httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0mTsjpYhB8
Jimmy Fallon had Donald Trump on “The Tonight Show” Thursday night, and all some people could talk about afterward was a head rub.
Toward the end of the interview, Fallon asked the Republican presidential nominee if he could mess up his famous head of hair on live TV, leading to raucous applause and the sort of bite-sized video that both the creators and consumers of internet media eat up.
Fallon did sneak in a few subtle quips, like asking Trump if he knew what a coin was, or suggesting that he still has time to drop out if he decides he no longer wants to become president.
Throughout the interview, Fallon was predictably non-confrontational and willing to work with whatever Trump gave him.
When Trump made a joke about fearing what people might do to his hamburgers if they know it’s him before he orders, Fallon leaned back in his chair and let out a disproportionately large laugh relative to the funniness of the joke.
No one did this better than David Letterman, who repeatedly exposed truth while on the air, as when he noted during an interview with Trump that some of his clothes were made in China, the country Trump has made his reputation on criticizing.
Fallon is not Letterman, and he never will be, nor does he seem to want to be.
So on the one hand, maybe Fallon just knew he wasn’t going to be able to catch him in a pinch.
On the other, that was a softball interview even by softball standards, and Fallon deserves some flak today.