Post by Brian on Jan 26, 2014 0:00:19 GMT -8
I've always stayed up late. If my television was on at 11:30, I was usually watching Johnny Carson or one of his guest hosts on "The Tonight Show." I embraced Jay Leno until "Jimmy Kimmel Live" debuted on January 26, 2003, and I've missed fewer than ten of Jimmy's shows since. He's the greatest all around talk show host -- monologist, interviewer and sketch artist -- of my lifetime.
Jay only has nine shows left, so I've been dipping in as he winds down, reprising his most stalwart guests from the past 21 years. Like them, I cannot believe that he'll actually retire as a late night television host, the job he was clearly born to do. Flying around the country in private jets to perform stand up is only a side gig whose value will diminish without a network talk show.
Jay's replacement doesn't have his or Jimmy Kimmel's monologue and interview chops. Yet Jimmy Fallon will be after Kimmel's audience while trying to hold onto Leno's. I predict that he'll do better than Conan O'Brien did the last time that Jay yielded the "Tonight Show" desk. He's a gifted musical mimic -- luckily, I can catch his clips on the Internet, like the Bruce Springsteen collaboration that Anni posted recently. One of his best recurring bits is "Slow Jam The News," started with Brian Williams of NBC News, where The Roots bandleader Questlove is the key player. Last Friday, Mitt Romney appeared:
Jay only has nine shows left, so I've been dipping in as he winds down, reprising his most stalwart guests from the past 21 years. Like them, I cannot believe that he'll actually retire as a late night television host, the job he was clearly born to do. Flying around the country in private jets to perform stand up is only a side gig whose value will diminish without a network talk show.
Jay's replacement doesn't have his or Jimmy Kimmel's monologue and interview chops. Yet Jimmy Fallon will be after Kimmel's audience while trying to hold onto Leno's. I predict that he'll do better than Conan O'Brien did the last time that Jay yielded the "Tonight Show" desk. He's a gifted musical mimic -- luckily, I can catch his clips on the Internet, like the Bruce Springsteen collaboration that Anni posted recently. One of his best recurring bits is "Slow Jam The News," started with Brian Williams of NBC News, where The Roots bandleader Questlove is the key player. Last Friday, Mitt Romney appeared: