Jimmy Fallon Taking Over for Conan O'Brien, Angela Experiencing Mixed Emotions

Little known fact: I have always had non-sexual but very romantic dreams about late night talk show hosts.  (The only exception to this has been Carson Daly.  And yes, I'm aware that I've just confessed to dreaming about dating Jay Leno.  Shut up.)  So the part of my brain that conjures up those scenarios is happy to hear that Jimmy Fallon will be joining the ranks when he takes the reins at the Late Show next year (Conan's finally relieving us of the scourge of Leno), because as we can all see, Jimmy Fallon is hot.

However, the rest of my brain is getting a distinctly Carson vibe off of all of this, and I'm not talking about Johnny.  It's not that I don't like Jimmy.  I do.  He seems very personable, like you'd want to grab a beer with him.  I like it when he can't keep a straight face on Saturday Night Live.  He makes me laugh because he makes himself laugh, and because he laughs easily at the funniness around him.  And to be fair to him, none of that is true about Carson Daly.  Also, Carson Daly is not even on the same hotness planet as Jimmy Fallon.

But do I want to watch Jimmy Fallon conduct interviews?  Granted, I don't actually watch these shows unless I'm being threatened with waterboarding, but let's say I did.  I mean, I think about Conan O'Brien's style, or Dave Letterman's.  (I do not think of Jay Leno's, because Jay Leno is an assclown who really shouldn't ever have been allowed to attempt the filling of Johnny Carson's shoes.)  Conan and Dave both come across as wise, kinda dry, like my smartass Italian uncles.  Jimmy Fallon is so... well, he's silly.  And that's endearing on SNL, and it works fine for the kind of movies he makes.  I just don't know if 90 minutes of that every single night is going to keep an audience around when so many people have like 700,000 channels to choose from.  You're already tired at that hour, and watching someone - even a really cute someone - bounce off the walls on your television might make you want to see if there's a Girlfriends rerun on somewhere, you know what I'm saying?

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Comments

[Gina]

Maybe he will be like Craig Ferguson... But that will probably hard to do without Worldwide Pants as the overseeing production company.

[Jenn]

I think that both Dave and Conan started out being really silly though- they've just grown smartassier (totally a word!) over the years. Stupid pet tricks? Wall of velcro? In the year 2000? - All pretty silly. I think Jimmy could really bring a much needed dose of silliness and youthful enthusiasm.

[alex]

What?...Hold the phone! Jay is leaving Late Night? And Conan is taking over? That's the greatest news ever! Everyone please excuse me for not knowing this before. I'm ashamed.

[Celia]

One of my favorite SNL skits is "The Barry Gibb Talk Show". If Jimmy promised to do all interviews like that, I'd watch every night. Otherwise, meh.