Jimmy Fallon’s Empire Parody Is All You Need to Survive Today

Jimmy Fallon is, too, which is why he did a little parody of Empire on The Tonight Show Tuesday night, aptly titled Jimpire.

Check out Jimmy Fallon’s “Jimpire” below, and be sure to tune in for the Season 2 premiere of the actual Empire tonight at 9 p.m. on FOX. “It was these jokes, these funnies, these ‘ha-has, ‘ that kept me warm at night growing up in the streets”, he begins a monologue about who will succeed him as the show’s host. “Now, I might not be around forever, what with my finger being in the condition it is”, he says. Watch the real Cookie and Lucious chime in as The Tonight Show takes on the Empire with Jimpire! “

Who knows what could happen tomorrow?

“. I could bite my tongue.

The clip ties-in both Howard’s character and that of Emmy nominee Taraji P. Henson (her satirical role going to Steve Higgins, aka “Higgy”) while the actors also make memorable cameos.

An American television institution for nearly 60 years, “The Tonight Show” continues to be a home to big-name celebrity guests and a stage for top musical and comedic talent. Shouldn’t something be said about Questlove, who has harbored a mystery for a considerable length of time lastly chooses to uncover all live in front of an audience?