So, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Aside from the mannerisms we loved to hate when he was on SNL (talking too fast, constant fidgeting, laughing at his own jokes), how did he do on his first night filling Conan's big shoes? If you made it through the "Lick it for Ten" game, in which Our Host brings up three audience members to lick sponsor products for ten bucks, then you may have seen that the kid did alright! Yes expectations were low, but the general consensus is that Fallon is going to do his job well. You can watch the full episode here.
Okay, so the Robert De Niro interview was awkward/painful/confusing, but once Justin Timberlake (his old fake talk show co-host) hit the stage, the show seemed to hit its stride (sidenote: JT should seriously consider being the Andy to Jimmy's Conan, he maybe have saved the show last night—clip after the jump). Gawker has some of the high points (the Slow News Jam with the Roots, clip above, was a definite winner), and overall says the show has some promise. The Hollywood Reporter follows that tune, saying the show "displays the host's charm and potential." TIME also says Fallon showed "glimmers of potential." Maybe he really didwin people over by setting Rachael Ray on fire.
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They'll just look at it the way they see SNL: you get a more or less consisitent 1.6 rating and all advertisers want is a 1.6 rating with an 18-49 demographic. Keep it cheap and snooze through the next ten years of forgettable crap.
Clarice City
No one can replace Conan! This is like sacrilege.
Brainwash
Conan is sacrilege.
babyhitler
he was on Martha Stewart and was so boring. I kept thinking Conan on Martha is a million times better.
babyhitler
2 words. Craig ferguson.
verbal
definitely!
fallon was and always will be a gigantic overrated douche; proof that lorne michaels is going senile.
ohhleary
I said "as expected," but only because I was expecting so little from a doofus who has a terrible delivery of a punchline and laughs at his own jokes.
gimme
IT WAS PAINFUL, they couldn't find any other ex-snlers? sad
BklynsFinest
hate to say it but you had me at "painful"
EricRoberts
Hopefully they keep the Roots when they replace Fallon.
Brainwash
For those that missed the show, this is what most of it sounded like: "umm ahhh ummm aaahhh ummm um ahhh heh ummm ahhhh heh."
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