On March 3rd, 2009, a 34-year old Jimmy Fallon stepped out for his first show as host of NBC's Late Night, taking over for Conan O'Brien. Fallon, visibly nervous, paced left and right as he ran through a few jokes about Rush Limbaugh and New York weather, eventually jumping into the very first "Slow Jam the News" with Tariq Trotter (aka Black Thought) of The Roots.
The Fallon who ended his Late Night run (and subsequently took over The Tonight Show last week) is a different, more confident host — someone who found his voice over months and years of shows. It's important context to have when watching Late Night with Seth Meyers , which premieres tonight after Fallon.
So with all that said, how'd he do?
In his first show, Meyers, a...
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