Last night, the Olympics closed on the 2024 TV schedule with a high-octane performance from Tom Cruise , a throwback performance from France’s own indie darlings Phoenix , and sunny performances from Snoop, Dre, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the homefront. Peppered throughout this was commentary from Mike Tirico and Jimmy Fallon , who shared his Top 5 Moments from the 2024 Olympics. Weirdly, only one of them made my own list.
To be clear, there are a lot of moments that happened over the course of the last several weeks that made national news, so I see how it was difficult to kick down to five big moments. But the five Jimmy Fallon – or the NBC writing team – chose are simply baffling to me for the most part. Leon Marchand & Katie Ledecky Swimming USA Synchronized Swimming Does The Upside Moonwalk To Win Silver Medal Steph Curry’s “night night” pose after sinking a 3-pointer in the men’s final against France.
Hilarious not-so-great presenter drops medal and normal guy where’s wild bikini to retrieve swim cap Pommel Horse Stephen Nederoscik’s epic specialist performance for Team USA. I think pretty much universally Olympics fans in the United States can agree that pommel horse guy and his Clark Kent and Superman glasses on glasses off trick enamored the nation. In fact, even Elmo came out to talk about how he wanted to be “a specialist” after Nederoscik helped Team USA to a bronze medal in the team event and the same in the individual ap.