Stevie on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, April 1st

[wheart]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I love Stevie in all her weirdness, but she can be really odd (nerves?) when she appears on TV shows. I thought it was so very bizzare and slightly disrespectful when she sat down with her back turned, totally shutting out the other guest!! Who else does that?? Perhaps she needed her alone time with Jimmy, but it was really strange.

I totally was thinking the same thing. It looked very odd and kinda rude.

Also, the gift she him (and the way she did it) did nothing to dispell critics who don't take her seriously. I wish she would have been a little more approachable. For instance, I just listened to a brief radio interview with her (the one recently posted on this site), and she was so direct, accessible, fluid, and engaging. I wish she could let her guard down and just talk and act like she would among friends when she accepts these opportunities.

Word! It reminded me of when she brought in that damn dream catcher into the house on Destiny Rules. Everybody was like "what the hell is this?"

[whitewingdove73]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I've never watched the Jimmy Fallon show before. I didn't expect it to be as bad as it was! All of the show, leading up to Stevie, was two inept & tediously long, unfunny skits. I felt sorry for the audience; there was a lot of uncomfortable silence, and the girl sitting in the aisle who got a lot of camera time during the first sketch looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but there.

I love Stevie in all her weirdness, but she can be really odd (nerves?) when she appears on TV shows. I thought it was so very bizzare and slightly disrespectful when she sat down with her back turned, totally shutting out the other guest!! Who else does that?? Perhaps she needed her alone time with Jimmy, but it was really strange.

Also, the gift she him (and the way she did it) did nothing to dispell critics who don't take her seriously. I wish she would have been a little more approachable. For instance, I just listened to a brief radio interview with her (the one recently posted on this site), and she was so direct, accessible, fluid, and engaging. I wish she could let her guard down and just talk and act like she would among friends when she accepts these opportunities.

I think Syevie was very nervous. She rarely does interviews on TV like this. I know she didn't want to disrespect Noah Wyle.

I thought the gift was pretty cool. Very Mysterical. Very Stevie.

Originally Posted by wheart

Word! It reminded me of when she brought in that damn dream catcher into the house on Destiny Rules. Everybody was like "what the hell is this?"

I love her "weirdness" :P

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by wheart

Word! It reminded me of when she brought in that damn dream catcher into the house on Destiny Rules. Everybody was like "what the hell is this?"

it was a spirit catcher actually
i bet Stevie is a lot more normal than most people are on this planet
we have dream catchers and voodoo dolls around the house
weird is good

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by StreetAngel86

we have dream catchers

Ever wondered what happens when you have them
turned the wrong way?

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Yes they are real glasses.It was 1:30am last night when I desided to make the video question.I recorded 3 of them.the other 2 were are about adding a country tune on your next cd. the other was about how much your music mean to me , with the loss of my mom and my sister.how many of you guys send videos in.

A lot of people sent videos in, so it's really extraordinary that yours was chosen.

Stevie's comment that you wouldn't play Lindsey in the movie made me laugh. I hope you got pleasure out of it too. Michele

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

Ever wondered what happens when you have them
turned the wrong way?

the dream takes you prisoner...and the nightmare is not over?


[i just realized this song starts with "Thrown Down" ]

[UndoingTheLaces]

Originally Posted by michelej1

It's a song covered by FM on Peter Green's FM.

Michele

Thank you so much.

[UndoingTheLaces]

It was Jay Leno that she came out and didn't say anything at first. I thought of that while watching this last night, also. But she looked at Jay like he was crazy and I wondered if he had offended her backstage before the taping or something and she was just pissed. At that time, the Street Angel days, she hadn't been doing many interviews at all, I don't think.

I like to think that Jimmy's show just hadn't hit it's stride yet. How long has it been on? It can't have been on very long, I don't think. It seems like he's trying to break away from the traditional way talk shows are by doing crazy skits that sometimes involve the guests and sometimes the audience. He also seems a little nervous but when he was on SNL he was always really funny and charming, so I think he just needs to get used to it. Lots of shows have a rough start, especially ones that start out trying to be something new and original. When Letterman started he had to offer something totally different than what Carson was doing but even then, there were just two of them. How many late night talk shows are there now? And they're all pretty much the same except for the host, so I applaud his efforts and hope things fall into place.

Sure the baked beans flopped but who would have guessed Letterman's Alka Seltzer suit would have gotten so many laughs back in the day?

One last question, does Stevie know Jimmy Fallon? She mentioned having talked to his brother in law the day before and I was just wondering if he was somehow a friend or friend of a friend or something.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

One last question, does Stevie know Jimmy Fallon? She mentioned having talked to his brother in law the day before and I was just wondering if he was somehow a friend or friend of a friend or something.

Yeah, I was wondering about that. His wife's brother Jim Juvonen works on movie sets. He's kind of famous for bringing people together, including Jimmy and his sister. Maybe he was a crew member on something Stevie's done. If that's the brother-in-law Stevie meant.

As for Fallon, I just don't think he has the presence that the most successful hosts have. That thing that brings them on a par with anyone they're interviewing. Johnny was smooth. David is -- well, he can be insulting. Conan is wacky (but exceedingly intelligent) but they all seem to be on a parity with anyone they're talking to and I think that's been true from the beginning of their hosting careers. Fallon just strikes me as a boy playing grown up. Always fumbling. He's charming, but he doesn't seem to have the command of a host.

But yes, it's early days. I am anti-Leno, so I can't comment on his appeal. I once loved him when he was a stand up comedian, but he's a big turn off for me now.


Michele

[LukeA]

Back in 1993, when David Letterman was about to leave "Late Night", Lorne Michaels was charged with finding a new host for the timeslot. The ultimate finalists? Dana Carvey, and an unknown named Conan O'Brien. This time around, Michaels opted for the "Carvey". Fallon is an unequivocal, unexcusable disaster of a choice/and a host that- much like a Jay Leno monologue joke- could have been seen coming from a mile away.

NBC screwed themselves over when they guaranteed that the Tonight Show would be Conan's in 2009 back in 2004- and that if they reneged, Conan would get a $30M penalty AND the immediate opportunity to go to any other network for a show in any time slot. Seemed like a good idea at the time, with Conan dominating the timeslot vs. slapdash competition, along with Leno's supposed impending retirement and the network's strong desire to avoid what happened in '92 with Carson/Leno & the jilted Letterman.

Flash forward to this past year- a late night landscape where Craig Ferguson often beat Conan in the ratings both across the board & in the key demos. Now, as anyone who has watched Ferguson's show knows, its done on a laughable shoestring budget. The "studio" where its filmed is literally the former wardrobe room for the "Sonny & Cher" show. They can't even be bothered to film it in HD. There's no band- they're even too cheap to play actual (non-public domain) songs during the intro/outros of commercial breaks. Its just Craig (who is wildly entertaining). And Craig wiped Conan's big budget yet hopelessly predictable one-dimensional show's ass.

Conan doesn't stand a chance at 11:30- NOT with Jay Leno still in LA and on before him (with the 10PM show), but also because he's simply just not up to it. The choice/installation of Jimmy Fallon is merely Part 1 of a gloriously horrific trainwreck.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by StreetAngel86

it was a spirit catcher actually
i bet Stevie is a lot more normal than most people are on this planet
we have dream catchers and voodoo dolls around the house
weird is good

absolutely!! That's one of the things I love most about our girl!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by LukeA

Wow!!! Stevie just became instantly cooler in my eyes!

Reminds me of during a break in the filming of Lindsey's Soundstage, when Lindsey said "wha' happened?" in the same tone and cadence as Fred Willard's character in "A Mighty Wind"- I (and a few others) busted out laughing.

That was funny stuff. I love that Stevie said "I knooow." It's not Fallon who's on a par with Carson, it's Ferguson, even though their styles are completely different.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by wheart

Word! It reminded me of when she brought in that damn dream catcher into the house on Destiny Rules. Everybody was like "what the hell is this?"

I love that about her. She's like the slightly kooky, eccentric aunt that everyone has and just loves her to pieces.

[Macfanforever]

Will my video question hit the web already, I have a awesome feeling that they pick me out of who knows how many entries were entered.I made Stevie laugh and answered my question, now she knows who I am with my mugshot frozen on the monitor, and knows my name.Thats priceless.The B & N DVD signing mad me very upsetting, I should use my fat head and plan to go down to the city and see and meet her.But this made it up I guess.Oh about Jimmy's show, give it time to iron the bugs out.

[camchristo]

Stevie was hilarious. Jimmy Fallon? Not so much. That show was awful. The baked bean and Lingerer skits were terrible. Unbelievably bad. I didn't even crack a smile. I've never watched his show and I never will again.