John Travolta, Jerry Seinfeld and Robin Williams on stage with a toy troll-this is not comedy hour at K B Toys, but a slice of life in the comedic stylings of Jimmy Fallon.
His crazy, all-over-the-place humor is about as wild as his hair. The 26-year-old “Saturday Night Live” veteran entertained a packed house in the Saint Louis Room of Bush Memorial Center on last night. His large arsenal of impressions, bantering with the audience and humorous hit-song spin-offs were pure fun on the stage and salvation to all those stressing before finals.
Fallon made his entrance running down the aisle toward the stage with a troll in one arm, a bottle of water in the other and a horrible case of bed-head. His set began with a hilarious impression skit. Fallon took on a sheepish British accent introducing “celebrities” attempting to plug for the toy troll.
Fallon did not stop there. He proceeded to make fun of the strange artwork on the walls in the Saint Louis Room, to talk about those little blue plastic water guns we had as kids that always leaked.
His comedic commentary continued, making light of the outrageous prices at theatres and the huge Coke that you can never drink but you bought because it had a free refill. However, any explanation of his set does not do justice to the hilarious presence and goofy mannerism that he used during its delivery.
Keeping with his troll routine, Fallon sang along to rewritten tunes like U2’s “Desire,” Counting Crow’s “Mr. Jones” and REM’s “Losing my Religion.”
Fallon even got the crowd involved with a sing-along to Coldplay’s “Yellow.”
He also sang, “Drinking in the Woods” a song off his up-and-coming comedy album.
His encore included his famous Halloween songs that he sang the first time on the “Weekend Update” on SNL. He sang every `80s song he knew to MC Hammer’s “You Can’t Touch This.”
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In person, Fallon is like that happy-go-lucky kid you always had a good time with at school.
He said the he disliked stand-up comedy, but it was his means to get onto SNL, his dream since he was 8. Fallon would put a tape recorder next to the TV set on Saturday night, record the show and then perform skits with his sister Gloria.
He grew up in New York, near Woodstock. He left college with 15 credits remaining in his computer science degree to go to L.A. to pursue his dream of getting on SNL. His tape got to Lorne Michaels, and he got on the show in `98. The rest of his career has been a flurry of activity. Besides working on his comedy album, which is his passion right now, he played a part in Almost Famous. Since then he worked on the set of “Band of Brothers” with Tom Hanks in Britain, a World War II mini series, and become the co-host of “Weekend Update” with Tina Fey.
He does not take fame too seriously. “I want to be as nice as possible to them (the fans) without being weird.” It seems to be the way he approaches all things in life. “It’s weird realizing you are growing up . but everything is new.”
