8 Late Night Hosts Jimmy Fallon Will Be Better Than

prubin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:46:51 +0000

We were never fans of Jimmy Fallon, but it’s a done deal: the preternaturally tousled SNL and crappy movie alum is taking over Conan O’Brien’s NBC talkshow starting tonight (Conan comes back in April to take over on The Tonight Show, even though Jay Leno acted completely bitchmade and undermined him by developing a new 10:00 show on NBC).

What are his odds? Hard to say, but lord knows there have been enough horrible late-night talk shows over the years that it’s all but certain he won’t be the worst one ever. No, seriously'we feel reasonably confident saying Jimmy Fallon will not be responsible for the very worst late-night television talk show of all time. And if that’s not a ringing endorsement, we don’t know what is. Regardless, we dug up some evidence, just so you could be as tepidly lukewarm about the premiere as we are. Read on for 8 late night talk show hosts Fallon may be better than.

CHEVY CHASE

This guy. Wow. Just…from his very first monologue, you can kinda see why it was cancelled four weeks later.

CARSON DALY

Now THAT’S charisma.

SPIKE FERESTEN

Let this be a lesson: being a writer on Seinfeld does not automatically give one the talent to ~~tell jokes~~ exist without annoying you.

MAGIC JOHNSON

“He played basketball professionally! Of course he’ll be comfortable on-camera.”

PAT SAJAK

Scott Bakula, Paul Rodriguez, and riding a camel? Call the Emmy committee!

CHRIS SPENCER

Is “getting totally sonned by my own guests” a resume skill? When Dwayne Wayne kills you on your own intro, it’s time to throw in the towel.

ALAN THICKE

We don’t get it either.

KEENEN IVORY WAYANS

When Lark Voorhies is your best guest, you know you’re in trouble. And when your sketch bits look like this? Let’s just say Little Man is a step up.

Jimmy Fallon Is The New Conan O’Brien

bfred — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:57:40 +0000

In a bizarre, hail mary career resurrection, it seems as if former Saturday Night Live cast member Jimmy Fallon will be taking over Late Night when Conan O’Brien moves into Jay Leno’s shoes in 2009. While we’re all for the consistently hilarious Conan sliding into the big boy time slot, Jimmy Fallon seems problematic. Well, at least they didn’t promote Carson Daily.

You’ve probably forgotten who Fallon is by now, since he failed to capitalize on his huge post-SNL buzz with a series of horrible movies (Taxi with Queen Latifah) and un-funny comedy songs (“Idiot Boyfriend”). On SNL, he was famous for his musical parodies and “Weekend Update,” leading him to host the 2001 and 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. But since his Red Sox-themed rom-com Fever Pitch bombed in 2005, he’s had a hard time getting work. As far as we’re concerned, he was just the flash-in-the-pan, Dane Cook of the boyband generation. But maybe we’re missing something the NBC execs are seeing. For a taste of how his hosting might go, watch his 2001 VMA opening after the jump.

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8 Late Night Hosts Jimmy Fallon Will Be Better Than

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