On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 5:02 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don't expect a lot of Leno-bashing, but I do expect a bit of > NBC-bashing > > (or maybe I am just hoping for it). > > > > I would love to see GE or Comcast launch a major, headline grabbing, > > expensive law suit over the Masturbating Bear - the potential headlines > seem > > wouldn't seem to exactly fit into the strategic plan of a corporate PR > > department. > > Conan has to develop new bits anyway. He can't be obsessed over the > past for more than the first week. He might show the Masturbating Bear > once as a F-You move to NBC, but his task is to establish a new and > funny topical show, not wallow in self pity over what happened months > ago. > I agree to a point. His whole act can't be "here's my NBC show and it will really piss off the bastards in the suits if you laugh at it". Its not like he did those bits every night anyway. But he does not want to have to completely re-brand and re-invent himself. Dave took the features of his NBC show that he felt were critical to his identity and brand, changed a few to make NBC happy, did not change a few and figured (correctly) that NBC would not make an issue of it. If Conan wants to call it the "self-pleasuring Bear" or whatever (I don't mean that the bear is the most important defining bit, just using that one thing as an example) then fine, but if he decides that "masturbating bear" is his "Top Ten" list, and he is not going to change the name, then I don't think NBC will really do anything to stop him. -- 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
