Time may have erased our memories, but I expect most people will find themselves remembering just how terrible Jimmy Fallon is come this Monday with the premier of, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. In a long history of Weekend Update on SNL, Jimmy Fallon ranked somewhere in between Collin Quinn and Dennis Miller. I say, "In between," because I can't decide which of those two is worse. Remember how no-name Tina Fey had to back him up as his co-host, because he couldn't handle the enormous responsibility of reading off cue cards on his own without having a giggling fit? The saddest thing is that there actually exists a, "Best of Jimmy Fallon" DVD. Seeing that on the shelves next to Chris Farley and Phil Hartman makes me want to puke.
For some reason, people thought he'd go on to be a big sensation like Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, or Will Ferrel, all of whom have made terrible, terrible movies, repeatedly, and without apology. Arguably, they haven't made any movie as bad as, "Taxi," in which he plays "the dude," next to Queen Latifa's straight-up gangsta bitch taxi-driver, with her pimped out ghetto taxi. His movie credits after that fiasco seemed to dwindle.
He even released a comedy album he sings on, in the highest voice imaginable. I don't think you could even find it in the bargain bin selection. Remember how Adam Sandler put out hilarious albums people use to play at parties, or even the new Incredibad album? This wasn't it.
Then again, in a world with Jimmy Kimmel, is he really the worst choice? At least he has some hosting experience. Conan O'Brien's biggest credit before becoming a host was writing a couple episodes for The Simpsons.
In other news, Ed McMahon contracted bone cancer right before Conan O'Brien takes over the Tonight Show. Is he trying to tell us something?
Late-Night TV is dead to me anyway. I can't stay up that late anymore, and even if I do, I usually watch The Daily Show or the Colbert Report. I can barely make it to the end of SNL anymore, not like there's a lot of incentive for me to do that anyway.
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