On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> NBC had a huge budget and the opportunity to build the Tonight Show > studio from the ground up and that gives them more possibilities in > set design. I just sense that they were looking for risk avoidance and > being overly conservative and that leads them to a mediocre set. There's a difference between conservative and traditional. Some people, myself included, are ticked off that The Tonight Show isn't still in Studio One at the Burbank studio facility. Older generations are ticked off that Johnny Carson moved the show to CA from NY. Having a set that is familiar on a show that has been running more than 50 years is, at least, a nod to tradition. And a part of me thinks that Conan is at least somewhat sentimental about the role of Tonight Show host (I recall how excited/nrvous he when they did the show out of Carson's old studio when I worked with him years ago), and that he might actually want the set to be in keeping with the old school. Personally, I've never understood the desk as a talk show set piece (looks like a job interview is taking place), but I think Conan would be uncomfortable in the Tom Snyder styled set with only two chairs on the set (for those interested, rumor has it that Leno's set will not have him behind a desk; he'll be going "out of the box" as many local newscasts attempted in the 1990s... I predict he'll get a desk within 3 months). -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
