Comedian Pete Lee Finds Levity With Jimmy Fallon About Palisades Fire: “My House Burned Down. I Can Tell Jokes About This”
Comedian Pete Lee found an unconventional way to deal with the loss of his home in the Palisades fire: he went on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Thursday to joke about it.
Considered a regular on the NBC late night show because of Fallon’s affection for him and his comedy, Lee started his appearance by saying “I don’t mean to be a bummer. This is a comedy show. I’m a comedian, but my house burned down yesterday.”
Fallon then displayed a before and after picture of Lee’s oceanfront home.
“The producers asked me, they’re like, ‘are you sure you even want to do the show?’ And I was like, yeah. I want to do this. This feels therapeutic,” said Lee, who once got a standing ovation on The Tonight Show for his standup. “It also gave me something to focus on …I go Jimmy,...
Considered a regular on the NBC late night show because of Fallon’s affection for him and his comedy, Lee started his appearance by saying “I don’t mean to be a bummer. This is a comedy show. I’m a comedian, but my house burned down yesterday.”
Fallon then displayed a before and after picture of Lee’s oceanfront home.
“The producers asked me, they’re like, ‘are you sure you even want to do the show?’ And I was like, yeah. I want to do this. This feels therapeutic,” said Lee, who once got a standing ovation on The Tonight Show for his standup. “It also gave me something to focus on …I go Jimmy,...
- 1/10/2025
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
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