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(Jim Morrisonsinging the Reading Rainbow theme song?
NBC didnt even want me.
I remember them saying,Really, Jimmy Fallon?
His movies are terrible, Fallon explained with a laugh.
And then finally Jeff Zucker was like,Are you sure?
This is a lot of work.I was like,Yes, Im sure.
NBC didnt want the Roots.
They were like,The Roots are too urbanor something, Fallon remembered.
I went, youre totally wrong.
Do you know these guys?
Have you seen them?
These guys have played with everyone from Jay Z to Tony Bennett.
Theres no band that exists like them at all.
And the rest, as we know, is history.
