I watched the Monday and Tuesday episodes. I've never watched Idol,
but the band sounds fine to me. I agree with your comments about the
horn section and the keyboards.
It's interesting that, in a franchise noted for its continuity, The
Tonight Show has now had four opening theme songs in
Here's a superb article in the New York Times that analyzes Kevin's
pre-Tonight music, and guesses at what direction he might go in
next.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/arts/music/31eubanks.html
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Another thing that surprised me was that longtime trombonist Matt
Finders was not on the show tonight - especially since last year, on
Jay's first goodbye show, Jay made a point of singling out Matt and
introducing his (now teenaged) daughter. I could have sworn I'd seen
Matt as part of the band
On May 23, 1:16 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote:
BTW, his subsequent interview with Oteri is typical of what he is like with
people that he does not know, or does not consider one of his peers or
heroes. He had two great interviews in recent months, one with Jason
Reitman, and one with Henry
On Mar 31, 4:59 pm, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote:
NCIS:Los Angeles isn't even his first series. And The Hard Way (Michael J.
Fox and James Woods) was his first notable film role, and that was in 1991.
So LL has more experience as an actor than Sarah has as a politician.
-Tim
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In 1994 or 1995, Jay did three or four shows where he wore a
turtleneck, jeans, and a suit jacket. One night he was sitting at his
desk, about to introduce his first guest, when he saw himself in the
studio monitor and cracked, I look like Robert Wagner on 'It Takes A
Thief'! He never wore the
On Mar 23, 2:56 pm, David Bruggeman bru...@yahoo.com wrote:
You have to go to the syndicated late night talkers to see any consistent
non-suit wearing, and it's still rare. I know Jon Stewart didn't wear a suit
for his MTV show, but I can't remember if he did when he went syndicated
(sort
On Mar 15, 9:48 am, Wrecks landofa...@gmail.com wrote:
Apparently that was a fail in more ways than one.
Groups really needs to start supporting HTML.
I've seen the photo that you're probably referring to - the one with a
guy showing off a pro-Conan message written on his palm while he posed
It's a hoax, according to a family lawyer:
http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/12/james-brown-body-not-stolon-missing-grave-crypt-corpse/
On Mar 12, 12:29 pm, Wrecks landofa...@gmail.com wrote:
But who would WANT it?
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On Mar 3, 9:29 am, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote:
...and why they tend to rub certain people (like many of us) the wrong way.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/03/02/palin_on_tonight_show/in...
I fell asleep right before Palin came out, and I'm glad. However, I do
remember Leno
On Mar 3, 3:43 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
The pilot for Parenthood is now available for free on iTunes. At 50
minutes, I'm assuming it is an extended pilot, or there is so little
advertising revenue thanks to Leno that producers can actually make
longer TV episodes.
Last
Courtesy of the ever-essential Sue Trowbridge (http://
www.interbridge.com/lineups.html):
Mo 3/1: Jamie Foxx, Lindsey Vonn, Brad Paisley
Tu 3/2: Sarah Palin, Shaun White
We 3/3: Jaywalk All-Stars with the cast of Jersey Shore, Chelsea
Handler, Apolo Anton Ohno, Avril Lavigne
Th 3/4: Matthew
On Feb 7, 7:29 pm, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote:
...just happened to be a commercial for David Letterman's show with him,
Letterman and Oprah watching the game.
I noticed Jay was eating potato chips. What, nobody had any Doritos?
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And now the New York Times weighs in on Lovely Rita:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/how-much-exactly-for-a-famous-meter-maid/
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On Jan 25, 9:13 pm, Tom Wolper twol...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote:
Diner:
When you (or anyone else here) reads that Times blog page, does the
font size of the comments progressively decrease with each entry?
No. The font
Is he right about this?
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/23/2010-01-23_questlove_use_of_beatles_lovely_rita_on_conan_obriens_last_tonight_show_cost_nbc.html
Questlove: Use of Beatles' 'Lovely Rita' on Conan O'Brien's last
'Tonight Show' cost NBC $500k
BY Tracy Miller
DAILY NEWS STAFF
show, should have
heard him admit that the exorbitant costs jokes over the last week were
just
that: jokes. They were not spending that kind of money.
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On Jan 20, 8:01 pm, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote:
Dave: That's right. They wanted to avoid another transitional
brouhaha, if I can invoke a little French. So last night Jay gave his
state of the network speech. (Laughter applause) And I saw...and he
said we should not blame Conan for
On Jan 19, 3:26 pm, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote:
Robert Parker, author of the Spenser and Jesse Stone detective series, has
died, aged 77.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_en_ot/us_obit_robert_parker
This is a tragedy for me too. I've read nearly 40 of Parker's 65
novels,
And the LA Times has a verbatim transcript:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/jay-leno-goes-light-on-the-jokes-heavy-on-the-truth.html
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NBC CEO Jeff Zucker takes fall in Tonight Show feud between Jay Leno
and Conan O'Brien
BY William Sherman
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, January
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/cat_revival_tWPz2UYVN1lNHOjazIxi7H
PAGE SIX
'Cat' revival
Last Updated: 3:47 AM, December 27, 2009
Posted: 12:23 AM, December 27, 2009
Benicio Del Toro is about to star as the new Wolfman, a remake of
the classic Universal horror film. But sources said Del Toro is
On Dec 24, 11:23 am, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote:
This practice came to light with the Up DVD last month -- Disney took ALL
the features off the rental edition, including the subtitling/closed
captioning. They did apologize, and ended up giving out discount coupons for
future
On Dec 24, 2:21 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
RIP George Michael
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2009-12-24-george-michael-obit_N.htm
Damn. I'm not a huge sports fan, but I really enjoyed his work on the
Sports Machine. Even towards the end of the run, when they had him
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/70444727.html
Posted on Thu, Nov. 19, 2009
6ABC's Dave Roberts to retire
By Dan Gross
Philadelphia Daily News
VETERAN 6ABC weather anchor Dave Roberts announced his retirement
during last night's 11 o'clock broadcast. Roberts, 73, will give his
last
On Oct 30, 1:15 am, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote:
Make sure your television's Text mode/Closed Captioning is off.
Thanks, I'll check that tonight. Doesn't look like the closed
captioning area, though - it's above that, and doesn't take up the
full width of the screen like closed
This is the second time this week I've watched Ferguson, and both
times, there's a big black rectangle covering much of the bottom half
of the screen. Tonight it wasn't there on the pre-credits puppet
sequence, but it started when the show came back from the first
commercial break.
Wait - it
On Oct 21, 7:59 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
(I was the only person in the 1980s who couldn't stand Miami Vice
but loved Crime Story),
Not likely. I was a person in the 1980s, and I, and everyone I knew,
liked
Is it wrong that I got a little weepy watching this show from my
childhood return? Well, so be it.
Overall, it's a pretty good version. Slick, but not too slick; the
updating is very subtle. Padding it out to an hour doesn't really harm
the game in any major way. They did three spots where they
On Sep 23, 8:19 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote:
But I think something else currently functions as the unseen thing on
TV - abortion. This has been discussed at some length of course, but I
think it is still true that few if any major tv characters have
actually had an abortion since Maude.
On Sep 24, 11:22 am, drunkbastard74 drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
Susan had the abortion, though, as you suggested, the writers never
actually came out and said that. Again, a literary cheat to avoid
controversy. Soften the edges -- nothing sharp must ever emerge from
your TV screens.
When I was in high school in 1982, I traveled from Philadelphia to
Pittsburgh to attend a speech and debate tournament at Pittsburgh
Central Catholic High School, which is right next door to WQED.
Because they were pressed for space at the high school, my event was
held in a conference room at
On Aug 28, 1:12 am, Doug Eastick east...@mcd.on.ca wrote:
Which led to the random thought of what characters lived in trailers?
Here's an obscurity: Three For the Road - an MTM Production from
1975. It starred Alex Rocco as a photographer who traveled the country
in his motor home along with
I'm kind of amazed that, in the six years Avenue Q has been on
Broadway, they've never sung The Internet is for Porn on TV. I
thought years ago that it would have been a perfect song to sing on
Conan, as the joke would have gone over really well with his
audience. Well, better late than never...
With Guiding Light ending and All My Children moving to L.A.,
that's two New York-based soaps ceasing operations. CBS says that As
the World Turns may be next, so that would make three. This will be a
major blow to New York-based television production.
-Tim
On Aug 5, 9:14 am, Brian Henke
Scott and Phillips were excellent fill-ins for Ebert. I never watched
it the past season with the new guys, but I read a few reviews about
them and laughed a lot.
The new guys will put the show back on the right track. They're very
much in the spirit of the original hosts.
-Tim
On Aug 5, 8:11
On Aug 4, 9:00 am, Pollak, Melissa F. mpol...@nsf.gov wrote:
He was referring to the total audience of all stations. Or, at least I'm
almost certain that's the answer to your question.
You see, I was -- and am still -- a little drowsy from events of this past
weekend -- two concerts in a
On Jul 17, 6:19 pm, Helmsing helms...@gmail.com wrote:
I attended last Wednesday's non-airing pilot taping of the new
Let'sMakeaDeal. Here are some notes:
And now, an update, from Saturday's edition of Steve Beverly's Game
Show Fix newsletter. Great news!
CBS PICKS UP Let’s Make a
On Jul 20, 8:26 pm, Trevor Trevor altst...@gmail.com wrote:
The scene in 2003's Monster with Charlize Therone was just the
beginning. The song also turned up in TV series Orange County, Family
Guy (with the cast singing), Scrubs and Laguna Beach, and the films
The Comebacks and Bedtime
On Jul 17, 6:19 pm, Helmsing helms...@gmail.com wrote:
I attended last Wednesday's non-airing pilot taping of the new Let's
Make a Deal. Here are some notes:
- I didn't hear any theme music, just a lady (maybe the accompianist
from Whose Line Is It Anyway?) who played a drum set, chimes,
On Jul 13, 11:45 pm, M-D November mdnovem...@gmail.com wrote:
I also happen to think that Wayne Brady could do a really good job on
LMAD; he's a natural entertainer and quick-witted without being
insulting. I just wonder who could succeed Dick Clark on Pyramid
(yes, I'm pretending the Donny
On Jul 14, 11:09 am, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote:
Indeed, what made me dislike the Osmond version was the fact that
there was never a bonus round postmortem. Osmond seemed to be there
solely as a traffic cop, disinterested in what made the game so good.
In an interview on the Craig
This is from the latest edition of Steve Beverly's Game Show Fix
newsletter. CBS is deciding whether to pair Deal with Pyramid as a
daily replacement for Guiding Light.
WAYNE BRADY HOSTS PILOT OF LET’S MAKE A DEAL
From flies on the wall who were inside CBS’s pilot for a revival of
Let’s
, however, they simply became The Tonight Show
Band (and Andy said Featuring The Tonight Show Band). Interesting.
On Jul 6, 11:39 pm, Diner bwayst...@gmail.com wrote:
Digital is a wonderful thing, ain't it?
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Posted on Wed, May. 20, 2009
Economic tailspin batters local TV
Did you see the news? Ratings, ad revenue continue to plunge.
By Jonathan Storm
INQUIRER TV CRITIC
Morning train wreck on the Main Line. Copters flutter over Berwyn.
That night, news viewers tune to Fox29 to see Dawn
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090410/NEWS01/904100357/1001/NEWS
April 10, 2009
Nashville loses trusted voice of Dan Miller
Veteran newsman dies at 67
By Gail Kerr and Chris Echegaray
THE TENNESSEAN
DAN MILLER | 1941-2009
Dan Miller, the low-key everyman news anchor who came across as the
I missed the last Jesse Stone movie, but the previous ones (all based
rather closely on Parker's novels) were excellent.
Interesting piece of trivia: In an interview on Tavis Smiley, Tom
Selleck said he had once been slated to play Parker's most famous
sleuth, Spenser. He was supposed to play
I never thought I'd call a show with Anne Hathaway hard to look at,
but... it's really distracting watching the show with the sound about
a second out of sync.
I've seen this happen a few times on NBC Sports broadcasts, but I only
remember seeing it once on Tonight before (and that was the first
On Jan 1, 9:54 pm, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
By the way, if anyone knows the name of the fiddle/tambourine player
who accompanied Taylor Swift, please let me know. She presently ranks
alongside Mairead Celtic Woman Nesbitt as the hottest fiddler on the
planet.
I just googled
On Dec 23, 6:54 am, Ed Dravecky drave...@gmail.com wrote:
JW redbu...@gmail.com wrote:
The best performances on SNL this year have been from ex-cast members
Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Will Ferrell, and new mom Amy Poehler. Jimmy
Fallon has been a lot better on Weekend Update this year but he's
On Dec 12, 7:10 pm, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
toma...@peoplepc.com wrote:
Mark J. wrote:
On Dec 12, 12:10 pm, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote:
And the Oscar hosting gig goes to
Hugh Jackman.
Seasoned host of the Tonys, talented fellow.
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Jay has announced the guests on his debut show: Alec Baldwin, Alanis
Morrissette, Jane Krakowski, Ne-Yo, Liza Minnelli, Rachael Ray, Harry
Connick Jr., Clay Aiken, Gloria Estefan, and Kathy Griffin.
And Jennifer Cody as
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Flo is her name. She's the spokeswoman for Progressive Auto Insurance.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/18186814/detail.html
The article includes a screen shot from a Progressive commercial
featuring Ms. Courtney alongside
On Nov 28, 8:40 pm, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire
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before I shoot my TV.
Rosie announced tonight in the Ask Ro section of her website that
Rosie Live will not be returning.
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great pic of the sea gulls and
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Minnelli singing a song she hasn't sung live for 30 years live on NBC
Nov. 24, sez Ms. O'Donnell, along with the Cirque du Soleil-ish
Antigravity and a sketch with characters from the musical
Urinetown (with Spencer Little Sally Kayden
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Private Practice is the first of the sophmore bubble shows on any
network to get a back-nine order, despite the fact that the Grey's
spinoff hasn't done particularly better than its Wednesday night
stablemates Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy
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