Olbermann has been tweeting a preview of the Countdown segments for a while - if you look at the timing of tonight's tweets, you'll see that he notes a 'slight change' to the Thurber segment sometime in the hour following the show preview. (It's hard to get an exact time, since Twitter's timestamps are always relative to current time.) This would suggest that the decision was made just before he went on-air. (Notice that the sign-off and Thurber reading were done from the desk, not from the usual big leather chair.)
As to "would NBC let him have a farewell", I'll point you to almost exactly 1 year ago and a certain red-headed late-night host. -- 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
