4:35AM Seth | Maybe it came out of concerns over his tepidly reviewed performance at
Just For Laughs, where the straight-faced-challenged former
SNL star delivered on the audience’s darkest fears with groaner ditties like “You Spit When You Talk” and “Car Wash For Peace.” In any case, the strange talent-shuffle scheduled at NBC late night —ratings-leader Jay Leno ejected from his
Tonight Show job, Conan O’Brien shuffled in to take his place, and
Jimmy Fallon ushered into the post vacated by O’Brien—has become just that much stranger. Dark Canadian comedy overlord Lorne Michaels announced Fallon would cut his teeth with a web-based mini-show leading up to
his big gig:
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