On Mon, 12 May 2008 05:47:20 GMT, Drew <ddrewc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>The Associated Press confirmed Sunday that Fallon indeed will succeed
Conan
>on Late Night, with a news conference planned for Monday to announce the
>arrangement, according to "a person close to the negotiations who spoke
on
>condition of anonymity because the announcement hadn't been made."
>
>On 2008-05-06 1:30 p.m., Joseph Nebus verbated:
>> Has Jimmy Kimmel got something that really powerfully commends
>> him to a talk show host role?
>
>I assume you meant Fallon, not Kimmel. I, too, have been wondering how
>Fallon became the overwhelming favorite to succeed Conan. It seemed that
no
>other potential candidates even came within shouting distance of Fallon.
>
>Fallon's body of work on ``Saturday Night Live'' certainly qualifies him
>for consideration to star in a show of some sort, but it would be a
stretch
>to say that anything in his ****tfolio ``powerfully commends'' him to host
a
>late-night comedy/talk show in particular. On SNL he showed evidence of
an
>endearingly goofy, devil-may-care charm in lots and lots of sketches. He
>also co-hosted Weekend Update with Tina Fey (badly, in my opinion,
because
>he couldn't keep a straight face while delivering the punch lines), and
>flashed an Adam Sandler-esque talent for musical parody.
>
>Other qualifications: Fallon is young (born in 1974), likeable, and
>familiar to the 18-to-49 age group that NBC targets for Late Night. I'd
>guess he has a very strong Q rating. His post-SNL work has been slow so
>far, so it's not like he'd be trading down to take the Late Night job.
>
>Something that should not be underestimated is that Lorne Michaels thinks
>highly of Fallon, and Lorne has a lot of pull with the NBC folks. As we
>know, Lorne's opinion paved the way for Conan's selection, survival, and
>eventual success as host of Late Night.
>
>Will Fallon be up to the task of hosting an hour-long show five nights a
>week? I guess we'll find out when the time comes. Presumably, NBC did
some
>preliminary testing to see how Fallon would handle himself in hosting
>responsibilities such as interviewing, interplay with the audience, etc.,
>and was satisfied with what it saw. And it's not like there's a certain
>work background that foretells success as a talk-show host. Almost no one
>thought Conan was right for the job at first, and he turned out
splendidly.
>
>All in all, I'd rather see Fallon take a crack at it than less-funny guys
>like, say, Carson Daly or Ryan Seacrest.
Pray Fallon doesn't become another Shabby Chapped, uh, Chevy Chase.
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