origin.observer.com - 5/12/2008
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There were no surprises at 30 Rock today as NBC announced the new host of Late Night when current host Conan O'Brien decamps to 11:30 PM sometime in 2009. As far back as February 2007, Bill Carter, The New York Times ' veteran TV reporter and de facto historian of late night, had been reporting that Saturday Night Live alum Jimmy Fallon would be tapped to host the show. As reporters and film ...
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AP Baffled When Jimmy Fallon Tells "Joke" [Journalismism]
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The Observer covered NBC's press conference anointing never-funny (but cute!) former SNLer Jimmy Fallon the new king of late-late night. They included this anecdote: "Mr. Fallon claimed his kindergarten yearbook featured his photo above the caption 'Most Likely to Take Over David Letterman.' (Someone in the crowd, possibly auditioning to be Mr. Fallon's sidekick, let out an audible 'Wow' at this point.) When asked what kindergarten had yearbooks, much less ones with references to David Letterman, Mr. Fallon joked, 'It's a magical kindergarten. It's ...
Ex-'SNL' Star Finds Career Resuscitation As Viable Late Night Jimmy-Alternative [Five Nights A Week Until You Die]
Gawker: defamer —
... Conan O'Brien's Late Night successor was a "done deal," a press event at 30 Rock today presided over by dark SNL overlord Lorne Michaels, NBC rock star Ben Silverman, and badly-in-need-of-a-distinguishing-nickname Marc Graboff, made official their intention to hand over the 12:30 a.m. programming block to one Jimmy Fallon. Goodbye, Masturbating Bear and Pimpbot 5000, hello, masturbating Barry Gibb and '80s radio hits set to "You Can't Touch This." From The Observer:
The crowd had just sat through a three-minute highlight reel of ...
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usmagazine.com 5/12/2008 — Jimmy Fallon has been named the new host of NBC's Late Night , the network announced Monday.
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My Morning Jacket on Saturday Night Live (videos)
brooklynvegan.com 5/12/2008 —
My Morning Jacket - "I'm Amazed"
My Morning Jacket - "Evil Urges"
That's Cardboard City crew member Shia Labeouf introducing them.
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Fallon Upward
time-blog.com 5/12/2008 — Making months of speculation official, it is being widely reported that NBC will announce today (at a press conference scheduled noon-ish) that Jimmy Fallon will succeed Conan O'Brien as host of Late Night. It's a brilliant, brilliant move. For Jimmy...
Jimmy Fallon formally named next Late Night host
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reuters.com 5/12/2008 — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon was officially named on Monday to take Conan O'Brien's place on NBC next year when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show." The announcement, which had been expected ...
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