The Carson estate often edits (in some cases heavily edits) the clips they post. In this instance it appears to have been truncated.
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > Johnny Carson's video overlords released a clip of Jay Leno's first > Tonight Show appearance. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxmXpzcl4MI&feature=youtu.be > So the story commonly goes Jay Leno killed his first time on The Tonight > Show, then suffered in subsequent appearances and Carson stopped having him > back when Carson hosted. Leno says it taught him the importance of getting > new material. > If you watch the video, Leno doesn't bomb, but he doesn't kill. It ends > after three minutes. I thought comedians commonly did five minutes. > So my question is, did it end early and Leno came back in the last two > minutes to kill? > Or did Leno really not do well his first appearance? > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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.
