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Timby posted:Because Lorne has always loved Fallon for some unfathomable reason, and since Lorne has been the god king of NBC late night since 2009 (well, 2014 is when he took over everything, assuming control over The Tonight Show after Leno stepped down in addition to being in charge of Late Night), whatever Lorne wants, Lorne gets. This all sounds like someone knows something and is holding it over their influential heads. I guess I'm prone to cynicism when it comes to powerful media people and what several of them have gotten up to that "everybody knows" about  I mean neither Jimmy is to my tastes per se, but Fallon in particular is such a void of a person. Maybe this is one of those Hanlon's razor moments, attributing it all to stupidity is still a safer bet than outright malice?
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I mean Lorne was arguably right about Conan back in the day, so I guess it made some sort of sense to trust him to find another young inexperienced guy with great potential. But it's also decades later so who knows what happened to his instincts.
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Rappaport posted:This all sounds like someone knows something and is holding it over their influential heads. I guess I'm prone to cynicism when it comes to powerful media people and what several of them have gotten up to that "everybody knows" about Well, I mean, Lorne has--outside of that five-year blip from 1980-85--been employed at NBC since 1975. He has to be one of the company's longest-tenured employees; if anyone working at 30 Rockefeller Center knows where the bodies are buried, it's Lorne Michaels. But Lorne is also known to have his favorites. Fallon was his pet project right from Fallon's first day on SNL, and he gave Fallon a Weekend Update seat even though Fallon's propensity for cracking during sketches drove him loving nuts. Pete Davidson had a guaranteed job for life on SNL because Lorne adored him. Will Ferrell and Kristin Wiig were also known favorites of his, too, and it's widely believed that one of Tina Fey, Seth Meyers or Kenan Thompson will take the reins of SNL when Lorne retires.
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Timby posted:Pete Davidson had a guaranteed job for life on SNL because Lorne adored him. Will Ferrell and Kristin Wiig were also known favorites of his, too, and it's widely believed that one of Tina Fey, Seth Meyers or Kenan Thompson will take the reins of SNL when Lorne retires. I mean while I'm not that biggest fan of Davidson and Ferrell, I at least get their appeal. Also it's got to go to Kenan right, he's done the hours!!!!
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Sep 28, 2023 13:19
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Listening to Jon Stewart on Strike Force Five and they seem to delight in making GBS threads on Fallon.
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Timby posted:Because Lorne has always loved Fallon for some unfathomable reason, If I had to venture a guess, it'd be from this anecdote I picked up from somewhere: Lorne apparently seldom, if ever, laughs when auditioning new SNL cast members, to the point where they're told not to worry about blowing it if they notice Lorne being silent. Fallon is said to be one of the very few who succeeded at getting him to crack up.
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Agent Escalus posted:If I had to venture a guess, it'd be from this anecdote I picked up from somewhere: Lorne apparently seldom, if ever, laughs when auditioning new SNL cast members, to the point where they're told not to worry about blowing it if they notice Lorne being silent. Fallon is said to be one of the very few who succeeded at getting him to crack up. Come to think of it, I do remember that from the SNL oral history book (I think it was called Live from New York) that came out several years ago. That and how Lorne always, always, always has a tub of popcorn with him (to the point that I think he has a movie theater popcorn machine in his office at Rockefeller Center). Timby fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Sep 29, 2023 |
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Steve Vader posted:Listening to Jon Stewart on Strike Force Five and they seem to delight in making GBS threads on Fallon. I had forgotten how absolutely withering Stewart can be when he wants to. Good lord (in the best way)
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Sep 29, 2023 08:29
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I loving hope that 'hour long Closer Look' is real. Edit: that's the power of good unions; a literal pandemic didn't even shut down production of these shows for nearly that long.
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I do wonder if the flooding going on in New York right now might have an effect though
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I loving hope that 'hour long Closer Look' is real. That's because no one knew how long it was all going to last though. If 2020 was the first domino into the world going 12 Monkeys, we had to figure some things out to adapt. The talent not getting paid enough by the owners who are already shafting them? Now that lovely quandary has been around forever...and is why we have unions in the first place.
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https://twitter.com/jimmykimmellive/status/1708179464864358548 And Aunt Chippy was on the Golden Bachelor premiere :o https://twitter.com/goldenbachabc/status/1707912892430028875 Colbert's first week is having John Oliver, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bob Odenkirk, music from boygenius, and Louis Cato kicks off the week https://twitter.com/reallouiscato/status/1708193953726513278
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I don't understand... Isn't Louis the band leader who took over for Jon Batiste? Well, maybe not band leader per se, I don't know if he's considered a member of Stay Human, but he was essentially doing Jon's job.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I don't understand... Isn't Louis the band leader who took over for Jon Batiste? Well, maybe not band leader per se, I don't know if he's considered a member of Stay Human, but he was essentially doing Jon's job. I think it means he’s doing double duty as band lead and musical guest?
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Yeah, Louis was part of the band that Jon brought with him to LS, under the name Stay Human. Jon won a Grammy and took leave of the show last year, and it seemed he took the name Stay Human with him. He couldn't take Louis (or drummer Joe Saylor) though, and last fall he was promoted to band leader, under the new name of the Late Show Band. Colbert had Louis and the band as musical guest once or twice, and if I had to wager a guess to giving him this spot Monday, I'd say that it's him taking care of his people. You get paid a nominal fee for performing, and that's a welcome cherry after five months. Plus it's fun! So often these days, shows let MGs come in whenever is convenient for them to record a performance. With Joe and the Band, you know that energy will be there, in that room, on that night, at the end of the show. Back to working on new thread, should hopefully be up in the wee hours of Monday or worst case, afternoon.
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Steve Vader posted:Late Night Talk Shows: She Lies and Says She's in Love with Jim, Can't Find a Letterman A winner! Thank you. I admit to having sung "can't find Dave Letterman" for years, but I enjoyed the Jim bit. Well done. Couldn't quite fit it all in the title but I think it works. New thread is live! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4043288 And I'm dead! Goodnight! Edit: i've come back to life to request that this thread NOT be closed. It's very useful to be able to go into edit mode and copy formatting and whatnot on my many posts. Of course I will adapt if it is decided to close it. pwn fucked around with this message at 13:47 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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