NBC: let's see how low we can go (Conan thread, part 2)
01-25-10, 06:04 PM
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by stealing other people's comebacks?
props for a well placed reference that about 90% of the people in this thread won't get. 
01-25-10, 06:13 PM
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That's the first thing that popped into my head, too, dork. I think it's all Leno has left these days.
01-25-10, 06:27 PM
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01-25-10, 06:33 PM
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Re: NBC: let's see how low we can go (Conan thread, part 2)
Would you be happy if your employer gave you $30 million to leave the job you are doing? And your replacement will be the person who was doing your job before you. Would you be all smiles and classy as you leave?
Now next up. How David Letterman will act when Leno starts to beat him in the ratings when they are head to head.
Reminder: RATINGS ARE WHAT BASED ON VIEWERS NOT WHO CRIES THE MOST.
01-25-10, 06:36 PM
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01-25-10, 06:38 PM
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Re: NBC: let's see how low we can go (Conan thread, part 2)
I personally wish Conan had taken that 12:05am start time offer. It's far better than him being off-the-air as he is now (IMO). Plus Jay is 60 y.o. this year, so I think he probably will retire in the next 6 years. After that, Conan could've moved back to the 11:35pm start time again.
And it would NOT have been the first time The Tonight Show had it's start time moved later into the night. In the '60s (and maybe through the early-'70s), The Tonight Show started at 11:15pm every night because the 11 o'clock local news was only 15 minutes long back then. When local news expanded to 30 minutes, then the start of The Tonight Show was moved back 15 minutes to 11:30pm. And later, it was moved back 5 more minutes to 11:35pm to allow more commercials. So a move back of the show's start time would not have been an unprecedented event (although, if it had happened, it would've been the first time with an after midnight start, at least in some timezones).
And it would NOT have been the first time The Tonight Show had it's start time moved later into the night. In the '60s (and maybe through the early-'70s), The Tonight Show started at 11:15pm every night because the 11 o'clock local news was only 15 minutes long back then. When local news expanded to 30 minutes, then the start of The Tonight Show was moved back 15 minutes to 11:30pm. And later, it was moved back 5 more minutes to 11:35pm to allow more commercials. So a move back of the show's start time would not have been an unprecedented event (although, if it had happened, it would've been the first time with an after midnight start, at least in some timezones).
01-25-10, 07:54 PM
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How about.
Would you be happy if your employer gave you $30 million to leave the job you are doing? And your replacement will be the person who was doing your job before you. Would you be all smiles and classy as you leave?
Now next up. How David Letterman will act when Leno starts to beat him in the ratings when they are head to head.
Reminder: RATINGS ARE WHAT BASED ON VIEWERS NOT WHO CRIES THE MOST.
Would you be happy if your employer gave you $30 million to leave the job you are doing? And your replacement will be the person who was doing your job before you. Would you be all smiles and classy as you leave?
Now next up. How David Letterman will act when Leno starts to beat him in the ratings when they are head to head.
Reminder: RATINGS ARE WHAT BASED ON VIEWERS NOT WHO CRIES THE MOST.
01-25-10, 08:04 PM
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Re: NBC: let's see how low we can go (Conan thread, part 2)
According to Questlove (of the Roots), that little snippet of "Lovely Rita" by the Beatles (played when Tom Hanks walked out) may have cost NBC $500,000.
http://twitter.com/questlove/status/8100254545
http://twitter.com/questlove/status/8100254545
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Re: NBC: let's see how low we can go (Conan thread, part 2)
He thought the "Freebird" segment was "horrible" and said Will Ferrell wasn't funny at all. He said Tom Hanks was boring and that Neil Young picked a terrible song to play. He said Conan was a pussy for saying such nice things about NBC after they've treated him like garbage.
He liked Thursday's show with Robin Williams and thought it was "really funny".
He liked Thursday's show with Robin Williams and thought it was "really funny".
01-25-10, 08:47 PM
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Gawker strikes again with a Late Night War retrospective (with video):
http://tv.gawker.com/5456733/the-fir...deo-chronology
http://tv.gawker.com/5456733/the-fir...deo-chronology
01-25-10, 09:47 PM
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And it would NOT have been the first time The Tonight Show had it's start time moved later into the night. In the '60s (and maybe through the early-'70s), The Tonight Show started at 11:15pm every night because the 11 o'clock local news was only 15 minutes long back then. When local news expanded to 30 minutes, then the start of The Tonight Show was moved back 15 minutes to 11:30pm. And later, it was moved back 5 more minutes to 11:35pm to allow more commercials.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/conans-statement
So I don't think it was necessarily just the later time, but the fact that another talk show would be between it and the news. If the local news had expanded to an hour, that would've been a different story.
01-26-10, 02:20 AM
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A clever comment from a Gawker reader:
So what I've learned from all this is this Late Night debacle was really a giant Butterfly Effect from Hugh Grant wanting some paid trim one night.
It's like: a British actor flaps his penis on Sunset Boulevard in 1995 and fifteen years later Conan loses the Tonight Show.
So what I've learned from all this is this Late Night debacle was really a giant Butterfly Effect from Hugh Grant wanting some paid trim one night.
It's like: a British actor flaps his penis on Sunset Boulevard in 1995 and fifteen years later Conan loses the Tonight Show.
01-26-10, 02:23 AM
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Re: NBC: let's see how low we can go (Conan thread, part 2)
That's awesome
Ok, showing "old" Conan eps tonight is just gross. I can't even watch.
Ok, showing "old" Conan eps tonight is just gross.
I can't even watch.
01-26-10, 06:18 AM
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01-26-10, 07:06 AM
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Kevin Pollack has some great things to say about Conan on this episode of his web talk show.
He starts talking about it 2 minutes in, and goes for about 8 minutes.
The video is black for the first 40 seconds.
I think it's very enlightening to get the honest opinions of people who are in the business and who have interacted with Jay and Conan.
Kevin Pollack has some great things to say about Conan on this episode of his web talk show.
He starts talking about it 2 minutes in, and goes for about 8 minutes.
The video is black for the first 40 seconds.
I think it's very enlightening to get the honest opinions of people who are in the business and who have interacted with Jay and Conan.
01-26-10, 11:49 AM
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And the sadder thing is that this situation isn't their only mess. These same executives passed on Lost, are losing millions in the upcoming Winter Olympics, passed on Monk and Psych, cancelled Southland, only to see it succeed later on TNT, and essentially killed their 10 PM primetime lineup. How the hell do these people still have jobs?!?
01-26-10, 05:28 PM
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01-26-10, 05:48 PM
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I've never even heard of the TONITE SHOW? When did leno host that? IF you love the Leno and the franchise so much, at least spell it properly. I love Mykal Jay Fahx. I love Gym Kerry. Doesn't look too authentic does it? Also, how is Conan the spoiled kid in this? Jay Leno hung around like a sad little puppy, killed Conan's numbers which( despite how you want to spin it) were better than Letterman's until Leno came along with his shitty show, and then pretended like NBC were slighting him as well, to appear like the good guy. Your world is fake my friend. I don't mean to rain on your parade but I'm also pretty sure that Sarah Palin dislikes mexicans.
(I've believed that for a loooong time)
01-26-10, 06:44 PM
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I've never even heard of the TONITE SHOW? When did leno host that? IF you love the Leno and the franchise so much, at least spell it properly. I love Mykal Jay Fahx. I love Gym Kerry. Doesn't look too authentic does it? Also, how is Conan the spoiled kid in this? Jay Leno hung around like a sad little puppy, killed Conan's numbers which( despite how you want to spin it) were better than Letterman's until Leno came along with his shitty show, and then pretended like NBC were slighting him as well, to appear like the good guy. Your world is fake my friend. I don't mean to rain on your parade but I'm also pretty sure that Sarah Palin dislikes mexicans.
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