Jimmy Fallon, next host of Late Night, will cut his teeth on The Internet
- July 21st, 2008
- 2 Comments
Fans of late night talk shows—college students and people with babies who wake up 87 times during the night—know that Conan is scheduled to take over the Tonight Show in the autumn, and that Jimmy Fallon will take over Late Night at the same time. But did you know that NBC will use THE INTERNET to give Fallon a chance to test out his material? Yup, Lorne Michaels, producer of Late Night (and SNL head honcho) said that beginning this autumn NBC will start airing short (5-10 minutes) Web episodes of Fallon’s show. They’re to be posted every day at 12:30, you know, because people have to be trained to see Fallon on at that time.
Reason for all this? Conan’s early days as host of Late Night were, let’s say, not good, and NBC doesn’t want to throw Fallon on TV without giving him a chance to work out any issues he may have… like whether or not he’s funny. (I actually don’t mind him, to be honest.)
So how do you like that, the TV networks throwing us Internet folk a bone for a change.
Tom Woolf (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Good move by NBC. I remember watching Conan when he first started. “Bland” would be a good way to describe the show. Then I got to watch him from the audience during a taping - he was NOT the performer you saw on TV. His real personality (much closer to what we see on his show now) came out.
Fortunately for him and his shoe, not too long after that, the recorded shows seemed to gain a little life (no - I am not taking credit, just mentioning a coincidence…).
GamajwanG (Who am I?)
2 months ago
What has Jimmy Fallon done to warrant him even being in the consideration to take over Late Night? Honestly, I have yet to see Jimmy Fallon be funny, nor good in anything that he has done. He never could keep his composure on SNL, what makes him even qualified to be even considered? I can see it already. He will laugh at his own unfunny self during the whole show, and people will find out real quick how tiring it will be.
Put someone with real talent on the show.