Felicia Day on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
by Mike Schramm 
Sep 30th 2009 at 5:00PM
Our favorite DIY web series star Felicia Day showed up on network television last night, and you can watch the result after the break below. She appeared on Jimmy Fallon's late night show to promote the release of The Guild's new retail DVD, in stores right now. I watched it in HDTV on my regular television, and it was a pretty surreal experience: this is the Internet gaming culture moving mainstream as we watch it. Sure, it's just Fallon (and he's made a commitment to gaming and its culture already), but to have people talking this frankly and honestly about the gaming experience on network television is a nice step forward.
The two chat about their first meeting, where Felicia helped Fallon roll up a draenei, as well as Dr. Horrible and how all of The Guild DVDs are made. And at the end of the interview, Fallon even hooks her up with some tickets to a NY show. Looks like it was a lot of fun, and it's great to see someone who's worked so hard on something they love get a nice bit of recognition for it.
Update: Sorry, forgot that Hulu only works in the US. Here's another video that should work outside the States.
The two chat about their first meeting, where Felicia helped Fallon roll up a draenei, as well as Dr. Horrible and how all of The Guild DVDs are made. And at the end of the interview, Fallon even hooks her up with some tickets to a NY show. Looks like it was a lot of fun, and it's great to see someone who's worked so hard on something they love get a nice bit of recognition for it.
Update: Sorry, forgot that Hulu only works in the US. Here's another video that should work outside the States.
Filed under: Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
danielmattson Oct 22nd 2009 5:11PM
I can't watch it because I'm in the uk :( does anyone have a link to it on youtube or somewhere?
Randy Sep 30th 2009 5:15PM
Come on Schramm, you coulda got some type of screen shot that was maybe a little flattering for Felicia....this one is kinda fail man.
sprout_daddy Sep 30th 2009 7:57PM
Amen - you would have to work hard to find a lead photo from that clip that makes her look more like Skeletor wearing a wig - which is unfortunate, because she's a very attractive woman. Geez, Mike - show some love for the girl.
rudemented2 Sep 30th 2009 5:15PM
She is so charmingly awkward...
intangir Sep 30th 2009 6:27PM
How about "endearingly neurotic"? ;)
Mep Sep 30th 2009 5:16PM
She's a good interview. It's funny to see a celebrity who isn't fake about everything or worrying about everyone judging every word they say :)
Plastic Rat Sep 30th 2009 10:26PM
Yeah, I think that's probably the biggest thing about Felicia Day, she's everything but fake. Even her acting has a certain realness to it.
Plus the fact that she actually got off her ass and put together a show from the ground up, wrote and managed it. Well that stuff's not fake. That takes brains and guts... and probably several other important and squishy body parts.
Plastic Rat Sep 30th 2009 10:27PM
Plus.. like.. she's really hot and stuff...
Xaverius Sep 30th 2009 5:18PM
I wonder how many other people see only:
"We're sorry, currently our video library can only be streamed within the United States. For more information ..."
Kelsey Sep 30th 2009 5:21PM
Probably everyone outside the United States. Just a guess, though...
Lageno Sep 30th 2009 5:22PM
I get that to : /
Bronwyn Sep 30th 2009 5:47PM
Ahh, wondrous Hulu. Great for everyone.. IN the US
Gnosh Oct 1st 2009 8:42AM
Pretty sure we've been over this. Hulu supports itself through advertisements displayed during the shows- and the contracts they have with the advertisers is based obviously on how many hits the show is going to get, compounded by how attractive its target market is to the advertisers. Is a US-only company going to pay much to advertise in europe? No, that's a terrible business model.
"Why doesn't Hulu just not show ads in europe? Surely the data transfer costs wouldn't be THAT high- almost negligible even!"
One word- Proxy. It is incredibly easy to convince a server to think you're connected from wherever you want- and advertisers know that. They won't pay nearly as much for the screen time if they think a large portion of their hits are going to spoof european IP addresses and skip their ads. Even in the US, if there's an error in the chain while your ad is loading, you don't get dropped back into the show. You get a 30-second black screen with instructions to turn off ad blockers, etc. After a couple of those in a session, you're locked out.
Jerod Sep 30th 2009 5:23PM
Good for her. I hope she makes a bajillion dollars and that it doesn't screw her up.
Pollux Sep 30th 2009 5:25PM
I love how surprised she looks when Jimmy pulls out the tickets to Hamlet.
Broadway'd.
Aigarius Sep 30th 2009 9:45PM
I know, I teared up. They are soo cool together.
Yakuko Sep 30th 2009 5:26PM
It'd be nice to link a video that the rest of the world can actually view. Just saying.
Simgol Sep 30th 2009 5:38PM
You can find a link to a video "the rest of the world can actually view" at The Guild's webpage (I just did :P).
phearis Sep 30th 2009 5:34PM
Dr Horrible? Please. That's just an extremely bad copy of Dr Steel.
Amritrao Sep 30th 2009 5:35PM
I'd like to see Felicia Day too, but look at it this way: at least those of us who don't live in the States don't have to suffer through Fallon's awkward, smary, faux-hipster nerd routine.