# I went to the taping of the Jimmy Fallon show with Obama this afternoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845 "2012-04-24T21:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/1 "2012-04-24T21:24:13Z")
am I cool yet? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/2 "2012-04-24T21:36:29Z")
I’m going to see him in Boulder tonight. That’s a busy day. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/3 "2012-04-24T21:38:47Z")
Jimmy Fallon is going to Boulder? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/4 "2012-04-24T21:56:47Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > am I cool yet? Only if you tell us about it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/5 "2012-04-24T22:35:23Z")
Whose idea was it – yours or Obama’s? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/6 "2012-04-24T23:00:12Z")
Are you currently under some sort of obligation not to say anything about the taping until after the show? (Serious question) ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/7 "2012-04-24T23:12:47Z")
They didn’t tell us not to say anything about the show. You couldn’t take pictures. There’s already news articles about some of the stuff Obama said during the taping (like on the secret service scandal calling a couple guys knuckleheads). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/8 "2012-04-25T00:01:35Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > am I cool yet? Yes. We’ve been waiting for you! ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/9 "2012-04-25T04:39:11Z")
I’m on TV in a wide crowd shot for almost a whole second this is gonna boost up my coolness a lot ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/10 "2012-04-25T04:52:38Z")
Did you wear an amusing t-shirt? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/11 "2012-04-25T04:56:17Z")
I wore a boring solid red t-shirt. I didn’t plan ahead ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/12 "2012-04-25T05:28:36Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I wore a boring solid red t-shirt. I didn’t plan ahead So you were a red shirt, how is it you didn’t die?😉 ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/13 "2012-04-25T05:37:09Z")
it was more mauve than bright red. a safe shade ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/14 "2012-04-25T12:04:22Z")
This can’t be right. There wasn’t any Jimmy Fallon or any President Obama in 1989. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/15 "2012-04-25T12:07:25Z")
Well I’m envious. It looked like fun. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/16 "2012-04-25T12:18:45Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > This can’t be right. There wasn’t any Jimmy Fallon or any President Obama in 1989. He visits our time period from time to time. That’s how he’s able to post. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-to-the-taping-of-the-jimmy-fallon-show-with-obama-this-afternoon/619845/17 "2012-04-25T19:32:01Z")
The Pres. stopped in at a campus area bar before the speech, and this awesome photo was taken: [http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5a41eb928e6f11e1b10e123138105d6b\_7.jpg](http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5a41eb928e6f11e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpg)