I'm of two minds on this (beyond the obvious of not pissing off your boss).
On one hand (against du Bouchet), this shit works. It works exceedingly well. Kimmel and Fallon have learned that this material is YouTube gold. So why not keep going to the well? Sorry, big guy: 11:35 network, you go with what works. Especially Fallon, who is aiming broad and hitting well. On the other (and I will yield to others), there is a sense that they go to these wells a little too often. When one of your bits actually becomes a stand-alone show on another network, perhaps this is the sign to just go ahead and let that rest up a bit. On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:54 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Seven-year vet of O'Brien's shows Andrés du Bouchet made a series of > profane tweets taking obvious aim at Fallon, Kimmel, Corden and > Hardwick--Conan's Twitter response was that "I wish one of my writers would > focus on making my show funnier instead of tweeting stupid things about the > state of late night comedy:" > > > http://www.thewrap.com/conan-obrien-rips-staff-writer-over-expletive-filled-twitter-tirade-on-state-of-late-night-tv/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp > > Du Bouchet does have something here, especially considering that all of > the rebels or former rebels--Ferguson, Dave, Stewart--are leaving or have > left late night. But if he ever leaves Conan, it'll be a little hard to > get work with someone else after making these statements. I also found it > interesting that seemingly supporting him was standup and former Chelsea > Handler panel member Guy Branum, who was on "@midnight" just last week (and > Hardwick has said that the show is designed for standups to get more > exposure besides the six minutes at 12:25 on the other shows--without > having to burn their clean material on television). All of which probably > means that Colbert will probably be expected to be daring in taking over > Dave's slot--and that he will become another Leno in the comedy community's > eyes if CBS won't let him. > > -- > -- > 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.
