Category: TV

U2 joins Fallon for his Tonight Show debut

I think I may tune in…

Rolling Stone Magazine reports:

Jimmy Fallon is starting his new gig off with a bang: U2 will be the talk show host’s first musical guests when he takes over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno next month. Fallon’s music booker, Jonathan Cohen, announced the news on Twitter Sunday evening.

I’m a fan of Fallon to begin with but I’ll actually find it hard to pick between him, Kimmel and Letterman now when I’m up watching the late night talk shows. It was so much easier when I could just watch Fallon and now worry about anything else on. 🙂

It’ll be interesting to see how the competition plays out now and if the late night talk shows still have the staying power they once did (beyond folks like me who often prefer to watch clips online the following day). Either way, Fallon is off to a great start.

Who’s your favorite late night host?

Mister Rogers learns to Breakdance

Wonderful!

I don’t remember seeing this when it originally aired (Feb. 1985) but it just goes to show how his simple message, “I like you just the way you are” carried over into every aspect of his show.

As one commentator on YouTube wrote:

The best thing about Mr. Rogers was that he never spoke down to children. His comments never sounded sarcastic or uninterested, never scripted and rehearsed. Each word was full of genuine interest and sincerity and was directed straight to the child he was talking to. It’s the kind of thing that every kid deserves and can build them into a wonderful adult. That’s what separated Rogers from any other celebrity or personality on television and what made him the best teacher for millions.

While his show doesn’t air regularly on our local PBS affiliate – I’m glad my boys are learning this simple truth and others through the new Daniel Tiger TV show.

Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) could learn a lot from Westboro Baptist

This week Austin radio host Alex Jones was asked to appear as a guest on Pierce Morgan’s show to discuss gun control.

The whole seven minute clip that’s been shared online is nothing but Jones yelling at Morgan.

Sadly (while I disagree with the majority of their tactics elsewhere), I think Jones could learn a thing or two from the members of Westboro Baptist who appeared recently on Russell Brand’s TV show. They disagreed for sure – but at least they had a predominately civil discussion.

Have you seen other examples of civil disagreements on TV?

Gary Cole joins the Good Guys

Gary Cole
Gary Cole | Via Wikipedia

Gary Cole will dawn a new stache and join Bradley Whitford and Collin Hanks on the The Good Guys for this week’s episode.

Cole will play the role of Dan Stark’s (Whitford) former partner.

I’ve really been enjoying this series — if for nothing else than trying to pick out the locations of a lot of the scenes in the movie — which primarily take place near mine and Laurie’s offices — just outside downtown Dallas.

It’s also been fun to see how they re-purpose buildings and locations at Fair Park throughout the series.

Plus Bradley Whitford and Collin Hanks are a lot of fun together.

Here’s to another fun episode with Cole — and hoping the chief doesn’t turn him into a paper-pusher filling out TPS reports all day.