Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

I turned it off after 10 minutes.* Thought it was the most uncomfortable opening to a late night show, ever. Late night shows are supposed to have a warming sort of feel; it's late, you're cranky, trying to keep your eyes open, amazed you're staying up this late just to see a musical guest or celebrity. You want to giggle, not laugh as hard as possible. As viewers, we're welcoming the host into our homes. Jimmy Fallon looks like he just peed in his pants, who wants that in their house? Nobody wants to see Jimmy Fallon's mumbling, fumbling, prepubescent 10-year old boy shtick. It's annoying.

Late night hosts usually have a unique little chotchkee on their desk; Letterman has a phone and his endless pencils, Conan an Eisenhower mug. Jimmy Fallon has a new macbook. No.

The Roots. Any band that has the drummer as the featured member should not be used for late night television. I like The Roots. That being said, they're too "cool"** for late night television. I want to hear oldies, motown covers. Not "trendy" jazzy hip-hop.***

* I'm watching again tonight. The show can only get better in the future because it was horrible last night.

** The Roots aren't cool. Having them as the house band was a good idea in theory, but doesn't seem to work out. They look cool because Questlove has an anfro, they have a tuba player known as "tuba Gooding Jr." and play a unique brand of music that allows them to seem sophisticated within the context of hip-hop music.

*** I once saw them cover Bob Dylan's Masters of War, and it was cool.

Hey Fallon, you stink.