The teleprompter fail on Fallon’s first Golden Globes gig in front of his showbiz peers, as well as millions of viewers, could have been a huge disaster, but Fallon luckily rallied, and we won’t all need to cringe whenever we think back on the first few minutes of this year’s telecast.
The opening monologue for any major awards ceremony can set the tone for the entire show, and the 74th Golden Globes could have gotten off to a very awkward start if Jimmy Fallon had flopped during the teleprompter mishap.
He’s actually the first brand new host that has taken the stage at the Golden Globes in a while, so that showed his general hosting chops; the gig has gone back and forth over the past few years between Ricky Gervais and the comedy team of Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.