the lighting is hard work.

the makeup, the hair, the costume changes. i mean, do you know how many times we spoof "larry king live" on the show? it is not easy to build the little dots. >> larry: one night you came on, you breathe cold. you don't say anything. the first bit is cold. and i'm watching. it was a disney world for an award show. i was a presenter to ted turner. he was going on television hall of fame and saturday night. i turned on tv and i see my set and i -- first thing i said was, they're running a tape. >> you thought, did i do that? >> larry: yeah. >> when did i do that? great work. and it's like live every week and it is like what people don't know going to commercial break, you know, you're at home watching a commercial, they're running around, people under the bleachers. >> larry: they show them running around. >> a quick little bumper. it is magical show. and loren michaels is brilliant. all the people that work there. >> larry: jimmy's imitated some of the biggest names out there. seinfeld, cosby and as you saw even me. we'll get a sampling of his voices next.

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i'm such a fan of yours. a straight face when you're working with these people that are obviously so talented? >> i have the worst time at that. thank you for asking. i really break up in sketches. i'm very unprofessional actor but i've worked with -- we did a sketch called -- i think it was called -- everyone calls it cow bell now. it was with will farrell and he was a cow bell player in the band and played it so loud that the band couldn't hear the instruments. they have amplifiers and hitting the cow bell really loud and then the producer comes in, christopher walken. what was wrong with that take? it was great. i got to have more cow bell, though. you know? so he kept doing this. will farrell's like, i'm trying to say this.

we have to have more. and so he did this bit dress rehearsal and then on air, came on with a smaller shirt. and so when he lifted the cow bell, the gut came out the bottom. i couldn't -- then the glasses fell off and running around kicking things. >> larry: you had to laugh. >> like looking in the eyes of a lunatic. >> larry: did you see the other guys? three times i saw it. >> they had the silent fight. at the funeral? whispering fighting like i'm going to kill you. they start fighting each other but quietly. >> larry: bed, bath and beyond. >> oh my gosh. great. >> larry: mark wahlberg. >> michael keaton, they got his back. >> larry: loraina, texas, for jimmy fallon, hosting the emmys sunday night, hello. >> caller: hey, jimmy. who's your favorite person you ever worked with on "saturday night live"? >> larry: that's hard. >> i would say loren michael. >> larry: i guess in skits. >> they're all good and cast

members but me and tina fey had a good ride. >> larry: she's doing okay. >> what is she up to? i think a show with kate goss lynn. >> larry: do you have something for kate gosselin? mentioned her three times already. >> look, i'm just saying, if this show doesn't work out for me, kate, i can dance, be a dancing partner. i have seen you dance. >> larry: i know you can dance. >> yeah. >> larry: let's do some imitations, all right? we don't have to go long. >> do you do impressions? >> larry: just me. >> you do a good one. >> larry: jerry seinfeld. >> people, what kind of colors are these dots? >> larry: cosby. >> you know, the people, they come on larry king with the lip and -- >> larry: chris rock! >> larry king live. larry king live.

larry king live. >> larry: robin williams. >> oh, it's a beautiful thing, yes, thank you. the kids at home going -- where's larry? what's up? kick and chain and hello. hi. oh yes. thank you. >> larry: you know about robin williams? never remember anything he did. try to repeat the next day robin williams' jokes. >> 100 of them. >> larry: i know. let's do one more adam sandler, one you did. >> okay. he has like three levels. mumbling adam like, good to see you, buddy, all right. how are you doing, pal? crazy voice and -- and then he does the screaming where he goes -- shut up! >> larry: was that -- you said your mother liked the way you did that? >> yeah. >> larry: did you imitate family members? did you do your aunt? >> yeah i would just do like i think i would be in my room and

do impressions of my dad and do grandpa and my dad was very -- my mom, performers in the house. they have house parties and we're irish and that's what irish people do. they get together, they have a good time and someone sings a sad song and then cry and then go to sleep. maybe there's a fight. >> larry: that's in the other room. >> yeah. in the bar. my dad would do like james cagney and stuff like that and learned from my dad to do impressions. i would do james cagney. >> larry: dangerfield? >> it was like, all right. i can't do it like. i tell you, right, my wife's -- since when does toast have bones? okay? she said, take out the garbage, i said you cooked it, you take it out. all right? he's the greatest. >> larry: he was funny. >> man, no respect does great. my dad had the no respect album. my dad would take a key and scratch out the curse words and

skip over the curse words. i'd miss half the joke. i tell you, the guy walked in and he was -- my wife said -- and then he said -- and you go, this is -- i'm not getting the joke. >> larry: any famous performer you couldn't catch? a guy you couldn't imitate you wanted to imitate? there s there unimtatible person? >> some are just bad. i remember i did the dad from punky brewster. george canes. he was in "police academy" movies. i had to do him and i couldn't do him well. i used to practice over and over. >> larry: pacino? >> i don't do a pacino. i don't know. he just -- emphasis on the wrong words. it is getting late! i'm here with larry. king! live. i don't know. that's kind of like that. >> larry: we'll be right back with jimmy fallon.

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>> larry: earlier this year, we had mick jagger on the show and of all the topics to cover we discussed you. watch. >> jimmy fallon. >> larry: explain it to a logical person. >> well, what do you mean what -- >> larry: he does you, right?

>> lots of people do me. jimmy does his version of me which is of course nothing like me. jimmy does a funny version of me. >> larry: do you do jagger? >> i do -- i do like that's a fake version of mick. it's like yelling and clap -- random clap out of nowhere. yeah. pointing at you and mad at you. hey! what why you doing sitting over there? i'm over here! yeah. that's the we do it like. rooster like that. that's the mick jagger we -- that's not mick jagger. that's mick jagger on sedatives. yeah. he is just going -- that's not me. i don't do that. i don't talk like that at all. >> larry: political questions. what do you make of sarah palin? >> sarah palin. well, i'm actually supporting levy johnston right now because -- yeah. this is serious. he's running for president of haiti. >> larry: mayor.

of -- running for mayor of a city in alaska. >> should be the president of haiti. i mean, the guy's got a lot going for him. he should just consider it. >> larry: what do you think of the president of the united states? >> i like him. i think he's cool. very well spoken. he should just speak. he speaks a lot. >> larry: don't do anything else? >> just look, look. no look. look. look. no look. >> larry: he does that a lot. >> look. no look. we're looking. what is going on? what do we have to look at? >> larry: what do you make -- the recall of eggs, by the way, are you eating eggs? >> i do eat eggs, yeah. i don't think the places i go have weird eggs. where is this recall? >> larry: it's in restaurants. >> i don't go to restaurants, larry. >> larry: where do you eat? >> space. my friend's richard branson. we fly out to space. oh, yeah. earth eggs? i guess earth eggs. you didn't specify the egg. >> larry: what do you make of the "jersey shore" phenomenon?

>> phenomenon. i'm obsessed. do you know the situation? he's the guy -- he calls the abs the situation because they're just -- he calls it a situation showing the abs. the new thing this season, they cut to him any time something happens for a reaction shot. he is like from "three's company." he's like -- what? and then someone gets in a fight and he's like -- pulls the sunglasses. it is like the best. it is just the best season so far. i love "the jersey shore." >> larry: you are a fan. what do you make of the jetblue flight attendants? whatever -- >> gatlin brothers? larry gatlin? what do i think? great song. >> larry: they should do a commercial to show their chutes work. >> steven slater. our chutes work. exactly. the best way to quit your job ever. are you kidding me?

get on. curse everybody out over a p.a. system. grab two beers. not one. jump out the window. he is a legend. he's fantastic. i love that he got suspended, too, from jetblue. what will you do to get fired from jetblue? what has gone wrong with these people? suspended from -- really? suspension. okay. good for you guys. >> larry: we have a twitter question to kings things. you twitter. you're a -- >> yeah. >> larry: you're a fanatic. >> twit. thank you. tattooed on my shoulder. larry king, you're a twit. larry king, thank you so much. >> larry: the twitter asks -- is that correct? who's been your favorite person to interview so far? >> gosh. i did like interviewing robert deniro. >> larry: you liked him? >> loved him. >> larry: tough guest. >> had nothing to promote. he came on because he's a new yorker and he likes me. and that meant the world to me and that -- when you starting a

show, not easy to book guests. the fact he did that, i love him. >> larry: tough to draw out. >> one-word answers. >> larry: no, no. how do you do deniro? >> nope. yep. i don't know. what? i don't even take huh? that was a good -- you know the question good asking you to repeat it. my mom said -- she's deaf in one ear. she's deaf in one ear. i don't know what happened but she doesn't hear in one ear. she goes on letterman. letterman has all the mothers, famous mothers on the show to do the top ten lists. every mother does a joke. beyonce's mother, lance armstrong's mother. stay away from that paris hilton or something. a funny joke and went back in line with the other mothers. letterman giving a rose to the mothers that came on. here you go. thanks for coming on. to my mother, thanks for coming on. my mother goes, what?

and it's like -- really, mom? he goes, thanks for coming on. she goes, oh, okay. and then another rose. gets to his mother, he's out of roses because he gave my mom two roses. i can't believe it. you're doing this is unbelievable. >> larry: jimmy fallon, he'll host the emmys sunday night. he'll be back. don't go away. when the curtain rises. and the spotlight is yours. having a strong signal at your back... is like having invisible power everywhere. because in that moment... you're not there to take up space. you're there to fill the room. rule the air. verizon. right now, buy a blackberry smartphone and get a second one free. like the bold. only at verizon. where banks competed to save me a boatload of money on my mortgage, that would be awesome. sure, like that'll happen. don't just think about it -- spend 10 minutes at lendingtree and save up to $258 a month.

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>> larry: anderson cooper's in new orleans. this is an incredibly sad remembering weekend. anderson, you're going to do a special tonight, aren't you? >> that's right. we are broadcasting live from new orleans from the upper 9th ward from musicians village here celebrating the city, the people ahead of the fifth anniversary of the storm that nearly

destroyed it. five years later, some trying to rewrite history glossing over the failures of what happened here turning it from a disaster to a man-made catastrophe. i'll talk about the mistakes and he believes made by other local, state officials and the white house and even the media. also tonight, the city schools rebuilding. some of the worst in the nation before the storm. now a huge experiment in education taking place here. i'll be joined by a man making that happen. some of the kids that lived through the storm and thriving here. those stories and a lot of volunteers from americorps and habitat of humanity with me helping to build in musician's village and more at the top of the hour. >> larry: anderson cooper, 10:00 eastern/7:00 pacific. and our special guest tomorrow night is harry connick jr. let's take a call for jimmy fallon. long island, new york. hello. >> caller: hi yeah, larry. >> larry: hi. >> caller: if a movie of your life would be made, what actor

would you like to see portraying you? >> larry: uh-huh. >> huh. if george clooney and brad pitt can't do it -- >> larry: one or the other. clooney is darker hair. >> darker. we can dye his hair any color then probably i'd have to say clay aiken. >> larry: clay aiken? interesting choice. you sing, right? >> absolutely. i tried to sing all the time. >> larry: more from twitter. jimmy always does male voices. i'm not a feminist but i would love to know if jimmy can do any chick voices. >> i can do clay aiken. i can try. i used to do alanis morissette in my act. i don't know if i can hit the note anymore. it's hard to hit those high notes when you're a guy.

older you get, too, deeper your voice gets. it was -- god. it was a song about halloween, trick-or-treating and i said -- i have to it think. ♪ thank you mike and ikes thank you candy corn thank you thank you smart ies ♪ that was off-tune and awful. >> can you do chris walken? >> i don't do him that well. >> larry: he's hard to do? >> he's pretty easy to do but there are too many guys that do him great. >> he's in a play and has one arm. >> yeah. is it still on broadway? >> i don't know if it's still running. >> he's fantastic, like i'm the merchant of venice. there you go. anyone buying this? he's the best, though. he's one of the nicest guys. he came on to host the show. i was like oh, my god, it's christopher walken.

he's like, where's my mock. just tell me where my mark is. i'll hit my mark. i'm like, okay. i'm telling christopher walken what's going on? who am i to tell this guy? he was like, hey, jimmy fallon, hey, john mccainy fallon, let's do a song and dance. >> larry: he's a great dancer. >> greatest dancer and i'm like what a fun guy to hang out with. >> larry: las vegas, hello. >> caller: hi, larry. thank you for taking my call. i am going to miss you so much. but my question for jimmy is, jimmy who makes you laugh? which comedian makes you laugh? >> larry: you just met rickles. >> just met don rickles and bob newhart. >> larry: who didn't know who you are. >> he does a whole bit. bob newhart is sitting with their beautiful wives. i said hey, bob. do you know jimmy fallon and don rickles says who? who?

are you famous? who is this guy? bob, i know who this kid is. you spin the bottle, you win a prize. i'm just kidding, jimmy, how are you doing? he goes, congratulations on the emmys. he's a really nice guy. you're friends with him a long time. >> larry: years. >> he wrote you a letter once. >> larry: when he was doing young warriors, they changed the title, with clint eastwood from yugoslavia and in the letter he said you know how boring it is here if you're getting a letter from me. >> come on. that's your friend. that's a classic. you should frame that, it's so good. >> larry: tito, of course. young people will not remember, but tito was president of yugoslavia for many years. and rickles said i don't want to say this country is poor. we were going to go out last night but tito had the car. >> those things like that, you go this guy is brilliant, right? did you see the joan rivers movie? >> larry: terrific.

>> great movie. >> larry: married three years now. you want to be a father? >> yeah. married three years, yeah. i would love to have kids, yeah. so would my wife. >> larry: you have to tell her. >> see, hopefully, she's watching. this is the way i want her to find out. honey, when i get home tonight -- no, she's a producer, works with drew barrymore, they started that company together. we met doing the movie feeder pitch in boston. >> larry: is she with you this week? >> she is, staying at the hotel. >> larry: are you telling her you want her to get pregnant now? go ahead, say it. >> not to create a reality show. i don't want to do it here. i have rose petals. >> larry: the right way? >> yeah, the right way. she's the greatest. i love her so much. we're going to have kids. >> larry: we'll be back with our remaining moments with james fallon after this.

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thank you, television academy, for allowing me to host the 62nd annual prime time emmy awards on august 29th. it is such an honor and it makes me want to thank all the people who made it possible for this day to come. my parents, loren michaels, my trainer, my nutritionist, my agent. no, no, no. who am i forgetting? my agents, steve bluman -- >> okay. that's one of his regular bits. thank you notes. >> i'm sorry, larry. i'm sorry to do this to you. is it live tonight? are you doing "larry king live"? anyway -- >> larry: i hope we are.

>> i just -- i have to write out some thank you e-mails and send them out right now. i was wondering if i could just do that. >> larry: go ahead. >> thank you, microbreweries, for making my alcoholism seem like a neat hobby. send. thank you, cotton candy, for making my grandma's hair seem delicious. send. thank you, the name lloyd, for having two ls in the beginning of your name. if you didn't have that second l, i would have probably called you lloyd. send. thank you, chile's for putting the calorie amounts on your menus. i'm at chile's, what part of i don't give a crap don't you understand? finally, thank you, slow-walking family walking in front of me on the sidewalk. definitely take your time and spread out so you can create a barricade of idiots. i'm so thankful you're forcing me to walk on the sidewalk to avoid getting hit by a car and walk at a normal human pace.

send. sorry about that. thank you, larry. >> larry: that's a great bit. >> i love doing that bit. >> larry: they came up and said let's do a thank you bit? >> yeah. like the top ten or leno's headlines. they're great bits and so we tried this guy jeremy bronson wrote this, one off thank you note thing. we were laughing so hard we do it every friday. >> larry: we're almost out of time. is your plan -- >> why were you smiling after you said that? let's do another half hour. come on. after larry. >> larry: are you going to get leno's job, perform a coup of some kind? >> no. that's not my bag. >> larry: spread rumors? >> no, i don't do that. >> larry: call tabloids? >> i'm happy to be where i am. i'm happy following leno. i'm having a good time. >> larry: you're happy? >> i'm enjoying everything, really have a good time. >> larry: one more clue on the emmys sunday night.