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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
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