I watched the first episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, just to see what it was like, and I have to say - it wasn’t terrible. I mean, he’s no Conan O’Brien, but let’s not forget everyone hated Conan when he first started. Conan was even fired one night a few years into his run, only to be re-hired the next morning. Fallon aped some Leno in his monologue, copied Letterman a little bit in his game “Lick it for Ten,” took cues from Conan when it came to dealing with a not-particularly responsive guest (who booked Robert De Niro for the first show? seems cruel), and went buddy-buddy a la Craig Ferguson with Justin Timberlake. So, as long as Fallon’s just starting out, he probably had the right idea of stealing from every other host.

But, to the point. One thing we can all applaud is how incredibly green the set of Late Night is. Because it is very, very green. Fallon talked about the environmental mindset that went into building his new set.

Everything is recycled. We are building everything with recycled metals and using all green lighting. We are starting (construction) from scratch so it is NBC’s policy that we make everything from the ground up entirely green. Everything…I wrote up a three page Word document and gave it to the set designer. The craziest stuff I asked for - believe it or not, I got. [NY Post via Treehugger]

The desk Fallon  interviews from, according to Treehugger, is “a recycled desk which belonged to the set’s designer, Leo Yoshimori.” Not only that, but Yoshimori

teamed up with Showman Fabricators, building a sustainable stage with some of the following green building practices: low- or no-VOC (volatile organic compounds) paints, seating reclaimed and refurbished from Radio City Music Hall, and carpeting on the audience risers and the band platform are from recycled materials.

Definitely go check out the Treehugger article, as they have pictures of the studio during construction. And takepart with Green Is Universal, to see what else NBC and Universal are doing to be more environmentally conscious.

Bonus video! Justin Timberlake on the show last night.