I wonder if they’ll be able to top this one, folks.
Considered one of the most outrageous (and very well-planned) pranks in modern television, late-night show hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon decided to swap shows on April Fools, and none were the wiser about their little scheme. While the event seems to look so simple, like the hosts would just charge to different sets at the same time, it actually took a lot of planning and preparation, as these two hosts revealed.
The two had to be very secretive about the process so the prank will have its full impact. Fallon was initially skeptical about the whole thing. "I’m not really a prank guy, so I didn’t know if we could pull this off. Like, two seconds before they announced me, I was nervous. I was like, ‘I hope they like me.’” He shared.
Fallon also revealed that he had to double-tape his show, hop on the plane, and meet Kimmel and his wife seven hours later.
Fallon would go on to reveal alongside The Hollywood Reporter that once he arrived, it was quite the process to get ready. “ Seven hours later, Jimmy and [Kimmel’s wife and show co-head writer] Molly [McNearney] were waiting in the parking lot to greet me. We got into hair and makeup and started filming. After that, they flew immediately to New York," he said.
It took a year of planning to execute the April Fools’ prank and it is surprising that they were able to hide it from their networks. "Really, the only people who knew were me and Jimmy … and Matt Damon. I was surprised on how the networks didn’t really fight us on it. It seems like something we shouldn’t be able to get away with," Fallon revealed.