Jimmy Fallon visits ‘Tonight Show’ to kick off Leno’s final week

One more week to go under the Jay Leno regime on “The Tonight Show� and the new guy, Jimmy Fallon, hopped a cross-country flight to pay his respects at the show’s soon-to-be-former Burbank home.

Despite the apparent awkwardness of Leno — who would rather continue hosting the show if he had a say — chatting with the man who took his job, it seemed Fallon and Leno got along well enough. Though Leno couldn’t help but get in a few digs at his boyish successor.

Leno started the digs early in his monologue, telling the crowd, “He isn’t here to talk. He’s helping me pack.� Then he added, “Jimmy starts the new ‘Tonight Show’ on [Feb.] 17. And it would be a shame if there was some sort of accident and he was not able to fulfill his duties as host.�

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While Fallon talked with Leno, the current “Tonight Show� host produced a copy of Men’s Health magazine with Fallon on the cover.

“Is that a gold chain around your neck?� Leno teased. “And is it a little touched up?�

Fallon managed to laugh it off. “The whole idea about buying magazines is that you have to have goals. So maybe one day I can look like that guy. If I work out a lot and eat right.�

Fallon also did one of his signature “Late Night� bits called “Thank You Notes,� which he did with musical accompaniment from the “Tonight Show� house band. As a joke, Fallon asked bandleader Rickey Minor, “What are you guys up to in two weeks?�

Leno assured him, “Oh, they’ll be looking for work. They’re actually washing cars in my garage.�

The entire staff of Leno’s “Tonight Show� will be laid off when he steps down and the show migrates back to New York City.

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