Jimmy Fallon thought his whole career was over.

[But, here’s something that most people don’t realize about appearing on late-night shows. There is a something called a pre-interview in which one of the producers of Jimmy Kimmel Live calls you up a few days prior to going on the show and you go over stories, anecdotes, current events, etc. that you might think to share. The producer then reviews this pre-interview phoner with Jimmy Kimmel. Then Kimmel and his producer decide which stories are the best and create an order to how the conversation is going to go on air. (Most all of these live talk shows work this way, by the way.)

The whole thing is planned out, and once you arrive at Jimmy Kimmel Live, the producer then comes to your dressing room and fills you in on what Kimmel has decided will be talked about. Then when your name is announced, you go stand in that little closed box, the door lifts up and you run out onstage to have a chat with Kimmel … which again all seems very impromptu, but the whole thing has been planned out.](https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/11/jimmy-kimmel-what-is-it-like-to-be-a-late-night-talk-show-guest-on-his-show.html)

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