A Would-Be Viral Video

As an attempt at a bit, Jimmy Fallon gave Questlove, of Roots fame, a few popular clips from the web and asked him to "remix" them for the show. The "Watch Jimmy With Jimmy" webisode revealed that he was literally given these clips an hour before the show.

Watch the results here:

It's a crime that this is not an actual clip. Rather, it's linked as a "clip" that I made from the hulu video of the entire episode and will therefore be deleted in a few days. So sad. I love it.

Craig Kilborn Comes Back

In a Y2K scenario never envisioned by even the most eccentric theorist, it seems TV is reseting back to 1999. Conan and Craig Kilborn will both be getting new shows this year.

"The Kilborn File" will be a half hour show and will air on FOX at times between 6:30 and 7:30 (depending on your location). Kilborn will lead a panel of "experts" who will take a sideways look at the day's news and pop culture.

Disappointing that it's not a late night talk show. Even more disappointing is that it sounds like Extra, The Bill Maher Crapathon or even worse, TMZ.

But, judging books by covers such as it is, I'll be watching beginning June 28th. Here's hoping it's a half hour version of The Thanksgiving Roundtable.

Conan starts on TBS November 8th (NOVEMBER 8TH?! Yeah.) A special "Team Coco Presents Conan's Writers Live" will air June 17th.

American Idol - A Tribute

I don't know why, but Jimmy feels moved to sing a song in honor of "American Idol" with special guest Jake Gyllenhaal. Though not a fan myself, I have to admire the eloquent lyrics.

Watch Jimmy With Jimmy Week

We are right in the middle of "Watch Jimmy With Jimmy" Week. "What's that?", you may ask - or not, it doesn't matter, I get paid either way. Well, it's where Jimmy Fallon and members of his staff stay up and do a live video webchat while the day's episode of "Late Night" is currently airing.

It's billed as something akin to a "DVD Commentary" of the aired episode but that's not exactly what it is. It's more like a completely separate improvised show on the internet with its own spinning wheel of chat text as fans act like spastics. Jimmy got out the guitar and sang a few songs, they called one of the numbers posted on the chat and had a conversation and talked about how certain ideas came about. In tone it reminds me of hanging out in a dorm at 1 in the morning. It reminds me of that alot.

In the end it's easily skippable but it does have a cool vibe to it and it's definitely something different and interesting.

To view visit http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/exclusives/watch-jimmy-with-jimmy/ at 12:30AM.

M. Ward - Chinese Translation

A huge fan of the song, not the video as much.

LOST

The last episode of "Lost" aired tonight and it was pretty amazing. I don't have the time or energy to go into specifics but I thought it was beautiful. I thought after all the speculation and expectation the last episode was a "homerun". In fact, it was a "grand slam homerun". It was one of the greatest things I've ever seen on television... until the surprise ending. And, as so often happens, I still don't know how I feel about that last twist. And so it's hard to summarize - the first 99% was 110% awesomeness and then the end just left me confused.

I predicted the final "Lost" image but I only did that a few minutes before it happened and probably by then it was "obvious". I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner though. For years, Matthew Fox had said that he knew the last image of the series and it seems so obvious in retrospect, I can't believe I didn't think of it.

In regards to the final twist ending, I do have at least two clues. The first can be seen in Jimmy Kimmel's interview with the cast. The other comes from way back in Season 2. During WMMR's Lost discussion after Season 2 Episode 13 someone called in to talk about a specific book reference in that episode. Although at the time it was just another reference in a sea of references, I think it's now more relevant. Though certainly not a full explanation, it's at least significant I would say. More here.

I have to say, not all the drama was on-screen. I remember where I was and what was going on in my life when I started watching the show. And I remember what my life was like when I started watching the first season regularly. And everything that's happened to me since then up to this point (although it gets fuzzy in some of the middle parts). Looking back at the show and how the characters have changed made me look back at my own life and everything that's happened to me in that time and how my life has changed. I know that's a cliche but so be it. The only cliches I mind are ones that don't ring true.

Best television drama ever.