Of course,even in Carson's day it was about the plug (Bob Hope only came on when he had a special to plug, although he would tape his opening monologue with Carson's audience after "Tonight" was finished--for the most part, his specials were otherwise Charley Douglass' Laff Box--he didn't even use NBC's Mother MacKenzie!), but I don't recall Carson ending a spot with a guest with "[name of movie] opens in theaters Friday" or "[name of series] is on [network] [night and time]"--in fact, when he mentioned a series in the guest's intro, if it wasn't on NBC he would always say "on another network" and then say something to Ed about which one of the other two it was.
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 5:20 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > Carson's retrospective was full of "remember when?" memories, while > Leno's special > > had a sense of "see what you missed?" to it. > > I remember Leno and Letterman doing anniversary shows (fifth, probably) at > about the same time. Dave's clips were actual moments, often bits of > conversation with guests, while Jay's were just a bunch of shots of starts > in the guest chair. > > > > What the hell happened to late night talk shows? > > Probably the biggest thing is that they went from being about conversation > to being promotional vehicles for guests. Of course, the LLS shows the > limitations of the conversation format, since it requires guests who have > something to say and a host who's willing to engage. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
