Fallon Goes to Hollywood

This week, Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show broadcasted from Los Angeles. Some may forget, Jay Leno hosted the same Tonight Show from L.A. for years, and Johnny Carson before him did the same in his later seasons. Conan even tried it for a brief time (Too soon, I don't think I'm over the way NBC gave Conan the shove yet). How is an L.A. show different from an NYC show? for one thing, all of the celebrities are at your beck and call and live right nearby. Here's the banner week of guests and performances. I felt like I needed a vacation just from keeping up with the episodes (and maybe from laughing a bit too much) For more info, visit the Tonight Show website.

Monday
Will Ferrell (Zoolander)
Christina Aguilera (The Voice)  (*Did the "Tight pants" sketch with Jimmy and Will)
Music from 2 Chainz and L'il Wayne present Collagrove

Tuesday
Skit with the cast of Full/Fuller House (with Jimmy as Donald Trump)
Zach Galifinakis (Baskets)
Ronda Rowsey (MMA Fighter)
Music from Pitbull (with Robin Thicke, Joe Perry and others)

Wednesday
Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue and she has a new Las Vegas residency)
Jay Leno (Comedian and former host of this show)
Snoop Dogg got stuck in traffic-izzle
Music from Zayn (who doesnt use a last name anymore, formerly of One Direction)

Thursday
Vince Vaughn (talking about his producing projects)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol is on for a few more months)
Music from Dead and Company (The Grateful Dead + John Mayer)

Friday
Demi Lovato (touring with a JoBro)
Bryan Cranston (Oscar nominee)
Music from The Weekend and Lauryn Hill (new Fugees??)

2016 AMA Post-Performance Recap

     There were many great (Luke Bryan and  Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild trading verses) and many odd (Megan Trainor and Charlie Puth trading saliva) performances at this year's American Music Awards, and no, I'm not talking about Jennie Garth's odd "I'm not sure what I'm doing here, but I'm such a nerd and I'm married to a musician" act.

    No,  I'm also not talking about Jennifer Lopez's nostalgic dance through the songs of 2016, or Celine Dion's gorgeous tribute to France, or the Pentatonix giving a vocal tribute to Star Wars.

     Somewhere in between all of that was the true standout performance of Alanis Morissette and Demi Lovato singing Alanis M's 1995 angsty girl hit, You Oughta Know. I'm very convinced (mostly by Dave Coulier from Full House) that song is about him. As we now know Carly Simon's You're So Vain is about Warren Beatty, it's only a matter of time before this mystery is unraveled).

     The reason this performance was so bizzare it led me to ask, did they know they were singing the same song? Alanis started singing onstage alone, looking great 20 years later. Then Demi answered after a little while, and they continued to cross the stage, passing each other, never acknowledging that the other one was onstage, making eye contact or singing the song with each other. See below.