--- title: Louis CK Admits He Torpedoed an Early Job for Jimmy Fallon description: All's well that ends well canonical: https://time.com/3811722/louis-ck-jimmy-fallon-dana-carvey/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-08T14:56:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:29.001Z og:title: Watch Louis CK Admit He Ruined Jimmy Fallon's Chances at an Early Comedy Job og:description: All's well that ends well og:url: https://time.com/3811722/louis-ck-jimmy-fallon-dana-carvey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Louis CK Admit He Ruined Jimmy Fallon's Chances at an Early Comedy Job twitter:description: All's well that ends well twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Louis CK Admit He Ruined Jimmy Fallon's Chance to Be on _The Dana Carvey Show_ by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 8, 2015 2:56 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 8, 2015 2:56 PM CUT Before [Jimmy Fallon](http://time.com/3761433/jimmy-fallon-barbara-ann-wax-figure-dummies-tonight-show/ "undefined") was host of _The Tonight Show_, and even before he was cast on _Saturday Night Live_, he was a struggling young comic trying to find work. His job search led him to try out for a spot on former _SNL_ star Dana Carvey’s brand new show, _The Dana Carvey Show,_ and he thought he rocked the audition, but they never called. Last night on _The Tonight Show_, [Louis CK](http://time.com/3769557/review-louie-season-5/ "undefined") finally gave him an explanation: He personally torpedoed Fallon’s chance at getting the job. Turns out Louis CK was working on the show and when Fallon came in, he could tell he was talented and ambitious and was definitely going places. He was also young and attractive and may have been shaking his rear end during the audition. For Louis CK, that was a package he didn’t want delivered on a daily basis, so he set about making sure Fallon never got hired. Luckily things have worked out well for Fallon or else Louis CK might feel a little more than a little guilty. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3811722/louis-ck-jimmy-fallon-dana-carvey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3811722/louis-ck-jimmy-fallon-dana-carvey/"},"headline":"Watch Louis CK Admit He Ruined Jimmy Fallon's Chance to Be on The Dana Carvey Show","datePublished":"2015-04-08T14:56:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:29.001Z","description":"All's well that ends well","url":"https://time.com/3811722/louis-ck-jimmy-fallon-dana-carvey/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show","Louis CK","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3811722/louis-ck-jimmy-fallon-dana-carvey/","name":"Watch Louis CK Admit He Ruined Jimmy Fallon's Chance to Be on The Dana Carvey Show"}}]}] ```