Obviously Jimmy Fallon is a huge fan, but I'm starting to think The Roots are as well.
They single-handedly plucked Good Old Days out of obscurity and wrote a new arrangement for it which Al used the next year on tour. And then there was the time they had Al come in as bandleader for a week and covered a bunch of his songs. Now they randomly cover "I Was Only Kidding"
of all songs...
I recall a few years ago when they got in trouble for a song choice they played for Michele Bachmann, it came out that Questlove usually picks the songs. After that incident, the policy was changed to Questlove or The Roots picking the songs, and then it has to be run by production. Either way, it seems likely that a member of The Roots chose "I Was Only Kidding" for last night. I'd love to know who, and why.
EDIT: Looks like
it's totally up to Questlove...
I couldn't tell a dirt clod from a plate of caviar.