Apr 25 2008 Jimmy Fallon to Crack Up Throughout 'Late Night'
As was rumored over a year ago, NBC insiders are saying Conan's Late Night crown will indeed be placed on the bed-headed hair of Jimmy Fallon, with the guitar-playing comic taking over next February. Why? I have no idea. Personally, I don't really have anything against the guy, but with that said, I've never met anyone under 40 who likes him, or anyone over 40 who knows who he is. What study have they done to show Fallon would be a successful Late Night host? Is there some massive Taxi fanbase I don't know about? An enormous cult following for ruining scenes with laughter? A new measurement of talent based around falsetto Barry Gibb impressions? Color me perplexed.
At least now we have an explanation for NBC's continued tolerance of Last Call with Carson Daly: they needed someone to lower the bar so much that even a guy in a hilarious skintight leather outfit* could step over it.
*As an example of the general apathy/disdain towards Fallon, I was unable to find a single image of his recurring SNL character, Leather Man.
Jimmy Fallon headed for 'Late Night' [Variety]
Jan 31 2008 Farewell, Farewell, Farewell, Farewell, Montel*
Everyone's favorite ex-marine, Mr. Clean-esque talk show host, Montel Williams, has announced he is ending his popular(?) talk show. After 17 years on the air, he still leaves millions without their lost loves, estranged from their mothers who gave them up for adoption as teens, and/or without the guidance of an old lady's cold readings. As a small consolation, Montel has offered up a full year's worth of "best of" shows to slowly ween us off his sage wisdom.
You'd think, with her amazing talents and frequent appearances, psychic Sylvia Browne would have surely predicted this move. Weird!
*a poor reference to Montel opening his show with "Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome!"
Montel Williams' talk show to end [Yahoo!]
Oct 23 2007 Trump Bringing More Shouting to Daytime
When most of you think of Donald Trump, particularly if you're Rosie O'Donnell, you think of a rich, loud-mouthed asshole who has no right to be televised outside of documenting the progression of his funny hair. But what this narrow viewpoint fails to take into account are the ways in which his being rich and having funny hair give him unique and powerful mediation and counseling skills, so much so that he should have his own daytime talk show where he charitably mends the disputes of the poor.
Luckily, always willing to recognize his personal gifts, Trump has begun work on a new show which is being described as a "unique hybrid" that mixes Dr. Phil and Judge Judy.
You mean I can finally get the loud, obnoxious opinions of Dr. Phil, plus the even louder, screamed opinions of Judge Judy, all served up on a plate of monotone shouting with a side of goofy coif? If my TV's speakers can handle it, I'm in for the time of my life.
Trump gets a day job in syndication [Hollywood Reporter]
Feb 23 2007 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon?
It's well known that when Leno ends his tenure at The Tonight Show, ending the side-splitting weekly comedic social commentary that is "JayWalking," Late Night host Conan O'Brien will be the man moving to the coveted 11:35 slot. As for O'Brien's current slot, it's still up in the air. There have been talks of moving Last Call host and all-around tool Carson Daly up, but now another contender has risen: the intentionally disheveled coiffure of Mr. Jimmy Fallon. Though nothing has yet been set in stone, Fallon is rumored to be signing a holding deal with NBC to keep his TV services exclusive to the network, but leaving him open for more terrible movies and Pepsi commercials.
Fallon would be a terrible talk show host, but there is an upside to this news: we're guaranteed every other network Fallon free for at least a few years.
