[Flumper Barflusterbutt]

I have high hopes for him, but jesus. That guy is so nervous its hard to watch him.

[Banana]

I thought that was part of his schtick. Like Letterman is awkward, Fallon's nervous.

[Flumper Barflusterbutt]

I thought that was part of his schtick. Like Letterman is awkward, Fallon's nervous.

Well, sort of. But its usually a controlled nervous with smiling and all. Have you seen him this week on his new show?

[Banana]

No, is it uncomfortable to watch?

[Moto]

The Deniro interview was awkward.

[cLaY]

the only positive that show has going for it is having the Roots as the house band. they are $$$

[Flumper Barflusterbutt]

The Deniro interview was awkward.

Yeah, beyond awkward.

Did you see the interview he did last night with that strange guy. The guy basically told Fallon that he didn't have any balls and you could almost hear crickets chirping in the room. Fallon had no come back at all.

And the way he tries to over laugh at any joke his guests tell? Its just all so strange to watch.

[Moto]

I watched very briefly. I had to change the channel.

[BIRD33]

the only positive that show has going for it is having the Roots as the house band. they are $$$

Philadelphia weeps at the fact that the Roots are Jimmy Fallons house band.selling out anyone?

[WoolyGoat]

he was awful in that stupid red sox movie

[WoolyGoat]

edit: stupit

[cLaY]

Philadelphia weeps at the fact that the Roots are Jimmy Fallons house band.selling out anyone?

think about how much money they were offered, plus ?uestlove is a personality now. every bands dream is to be someone's house band at some point and time. its a dream job.

[Flumper Barflusterbutt]

think about how much money they were offered, plus ?uestlove is a personality now. every bands dream is to be someone's house band at some point and time. its a dream job.

I don't remember what happened on the show last night, but Fallon attempted to make a lame joke, and then turned to some black guy in Roots with a big afro for "what do you think about that?" kind of reaction. The guy stood there and looked at him like he was a bouncer in a strip club. No smile, no nod, nothing.

Fallon just looked back at the audience like, "Okay then...."

[BIRD33]

think about how much money they were offered, plus ?uestlove is a personality now. every bands dream is to be someone's house band at some point and time. its a dream job.

You are right about the money but thats selling out.Name another band that ever did this.Its no dream job to be the max weinberg 7.

[cLaY]

i'm really not sure where this can go. i kind of thought about this move for the Roots and if they ever are going to tour in the future. what does Jimmy Fallon do for a band? i really don't see him hosting for very long anyway.

[BIRD33]

i'm really not sure where this can go. i kind of thought about this move for the Roots and if they ever are going to tour in the future. what does Jimmy Fallon do for a band? i really don't see him hosting for very long anyway.

Its good for the Roots overall profile.Some dick in Nebraska who never heard of them might get turned on to them via the Fallon show.Thats not really that hardcore though musically.

I've seen where Max Weinberg was on tour with Bruce Springsteen and they replaced him with the trumpet player or something.The roots are getting 40 seconds of face time a day on late night TV.Its better then not being on tv I guess.

[cLaY]

These guys have more talent than anyone on the radio.

Rollingstone.com
With due respect to Paul Shaffer and the Max Weinberg Seven, when Late Night With Jimmy Fallon premiered on March 2nd, the Roots instantly became the hottest band on late-night television. Rock Daily recently caught up with ?uestlove and the Roots as the hip-hop vets rehearsed for their full-time gig as the house band for Fallon’s show — check out the video above for shots of the group in action and ?uestlove giving us the scoop.

Fallon recently told Rolling Stone that because the Roots are serving as his house band, “there’s no way anyone’s falling asleep.” The group was faced with an almost insurmountable task leading up to the debut episode: Write around 200 new songs for the program, as ?uestlove told the Smoking Section (because NBC won’t pay royalties for other band’s songs). “I’m personally saying now that I don’t want the rehearsals to stop. This is the most we’ve ever written as a group,” ?uestlove says. “I think that once we get 200 songs under our belt, I’ll lay off the three-to-five hour rehearsals.”

So how did NBC convince the prolific road warriors to settle down on one stage? Incentives like spending more time with their families and rehearsals on NBC’s tab definitely helped, as did the increased pay for the decreased workload. “If you total up the seconds we appear on TV, we’re on camera for 640 to 800-something seconds a week,” ?uestlove says. “That’s the equivalent of 10 nights on the road. Our manager would not let us take this gig if it didn’t match or surpass what we get on the road.

[Flumper Barflusterbutt]

These guys have more talent than anyone on the radio.

Holy shit! They had to write 200 new songs?