Actually, Carson "[went] the other way" when Burt Reynolds was on the show to discuss his centerfold in Playgirl (baseball glove vs. hand, if I remember correctly).
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Wolper Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Jay Walking... Away From Studio 3 On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:16 AM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Nothing comes to mind, unless you count his movie roles as > intentionally self-deprecating. > > Early in his tenure, I remember Jay making some joke about a small > loincloth-like garment a celebrity was showing that he had to wear on > some trip. Jay implied that he was too big (not too fat) to wear it. > My immediate reaction was that Carson would have gone the other way, > and I suspect Conan would too. I remember seeing Leno Live in Las Vegas in 1996 and jokes about his endowment were a part of his standup. I haven't watched his Tonight Show regularly for years, but I do remember that it was a staple of his humor in the nineties. The joke of over-representing oneself works as well as under-representing oneself. Tom W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
