Jimmy Fallon: Particle Smaller than Atom, Brett Favre

JIMMY FALLON: This is a major science story, you guys, major science story. Researchers in the U.S. have discovered a new particle smaller than the atom. It's unbelievable. We actually have a photograph.



It's hard to tell what it is. Can we widen out?

Jimmy Fallon: Government Shutdown

JIMMY FALLON: It turns out the White House might have to lay off staff members if the government shuts down on Friday. It's really bad news for nonessential workers - interns, pages, Biden.

Obama Campaign Promises 2012 - Top Ten

PRESIDENT OBAMA CAMPAIGN PROMISES FOR 2012

10. Be more of a warlock, less of a troll

9. Keep unemployment below 75%

8. Fight three wars and the fourth one is free

7. Replace Space Shuttle with this (Image: Don Rickles drops pants and fires rocket)

6. Get fat like the rest of America

5. Send troops to quell feud between Meat Loaf and Gary Busey

4. Fortune cookies actually tell fortunes, no more of this lucky numbers crap

3. Less talk, more rock

2. Pardon Lindsay Lohan

1. Go back to being that cool, smoking badass we all fell in love with

Late Show with David Letterman
April 6, 2011

I think Obama will manage to keep promise #9.

Video.

Jon Stewart: Obama and Transparency

On the campaign trail, one of Obama's promises was transparency. He was going to make government more transparent. His White House would be the most transparent ever.

He broke that promise. He smashed that one into a trillion pieces.

Video, from Breitbart:



Transcript

JON STEWART: When you (Obama) were running for the White House, you wanted to look at what the White House was hiding. Now you live in the White House and you want everyone to stop being so f---ing nosy. When you don't live in the White House, sunlight is the best disinfectant. When you live in the White House, disinfectant stings.

In fact, since taking office, this has been the administration that's prosecuted more whistleblowers in two years than in the preceding 40 years; that meets with lobbyists across the street from the White House so they don't have to disclose they're meeting with lobbyists; and - this is true - censored nearly 200 pages of internal e-mails about their efforts to make government more transparent.

Unless they're hiding the fact that they've made government completely transparent because they wanted to surprise us.

How weird has this administration's record on transparency gotten?

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CHRIS WALLACE: President Obama received an award for transparency Monday.

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BROOKE BALDWIN: That meeting was completely closed to members of the media.

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JOE JOHNS: They not only closed the meeting to the media, they didn't even put it in the president's public schedule.

Maybe Obama will actually make good on his promise and achieve the transparency he brags about when he closes Gitmo.

Never.

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon - 'Friday'

After a successful fundraising effort, Stephen Colbert appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform Rebecca Black's "Friday" with The Roots.

Taylor Hicks and the Knicks City Dancers also took part in the extravaganza that included pyrotechnics, confetti, and balloons.

It was electric.

Enjoy the magic.

Casey Abrams and Jimmy Fallon

Last week, Casey Abrams was almost voted off American Idol. The judges used their "save" on Abrams and he survived to sing another week.

However, sensing his days on Idol may be numbered, Casey Abrams has been doing product endorsements. Some were shown on Wednesday's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Watch the video:

Jimmy Fallon: Obama, 'Dancing with the Stars'

JIMMY FALLON: Last night, President Obama's speech on Libya was actually scheduled early so it wouldn't interrupt Dancing with the Stars. That's ridiculous. This is a major historical event that affects the lives of millions of people. I can't believe it was almost interrupted by Obama's speech.

That's right. Last night, there was another big episode of the show Dancing with the Stars. Yeah, but it was preceded by Obama's new show - Dancing around the Objectives in Libya.

Critics are saying that President Obama seemed defensive and slightly angry during his speech on Libya. Sounds like somebody's March Madness bracket isn't doing so hot.