Close Up Magic Week

The Late Show is in the middle of "Close Up Magic Week". It's an entire week where they have a different close up magician each night. The best "specialty week" will always be "Ventriloquist Week" but this is also a fun one.

Check out Jim Carney's performance on Tuesday. I can figure out some of it but some of it's just impossible.

The week continues tonight. Actually, tonight's whole show is big. They've got a Top Ten presented by the creators of "Lost", they've got another close up magician. Second guest is Russell Brand and musical guest is Stone Temple Pilots. That's my kind of show.

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Jimmy Fallon is making a comeback. He was down for a while, but he went to Africa and discovered his all-new style. Plus, he's got something important to say:

If you don't understand the above joke, I feel sorry for you. But also, you can refer to this.

Yacht Rock 2K10

YACHT ROCK IS BACK - AND IN BULK. This Friday, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon will throw its second Yacht Rock party. The special musical guest will be Robbie Dupree who will sing his smooth hit "Steal Away". My first impression is that it's no comparison to Christopher Cross and Michael McDonald but we'll see how it goes.

Do You Have an Aunt?

Do you have an aunt? Do you have a mother? Do you have a grand-mother? If so, you can be the first to send this clip to them and probably score extra points (It's the least you can do. I mean, you don't call, you don't write, you NEVER visit, sometimes I think you don't care at all.) They'll love it.

And even if you're not an old woman (older woman, sorry!) it's worth a watch. I found it quite entertaining.

The important thing with toddlers is to start education early so they'll be ready when school starts. If you're wondering what his voice reminds you of - it's Elmo.

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With the current drought of Conan material, it feels like years since I've been in the "Cone Zone". 'Til now.

Google/Youtube did a 48 minute interview tour de force with the red-headed refugee. It's a great update and a reminder of why he belongs on network television.

SNL - Betty White

Betty White is a legend. There aren't many people left who have been ON television for the entire timespan OF television and she is one of them. In fact, she goes back to the days of radio. Pick a decade of television and she was involved. I can't get over that.

All of this makes it quite impressive and fitting that a facebook petition to get Betty White to host SNL actually succeeded.

The show was pretty good. In particular, I enjoyed the census sketch.

However, for my money this will always be THE census sketch:

You can see the full SNL episode for a limited time here.