Viewers tuning into “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Friday got a rare treat when television bandleader Paul Shaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous Band — legendary for their longtime af…
and the World’s Most Dangerous Band — legendary for their longtime affiliation with David Letterman — replaced The Roots for one-night-only as the NBC late-night talk show’s house band.
Getting “the band back together” for one night meant Shaffer calling on “Most Dangerous” regulars such as guitarist Felicia Collins, drummer Anton Fig and bassist Will Lee, who started off their “Tonight Show” performance Friday by playing The Roots usual introductory theme music, even down to their doo-doo-doo chorus vocals.
Talking about Shaffer’s roots with Letterman, the keyboardist and bandleader told Fallon that after being the pianist for the first five seasons of “Saturday Night Live,” getting the call to work with Letterman on a brand-new morning talk show wasn’t something he was particularly interested in. “I turned it down,” said Shaffer. “I couldn’t get up that early. Luckily for me, when that show didn’t happen, they gave him another shot, the late show spot at 12:30.
“I was such a fan,” Fallon said. “Not only did you change the game and raise the bar as to what a band can do on a show. Obviously there was Doc Severinsen . But you took it to the next level. And I think that you changed the face of comedy as well, if I may say… When Dave told a joke and the audience wouldn’t really laugh, you would go, ‘Hehhheh.’ And, that’s when you knew it was funny. Comedy nerds at home were gong ‘He’s right.’ The audience just didn’t get it yet.
Along with playing intro and outro music for “Tonight Show” guests Kit Harington, Tyler James Mitchell and Fallon’s regular “Thank You Note” segment, Shaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous Band knocked out loud, brassy versions of Kool & the Gang’s “Hollywood Swinging” and The Jackson’s “Shake Your Body .”
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