The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon John Goodman/Lin-Manuel Miranda/Empire of the Sun (Season 4, Episode 21)
TV-14
TV Episode | 41 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

John Goodman/Lin-Manuel Miranda/Empire of the Sun (Season 4, Episode 21)

TV-14

TV Episode | 41 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

John Goodman (Broadway play "The Front Page"); Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lin-Manuel Miranda/Twenty One Pilots). Also: Empire of the Sun performs; Olivia Newton-John sits in with The Roots.

Head writer

A.D. Miles

Directors

Dave Diomedi | Dan Opsal

Writers

A.D. Miles | Jonathan Adler (written by) | Chris Belair (written by) | Patrick Borelli (written by) & 16 more

Producers

Jimmy Fallon | Josh Lieb | Gavin Purcell

Editor

Joshua Day

Production Designers

Peter Baran | Eugene Lee

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 4, 2016

Release date

Oct 4, 2016 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 13 wins & 32 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
21 cast members

Name	Known for
Jimmy Fallon Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
John Goodman Self Self See fewer	10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Lin-Manuel Miranda Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Hamilton (2020)
Empire of the Sun Themselves - Musical Guest Themselves - Musical Guest See fewer	Cyrus (I) (2010)
Olivia Newton-John Self - Musical Guest Self - Musical Guest See fewer	Grease (1978)
The Roots Themselves - House Band Themselves - House Band See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Steve Higgins Self - Announcer Self - Announcer See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Becky Krause Self - Staff Writer (as Becky) Self - Staff Writer (as Becky) See fewer	PITtv (2007)
Questlove Self - The Roots: Drums Self - The Roots: Drums See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Tariq Trotter Self - The Roots: MC Self - The Roots: MC See fewer	Zoolander 2 (2016)
Maria Bartiromo Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Arbitrage (2012)
George W. Bush Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Journeys with George (2002)
Laura Bush Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Black Ops (2012)
Daveed Diggs Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Hamilton (2020)
Jonathan Groff Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Frozen (I) (2013)
John Haskell Hashtag the Dancing Panda (uncredited) Hashtag the Dancing Panda (uncredited) See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Barack Obama Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Leave the World Behind (2023)
Leslie Odom Jr. Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Hamilton (2020)
Henry Paulson Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	American Casino (2009)
Paul Ryan Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Murder in the Hollywood Hills (2024)
Elizabeth Warren Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Voting PSA (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Alpha House (2013)