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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 Nov 16th 2008 3:42AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Late Night, OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
The first wave of shock hit when it was announced that Conan O'Brien would be switching coasts to take Jay Leno's seat. I didn't mind that so much, as I've never been a fan of Leno and am rather glad to see him go. The second bit of news about
Jimmy Fallon taking O'Brien's spot consisted of more mixed feelings. I was a big fan of Fallon back in the day, but I was, like, a teenager then.
Times have changed, I've grown up, Fallon's made a lot of crappy movies, and guys playing with their hair when they're nervous isn't so endearing anymore. That last one was a lie, but regardless, I'm unsure of how to feel about Fallon's new job. Now here comes the news that
The Roots will be Fallon's band on the show. Now, I must borrow from ?uestlove's name for my "What??!"
Continue reading The Roots will be Jimmy Fallon's band. Wait, what? - VIDEO
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