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global1

(25,920 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 09:57 PM Aug 2022

Jimmy Fallon Is Ruining A Perfectly Good Game Show - Password.....

I know that he brought the show back to TV. I even will give it to him that he appeared as a celebrity on the premier show.

But now - he's been on every Password show since. His over the top jumping around; yelling when he wins; and mugging for the camera every chance he gets - has gotten to be too much.

As such - he's ruining the show. He's not funny. He's getting pathetic. It's like he's got to be the focus of the show. But the game itself should be the focus.

I like the show - but he should give it up as a guest celebrity and every show they should have two different celebrities give and take the passwords.

They should take the lead from the show $100,000 Pyramid.

Jimmy Fallon has got to go.

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Jimmy Fallon Is Ruining A Perfectly Good Game Show - Password..... (Original Post) global1 Aug 2022 OP
Nope. I like him. jimfields33 Aug 2022 #1
I totally agree, and on IMDB all the post were about how over the top it is patricia92243 Aug 2022 #2
Jimmy Fallon likes Jimmy Fallon way too much luv2fly Aug 2022 #3
The original Password, from the 60s, was a thinking person's game ... Auggie Aug 2022 #4
I agree. Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2022 #5

jimfields33

(18,856 posts)
1. Nope. I like him.
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 10:20 PM
Aug 2022

Without him, it would be a snooze fest. I’ve seen every show and he makes it fun. I got a kick out of the very first password, he gave the answer. He’s hilarious.

patricia92243

(12,827 posts)
2. I totally agree, and on IMDB all the post were about how over the top it is
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 12:43 AM
Aug 2022

to the point of ruining the show. Everyone takes their lead from Fallon.

luv2fly

(2,479 posts)
3. Jimmy Fallon likes Jimmy Fallon way too much
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 06:07 AM
Aug 2022

I don't get why people like him but it's still a free country.

Auggie

(31,798 posts)
4. The original Password, from the 60s, was a thinking person's game ...
Wed Aug 17, 2022, 09:49 AM
Aug 2022

and what a great game it was. Still is, in concept.

Password was dumbed-down a bit for the 80's reboot (reruns can be seen on Prime), then totally lost the magic when Alan Ludden died. Sounds like it's been dumbed-down to the max for 2022 like everything else: most film, sports, politics, news. etc.

Just what is the appeal with Fallon? Kimmel and Colbert smoke him every night. He makes the Tonight Show is unwatchable.

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