Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel swap at Epic April Fool’s Day

For late night TV viewers, Friday, April 1, two Jimmy stories are presented.

In fact, Jimmy Fallon when “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Those spectators probably received twice as much when they appeared on stage! When Jimmy Kimmel hosted “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon”, with two swapping shows at an elaborate April Fools’ Day prank.

According to The Hollywood ReporterThe audience had no idea the switch was happening until members of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Came on stage for the Fallon show-opening solo. “Hi, I’m Jimmy,” he said, the crowd cheering. “Stay calm, you’re going to annoy another Jimmy.”

Read more: Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon go ahead in the battle to make pizza

When it happened in Los Angeles, “The Tonight Show” began in New York, and Kimmel began the show by introducing herself as Fallon, telling viewers, “It’s Freaky Friday.”

As their respective monologues continued, the two hosts then appeared together to explain the prank via split-screen.

Fallon noted that he and Kimmel “worked really hard to keep it a secret,” revealing that the stunt had been under construction for several years, but had to be delayed due to the epidemic.

“I love that we did it – I can’t believe we pulled it off,” Fallon commented, adding that the inspiration was “Jimmy and I always wanted to have some fun with our mixed people.”

Read more: Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel realize they’re more of a comedian than they think in the hilarious ‘JKL!’

When Kimmel interviewed Bridget Everett and Hugh Jackman at NBC’s 30 Rock Studio, Fallon greeted friend Justin Timberlake, disguised as Kimmel’s enemy, Matt Damon, in Boston Red Sox gear, even spray-painting in front of Kimmel. “

Meanwhile, thanks to the magic of television, the Red Hot Chili Papers served as music guests on both shows; According to Rolling stoneThe band was taped to perform on Kimmel’s stage in Hollywood on Thursday, the same day the Chile Papers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and then performed live in New York for “Tonight” on Friday.

Fallon ended the show by thanking “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” For all the writers and producers