Episode 22

TWENTY TWO!

Welcome in! I came across an interesting article today showing just how well the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is doing. Here’s a hint… It’s doing real well!  http://qz.com/188345/just-one-month-in-jimmy-fallon-is-already-king-of-late-night-and-youtube/

MONOLOGUE:  This is one of the heavier Putin/Russia joke related monologues we’ve seen Jimmy do. The random placement of a Mitt Romney not being able to do the wave at a sporting event was rather funny.  Jimmy goes on to make fun of the LA news station that ducked for cover under the desk she the 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit while they were on the air.  I didn’t laugh as much as I may have used to since I’ve recently dealt with a lot of earthquakes living in Oklahoma City. Laugh as you may, but we just had a 4.1 magnitude about a month or so ago and it freaked the snot out of me. I got a whole new appreciation for earthquakes… But I digress. 

Continuing on with the monologue, The Two and a Half Men happening after the Big Bang Theory was one of the better jokes of the night, followed by Jimmy reacting by pitching to a video of the news anchor in LA dramatically looking to the camera. Good placement there and a CBS TV joke that pretty much wrote itself. 

PROS AND CONS: It was real quick tonight…They must have been running over on time; clearly they rushed through it. There was no witty banter between Jimmy and Higgins, just straight pros and cons and on to the next one. Pros and Cons: Going on Spring Break

One thing I do love, and it’s very subtle, is when the Roots play out to break with the Pros and Cons song they seamlessly transition into their commercial break song, and it’s a beautiful thing.  I SEE YA ROOTS!

GUESTS:  Lena Dunham…I don’t watch Girls, but I watched her SNL and I didn’t think she was that great, but she is more naturally funny than she was, forced on SNL. She’s got this adorable quality to her, and fun fact, SHE ADORES JIMMY FALLON! For some reason, I think Jimmy and Lena would do great on the Broadway musical “Earthquake.”

I LOVE when Jimmy plays old (real) game shows like Password, (seeing him play with Betty White as a guest was a bit surreal), or in tonight’s case, Pyramid. You may be asking, “Butt Clinton, you weren’t around when these shows were on TV!” You may be right, but I grew up watching Game Show Network for like 15 years; Card Sharks, one of my favorites, and not the Bob Eubanks version, but the Jim Perry version. Yep, dropped some Card Sharks knowledge on you there didn’t I!? Pyramid with Lena Dunham and Hugh Dancy

Steve Higgins plays the role of game show host WAY to well. He could actually be a successful host. I also really like when Questlove steps out from the drum set and plays games or does cooking segments with Jimmy.  Ah, and the Roots even played the Pyramid theme song on the bump to break! What a great night for the Roots !

Next, Hugh Dancy… Never heard of him nor watched his show. What I took from this interview is that Jimmy really loves that Rob Ford picture and loves to do his impression of it, and now likes making others do an impression.

MUSIC: Foster the People was great… The end.

This continues to be a good week of shows and only promises to be better later on!