That's the way I read it too: in a scenario where Johnny works until he drops, Jay would've been better. I don't think he's making an era to era comparison, where you overlay Johnny's work in his era with Jay's work in his era.
I have no idea why Maher went to the Conan well, because that's a no-winner. On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it worth noting that Maher appears to qualify it, by saying Leno > was better suited to host The Tonight Show during the last 22 years than > Johnny would be. > > But I'm just off watching last night's block of Carson interviews on TCM, > so I'm skeptical in either case. > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kevin M. <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 12, 2014 6:19 PM > *Subject:* [TV orNotTV] Bill Maher says Jay Leno is better suited to host > than Johnny Carson > > As reported at the TV hall of fame induction event. > > Also inducted into the TV hall of fame with Leno were David Kelley and > Rupert Murdoch, two people I would cross the street to punch. > > > http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/bill-maher-issues-defense-of-jay-leno-at-hall-of-fame-induction-1201129784/ > > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
