Current Events > How did Jimmy Fallon become so successful?

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I don't see the appeal of him at all. He also comes across as extremely phony to me.

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He is a high ranking Scientologist (up there with Tom Cruise) and his influence and political power helped elevate him.

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Probably his work ethic at SNL

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Lorne Michaels

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He's got friends in high places, otherwise that obnoxious alcoholic would be out on the streets where he belongs.
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Yeah that's the first I've ever heard that, so I'm going to assume it's bs

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Definitely Lorne Michaels.

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Yes, I get that he has friends in high places/execs like him, but why?

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Like what does he have on lorne?

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idk maybe what the guys are saying is true but it doesn't dispute the fake he's funny af:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmefnAa1Mc

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He's a likable guy with powerful friends. Even on his show the Roots are more important than he is. his guests carry the show, his segments involve a celebrity doing something. I'm not saying its not an entertaining show or that i don't like him. I'm sure he's involved with the writing and all that but still...the cast is what makes him, whereas a guy like Conan or Letterman can carry the show and have any guest on. He NEEDS his guest to kind of control things.

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Lorne pretty much save Fallon after his meh movie career and made him the host of Late Night. Once Lorne became the producer of the Tonight Show after Leno's departure he picked Fallon for that promotion.

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https://youtu.be/4eGRYr0_wBg

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Like what does he have on lorne?

Do you know how many careers Lorne has made?

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VipaGTS posted...

He's a likable guy with powerful friends. Even on his show the Roots are more important than he is. his guests carry the show, his segments involve a celebrity doing something. I'm not saying its not an entertaining show or that i don't like him. I'm sure he's involved with the writing and all that but still...the cast is what makes him, whereas a guy like Conan or Letterman can carry the show and have any guest on. He NEEDS his guest to kind of control things.

So that would explain why his at home version of his show is so terrible.

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Darmik posted...

Do you know how many careers Lorne has made?

No, are they all like Fallon?

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

No, are they all like Fallon?

Pretty much anyone who launched off from SNL in a performer or writer perspective likely has Lorne Michaels to thank.

So Conan O'Brien, Tina Fey, Mike Myers etc.

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I remember when he was in SNL. Most people who came from SNL tend to strike it big after they leave.

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Darmik posted...

Pretty much anyone who launched off from SNL in a performer or writer perspective likely has Lorne Michaels to thank.

So Conan O'Brien, Tina Fey, Mike Myers etc.

The difference is that those people are funny

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Met him once. He's an incredibly nice person, even when I met him during lowest part of his alcoholism. That being said, he's not really funny imo but I can see why people find him funny. He's an incredibly safe, family friendly comedian. He had some good SNL stuff at one point.
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Prestoff posted...

I remember when he was in SNL. Most people who came from SNL tend to strike it big after they leave.

Lolno
Most do not "strike it big"

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Jimmy Kimmel is better

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He sucked off Lorne Michaels during his tenure at SNL. Word passed, and he kept blowing all those NBC execs, and all of a sudden, BOOM, he got his own late show.

Dude is devoid of charisma, giggles like a teenager at everything (which is the reason he screwed almost all of his SNL sketches) and is cringy as fuck, with his overacting during interviews and skits. Everytime a celebrity says something that's supposed to be funny, he laughs like a maniac, and that usually comes off as not being spontaneous.

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For some reason I thought kimmel was the alcoholic.

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His house band is The Roots!

The Roots!!!

And they came with him from Late Night


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HagenEx posted...

Everytime a celebrity says something that's supposed to be funny, he laughs like a maniac, and that usually comes off as not being spontaneous.

This is exactly what I meant when I said he was phony.
Everything is "amazing" or "so funny" and "hilarious" during interviews

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Who would be better hosting the Tonight Show anyway? A suck up who does a good job building relationships with people who can tell some safe jokes is all that show really needs to be.

At least he gets the odd game developer on the show. That's appreciated.

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

For some reason I thought kimmel was the alcoholic.

Don't think so but he got famous drinking beer on TV.

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

This is exactly what I meant when I said he was phony.
Everything is "amazing" or "so funny" and "hilarious" during interviews

He's arguably a better interviewer than Colbert. Colbert is funnier but he is probably the worst late night interviewer in the game because he's the exact opposite of this.
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Darmik posted...

Who would be better hosting the Tonight Show anyway?

Conan but they royally fucked that up.
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Darmik posted...

Who would be better hosting the Tonight Show anyway? A suck up who does a good job building relationships with people who can tell some safe jokes is all that show really needs to be.

Tbf I don't think the late night show formula is for me. That being said, I'll catch reruns of Carson on my antenna tv station and I actually enjoy those.

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Smashingpmkns posted...

He's arguably a better interviewer than Colbert. Colbert is funnier but he is probably the worst late night interviewer in the game because he's the exact opposite of this.

I can't watch him anymore. I enjoyed him on the colbert report.

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Smashingpmkns posted...

Conan but they royally fucked that up.

I mean he's better for our age group but I dunno if the Tonight Show audience would have ever appreciated him. Conan was never that popular with old people.

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Darmik posted...

Conan was never that popular with old people.

And Fallon is?

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Blue_Target posted...

And Fallon is?

I think so? Someone is watching the show surely lol. Don't think it's people here. Late night talk shows in general are kinda just for old people these days. The days of the Tonight Show being some big deal is long gone.

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I don't get it. I've never found him funny and I lost interest in snl when he was one of the people who took over weekend update. The show just lost me there. I haven't even watched his late night show but I would imagine I wouldn't enjoy it, or at least his presence on it.
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he has negative charisma

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