LATE NIGHT IS BETTER WITH JIMMY

The Jim and I DVR Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and then usually watch it when we’re eating dinner, or there’s nothing better on and we happen to be upstairs (we have 2 TVs with 2 DVRs…yeah, stupid, I know).  Growing up, I was a huge fan of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.  I ABSOLUTELY loved that show, and he was the reason why.  I actually have some of my best childhood memories of watching the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson with my Grandmother whom I loved more than I could ever tell you.  He was funny, and hysterical at times.  Just good comedy without a lot of blue humor since it’s TV mind you.  So, I’ve never really got into the Tonight Show since Jay Leno took it over.  In fact, if I did watch a late-night show, it was probably David Letterman (which I never watched religiously).  I will say that the 60 minutes that Jimmy Fallon fills, however, is often pretty funny, highly entertaining and silly…things I enjoy wholeheartedly.

If you haven’t watched Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, let me give you a few reasons why we like it so much.

1) Jimmy isn’t pretentious at all.  He likes to have fun with his guests, and often gets them to do silly things with him (like drive go-carts through the studio, or the clips that I’m putting right here…it’s a hysterical skit to me because it’s so “out there” and bizarre that it strikes me funny and the Jim and I can’t get the damn song out of our head for days!)

LET US PLAY WITH YOUR LOOK 1

LET US PLAY WITH YOUR LOOK 2

2) Jimmy really interacts with his audience, which I love.  He has games like hot dog in the hole (it sounds worse than it is), cell phone shoot-out, and he’s pretty generous.  I especially love when a joke is off, or doesn’t hit the right note he’ll hand out the cue cards to audience members.  It’s just a funny touch that I like.

3) The BEST BAND in the business is his house band.  HE somehow managed to get the legendary ROOTS crew as his house band.  I LOVE THE ROOTS!  Plus he has Questlove (Ahmir) and Black Thought (Tariq) acting in their ongoing series “7th Floor West”, as well as I love when they have Tariq sing back up when they “Slow Jam the News”.  It’s amazing.  I mean, I love getting to see The Roots every night and they so deserve this spotlight.

4) Jimmy has some memorable recurring items like “Head Swap” and “7th Floor West” (which is their take off on “The Hills” which blessedly, I have never watched).

It’s just good wholesome and very silly stuff, and adds a nice little point to our day.  If you get a chance, check him out or better yet, add him to your DVR and watch him when you get a chance.