A truly outstanding Jim Morrison impersonator croons the theme to "Reading Rainbow," on a Jimmy Fallon show episode. What more could you want?

The Doors Sing "Reading Rainbow" Theme (Jimmy Fallon) (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

Update: Holy cats, that impersonator is Jimmy Fallon. Chalk one up to my mild face-blindness.

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Raederle

A truly outstanding Jim Morrison impersonator named Jimmy Fallon.
- Conspirator
  
  Yeah, it’s right there on the youtube page, Jimmy Fallon also does Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
- Durin Gleaves
  
  I don’t think it’s Jimmy Fallon. This impersonator doesn’t break into a grin and flub his line halfway through the skit. Also, Horatio Sanz isn’t doing the same. No, this is a very meta impersonation of Jimmy Fallon impersonating Jim Morrison. Very well done.
  - Halloween_Jack
    
    I understand your confusion. To paraphrase one of Quentin Tarantino’s lines from Pulp Fiction, “I can’t believe it’s the same guy.”
Geekized

Very well done!
Toby

I don’t usually care for Jimmy Fallon, but this is incredible. Spot on.

See the Door’s Ed Sullivan Show appearance for comparison. The only difference is that Fallon’s dance moves are more exaggerated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q8JfjAclaM
- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  Holy crap! I’d assumed the look of the thing was merely vaguely authentic, rather than a painstakingly accurate reproduction…
  - http://twitter.com/trempls tré
    
    In this video he talks about the lengths they went to in getting it that accurate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFieOMWRZSk
- Halloween_Jack
  
  I’m not sure that it would have counted as exaggerated over the Doors’ telescoped career, as Jim Morrison would often show up so drunk and/or stoned that he could barely stand.
GuyInMilwaukee

It’s definitely Jimmy Fallon. This track is on his new release, “Blow Your Pants Off”. Nicely done. Now if he would just stop with the idiot commercials on my teevee for whatever it was he was pitching.
- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  Why don’t you stop the idiot commercials on your TV?
  
  Plug it into your computer.
whoknew

You guys are funny. Cory, that IS Mr. Fallon!
http://twitter.com/manooshi Manel

Well done! Jimmy Fallon is an excellent performer. Very funny (and good-looking).
soithascometothis

After the first time I saw this I had the thought that someone doing a Jefferson Airplane version in the style of “Somebody to Love” would be good too.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Mr. Fallon might make a pretty good Grace Slick.
  - rattypilgrim
    
    Janice Joplin was kind of the female Jim Morrison. He should give her a try.
    - Antinous / Moderator
      
      Either one would probably leave him with disabling laryngitis, as it did both of them.
Preston Sturges

GF just threw her panties at the monitor.
- ocker3
  
  why did you duck?
Uhclem

Sadly, Fallon does a much better Jim Morrison impersonation than the real Morrison was able to do the last time I saw the Doors.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OAUXAA362EXWLYVMPJOKLFB5JQ Incipient Madness
  
  And Fallon’s certainly a lot better than Ian Astbury. True enough, I’ve never been a Doors fan, that’s why I can speak the name of Astbury.
  
  Still think he was great with The Cult.
Boundegar

This is brilliant and wonderful!
Antinous / Moderator

Extra points for the effusive crotchal arrangement.
SignalJammer

The only way that could have been funnier is if Carol Kaye was sitting in a chair, off to the side, playing bass
febryle

I can’t believe I’m the first to post this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4sALru9IJk
- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  Hey, that’s pretty sweet.
  
  Bummer they didn’t have CGI in 1970…
- ocker3
  
  Exactly!
Jason Garland

Reel Big Fish does Reading Rainbow http://grooveshark.com/s/Reading+Rainbow/3VlJ6l?src=5

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- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  It’s on Youtube (no idea if it’s the same version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb_Wv_o8nE0
https://launchpad.net/~zak-mckracken Zak McKracken

Gosh!
I didn’t know the original song, so I looked it up_after seeing the video. I think it’s much cooler this way round. “They ruined that great Doors tune for a children’s show!”
hikerhobbit

There can be no doubt this is Jimmy Fallon. This man seems to be a very talented music impersonator!
Mitch_M

This makes me nostalgic for the day the drunk lady walked up to me on State St right after I got out of the plasma center on acid and said “You look like Jim Morrison!” I like stability but I miss being 20, I miss sleeping in my Datsun 310, and I miss my hair!
malindrome

“Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.”
http://germanwotd.com Amelia_G

What could be done with 3-2-1 Contact! Or Rita Moreno’s “HEY, YOU GUUUYS!”
malindrome

By a weird coincidence, this week’s “Dinner Party Download” features an interview with LeVar Burton (who sounds like a really cool guy), and at the end they play the Jimmy Fallon cover of the theme.
- penguinchris
  
  Burton is quite active on Twitter and tweeted about this last week, he liked it.
http://twitter.com/am_sch A. M. Schultz

That is beyond awesome!

Jimmy Fallon continues to evolve not just as a comedian, but as an all-around entertainer. That said, this may be my favorite Fallon skit ever.

If the Doors performed the theme to "Reading Rainbow"

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