Justin Timberlake is funny, I’ll give him that – mostly all of his appearances on Saturday Night Live have been above par and he seems like he has a pretty good sense of humour, though they need to switch it up a bit and give him some new original sketches instead of rehashing the singing, costume-wearing salesman nonsense. I can’t complain about the Festrunk Brothers, because they’re hilarious.
But that’s neither here nor there. Justin is good pals with former SNL star Jimmy Fallon in real life, and the latter was one of the esteemed guests at Justin’s wedding to Jessica Biel, where he decided to start telling jokes in the middle of Justin’s wedding speech. In general, this would have been obnoxious and pretty rude, but because Jimmy’s a comedian and Justin thinks he’s one, too, they just started doing an improv bit together and everyone loved it! Hurrah!
Writing about Fallon for TIME Magazine‘s 100 Most Influential People article, Timberlake said:
Picture this: I’m in the heart of an impromptu speech at my wedding reception in front of 150 guests, pouring it out to my lovely new bride. You could hear a pin drop. I paused for just a moment in between thoughts. And then there was Jimmy, shouting a joke from his seat, sparking an improv between the two of us that went on for a good five or 10 minutes and had all our guests roaring with laughter. Interrupting the groom’s speech at the wedding reception? Cracking jokes when your buddy is looking desperately for the words to say that he hopes his wife will remember forever? It turned into a moment that everyone there will remember forever. Anyone else would have bombed on that stage. And then I would have kicked their ass.
But this was Jimmy Fallon.
He just can’t help himself. And neither can we.
I mean, I get it – I love jokes and Jimmy Fallon is pretty great, but if I was Jessica Biel and my husband was making a really emotional speech about our love or whatever bullshit happens at weddings, I’d be pretty pissed if someone started making jokes and starting a comedy bit. Then again, I like to be the center of attention, so maybe that’s just me.
“Real People, Fake Arms” is great, though (as is Steve Carell, who is a really nice guy, to boot):
I would have LOVED it. There is always a place for some funny shit. Durning my wedding, my husband stopped the minster to tell him that he forgot the part about me obeying him in the vows. The entire wedding party almost fell to the floor.
Haha! That’s pretty good – but at least that was from your husband and not a guest ;)
“He just can’t help himself.”
That’s pretty much the story of Jimmy Fallon’s career. He broke character and laughed in about half of his SNL skits; it was always about him, what he wanted to do in the moment. He probably would have been fired if he hadn’t left. He leads a charmed life, so he managed to luck into the only job that might reward a narcissist who happens to be funny–late-night host.
To each his own, but I couldn’t disagree more. I find Fallon funny, charming and very intelligent . Really looking forward to him hosting the Tonight Show… Out with the old, in with the funny.
I already said he was funny, and yes, he is a good choice for the Tonight Show. That doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have a personality disorder that would make him intolerable outside of his late-night show.
i hear you both. i used to haaaate him ruining the sketches on SNL with his “accidental” laughter. i’d be like, “DUDE, snap OUT of it, get into CHARACTER, you’re fucking ANNOYING!” but now i could not love him more. he’s like a handsome little kid; kinda wanna play legos with him while drinking beer. late night talk shows look good on him.