Date 06/11/2015 - News People
Who knew Jimmy Fallon had such extensive experience with soap operas?
The Tonight Show host and Martin Short unveiled their short-lived '90s soap opera, Tensions, Thursday, and it had many of the staple qualities of your favorite daytime TV shows. Tension? Obviously. An affair? Check. Violence? You bet.
Fallon and Short play husband and wife Maxwell and Lillian Vanderbilt, respectively.
Short explained, referencing his casting as a female, "There were no women in Hollywood at that time."
According to the two comedians, the director wanted the show to be "as tense as possible," but he took it too far. Fallon added, "It was too tense for no reason." Luckily for the viewers, Fallon managed to unearth three clips from the "cages" of 30 Rock.