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Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon is a 3D motion-simulator at Universal Studios Florida based on Jimmy Fallon's tenure at The Tonight Show. The ride was officially announced on the October 27, 2015 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and opened on April 6, 2017, replacing Twister...Ride it Out.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Saturday Night Live alum, Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and it is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. The Tonight Show originates from NBC Studios' Studio 6B, where Johnny Carson's Tonight Show was also taped, in Rockefeller Center, New York City. Fallon's tenure at The Tonight Show also marked the return of the franchise to its New York City origin after little over forty years, before it was moved to Burbank, California in 1972, ten years after Carson's tenure began.
Steve Higgins once again introduces Jimmy Fallon, who re-emerges from backstage through the stage curtains, this time driving "The Tonight Rider", challenging the audience to the race through New York. The Roots can be seen providing the music as Higgins counts down the start of the race, while also serving as the race's commentator. The race kicks off through Studio 6B's backstage hallways, racing through NBC personnel and passing by Tight Pants and Hashtag the Panda. After almost crashing into Hashtag, Jimmy's vehicle spins-out at a corner and crashes through the wall along with the audience, landing at West 50th Street next to Radio City Music Hall. Shortly after, Jimmy crashes into a taxi driven by Travis Bickle (Fallon).
The race continues through Times Square, where Jimmy and the audience speed under the Hard Rock Cafe marquee and head into the New York City Subway's Times Square–42nd Street station, where the audience encounters The Ragtime Gals singing a melody before turning to the subway tracks. After almost crashing with an oncoming train (operated by Fallon), the audience is able to escape by reversing and turning into a tunnel under construction, exiting to the street at the first checkpoint. Sara is crossing the street with her stepdad, Gary, who's carrying a basket full of the Tonight Show Golden Retriever puppies. Jimmy's wife, Nancy Juvonen makes a cameo appearance with their daughters, Winnie and Frances.
The race now takes the skies as Jimmy's vehicle converts into a hovercraft, soaring through the city, throwing pizza to the audience and t-shirts out of a t-shirt cannon after flying by the Flatiron Building. The race then dives into the East River for the second checkpoint, where a shark rapidly swims up and jump-scares Jimmy and the audience (a reference to Jaws). After resurfacing, the race reaches the Statue of Liberty for the third checkpoint.
As fireworks explode around Lady Liberty, the race heads towards the Empire State Building where a giant Hashtag, who is trying to swat away airplanes (a reference to King Kong), grabs the audience and launches them straight to the Moon. There, Jimmy declares The Roots, who are all dressed up in spacesuits, to be "the first band on the moon". He then asks the band's keyboardist James Poyser to play his thank you note-writing music, to write a thank you note addressed to the moon. The race reaches the Space Train, a roller coaster launcher on the moon. Higgins reveals that the Space Train is under construction, horrifying Jimmy. The Space Train suddenly launches Jimmy and then the audience back to Earth. Coming in too hot, Jimmy opens up a hyperdrive in the form of a tube that leads directly to 30 Rock and back inside Studio 6B, where the audience wins the race after Jimmy crashes his "Tonight Rider" just before the finish line. |