Jimmy Fallon chokes up as he welcomes his first full Tonight Show audience since the pandemic began

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“Welcome to The Tonight Show, everybody," Fallon said on Monday's show. "We have comedy, we have celebrities, we have music,” said Fallon, who brought a reduced-capacity audience back to 30 Rock on March 22. “We have a full audience tonight—and most importantly, we have air conditioning.” The Tonight Show announced it was going back to full audiences hours before Monday's taping. Fallon returned to full capacity one week before Stephen Colbert's Late Show, which will begin filling up the much-bigger Ed Sullivan Theater for the first time since the pandemic starting next Monday.