On Nov 10, 6:34 pm, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > It's Tom Shales mea culpa in 1996 that wraps the chapter up as the > point when things changed, and you do the math to realize that the > sword hung over this poor guy's head for almost *three years*. > > And he came out of it a perfectly normal screwed-up guy.
As it happens, I'm simultaneously reading the book and watching the complete box set of The Larry Sanders Show that just came out (undoubtedly for the same reason as "The War for Late Night." A lot of things are striking in retrospect (including the rather ghastly realization that three of Larry's guests on one show have all died untimely deaths since: Gene Siskel, John Ritter, and Warren Zevon.) It's interesting to see in the Season 2-3 episodes, Conan's name comes up every once in a while, always with a "He'll be canceled by next Tuesday" type of punchline. For example, Paula's not sure she wants to return to Larry's show (after Larry's own "huge mistake" of walking off the show for 3 months.) She's got an offer from Conan's show - more money, more responsibility, a better title.... Larry just asks something like "And how long do you think that job will last?" She immediately agrees to come back to the Larry Sanders Show. Conan really does have one of the odder showbiz career trajectories of recent times. -- 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
