I recently read your article about Jimmy Fallon entitled, oh that's clever.. Jimmy Fallon. Unfortunately I randomly clicked on your website to find this article. As a fan of the comedian, I was very upset to find that you began this article with, "no one is entirely sure why this smirking weenis is allowed to be in movies and TV shows. The "Fallon Fallacy" is also named after him." And after a not so glamorous picture of him saying, "here he is, looking even dumber than usual." Wow. Who wrote this again? Some comedic genius the works for a website that no one has ever heard of? Talking about Jimmy Fallon like you're better than him? Here's a little something I have to say to you.
First of all, starting off your article with "just the facts" and then listing five completely false statements about Fallon is NOT LISTING THE FACTS. Ok, you may be right that Fallon was not the best actor on SNL. But let me see here. There are a lot of VERY successful people today who were not very good on SNL either. Hmm. Sarah Silverman? Robert Downey Jr.? Ben Stiller? They did not do well on SNL, and yet they are doing very very well now. How do you explain that?
Secondly, I will have to agree as well with Fallon not doing very well in the movies. Let's face it, he's not the best actor. But he's not the worst either. They don't just take anyone on SNL, and Lorne (Lorne Michaels, the exectuive producer and creator of SNL) liked him enough to make him a late night show. Do you have to be an amazing actor to be an amazing comedian? I think a lot of writers and stand-ups would beg to differ with that notion.
And don't you dare attack his late night show. Let us look at the recent Emmy and Comedy Awards nominations. Hmm. I don't see Jay Leno, David Letterman, or any other late night talk show host other than Conan (a given) and the other guys on HBO, Comedy Central, and SNL (I know that's not a network, but I'm listing it anyway). Wait. Jimmy Fallon is nominated? Thats 's correct. Why? His show is so innovative and genuinely funny. They don't do the same thing every week with different jokes. The writing team, Fallon included, keeps it fresh. They have new bits and new material each week. Of course they also have reoccruing ones like "Thank-You Notes" and "Slow Jamming the News", but that's becase they are very successful and they don't get old with the audience. Oh and by they way, when you use Metacritic for all of your proof, and your judging the show by only the first season, you're an idiot. You think all late night shows start out really well? Like they're just going to be perfect at a show none of them have done before. Why don't you try it? Oh wait you can't. You make stupid articles for Cracked.com.
"Oh, so maybe just the writing staff is funny, but Jimmy Fallon sucks!!" That's my guess what your next response would be. Well, that could be true. Except for the fact that most of the time he has specific jokes written out and then expands into his own sort of improving. And the audience laughs? And the show does well? Maybe if the show sucked and all it had were the jokes he read from a cue card, I would believe you. But you're wrong! Fallon is constantly joking around. And are you aware that he was a "Weekend Update" anchor. They don't just choose anyone for that job. They choose people that can actually write and get the job done. Funny people.
And Fallon doesn't have good interview skills? That may have been true in the beginning. Let's face it, that first episode is kind of hard to watch. But he has gotten 50 billion times better. Guests on the show are constantly professing how genuinely nice Jimmy is. Guests that aren't just trying to be nice. When someone impersonates Fallon they imitate someone being really annoyingly nice. That's because it's true and guests are always trying to tell the viewers that it's not just some fake persona Fallon puts on for the show. Interviewing people is a skill. A skill that Jimmy will continue to get better at. If his guests are constantly agreeing he is really nice, he is obviously doing something right. He is making them feel comfortable, which is probably the most important thing a host must do to conduct a successful interview.
So Cracked.com, maybe you should start watching what you say about people who are way more famous and talented than you are. I don't mind reading editorials, but when you are being blatantly rude and calling Fallon "just a penis," I take offense. You sound like you want to be a comedian someday. Show biz is all about networking. So stop bitching and start appreciating real comedy.
Sincerely,
TVblogger
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