Thanks Stan. That Steve Allen clip interested me too, and I stumbled upon it by accident. Jay Leno did sometimes roam the halls with a camera, though no musical numbers. When Howie Mandel had his talk show in Carson's old studio, he did a sh*t-ton of stuff in the halls and in the other studios (it's how I ended up on cameras almost weekly on his show... he always seemed to be shooting when I was leading tours). As I think of Howie, I can't help but sort of draw a comparison to Jimmy Fallon in one respect. I maintain the reason Howie failed as a talk show host was because his syndicator, Paramount, wanted his show to be a clone of Rosie O'Donnell's then hugely popular talk show. Two problems were that Howie isn't Rosie, and Rosie already had her own series. When Jack Parr took over Tonight Show hosting duties from Steve Allen, he did a very different show. When Johnny Carson took over from Jack, his show was also different. Both Jay and Conan tried to mimic Johnny's format. If Fallon is to succeed at all as host... no, he can succeed being mediocre... if Fallon wants someone like me to enjoy him as host of the Tonight Show, he'd do well to do be unique and try new things. But I've never seen anything unique from him -- quite the contrary, I've seen him steal bits from others.
Back to the world of Burbank and local goings-on, one of the KNBC people posted some pics of the new Studio 10 and newsroom. Too bad they don't have a budget big enough to hire enough people to fill the place and provide comprehensive local coverage of breaking events. Oh well, as long as they still televise car chases. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shootsean/sets/72157640413977955/ A photo I can't share publicly is supposedly the last photo taken in the old studio. It is amusing, and will probably be leaked eventually (it's too funny not to be leaked). But I won't be the one to leak it. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:48 AM, stannc <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure, but I just wanted to let Kevin know that I've really enjoyed > his Burbank-themed posts during the last couple of months. > > One post in particular that caught my attention was the clip of Steve > Allen singing and walking through the building. I found it interesting that > while I could never picture Johnny or Jaw doing such a thing, Jimmy could > easily pull that off (and he kind of did with his Emmy open a few years > ago). Jimmy also cracks himself up almost as much as Steve Allen did. > > I'm hoping that this is a good sign for Jimmy, where he's continuing in > Steve's mold a bit more than Johnny, Jaw, or Conan ever did. > > -Stan > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
