Conan Gives the Late Night Pickle to Fallon

The ceremonious passing of the Late Night pickle from Conan O'Brien to Jimmy Fallon, will take full effect tonight at 12:35am as The Roots start crackin' and Lil Jim-bo saunters on stage. The giant pickle brings a lot of comedic responsibility, being originally passed from David Letterman to Conan O'Brien back during the 1993 takeover.

Jim-john's got a nice lineup for his first night, with Robert Dinero, Justin Timberlake (don't worry, not singing), and Van Morrison (BE EXCITED, HE IS SINGING... astral weeks to be specific).

I think I will like this Fallon show. Mostly because in an interview with The Daily Beast, Jim said he doesn't ever want to have Kanye West perform on his show. How astute, Jimmo.

Jimmy jim jom went on saying, "I don’t just want indie bands either. I want country-and-western. I want classical. As long as they’re interesting."

Cool, Jim. Maybe The Roots will be collaborating on stage with Van ...

On top of The Roots rockin' the house every show (?uest Love will supposedly be live tweeting too, right here) Jimmay says he's added a "mosh-pit area for 'the kids,' who will be allowed to come down onto the set from the audience when a musical guest or band is playing ... It’s time to see what kids look like again.”

YEAH! wait... what... kids... look like again? What the hell are you talking about, Jim.