Episode 72

“SEVENTY-TWO!”

Before we get started… We may have ourselves another Drum Off!!! http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/will-ferrell-and-chad-smiths-next-drum-off-target-lars-ulrich-20140610

MONOLOGUE:  Our first joke was really about President Obama’s daughter turning 13??? That’s what leads the show? Ooookay! It was all made better with the “EW” impression after it.  Has anybody had a better start from the bottom and arrive in TV than Arthur? If I’m not mistaken, he started out as a page and worked his way up to become a writer, at least he had a character of a NBC Page. Now he does hilarious remotes out in NYC for the show.  “Joey Clams” is as much of a New York hockey fan as you can get. That interview and subsequent improv between Jimmy and Higgins was tremendous. Those two have way too much fun on TV. They never let a joke die, and that’s a good thing.  

It’s Tuesday, time for PROS AND CONS!  Tonight’s pros and cons were about Going to the World Cup which starts Thursday (check your local listings).  The Ghana joke at the end was just too easy. Wrote itself! Per the tradition of Tuesday night Pros and Cons, Captain Kirk, from the Roots, takes us to break! Pros and Cons: Going to the World Cup

GUEST: BIG Get for Jimmy and the Tonight Show to have both Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels on the couch together. It’s hard to look at Jeff Daniels now, and not think, The Newsroom and his character Will McAvoy… Then you see the Dumb To trailer and he’s completely the opposite of it! I love how these 2 guys and the movie studio waited to release this trailer on the Tonight Show. Big deal!! Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels Catch a Nap, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels Talk Dumb and Dumber To

This has definitely been one of the loosest interviews, and most fun, this show has seen in quite awhile. After break we go into the same scripted lead-in to Jacobs Patience. Only the great comedians of our generations do this segment. This will be unreal… This always seems to be the most challenging of segments this show does. There’s such a mix of pre-recorded fake arm moves and live action fake arm moves. Jacobs Patience was built for Jim Carrey. Real People, Fake Arms with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels

Taylor Schilling is up next… Good luck following Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Taylor stars in Orange is the New Black, a show on Netflix I have not seen, but hear it is absolutely fantastic. So, yeah, that’s pretty much it. 

Ed Sheeran is back on the show after making his first appearance on the old Late Night show. I vaguely remember that, but there’s been a lot of artists who’ve made their first appearance on Jimmy’s show. One that comes to mind is Elbow.  Ed, (one of the greatest TV shows by the way on NBC 10 years or so ago about a bowling alley lawyer), played “Sing” from his new album and man was it fun! A perfect ending to the show.

Seventy-two shows in and tonight’s had a feel 100% like the old late night show. No holding back from goofiness, and goofiness we’d never see on other late night shows, (except Craig Ferguson, but does he really count?). A great, great show.