It's not fun to be a hater (although it's probably fun to be the brilliant Bill Hader). But all this Fallon-mania over the last few days reminded Shallot that he'd written a couple pieces for The New Republic years ago that may have been prescient in the wake of Jimmy Fallon's vlog debut and Conan's preparation for LA. So Shallot, never one to be shy about skewing self-referential, wrote a few words on his previous work. Does it still hold up? Is Jimmy making tons of money when the rest of the country is eating ramen noodles? Find out in the New Republic.