I have not seen more than 3 or 4 episodes of the Leno Tonight Show in the last 10 years, but I decided to record his last one and I am glad I did; not so much because it was a landmark show (it wasn't really) but it gave me a less negative view of Leno than I normally have. As always, the more he is his real self, the more likable he is. The ending, which I won't spoil for people who have not seen it yet, was not a tear-jerker, but was nice. It did not make me wish I had seen more of his Tonight Shows, though it did make me more likely to check out his new show (if only he was leaving that awful, awful "Jaywalking" segment behind).
A couple of questions: 1. At the end Leno thanked Debbie Vickers, who he said had been the executive producer since the beginning. We all know the story of the beginning of Leno's run at the Tonight Show, and I always thought Helen Kushnick had the title of executive producer then. Was she really still just his agent in title, while maybe functioning as the executive producer? Or did Leno just mean that Vickers had been with the show from the beginning, but not always as EP. 2. Why was the audience so unruly - they were practically heckling Leno and Obrien, and stepped on several of their lines. Is that typical for Leno's audience? I used to watch Carson's Tonight Show fairly frequently in the mid 80s, and my memory is that they always made a huge deal about not shouting anything out during the taping, emphasizing that if anyone did anything like that they would be asked to leave. I only ever saw one person yell something out from the audience, Johnny was clearly pissed, and sure enough that person was escorted from the studio. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
