Paul and the band have played other Beatles songs on LS: "You've Got
to Hide Your Love Away" (music intro for David Hyde Pierce),
"Julia" (for Julia Roberts), and during various ad breaks ("Please
Please Me" and "Come Together" for McCartney; "I Should Have Known
Better" for Ringo back in '95; and a recent "Tomorrow Never Knows").
"Dr. Roberts" while Dave was getting his finger stitched up in late
'05. And "Taxman" for a segment called "Crazy Tax Laws," also in '05.
The list abounds.There's no way those songs would have been approved had the price been half a million per. On Jan 24, 10:38 am, "Bradford" <[email protected]> wrote: > No, it's not true. Paul Shaffer and band have been using the same song > for Rita Rudner (and possibly Rita Wilson, don't recall) walk ons for years. > > And, anybody paying attention to Conan's last show, should have > heard him admit that the "exorbitant costs" jokes over the last week were > just > that: jokes. They were not spending that kind of money. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diner" <[email protected]> > To: "TVorNotTV" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:06 AM > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Questlove: "Lovely Rita" cost NBC $500K > > Is he right about this? > > http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/23/2010-01-23_questlove_use... > > Questlove: Use of Beatles' 'Lovely Rita' on Conan O'Brien's last > 'Tonight Show' cost NBC $500k > BY Tracy Miller > DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER > Saturday, January 23rd 2010, 5:22 PM > > Conan O'Brien spared a few kind words for NBC during his last episode > of the "Tonight Show" - but he spared no expense when it came to > music. > > One of his final guests, Tom Hanks, entered the studio to the tune of > The Beatles' "Lovely Rita," which may have cost the network half a > million dollars. > > Questlove, drummer for the band The Roots, tuned in to the episode and > tweeted "yo i hate spoiling but i will have you know that walk on song > we just heard was half a milli. i know cause i got the list rate at > nbc." > > The musician tweets on good authority, as The Roots are the house band > for NBC's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." > > "anytime you use the beatles on tv that will cost you dearly," he > later added. > > "Lovely Rita" was played in honor of Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson. It > wasn't O'Brien's only recent splurge: on Wednesday night, he rolled > out a $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron in mouse ears as The Rolling Stones' > "Satisfaction" - also a pricey song - played in the background. > > "For the rest of the week, we're going to introduce new comedy bits > that aren't so much funny as they are crazy expensive," he said. > "There it is, the most expensive car in the world dressed as a > mouse." > > O'Brien, who is being dumped by the network in favor of his "Tonight > Show" predecessor Jay Leno, is scooping up some cash for himself and > his staff, too, with a severance package of $45 million. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
