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Who made the decision to give Fallon his job? Did Conan have a say? There were rumours that Robert Smigel would get the gig (but I think that would have been really weird). People are trying to give Fallon a shot, which is fair enough -- if he turns out to be great, then we all have reasons to be happy -- but a big difference between Fallon and Conan is that this is not Fallon's first dance. Conan was a writer of comedy for many years before Late Night, but it was such a bizarre move putting him on it as host of the show. Fallon has co-starred in movies and the like.
Just saying that the comparison between Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon isn't exactly fair to Conan. I will say that Fallon's work is going to be harder, because Conan used to follow Jay Leno, whom he is funnier than. Fallon is following Conan, who is the king. JF is in a greater pool of talent.
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