On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Gary <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On May 31, 12:54 am, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > A bit of revisionist history on Jay's part, perhaps? We know (again, > > thanks to "The Late Shift") that Leno was personally hurt by > > Kushnick's tactics in the early years of his tenure on "Tonight" - > > maybe this is his way of denying Helen's influence? > > > From reading “The Late Shift” it was clear that Kushnick was the > person most responsible for getting Jay the Tonight Show job. The > cynical view would be that once Jay got what he wanted, he threw her > overboard. Johnny Carson, for one, didn’t buy the line that Jay didn’t > know what Kushnick was up to in the background. I thought Jay > should’ve acknowledged Helen’s role in his career while he was giving > out the thanks on his last show. > Personally, I believe Jay is a political animal who weighs up every > single thing he says to protect his brand. > > Gary Who benefits from mentioning Kushnick on his last show? She's probably the source of a lot of Tonight staffers agita from the early days of Leno's Tonight, so why ruin their nice victory lap before being laid off for the summer? > > > > > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin Happy Accidents http://inturnaround.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
