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we are back at 8:38 with the very funny
jimmy fallon
, the host of nbc's "
late night
" turned his popular thank you notes segment into a new book. don't know what i'm talk about? check it out.
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thank you, slow walking family walking in front of me on the sidewalk. [ laughter ]
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no, please, take your time. and definitely spread out, too. [ applause ]
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you create sort of a barricade of idiots. i'm so thankful that you forced me to walk on the street and risk getting hit by a car to pass you so i can resume walking at a normal human pace, thank you.
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the book is called "thank you notes, courtesy of
jimmy fallon
and
late night
."
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nice to see you.
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who came up with the idea?
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jeremy bronson is our head monologue writer. you want a top ten list or something --
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that's a signature.
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like headlines for
jay leno
. so jeremy thought of the idea. all the writers chipped in throughout the season. every friday we get together and talk about what's bothering us or something that went wrong and we make a sarcastic thank you about it.
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you thought it would be one time only?
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yeah. it was going to be a one-off. then facebook and twitter, everybody said, we liked that bit. so i thought, we may have a hit. we're so excited about it. so we did it every week and got a whole bunch of different thank you notes. we figured we'd make a book out of it.
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make some money.
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right. the calendar's next. me posing dressed as a fireman.
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can you read some of the notes? well, let me cue the music.
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wow. weirdly enough,
matt lauer
is playing that. very talented.
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naked.
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thank you,
micro brewery
, for making my alcoholism seem like a neat hobby. thank you, the word "moist," for being the worst word ever. i think i speak for all americans when we say, we don't want you as a word anymore. last one.
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okay.
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thank you, dad, for discovering
text messaging
. i really like the text you sent with the
smiley face
. not as much as the 27 blank
text messages
you sent right after. they kept me awake. thanks so much.
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i actually do that.
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yes. it's ridiculous. he's like, i don't know what texting is. then don't do it, dad. you don't have to do it.
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and james --
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james plays the keyboard on that. he invented this soothing piano and it makes it that much funnier.
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they are fantastic -- the roots.
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they are fantastic. they're great. we're cruising. over two years now. it's fun to get things like that. have a book come out of my madness. it's -- we're all just excited. i'm an author now.
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a
big deal
author. the show is fantastic.
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it's bonkers.
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you said you don't like to kick people when they're down.
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i kick them when they're up, yeah.
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or when they are not really down. you have a job for
charlie sheen
.
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ashton kutcher
took his job. he'll be great on "two and a half men." now
charlie sheen
has taken over -- it's called sheen. it's a prank thing. he goes around and does pranks. he just eats someone's apple and says, you got sheened. i didn't realize.
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it scared me how much you look like
charlie sheen
.
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weird, right? i never knew i had the impression until he started opening up.
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do a little bit of him.
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well, if i furrow my eyebrows and bug my eyes, pull hair down like that. sheen'd. great to be here, meredith. it's fantastic. good morning to you. tiger blood. duh, winning.
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by the way, i loved you on "snl" over the weekend.
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justin timberlake
and gaga, come on.
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and
jimmy fallon
.
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i love you so much.
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no, you.
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why me when there's you?
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the book is called "thank you notes."
jimmy fallon
, thank you very much. he'll chat with
kathie lee
and hoda this morning. catch "
late night
" at
12:35
,
11:35
central time
here on nbc. up next --
stop the music
.
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holding
mom and dad
responsible for their kids' shortcomings in school.
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