Late Night Devotion in the Eye of Hurricane Sandy

The show must go on. In the business of entertainment, this expression is used often and in different circumstances. When the lead actor in a play falls ill, their understudy takes over for them and the play still gets staged. For the most part, the great white way went dark after Hurricane Sandy made its way toward the East Coast but there were two notable exceptions — The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

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The Ridiculous Critique of President Obama's Slow Jam

One of my favorite parts of the late night talk show “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” is a segment that is called, “Slow Jam the News.” During this segment, Jimmy talk / sings the news while the house band (The Roots) plays an excellent backing melody. I have to say that if I am going to hear that the economy is in turmoil, I would rather hear about it while it is being slow jammed.

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