Author Topic: Tonight's (Jan. 19) Jimmy Fallon (Read 4073 times)

DjohnsonCB · « **on:** January 19, 2011, 11:51:48 PM »

Betty White is a guest on tonight's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, during which they'll play Password on a near-exact duplicate of the 1960s set, complete with the words in pretty much the exact font from that version.

chad1m · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2011, 12:04:11 AM »

I haven't seen the promo, but I wonder if they're using the Saturday Night Live "Secret Word" set.

trainman · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2011, 12:17:21 AM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'255091\' date=\'Jan 19 2011, 09:04 PM\']I haven't seen the promo, but I wonder if they're using the Saturday Night Live "Secret Word" set.[/quote]

That'd be my guess as well, to go along with the imitation of the "Password" word graphics.

geno57 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2011, 02:42:34 AM »

That was beautiful! We need to get our Password back ... even if it's in a simpler form. It just seemed silly to give it "Million Dollar" stakes, especially since they often picked contestants who didn't have a very strong command of the English language.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2011, 03:53:57 AM »

I love how spot-on they were, all the way down to showing the audience when the title was displayed.

Well played, Fallon. Well played. He has some pretty odd games that he plays with the audience and celebrities, but they're fun at the same time.

Hastin · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:12:17 AM »

This was adorable and fun. Thanks Jimmy for reminding us that there's still some Password lovers out there.

For those who missed it, clips are up at the website.

chad1m · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2011, 12:33:01 PM »

[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'255107\' date=\'Jan 20 2011, 02:42 AM\']they often picked contestants who didn't have a very strong command of the English language.[/quote]I didn't knew what you's talking around.

knagl · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2011, 03:15:00 PM »

Thanks for the links to the clips, Hastin.

WarioBarker · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2011, 03:26:04 PM »

For those who can't see it on the official website, it's on YouTube (and amusingly appears to have been uploaded by one of the contestants):

[quote name='DjohnsonCB' post='255090' date='Jan 19 2011, 11:51 PM']Betty White is a guest on tonight's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, during which they'll play Password on a near-exact duplicate of the 1960s set, complete with the words in pretty much the exact font from that version.[/quote]
Jimmy Fallon is clearly a fan...and clearly awesome. Accurate set (later 1960s version), dead-right (albeit slightly scaled down) format for the era, Betty White playing the game again, an announcer whispering the passwords...they even got a bespectacled emcee! A very nice tribute to the CBS era and Allen Ludden.

As for the game itself, Betty White proved once again that she can tackle any Password format and emerge in victory...which doesn't surprise me in the least.

clemon79 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:16:53 PM »

[quote name=\'Dan88\' post=\'255131\' date=\'Jan 20 2011, 12:26 PM\']they even got a bespectacled emcee![/quote]
You are aware that that is Fallon's normally-bespectacled announcer / sidekick, Steve Higgins, right?

chris319 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:25:36 PM »

They need to have a stage carpenter come in with a router and cut some slots into the tabletop for discarding the used passwords ;-)

Brian44 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:30:26 PM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'255137\' date=\'Jan 20 2011, 04:25 PM\']They need to have a stage carpenter come in with a router and cut some slots into the tabletop for discarding the used passwords ;-)[/quote]

...as well as the "toaster" for the words in the bonus round! :-D

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2011, 08:30:54 PM »

I think these clips paint a clear picture as to why picking contestants at random is a bad idea. That is, assuming, they wre actually audience members.

knagl · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2011, 08:46:19 PM »

So, I finally got to watch it. Great stuff -- a real treat to watch Betty play Password again. She hasn't lost anything, either -- she was just as good of a player as she always has been.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2011, 08:50:06 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'255161\' date=\'Jan 20 2011, 08:30 PM\']I think these clips paint a clear picture as to why picking contestants at random is a bad idea. That is, assuming, they wre actually audience members.[/quote]
Usually they are, but I give them a pass being as how they're probably nervous and have no clue how to play "Password", or that it was even a TV show. I doubt the staffers will go through the trouble of an audition for a quick little 5-minute game.