At 4 p.m. the next day, the taping for *The Tonight Show* began right on schedule.
The audience at the NBC studios in Burbank, all 300 of them, were in their seats. The lights, cameras, and teleprompters were all in position, and the warm-up DJ had already gotten the atmosphere to a good buzz.
Li Wei's segment went quite smoothly. Jimmy Fallon was a very humorous host.
He asked Li Wei a few classic questions, like what an unprecedented 19-year-old Super Bowl champion planned to do for fun during the off-season.
"Well, how about becoming a talk show host?" Li Wei asked.
Jimmy Fallon replied with a deadpan expression, "Can we trade places, then? I want to go win a Super Bowl. What do you think?"
Then he began a hilarious impersonation of Joe Buck's commentary. "Oh, here's the 49-year-old Giants quarterback, Jimmy Fallon! He's standing in the pocket, looking for a receiver—"
He stood up from his chair and climbed right onto his desk.
"He lets it fly! A deep, long pass—"
