> You know, really, I'm amazed how strangely fine I am with Conan > quitting the Tonight Show like this. I guess it just feels like, in > walking away instead of putting up with a degrading half-hour delay > while waiting for Leno to die, he did something with a bit of that > Jack Paar mythology to it and also lived up to that fantasy I suppose > everyone's had of telling their bosses off rather than put up with > something we'd rather not do. It feels *fitting*. If he couldn't > have the decades on the show he should have, at least he can walk out > in a way that'll be discussed whenever the history of late night talk > shows are.
It also shows NBCU management's lack of respect for the medium. Leno's 10 pm show was actually a success, when judged by the venal goals set by the network. Leno stayed above the minimum 1.5 share NBC guaranteed its advertisers and was, by all accounts, profitable and meeting internal sales goals. But very few viewers watch a network because of its ability to maximize shareholder return. The goal of a tv network is to make a buck while entertaining the public. NBC forgot- or no longer seriously cares- about the second half of the equation. Moving The Tonight Show to 12:05 would have been the ultimate insult to what little remains of the program's storied legacy. Leno's agreeing to a half-hour at 11:35 showed he had no problem being the agent of its final debasement. Conan's refusal to be a part of the travesty shows, I think, that he has more respect for the program than Leno and the network does. One other note- did anyone else notice that Conan's final highlight compilation of his seven months on the show had more funny stuff in it than Leno's farewell gag reel, which had 17 years of potential material. Regards, KGB ----- Kevin G. Barkes Email: [email protected] KGB Report: http://www.kgbreport.com Commentwear by KGB: http://www.commentwear.com National Temperature Index: http://nationaltemperatureindex.com DCL Dialogue on line: http://www.dcldialogue.com Random Quotations Generator: http://www.goodquotations.com Over 13,000 searchable quotations. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Joseph Nebus > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Conan] It's not a giant sloth shooting Beluga caviar on a > Picasso, but... > > > On Jan 24, 2010, at 10:10 AM, James Stanley Barr wrote: > > > Conan definitely went out with a bang..... > > > > It was a good closure to a good run. Better than Leno's, and more > > spectacular than Carson. And definitely better than his Late Night > > closure last year. > > > > And with creativity like his and his staff, they will bounce back > > past NBC's little intellectual property restrictions...(If Letterman > > could do it, so can Conan) > > > Maybe, yeah, objectively it doesn't matter who hosts The Tonight > Show > --- the counterpoint of Haitian relief underscored that for anyone who > didn't realize it already --- and it wouldn't have mattered whether it > was at 11:30 or 12:05, but Conan acted as if it did matter, and it > feels good that he took the job with that sincere dedication. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "World News Now Discussion List" 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/wnndl?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" 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/wnndl?hl=en.
