That was my understanding too from the first time merchant was on the tonight show doing battle. Pretty sure i heard Fallon say it was something that Steven and friends would do at parties.
On Tue, May 5, 2015, 1:12 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > In support of this notion, the Wiki for Lip Sync Battle suggests John > Krasinski and Stephen Merchant brought the idea to Fallon for use on his > show. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_Sync_Battle > > David > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 5, 2015 1:06 PM > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC passed on Fallon's 'Lip Sync Battle' > > Just for the record, the concepts "good idea" and "Jimmy Fallon" have > never intersected. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Monday, May 4, 2015 at 9:07:09 AM UTC-7, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Tho, to be fair, the original plan was to have regular folks, not celebs, > lipping it up. > > Aypee via TVNewsCheck > <http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/85045/redfaced-nbc-pased-on-fallons-lip-sync?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Red-Faced+NBC+Pased+On+Fallon%27s+%27Lip+Sync%27&utm_campaign=Growing+Bigger%2c+Better+The+Goals+At+Gray> > (link) > > > The surprising thing being that somebody ever thought this was a good > idea. > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
