a Canadian-Polish breakout comedian Veronika Slowikowska turned her late-night talk-show debut on the Jimmy Fallon show into a singalong lesson in the Polish equivalent of "Happy Birthday". Slowikowska appeared on the iconic US late-night show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday—which also happened to be her 31st birthday. Rather than singing the familiar “Happy Birthday,” she taught host Jimmy Fallon and the studio audience how to sing the Polish birthday song “Sto lat.” The lesson proved a bit of a tongue-twister, with some lines posing a challenge for the uninitiated. But Fallon and the audience soon found their rhythm and joined in. Slowikowska, who grew up in Canada as the daughter of Polish immigrants from Lower Silesia, became known for her offbeat comedy sketches on TikTok and Instagram, amassing more than one million followers on Instagram alone. One of her earliest viral hits, posted in 2023, was a birthday-themed sketch in which she asks her friends to push her face into a cake – even though she got angry the last time they did. The clip took off online, racking up millions of views across TikTok and Instagram. The Canadian-Polish comedian revisited the viral sketch following her appearance on Fallon's show.
