I have no qualms about saying that I don't like Jay. Haven't since he took over the Tonight Show in 1993.
As for the frenetic opening of Jay's show (at least, compared to Dave/ Conan/Craig), if memory serves that was another remnant of the week or so he spent doing the show out of Studio 8H in NYC - SNL's setup (and the makeshift set used on their stage) afforded them a lot more cameras to play with (including the jib cam), and when they rebuilt the set in Burbank to more closely match the setup from 8H, they seemed to add more cameras to match the feel in the NY setup. On May 31, 9:42 pm, Ben Scripps <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 7:06 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting numbers, Ben. Sadly, I think some of the discrepancy is due to > > the passage of 17 years. Have you compared a recent Leno show to those of > > other late night shows? My sense is that Leno still has more cuts, if for > > no better reason than the extra cameras in his setup. I don't know if he > > had the camera that zooms the audience in Studio One, but it was there by > > the time I saw him in Studio Three back in 1997. > > I wanted to compare Leno to a recent Letterman, but I don't have any > recent Daves readily handy. Speaking strictly from memory, though, it > seems like Dave's opening (and Conan's and Craig's, for that matter) > is a bit more restrained. I started to write something to this effect > in my initial e-mail before deleting it, but it almost seemed to me to > be a way of subtly reinforcing the notion that everyone loves > Jay--look, here are people who love Jay, and here are more people who > love Jay, and look at these people who love Jay, and more people over > here love Jay, and the band loves Jay and here's a wide shot of the > people who love Jay. I think that's what really got me to compare the > two--it almost came across as a bit of insecurity about Jay's status > as America's Favorite Late Night Host (TM). > > To me, at least--I know I'm reading too much into this, but that's > what really hit me. > > -- > -- > Ben Scripps > [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
