The still-awake-after-midnight masses have been (cautiously) waiting nearly a year for Jimmy Fallon to take over Conan’s spot on Late Night. As his time in the spotlight arrives, the giggly goofball reveals five little-known facts about his latest late-night gig.

It was preordained.
“I was named Most Likely to Replace David Letterman in my eighth grade yearbook. It turns out my principal was Nostradamus.”

He hates A-listers.
“I don’t care about big celebs. My guests are going to range from inventors to sports guys. And I’ll treat a video game release just as big as a movie release. Like, if we can get the new Grand Theft Auto before anyone and let someone from the audience play…I’d watch that.”

It will prevent him from making Taxi 2.
“Lorne Michaels gave me the job so I wouldn’t make any more movies. That was the deal. He said, ‘Stop it already. I’ve had enough!’”

There’s room on the couch for Dubya.
“George W. Bush can be my sidekick. He’s out of a job, right? He’s probably mad I got this job. He’s like, “Now what am I gonna do?”

Hosting is harder than Pope-ing.
“If you do the job well, you do it until you die. It’s a Pope job. In fact, it may be harder to get on NBC late night than it is to become Pope. There have been only two other Late Night hosts, and, uh, at least 20 popes.”