Some where there is a clip of a very young Byron Allen doing a killer set. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I can't find it. I can find his second Tonight Show appearance and his Midnight Special appearance, where he does the same jokes. Lots of obvious edits and it sounds like they added a laugh track. That Byron Allen was someone going for white bread appeal.
On Apr 1, 2019, 9:15 PM, at 9:15 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: >I suspect the argument could be made that Allen is ill-equipped at the >job >of differentiating between good or bad media, regardless of race. As >stated >above, I don’t know that any TV executive is any better or worse at it, >but >Allen’s history of basically producing free EPKs for media companies in >exchange for a weekends at posh hotels is evidence that his judgment >is, >put mildly, impaired. And in a court he would have to establish race >was >the factor, when any reasonable defense could establish other factors. >I’m >not saying race didn’t enter into the decision of the cable company >execs, >but unless there are emails or records indicating it, the verdict is >unlikely to be in Allen’s favor > >On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 8:50 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I share your opinion of Allen, and of course it’s possible this is >purely >> a business decision. But that seems like the wrong question at this >point. >> The court did not find that there was bias, only that both the >applicable >> law and the facts justify that the question be litigated in court. >> >> Also - the point that always seems to need to be made, if it were >true >> that the only mediocre material given exposure was produced by white >> people, whole black people need to produce excellent material to get >on, >> that would be discrimination. So even when this gets to court, the >question >> is not really “is Allen’s product mediocre?”, but more like, is it >> significantly more mediocre than material that routinely does get a >tv >> contract? >> >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:36 PM M-D November <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >>> I'm going to ask the obvious question here - isn't it possible that >>> Comcast, Charter, et al aren't carrying his networks because they >don't >>> bring anything to the table? I'm 43 years old, and I can't remember >once >>> in my life when I've watched something produced by or starring Byron >Allen >>> (at least, intentionally - there were occasions when I'd fall asleep >during >>> Scottish Conan Guy and "Comics Unleashed" would come on - that would >>> normally be the signal to shut the damn TV off already). A quick >review of >>> Entertainment Studios' theatrical releases reads mostly like >SyFy/Lifetime >>> MOTW fare, and their TV output is, at best, derivative of more >popular fare >>> that's already saturated their various markets. I can see why Allen >and his >>> team say it's discrimination, but isn't it *possible* the issue is >that he >>> isn't that creative? >>> >>> M-D >>> Playing devil's advocate - no hitting in the face, please. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> 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. >> >-- >Kevin M. (RPCV) > >-- >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. -- 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.
