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Old 07-11-03 | 05:28 PM
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Jaywalking - Set up?

I've always found Jay Leno's Jaywalking a bit...suspect.

Now after seeing it many times, I've come to conclude: it's set up.

Just look at it, it really looks fake. Some of their replies ar just too idiotic and - Yes, I know that there are many idiots, constantly surrounded by them - just try and thnik about it.

Or maybe I missed the fact that it's set-up and that it's part of the point?

Confused!
Old 07-11-03 | 05:35 PM
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If you ask 100 people a question, there will be a few who really don't know it, and there will be a few who do know it but give a stupid answer because they know they will never get onto TV with the real answer.
Old 07-11-03 | 05:56 PM
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Re: Jaywalking - Set up?

Originally posted by Parcher
just try and thnik about it.
Oh come on!

Fake bad spelling...
Old 07-11-03 | 07:49 PM
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I agree with Heat, they only show the small percentage who don't know the answer. Tons of useless footage of smart people.
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I'm goin with Heat as well. He hit the nail on the head.
Old 07-11-03 | 08:11 PM
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I don't think it's set up, but I do think that people deliberately give stupid answers knowing that they'll be put on the show.
Old 07-11-03 | 09:51 PM
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Helped tape a few segments of Jaywalking. the basic run down.. Ask as many people as possible the question. NOTE These folks are picked out of the groups or come on their own. they know they wont be on tv if they give a good answer and so either they act the fool or of course, in editing, we selected the funniest, dumbest answers. it takes a bit of time, but after an hour you wouldn't imagen how much you have to work with.
Old 07-12-03 | 03:49 AM
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Hm, all right. Thanks for the info.
Old 07-12-03 | 03:53 AM
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Of course, a rip-off of Howard Stern's 'homeless game'. Except on Howard's show, they bet on what answer the person will give...
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Jay Leno is the phoniest comedian there is. What a sellout, want some Doritos?
Old 07-13-03 | 08:37 AM
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Jay Leno is the phoniest comedian there is. What a sellout, want some Doritos?
Not yet. I'll be hungrier after I'm done wrestling.
Old 07-13-03 | 02:36 PM
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What do you guys think about Jay Leno's "Point, whats your point" where two idiots--one a girl, one a guy--face off in a debate/conversational manner. Jay gives them topics or asks questions, and it just proves how dumb they are.

Do you guys think that's real?
Old 07-13-03 | 08:18 PM
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The Tonight Show has gone down the hill so much since Leno took over. I don't have anything against him personally, but many of the skits are mean spirited now, and just not funny, IMO. It is easy and lazy comedy to pick on the stupid, and the show seems to be relying on it more and more.
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Originally posted by movieking
The Tonight Show has gone down the hill so much since Leno took over. I don't have anything against him personally, but many of the skits are mean spirited now, and just not funny, IMO. It is easy and lazy comedy to pick on the stupid, and the show seems to be relying on it more and more.
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wasn't this a topic a while back? i thought i read somewhere here that it had been "uncovered" that some of the jaywalkers were actors....
Old 07-14-03 | 08:34 PM
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any one who recognizes leno will give a dumb answer to get on tv

and who can't recognize that chin? you could land a 747 on it
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Originally posted by hgar78
wasn't this a topic a while back? i thought i read somewhere here that it had been "uncovered" that some of the jaywalkers were actors....
Half the population of LA are actors. The ones most likely to try to get on TV with the dumbest answers would also be actors. Jay wouldn't have to look for them and arrange it.
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Originally posted by Wooderson
Jay Leno is the phoniest comedian there is. What a sellout, want some Doritos?
You must hate Jerry Seinfeld, Denis Leary and Dennis Miller too.
Old 07-15-03 | 07:51 PM
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Originally posted by Roto
Half the population of LA are actors. The ones most likely to try to get on TV with the dumbest answers would also be actors. Jay wouldn't have to look for them and arrange it.
i don't mean their actors in general, i mean that it was discovered the show was hiring them to be jaywalkers.
Old 07-15-03 | 08:04 PM
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Originally posted by mikehunt
any one who recognizes leno will give a dumb answer to get on tv

and who can't recognize that chin? you could land a 747 on it
You think hes the one out there asking people the questions?
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Originally posted by Face/Off
You must hate Jerry Seinfeld, Denis Leary and Dennis Miller too.
Jerry and Dennis Miller are fine they haven't changed their style of comedy to cater to the idiots. Denis Leary is not even a comedian in my book. That theif stole all his material from the late grate Bill Hicks. It's really sad that as soon as Bill died there go's leary doing all his acts. I will never respect Denis Leary for the fact that he's the biggest phoney of them all.

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