Official Announcement: Fallon to Replace Conan in '09

[Kryton]

Jimmy Fallon and Lorne Michaels just announced this live on MSNBC. Exactly WHEN it will happen in '09 is unclear, but that's the plan.

Of course, it was long-time rumored...guess it's official now.

 

[Twilight]

Fallon. Not *nearly* as funny as Conan.

 

[Kryton]

Yeah, but when that happens Conan takes over from Leno. Which is a GOOD thing.

 

[apostle83]

Yeah, but when that happens Conan takes over from Leno. Which is a GOOD thing.

Yes. Then I can go to bed earlier.

 

[TheBrew]

^

 

[MIB]

Oh, joy. Question: Why can't the entirety of the early '00 SNL cast just drop back into obscurity where they belong?

 

[IJD GAF]

I don't think Fallon has an original bone in his body.

 

[Kryton]

To his credit, he seemed quite affable and off-the-cuff taking questions at the announcement earlier, but who knows how much that was set up in advance?

 

[Aragorn]

So now Fallon can mug at the camera and laugh uncontrollably and it won't be breaking character.

 

[DarthPipes]

Fallon's a no-talent hack. He'll be spending late night laughing uncontrolably.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Well, now I won't have to debate whether to watch Late Night or the Late Late Show.

 

[Spot's Meow]

It could be okay...this is the kind of thing where you just have to wait and see. You never know who could turn out to be a great interviewer/host, despite how awful they are in other areas of entertainment.

 

[AdmiralGarak]

This is great news... for Craig Ferguson.


Maybe Fallon will do surprisingly well, but I doubt it. I've never found him funny. Not that this uninspiring casting surprises me. NBC's been trying to find a decent host for the crap slot after Conan for years, and the best they've come up with is Carson Daley.

 

[cardinal biggles]

I know it seems like people aren't giving Fallon a fair shake, but this is far different than when Conan took over from Dave. (And let's face it, at the beginning, Conan did suck. Hard.) Conan was still pretty much a nobody. We've watched Fallon grin and flub and giggle his way through endless SNL sketches and Weekend Updates. I don't know who they could have picked that would be better than Fallon, but I'm also straining to think of anyone worse.

 

[IJD GAF]

It could be okay...this is the kind of thing where you just have to wait and see. You never know who could turn out to be a great interviewer/host, despite how awful they are in other areas of entertainment.

Conan, while shaky at the start, had a damn good track record as a Simpsons writer at the very least.

Fallon? Er, Taxi? any number of endlessly forgettable SNL sketches?

Fuck, just thinking about it makes me want to give Carson Daly a hug.

 

[Capn Flukie]

This is great news... for Craig Ferguson.

I like Craig Ferguson, but I like Conan a lot better. Now I'll get to watch both. Win!

 

[Cicero]

I don't think I've ever seen Fallon outside of photographs. Perhaps he'll do decently?

 

[Roshi]

I never found Fallon funny... Ok, less bandwith spent somewhere else.