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Lorne Michaels when he became the boss of NBC decided to fire jay Leno. Took the tonight show back to new York. He gave the job to jimmy Fallon and was instrumental in giving late night to Seth Meyers...
ugh I didn't know it was with Fallon. Also why did they bleep the word "God?" Are people's heads going to explode if they're confronted with the notion of an omniscient being? "Whuh? A God?! Whaa?! Can't be! Whuzzit uuh God?!" *kaboom*
+paulytamale Hei ! At least the guy is trying,( He is getting paid for trying). As long as Tom Waits is concerned,;he is my musical Rock-God. He is creative ; he doesnt seem to care what audience thinks of his songs. ( Heh.... he is getting paid too). But none the less; Tom Waits is my idol !.
Love when Jimmy’s incompetent arrogance is revealed by guests who out class him on so many levels. Tom Waits is a genius. Poet, musician, philosopher, quick witted, humble, etc.
Incompetent arrogance is one word or I would call him fake, nervous, loud, no substance but waste of air, annoying and yes, I can not stand him. The beauty is I do not have to. Colbert is fitting my fill of smart. Just here for Tom (Waits because sadly I do not know the guy but each record except this one fits my groove [I did not know I had in me]. Come on Tom Waits ... give us just one more!
no. bad idea. Tom Waits is pithy + to the point = profound make him fill an hour or 2 of empty space every night with a string of strangers who are neither + selling some Hollyjunk product by trying to presend their Hollyjunk is profound & you waste what makes Waits great by spreading it too thin. appreciate what you get w/o pretending the wise man is a magician for all roles
He typed "get" instead of "did" , Dad. Got ahead of himself. But you were too wound up with your endorphin buzzy trolling, in your role as "Masterful Native Speaker" to notice. The rest of it, spelling and syntax is perfect, and the use of the "how on earth" cliche obviously indicates a native English speaker. No punctuation, but that's about par for youtube. Clearly, you also have no life ......here, you can have some of my red paint. Paint a big "L" on your forehead. People will think we're in a band or something. @@davidpfeifer9489
Holy crap, that was one of the most painful, awkward interview I have ever seen. Fallon should be relegated to cable access television after that debacle of an interview.
+Joe Malburg Yea its really early into Late Night I think. He makes a comment about the set, like the show just started, and he's certainly acting like it. Nice to see how much better he's gotten.
You guys weren't joking, huh? The sporadic laughing, hyperactive behaviour would make it seem Jimmy had fallen on magic mushrooms before this interview.
The worst part about any jimmy fallon interview on youtube is that nobody actually comments on what the guest has to say because they're too busy hating on fallon
Tom Waits for no one Seriously, Waits is like no other artist around. His songwriting and performances are awesome and his sense of humor is amazing. Saw him perform 5 or 6 times and I look forward to seeing him again
@@natelivas3961 yeah, blues is, but hip hop.....not really. also rock n roll hall of fame has been a joke for the last 30 years. People like miley cyrus getting inducted lol.
Sometimes when I feel really down about myself, my conversational skills, my articulation, even my abilities at the workplace, I come and watch Jimmy Fallon . . . and I instantly feel better about myself.
I think Jimmy was probably super intimidated and fanboy-ing so hard that he really flubbed this. Tom, on the other hand, had a whole comedy bit down cold!
@@mmegraham yes to both Fallon really epitomizes the TV phony thing some other talk show hosts do an interesting spoof on that expectation Fallon just tastes like a straight-up full-time cringe-worthy sycophant
If ur really down n out tom shares an amazing trick to cheer anyone up in jamacia on the show fishing with john its actually part of the criterion collection but witout spoilin anything check it out
+Lewis Mason god damn, i looked at one second of this video, then plunged into the comments thinking... how the fuck did Jimmy Fallon ever get a talk show?????
Jesus Fallon is awful. This is the first time Ive actually watched him interview some and the reason I did was for Tom Waits and that silly hack ruined. Haha yea furniture haha yeah the hall haha giggle giggle.
Jimmy loves everyone's movies, everyone's songs, everyone's albums, everyone's TV shows. He watches all the movies, all the TV shows and listens to everyone's music. How does he find the time? What are the chances Jimmy REALLY loved the new album? Tom Waits is over his head. And at least Johnny Carson never told you he liked your stuff if he really didn't.
The joke at 1:15 went right over Fallon's head. He was pointing at how people like cabbies and barbers run their mouths about what's wrong with this or that situation - and what should be done instead - as if they've got it all figured out. And they spend their whole day telling everyone they meet (i.e. "solving the world's problems)". Fallon giggled and clapped and then said "Yeh... Isn't that amazing, right? I agree with you. [then, thinking he suddenly understood it, his tone picked up, and he started clapping and giggling] Hehehe! I absolutely I agree with that!" But... Waits was being sardonic. I can only imagine that awkward moment where Waits knew it would be more embarrassing to stop and explain. You can actually see Waits take a drink and look off to his right and then stare off at the floor ahead to allow the moment to pass and save both of them from further embarrassment.
That's because Fallon has no idea how to converse intelligently. He's got no idea how to talk to this man. Waits is someone who steeps himself deep in americana and history and politics, he reads about culture and philosophy. He's an intelligent, well read, well travelled man. Fallon on the other hand is a comedian. And he's not a very good comedian either. He has no idea how to really entertain, he just reads his script and says the funny haha words and occasionally makes little quips that he thinks are intelligent zingers. He's out of his depth on this show and far out of his league trying to trade jokes with Waits. He's embarrassing himself up there. He reminds me of a little yappy dog. Like a little, fluffy yappy mutt that gets way too excited and you worry he's gonna widdle on the carpet.
So much unnecessary hate I guess that's all the comment section is for. Clearly you can read minds and know exactly what was going through Fallon's head ... even if hes not on same the level of intelligence as Tom.. so what? You think Tom Waitts would speak like this about Fallon? I doubt it... hed probably think you are a piece of shit talking about a guy you don't even know like this it's kinda sad really you probably go through your whole life acting like you just stepped in a heaping pile of dog crap just looking for a reason to snap off on someone for something you don't like about them.
@@butternjelly2787 Now I understand why this was Banned, I've search on Google, Trying to find out why, just read the comments, see how this was total mess, the cope... the seethe. Great Moment. Rare History.
It is literally like he is having an actual panic attack during this interview..or he's on some kind of upper. It's acute anxiety or narcotics, this is not the behavior of someone in their right mind.
Jimmys a Virgo, they can be quite nervous and neurotic . Too self conscious and critical and in their head and introverted. Toms a rising and Sun in Sagittarius more extraverted and cool/fun
+MindMeme A lot of his guests make the show good, as long as it's about them. Perfect solution would be guests interacting and interviewing eachother without him.
Tom Waits is the coolest man on the planet EVER....but what the hell is he doing on the fallon show? Guess even the coolest man ever has to sell some product....
Strange, but Tom gets along well with Jimmy. They like each other, even though many of the comments here are not too favourable to Fallon. Tom is not an easy interview and if he doesn't like you you're doomed. His answers in other interviews often don't make any sense (on purpose), but Jimmy's lucky that Tom likes him.
I always listened to Tom Waits in private because I thought none of my friends would dig it or even know who he is, then as I grew older I slowly found out here and there that all my friends did the same. "You ever listen to Tom Waits?" "...I love Tom Waits" "I DO TOO"
Please Jimmy, Xanax, Ambien, a solid blow to the head...anything just to lower it down a notch to a normal human level. If you look in the dictionary under "unnecessary faux excitement", hey, there's your picture!
Well if you don't like furniture, you probably like waits. Old at twelve, young at 30, Waits is a psychological, monster of macabre reason. No midnight train, alone, waiting at the station...walk home and hum a tune. Ten miles of humming can make a man crazy. Dogs snapping, guns pointed, police asking, ten miles, and a new tune. The dark is the life behind the iron curtain of sunset.
I have been a huge fan of Waits for almost 20 years now. He has always been in my top three of Tool, Tom Waits and The Velvet Underground. Let me ask you, is that comment you wrote completely original? Because I searched through Google and found nothing even close, so I assume that you just made it up right here on the spot. Either that or you had written it somewhere in real life and had just never bothered with posting it anywhere online. Either way, if that is your original writing, then I have to commend you. It is very, very good. I'd say that you managed to capture Waits as perfectly as you could in so few words. My only complaint is that it isn't longer and more detailed. And that is not a criticism of the quality, but rather a celebration of it, in that it leaves me wanting to hear more. I'd love for you to reply back so I could have a little dialogue with you.
Craig Ferguson would have nailed this for precisely the exact same reason why Fallon choked. You need to start the show by tossing out all your notes when you have Tom Waits as a guest.
Yeah you can tell by the tone of Jimmy Fallon's voice he was nervous & very excited to meet Tom Waits hell I would be too the man is brilliant & a legend.
Came for Tom Waits, left because of Fallon. I mean, Jesus. I can understand why the YMCA banned this; this is just disastrous hosting and interviewing.
I'm voting Fallon for "the most desperate laugh in modern history"..... If you can't relate at all to a legend like Sir Waits, well then don't invite him to your joke of a show....
Wow this is terribly bad! I can't stand Fallon, think he is useless at everything he tries to do. Here he tries to outshine Tom Waits and fails miserably. Fallon is trying so hard to be funny and is on another wavelength to Waits. Tom is without doubt a very unique, one-of-a-kind guy, you have to watch some of his earlier interviews to get an idea of how he works and Fallon doesn't have a clue. Fallon probably never heard of Tom before this show. The interview is excruciatingly bad on Fallon's part.
I hated Fallon in SNL and I hate him here...he's just like Conan: he doesn't shut up and let these amazing celebs or musicians he invites actually talk...
Fallon was AWFUL! Waits bristled at the eff bomb that Fallon dropped at the end I miss Johnny Carson Johnny Carson is the greatest late night host ever!
Which talk-show Jimmy is this? Who the fuck gave him his own show??? Tom Waits should have the Tonight Show. Sure, he might not always show up on time, but when he did, it would be so worth tuning in!
Still, he ought to be able to hold it together better than this. He's obviously a big fan and acted as nervous as he possibly could. Waits was very nice in moving past it and trying to take the pressure off. Nice guy.
'....the only people qualified to run the country are driving cabs and cutting hair...' aside from the music, performance (understatement!!) love this man!!!! amazing. our old blues masters might be gone, but this man carries us on. thanks for this one!! he's in rare form.
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Fallon looks like he's having a damn anxiety attack
Too much coke will do that.... ;)
Trav Sformer :)
Trav Sformer Nah Tom's too real for his ass.
Justin Flocco
Jimmy Fallon's massive toolness is fully exposed.
like at 1:25.. gitty skool girl
Jimmy Fallon is in the way and should just leave. Tom can interview himself
I'd love to see that. He might take himself off for a quiet drink after
Pu Ping woah nelly this ain’t Mexico
@@JohnDoe69986 El queso es Viejo y mohoso donde esta el bano
These comments are amazing
I love that Jimmy spoke with Tom. I love Tom Waits.
The inspiration for Ledger's interpretation of The Joker, right there...
Genius. Tom mucks around and has fun.
tom always out of the box...
Lorne Michaels when he became the boss of NBC decided to fire jay Leno. Took the tonight show back to new York. He gave the job to jimmy Fallon and was instrumental in giving late night to Seth Meyers...
Fallon is wack
It started badly (anxious host) but towards the end, they flowed well.
Jimmy fallon got a show?
ugh I didn't know it was with Fallon. Also why did they bleep the word "God?" Are people's heads going to explode if they're confronted with the notion of an omniscient being? "Whuh? A God?! Whaa?! Can't be! Whuzzit uuh God?!" *kaboom*
Boy, these two are working on vastly different levels here.
+paulytamale Pure essence of bantz
+paulytamale waits humor is so dry, it's beautiful.
+paulytamale the clap at 1:25 is so painfully awkward
+paulytamale fo sho. waits is glib and quick and fallon has, as always, so little to say and keeps trying and trying to score. embarrassing.
+paulytamale Hei ! At least the guy is trying,( He is getting paid for trying). As long as Tom Waits is concerned,;he is my musical Rock-God. He is creative ; he doesnt seem to care what audience thinks of his songs. ( Heh.... he is getting paid too). But none the less; Tom Waits is my idol !.
'You don't need to be busy in New York because New York is busy' - Thats a great quote
If that is actually true, then I need New York.
@@LAkadian wtf !!!! Duh everybody knows New York is BUSY !!
Good thing Tom is brilliant- he carried this entire interview (and that's not even his job). Jimmy Fallon is extremely hard to watch.
Agreed
In fairness, he carries every interview. That's what you get when you have Tom Waits on.
Yeah. Jimmy reminds me of people I knew in the 80's who constantly did cocaine. They would shout, scream and couldn't sit still for a second.
He IS hard to watch. But to be fair, I think he was trying to impress Tom. I'm afraid, most people would try to do the same.
Fallon needs medication
Love when Jimmy’s incompetent arrogance is revealed by guests who out class him on so many levels. Tom Waits is a genius. Poet, musician, philosopher, quick witted, humble, etc.
So well put. Jimmy Fallon would be embarrassed if he weren't Jimmy Fallon.
100% accurate
it was a bit of cringe see him talking to the legend that is Tom
It's mad Tom looks an inch or two taller when he walks out, but a foot shorter sitting down..
Incompetent arrogance is one word or I would call him fake, nervous, loud, no substance but waste of air, annoying and yes, I can not stand him. The beauty is I do not have to. Colbert is fitting my fill of smart. Just here for Tom (Waits because sadly I do not know the guy but each record except this one fits my groove [I did not know I had in me]. Come on Tom Waits ... give us just one more!
This is my first experience watching Jimmy Fallon as a talk show host. I'm embarrassed for him.
lol yea it's sad!
he is always like that..
His nervous groveling is painful to watch
Right
Talk about overpaid
Give Tom his own latenight show.
For real right? He's so charasmatic and fluent in the way he carries himself. Jimmy just seems like a tool
Yes
Ohhh that would be legendary
Yes!!!!
no. bad idea. Tom Waits is pithy + to the point = profound
make him fill an hour or 2 of empty space every night
with a string of strangers who are neither + selling some Hollyjunk product
by trying to presend their Hollyjunk is profound &
you waste what makes Waits great by spreading it too thin.
appreciate what you get w/o pretending the wise man is a magician for all roles
How on earth get Fallon get this job, he makes me cringe
Didn't you notice the stretch marks around his mouth?
I was thinking the same thing.
He paid a price, and now has owners.
Eric Wishart nice attempt at English..... first time?
He typed "get" instead of "did" , Dad. Got ahead of himself. But you were too wound up with your endorphin buzzy trolling, in your role as "Masterful Native Speaker" to notice. The rest of it, spelling and syntax is perfect, and the use of the "how on earth" cliche obviously indicates a native English speaker. No punctuation, but that's about par for youtube. Clearly, you also have no life ......here, you can have some of my red paint. Paint a big "L" on your forehead. People will think we're in a band or something.
@@davidpfeifer9489
Tom Waits is too good for this show
Holy crap, that was one of the most painful, awkward interview I have ever seen. Fallon should be relegated to cable access television after that debacle of an interview.
I can't sit through it. Jimmy Fallon is so bad here.
+Joe Malburg Yea its really early into Late Night I think. He makes a comment about the set, like the show just started, and he's certainly acting like it. Nice to see how much better he's gotten.
Is he....Bad as Me?
just here?
You guys weren't joking, huh? The sporadic laughing, hyperactive behaviour would make it seem Jimmy had fallen on magic mushrooms before this interview.
Only excuse is if he was actually starstruck.
the whole thing with the only people qualified to run the country are cutting hair and driving cabs went right over his head haha
AHAHAHA I TOTALLY AGREE
The worst part about any jimmy fallon interview on youtube is that nobody actually comments on what the guest has to say because they're too busy hating on fallon
Has King Crimson said anything about your user pic? Are you a fan?
@@donolinger6904 he probably doesnt even know king crimson
Because Jimmy makes every interview nearly unbearable lol
@@beerbatov you prolly know nothin bout the letter U
I see the makings of a sitcom: "Mr. Cool & the Spaz."
This host sucks!
On SNL, Jimmy Fallon was the one who blew Don Ohlmayer, while Norm MacDonald got shitcanned for refusing.
- He's obeying his Illuminati masters, like an obedient dog.
Tom Waits for no one
Seriously, Waits is like no other artist around. His songwriting and performances are awesome and his sense of humor is amazing. Saw him perform 5 or 6 times and I look forward to seeing him again
1:25 lol wtf was that?who hired jimmy?
i love tom but i had to stop the video
'Rock And Roll' hall of fame? The guy should have his own category...
Yeah, he's not really a rock-n-roller.
Unseen Moon well a lot of hip hop and blues artists are in it 😂
@@prodbmanbeats Blues is rock n roll in it’s purest form
His own hall
@@natelivas3961 yeah, blues is, but hip hop.....not really. also rock n roll hall of fame has been a joke for the last 30 years. People like miley cyrus getting inducted lol.
Sometimes when I feel really down about myself, my conversational skills, my articulation, even my abilities at the workplace, I come and watch Jimmy Fallon . . . and I instantly feel better about myself.
I think Jimmy was probably super intimidated and fanboy-ing so hard that he really flubbed this. Tom, on the other hand, had a whole comedy bit down cold!
@@mmegraham yes to both
Fallon really epitomizes the TV phony thing
some other talk show hosts do an interesting spoof on that expectation
Fallon just tastes like a straight-up full-time cringe-worthy sycophant
If ur really down n out tom shares an amazing trick to cheer anyone up in jamacia on the show fishing with john its actually part of the criterion collection but witout spoilin anything check it out
the JOKER inteviewd by a joke
daniel ryder Ha!
👏👏👏👏👏
just like the recent movie :p
How 'bout another joke, Jimmy?
Fallon seems nervous...
He seems like a legitimate fan. I'd be much more nervous-looking if I was interviewing Waits, that's for sure!
Attempting to interview Tom Waits is a no win situation!
I think high is what you’re thinking about.
How the fuck did Fallon ever land a talk show? Did NBC lose a bet?
+Lewis Mason LMFAO
The dude is UNfunny and cringe-inducing it hurts.
+Lewis Mason He really seems like the kid at school nobody likes but everyone hangs out with for some reason.
+Lewis Mason god damn, i looked at one second of this video, then plunged into the comments thinking... how the fuck did Jimmy Fallon ever get a talk show?????
You don't need talent, you just need to know Lorne Micheals and Fallon is close friends with him.
So a guy on weed visits a guy on coke...
So a guy on talent meets a guy on hack...
ive been hooked on hack for too long
Thank you for this comment. Pretending he's genuinely on coke made his behavior go from damn near unbearable to hilarious.
being dumb is one thing, being proud of it is another thing
Their both drunks. Tom is a legend
what a dude
Tom carried this entire interview. Jimmy seemed coked up and intimidated at once - how did he manage to pull that off?!?
Jesus Fallon is awful. This is the first time Ive actually watched him interview some and the reason I did was for Tom Waits and that silly hack ruined.
Haha yea furniture haha yeah the hall haha giggle giggle.
His fake laughter gets old quickly.
Only watched to see Tom. Made it able to watch if your able to blur out the grey shit to his left/ our right
Jimmy loves everyone's movies, everyone's songs, everyone's albums, everyone's TV shows. He watches all the movies, all the TV shows and listens to everyone's music. How does he find the time?
What are the chances Jimmy REALLY loved the new album? Tom Waits is over his head. And at least Johnny Carson never told you he liked your stuff if he really didn't.
Omg I know, right? I bet he's never even heard of Rain Dogs or SFT or Blood Money, etc.
JT Michaelson EXACTLY. Jimbo is a fake phony and fraud
JT Michaelson You can't compare these Democrat Party shills to Carson. Carson was the best ever. And these robotic puppets are painful to watch.
Bingo, JTM. Right from SNL, I have never understood Fallon's appeal. Only in America.
@bert smith exactly
The joke at 1:15 went right over Fallon's head.
He was pointing at how people like cabbies and barbers run their mouths about what's wrong with this or that situation - and what should be done instead - as if they've got it all figured out. And they spend their whole day telling everyone they meet (i.e. "solving the world's problems)".
Fallon giggled and clapped and then said "Yeh... Isn't that amazing, right? I agree with you. [then, thinking he suddenly understood it, his tone picked up, and he started clapping and giggling] Hehehe! I absolutely I agree with that!" But... Waits was being sardonic.
I can only imagine that awkward moment where Waits knew it would be more embarrassing to stop and explain. You can actually see Waits take a drink and look off to his right and then stare off at the floor ahead to allow the moment to pass and save both of them from further embarrassment.
That's because Fallon has no idea how to converse intelligently. He's got no idea how to talk to this man. Waits is someone who steeps himself deep in americana and history and politics, he reads about culture and philosophy. He's an intelligent, well read, well travelled man.
Fallon on the other hand is a comedian. And he's not a very good comedian either. He has no idea how to really entertain, he just reads his script and says the funny haha words and occasionally makes little quips that he thinks are intelligent zingers.
He's out of his depth on this show and far out of his league trying to trade jokes with Waits.
He's embarrassing himself up there.
He reminds me of a little yappy dog. Like a little, fluffy yappy mutt that gets way too excited and you worry he's gonna widdle on the carpet.
So much unnecessary hate I guess that's all the comment section is for. Clearly you can read minds and know exactly what was going through Fallon's head ... even if hes not on same the level of intelligence as Tom.. so what? You think Tom Waitts would speak like this about Fallon? I doubt it... hed probably think you are a piece of shit talking about a guy you don't even know like this it's kinda sad really you probably go through your whole life acting like you just stepped in a heaping pile of dog crap just looking for a reason to snap off on someone for something you don't like about them.
@@Jumper2k5 this is hilarious, sweet irony. you're literally acting out exactly what you're criticising him for.
@@butternjelly2787 Now I understand why this was Banned, I've search on Google, Trying to find out why, just read the comments, see how this was total mess, the cope... the seethe.
Great Moment. Rare History.
Fallon is out of his element. And obviously uncomfortable. In fairness, Waits can do that to people.
this man just exudes gloriousness . tom is a freaking legend
Are you nervous about going anywhere without your furniture? I just love Tom
I knew this was going to be bad. My golden retriever groaned as soon as he heard Fallon's obnoxious voice.
Fallon sounds really fake. Not cool. He's no Johnny Carson.
It is literally like he is having an actual panic attack during this interview..or he's on some kind of upper. It's acute anxiety or narcotics, this is not the behavior of someone in their right mind.
Jimmys a Virgo, they can be quite nervous and neurotic . Too self conscious and critical and in their head and introverted. Toms a rising and Sun in Sagittarius more extraverted and cool/fun
Shut it Fallon, let the big people speak.
Seriously. And tell that band to STFU
Despite Jimmy's inability to grasp the joke I'm legit starting to wonder if there aren't maybe some cabbies more qualified to run the country nowadays
i was reading it like Jimmy too. these days, it's not far from the truth!
high as a kite
Which one?
This is the happiest, friendliest mood I've ever seen Tom Waits in! And so funny! 😂 I love it!
Such generosity to a fan with a little TV show!
Wow, Tom Waits can even Make Jimmy Fallon's show good.
+MindMeme A lot of his guests make the show good, as long as it's about them. Perfect solution would be guests interacting and interviewing eachother without him.
MindMeme Tom’s great but I wouldn’t go that far...
I couldn't stand him on SNL. Is Fallon always like this on his show? God, it hurts to watch him.
i think hes actually star struck here.
That's a vibe I was getting too. I was just wondering if he's star struck with EVERY guest lol
Tom Waits is the coolest man on the planet EVER....but what the hell is he doing on the fallon show? Guess even the coolest man ever has to sell some product....
@sharon doherty time doesn't matter, Tom is so intellegent
Strange, but Tom gets along well with Jimmy. They like each other, even though many of the comments here are not too favourable to Fallon.
Tom is not an easy interview and if he doesn't like you you're doomed. His answers in other interviews often don't make any sense (on purpose), but Jimmy's lucky that Tom likes him.
That means Jimmy Fallon is the best interviewer
I always listened to Tom Waits in private because I thought none of my friends would dig it or even know who he is, then as I grew older I slowly found out here and there that all my friends did the same.
"You ever listen to Tom Waits?"
"...I love Tom Waits"
"I DO TOO"
None of my friends or family like his music but I like it that way. It's like I found a treasure that only I know about.
@@sapien377 narcissism
@@sapien377I feel exactly the same
Kinda like Joy Behar interviewing Frank Zappa.
Fallon had NO idea about Tom Waits or his music. The dude was jittering like "Holy shit....what the fuck is a Swordfishtrombone?!"
Please Jimmy, Xanax, Ambien, a solid blow to the head...anything just to lower it down a notch to a normal human level. If you look in the dictionary under "unnecessary faux excitement", hey, there's your picture!
Well if you don't like furniture, you probably like waits. Old at twelve, young at 30, Waits is a psychological, monster of macabre reason. No midnight train, alone, waiting at the station...walk home and hum a tune. Ten miles of humming can make a man crazy. Dogs snapping, guns pointed, police asking, ten miles, and a new tune. The dark is the life behind the iron curtain of sunset.
pretty much, yea
I have been a huge fan of Waits for almost 20 years now. He has always been in my top three of Tool, Tom Waits and The Velvet Underground.
Let me ask you, is that comment you wrote completely original? Because I searched through Google and found nothing even close, so I assume that you just made it up right here on the spot. Either that or you had written it somewhere in real life and had just never bothered with posting it anywhere online.
Either way, if that is your original writing, then I have to commend you. It is very, very good. I'd say that you managed to capture Waits as perfectly as you could in so few words. My only complaint is that it isn't longer and more detailed. And that is not a criticism of the quality, but rather a celebration of it, in that it leaves me wanting to hear more.
I'd love for you to reply back so I could have a little dialogue with you.
Fallon needs to find another career.
why does Jimmy Fallon always sound like he took one too many hits from the bowl? Is that why people think he's funny?
Fallon needs to calm down and listen
I like Jimmy Fallon but was really embarrassed for him. Settle down man!
That may the most vacuous interview in history.
I love Tom Waits, but this is just too painful to watch. Fallon is the worst interviewer of all time.
craig ferguson would have nailed this interview. Fallon choked!
Craig Ferguson would have nailed this for precisely the exact same reason why Fallon choked. You need to start the show by tossing out all your notes when you have Tom Waits as a guest.
Yeah you can tell by the tone of Jimmy Fallon's voice he was nervous & very excited to meet Tom Waits hell I would be too the man is brilliant & a legend.
1:24 is the most cringeworthy thing I've seen on youtube
Fallon is so terrible
Came for Tom Waits, left because of Fallon.
I mean, Jesus. I can understand why the YMCA banned this; this is just disastrous hosting and interviewing.
you can tell jimmy genuinely likes this guy
This interview is really embarrassing to watch...
I'm voting Fallon for "the most desperate laugh in modern history"..... If you can't relate at all to a legend like Sir Waits, well then don't invite him to your joke of a show....
How the hell does Jimmy Fallon have his job?
Wow this is terribly bad! I can't stand Fallon, think he is useless at everything he tries to do. Here he tries to outshine Tom Waits and fails miserably. Fallon is trying so hard to be funny and is on another wavelength to Waits. Tom is without doubt a very unique, one-of-a-kind guy, you have to watch some of his earlier interviews to get an idea of how he works and Fallon doesn't have a clue. Fallon probably never heard of Tom before this show. The interview is excruciatingly bad on Fallon's part.
Damn Fallon, tone it down a little.
So this is the man that Heath Ledger based his Joker on.. very nice
Partially. He said he was going for a Chicagoan accent for the most part though.
i can see it , like in his mannerisms
1:25 Dafuck was that?!
This, is an Interviewer?
why is jimmy fallon even famous all he does in his "interviews" is being the loudest most anoying guy in the room.
I hated Fallon in SNL and I hate him here...he's just like Conan: he doesn't shut up and let these amazing celebs or musicians he invites actually talk...
Naaah, Conan's funny and intelligent, this one is just sad and nervous.
I did like when Conan played GTA V, however...I thought that was pretty funny.
Love Tom Waits confirmed legend and saint!
Jimmy Fallon, don't know him from a bag of shit, but he's not far removed from it!
tom waits, the best doctor and musician of all times
Is Jimmy Fallon on drugs here?
Our whole basketball team was kicked out of the YMCA. I was not aware we were in such good company.
Permanent reminder of a temporary feeling. (was that him?)
Jimmy Fallon failing here, Tom Waits is courteous and endures it...oh well.
Jimmy needs to do his homework before he interviews...he is such a fool!!
Tom could have interviewed him....Jimmy you just don't get it!!
What's wrong with Jimmy drugs or what
Coffee.
Fallon was AWFUL!
Waits bristled at the eff bomb that Fallon dropped at the end
I miss Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson is the greatest late night host ever!
Tom is so much cooler than him that it makes the interview awkward.
No matter how much I´ve tried, I just could never like Fallon. I realize he has talent, but he´s such a suck up. I just can´t stand him.
Good Lord, Jimmy is way out of his element trying to interview Mr. Waits. Painful.
Which talk-show Jimmy is this? Who the fuck gave him his own show??? Tom Waits should have the Tonight Show. Sure, he might not always show up on time, but when he did, it would be so worth tuning in!
Tom Waits is too much for that fake toy called Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy is a not a good host, seems fake all the time.......oh Tom Waits, nearly everything is that way now, so he is right on the pulse..........
Jimmy Fallon is just “as bad as me” at interviewing in this.
Jimmy Fallen agrees to anything his guest says. Such a bad interviewer...I'm embarrassed for him.
The inspirational voice behind the mighty Joker!
Still, he ought to be able to hold it together better than this. He's obviously a big fan and acted as nervous as he possibly could. Waits was very nice in moving past it and trying to take the pressure off. Nice guy.
no he's always like that.
How much cocaine did this interviewer have? I can’t believe they even aired it. Whoever he is I hope he got help.
The host acts like he is a hostage agreeing with everything his kidnapper says, just so he`ll let him go!
'....the only people qualified to run the country are driving cabs and cutting hair...'
aside from the music, performance (understatement!!) love this man!!!! amazing.
our old blues masters might be gone, but this man carries us on. thanks for this one!!
he's in rare form.
I can't watch Jimmy Fallon. he is not funny period.