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03.03.09 THE ROOTS SHOULD HAVE HOSTED

Jimmy Fallon’s first show as the host of “Late Night” was… not good.  Fallon looked nervous and uncomfortable for most of the show — it’s safe to say he was aware that millions of people had tuned in specifically to see him falter as the heir to one of TV’s most beloved and original personalities.  EW.com:

Everyone’s first day on the job is bound to be a bit awkward, and even though Fallon has spent months trying out ideas for Late Night on his website, he still looked nervous, his eyes locked onto the cue cards more frequently than at us. He did an ultra-ordinary monologue — one liners about President Obama and the deficit that sounded like material Jay Leno’s writers had faxed over from L.A.

The Chicago Tribune:

Sweaty, tense, uptight, nervous, wound-up, keyed up — pick an adjective. Any one of them would describe Fallon’s demeanor on opening night.

The highlights: anything involving The Roots (see above), and second guest Justin Timberlake, whose excess of charisma seemed to put Fallon (somewhat) at ease.  My suggestion to Jimmy: go ahead and drink a little before the show.  In my experience, drinking makes me looser and more charming.  How else am I gonna write so well in the morning?

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There are 13 comments about:
THE ROOTS SHOULD HAVE HOSTED

March 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 am
whowillsexmutombo? says:

I second that notion. I find that Drinking makes ME very, very funny. Fallon should give that a try.

March 3rd, 2009 at 10:08 am
Otto Man says:

Was he shaking nervously with the microphone there?

Switch to decaf, dude. And a gravity bong.

March 3rd, 2009 at 10:23 am
Mike says:

The interview with DeNiro was so bad that it made Paris Hilton watchable on Craig Ferguson’s show. Enough said.

March 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
BiquiniSteve says:

Was Conan this bad when he first started? At least he had Andy Richter to take some of the heat off.

March 3rd, 2009 at 10:30 am
Allan Stokke says:

Space Train is now a synonym for Epic Fail.

March 3rd, 2009 at 10:30 am
Zack says:

In my experience, drinking makes me looser and more charming. How else am I gonna write so well in the morning?

It also helps get rid of these damned shakes.

March 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 am
PUNTE says:

The Roots also should have hosted and written the monologue. I wouldn’t have been so disappointed if they’d tried something awesome and totally failed, but it looked like a high school kid pretending to do a talk show.

It was a Space Trainwreck.

March 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Stylist Mick says:

The ‘Weekend Update’ style opening monologue works for him. Just slow it down a bit.

March 3rd, 2009 at 12:57 pm
crabapple says:

They spent a year getting ready for this and the best they could come up with was giving people $10 if they licked a brand new lawn mower or a goldfish bowl? Holy shit that is amateur.

And I hate to admit this, but Justin Timberlake is entertaining. Like is he actually talented.

March 3rd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
KoroSyndrome says:

Timberlake should have a late night show, I didnt know the guy was funny.

March 3rd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Malk says:

Oh, he was just nervous because he was scared of all the black people in his band.

March 3rd, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Leapin_Lizards says:

yeah you’re right…Timberlake should totally stop making hundreds of millions of dollars touring the world to host a daily late night show, doubling or tripling his work load for less money…good call…

I mean, I’m no career consultant…but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night

March 3rd, 2009 at 5:28 pm
neometrix3d says:

I hope they keep him on the air because the roots are the shit!

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