(From "From the desk of Carson Daly" via twitpic)
This blog has been astonishingly unkind to Jimmy Fallon. Actually, to be frank, we have been even crueler to Carson Daly (but we stand by that breathtaking vicisousness). Still, we haven't seen the Jimmy Fallon show, which begins tonight with the awesometastic Roots as the in-house band. Why do we so -- or at least did we -- dislike the guy so much? Entertainment industry survivor Lorne Michaels, who launched Fallon, hit on all the correct notes in a NYTimes interview: Fallon laughing at his own jokes on SNL, the execrable Taxi, the obnoxiously tailored career to the young girlies.
Today Fallon tweets, "I promise not to Tweet all gifts. But a nice bottle of Johnny Walker Blue from Carson Daly is pretty cool." How can we lash out at someone who displays such vulnerability and the desire to be liked and to do well?
There is also, re: gifting, apparently a tradition between late night comedy shows at 30 Rock. From that NyTimes article:
"Jimmy Fallon joins one of the most exclusive clubs in television on Monday night, when he becomes the third host of NBC’s 'Late Night.' But he has already been welcomed by the ritual passing of the plastic pickle.
"The three-foot pickle arrived this week in Mr. Fallon’s office, accompanied by a handwritten note from his predecessor, Conan O’Brien.
"'The Letterman people sent this pickle to my office in 1993,' Mr. O’Brien wrote, referring to the year he succeeded David Letterman in the 12:35 a.m. time slot. 'Now I’m passing it on to you. Whenever you leave, which won’t be for a long time, make sure you pass it on to the next sap.'
"The sentiment means a lot to Mr. Fallon, who will follow two comedians he greatly admires."
"DeNiro, Timberlake and Van Morrison. Tonight on NBC. Have a party!!!!!" he also Tweeted. We'll suspend judgement until we see the darn thing.
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