VIDEO: Seth Meyers Credits Fallon for New Late Night Talk Show Gig

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SNL head writer Seth Meyers stopped by this morning's TODAY on NBC to talk about his upcoming gig as host of a new late night talk show. "The most exciting thing for me is that the guy who had the job before me will still be in the building as a friend, somebody I can pick up the phone and call,' Meyers said of NBC's Jimmy Fallon. Watch his appearance below!

He continued, "(Fallon) is pretty close to No. 1 on the SPEED dial. I think No. 1 on SPEED dial is programmed throughout the building to be (executive producer) Lorne (Michaels)."

The two are set to begin their new gigs as the hosts of "Late Night' and "The Tonight Show" in February of 2014 around the same time NBC kicks off its coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Just like Fallon, Meyers has ascended to host of "Late Night' after serving as the "Weekend Update' anchor on "Saturday Night Live."

"I think I owe a debt of gratitude to Jimmy for having gone from 'Update' to 'Late Night' and having shown it's a nice progression, so I'm very happy to be doing it,' Meyers said. "I think if you sit at that 'Update' desk, you learn how to talk about topical things, and certainly with the guests you learn to talk to crazy people. Although when you do late night, they're real crazy people as opposed to Bill Hader pretending to be one."

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