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Jimmy Fallon on "Tonight" - off his interviewing game?
Don't get me wrong, I love me some Jimmy. I love his interviewing style -- so genuinely enthusiastic about his guests, like a real fan! Except lately.....
When interviewing Queen Latifah recently about her HBO biopic on Bessie Smith, he seemed so surprised she could sing. He said, "Did you know you can SING? I mean, I know you can rap, but....". It was a bit awkward, since she definitely proved herself as a singer in "Chicago" from what, ten years ago? He also held up the soundtrack at the beginning of the interview, which clearly said "music from the HBO film"...but at the end of the interview, asked her if there was a soundtrack. Again, she looked a little surprised and sort of pointed to it there on the desk.
Tonight he was interviewing (I forget her name) about her new show on Comedy Central. At the end, he said, "...and now you've got a giant Comedy Central show", like it's a huge hit. She started to say, "It hasn't premiered yet" but then thought better of it and just said the date.
These are just rare misses for Jimmy and it sort of reminds me of when Johnny Carson started having those kinds of moments. Not that I think Jimmy is getting old, I just think he is distracted or maybe is not getting briefed adequately on these interviews.
Don't get me wrong, I love me some Jimmy. I love his interviewing style -- so genuinely enthusiastic about his guests, like a real fan! Except lately.....
When interviewing Queen Latifah recently about her HBO biopic on Bessie Smith, he seemed so surprised she could sing. He said, "Did you know you can SING? I mean, I know you can rap, but....". It was a bit awkward, since she definitely proved herself as a singer in "Chicago" from what, ten years ago? He also held up the soundtrack at the beginning of the interview, which clearly said "music from the HBO film"...but at the end of the interview, asked her if there was a soundtrack. Again, she looked a little surprised and sort of pointed to it there on the desk.
Tonight he was interviewing (I forget her name) about her new show on Comedy Central. At the end, he said, "...and now you've got a giant Comedy Central show", like it's a huge hit. She started to say, "It hasn't premiered yet" but then thought better of it and just said the date.
These are just rare misses for Jimmy and it sort of reminds me of when Johnny Carson started having those kinds of moments. Not that I think Jimmy is getting old, I just think he is distracted or maybe is not getting briefed adequately on these interviews.
I think his problem is he's too exited over himself , he's got calm down and get over himself , anyhow the job was too big for him from day one , Craig Ferguson would have handled it much better
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Jimmy Fallon on "Tonight" - off his interviewing game?
