This probably isn't the best review coming from me, a biased Conan O'Brien fan, but hey, I'll try to be as honest as possible.
I was pretty sad to hear that I would be Conan-less for about three months while he transitions from Late Night to the Tonight Show. However, I was satisfied to hear that Jimmy Fallon would be replacing Conan. I was a fan of Jimmy's work on Saturday Night Live as the Weekend Update co-anchor and as the crazy Red Sox fan. After Conan's departure, I wasn't really able to catch Late Night with Jimmy Fallon due to having class early the next morning. Although, since this past week, I've been on spring break and have been able to give Late Night a solid chance.
Beforehand, I read reviews saying that Jimmy was a disaster and I thought that it just couldn't be true! Well, I was wrong. One thing that Jimmy and Conan have is bad writers, but Conan can deal with that. Conan can make a bad joke funny just by reacting to it and realizing that it wasn't funny. Jimmy tries to do the same, but doesn't seem to have the charisma that Conan does. Another thing, Jimmy mumbles everything! I cannot understand thirty percent of what comes out of his mouth. Also, his interview skills are lacking. He can't transition from subject to subject.
Now, I had hope in Jimmy as the new Late Night host, but so far he's been lacking. He's only been on for a month, so hopefully he'll pick up just like Conan did when he first started.
03/31 Edit: I caught another episode of Late Night last night, and you can actually here no one laugh during his monolagues, and he notices it to. The thing is, he has nothing to follow up that awkward silence. I feel a little bad for the guy, yikes!
I was pretty sad to hear that I would be Conan-less for about three months while he transitions from Late Night to the Tonight Show. However, I was satisfied to hear that Jimmy Fallon would be replacing Conan. I was a fan of Jimmy's work on Saturday Night Live as the Weekend Update co-anchor and as the crazy Red Sox fan. After Conan's departure, I wasn't really able to catch Late Night with Jimmy Fallon due to having class early the next morning. Although, since this past week, I've been on spring break and have been able to give Late Night a solid chance.
Beforehand, I read reviews saying that Jimmy was a disaster and I thought that it just couldn't be true! Well, I was wrong. One thing that Jimmy and Conan have is bad writers, but Conan can deal with that. Conan can make a bad joke funny just by reacting to it and realizing that it wasn't funny. Jimmy tries to do the same, but doesn't seem to have the charisma that Conan does. Another thing, Jimmy mumbles everything! I cannot understand thirty percent of what comes out of his mouth. Also, his interview skills are lacking. He can't transition from subject to subject.
Now, I had hope in Jimmy as the new Late Night host, but so far he's been lacking. He's only been on for a month, so hopefully he'll pick up just like Conan did when he first started.
03/31 Edit: I caught another episode of Late Night last night, and you can actually here no one laugh during his monolagues, and he notices it to. The thing is, he has nothing to follow up that awkward silence. I feel a little bad for the guy, yikes!
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