No one wants to hear about your magical prom night, about how you and your high school sweetheart slow-danced to Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” or that you made it to second base, or that it was your first time in a limo. No, we want the good (read: embarrassing) stuff, like how in my prom limo ride, my friends and I accidentally broke the sunroof. Or that I couldn’t go to prom with my girlfriend at the time because she was a year younger than me, and her mom wouldn’t let her mingle with this misfit, so I had to go with her friend, who ended up hooking up with one of my friends.
That kind of stuff.
If you have an amusing prom story, even if it doesn’t involve drinking candle wax (yes, this happened; no, I don’t remember what I was thinking), Jimmy Fallon wants to hear it. “Tweet out a weird, funny, or embarrassing story about your prom and tag it with #PromFail,” the Tonight Show host tweeted before Wednesday’s episode. “Could be on the show!” He also shared a photo from his prom, when his date “didn’t tell me she was getting a tan and high heels for the prom. Standing next to her I looked so pale and so small.”
Hashtag game! Tweet out a weird, funny, or embarrassing story about your prom and tag it with #PromFail. Could be on the show!
— Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon) May 3, 2017
My date didn't tell me she was getting a tan and high heels for the prom. Standing next to her I looked so pale and so small. #PromFail pic.twitter.com/vnbZqLr6w6
— Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon) May 3, 2017
The submissions are already rolling in.
my date and i hadn't come out to our parents yet and we weren't sure how to stand for our pictures without looking gay. #PromFail pic.twitter.com/vUKKQgfX0d
— hacked (@bkrech_) May 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/jodyandmatt/status/859851500872507394
https://twitter.com/donaldjtinyhand/status/859853663015235589
https://twitter.com/SeanicusGaming/status/859871172145668097
My dress was the same color as the green screen behind us #PromFail @jimmyfallon pic.twitter.com/MSfRADJgW7
— Emily Peiffer (@emily_peiffer) May 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/_sprf/status/859875941455204353
Prom Court had to dance together. My friend & his ex were crowned King/Queen. He danced the entire dance giving her the finger. #PromFail
— Perkinskiii 💭 (@adrunkteacher) May 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/Starless29/status/859870544119779328
I was showing off on the dance floor and did a Pete Townshend jumping windmill. Landed on my dates foot and broke her toe. #PromFail
— Sir Mike S'alott (@SirMikeSaLott) May 3, 2017
Trump brings out the worst in promposals #PromFail #ThrowUp #TrumpSupporter pic.twitter.com/yKGFsCkwbd
— Mad World 🌊 (@mmmadWORLDDD) May 3, 2017
The guys pooled money to rent a "limo bus" to impress our dates. A yellow short bus showed up. They even made us wear seat belts. #Promfail
— Tim Schifsky (@TimSchifsky) May 3, 2017
Something I thought was hilarious in high school 35 years ago appears sad and disturbing today… #PromFail @jimmyfallon pic.twitter.com/a5kYyytit1
— Ken Gaines (@KenGaines) May 3, 2017
That’s not a prom fail. It’s a cry for help.