Thank You Notes Author: Visit Amazon's Jimmy Fallon Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0892967412 | Format: EPUB
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About the Author
Jimmy Fallon is the host of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Fallon was chosen by NBC as the replacement host when Conan O'Brien left in 2009. Before landing his own show, Fallon was a beloved cast member on Saturday Night Live for 5 years. Fallon has hosted several awards shows, and acted in numerous films, including Woody Allen's Anything Else and Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. Jimmy currently lives in New York City.
- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition (May 23, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0892967412
- ISBN-13: 978-0892967414
- Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I saw a taping of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" back in August 2009. It was a Friday so the episode featured the weekly "Thank You Notes" segment where Jimmy writes a letter of gratitude to a variety of people, places and things such as, "Thank you slow-walking family walking in front of me on the sidewalk. No, please, take your time. And definitely spread out, too, so you create a barricade of idiots. I am so thankful that you forced me to walk into the street and risk getting hit by a car in order to pass you so I could resume walking at a normal human pace."
Now along with the writers of "Late Night," he has published "Thank You Notes" in book form. It features 164 glossy pages - one note per page each with a corresponding image. The size reminded me of McDonald's coupon books that arrive in the mail. As a coffee table book, it can easily be read in under 10 minutes. It's not an earth-shattering, game-changing publication. It is what it is - a collection of humorous jokes that examine the minutia of life from toilet paper to sweater vests.
The book reads like a compilation of the best tweets from the "Saturday Night Live" alum. Jimmy is a Twitter fanatic (you can follow him - along with over 3 million other people - at @JimmyFallon) as well as a savvy marketer. He employed the notoriety of his talk show as well as his social media standing in order to spur sales. He asked his fans, a.k.a. his "Fal Pals," to purchase a copy on May 26 via Amazon for a one hour window (3-4 p.m. Eastern, 12-1 p.m. Pacific) to boost the overall sales ranking. It worked. Jimmy's book soared to #1 on the online retailer's site. It also went on to secure the #2 spot on the "New York Times" best seller.
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