Good for him for addressing the “you’re a douchebag” contingent. It was sort of the elephant with the words “you’re a douchebag” painted on its side in the room. Although, it’s important to remember that OF COURSE HE DOESN’T CARE that some people don’t like him. It would be literally impossible to do his job if he did.

But the real controversy over on the Late Night blog today seems to be over the new TRAP DOORS! Reader “maruschk” loves the trap doors, but not everyone feels the same way:

well done Jimmy, the set looks nice, trap doors are a little iffy though
-ricardoveloz

TRAPDOORGATE!

It’s funny how he still seems like he’s about to break character any second? Like he did in all of his SNL sketches always? Except that he’s not playing a character, and this isn’t live. And also stop it. This is bad enough that it’s actually making me rethink The Roots. I mean, I knew they were white people college hip hop, but I didn’t know they were THE WHITEST people college hip hop.

*Despite what you may think, I am a big fan of earnestness, just not in my late night television. Combining earnestness with celebrity interviews is how Inside the Actor’s Studios happen.

Mr. Fallon has been named as the replacement for Conan O’Brien when Mr. O’Brien takes over the “Tonight” show from Jay Leno next year, and Mr. Michaels, the long-time boss of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” who also serves as executive producer of “Late Night,” told television reporters here Sunday that he wants Mr. Fallon to work out as many of the rough spots in his presentation as possible in performances on a website.

Mr. Michaels said he did not know yet which site he will use to post the shows with Mr. Fallon, but he was sure of several of the plans:

The web performances will likely begin in the fall, long before the transition from Mr. Leno for Mr. O’Brien is set to take place. The entries will not constitute anything like an entire hour-long show. “I expect that we’ll do something like five or 10 minutes,” Mr. Michaels said.

But he said they most likely will be on every night, to try to establish the rhythm of a nightly show. And he said, “I’m going to post them at 12:30 every night, so people will begin to look for Jimmy at that time.”

Aw, poor Bag of Hair. Even Craig Ferguson wasn’t asked to work out the kinks of his show in a Vlog before he started. Maybe that’s because even Craig Ferguson has a demonstrated history of talent and entertainment value. So, you guys, we only have one way to stop Bag of Hair…

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“Funny you should ask, fellow empty cypher, of course I have a dull anecdote. Isn’t it great when two good looking but otherwise uninteresting people can just get together and promote something?”

Bag of Hair is going to be on Conan tonight. This will be the one true test. If Bag of Hair does great and I am proved foolish and wrong, I will do something to make up for it. Like use his real name instead of this mildly insulting but mostly nonsensical nickname.