-Thank you for being on my show.
-A standing ovation?
What's up with this?
-I mean, how great is that
[ Cheers and applause ]
They love you. Come on.
We love you, buddy.
-Wait, wait, wait.
How much is your book again?
-I really got to
talk to somebody.
I'm sorry.
-I'm not asking enough for mine.
-You really aren't.
You really get involved
in this book.
You get into it, man.
-A little too much, maybe?
-No, it's great.
It's exactly great.
Did you always
want to write a book?
Did you know that you were
going to write a book?
-No. But, you know, one day yo
realize, "I got a book in me."
You should write a book.
Jimmy Fallon --
would you read his book?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Come on. There it is.
-The book was actually
written before --
You just got married, right?
-I did.
-Congratulations.
-I married my best friend.
[ Cheers and applause ]
He's back in the back.
I tried to get him to come out
He won't come out.
-He won't come out?
Next time, he's got to come out.
How was the wedding?
I heard it was great.
-Unbelievable.
-It was an un-wedding wedding.
I mean, I hate weddings.
So we had a big drag queen
hosting the whole thing.
I gave away a car.
-You gave away a car
at your wedding?
-Why not?
-I don't know.
-You should -- you should give
away Mini Coopers
every night right here.
-Yeah, I should, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I can't even give away this.
I can't even give away --
Kidding me?
-Wow.
-I want to talk about
this because --
"Where Do I Begin"
is such a great title,
I think, for the book,
because it's like
your whole life has basicall
been on radio.
-I was a little kid
growing up in Dallas.
It was always my dream
to be on the radio,
and now I'm on "The Tonight Show
with Jimmy Fallon."
So, the question is --
[ Cheers and applause ]
The question is -- how did I get
from there to here?
And I think everyone
has a story in them,
and unless you kind of
examine your life,
you don't really know
what you're doing.
What's the point?
-Yeah.
-So you got to write a book.
You got to, you know,
write it down.
-You think everyone here
should write a book?
-Write a book!
-Yeah.
-Charge way too much for it,
like this guy did.
But you know what?
Why not examine your own life?
In writing a book,
I became my best friend.
I like me. It's okay.
-Really?
-It's good.
-I mean, did you go back t
when you were a kid
and you were like --
Would you pretend to be a --
-I pretended to have a
radio station in my bedroom.
While all the other kids
were out there
connecting with each other
I had no one to connect with
I was this little, geeky kid
And then, finally,
I went to RadioShack
and bought this little
transmitter and I hooked it up
And, so, the old lady next doo
used to listen
to my show every day.
Mrs. Rollins.
And she won a piece of cak
my mom made.
-That's great.
-She came to the house
and picked up her cake.
But I don't know.
And now I'm here doing this.
So what does it all mean?
And I think when you tell
your story to yourself,
you learn a lot about yourself
-You do. Yeah.
-Write a book, Jimmy.
Other than that one.
-Thank you. Yeah.
I'll get working on it.
At one part here, you kind o
write a letter to yourself
-Yeah.
-Your younger self.
-Yes, I did.
-And I thought that was a really
beautiful way to end the book.
There's one thing -- I jus
thought it would be fun
if you would read to our
audience, just a little excerpt.
-Should I?
By the way,
you're all in this book.
Jimmy's all over this book
I said to myself, by the way
from my older me
to my younger me,
"You're a good person
and you're going to be okay.
Lesson number 10 --
finally, listen to your heart.
Listen to your gut.
Trust yourself.
Be aware of the signs around you
telling you what to do,
and you'll be led to greatness
Allow the universe to put yo
in your place
and, at the same time,
never forget you deserve
whatever you want
out of this life.
It's yours. Love yourself.
Be your best friend.
I love you. Me.
Older and grayer
and really F'ing happy."
[ Cheers and applause ]
You know, what you do and what I
do is the same thing.
We're in the
friendship business.
We're connecting.
This is our way to connect
And I can't imagine
another life.
This life is the best.
-Well, we all love you
for doing what you do.
-Do you love yourself?
-Sure.
-Okay, look in the camera.
Tell you that you love you
-I don't want to do that.
-Why can't you?
Come on. I'll help you.
I -- Repeat after me.
Jimmy. Do it.
Do it.
-All right. Here we go.
-I...
-I...
-...Jimmy...
-...Jimmy...
Do I have to say my name?
-Yes. I love you.
Say it.
-Jimmy --
-Do it.
-I love you.
-There you go.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-You made me do that.
You're going to make me
emotional.
Elvis Duran, everybody!
