One of the funniest recurring bits on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” is “Slow Jam The News,” which Jimmy and his incredible house band, The Roots, premiered on their very first episode. Friday night, Jimmy slow jammed the news with a special, news-aware celebrity guest:
Williams has a great sense of humor, as you know if you’ve seen his frequent appearances as a guest on “The Daily Show” or the time he guest-hosted “Saturday Night Live.”
Brian Williams — who could probably have a career as a comedian if the news thing ever stops working out — is, as expected, a very, very funny guest on this week’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!” If you’ve seen Williams as a guest on “The Daily Show,” this will seem familiar — the same weary tone of mock offense as the host tries to put him in the middle of a silly premise or situation.
Brian Williams of “NBC Nightly News” is a fine journalist, but he’s also demonstrated his sense of humor as a guest on “The Daily Show,” “Saturday Night Live,” and other venues.
I just got around to watching Thursday night’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” and Williams was particularly funny, barely letting a delighted Fallon get a word in edgewise. Here’s a portion of the interview:
I can imagine Brian Williams and his superiors at NBC had some discussions about whether he should host “Saturday Night Live.”
But he’s really quite funny — playing characters, not just versions of himself.
And, if the fellow who turned up in the opening sketch didn’t think SNL would hurt his credibility, Williams might not need to worry either. (No, I don’t mean Horatio Sanz. I mean the other surprise guest, the one who got to say “Live, From New York….”)
I was surprised that Don Pardo read the promo announcement for next week’s show (Duane “The Rock” Johnson and Amy Winehouse), since it seems to be conventional wisdom that there will be no next week’s show due to the scheduled writer’s strike.