Posted on 01/24/2010 11:41:44 PM PST by iowamark
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/business/media/25conan.html
“OBrien Undone by His Media-Hopping Fans”
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-fi-ct-latenight25-2010jan25,0,879701.story?page=1
“Falling late-night ad prices will shape Conan’s and Leno’s futures”
Jay sucks!
Conan was great. He was funny and not mean spirited like Letterman.
NBC made a grave error in pushing Conan out.
If Conan is wise, he’d work for Fox for $1, so NBC will have to fork over the whole kitten-kaboodle.
He also was screwing with NBC at the end, the song he had Tom Hanks walk out to on his last night was the Beatles song “Lovely Rita” in honor of Tom’s wife Rita Wilson. Cute gesture that cost NBC half a million dollars.
And it also cost them alot of cash when he played the Rolling Stones on another night.
Replace Wanda Sykes, Conan!
Leno already was the second coming of Carson. He projected the same sort shtick, with some small allowance for changing taste, for example, JAY WALKING as replacement for Carson’s goofball skits. It was really as nearly perfect as anyone could hope for, and NBC ruined everything by replacing Leno with Conan. Of course, you can’t go back, even though they’re trying to.
I’ve always been a Conan fan, BTW, and FWIW, but he just fit better with the conventions of the LATE LATE SHOW concept. LATE vs. LATE LATE sets up some very specific requirements. Whatever the reason may be, they are easily discernible.
The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance of these cosmic decisions about whats his name and the other guy.
How many lives must be shattered before...ahhh....what was the question again?...
I thought Jimmy Kimmel was on ABC. Maybe this guy means Jimmy Fallon. But if he gets that wrong multiple times in his rant, it’s not a typo and that pretty much shoots down any arguments or conclusions he makes if he doesn’t know that difference.
Not that it makes any real difference, as I wouldn’t watch any of them. Who gives a flying F*** about them?
I still don’t get it, to me, Conan is many things but funny isn’t one of them. Ridiculous is more like it!
The only thing that strikes me about all of this is how little I care about any of the late-nite bozos.......
Joking about Hitler is not my cup of tea. This column is trash.
Conan is boring, not funny, and nearly unwatchable. Always has been.
Re: “I still dont get it, to me, Conan is many things but funny isnt one of them. Ridiculous is more like it!”
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Agree — and I hear his “target audience” is 14 - 34. Makes sense since the only people I know who like his show are around 30.
Now I can watch the Tonight Show again — totally quit while the ultra silly, but not funny, Conan was on....
Re: “Conan is boring, not funny, and nearly unwatchable. Always has been.”
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Agree — If I had to pick from all the hosts, Conan would be last on the list; in fact, I would not even turn on the TV if he were the only one on the air...
BTW, I don't think I have ever watched Conan once. I stopped when Carson left. I have never watched Leno or Letterman either. At least not on purpose.
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