On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Julia on the top ten was great.
>
> I thought the whole show was great.
>
> While I didn't see the morning show often, I started watching on NBC.
> I even had a tshirt "there is no Off on the genius switch"
>
I loved everything about it, including the things some on this thread did
not, except that even super-sized I did not want it to end.
My favorites were the opening joke, with its call backs ("Its beginning to
look like I'm not going to get the Tonight Show"), and as mentioned
elsewhere, the whole sequence with Harry and Regina, and particularly that
look on Dave's face throughout.
Dave explained with Howard Stern that Leno had asked him to be on one of
his last shows, and Dave had deferred saying the focus should be on Leno,
and that while they had invited Leno to be on one of their last shows Leno
had declined, probably for the same reason. I think that is charitable, as
I don't think the two are in parallel situations, but okay. He did show a
Leno still from the old show, and a still from the Oprah SB commercial.
What I was kind of hoping for was some brief bit with a gaggle of former
and current late night hosts, perhaps led by Colbert, that also included
Leno. I guess something like that could never really happen.
Melissa posted recently the WaPo piece about the existence of Stephanie
from the good-bye tour. I missed her too (as I have missed her on the show
these last years), but I don't know that it is really a "shame" - over and
above the shame of the actual affair. If anyone really needs an explanation
for it, that last shot of Harry and Regina should probably be sufficient.
Perhaps there was more room for more recognition of the contributions
of Merrill Markoe, Rob Burnett and Bill Wendell in the last show.
As it turned out, I was glad to have the extra padding so I could see the
start of the LLS (which I actually have never seen before). And I still had
a few leftover seconds to sit alone and softly weep (I guess I will admit
here that last is not an exaggeration).
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