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The Sicilian
The only people who find him amusing are those under 30.
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The Sicilian
IMO Conan is a terrible host with no instincts for interviews and bottom line just not at all funny and never was. Very glad to see him go.
The only people who find him amusing are those under 30.
first off im a letterman /late show fan .so why dont you think when jay retakes the johnny carson chair he does not go back to mopping the floor with dave in the nielsen's? i totally agree that this was a below the belt shot to conan and his crew memebers and families that packed up and moved three thousand miles away to get told thanks but hit the road conan .jay made a statement on the air monday night that i agree with 100% .that in hollywood you can get away with anything as long as you have the ratings .so thats what it comes down to and in the end it's all business now isnt it ?Quote
skipstone
Yeah OK fine but look at the overall picture - NBC SCREWED HIM! And everyone working with him. Forget the money - they all moved out there and they weren't given a chance to do what they do, like how some sports team owners just fire a new coach after one season or whatever. No chance to nurture what they're there for. In a downloadable society, they all want instant satisfaction, ha ha. So damn right he should sock it to 'em. They've destroyed any credibility they've had and Leno's gonna flop when he goes back to The Tonight Show. He's just as ruined as NBC is.
to me letterman is the one that has more wit and a higher intelect ,but the flip side is more acerbity than jay .that is also the charm of dave and nowadays those rare moments when dave goes off on any given day and the beauty of watching that .think back to his old show on nbc late night when cher flipped out on him and called him an as$%^&* and the time he went off on the wrestlers ya know when andy kaufman got knocked out by the wrestler and dave was doing some goading of his own when he told the wrestler (wwf back then) that wrestling was fake anyway and it was all downhill afterthat .those moments dave is priceless and back then it was must see tv on the peacock network .Quote
skipstone
Yeah you're right but, see, Jay's ratings are not going to 'recover' after all of this. His new show sucked. He was sucking before he left. He should retire.
Letterman, on the other hand, could go on for another 30 years if he wanted to.
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The Sicilian
IMO Conan is a terrible host with no instincts for interviews and bottom line just not at all funny and never was. Very glad to see him go.
The only people who find him amusing are those under 30.
Yeah Jay Leno is huge in Buffalo.Quote
The Sicilian
For what its worth IMO,
Jay Leno has the best opening monologue, the jokes are first rate and it lasts much longer than Letterman. Headlines are great. The rest, well, the interviews are not as good as Letterman.
David Letterman's opening monologue is stale and very succinct. Plus he is starting to look very old standing out there trying to crack jokes that he now seems out of touch with. However, his interviews are the best, and his instincts are top notch for inserting the right question or comment. This is where he is at his very best.
Conan, is just a goof with nothing good to offer to any guests. His laughing seems fake and he is clearly a third tier host. If anything someone should give him a 30 minute show at 1:00am or later. He is good for the no nothing generation and the ones who sleep in to 12:00 every morning.