Ever since the production lockdown went into effect back in March, all of the late night talk show hosts did their shows from their homes. Last week, Conan O’Brien saw something called sunlight and started doing his TBS show from a theater in Los Angeles.
Yesterday, Jimmy Fallon also ventured outside, and now he is back recording The Tonight Show in his second home, aka his studio at 30 Rock.
However, it is not like it used to be in March. There is no audience to laugh at his jokes. That means, The Roots, who are 6′ apart from each other and on the other side of the stage, have to laugh harder to make up for it. Fallon’s desk is also gone. Instead, he is sitting on a chair when he talks to the guests at their homes. The celebrities will still be interviewed virtually.
While it is not the same as it was, it is nice to see we are slowly getting back to normal. Slowly and safely is the only way we can do it.
I wonder what transpired in order for them to bring him back to the studio. I am not complaining, I am just curious.
