From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   	Well, Conan didn't pop up on Letterman, although I'd be quite   
   surprised if he didn't appear there a couple times in non-guest roles   
   before taking over The Tonight Show.  But he did have the cold open   
   spot for Jimmy Fallon's Late Night, as the guy hanging around and not   
   quite done moving out and well aware that Leno wasn't leaving *his*   
   offices in Los Angeles ...   
      
   	Also it revealed that the weird bug-eyed Conan bumper had a   
   counterpart as a real portrait-type picture.   
      
   	As for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon itself as seen in studio   
   6-B, where it's incorrectly housed, up to the point that I had to get   
   to sleep:   
      
   	Well, it hasn't made me love Jimmy Fallon.  The various bits   
   seemed all right and I suppose if I already felt warmly towards Fallon   
   I'd have enjoyed them better.  I could see how the pretaped comedy bits   
   (giving the cold open a pass on needing to be particularly funny since   
   it's enough to be cute and passing-the-torch in tone) of 'Target   
   Demographics' and 'Lick For Ten' should be amusing in a we're-too-silly-   
   for-this way, but they didn't feel quite off-kilter enough for me.  In   
   particular 'Lick For Ten' --- three people are brought from the audience   
   to lick items (a lawn mower, a printer, and a goldfish bowl) for ten   
   dollars --- never felt quirky enough for my tastes, not least because it   
   was terribly clear the supposed audience members were actors and they   
   didn't play quite enough to acting like they were in enough on the gag   
   or completely out of it.   
      
   	If there's a specific problem I'd say that it's that I haven't   
   really got an idea what Jimmy Fallon's comic persona is.  It's vaguely   
   genial and a touch playful though not so much as Conan's is, and with   
   no strong attitude at its comic core the bits feel generic.  Even the   
   opening credits bit --- multiple pans of Fallon running around --- and   
   logo (just the name of the show in Helvetica) could be dropped into   
   any talk show without change.  That can develop, certainly, and I hope   
   for him and his dependents that it does; for now, well, he's new and I   
   can certainly give him some time.   
      
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   								Joseph Nebus   
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