On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> This thread leads me to an alternate universe question: what happens if > Jay Leno never crosses paths with The Tonight Show? I don't mean Dave gets > it instead of Jay in 1992: I mean Jay never guest hosts; is never connected > to the program. How does that 80s/early 90s Leno, who (I'd assume) stay out > on tour for forever and a day, play out? Does Jay become as much of a > household name? Does he become a comic's comic, never getting the public > praise? > > The only way I see that alternate reality playing out would be if Letterman wasn't offered Tom Snyder's time slot, since it was Jay's appearances with Dave that got NBC interested in him on the West Coast. But in that scenario, Letterman stayed in LA and wrote a crapload of failed sitcom pilots while Jay became a mechanic who moonlighted in obscure comedy clubs every other weekend. Oh, and Garry Shandling gets the Tonight Show after Carson's done with it. OK, this is getting weird, I gotta stop. -- 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.
