late night with jimmy fallon • 17 comments • Jimmy Fallon seems like the happiest man alive. We sat in on one of his monologue rehearsals and were attended a full show taping. He was constantly smiling or laughing with his staff and The Roots, even during commercials breaks (unlike David Letterman, but more on that later). We know he's not the funniest comedian, but we love him anyway because he's just such a happy dude. Check us out in the back row, clapping out of time (we can be spotted near the end of the video): Anyway, we got boring guests. We can't even remember the name of the actress, there was the winner of American Idol (not fans of that show), and Circa Survive. Sorry if you like the band, but seriously, they are really really awful.... AND the lead singer accosted Alex. (!!) When we were standing in line for the monologue rehearsal, some guy asked us if we wanted to play instruments in the battle of the bands. We were too embarrassed to participate, so we declined. Then for the full show, someone asked us if we wanted to be on stage with Circa Survive and Alex volunteered the both of us to be on stage, despite the fact that neither of us were familiar with the band. They kept telling us to "really rock out" and to "look psyched". I was mortified. I rarely even look enthusiastic about things I actually enjoy, so they were asking a lot of me. We sat in the back row during the show and then they escorted the people who they chose to the stage and tried to hype us up by telling us that the lead singer was "crazy". He was like a greasier, less talented version of Billy Talent's frontman - his nasal voice was irritating so I'll spare you the video of the performance. At some point, he started hugging Alex and pulling his hair. Some screen shots from the episode: Where am I, you ask? I was hiding behind one of the emo-hipsters so as not to appear on television. I was successful in my endeavor! Despite the crappy guests and the hair-pulling, we both had a great time. We got to see The Roots live and for free! They're so incredibly good and they played Thought@Work during the commercial break (the one with The Beatles' Hey Bulldog sample). Also, did we mention that we love Jimmy? - Mina
