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I ****ing hate Jimmy Fallon and his dumb show. It's nothing but a soft, safe vehicle to push shitty corporate comedy. No wonder TV is dying.
My problem with him as a comedian is that he relies almost completely on other people's talent and creations. He basically just mimics others, which he's somewhat talented at but he doesn't add much of a joke to anything. Half of his "brilliant" bits are just him literally recreating something, and we're all supposed to go "hahaha I totally REMEMBER THAT NOSTALGIC THING and wow Fallon has a good voice!" But it often completely lacks a joke, or a twist, or anything. He almost seems like he is just a geeking out fan moreso than a real comedian. Half of his thing is literally impersonating other comedians. A comedy routine can't just be "accurate recreation + Fallon = laughs". There's gotta be something else added. Chris Hardwick fits that description as well.
Anyway, thought Colbert was decent and I'm totally ok with him bringing a lot of Colbert Report influence to his new show since that was great and better than any late night TV for the past 15 years.
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