Jimmy Fallon Explains How His Famous SNL Mirror Sketch with Mick Jagger Happened

The Tonight Show Host told Dan Patrick about pitching The Rolling Stones singer when he was a Saturday Night Live cast member in 2001.

By Christopher Rudolph
Sep 12, 2024





On September 11, 2024, The Tonight Show Host appeared on The Dan Patrick Show to talk about his golf challenge match against DJ Khaled, The Cardigan Classic: Fallon vs. Khaled, airing September 13 on NBC. During his chat with the Host and Saturday Night Live alum, Patrick asked Fallon about his days as an SNL cast member — specifically, which sketch he was most proud of.

Mentioning "More Cowbell" with Will Ferrell, Fallon revealed his actual favorite: When he played the reflection of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger in the "Mick is Pointing, Pointing, Pointing at Himself" sketch from December 8, 2001.

Jimmy Fallon on his SNL sketch with Mick Jagger: "The place was shaking"

Fallon recalled how SNL creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels instructed Fallon to pitch Jagger some sketch ideas, one of which was doing an impression of Jagger in the mirror.

"Before the meeting I said to Lorne, 'Maybe I'll do an impression of Mick in the mirror, I'll be his reflection.' Lorne goes, 'Please don't do that, that's been done so many times,'" Fallon told Patrick.

During his meeting with Jagger, Fallon pitched concepts such as the two of them working at a Sunglass Hut together, or playing clones of fellow Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards. Finally, in a moment of desperation, Fallon mentioned the idea of playing Jagger's reflection — which the singer loved.

"So I had to go into Lorne's office and say, 'Good news and bad news. Good news, he wants to do a sketch. Bad news, we're doing the reflection in the mirror,'" Fallon continued. "Then we wrote it on a Friday night, which is so rare. We rehearsed it once, and did it on Saturday night and the place erupted."

"I was brand new on SNL, and I remember he loved it so much that he put his hand through the mirror and shook my hand, and the place was shaking," he said. "It was just a really exciting moment for me because I'm just such a fan of his. And I love that sketch — any of those ones where the place rocked."

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The "stale" bit really got Mick. That's possibly the best moment.

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The "stale" bit really got Mick. That's possibly the best moment.

And Jimmy Fallon has dined out on the story since it happened. Its a great sketch, Mick and Jimmy are great in it, and Fallon's two go to SNL stories are this and his presence in the cowbell sketch.

Why does anyone think Jimmy Fallon is funny???

what's more appalling is Mick and Keith giving him time to pretend he's hip and cool at the Hackney Diamonds launch