LateNightWithJimmyFallon-related stories
Posted Aug 6th 2009 9:31AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews
TV Land has a little gem on their hands, methinks with
How'd You Get So Rich? When I was younger, I used to get a kick out of
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous. When your mother comes in and asks you which utility you want the most this month, it's kind of nice to imagine what it would be like to live in such opulence.
Joan Rivers was on
Late Night earlier this week, and she spoke of the idea behind the show. When traveling around the country, she'd see these mansions scattered around and wonder what the story is behind them. These aren't celebrities, after all. They're just ordinary people. So the title question came to mind.
What's great about the show is that it's presented in such an uplifting way. It's telling you that all things are possible. You too could have these amazing houses and cars. All it takes is hard work and dedication, and sometimes a great idea like tonight's founder of
Billy Bob Teeth.
Continue reading Joan Rivers wants to know How'd You Get So Rich?
Posted Jul 22nd 2009 1:02PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Video, Celebrities, 30 Rock, Emmys, Reality-Free
Despite the fact that before
30 Rock Alec Baldwin had primarily been known for his dramatic work, he has long been beloved in the comedy world. He's one of the most frequent hosts of
Saturday Night Live, and has become somewhat of an unofficial cast member over the years. He's proven that he has no shame when it comes to comedy, which goes pretty far to explain why he went on
SNL alum
Jimmy Fallon's show last night in an all-white getup accented by a gold lame scarf, gold boots, and even a gold fanny pack.
Continue reading Alec Baldwin shows Jimmy Fallon exactly why he's nominated for an Emmy
Posted Jul 21st 2009 5:00PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Reality-Free
The world is facing a population explosion of Biblical proportions. People are procreating and reproducing faster than sustenance reserves and housing requirements can keep up with it. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have officially given up adoption for the next three Lents.
Something has to be done that doesn't involve condoms, birth control pills, or taking a hammer to certain parts of the human anatomy.
India claims they have found a solution.
Television?Continue reading India's plan for population control includes ... late night TV?!?
Posted Jun 9th 2009 1:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, OpEd, Reality-Free
Jimmy Fallon's first week on the job wasn't great, but it had some promising moments that showed the former
SNLer was capable of doing good if he could just get comfortable in his new pad.
Fallon's exuberance for the job shined through, but his nerves sometimes seemed to get the best of him. That's natural. If I was the face of a multimillion dollar television show beamed to hundreds of thousands of people every night, I would consider my work a success if I could get through each show with a clean pair of shorts.
The host has come a long way in the last three months. He seems less nervous and more comfortable as the captain of
Late Night, and it has made him and his show funnier. The cleanliness of his shorts are not known. I don't know anyone that close to Fallon's staff.
Continue reading Jimmy Fallon has started turning Late Night into his La-Z-Boy
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 1:29PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Industry, TV on the Bigscreen, Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Will Forte is hilarious. Last night, he stole the show from Jimmy Fallon on
Late Night, which admittedly doesn't seem very hard to do, with non-stop jokes and a mini rock opera. He might not be the most popular comedic actor on
Saturday Night Live, but he's definitely one of the funniest. That's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to his
MacGruber movie.
Yup, a
MacGruber movie. Forte told Fallon about a script he wrote for a feature film based on the
SNL sketch. "John Solomon, Jorma Taccone, and I just finished writing it. We're gonna make it in Albuquerque. It's me and Kristen Wiig and cast to be determined," he said. Video after the jump.
Continue reading Will Forte talks about the MacGruber movie
Posted May 14th 2009 1:04PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Reality-Free
Jimmy Fallon has put himself in an interesting position. Not that kind, sickos.
Next week, he welcomes
24 star Kiefer Sutherland to the
Late Night studios in the wake of his latest assault charge in which he allegedly
head-butted a fashion designer outside of a night club. I'm calling it "Butt-Gate" because I won't get that opportunity again until Jennifer Lopez and Shakira get into a fist fight.
The question for Fallon is how hard will he interview Sutherland on this latest incident that could land him in jail on
a probation violation. This could be a defining moment for Fallon as a late night host. Granted, he's not interviewing the head of the Saudi Royal Family or even the head of the Hilton family, but it could either give him and his show some juice or take some away.
Continue reading Will Jimmy Fallon take down Sutherland 'Bauer-style'?
Posted May 13th 2009 11:03AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Lost, Interviews, Reality-Free
As the creeptastic Ben Linus on
Lost,
Michael Emerson has been the puppet master on the island. He spends his days murdering people, causing others to murder different people, playing mind games and just generally making life more difficult for the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 and everyone else whom he encounters.
Ever since he was going by the name, "Henry Gale," Ben has been a fan favorite on the series. Recently, I was able to grab a few minutes of his time to chat about this week's season finale of
Lost and the evolution of Benjamin Linus. He even gives me some parenting advice!
The interview follows after the jump, and as we do discuss this week's finale, I should probably give you a
spoiler warning right now. However, since it's
Lost, he's not able to give too much away. FACT: The smoke monster is real, and is deployed against any actor who dares to speak too freely about the show-- so I got what I could.
Continue reading Michael Emerson: The TV Squad Interview
Posted Apr 15th 2009 4:35PM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Late Night, Animation, Adult Swim, Reality-Free
I had hoped to post the
Tim and Eric interview from
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from last night, but
this is all NBC posted of the segment. Fallon introduced them by saying they had been eating chocolate since Sunday and hadn't slept, at which point they burst into the studio and threw candy at the audience and the band. They made a passing attempt at answering Fallon's questions, and gave a bit of their history, but mostly stuck to the premise of being hopped up on candy. No one sticks to a premise like Tim and Eric.
If you're not familiar with Tim and Eric, you probably look at these two guys in pink chocolate-stained tuxedos and wonder what the hell you're watching. Sometimes, even when you do know Tim and Eric, and watch
Tim & Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job every Sunday at 12:30 AM on
Adult Swim, you are apt to say, what the hell am I watching.
Continue reading Tim and Eric and Jimmy Fallon - VIDEO
Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:07AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, News, The Daily Show, Reality-Free
If you asked the average TV watcher what celebrity makes the funniest late night interviews, news anchors would probably be the furthest answer from their minds. It would also just be after physicists, felons convicted of violent crimes and Joaquin Phoenix.
Lately, however, one dedicated newsman has become the most entertaining guest on the late night talk show circuit with the kind of timing, humor and comedic gravitas that even some so-called "professional" comedians have trouble displaying. It could with the greatest of ease turn his own news program into the most hilarious show on television, if the news he reported didn't make us want to jab a corkscrew in our eyes.
That man is NBC's Brian Williams.
Continue reading Brian Williams is funnier than you will ever be - VIDEO
Posted Feb 27th 2009 9:20AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Interviews, Reality-Free
The Roots are taking their new gig as the official house band for
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon very seriously, even if their initial chances of scoring such a gig seemed like nothing more than a joke by a couple of the show's overworked staffers.
"We were the musical supervisors for [
Chappelle's Show] season two and three ... and Dave's partner Neal Brennan was brought over as a consultant, and he sort of jokingly recommended The Roots as a house band," said Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson in a conference call last Tuesday with Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter. "I guess the joke was sort of like, you know, I dare you to ask them, even though they're too busy to take it."
Continue reading The Roots are ready to rock, rap, jazz and even disco the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Posted Feb 25th 2009 10:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Reality-Free
The late night war is officially back on, folks, and it's about to get nasty because Paris Hilton has become CBS' weapon of choice.
Craig Ferguson and his
Late Late Show crew plan to turn the tables on Jimmy Fallon's first foray into his late night territory by launching a cluster of MOABs at NBC that are packed to the brim with Paris.
And no, we don't mean Ferguson literally plans to launch Paris into the
Late Night offices where she will unleash her demon whore spawn and turn Fallon's staff into a grisly smorgasbord of bloody flesh and gnarled bones. Let's be realistic. Paris would just hire someone to do that for her.
Continue reading Ferguson declares war on Fallon ... with Paris Hilton?!?
Posted Feb 16th 2009 9:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, TV Squad Polls, Reality-Free
You've been putting off this moment for years. You've been denying yourself the courage to face the oncoming reality that not even God Himself can stop. You've pushed this little feeling to the deepest part of your brain so you wouldn't have to face it.
This week marks the end of Conan O'Brien's long running
Late Night show and even
the Big Giant Head has been putting off the inevitable by waiting until the last possible minute to pack up his things.
His final show in the time slot he has held for 16 years will have its final string dance on Friday, Feb. 20. He won't return to our eyeballs for at least another four months.
Jimmy Fallon, meanwhile, takes over his slot in March.
Continue reading Conan packs up his stuff, but will Andy help him move?
Posted Feb 15th 2009 10:01AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Web, Reality-Free
A lot of the Jimmy Fallon haters out there have been ripping his chances before the man has even had a chance to make a footprint on NBC's late night lineup.
It's a little unfair. Sure, he's had a checkered path of success post-
Saturday Night Live, but Conan O'Brien wasn't even a gleam in the public's cornea when he took over for Letterman and everyone was writing his obituary before the show reached the third trimester.
After watching this video blog on his
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon site, it's clear that man is, if anything, committed to proving his naysayers wrong by letting a virtual strangler mutilate his eyeballs.
Continue reading Fallon cuts his eye to win one for Adrian, er, NBC
Posted Feb 12th 2009 9:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Late Night, Reality-Free
A lot of people, myself included, have been hard on Jimmy Fallon's chances for bringing the funny with his new late night show.
I've put the cart before the horse so many times with the new Late Night host that there's a good chance I'll end up with bloody hoof-prints on my face come this summer.
But this
Page Six item in that bonfire of journalistic integrity,
The New York Times Post, gave me even more mixed feelings about Fallon's future in his quest for the attention of bleary, bloodshot eyeballs across the fruited plain.
Continue reading Fallon hopes he'll be the shy, giggly voice of America
Posted Jan 5th 2009 9:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, OpEd, Talk Show, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
If you live in New York (first of all, you have my deepest sympathy) and you've been itching to catch
Late Night with Conan O'Brien in person since you moved out there to pursue some crazy dream that will only leave you penniless, heartbroken and homeless, your time is running out.
The big-headed one will film his last show in the New York studio on Feb. 20,
according to the show's website.
And since he leaves no corner of his little universe jokeless, anyone can get tickets to his remaining New York shows by shooting an email to conangobyebye@nbc.com.
Continue reading Conan close to making LA move
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