"The band is holed-up in a Manhattan studio, preparing for their new gig as the house band on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," the NBC show that will take Conan O'Brien's place when O'Brien moves to "The Tonight Show."
They're working long days to create 200 "sandwiches" or "beds" — the intro and outros that will buffer each segment on the show."
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"But the job is already more than the Roots bargained for. NBC isn't paying for publishing rights — not even for the Roots own material — so the band is left having to create a new TV-ready repertoire.
"It's going to be a major challenge," said ?uestlove. "Right now, we're writing about 25 a day. I'm surprised we're not running on fumes."
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this surprised me. jimmy fallon sucks. i know the economy is tanking but jeese...
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