Comments on: Jimmy Fallon: Four nights in, and… beer pong!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:29:18 +0000

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By: Moo Kahn (from China)

Moo Kahn (from China) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:52:04 +0000

PS – Yes I remember Conan’s disastrous first month. But he still kinda sucks even 10 yrs later or whatever it was. Time flies I guess. I think Kimmel is the king of late night – seriously…Don Rickles thinks so too.

By: Moo Kahn (China)

Moo Kahn (China) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:49:17 +0000

I dunno. I really want to like JF – loved him in the SNL days. But I’m just not sold yet. Maybe it’s me getting old and lame.

By: William

William — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:25:37 +0000

Might I remind our astute viewers that Mr. Conan O’ Brian was literally hanging on by a thread when his show started. There was much doubt cast at the time whether he would make it…
Bottom Line… Conan is the best. Jimmy, you really do suck right now, but that’s ok, you will get better, or you will retire; it’s up to you.(But I think you’re loosening up, and that’s good.)

By: FNL Fan

FNL Fan — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:26:44 +0000

Hey EW, what happened to the Friday Night Lights guest bloggers? Heck, what happened to the Friday Night Lights blogs at all?? – Disgruntled.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:32:12 +0000

Fallon was a better talk show host on his SNL stoner
web cam skits, and that wasn’t funny, but at least
he was slightly more natural. He makes the cardinal
sin of talking over every guest, without the benefit of saying something witty or clever. The guests that he
has had that are friends can not lift this show beyond
old school show-biz schmaltz that makes it more like
SCTV’s Sammy Maudlin than any other talk show on at
this point in time. I am sure in time he could improve,
but we really don’t need to wait for that. They could stick anyone in the program and eventually they would grow into it, but why should we wait for it. He should bow out now.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:24:03 +0000

Fallon…. He can be great if he settles down… He kinda was, but he frequently talks over his guest. Almost felt like trying his best to be the “better” person on screen. There are too many gags on the show and half are not even funny. Conan brings these gags in without trying and look natural. Jimmy needs to work on his timing and “dumb” look during silent moments as if he’s defending his thesis and is waiting for someone to rescue him. One of Conan’s guest (His name escapes me now, but he did jokingly said he could have been asked to take over) during his last episode can do a much better job than Fallon. Overall, not impressed with Fallon….

By: Kaiulani

Kaiulani — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:39:55 +0000

Who cares about Jimmy Fallon? You know there are several other shows on TV we could be talking about. Chuck, Reaper, just to name two. I thought that this blog was about watching TV, not just focusing on one show for a week.

By: Chris Duncan

Chris Duncan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:45:54 +0000

Reuters or NYT hit it on the head when they said Fallon was “an old person’s idea of a hip, young comedian.”
If anybody watching had actually PLAYED beer pong (you know, the entire target demo), they would realize Fallon had no idea what he was doing. He said “Do I go now?” after Serena’s first shot. He also let her cheat.
The concept may deserve some praise — but the execution was horrific. It was slow and wasn’t entertaining. Request for manliness… DENIED.
Ludacris and The Roots were sick together though.

By: TJ

TJ — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:42:55 +0000

Horrible. Jimmy Fallon is the WORST talk show host I have ever seen. He is nervous, jittery, corny, almost like he has never been on camera before. His interview with Trump was HORRIBLE.
Obviously, a mistake has been made.