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Jimmy Fallon goes political --- mocks Obama and John Kerry
Washington Examiner ^ | 03/04/2014 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on 03/04/2014 11:50:35 AM PST by theruleshavechanged

Fallon also pointed out that Obama took a "selfie" photo with Bill Nye "The Science Guy" and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

"I heard that photo set the record for the least re-tweeted photo of all time," Fallon joked, as the crowd laughed and applauded.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; bhorussia; billnye; comedy; fallon; jimmyfallon; johnkerry; neildegrassetyson; soskerry
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To: buffyt

And never get between Tyson and a camera or you’ll feel like that reporter getting hit by the snow plow.


21 posted on 03/04/2014 1:10:22 PM PST by DManA
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To: Bullish

Desperation when you can’t make laugh you piss em off!
Maybe 50% will like you!


22 posted on 03/04/2014 1:10:27 PM PST by DocJhn
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To: theruleshavechanged
Well, Rahm and Fallon are best friends. Fallon was in Chicago this Sunday to take the Polar Plunge with his BFF. It was for Special Olympics. See images below:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fallon+rahm+polar+pulnge&qpvt=fallon+rahm+polar+pulnge&FORM=IGRE

23 posted on 03/04/2014 1:16:44 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: stanne
Fallon was put in there to replace the disobedient Leno, who dared to mock Obama on a realistic level.

Not to mention mocking NBC executives.

24 posted on 03/04/2014 1:21:35 PM PST by Hugin
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To: Obadiah

I watched for about four minutes, see no reason to EVER watch him again. His politics may suck, but I didn’t see any of that. He just basically sucks.

Suddenly Letterman looked good.


26 posted on 03/04/2014 1:26:22 PM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: theruleshavechanged
The little b!tch Fallon was tanking in the ratings is now desperate. Comcast promotes this punk constantly!
27 posted on 03/04/2014 1:29:23 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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To: Hugin

Well, I don’t think Fallon will get the ratings. But they’ll carry him and pretend everything is fine if so. They’re done with Leno

Too bad Leno pushed Ted Cruz around and mischaracterized him. Leno now has no home


28 posted on 03/04/2014 1:53:24 PM PST by stanne
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To: theruleshavechanged
My unsolicited $0.02?

Fallon seems to be a pretty nice guy. A Liberal, but whatever. Takes all kinds to make the world. Probably would be interesting to have a beer with and listen to a few of his stories.

But he's not funny to anyone except himself.

I've watched his old show a short handful of times. It's bad....not just "yikes, that joke was a klunker", but really, really bad. Nothing redeeming in any of his skits or monologues. Reminded me of the guy in High School who really, really, REALLY wanted to be one of the cool kids, would say or do anything hit that status, and only wound up losing his dignity.

29 posted on 03/04/2014 1:59:12 PM PST by wbill
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To: albie

Fallon’s viewer number are falling badly. He will fail miserably if he worships Obama!!!


30 posted on 03/04/2014 2:34:53 PM PST by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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To: stanne

I saw the Cruz interview. I don’t think Leno pushed him around. He basically just repeated all the conventional “wisdom” from the media talking heads. Ted dealt with it OK. I don’t think Jay will have any problem getting a late night show on another network if he wants one.

I watched Fallon one night, and it’s just his old show moved up an hour. I’m not a big fan, but I’m sure he’ll do OK in the ratings, probably better than Letterman, if not as well as Jay.


31 posted on 03/04/2014 2:42:06 PM PST by Hugin
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To: Hugin

It was no endorsement of Cruz and it was a whole lot of pushing around compared with anything Leno would’ve given any lib, like Reid or Boehner and compared with what Carson EVER did to my of his guests so you can think what you want the fact is in comparison it was ridiculous and the pony is Leno did not brand hs elf conservative. And in the middle is a bad pls re to be for any entertained. He’ll have nothing to do but play cars


32 posted on 03/04/2014 2:50:33 PM PST by stanne
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To: theruleshavechanged
"Secretary of State John Kerry went on 'Meet the Press' yesterday and actually criticized Russia for its action in the Ukraine. He said, 'You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interest,' " Fallon began before landing the punchline. "Then he said, 'I mean, we stopped doing that, like, months ago.'"

That's more a joke against Bush than against Obama.

Still, it's a funny jab at Kerry.

It's not in Fallon's contract that he can't ever make jokes about Democrats (it's just that the Obamas are off-limits).

33 posted on 03/04/2014 2:54:26 PM PST by x
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To: stanne
And in the middle is a bad pls re to be for any entertained.

On the contrary, most people want a talk show host to be in the middle. They are not that political, and just want funny. The trouble with liberals is they end up being nasty and bitter which isn't funny (Letterman, Maher). The Cruz interview didn't seem to hurt Leno's ratings anyway.

34 posted on 03/04/2014 3:04:45 PM PST by Hugin
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To: theruleshavechanged

Maybe. Maybe not.


35 posted on 03/04/2014 3:06:26 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Hugin

Carson was not in the middle. He never was political at all not even in life.

What Leno did was to get nasty with Cruz. He’s funny in the monologue with Obama, whose supporters might take it as nasty.

You are confusing in the middle with neutral.

Leno has no place on NBC and he’ll have no place with conservatives.

Carson was the opposite. Not that Caron has to be emulated, but with his success, hosts who don’t emulate him are silly.


36 posted on 03/04/2014 3:13:07 PM PST by stanne
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To: theruleshavechanged
"I heard that photo set the record for the least re-tweeted photo of all time," Fallon joked, as the crowd laughed and applauded.

Not even funny.

37 posted on 03/05/2014 7:58:31 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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