I like Jimmy Fallon so I'm going to cut him a little slack since this was his first episode however I do have to say that after the "lick it for $10" game I almost left the room. But I wanted to see Robert DeNiro and Justin Timberlake.
The jokes were terrible during the monologue up until when the house band The Roots started singing with the news story. That was funny and cool I guess. Then he did a little game called "Lick it for $10". Like I said that was almost a deal breaker for me, I almost left the room. It was stupid. The first contestant licked the top of a brand new never been touched so new it hasn't had time to accumulate dust Lawn Mower. The next contestant licked the glass of the scanner part of a printer. And the final contestant licked the glass of a fish bowl. And Jimmy gave each $10. Are you kidding me? Stupid. Wasn't even worth $30 if you ask me.
Robert DeNiro comes out and he barely even says a word and Jimmy is talking during the entire interview. I'm sure Mr. DeNiro is a very private person and he probably doesn't do too well in this type of setting which is why he probably ONLY does talk shows when he has to promote something like Meet the Parents or something and even then I'm not sure he would want to. He seems like a very nice person, he just doesn't seem too talkative. Which is why Jimmy wrote 1 word response questions lol.
Justin Timberlake comes on and all of a sudden the show gets way better. They are "talkin' it up" (SNL reference) and singing together and just having a fun time together. I thoroughly enjoyed that interview because Justin Timberlake is always a good time. Oh get your minds out of the gutter.
Then Van Morrison sings. I couldn't understand 1 single word that came out of his mouth. I don't want to hear 1 more Ozzy joke about how he can't speak a full sentence much less a full word. Van Morrison used to be an icon in the 60's but now he's just... not. I can see him coming on to the show as a guest to "chat" about how he had a career in the 60's but you know, beyond that... And I mean no disrespect to him but I really didn't understand him. I'm sorry.
I didn't care for this show to be perfectly honest. If this is a prediction of what the rest of the show is going to be like I'm pretty sure they are going to beg Conan O'Brien to come back real fast.
My very first sentence I said I liked Jimmy Fallon so I'm going to cut him some slack. And that's what I did lol. I was trying to be nice.
EDIT: I watched this show a couple more times since I posted this just to make sure that I wasn't just being an ass about it. You know, cause I might do a retraction saying that he was probably nervous or something and that he's doing better. I wish that were the case but unfortunately he's not. In fact he is still doing that lick it for $10 skit and it's as dumb as ever. Although he did make one guy lick another guy. All I could think was now that's what I'm talkin about. Lick something gross. Not glass or plastic. Lick another person or lick something dirty. He might get it right but the jokes still suck. Although, the jokes were very good jokes, they just weren't told by the right person. He made the jokes look very sad. Sorry Jimmy. I like you bro but you just don't make me laugh anymore. The only thing that I like about your show is the interviews and the music.
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