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Post by Orange on Mar 20, 2010 17:30:37 GMT -5
(Musical Sting to remind everyone that was the punchline) BTW saw the I'm With Coco Facebook page has linked this thread. "Hey Kevin, didya hear what OJ eats for breakfast?""No, what, Jay? ahahaha""Murder-Os!"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, oh boss, you're so funny!" Jay straightens tie while Kevin fake laughs for the next 5 minutes.
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Post by lionheart21 on Mar 20, 2010 23:02:16 GMT -5
I had a rough day today, but being a Conan fan, this just made up for it.
Karma is finally biting Leno on the ass now.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Mar 20, 2010 23:10:14 GMT -5
I'm enjoy all of the Jay fans,mostly on other sites, celebrating his close wins over Letterman if they were blowouts.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Mar 20, 2010 23:18:53 GMT -5
I'm enjoy all of the Jay fans,mostly on other sites, celebrating his close wins over Letterman if they were blowouts. I'd almost guess they were all sock accounts of Jay Leno himself, if he didn't have so many cars to wax in-between shows.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Mar 20, 2010 23:34:26 GMT -5
The pro Conan fans make me laugh when they Blame Leno for everything. It not his fault. It was Network. NBC wads the ones who wanted and made the changes. Leno is at fault because he agreed to change and Connan DIDN'T. I clicked the link and all I got was something that said Leno was STILL getting better numbers then Conan. Leno is still beating Letterman. Conan did not do that.
If Conan was so good then why couldn't beat Letterman like Leno was doing for the longest time? I like Conan and all but put make this guy out to be something he not. If the fans was so big about him then why did his ratings only spike when the anouncement that he was getting canned came about?
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Post by NIXON on Mar 21, 2010 0:47:31 GMT -5
Leno could have been a stand up guy and refused his old spot. He could've but he didn't. I find this troubling only because he has gone on record as saying he doesn't even touch his NBC money, he just saves it and is able to live like a king on the money he gets for his awful stand up gigs. The guy does stand up constantly. Like 5 nights a week I've heard. He'll tape the tonight show, then it's out the door to do a stand up gig. So the guy is rolling in cash and still had to take his spot back. He's still the same insecure guy that hid behind boxes to listen in on NBC board meetings and who pushed Johnny out the door.( If you haven't seen The Late Shift, watch it!) All that said, the bulk of the stupidity goes to NBC on this one. Jay is just being Jay.
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Post by Error on Mar 21, 2010 0:51:42 GMT -5
If Conan was so good then why couldn't beat Letterman like Leno was doing for the longest time? I like Conan and all but put make this guy out to be something he not. If the fans was so big about him then why did his ratings only spike when the anouncement that he was getting canned came about? If I remember right, Leno didn't beat Letterman at first either. It took awhile for him to take hold and make an impact, a while that was not afforded Conan. As a matter of fact, I think it took Hugh Grant coming on to talk about Devine Brown and the controversy surrounding that to put him over the top, like the controversy that helped Conan.
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Post by NIXON on Mar 21, 2010 0:54:53 GMT -5
I think Jon would be a good choice considering he's got great confidence in interviews and could come up with some good material for the shows but you'd then have to remove him from a show he established into one of the most well known in the world for the pure craziness of it. Which is why its a mistake for him to leave. After seeing Stewart's perfect dead-on brilliant dressing down of a certain talk show host last night...The Daily Show is his legacy. This is him at his best. This is what he's good at, using smarts and humor to tell the "news" often distorted by cartoonish cable news network antics that seem more silly and juvenile than something like a cable TV show "comedy." It's telling when after Walter Cronkite died, a poll asked of all the news broadcasters on the major networks and cable news... "Who does America trust the most?"Stewart was voted #1. A comedian. Plus his guests he tries usually to get interesting people in politics or academia or entertainment (usually with a political bent). He's a comedy hero of our generation much like Conan and spawn from the Daily Show tree like Colbert, Steve Carrell, etc. If he takes over Letterman...well he's expected to tone down the "politics" and just be your ordinary late night talk show. And obviously more pressured to book ratings-friendly guests...it won't be Jon Stewart. Just Jon Stewart hosting a show for a bigger (potential) audience for more money. I completely agree with this, but I still find it amusing because I remember a time long ago that most of you youngins probably don't when Craig Kilborn hosted the Daily Show. People were horrified to find out that Kilborn was leaving for CBS and that Jon Stewart guy from MTV was taking over. Now he's the most trusted journalist in America... just funny how things work out
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Post by NIXON on Mar 21, 2010 1:00:14 GMT -5
If Conan was so good then why couldn't beat Letterman like Leno was doing for the longest time? I like Conan and all but put make this guy out to be something he not. If the fans was so big about him then why did his ratings only spike when the anouncement that he was getting canned came about? If I remember right, Leno didn't beat Letterman at first either. It took awhile for him to take hold and make an impact, a while that was not afforded Conan. As a matter of fact, I think it took Hugh Grant coming on to talk about Devine Brown and the controversy surrounding that to put him over the top, like the controversy that helped Conan. This is correct. In fact, as I recall, Letterman and Arsenio were both killing Jay in the beginning. And that is after Leno was already established on the Tonight Show, having been Johnny's guest host for years prior. Hugh Grant was the only thing that got him over the hump.
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Post by chazraps on Mar 21, 2010 3:03:33 GMT -5
The pro Conan fans make me laugh when they Blame Leno for everything. It not his fault. It was Network. NBC wads the ones who wanted and made the changes. Leno is at fault because he agreed to change and Connan DIDN'T. I clicked the link and all I got was something that said Leno was STILL getting better numbers then Conan. Leno is still beating Letterman. Conan did not do that. If Conan was so good then why couldn't beat Letterman like Leno was doing for the longest time? I like Conan and all but put make this guy out to be something he not. If the fans was so big about him then why did his ratings only spike when the anouncement that he was getting canned came about? Conan beat Letterman FOR NINE WEEKS IN A ROW before NBC made their announcement. You're making him out to look like he failed when he didn't. Once the show hit its stride it excelled and outperformed Leno's own first year hosting the Tonight Show.
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Post by skykid on Mar 21, 2010 9:50:22 GMT -5
I'm enjoy all of the Jay fans,mostly on other sites, celebrating his close wins over Letterman if they were blowouts. The pro Leno trolls on TVbythenumbers are hillarious there was one person crying that Letterman should retire because get this "he's too old". Wasn't the whole point of Leno retiring in the first place back in '04 when the five year transition to Conan was announced was that Leno was approaching 60 and NBC was worried that he'd be "too old"? TEH STUPID IT BURNS!
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 21, 2010 10:30:42 GMT -5
I'm enjoy all of the Jay fans,mostly on other sites, celebrating his close wins over Letterman if they were blowouts. The pro Leno trolls on TVbythenumbers are hillarious there was one person crying that Letterman should retire because get this "he's too old". Wasn't the whole point of Leno retiring in the first place back in '04 when the five year transition to Conan was announced was that Leno was approaching 60 and NBC was worried that he'd be "too old"? TEH STUPID IT BURNS! Letterman is 62. Leno is 59. It's not like there's a decade between them (like there is between, say, Leno and Conan, 46, or Letterman and Ferguson, 47).
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Post by JDviant on Mar 21, 2010 10:37:54 GMT -5
I completely agree with this, but I still find it amusing because I remember a time long ago that most of you youngins probably don't when Craig Kilborn hosted the Daily Show. People were horrified to find out that Kilborn was leaving for CBS and that Jon Stewart guy from MTV was taking over. Now he's the most trusted journalist in America... just funny how things work out I liked Kilborn's Daily Show, of course thats when like 7 houses in America actually got Comedy Central, lol. I remember being very upset he was leaving.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Mar 21, 2010 10:41:07 GMT -5
The pro Conan fans make me laugh when they Blame Leno for everything. It not his fault. It was Network. NBC wads the ones who wanted and made the changes. Leno is at fault because he agreed to change and Connan DIDN'T. I clicked the link and all I got was something that said Leno was STILL getting better numbers then Conan. Leno is still beating Letterman. Conan did not do that. If Conan was so good then why couldn't beat Letterman like Leno was doing for the longest time? I like Conan and all but put make this guy out to be something he not. If the fans was so big about him then why did his ratings only spike when the anouncement that he was getting canned came about? Conan beat Letterman FOR NINE WEEKS IN A ROW before NBC made their announcement. You're making him out to look like he failed when he didn't. Once the show hit its stride it excelled and outperformed Leno's own first year hosting the Tonight Show. sssshhhhhhhhhhh! we're not supposed to mention that.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Mar 21, 2010 12:49:42 GMT -5
Leno could have been a stand up guy and refused his old spot. He could've but he didn't. I find this troubling only because he has gone on record as saying he doesn't even touch his NBC money, he just saves it and is able to live like a king on the money he gets for his awful stand up gigs. The guy does stand up constantly. Like 5 nights a week I've heard. He'll tape the tonight show, then it's out the door to do a stand up gig. So the guy is rolling in cash and still had to take his spot back. He's still the same insecure guy that hid behind boxes to listen in on NBC board meetings and who pushed Johnny out the door.( If you haven't seen The Late Shift, watch it!) All that said, the bulk of the stupidity goes to NBC on this one. Jay is just being Jay. What happened was Leno agreed for his Half hour show. But Conan if agreed would still have to Tonight Show. Leno got the show back because Conan said No. What happened with Johnny is a whole different thing. I was to young to see Carson's work when he was on orginally. But I saw a lot of his best stuff later and he was great a legend. The point is that Leno gets to much crap on this situation for what NBC did. That whole gets the blame is NBC and not Leno. The Tonight Show only went back to him because Conan left. If he said no he doesn't want it. NBC would find someone not Leno or Conan to fill that spot. Which who would that have been? I guess it just easy to crap on Leno because he smart with money. Yeah he does Stand up and lives off of just that. His show just more to it. I'm sure everyone who hates Leno for it who could do the same would. Just like I'm sure if anybody who was ask to take the Tonight Show back after someone didn't agree to the new terms. They would all take it because it's a huge honor.
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 21, 2010 13:01:58 GMT -5
Leno could have been a stand up guy and refused his old spot. He could've but he didn't. I find this troubling only because he has gone on record as saying he doesn't even touch his NBC money, he just saves it and is able to live like a king on the money he gets for his awful stand up gigs. The guy does stand up constantly. Like 5 nights a week I've heard. He'll tape the tonight show, then it's out the door to do a stand up gig. So the guy is rolling in cash and still had to take his spot back. He's still the same insecure guy that hid behind boxes to listen in on NBC board meetings and who pushed Johnny out the door.( If you haven't seen The Late Shift, watch it!) All that said, the bulk of the stupidity goes to NBC on this one. Jay is just being Jay. What happened was Leno agreed for his Half hour show. But Conan if agreed would still have to Tonight Show. Leno got the show back because Conan said No. What happened with Johnny is a whole different thing. I was to young to see Carson's work when he was on orginally. But I saw a lot of his best stuff later and he was great a legend. The point is that Leno gets to much crap on this situation for what NBC did. That whole gets the blame is NBC and not Leno. The Tonight Show only went back to him because Conan left. If he said no he doesn't want it. NBC would find someone not Leno or Conan to fill that spot. Which who would that have been? I guess it just easy to crap on Leno because he smart with money. Yeah he does Stand up and lives off of just that. His show just more to it. I'm sure everyone who hates Leno for it who could do the same would. Just like I'm sure if anybody who was ask to take the Tonight Show back after someone didn't agree to the new terms. They would all take it because it's a huge honor. The new terms were to start at midnight, at which point it's no longer the Tonight Show and is "The Morning Show." I can't really blame Conan for saying no.
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Post by Krimzon on Mar 21, 2010 14:16:19 GMT -5
You know what? Screw it. Just give The Tonight Show to Falon and let Carson clean up at 12:35. That'll be the end of late night NBC and we can all leave the memories alone and stop watching this clusterf*** of a network.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Mar 21, 2010 15:35:04 GMT -5
Leno could have been a stand up guy and refused his old spot. He could've but he didn't. I find this troubling only because he has gone on record as saying he doesn't even touch his NBC money, he just saves it and is able to live like a king on the money he gets for his awful stand up gigs. The guy does stand up constantly. Like 5 nights a week I've heard. He'll tape the tonight show, then it's out the door to do a stand up gig. So the guy is rolling in cash and still had to take his spot back. He's still the same insecure guy that hid behind boxes to listen in on NBC board meetings and who pushed Johnny out the door.( If you haven't seen The Late Shift, watch it!) All that said, the bulk of the stupidity goes to NBC on this one. Jay is just being Jay. What happened was Leno agreed for his Half hour show. But Conan if agreed would still have to Tonight Show. Leno got the show back because Conan said No. What happened with Johnny is a whole different thing. I was to young to see Carson's work when he was on orginally. But I saw a lot of his best stuff later and he was great a legend. The point is that Leno gets to much crap on this situation for what NBC did. That whole gets the blame is NBC and not Leno. The Tonight Show only went back to him because Conan left. If he said no he doesn't want it. NBC would find someone not Leno or Conan to fill that spot. Which who would that have been? I guess it just easy to crap on Leno because he smart with money. Yeah he does Stand up and lives off of just that. His show just more to it. I'm sure everyone who hates Leno for it who could do the same would. Just like I'm sure if anybody who was ask to take the Tonight Show back after someone didn't agree to the new terms. They would all take it because it's a huge honor. Just as I am sure if anybody worked for a company and was told "In five years if you stick with us you will be our main guy. The main guy put in a notice. He approves you." So you do your little dance for five years and grow and make everything better for your company. 4 1/2 years later the main guy is deciding he don't want to retire. Don't worry though your still going to be our main guy. He's just going to be our earlier more important than you main guy like he is now. You know what though, you are fine with this. Your getting your shot. You don't fail but he does fail. Only thing is they can't afford to let him fail so they decide to switch him back to where he last didn't fail. Do you mind getting demoted again? We will still tell everyone your our other main guy. Fffffuuuuuuu Leno. He failed at his prime time slot. He failed at retiring. He failed to give a crap about his network, or colleagues. He failed to give a crap about fans. Karma is noone giving a crap about him and letting him continue downward into a vortex of further fail.
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Post by Killah Ray on Mar 21, 2010 19:25:37 GMT -5
I completely agree with this, but I still find it amusing because I remember a time long ago that most of you youngins probably don't when Craig Kilborn hosted the Daily Show. People were horrified to find out that Kilborn was leaving for CBS and that Jon Stewart guy from MTV was taking over. Now he's the most trusted journalist in America... just funny how things work out I liked Kilborn's Daily Show, of course thats when like 7 houses in America actually got Comedy Central, lol. I remember being very upset he was leaving. I loved the original Daily Show and people seem to forget how great Kilborn used to be....I remember it being on around the same time as Make Me Laugh and Win Ben Stein's Money.... Original Comedy Central was awesome...
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Post by chazraps on Mar 21, 2010 20:19:01 GMT -5
I liked Kilborn's Daily Show, of course thats when like 7 houses in America actually got Comedy Central, lol. I remember being very upset he was leaving. I loved the original Daily Show and people seem to forget how great Kilborn used to be....I remember it being on around the same time as Make Me Laugh and Win Ben Stein's Money.... Original Comedy Central was awesome... Well, Kilborn's Daily Show was a completely different show. It was a parody of shows like "A Current Affair," whereas Stewart's "Daily Show" has been a sendup of the network news.
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