On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:54 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > (SNIP) Five days and roughly 20 minutes of streaming video later, >> and I still haven't found anything likable about Fallon. Which is not >> to say he is unlikable... frankly, he just doesn't register. He has >> all the on-screen charisma of a lesser Baldwin brother. I haven't >> written him off yet, but it is an underwhelming debut for the guy >> >> Then again, all he really has to do is convince enough stoners to stay >> awake long enough to watch Carson Daly, and if his style remains >> this... well... vacant, then he won't ruffle anybody's feathers. >> >> http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/ > > You are a mysterium tremendum et fascinans, Kevin. You can't see > anything of value in the A Baldwin's work in Glengary Glen Ross or > The Cooler, yet you have the patience and optimistic spirit to give > little Jimmy a 6th chance. I was shocked they made me sit through soap > commercials to watch those things - they should have been paying me.
Jimmy's rugby looks like a real team's shirt with a chest emblem. It's probably a school jersey. At the end of his LLS run, Tom Snyder told us he once asked Dave Letterman what he'd do differently if he was to start a talk show again. Dave said it would be just the host - no cohost and no band. And soon after came Craig Kilborn with his LLS all alone out there. He didn't have the personality or skills to carry the show that way and eventually brought producers and writers on camera to work off of them. Craig Ferguson has the talent to make the format work although the results can be uneven and he has started to bring his writers on camera more. Dave was projecting his college radio DJ experience to the role of TV talk show host, with there being just the host and the audience. So let's look at the late night hosts and what adds to the way they see their roles: Leno is a standup comic, Letterman is an old style DJ, O'Brien and Kimmel are writers, and Ferguson is a storyteller and an actor/writer/director/producer. Fallon is an improv actor, which is different from all the others. I guess he did some writing at SNL, but it would have been for group sketches and not just forming a character like a standup would do. These video posts are so weak because Fallon is weak without good writing. And, to be honest, I don't know how good he'll be with strong writing. Fallon hasn't shown that he has the personality to take the show on his shoulders and make it funny. Tom W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
