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"It may have been a little adjustment watching Jimmy Fallon on the new Tonight Show set, but it was a major trip to see Seth Meyers, for the first time ever, walking out to host a talk show. There was a new set (with a big arch and, as Anna pointed out, oddly small chairs), a new band (starring Fred Armisen), and a tiny Stefon doll on the desk (yay!). Meyers&amp;#x27; monologue was very Weekend Update, right down to a joke that included the ol&amp;#x27; &amp;quot;That story again&amp;quot; gag. I didn&amp;#x27;t love the structure&amp;amp;#8212;we&amp;#x27;ll still be getting that cadence on SNL every week, after all. But after the first break, Seth retired to his desk and told a cute story about another man changing the tire on his and his wife&amp;#x27;s car&amp;amp;#8212;as Seth stood by holding their tiny dog. If you&amp;#x27;ve ever seen him do stand-up, you know that bit was much closer to his act outside SNL&amp;amp;#8212;and he shined 10 times more there than in the monologue. Meanwhile, across the room, Fred Armisen really is leading the band. I can&amp;#x27;t get over it! And since he spent his first few seconds on-camera dreaming up a fake History Channel program (Recent History, which just covers the last hour or so of the world), I think we can count on him balancing Meyers&amp;#x27; straight-guy act with plenty of nuttiness. Naturally, having Amy Poehler on hand was a huge boon&amp;amp;#8212;I feel like she&amp;#x27;s that beloved-by-all best friend you make promise to come over an hour before your party starts. I&amp;#x27;m thinking Kanye West, who&amp;#x27;s on the show tomorrow, won&amp;#x27;t be quite as much of a team player. But who knows? Maybe he&amp;#x27;ll surprise me. Bottom line: Meyers isn&amp;#x27;t settled in yet, but it&amp;#x27;s certainly good to see him. Plus, like us, he totally latched onto that animatronic bear from the Olympics closing ceremony (&amp;quot;I think he&amp;#x27;s sad because he has to go back to work at Russia&amp;#x27;s version of Chuck E. Cheese...their slogan is &amp;#x27;We&amp;#x27;re out of cheese.&amp;#x27;&amp;quot;) I think we&amp;#x27;re all on the same page. What did you guys think of Meyers&amp;#x27; first show?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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