The Tonight Present returned to the studio tonight with Jimmy Fallon kicking off with an emotional concept to viewers.

Fallon, sitting on a stool in the center of the studio, relatively than driving the conventional desk, and dressed in a sweater and sneakers rather that his normal accommodate, mentioned that “any variety of normalcy feels great” in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“As a New Yorker, I wished to say thank you to anyone who assisted get us back to where by we are now,” he opened. “To all the states, going by way of the challenging sections, friends in Florida, Texas, Arizona, California. I know how tricky it is, I’m not likely to lie to you, it is difficult. But I’m here to present you that there is a light at the conclusion of the tunnel if we all do our element to preserve just about every other safe and sound.”

“I really do not know if everyone else feels this way, but any type of normalcy feels fantastic. With any luck , we can set a smile on your facial area for an hour just about every evening and bring you a little bit of normal. These are the hardest moments to do comedy but they are also the periods we need to have it the most. Probably which is why comedy was invented. Chew on that,” he extra.

Fallon laid out how the NBC show was ready to return, highlighting the protection protocols that he and his compact crew went as a result of to get the show up and operating. All performers, which includes household band The Roots, Fallon and team analyzed negative for COVID-19 and crew were sporting masks and face shields all through taking pictures and remained 6 toes apart.

When he turned up to the studio, he experienced his temperature taken and a nose swab (“I didn’t know you could get a COVID take a look at and a colonoscopy at the similar time”) and once he was cleared, he went to his place of work to get ready.

“We’re using this really seriously and I want to thank NBC for producing guaranteed that everyone feels secure,” he additional. “The exhibit will be a very little bit various. I think in some techniques we’re all having employed to various. But we’re here for you and we’re slowly but surely and properly having again to get the job done and finding back again to whatsoever typical is.”

Then Fallon kicked on with the present, which showcased a monologue that provided jokes about President Donald Trump sporting a mask for the initial time (“We’re times away from him expressing he was the initially a single to dress in a mask”) and how the White Dwelling seems to be disparaging Dr. Fauci.

He also took benefit of the added benefits of the studio, doing a couple of bits in front of the eco-friendly display screen, such as a pretend advertisement for Masculine Guy Masks, an 80s throwback identified as I Like Your Fashion and undertaking a tune known as It’s Beginning to Search A Bit Like Ordinary, which showcased virtual back up dancers as properly as Tracy Morgan declaring that he was functioning for Mayor.

It is setting up to seem a little bit like almost usual.