Late Night with Justin Timberlake

Jimmy Fallon was the ugly cousin on his own show! Last night was Jimmy's first as Late Night's newest host and he wasn't half bad. I am a huge Conan hater and am extremely disappointed he's taking over the Tonight Show, but I've been intrigued to see how Jimmy would do in his place. The monlogue was nothing special; a few rather contrived jokes and a smattering of clever comments at an usually vocal and roudy audience.
The Roots were amazing, and I still cannot believe they agreed to do a talk show, but hey I'm not complaining. They're almost too cool for school.
The slow jammin the news skit was funny. Not Jimmy so much as the Roots' singer. Reminded me very much of those hilarious Budweiser commercials, 'Real Men of Genius'.
The Lick for Ten skit was absurd and very college boy humor. Not a fan.
Poor Jimmy was noticably nervous and was over-compensating with frenzied energy. It wasn't a mess, but it can certainly be refined.
DeNiro was guest number one and I am still undecided how much of his appearance was an act. Dear Bob is notorious for not being much of a talker, but he seemed to be going out of his way to be difficult, so I'm thinking it was part of the gag. Funny for about a second and then it was painful to watch. When the host talks more than the guest, it's never a good sign.
And then we come to the highlight of the night. Perhaps I am slightly biased because of my Fatal Attraction/Single White Female type obsession with JT, but Timberlake knocked it out of the park. He should have his own show or something. Once he came out Jimmy relaxed and the whole mood of the show changed. There was witty banter and quite humerous impersonations. And the MTV reality show clip looked interesting as well. Justin should have been the only guest if you ask me.
Jimmy got upstaged, but I think he can improve. He may not be condemned to ugly cousinness forever. I will tune in again tonight though, despite the fact it conflicts with my beloved Golden Girls. Not for Mr. Fallon so much as I love Ms. Fey!
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