March 25, 2011 - a date that will live in Late Night history. This is the rundown of the music which the Roots played during Late Night:
Opening: Late Night Theme.
Jimmy's Walkover: "Careless Whisper" as made famous by George Michael
Throw to Commercial #1: "Careless Whisper" as made famous by George Michael
Start of Segment #2: "Careless Whisper" as made famous by George Michael
Throw to Commercial #2: "Careless Whisper" as made famous by George Michael
Start of Segment #3: "Careless Whisper"
Guest #1 Walk-On: "Careless Whisper"
Throw to Commercial #3: "Careless Whisper"
Start of Segment #4: "Careless Whisper"
Throw to Commercial #4: "Careless Whisper"
Start of Segment #5: "Careless Whisper"
Guest #2 Walk-On: "Careless Whisper"
Throw to Commercial #5: "Careless Whisper"
Start of Final Segment: "Careless Whisper"
End Credits: Something different - a "Disco" rendition of "Careless Whisper".
Now THAT'S a show!
Although it was never explained, sitting in with the Roots tonight was the "Sexy Sax Man" Sergio Flores. And when you have a big star like that on your show, you gotta have him play all the hits.
If you're not familiar with this particular phenomenon, prepare for greatness:
The Wolfwaker was born to a nomadic tribe that wandered the barren plains of Cyrus 6 - a small, rocky world orbiting a dying sun in a forgotten corner of a distant galaxy.
At age ten, he was captured by Nightwalker sentinels and taught to wield the harmonic spear. His childhood was spent in the cold vacuum of space. His play things - tools of destruction. His education - interstellar war. He became a master of killing and fought along other Nightwalker slaves, some of them organic, some of them machines, all of them orphans.
When he was twenty Earth-years-old, he was sent to annihilate the wolf home world - a peaceful green planet called Lupin. As he stepped from the landing craft, the wolven dawn broke over the mountains reminding him of daybreak on Cyrus 6 when he was a boy. Something awoke within the Wolfwaker and he turned his weapon against the Nightwalker Dropship as it sped off to safety. He swore a blood oath to defend the wolves and as they awakened him, so would he awaken them and lead them in battle beyond the stars...
Tiger Woods made his first talk show appearance since all the unpleasantness. First off, it was strange to me that he was the second guest. And then, of course, the entire nature of the situation was such that it was bound to be awkward but it's notable how the awkward level spiked sharply in the early going. Here it was:
And then this was the really enjoyable part of the appearance.
That PS3 ball thing is so stupid looking. It's an object that I'll probably never get used to. I refuse to accept it as a valid object, it doesn't deserve my acceptance.
FYI: Tiger's walk-on music was "Creepin'" by Stevie Wonder.
