Posted on 12/23/2025 10:14:39 AM PST by nickcarraway
Jimmy Fallon has been repeating the same joke about New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani three times now on the NBC late night show, much to the confusion and skepticism of viewers.
Fallon first cracked the joke during the Dec. 9 show. “It was so cold in New York City this morning, walking to work, I saw a Wall Street stockbroker spooning with Zohran Mamdani,” he said, earning quite the laugh from the audience that night.
But that wasn’t enough for the NBC host. He then repeated it again a week later on Dec. 16, except this time he at least spiced it up with some theatrics.
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I think I generally have a pretty good sense of humor. If it’s funny, then I’m perplexed. As to why he delivered it three times, probably because his material is written by AI?
As to what the Left thinks is funny, the reason I gave up satellite radio is the only thing I liked was the comedy channels. The good ‘ole boy channel just ran the same material over and over and the standup channel was 100% anti Republican material. You can determine whether a joke was considered funny by the audience if they laugh. Instead of laughing the audience would applaud. Meaning, the audience didn’t find it funny but agreed with the political attack.
The real joke is that New York elected Mamdani.
The once great American city continues to circle the drain.
We should start selling squares as to when it finally drops out of sight.
Did he at least do one Carson-esque rendition for us old Boomers out there?
Johnny Carson: “Aahh… [Quickly wipes nose with forefinger. Then suddenly…] You know, it was cold in New York City this week—”
Studio Audience: “HOW COLD WAS IT?!?”
Carson: “…It was so cold, [Hands in pockets. Rolls up on toes.] a Wall Street stock broker was caught _spooning_ with Mayor Mamdani.”
[Rimshot from the band. Carson goes deer-in-the-headlights. Audience groans. Ed McMahon guffaws.]
Carson: “We’ll be right back!” [Drum roll. Slow golf swing. Cymbal crash. Tonight Show fanfare. Cut to commercial.]
Perhaps it was three different stockbrokers....
The late night talk show is a dying medium sputtering to its end ...
Maybe it’s a rerun!.................
Or joke rationing.
Or he’s stealing his own jokes............
If no one watches, what does it matter? And who watches Fallon / Kimmel / Colbert?
It was so cold that Mamdami had his hands in his own pockets for a change.
Sadly, he's the best of the late night hosts. Of course, that's not much of a claim.
When was NYC great? I am 64 and all my adult life NYC has sucked and never was a place I even wanted to visit for even a day.
I remember watching The Tonight Show, post Rodney King beating. Leno was substituting, and the gag was (paraphrasing) “In the unrest following the Rodney King incident, Los Angeles police have announced a ten day waiting period to buy a video camera.” It was a good joke...and Carson repeated it after his return.
The only way he can get a laugh from the audience is when the sign is on.
They only show up to get out of the weather and get a nap in.
Didn’t Saturday Night Live do the same joke a few times- about Franco still being dead?
The old Johnny Carson ones were, of course, better.
One:
Carson: It was quite cold in New York yesterday.
McMahon: How cold was it?
Carson: It was so cold our NBC network’s crack meteorologist Frank Field went up on the roof to take a temperature reading and almost froze his Peacock off.
Fallon is not employed to be funny
he’s employed to constantly repeat simplistic narratives, usually with some political connection, in a cute/hipster way, for the purpose of creating psychological associative learning in the brains of his low IQ viewers.
Zsa Zsa Gabor came out carrying a cat on The Tonight Show. She asked Johnny if he wanted to pet her pussy, and he said he would if she moved that damn cat.
Man I miss Carson.
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