30 replacements for Jimmy Fallon on Tonight Show
By Jeremy Dick
4. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Famous song parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic has been making people laugh since the 1980s, and he is still going strong. Three decades of entertaining people with a certain style of comedy can be a very hard thing to do, but Yankovic has definitely pulled it off. This would without a doubt classify him as one of the most successful comedians in pop culture.
His success in music is obvious, but Yankovic is just as entertaining when he is on screen. His feature film UHF is a beloved cult classic, and Yankovic would regularly host a television special called AL TV to promote his albums when they were released. At one point, he also had a zany children’s show called The Weird Al Show, which was very amusing despite its family friendly nature. It seems like no matter what he did, he was always funny.
More recently, Yankovic has joined Scott Aukerman on Comedy Bang! Bang!, and can regularly be seen on the program. His familiarity with appearing on television, combined with his very unique style of comedy, could make him an fantastic host of a TV show. Could he possibly replace Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show? I believe that he absolutely could.
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