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>> ^artician:

I don't watch TV. I'll take on the occasional Conan clip when it's uploaded, because I find him amusing and I used to watch him when I was a kid. I will watch episodes of Craig Ferguson on youtube. I practically never see Leno, no that it has anything to do with his reputation in post-conan-latenight years.
But Jimmy Fallon.... Where did this guy come from and when did he get on the air? I know I've seen clips of his show for at least the last couple years, but other than the few I've seen online I don't know anything about him. The more important thing is, to me, that there's something about this guy that I can not stand.
I have this sense of hate toward this guy I know nothing about, and don't know what causes it. I don't even like Hate! I hate Hate! Still, what's the deal?


Jimmy Fallon was originally from SNL, he never was in many skits that I recall, he just mainly did the Weekend Update with Tina Fey

Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax
Line 12: Total revenue does state $130.606,413

But that is before expenses - You forgot to read line 18
Line 18: Total Expenses states $129,997,556

A difference of $608,857 which would be their profit for the 2009 calendar/tax year beginning July 1, 2009 and ending June 30, 2010
>> ^lantern53:

Sesame Street earns $140 million a year, but somehow they get 10% of that from the American taxpayer when they could easily make it and make it quite well, on their own.
Those folks are all 1%ers, aren't they?


Also linked from: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/about-us/financials.html

No, They do not have profits in excess of $140 per year. And No they are not 1%ers

Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), is a Worldwide American non-profit organization behind the production of several educational children's programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world (including PBS in the United States).

Although Sesame Workshop is occasionally confused with PBS,[citation needed] Sesame Workshop is an entirely separate and independent organization. Some Workshop programs are broadcast on PBS, and although PBS provides some funding for those programs, the money received covers only a fraction of production costs. Other financial support comes from individual donors, charitable foundations, corporations, government agencies, program sales and licensed products. Sesame Workshop grants licenses to various manufacturers who create toys, apparel and other products featuring Sesame Street characters, and Sesame Workshop receives a portion of the proceeds.

On March 12, 2009, Sesame Workshop announced that it had planned to cut 20% of its workforce due to the recession.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Workshop

>> ^lantern53:

Sesame Street earns $140 million a year, but somehow they get 10% of that from the American taxpayer when they could easily make it and make it quite well, on their own.
Those folks are all 1%ers, aren't they?

>> ^ponceleon:

...I mean literally, it's a guy in a suit...

You sure about that?

>> ^JiggaJonson:

dead??? mine wont play


Weird.. it was playing just fine. The clip works here and has an embed:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/07/big-bird-visits-snl-weekend-update_n_1945797.html

I'll try to figure out how to find a working embed. Hold on!

EDIT: Found a clip from YT with bad sound. let's see how long this one lasts.

Thanks!

In reply to this comment by curiousity:
*dead - Removed.

replacement embed:
<iframe id="NBC Video Widget" width="512" height="347" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1372901" frameborder="0"></iframe>

edit: direct url
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-upd
ate-capt-steve-rogers/1372901/