I remember watching Conan's horrible first show and this was worse. Conan had almost no on-air experience so his flop sweat on camera was expected. After years on SNL, Fallon shouldn't have such a deer in headlights look.
The band is not 100% to my taste, but I recognize that they are good, much better than the host. > > 3) Fallon doesn't seem to have a spontaneous bone in his body. Agreed. It was so canned and forced. > > 4) Graphics are good -- except for his backdrop. However, on my non-HD feed and set, the lower-right hand corner said "Late Night With Jimmy Fallo" all night. Don't know if it was just my station, but it added to the cheap and lame overall effect. > Kevin asked me (when I brought up the graphics package) if it seemed MTV > on NBC. And "Lick It For $10" is MTV. It's just MTV Spring Break coverage. It's also scarily obvious product placement: the first two items got wheeled out to a Price Is Right spiel of their descriptions and prices. De Niro is a terrible guest for something like this -- Timberlake was at least trying to be funny. > Then again ... Bringing on Justin Timberlake to reminisce about his > acting (in Fallon's "Barry Gibb Talk Show" sketch on SNL) I'd have preferred another episode of that, actually... > And it seems even more stale given Daly is shaking his own show up with Indeed -- much more of a young and late night kind of vibe. I'm sure Jimmy isn't allowed to do his "Hi, I'm Carson Daly, and I'm a tool" impression any more -- the irony is heavy, at least last night. > > 7) Generally, the show feels to be neither fish nor fowl. Whatever it is, it's rotten. > The camera angles catching Jimmy seemed off. The staging seemed bizarre Agreed. Both the camera work and the direction were clunky and distracting, particularly in the "Slow Jam". Fallon's obviously got something on Lorne -- at least I hope that's the reason why! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
