Case Study: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

12:40 am. As you space out into the starry smog of a big city not realizing your tv turned on by itself, you hear a faint sound from behind you. Its the sound of bad jokes. Its the sound of awkward self depreciation. Its the sound of the ghost of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Its this ghost that Late Night newcomer Jimmy Fallon is trying to vanquish.
Night in and night out, people miss Conan...not the right people, but the smart people. We have to make due for now with Jimmy Fallon. He is the best thing in Late night non Daily Show/Colbert Report tv.
Conclusion first, Jimmy is good at some things and bad at others.

Fallon, or JFallz, as he is lovingly called, is coming into his own. His monologues are a good. With his Weekend Update past, he is solid at making lame current event jokes funny even if it may be for the wrong reason (much like Coco).

The skits are also a good. They are very odd which is always a plus. Slow Jamming the News works, that Kareoke (I dont care how its spelled this is America, we conquered racism) with conservative pundit lyrics, those stupid games the audience plays, President of the Audience. All lovably weird (Like a pregnant mousepad).

The weakness of Fallon resides in his rotten interview skills. He acts as though he is a famous person talking to a famous person. Its very unappetizing to watch a conversation as opposed to an interview with pleasant banter and tomfoolery. BAD JFallz. Its not a curable ailment either. Craig Ferguson (barf), Ryan Seacrest, Mario Lopez, you are people who should be interviewees. Fallon sadly falls in the same gene poo.

There is also one area that Fallon , try as his little heart might, can never reproduce. Genuine innocence. Its a rare quality to be hip, opinionated, respected and childlike simultaneously. Stewart, Colbert and O'Brien pull it off some how but Fallon wants it too much. You can see it in that apple mouse he has. He is definitely a Mac.

The biggest plus is of course The Roots. Nuff Said about that.

Jimmy I accept thee.

Oh and the announcer dude is funny.