RockapellaTwo200Jimmy Fallon tried to make fun of Rockapella
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Where In the World is Fallon's Sense of Humor?

last night, and failed. Now that is really hard to do, because the most famous barbershop quartet from the late 90s is a walking punch line. Failing to make fun of them is like losing in Jenga on the first block.

If you were a geography nerd like myself growing up (two time Holy Trinity geography bee champ) you’d remember their highly addictive theme some from the PBS show Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? However their true 45 seconds of fame stemmed from their catchy Folgers coffee commercial. During the band’s peak they performed on the Home Shopping Network and the Today Show. They routinely still play the Folgers song in their live sets. Oh yea, they’re still touring. So if you’re in Potsdam, NY in April you might want to scoop up a ticket before it sells out.

For over 2 minutes Fallon and his buddies basically sang the words “doo wop” on repeat. Popular music in the late-90s was strange, especially if an acapella group can get famous. Their lead singer looks like Owen Wilson, wearing rented high school prom tuxedo vests. Come on Jimmy you finally found a funny topic and you did absolutely nothing to make the audience laugh. The unintentional humor of watching Rockapella perform would have been funnier than Fallon’s recent attempt induce some late night chuckles.

  1. March 23, 2010 at 3:47 pm, Clorox Leachman said:

    could not disagree more! that rockapella sketch was EPIC!

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  2. March 23, 2010 at 4:17 pm, Dan said:

    Jenga rocks my world.

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  3. March 23, 2010 at 4:50 pm, lucy said:

    I completeley disagree, I thought the bit was hilarious!! You must have no sense of humor.

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  4. March 23, 2010 at 7:23 pm, yodudebro said:

    jimmy fallon is an a-wipe. sometimes he gets lucky and he’s funny, but this clip is just ridiculous. least humurous thing i’ve seen in a while.

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