Fallon hard times

 

Late night television has seen better days. While they don't need "writers" in the technical sense, they do need someone to scroll TikTok for material. Even the biggest late night fan would concede it’s impossible to watch, let alone enjoy talk shows sober. So we have no right to hold hosts like Jimmy Fallon to a different, abstinent standard. A human being can only fake laugh so much without a tipple or two. There are few non-spandex related questions a clearheaded person can ask a superhero. And who’s to say Elvis Presley’s notorious gyrations didn’t send Ed Sullivan to the studio bar cart looking for a little relief?