Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

So the first of the online segments of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon went up and…well…that’s pretty much the end of the story. Nothing happened. He said that he’s the new host (which we knew) and that The Roots are the new house band (which is awesome, but we knew) and that’s it. What the hell? Maybe I was mistaken but I thought there were going to be jokes. That wasn’t supposed to sound sarcastic. I really thought there was going to be some type of a thing-one-could-watch. The whole thing ran like a minute and a half, which means there was a half a page of dialogue and another 45 seconds of Jimmy breaking character and laughing to himself.

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Questions For Jimmy Fallon?

Jimmy Fallon’s new website just went live, and there is a tab where you can ask him questions, and he’ll hopefully answer them in his video blogs.  I know I have a few questions for him…

I’m curious to see what he’s made of…Right now I feel like that creepy audience member with my arms folded saying, “make me laugh”, but you know what? He does have a lot to prove in my book. We shall see!

Here is his new website, ask all the questions you want: http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/

The Roots For Jimmy Fallon?

The Roots have been hired to be Jimmy Fallon’s new talk show house band. That is very bittersweet for me because I’m a fan of The Roots, and now they’ve just become a house band? I suppose it’s a steady gig, and they’ll still get to perform together for 15 seconds at a time as they play to bring on guests, but I feel like they’ve completely sold out.

To me, The Roots have always had the “real factor” going for them, and they’ve just mainstreamed themselves. My friends and I had a debate about this very situation last night and they’re comparing The Roots’ “houseband” situation to Max Weinbergs..but I think they have it all wrong. Max Weinberg hasn’t sold out because he’s simply playing a gig…you don’t see the whole E-street band as Conan’s house band (although that wouldn’t be such a bad idea). The Roots have simply given up in my eyes but at least I can say “I used to listen to them when…”