All the talk show hosts talk about what happens when they run out of ideas. Johnny Carson used to play "Stump the Band." Letterman throws things off of rooftops. O'Brien spins his wedding band on the desk. Ferguson has puppets.
The prepared material on Fallon's first episode was the sort of hastily assembled crap the seasoned talk show veterans would do when they ran out of ideas. If you're less than an hour into your career as a talk show host, and you have people licking things, you're not long for the job. Can the Wheel of Meat be far behind? My praise for the show is limited entirely to the band, but that style of music is not one I can listen to for prolonged lengths of time. Jay Leno recently said during in interview (it might've been his interview of Fallon a few weeks ago) that there are maybe 10 celebrities that will increase the ratings of a talk show by more than a few tenths of a percentage point. At day's end, the success of a talk show rests squarely on its host. My take on Jimmy Fallon is simple: he is the result of what happens when NBC runs out of ideas. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
