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Earth_First

(14,910 posts) Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:04 AM Feb 2014

Hey Fallon, you SUCK!

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Hey Fallon, you SUCK! (Original Post) Earth_First Feb 2014 OP

I thought he was great...Leno had not been funny in years.. HipChick Feb 2014 #1

The LGBT digs were the final straw for me... Earth_First Feb 2014 #4

Beg to differ. Leno 840high Feb 2014 #10

Leno seems more for the blue hair/gray crowd.. HipChick Feb 2014 #11

the bit with the friend who bet him $100 he would never host the tonight show was good fishwax Feb 2014 #2

I've never liked him much. I find it laughable that NBC thought Conan's appeal Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #3

You have a point. Sognefjord Feb 2014 #5

That was my initial thought when I first heard of Fallon being tapped to replace Leno... Earth_First Feb 2014 #6

I like Jimmy Fallon, though I didn't see tonight's show. No Vested Interest Feb 2014 #7

So much more talented than Leno -- sings, plays guitar, impressions, writes (some of) his own materi KurtNYC Feb 2014 #8

Or "Joking Bad": mucifer Feb 2014 #9

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

1. I thought he was great...Leno had not been funny in years..

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:18 AM

Feb 2014

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)

4. The LGBT digs were the final straw for me...

Reply to HipChick (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:22 AM

Feb 2014

The Matt Lauer and "lesbian Screech" comments are all I need to know about Fallon.

I gave it a shot for the first time tonight, the last time as it turns out.

840high

(17,196 posts)

10. Beg to differ. Leno

Reply to HipChick (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:13 PM

Feb 2014

better than Fallon.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

11. Leno seems more for the blue hair/gray crowd..

Reply to 840high (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:49 PM

Feb 2014

I could never watch him, he's just so corny....

fishwax

(29,149 posts)

2. the bit with the friend who bet him $100 he would never host the tonight show was good

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:20 AM

Feb 2014

Common Sense Party

(14,139 posts)

3. I've never liked him much. I find it laughable that NBC thought Conan's appeal

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:21 AM

Feb 2014

and humor were too young, too weird for the blue-haired Tonight Show audience, but somehow Jarrett/Sully/giggle boy is going to catch on just fine.

Sognefjord

(229 posts)

5. You have a point.

Reply to Common Sense Party (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:23 AM

Feb 2014

I'm watching to see who he thinks his target audience might be.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)

6. That was my initial thought when I first heard of Fallon being tapped to replace Leno...

Reply to Common Sense Party (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:24 AM

Feb 2014

Turns out there's much more I dislike about Fallon than originally thought.

No Vested Interest

(5,166 posts)

7. I like Jimmy Fallon, though I didn't see tonight's show.

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 02:30 AM

Feb 2014

He's not mean-spirited. Or overly sophisticated.
Something youthful about him that appeals to this senior.

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)

8. So much more talented than Leno -- sings, plays guitar, impressions, writes (some of) his own materi

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 08:44 AM

Feb 2014

material.

Jay Leno could NEVER do this:

or this:

mucifer

(23,545 posts)

9. Or "Joking Bad":

Reply to KurtNYC (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 09:56 AM

Feb 2014

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