Jimmy To Be Jimmy

May 30, 2017

When Jimmy Fallon stepped onto his stage mark in the shape of a four-leaf clover he sighed, “I’m Irish and I need all the luck I can get.” We live in an era where if you don’t take a side, both sides dislike you, and Fallon has capitalized on keeping ‘The Tonight Show’ light-hearted and fun during his four years as the host, until Trump took the Oval, and now people want what Fallon refuses to offer, a political comedian who is openly Pro-Trump or Anti-Trump. Fallon is withstanding the most noisy period in his ‘Tonight Show’ time – can the apolitical Fallon be successful in the times of choose-your-side entertainment, when he just wants to be Jimmy, and have a good time making people laugh? “Of course the show has to change,” Fallon said. “It’s a different environment.” But how can Jimmy stay true to the show and his character and not become a phony political voice – the answer could be in his pure energy and effort he puts into each show. Fallon is the host (and true comedian) that never half-asses his job to make people laugh. There is something beautiful about late-night comedy and the short segments that make audiences smile. ‘The Tonight Show’ has historically been a friendly show throughout the Carson and Leno eras and history has shown it works well being a light show. So if it stays light and Jimmy stays Jimmy, hopefully that combination will defeat the need for late-night taking a political stance.

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