Fuck off Jimmy Fallon

[grantcart]

I hate the FU threads, I really do, but I despise Fallon more

Fallon is more culpable than Comey for this debacle for the simple reason that tens of millions have no idea who Comey was but saw Fallon go to extreme lengths to cozy up to Trump and make him look like a regular guy.

At the time Trump appeared on Fallon he wasn't the eccentric playboy business man he had articulated a lon g list of racists and other statements of bigotry.

Fallon has been weak ever since compared to Myers, Colbert etc, although I only get Fallon second hand as I will never watch the SOB again. Too little and way too late. Anything he says now is only to save his own worthless hide.

More than any other major celebrity Fallon framed him as a regular guy.

[dalton99a]

1. Fallon normalized him big time.

[nini]

2. Maybe he's feeling guilty for helping make 45 seem normal

I hope that haunts him the rest of his life.

[Blecht]

3. That is about all I would say to him, too

Just go fuck off, Jimmy.

[pangaia]

4. Didn't Fallon take over Leno's show?

[Coventina]

12. Yes. n/t

[pangaia]

16. Well, there you have it.

And Colbert after Dave.

[mainstreetonce]

5. I agree with you

He did it to save his ratings

I had to listen to it twice to make sure he criticized trump,and he did. He will lose some from the right because of that

[regnaD kciN]

6. Jimmy who...?

Oh, is he the guy with that other show opposite Colbert?

[pangaia]

17. Touche..

And Jay, who?

[ProgressiveValue]

7. I've only ever found him funny in movies and SNL.

I've never enjoyed his late night hosting. I find him wooden and most of his jokes are terrible. Every week I go to YouTube to see the new Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and Conan stuff, but I avoid Fallon like the plague.

[WinkyDink]

21. He WAS awesome in the baseball-fan movie with Drew Barrymore!

[barbtries]

8. dang you scared me

i get them mixed up and have become quite a fan of Jimmy Kimmel.

[moondust]

9. NBC

Home of Fallon and The Apprentice, they did perhaps more than anybody to legitimize the Orange Blob as some kind of superman whose place it is to sit on his ass and judge others.

[jodymarie aimee]

10. he is a media whore

Neil Young better never go on there again.

[MagickMuffin]

11. One more reason I've never liked Fallon is he is always screaming in the mike that

I can't understand what he is saying.

[Dreamer Tatum]

13. "save his worthless hide"

from whom? from what?

I think you're taking the thing a little too seriously - the people who enable him are in the White House and in the voting booth.

[grantcart]

18. From widespread criticism in his 'hood and consistent decline in ratings

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/arts/television/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-interview-trump.html

The resurgent interest in left-leaning programming hasn’t helped Mr. Fallon, a former star of “Saturday Night Live” who has built his brand on his all-around entertainer’s skills and down-the-middle tastes. And as Mr. Fallon is well aware, viewers haven’t seen him in quite the same light since an interview he conducted with Mr. Trump in September, which was widely criticized for its fawning, forgiving tone. In a gesture that has come to haunt the host, he concluded the segment by playfully running his fingers through Mr. Trump’s hair.

. . . .

Once the interview was broadcast, Mr. Fallon said, “It all started going crazy.” A barrage of negative social media posts gave way to damning appraisals in publications like Variety, where the critic Sonia Saraiya asked: “Who wouldn’t Fallon interview with such fawning, giggly acceptance? Where would he draw the line?”


. . .
She added, “How long will it take before American audiences lose all their faith in him, as an honest person they can watch every night?”

He has lost enormous cache in his industry as a top tier personality. He makes money for NBC but not nearly as much as before. Yes he will be employed and rich, just considered the light weight he is.

As for enabling, ask the next 10 people you stand next to at the supermarket if they know who Jimmy Fallon is and who James Comey is. So far in my experience it is 10 to 0

[phleshdef]

14. Fallon doesn't want to be a political talk show host and I'm ok with that.

When he has a famous politician on, he doesn't get into partisan or political stuff. I'm also okay with that.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

15. Don't feel anywhere near as strongly as you about that guy. But I never got

what people saw in him. Whether it's the fucking up every other shit he was in because his lame ass couldn't contain his laughter like everybody else. Then this current gig he for some reason has to fake laugh at everything his guests say. And he's just not particularly funny. Except maybe for some decent impressions.

[a kennedy]

19. I thought what Jimmy Fallon said was from his heart......

and I loved what he said. So kill me now.

[JI7]

20. I'm glad fallon spoke out against the bigotry. The real news media like cnn is more responsible for

With their both sides shit.