Posted by Lex Friedman on Apr 22, 2009
33 shows. 38 days’ worth of jokes written for Jimmy. If only he’d hire me! And, y’know, use some of the jokes!
- Shots were fired yesterday at reality star “Dog the Bounty Hunter.” He told police at the scene, “The guy just started shooting me like a d–…. Oh. Never mind.”
- Today is Earth Day. Lots of celebrities are trying to do their part to help save the planet today. Yeah, Britney Spears tried cutting back on electricity — she turned off the CD she usually lip-synchs too. So that was nice. Unless you were in the audience.
- Rosie O’Donnell got in on saving the environment today, too. Yep, she agreed to only microwave TWO Hungry Man dinners today, for her breakfast. Every little bit helps.
- In an interview, Paula Abdul this week said that she has never, ever been drunk, and that she doesn’t use drugs. Then her nose grew by 3 feet. Probably a weird coincidence.
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Tags: Britney Spears, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Earth Day, Paula Abdul, Rosie O'Donnell
Posted by Lex Friedman on Mar 5, 2009
Last night’s show was solid. I thought Jimmy actually seemed more nervous during (and immediately prior to) his monologue; he showed some nervous laughter before he even got underway.
This was honestly my least favorite of the first three monologues Jimmy’s done. The opening Madonna joke did nothing for me. The Chris Brown / asteroid joke was funny (“The asteroid could have done as much damage as two atomic bombs. Or one night with Chris Brown!”), but I’m thinking Jimmy needs to give himself a roll of punchlines to run through on great setups like that. (“Heck, it could have done as much damage as Rosie O’Donnell at a buffet. Or OJ Simpson at a place where people are living.”)
As promised, Jimmy continues to make lots of references to modern living and technology, with his second Facebook reference in two shows (Iraqis can get on Facebook now — if your face is covered with a veil), and his second dig at Microsoft, too. But there weren’t enough solid laugh lines — more the “applause” lines. Jimmy showed on Weekend Update that he can generate actual laughs at his topical jokes, and doesn’t need to settle for the Jay Leno-esque “that was a joke” recognition applause.
The “Bromance Novels” bit was cute, and the audience seemed to really enjoy it.
I’ll post some joke suggestions for tonight’s show a bit later on.
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Tags: Bromance Novels, Chris Brown, Facebook, Iraq, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, jokes, Madonna, Microsoft, OJ Simpson, Rosie O'Donnell, Weekend Update