Paris’ boobs are one of the few things I like about her. (ok, two of the only things.)
I had the show on for background noise and I still could see it was absolute crap.
Did Jimmy say something about Robert DeNiro e-mailing a list of questions to ask? That is sooo Robert DeNiro.
We mustn’t come down too hard on Jimmy. Conan’s show in the begging was awkward to say the least - and I was never happy with Andy Ricther.
We need to give Fallon some time to find his groove (if he does). I don’t think he will have the long term chops, but I like the dude and would like to be pleasantly surprised.
Awww, I just watched the monologue and I wanted to hug him, what a nervous guy! Its got to be nerve wracking to stand up there all by yourself in front of tons of people without an ensemble to surround yourself with.
I can’t tell how long the show will last, but I think that once he gets more comfortable with this new setting and uses The Roots (!) effectively, he could be pretty solid.
Yipes. Just watched it on NBC.com, and it was painful.
The interview with De Niro reminded me of Chris Farley’s talk show sketch on SNL.
“Hey…remember… remember when you were in that movie? And um… you said that thing? Yeah, that was awesome!”
He was a lot less nervous with Justin Timberlake though. Then again, it was pretty much just them going “Hey, remember how funny it was when we were on SNL together?”
I’ll watch a later show, and see if he gets any better in the next few weeks before casting judgment, though.
So how long is his NBC-issued leash? Six months, a year, longer?
CBS sticks with Katie Couric, despite the ruin she has rained on the news division …
I liked the monologue, actually. It was like a rehash of his Weekend Update which I liked.
The lick something for ten bucks? Seriously? That would’ve been lame and predictable even if they had a third disgusting object. PAINFUL TO WATCH.
De Niro, eh ok.
Timberlake? I didn’t even know he was even paid attention to by teeny boppers anymore. Should we have the Macarina or Who Let the Dogs Out as a play in?
He does have skill. But this didn’t give him a chance to show a lot of it.
A better after monologue gag game could’ve saved it… I’ve seen better at high school variety talent shows.
I hope the reviews (mostly unfavorable from what I’ve heard from other sources as well) make them get this in gear and put some effort into it.
Wait, REALLY? They’re the house band? I love the Roots!
O_o
Are they gonna be doing this full time?
They were introduced at the beginning of the show as if they are going to be a regular fixture, so seems like this gig will last as long as the show does. The best segment of the show, slow-talking the news, only worked because of them. And in spite of Jimmy.
Tonight went much better. Of course, he’d worked with Tina Fey for years.
Didn’t see Monday’s show but did watch the beginning of Tuesday’s.
He was allright but seemed to be just rolling right through the script.
He really needs some extra people to bounce stuff off of up there. Like Leno has Kevin & John, Letterman has Paul, Conan has Max and had Andy to start out with.
The only person who can pull off a solo is someone like Fergusson and it takes talent.
He’ll eventually loosen up. The success will more depend on the writers.
I haven’t watched the show, but I’m hoping it fails. I’d welcome having my ignorance banished, but I don’t think Fallon ever showed much talent on SNL.
He did a pretty good obnoxious DJ routine, but it wasn’t by any means an iconic character. Beyond that I just remember him reading the news… which he did with much less style than, say, Dennis Miller or Norm McDonald.
Because I’ve never noticed talent from him, I’m assuming that either he or his agent is just very pushy or ingratiating… and that’s how he ended up with a show.
Compared to other SNL people who have gone on to bigger things, he seems like a nonentity.
The only part I liked was when my friend and coworker Melissa showed up on the show (she was the girl singing with Bon Jovi). Wow! Hadn’t spoken to her in a few months and I see her on the show out of the blue. That was an unexpected and awesome surprise.
Not much of a fan of late night but he was awful. Saw him with Fey and she carried it.
Seriously, he’s dreadful.
Three shows and he’s had audience members come down twice to participate in bits. Does the show have a budget? Can’t they afford a few actual comedy actors, a la Conan? Craig Ferguson had more laughs in the first minute of his opening last night than Fallon has had in three shows.
He looks very nervous. He has not mastered cue cards. He just reads them to the audience and he can not disguise it at all. Bring back Chevy Chase.
Yep. I don’t think he knows there’s a difference in doing a stand-up joke telling monologue and reading jokes faux news style ala SNL. He’s very detached from the audience.
Re. The Roots – I just read an interesting article a week or two ago about their becoming the house band for this show. They, like so many musicians during this economic downturn, had been really hurting economically for the past few months, only even worse than most due to being a fairly large outfit. Plus, they’re in their late-'30’s and have families now, so the constant touring [for an ever-diminishing box office] had lost its luster. So [the lameness of Jimmy Fallon aside] they welcomed this opportunity as a high-exposure, steady-paying, stationary, family-friendly gig.
With about a week to go before the show’s premiere, they were also working very long hours in a last-minute drive to develop some 200 [!] established musical set pieces to be used as the show’s intros, outros, and such. They had an industry term for these, too, but I don’t remember it.
I have no idea how they’re all supposed to remember all these musical interludes by name; that would’ve been interesting to know, if only the journalist had covered it.
Jimmy Fallon, seems to me, is someone with not a lot of depth. His character seems formed from watching a lot of television and playing a lot of video games. He has said that when he was doing Weekend Update on SNL, he’d hear about a lot of the news stories for the first time when he would read jokes about them. Not a Tina Fey or Conan O’Brien, much less a Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, or Dick Cavett.
If Jimmy Fallon is a Chevy Chase-style flop, does NBC have a Plan B? Or are they going to give him plenty of time to find his stride?