“From Studio 6B at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City, it’s the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon!”

One year after its premiere, this famous opening line spoken by announcer Steve Higgins is something I can look forward to every weekday. While it may seem quite fangirl-ish and lame, The Tonight Show provides me with a daily dose of laughter, entertainment, and an escape from the real world.

The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon is not your parents’ Tonight Show. Fallon has reinvented late night television by shifting the standard to less talk with more variety. The variety aspect has included features such as Lip-Sync Battles, Water Wars, Evolution of Dancing, and Freestyling with their house band, The Roots.

Jimmy Fallon’s versatility and freshness has significantly raised the ratings and viewership since the retirement of his predecessor, Jay Leno. The program’s first week averaged 8.49 million viewers, making it the franchise’s most watched week in over 20 years. Fallon has consistently beat out his time slot competitors by gaining a surge of young viewers, like me, and seasoned viewers, like my parents.

The majority of people reading this don’t fully understand what a talented human Jimmy Fallon is. Along with being a host, Fallon is also an actor, comedian, singer, writer, and producer. From starting his career as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998-2004, later replacing Conan O’Brien on Late Night, to now hosting The Tonight Show, Fallon has diligently worked his way up the entertainment ladder. Other than SNL and hosting, Fallon has also starred in the movie “Fever Pitch,” released two comedy albums, and coauthored a book with his sister.

Since the show’s premiere in late February of 2014, The Tonight Show recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. As you may have known, Fallon’s old show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, released its own Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor called Late Night Snack. So the creators of Ben & Jerry’s thought Fallon’s one-year anniversary would be an ideal time to produce and release a new flavor: The Tonight Dough. The flavor features caramel and chocolate ice cream, chocolate cookie swirls, chocolate chip cookie dough, and peanut butter cookie dough. All proceeds are dedicated to SeriousFun Children’s Network of global camps for children with serious illnesses. Learn more at seriousfunnetwork.org.

In addition to being the coolest dude on the air and making sure his “FalPals” are happy, Jimmy Fallon also has a family at home. Fallon is married and has two daughters as of last year. He also owns a golden retriever named Gary.

Due to the limited number of shows per season and extremely high demand, tickets to The Tonight Show are nearly impossible to acquire. All tickets are complementary and can be reserved by entering the online queue. Release dates are only announced through Twitter @FallonTonight.