'Dance Avenue' Out on DVD

Jimmy's excited that the "Soul Train" clone "Dance Avenue" is finally being released on a DVD boxset. Somehow Questlove seems to know everything about music and yet, for some reason, he's never heard of "Dance Avenue". I don't get it. It's weird.

Here's a funky, funky dance down memory lane:

Conan Lumbergh

Conan explores the Office space and has conversations with staffers' parents in order to gain valuable advice as to how to improve the show.

If you want advice to help you improve a show, why go to the parents of your employees? I'm not even going to dignify that with a response.

Fun Fun Fun Fun

This week "Late Night" and Stephen Colbert did a cross-show promotion in order to raise money for charity. The end result of this was that Colbert had to sing Rebecca Black's biggest hit "Friday".

With backing from The Roots, he did just that:

The previous night the following dialogue took place on the show as Jimmy announced how much money they had raised:

Jimmy: $50,000!

Announcer Steve Higgins: You could buy a lot of Soul Patrol sweatshirts with that.

Jimmy: Yeah, you could- you could- I lost a lot of money; you made me invest in Soul Patrol sweatshirts.

Higgins: Yes.

Jimmy: Taylor- Taylor Hicks.

Higgins: Taylor Hicks... Soul Patrol... you gotta remember they're hyper--

Jimmy: Hypercolor sweatshirts that they don't make anymore.

Higgins: Yeah. But--

Jimmy: You made me lose a lot of money.

Higgins: The money's still there! That's an investment. In the future. Soul Patrol.

Jimmy: Taylor Hicks is- is- he's a great talent, I love that guy--

Higgins: What about the Sanjaya hair clips? And hair extensions?

Jimmy: I lost a lot of money.

Higgins: That's like money in the bank.

And you'll find in the "Friday" performance Jimmy is wearing a Hypercolor Soul Patrol sweatshirt.

Flaming T

I noticed recently that teamcoco.com had added a new tshirt with the Flaming C logo:

You can view or buy it here.

I love the idea but I'm torn about the execution. I'd love to see a tshirt with a Flaming C Comic Book Cover. Or even just a drawing or something.

Classic Roots Choice #28

Back to back!

The other night David Schwimmer was on the show. His walk-on song? It's only one of my favorite songs of ALL-TIME....

His song is a special Roots interpretation of ... ROSS'S MUSIC!

MAaANNN, that's awesome. Maybe next time they can play "Electrifying... Infinite Time".

For comparison.

Classic Roots Choice #27

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: