On Jun 1, 9:10 pm, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > What's being missed is that Jaywalking is Leno's ripoff of the Howard > Stern bit where one of Howard's producers would interview a > questionable character (homeless person, stripper, mentally > challanged, or future Tonight Show announcer), ask them general > knowledge questions, and speculate and/or wager on their answers.
It almost goes without saying that, while Leno's schtick was to take ordinary people on the street and help them look stupid, Steve Allen was able to point a camera out the window and improvise brilliantly funny scenarios about what those people were doing. But comparing Steve Allen to Jay Leno is like comparing, well, Steve Allen to Jay Leno. --Dave Sikula --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
