And even though Jimmy Fallon would get into some touchy subject matter on Saturday Night Live and beyond, he’s definitely never been the kind of comedian that people would refer to as “politically edgy.”
To that end, his name would probably never be used in the same sentence as Stephen Colbert if he wasn’t hosting a late night talk show.
The opposing side would be to say that The Tonight Show has always been a show meant to be more of a light-hearted and fluffy slice of entertainment for TV viewers to watch before falling asleep without their nerves being completely frayed from whatever political fracas is erupting in one minute or the next.