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I've heard reports it's a year to 18 months.
conan on fox....unlikely
I've heard reports it's a year to 18 months.
I've always hated Conan and wondered why the F they were putting him on the Tonight show. good to see I wasn't the only one.
conan had decent ratings for his time slot because of all the college stoners who laughed at his dumbass jokes. it's the same crowd who watches Cartoon Network's "TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GOOD JOB"
that stuff doesn't fly with mainstream, normal, non drugged people
Leno is much better than Conan and Letterman
And gays are sick people who need to be treated as inferiors.
Kindly go yourself.
leno in' blows! the only times i have ever caught leno has been when he is doing his intro and crackin' cheap jokes that get no laughs and then trying to crack on his guitarist which usually ends up backfiring on himself. his guitarist is usually like, "yeah... ok leno?"
leno is a chump!
I do not care for either Jay or Conan's shows.
But, in the interest of fairness, I don't think Conan should be forced to give up his new time slot.
Jay Leno's new show is the experiment that failed, so if anyone has to settle for an undesirable time slot, it should be Jay- so long as Conan ratings are good.
Or not . . . as I have never touched drugs and when I was in college, Conan aired at 2 am here. One who watched the show might remember it, as he did a huge thing on it. Came down here, met people at various times his show was actually airing to see why they weren't watching. Had a contest between Hilton Furniture 'That's a fact Jack! Oooooooooo!' ripping up the mattress with a chainsaw for no apparent reason and Gallery Furniture (at the time) 'Look Ma, no hands' hands free recliner that would lift you up and out of it - two commercials that aired regularly during his show - to bring one of them on the show.
I don't know if I'm considered normal, but I would guess so, at least according to what most networks think. Most of my friends like Conan as well, and none of my friends touch anything but alcohol. Additionally, Conan was beating out Lettermen for the coveted 18-39 demographic.
So . . . feel free to speak for yourself and say you prefer Leno, but the generalization is arrogant and off the mark.
Conan has quite a sense of humor regarding his situation.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...eoID=102150206
Here's Kimmel's show from last night, where he channeled Leno:
http://abc.go.com/watch/jimmy-kimmel...lepisodeaccess
One of the reasons Conan is awesome
Kimmel was awesome last night, so was Ferguson
That's one of the dumbest posts I've ever read. Leno is for rubes. That is why he exists. By consensus and definition. To give dumb, neocon rubes a 'safe' alternative to what regular society finds funny. Even Leno himself would admit it- he's a boring, ultra safe schmuck- whose shtick consists of pointing out typos in small town newspapers and peddling himself to elderly folk in any way he can.
Conan doesn't so much tell jokes as use them as a framework for another kind of hilarity. Most of it physical. If you don't get it, fine, but that's on you. Might as well throw Chaplin, Lloyd and Vaudevillian humor under the bus too.
If you describe Leno viewers as somehow more educated or perceptive than Conan's, I don't even know what to say except that it makes me think less of you as a person and that you're wrong. Very wrong. That's all there is to it.
Last edited by balli; 01-13-2010 at 04:34 PM.
Hey, I EXPECT people to get angry
I mean, in my post, I ted on :
- Conan
- Letterman
- College stoners
- Fans of "TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GOOD JOB"
etc...
all ted on in 1 post.
but the fact is, Conan's main audience was under 35 years old in his old time slot. I was going to college a few years ago, and all of my real life friends LOVED to watch Conan while high. Even internet friends, same . I never found the guy funny, but they sure did, somehow the drugs made it funnier, I don't know.
Mainstream ADULTS don't enjoy his 'schtick' ... sorry, we just don't. It's over the top, a little immature childish, tries too hard type of comedy.
That "CONANDO" making fun of spanish soap operas, really... not witty, or clever, or anything. Just some dude making fun of stereotypes in a silly childish way.
as for Jay Leno being 'safe', uh so you think you have better taste in comedy because you like 'edgy' ?
I Love Lucy is one of the greatest shows EVER, and that's the safest, cleanest show in history compared to modern shows. I don't need to feel 'edgy' to have fun.
Yep. Nailed it.
Conan is funny. Leno just tells jokes.
These shows aren't the greatest for comedy. Their purpose is to kiss celebrity ass and promote . Conan is witty and can make any situation fluid in laughter.
Good line: If Conan ed Leno like this, Leno would finally have a funny bone in his body.
"Just remember kids, when you grow up you can do anything want to do with your life...unless Jay Leno wants to do it too."
that show!
uh... old people suck!
continuing education huh? no wonder you find conan boring cause you're boring... hey i'm 56 and just wanna be at school with other 20 yr olds.
btw, no sherlock... everything is funnier when you're high! mr. obvious over here.
mainstream ADULTS are in' lame... case in point, MiamiHeat. as for childish, well dumb n' dumber is a bunch of immature but also my favorite movie and one of the top ten comedies of all time! how's that for immature?!
no, i think i have better taste in comedy because i know i do, because i don't watch leno and because my taste in comedy is not just edgy but also intelligent and before you say anything about me saying intelligent... well think about it for a moment. a show like the simpsons would've gone no where in it's infancy if it wasn't for the likes of coco. then again you probably don't like the simpsons and would rather watch some goof spin a big wheel as pat sajack claps aimlessly.
gay.
I like I Love Lucy.
Ironically though, its best moments (Lucy in the candy plant, Lucy crushing grapes, Lucy dancing with Ethel, Lucy crying, etc) were all predicated on physical comedy rather than actual 'jokes'. The kind of comedy you find fault with when Conan does it. I Love Lucy was similar to Conan in the respect that it didn't tell jokes so much as use them as a framework for Lucille Ball's tremendous physical/visual talents. It might have been safe in terms of its content; the parlance of its times, but you're completely misunderstanding the application of the word 'safe'. I Love Lucy was zany, fast-paced, daring and organic. It's comedy was off the wall- not safe at all. Epic in its erraticism, very similar to Conan.
It was a show driven by absolutely crazy situations/plots and the physical comedy of a genuinely funny person. Not lame punchlines, engineered for rubes; as opposed to say, Leno or Andy Griffith. (though I like Andy Griffith too)
Complete and utter MH self pwnge on that one.
Last edited by balli; 01-14-2010 at 12:47 PM.
He likes friends. Invalid points.
Gervais and Conan were real good yesterday.
Wow, looks like the suits at NBC are playing hardball.
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/je...medium=twitter
You have to wonder since Jay's rating were already down that a proactive attack on Conan would surely cost Jay even more fans.
People prepared themselves to be done with Jay. They moved on already. Thats why his show sucked.
They were awesome. Ricky Gervais is wonderfully British and funny. "I'm concerned about you, you have no discernible talents."
They are feeling foolish and posturing, which is absolutely the WRONG move to make. At this point, they should open it up AI style for voting and then magnanimously say that's what the people wanted! Insert Jay after Conan, since he clearly has pictures of someone nekkid, and bada bing bada boom. Solved, faces saved, etc.
Yes. I won't tune into the Tonight Show again if they reinstate him as host. I'm sure NBC execs are horrified and shaking in their boots at that statement, but it's true.
I will go on record as saying the same thing. I won't watch the Tonight Show again if Leno is back, either. But that's mostly cus I never watched it when he was on there before.
The writing has been on the wall for Conan O’Brien this week, but that won’t make this news any sweeter for him to hear: TMZ is reporting that NBC and Jay Leno just signed a deal to give Leno back The Tonight Show. For a full hour.
The news comes just hours after Hollywood buzz had O’Brien booking guests for a farewell tour next week.
So, to recap: Leno’s taken back O’Brien’s show and timeslot, and there’s still no word on where O’Brien will go next — or whether NBC will keep him on ice as part of what will presumably be a hefty payout.
http://www.movieline.com/2010/01/jay...night-show.php
I ing hate Leno more than words can express.
With Conan gone, I think the only time I will ever turn NBC on again is to watch Sunday night football. I can't believe that piece of network used to practically own TV just 13 years ago.
NBC really seems to be in self-destruct mode. A year ago, they had Leno and Conan and everything seemed to be going smoothly. Now they have Leno, whose reputation will be damaged by this whole affair, and no Conan, who was the best thing about their late-night programming anyway.
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