Or "It's the End of the Show Song," as Conan sings every night to the audience before they leave.
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]>wrote: > Conan's end theme was a previously composed piece of music. Jimmy Vivino > wrote it in 1992. It's called "Cornell Knowledge". > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:35 PM, M-D November <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Re: Conan's "Tonight" theme - wasn't it exactly the same as his "Late >> Night" theme, only rearranged to include more instrumentation (since the >> Tonight Show Band was bigger than the Max Weinberg Seven)? Remember, he's >> using different opening title music on his TBS show than he did on >> "Tonight". >> >> (A side question: how is it that Conan was able to keep his NBC end >> title/goodnight music but not his opening title?) >> >> One area where I was a little let down (from a theater nerd POV) was the >> set design; after hearing in the NY press about this amazing new 30Rock >> studio being built for Fallon, the finished product in 6B looks to be a >> more grown-up 'reskinning' of his Late Night digs. I was expecting a >> studio space that would read larger on camera (although not nearly as large >> as the amphitheater NBC built for Conan back in 2009), with enough stage >> space for the big musical acts (and big musicals - hell, if Dave gets 'em, >> Jimmy should too) that "Tonight" would want to book. (Although using Top >> of the Rock as a performance space is a brilliant idea; presumably the >> Today Show plaza and/or RockCenter rink could also be pressed into service >> as a performance space.) >> >> >> On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:34:52 AM UTC-5, Diner wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 7:30:29 PM UTC-5, Joe Hass wrote: >>>> >>>> After watching it again, one other thing I didn't like: they kept >>>> cutting back and forth between the two cameras. It would've worked better >>>> had they framed it from a camera that had Jimmy on the left and the >>>> entrance on the right, especially once the gag was set up. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> I have a technical question relating to Fallon's intro. >>> >>> NBC has made a big deal of promoting the show's new "moon" logo. But >>> when the Spike Lee-directed intro ran, I couldn't help but notice that the >>> moon logo was partially covered by the "TV-14 L" ratings bug in the upper >>> corner of the screen. (That bug came on the screen the moment the show >>> started and stayed on for twenty seconds.) >>> >>> I'm sure it's something Lee and the show's staff never even thought of >>> while they were shooting it. So I thought, well, that's a glitch they can >>> fix - on the second night, I'm sure they'll delay the bug for 15 seconds so >>> that the logo they've worked so hard to develop can appear the way they >>> want it. But no, the same thing happened on the second night. >>> >>> My question is - *can* they delay it for 15 seconds? Or are they stuck >>> with it the way it is? Is there some sort of FCC regulation saying the bug >>> has to appear the instant the show starts? >>> >>> One other observation: I always thought one of Conan's mistakes on his >>> Tonight Show was to make his theme song faster and more frantic. Amping >>> things up is not a good idea at 11:30. Fallon and The Roots have gone in >>> the opposite direction, and I think that's wise. >>> >>> As for Fallon, well, I've been a big fan for some time - his 12:30 show >>> has been the only one I've watched every night for the past year or more. I >>> thought he seemed nervous on the first night (though not as nervous as on >>> his "Late Night" debut), but his second night was closer in tone to his >>> previous show, and I think he'll settle in pretty quickly. I also agree >>> with Mark Evanier's observation (at http://www.newsfromme.com/ >>> 2014/02/18/watching-fallons-first-tonight-show/) that the Will Smith >>> interview had too much fawning on both sides, and that Fallon needs to put >>> a lid on that quickly. The Jerry Seinfeld interview on night two had a bit >>> of that, but it also had some VERY funny lines from Seinfeld that made it >>> much more palatable. >>> >>> -Tim >>> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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