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Steve Higgins (born August 13, 1963) is an American writer and comedian. He is currently the announcer for the NBC late-night talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Higgins was previously best known as one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central (formerly The Comedy Channel) sketch comedy series The Higgins Boys and Gruber. Since 1995, he's has a long-time association with Saturday Night Live in mostly behind-the-scenes roles as writer and producer. In the early 1990's, Higgins was a writer for the MTV programs Trashed and The Jon Stewart Show. He has been nominated for several Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program in 2008, both for his work on Saturday Night Live as a writer.
In addition to being a television series, The Higgins Boys and Gruber was also a sketch comedy trio featuring the Higgins brothers (Steve & David Anthony Higgins) and comedian Dave Gruber Allen. In 1989, Higgins performed at The Vic Theatre in Chicago, Illinois for HBO's One Night Stand television series, along with his brother Dave, and Gruber. With Nick Bakay, Higgins performed at the Girly Magazine Party show at Theatre/Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California in 1993, acting as "a sleazoid male chauvinist comedy duo who exchange off-color ethnic jokes and prance around in suits and ties like Steve Martin on acid". His brother, Dave, performed in the show as well in a separate act. Steve Higgins was praised for his ability of knowing "when to go over the top and when to rein it in", and how he was able to be "acutely tuned in to the comings and goings around them and know how to play off each other".
The following is a list of sketches from the NBC late night talk show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The sketches feature host Jimmy Fallon, house band The Roots, and several of the show's writers; also, some feature celebrity cameos.
Every Tuesday on the show, Jimmy weighs the pros and cons of a topic that's currently in the news, with the pros being the setups and the cons being the punchlines. (e.g. Pro: With Tiger competing, this year's Masters promises to be the most exciting golf tournament ever. Con: That being said, it's still golf.) Special editions of the skit include: "The reissue of the Rolling Stones' album Exile on Main St.", in which Jimmy was joined via satellite by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts; one in which the topic was "The New NFL Season", where Jimmy was joined by Justin Tuck of the New York Giants; and "The NFL Playoffs" with New York Jets placekicker Nick Folk.
Every Thursday (formerly Wednesday) on the show, Jimmy reads off viewer comments from a topic for discussion he started the night before on Twitter. Topics have included "My parents are weird", "Why don't they make that?", "Beach fail", and "Aww hell no!"
This is the list of episodes for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon airing since March 2, 2009.
VERSE 1:1
The oil spill, by BP
Has left tar balls, all over the sea
So don't go swimming, down in the south
Unless you want, tar balls in your mouth
CHORUS:
Balls in your mouth, balls in your mouth
Don't swim in the ocean you'll get balls in your mouth (x6)
BREAKDOWN (Quiet):
Balls in your mouth, balls in your mouth
Don't swim in the ocean you'll get balls in your mouth (x2)
CHORUS:
Balls in your mouth, balls in your mouth