On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:14 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > "NBC: Who needs tact when we have Leno!"
There's a truism in sports: a new general manager brings in his own coach. A new band leader should be able to bring in his own band. I watched the Tonight Show for Kevin's last show and he introduced the members of his outgoing band and mentioned with each member how long they had been playing together. In some cases it went back 20 and 30 years. If Ricky Minor wants to bring in people he's comfortable with or he wants to change the band's style, that's his privilege. Regarding Evanier's piece, I agree with most of it. There are two other factors I would add, one is that pop culture has been fragmenting over the last decade or two and getting topical monologue jokes which are funny to everybody and getting guests who are popular to everybody has become much more difficult, and a real age gap between host (specifically Dave and Jay) and guests has developed. As a regular Dave watcher I think of his classic and reliable guests like Bill Murray, Steve Martin, and Charles Grodin and see how old they all are. Looking for younger stars turns up Spencer and Heidi and celebuskanks. Tom -- 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
