Saturday, May 10, 2014

Episode 51

FIFTY-ONE!

Is it just me or does Jimmy have the best suits? Hashtag, just saying.

MONOLOGUE: The White House Correspondents dinner took the lead in tonight’s monologue. From what I’ve read Joel McHale bombed, maybe he needed the horn Obama used!  I’ll be honest, I’ve been making Djibouti jokes for years!! You’re late to the party Jimmy! It took five minutes in for a Cinco de Mayo reference!? Rather surprising if you ask me. A lot of video elements to end the monologue, including the Kentucky Derby Jockey, who broke twitter over the weekend. Obama at Correspondents Dinner, California Chrome Wins Derby -- Monologue, Cinco de Mayo, Donald Sterling's Girlfriend Speaks -- Monologue

One of the things I love about Jimmy and the Tonight Show is the show’s love for music. It’s always cool when an artist sits in with the Roots. Crazy tonight they had a guy they made fun of weeks ago on Do Not Play These Songs. All that to say, the Roots have a new album coming out May 19th, (same as Coldplay’s new album). How they had the time to write and record, I have no idea.  My guess would be, a lot of what we’ve seen on the show is demos of their new tracks.

POPULAR MATHEMATICS makes its second appearance on the show. This was one of my new favorite bits they do. It’s a fun little segment.Popular Mathematics: Kevin Spacey, Questlove, Board Games

GUESTS: Can you imagine being Bryan Cranston? You just come off what seemed to be, the biggest television season, in Breaking Bad, to starring on Broadway for his first show, and he’s nominated for a Tony.  Remember, this guy was on Malcolm in the Middle. We get a return of L-BJ from Thank You Notes a few weeks back, yep, still funny! Cranston wears ear extensions and lets Jimmy give them a try, thats fantastic! As was Cranston getting into character, LBJ, and do an improv with Jimmy on Cinco de Mayo. 

Seems that Jimmy has taken a game from the Whose Line is it Anyway book. In this bit with Jimmy, Cranston and Jimmy have words they have to put into a conversation, it’s fantastic to see improv, and it actually work. Seeing those two guys in tears laughing so hard trying to talk about Godzilla, (the movie Cranston is actually promoting), put this little game leading into a Godzilla clip as a top moment in Jimmy’s Tonight Show history. No question. That was hilarious.  Word Sneak with Bryan Cranston

Brie Larson is up next. Jimmy says, if you buy stock in new actors, she’s one to watch out for. For the record she looks like a younger version of Amy Poehler. It’s frightening. She seems nice enough… for now. Kid pictures always help humanize, and humiliate actors.

OOOOOO a science segment to end the show. More of these kinds of segments would be really cool. It’s something different than just people.  Uh…The foam potassium trick thing…AWESOME!!! THIS IS THE COOLEST SEGMENT!!  Why do I get a scientist vibe from Richie Rich with this guy? Kevin Delaney is the man!! Science Experiments with Kevin Delaney

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