Science Alum Neil Degrasse Tyson's New Show

6 Arts & Entertainment Heeeere’s Jimmy! Science Alum Neil Degrasse By LOUISA ORESKES In less than two months, Jimmy Fallon has re- really feels so very lucky to have the gig, al- shaped the archaic late night television tradition most like he is always pinching himself. And to fit a world now dominated by tweets, memes, even more impressively, he has the ability to GIFs, Netflix, and YouTube. Whether he’s do- project an endearing uncertainty even though Tyson’s New Show ‘Cosmos’ is ing a lip sync- battle with Paul Rudd, playing he clearly runs the show. His famous boyish- Flip Cup with Annette Bening, photo-bombing ness, musical inclinations and facility with so- tourists with Jon Hamm, taking a Polar Plunge cial media resonate with a younger generation. dare from Rahm Emanuel or just cracking jokes His videos are amassing thousands of with house band, The Roots, Fallon has swiftly viewers and talking to numerous Bronx Sci- claimed ownership of the iconic hour. He has ence students, it is no secret that Fallon is Out of This World Eccelsine/fox : Patrick Credit Photo simply filled the audience with an excitement making waves as a pop cultural phenomenon. “The Tonight Show” has lacked since the days of Junior Joanna Orland shared her thoughts Johnny Carson. about the Jimmy Fal- late night lon brought the host.“He has “Tonight Show” big shoes to back to New fill, but he is York, but more filling them than just restor- successfully ing the location, and with a his performance great amount is showcasing charisma,he the best of New appeals to York City. His a younger physical energy audience be- and optimism, cause he is tinged with iron- himself and ic performances, has a very embodies the e x c i t a b l e quintessential personality, New York spirit. which you Tyson posing for his new show In his very first have to be on By SAMUEL FREDERICKS ad, Jimmy struts a talk show.” down a New He has Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bronx Sci- short term evolution, and further ex- York sidewalk p r o p e l l e d ence class of 1976 and Director of plains the amazing workings of evolu- to the sound of Saturday Night Fever, eating the “Tonight Show” to pop star status by us- the Hayden Planetarium, hosted the tion through the physiological devel- a folded slice of pizza with the soundtracks ing hashtags and other forms of social media premier episode of the new Cosmos: opment of the eye. He then takes us of subwaysm, sirens and the movie, too. media to interact with his younger viewers.” A Space-Time Odyssey this month. through the drafting of a tree of life, With another SNL Weekend Update alum, A new fan, Junior GiiGii Decastro, said, In his sequel to Carl Sagan’s Cos- and explains why the vast amount Seth Meyers replacing Fallon in his old spot “I started watching Jimmy Fallon towards mos: A Personal Voyage, which re- of unlikelihood involved in evolu- on “Late Night”, a new generation is sweep- the end of his time at “Late Night” and I’m mains the most widely watched PBS tion is actually a basis for spirituality ing television’s witching hours. It is safe to super excited that he’s now hosting “The To- series in the world, Tyson hopes the Like Sagan, Tyson is involved in say a handful of viewers had become tired of night Show”. The great thing about Jimmy show will affect Bronx Science view- the show by being much more than the likes of Jay Leno and David Letterman, is that I can watch clips numerous times and ers “both intellectually and emotion- just a narrator, such as we see in other talk show veterans, planted like lunks behind still find myself dying of laughter each time.” ally, while renewing a sense of wonder National Geographic specials such as the desk and were ready for something new. GiiGii summed up the brilliance be- about the universe, and a tandem sense Planet Earth and Life, appearing on Nonetheless, Fallon still reminds the Boom- hind the Fallon fixation. He has a way about of duty to become better shepherds screen for a large part of each episode. ers’ of their beloved Johnny Carson. It’s the him that can put you at ease after a long day of our civilization and our planet.” He, like Sagan, is attempting to give twinkle in Fallon’s eye and how you know he at school and, well, just make you laugh. Executively produced by Seth an emotional and personal approach MacFarlane of Family Guy fame, the to the facts at hand, whilst giving evi- show was the first to premier on all dence to support his beliefs. In this ten 21st Century Fox networks, and way he demonstrates his will to not will continue to run on Fox and Nat only educate, but to impassion, and Geo for the remaining 12 episodes. give a sense of wonder that will drive In his premier, Tyson takes us upon a others to inquire, create, and discover. revamped ‘ship of the imagination’ like wikipedia.com Credit: Photo the one used by Sagan, allowing viewers to see into the smallest depths of cells and to visit the acrid atmospheres of the planets in our solar system. Tyson uses the first episode to in- troduce viewers to the cosmos by plac- ing Earth in context with the rest of the universe, expanding from our solar system to the immensity of the observable universe. He then also introduces the astounding age of the universe, and puts the timeline of humankind in perspective in what he calls ‘the cosmic calendar.” He then concludes the episode by personally explaining his love of studying the astrophysics and the impact Sagan had on him as a young scientist, in an anecdote from when still attended Bronx Science. In his second episode, Tyson ex- plores the evolution of life on Earth and the possibility of its existence elsewhere. He uses the example of the domesticated dogs which arose Carl Sagan, the host of the original Cosmos show from wolves as an observable example .

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