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First on LateNighter: Steve Martin<\/a> landed himself a spot on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>\u2018s injured list late this afternoon when he cut his finger\u2014playing a game of Catchphrase, of all things,<\/p>\n The culprit was surprisingly low-tech: a sharp-edged table. We hear taping paused briefly after the segment so that an NBC nurse could tend to the 80-year-old comedy legend\u2019s hand. Martin, promoting the Season 5 premiere of Only Murders in the Building with co-stars Martin Short<\/a> and Selena Gomez<\/a>, appeared unfazed and carried on with the taping.<\/p>\n The incident places Martin in a small but colorful club of late-night guests and hosts who have left the stage with real-life bumps and bruises. Fallon himself knows the feeling well. In 2010, while still hosting Late Night, he slipped while competing in a \u201cMartini race\u201d against Chelsea Handler<\/a> and cut his own hand on broken glass. Conan O\u2019Brien memorably suffered a concussion<\/a> in 2009 after a slip during a race with Teri Hatcher. David Letterman canceled a Late Show episode after snowboarder Tara Dakides fell 20 feet to the ground<\/a> while performing a live stunt. Even Johnny Carson once injured a rib<\/a> rehearsing for a sketch on The Tonight Show.<\/p>\n Asked during an off-air Q&A why no one had noticed the problem with the table earlier, Fallon joked, \u201cWell, Steve cut his finger in rehearsal [too], so we kept it in for the actual show.\u201d<\/p>\n Martin\u2019s Tonight Show show appearance\u2014bloody Catchphrase game and all\u2014is set to air on NBC tonight at 11:35pm ET\/PT. <\/p>\n \t\t\t