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Jimmy Fallon Debuts “Late Night” Video Blog, Confirms House Band The Roots

12/9/08, 11:15 am EST

As everyone was distracted by the shocking news that Jay Leno is staying on at NBC, future Late Night host Jimmy Fallon quietly debuted his first new video blog on NBC.com yesterday. In the 90-second video the former SNL cast member holds off on the funny and instead shows off his his new NBC studio (used by Johnny Carson for the first 10 years of The Tonight Show) and his house band the Roots. The online opening for Fallon’s shoes is meant as a soft debut for his Late Night persona and to hopefully prevent the awkwardness Conan O’Brien experienced when he took over for David Letterman in 1993. Hopefully in tonight’s episode he’ll actually attempt to do something funny. Fallon begins March 2nd. He’s got big shoes to fill. Do you think he’s up to the job? With Leno pegged for a nightly 10:00 PM show, is the value of Conan’s 11:35 Tonight Show diminished? Will Caron Daly stay on the air — meaning NBC will be showing four hours of talk show a night? That means NBC will be broadcasting 20 hours of talk show a week.


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CCo | 12/9/2008, 12:25 pm EST

No way the Roots are his full time house band. That would just be sad for the Roots.

dannyc | 12/9/2008, 1:14 pm EST

yo so serious, if the roots want to hang sometimes that’s one thing, but i hope they have better things to do than this …

Anonymous | 12/9/2008, 5:02 pm EST

Jimmy Fallon can be amusing when he performs ‘in character’…

But when he ‘is himself’, he’s not very entertaining.

rayanne | 12/10/2008, 3:47 am EST

kick carson out and have jimmy fallon on…that would be better

neal | 12/10/2008, 4:09 am EST

Give Fallon a chance…

Carson Daly is, I’m sorry,
exxxxxxxcrussiating

oh god he’s sooooo bad

sorry

give it to Fallon

AND THE ROOOOTS

neal | 12/10/2008, 4:17 am EST

oooooohhh so sorry to repeat
BUT

Carson is so bad it hurts me

bring on Fallon

or Ryan Adams

he would be good

dig

New Album in 2009 | 12/10/2008, 11:35 am EST

The Roots Sell Out!!!

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