Episode 20

TWENTY!

Monologue: Classic Friday night monologue from Jimmy. Solid, but nothing that really stands out except this turtle joke: Russia Increases Troop Presence, Sen. McConnell…  It was interesting to find out Chuck-E-Cheese might buy Dave & Busters for 10 trillion ski ball tickets… Let me do the conversion here real quick… Looks to be 1 billion US Dollars…

As much as I disliked the studio at the start of Jimmy’s tenure, twenty shows in, it’s really starting to fit in my brain, and I’m okay with it now. 

Ah yes, Thank You Notes. What a great start! Alcoholics Awareness month and then Sbarro more money complete with Jimmy and Higgins walk offs… Hilarious. Hilarious. Hilarious. Thank You Notes: Sbarro, Nike Swoosh, Llamas. Can’t say it enough, Higgins is a comic genius. He drives a lot of this show whether we want to admit it or not.*

HOT SAX!!!!!!!!!!! It took 20 shows, but we got! We finally got it! This made me so happy. I do hope the next time they do the hot sax bit the actual saxophone player gets tossed the sax and really plays it… On his sax

* 2 D-.V-D’S!

GUESTS: Franco! This guy has a TON of stuff going on. Can you imagine being this busy? This is the Tonight Show, Damnit!

Some of my favorite videos the Tonight Show posts is “during the break” videos. They did one where Seinfeld and Jimmy did previews for the new stations, but this one with James Franco isn’t bad either. It’s real talk and real emotion and stuff we never get to see. During the Break: James Franco and Jimmy Fallon … More importantly after watching this link, I learned when Will Ferrell breaks character. Good inside scoop here.

Andy Cohen is the Ryan Seacrest of the Bravo Network. The man does everything!  Andy Cohen is an interesting character, because you look at him and he’s so happy, like Jimmy, and you wouldn’t think he’s the Executive Vice President of Development and Talent for the Bravo Network…aka… He’s a baller… And he’s on Tinder. Andy Cohen Joined Tinder

Larry Webster: I wonder if he was a last minute guest because of how often (every night) Jimmy and Higgins talked about trucks. Pumpkin season comes once a year and Jimmy needs a truck!  “I like this truck because it looks like it’s wearing khaki’s!” I was actually hoping he would straight up tell Jimmy what truck to get, but if you watch closely as they go to break you can slightly hear Jimmy ask him “So I should get a Chevy”? Then you can read Larry’s lips as he says, “yeah, get a Chevy”. Kudos to the show for making any sponsor happy by not disappointing the other and cutting Jimmy’s mic as he says “get a Chevy”.

The Shot Ski was incredible! The fact that not only Jimmy and Andy Cohen did it, but Larry Webster did it too! “And you thought a truck was manly”!

Musical Guest: Jake Bugg. Jimmy wasn’t kidding at the top of the show when he said this kid looked like Justin Bieber. He really does, but his music is far better

All in all, a decent friday show! See ya Monday!