I'm Surprised That Jimmy Fallon Didn't Start The Tonight Show With A Tribute To Robin Williams.....

[global1]

Robin Williams was a regular guest on the Tonight Show. Granted I don't know if he appeared on Jimmy's show - but - Fallon being a comedian - it just seems to me that he should have commented on Robin Williams passing and paid tribute to him before he started his monologue.

Dave Letterman is in reruns this week - otherwise - I'm sure that Dave would have started his show with some heart felt comments about Robin Williams.

I'm really disappointed in Fallon.

[onehandle]

1. Fallon is no Conan.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/08/12/watch-conan-obrien-break-the-news-of-robin-williamss-death-to-his-live-audience/

[MADem]

5. Apparently he is. It's a small club, that comedy thing.

People forget that Conan's show is taped LATER than Fallon's--Fallon is East Coast, Conan West Coast. Fallon didn't even know RW was dead while he was taping because of the three hour time difference. The news broke yesterday after he'd finished the show (which isn't live but taped in the afternoon).


Anyway, here's proof that Fallon isn't some uncaring jerk:

http://deadline.com/2014/08/jimmy-fallon-robin-williams-tribute-818644/

“Before we get into the show: We, like all of you, we were shaken up a bit last night, when we learned that genius comedian/actor Robin Williams passed away,” Fallon said with some difficulty at the top of tonight’s broadcast. “He was one of a kind — he was one in a million. He was like unbelievable. If you ever saw this guy’s standup, you wouldn’t even believe it. If you don’t know his standup you should YouTube it right now and just watch it.”It was amazing. he was funny and he was fast and he would weave in and out of characters.” Fallon proceeded to try to imitate Williams.

“And you’d watch him and you would cry laughing, and you would think, ‘I’m never going to see anyone like this human ever!’,” Fallon continued. “It was just amazing. His brain was always thinking, 10 steps ahead of what he was thinking. He was the Muhammad Ali of comedy.”

Fallon then introduced a clip of Williams’ first appearance on The Tonight Show when Johnny Carson was its host. After the video, Fallon joined the growing group of Williams fans paying tribute to the actor by standing on a desk, reciting a bit of Walt Whitman’s poem, Oh Captain, My Captain! — a nod to an early Williams film, Dead Poets Society.

http://kearth101.cbslocal.com/2014/08/12/late-night-shows-honor-robin-williams/

[global1]

2. Sorry - I Posted Too Soon - He Just Did A Nice Tribute To Williams......nt

[AngryOldDem]

3. Very nice tribute highlighting appearances on Carson. n/t

[aikoaiko]

4. That was really nice. His verklempt was real.

Standing on his desk followed by Oh Captain, my captain was wonderful.