Jimmy Fallon may not have had the most stellar Movie career, but he was one of the funnier members on Saturday Night Live to me. Some things just don’t translate well I guess.
Now it is looking like Jimmy Fallon may be stepping into the gig Conan O’Brien will be leaving behind on Late Night.
Jimmy Fallon appears to be inching closer to Conan O’Brien’s “Late Night” chair. For months, Fallon has been widely considered the top choice to succeed O’Brien when he steps down next year. On Thursday, published reports said Fallon has signed, or soon will sign, a deal with NBC.
Fallon has always been such a source for entertainment writers to hit on for his failed bigscreen comedies. Now he would be in the position to take shots back at talk show celebs who took shots on him I guess.
Will his SNL experience give him an edge in this format? Talk shows do revolve a lot around wit and improv and Fallon has shown he can do that.
I didn’t like the idea at first, but the more I think about it, the more I think I would start watching Late Night talk shows again. I didn’t care for Leno so Conan taking his spot followed by Fallon? Guess I would have a new bedtime if it works well.
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I shared this on themovieblog, but I want to contribute here as well.
I don’t like his movies and he made SNL worse. Most of the time I watched it, (had to stop because it just wasn’t good anymore) but of the times I did watch, pretty much every scene he was in ended badly because he had terrible timing and he couldn’t keep a straight face. Eugh. At least with Conan moved up to an earlier time slot and nobody worth watching in his old slot, I can get to bed sooner. Thanks Jimmy!
I think Fallon is OK, but not worthy of a late night talk show. They should try Russel Peters. At least he can bring in more of a diverse audience than Fallon.
He is very best actor his performance is very very all good every stagger.
I’ve never been a fan of Fallon, and he’s nothing compared to O’Brien.