Look, here's the thing. Late night shows are historically at their best when they push network boundaries. Letterman in his prime scared the shit out of NBC. Conan's producer always had his head in his hands for a reason. Carson made pussy jokes. You can't come out of the gate yelling "fuck you suits!" But, knowing the people behind the show, there's some seriously subversive shit coming. So for an utterly safe, nervous, rookie performance? Hell of a job. I look forward to the next few years of this.
Look, here's the thing. Late night shows are historically at their best when they push network boundaries. Letterman in his prime scared the shit out of NBC. Conan's producer always had his head in his hands for a reason. Carson made pussy jokes. You can't come out of the gate yelling "fuck you suits!" But, knowing the people behind the show, there's some seriously subversive shit coming. So for an utterly safe, nervous, rookie performance? Hell of a job. I look forward to the next few years of this.
yeah i saw some seriously good names in the credits
It's a bummer that Letterman has only had fleeting moments of greatness over the last decade. If they just played reruns of the Late Night era Letterman every night, I'd probably tune in.
They're doing Draw Barrymore on Friday, so I guess I'll tune in for that.
He really wasn't handling those tough situations well. He can't insult himself like Conan, or I guess blame his african band player like Leno.
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edited March 2009
Before I read any of the posts in this thread I'm going to say "why would anybody want to watch Jimmy Fallon do anything" and just pretend I put it closer to the beginning of the thread
DeNiro was meh, along with the Space Train bit and lick it for ten. I liked everything else though. I could see this being great if Fallon manages to stop acting like a completely nervous wreck the entire time.
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edited March 2009
Just started watching this on Hulu. The bit with Conan was pretty great and the Roots are awesome.
Before I read any of the posts in this thread I'm going to say "why would anybody want to watch Jimmy Fallon do anything" and just pretend I put it closer to the beginning of the thread
You know, I hear some of his stand-up on the radio. It's surprisingly funny.
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yeah i saw some seriously good names in the credits
damn why did it have to be fallon leading
Seriously there's gonna be some weird shit on this show
damn
hahahaha no way
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He really wasn't handling those tough situations well. He can't insult himself like Conan, or I guess blame his african band player like Leno.
I loved it all, except for Lick it for Ten. That was atrocious.
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Yeah but Lorne Michaels put his trust in Jimmy Fallon when he was on SNL too
And he sucked then
wtf happened
Fuck this, they could have gotten somebody better.
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It's too bad Mitch Hedberg is dead. The show would be way worse but I would watch it literally every night.
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Best late-night debut ratings since 2002.
Although he did get schooled by Jimmy Kimmel, who had people from The Bachelor on.
Basically this
The binge is when he memorizes the whole thing before coming out on stage. What you've got there is the purge.
would you mind telling an ignorant plebian who either of those people are and what is so intelligently subversive about them?
and The Roots are all kinds of awesome.