{"id":6210,"date":"2015-02-18T23:27:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T03:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=6210"},"modified":"2015-02-18T23:27:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T03:27:05","slug":"why-i-think-jimmy-fallon-revolutionized-late-night-television-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2015\/02\/18\/why-i-think-jimmy-fallon-revolutionized-late-night-television-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Think Jimmy Fallon Revolutionized Late Night Television, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so this isn&#8217;t really a &#8220;part 2&#8221; of why I feel like Jimmy Fallon Revolutionized Late Night Television, but it is a part 2 on Jimmy Fallon, because, well&#8230;Jimmy Fallon. I didn&#8217;t have room for this in my last post, but I really really wanted to include it, so here it goes.<\/p>\n<p>Also, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/jimmy-fallons-first-anniversary-how-he-changed-tonight-show-2D80491242?cid=sm_fbn\">Today<\/a>, the 17th was Jimmy Fallon&#8217;s one year anniversary since taking over The Tonight Show, and I didn&#8217;t find out until about an hour ago. I must be psychic or something. Anyways, you read the article and see if it lines up with what I said in my last post about Jimmy Fallon.<\/p>\n<p>So, in honor of Jimmy&#8217;s one year anniversary, I present to you Why I Think Jimmy Fallon Revolutionized Late Night Television Part 2: The Top 5 Jimmy Fallon Videos You Need To Watch Right Now (In No Particular Order).<\/p>\n<p>5. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JltEXpbGM8s\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most people would disagree with my choice for this &#8220;category,&#8221; so to speak, but I find the Ew featuring Taylor Swift to be so on point that it&#8217;s a must see. The will.i.am song is funny, but doesn&#8217;t give you much info on the background or the show itself. Honestly, I can&#8217;t even describe Ew because it&#8217;s just so insane. Just watch it. Close second is the Ew featuring Michelle Obama (as herself, not a character) and Will Farrell<\/p>\n<p>4. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gU5Yb8mOp_c\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So I really couldn&#8217;t decide which #Hashtags video to go with, because they&#8217;re all so hilarious, and so inviting of the viewership at home, so I ended up choosing one that, ah, really speaks to me as a college student, if you catch my drift. But seriously, watch all the #hashtags&#8230;preferably when you aren&#8217;t procrastinating studying for an exam.<\/p>\n<p>3. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HvRypx1lbR4\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While all the lip sync battles are fantastic and you should go watch them right now if you haven&#8217;t already, this one takes the cake. Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, and Jimmy Fallon all compete for the &#8220;Superbowl of Lip Sync,&#8221; and it is absolutely hilarious. You decide who wins. (My pick? Jimmy, duh.)<\/p>\n<p>2. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rfWIuymme50\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I had a really hard time choosing a video to put in the &#8220;guest&#8221;\/variety category. Jimmy just does so many amazing things with his guests, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2efUcDcCbvk\">playing charades<\/a> to doing skits about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u-nkRBlqHzA\">dancing on jumbotrons<\/a>, but I gotta say, this one is as good as any. You put Tom Hanks and Full House and Slam Poetry all in one sentence, and you get magic.<\/p>\n<p>1. <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/57dzaMaouXA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, I chose this as my last Jimmy Fallon Video You Need To Watch Right Now mostly because of personal reasons. I don&#8217;t know why this video works so well, but it just does. Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake are just perfect together for some strange reason. If I had never seen anything about Jimmy Fallon and you told me that they were good friends and do skits all the time, I&#8217;d probably never believe you because they are two of the last people I&#8217;d ever expect to be friends. But they are, and I feel like this video is just one of the many that they&#8217;ve made that shows not only that friendship but also their talent for perfect comedic timing.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sn3r3QZ0asE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since this isn&#8217;t technically a Jimmy Fallon video I didn&#8217;t include it on my list, but it&#8217;s still a fantastic watch, even if only for Fallon&#8217;s on point Jim Parsons impersonation (which, I would expect nothing less, since that&#8217;s how he became popular on SNL in the first place) and Justin Timberlake&#8217;s appearance as Jimmy Fallon himself. While I&#8217;m pretty opinionated when it comes to SNL (it&#8217;s a fantastic show but poor writing has made it almost unbearable to watch the past few years), I have to say this sketch was not only well written, but also had a fantastic execution which honestly proves how much better live entertainment can be.<\/p>\n<p>And there you have it. Go take a (short) study break and watch some Jimmy Fallon. You deserve it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so this isn&#8217;t really a &#8220;part 2&#8221; of why I feel like Jimmy Fallon Revolutionized Late Night Television, but it is a part 2 on Jimmy Fallon, because, well&#8230;Jimmy Fallon. I didn&#8217;t have room for this in my last post, but I really really wanted to include it, so here it goes. 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