Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

[ThirdMarioBro]

Sooo.....I just watched the first episode. :lol: God, that was awkward and awful...not as awful as Conan's first show in '93, but still bad. Of course, I was expecting that though. They're trying to find their groove, which can be pretty hard, so I'll stick it out with the guy...at least until Conan comes back. Jimmy's got four months to get funny. We'll see.

[Ninjinister]

Who the f*** is Jinny?

[ThirdMarioBro]

I beginning to think you enjoy that. :P

[Mr. Snackpants]

I watched up until he started singing with The Roots(?) and then turned it off. That was just because I was really tired. I DVR'd it and I'll watch the rest later. He's always seemed like a good guy, I hope he does well.

[Cure]

It was OK. I think Jimmy Fallon is one of those guys that doesn't deserve the hate he gets. Sure, he's a little awkward, but not a bad guy. I'll keep giving him a chance.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel about it too. All of these shows have really rough starts, but I give the people I like a wide breadth. Learned that lesson with Conan, and it's served me well since. I like Jimmy Fallon. He's a nice guy (unlike that asshole Jimmy Kimmel), so he get a long honeymoon period from me.

Most of the comedy bits bombed because he was trying too damn hard, but "Slow jamming the news" actually got a good laugh out of me. If he got one, he can get another. Either way, I'll take good ole' train wreck television over Jay Leno any day of the week.

[Peanut]

I don't think he's a bad person, but he definitely deserves all the sh*t he gets, because he isn't f*cking funny! He tries way too hard and just comes off as entirely lame. I thought the show was pretty awkward to watch.

[Revan]

It seemed like DeNiro was preoccupied. He seemed uncomfortable and yes I agree the show was awkward. Did anyone think DeNiro hated Fallon? :lol: It was one of those things you watch and feel embarassed for the people on screen.
Anyway, the rest of this week should be pretty good. Jimmy has an all star guest cast coming on so we'll see.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Anyway, the rest of this week should be pretty good. Jimmy has an all star guest cast coming on so we'll see.

Bleh, I could care less. "Guests" aren't why I watch these shows. When Conan restructured his show so that all the skits were in the first half, I only watched the second half when somebody funny was there whom Conan could bounce material off of. Typically, the bigger the name, the less funny they are. Tina Fey is the only one on the entire list I care about because she's funny. Everybody else is just a name there to promote something.

I'll be most interested to see what Jimmy does in week two when the guests dry up and the network honeymoon ends. That's what happened with Conan. His first show was TERRIBLE (far worse than Jimmy's), then NBC put him under the gun and he got funny fast.

Either way though, one fact remains. I miss Conan.

[Dr. Doom]

I agree about Deniro, he was a terrible first guest. While he is a huge name, he definitely came across like he had no interest being there whatsoever and the whole interview was terribly awkward as a result. I fell asleep before Justin Timberlake said anything, so I dunno fi taht was any better, but that's not the way to wanna start off a show like this. The space train thing was kidna funny though Sorta of Conan-esqe, actually. At least I thought so. All in all it wasn't really all that bad. I think The Roots being his house band is pretty cool. Even though I'm not afmilair with their music, I liked what I heard last night.

[Revan]

Is there anywhere online to watch Conan's first show?

[ThirdMarioBro]

I got it off bittorrent a while back. I'll see if I can find the link and PM it to you. If I don't, then it's because I can't find it now.