Screw NBC, Screw Jay Leno

moe.ron · #1 01-13-2010, 05:42 AM

Long Live CONAN O'BRIEN!!!!!

southbymidwest · #2 01-13-2010, 10:29 AM

Sorry, I much prefer Jay Leno. I don't find Conan funny at all, in fact I find him kind of irritating. But I also think that it is a generational thing-my college age kids much prefer Conan and think Jay is lame, many of us middle aged fogeys feel the opposite. I feel bad for both of them, I think NBC screwed the pooch all the way around. Who wins? Letterman. You gotta admit, he must be feeling pretty good considering how he was the heir apparent to Carson when NBC passed him over for Leno way back when.

ForeverRoses · #3 01-13-2010, 11:13 AM

I didn't really care one way or another, since I am always asleep before the Tonight show comes on. BUT after reading Conan's letter yesterday, I was really impressed by the way he (or his staff) wrote the public statement. So now I am TEAM CONAN!

epchick · #4 01-13-2010, 01:06 PM

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But I also think that it is a generational thing-my college age kids much prefer Conan and think Jay is lame

I'm still college age and I MUUUUUCCCCCCHHHHH prefer Jay Leno. Conan is just stupid, and completely NOT funny.

ASTalumna06 · #5 01-13-2010, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I didn't really care one way or another, since I am always asleep before the Tonight show comes on. BUT after reading Conan's letter yesterday, I was really impressed by the way he (or his staff) wrote the public statement. So now I am TEAM CONAN!

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Originally Posted by epchick

I'm still college age and I MUUUUUCCCCCCHHHHH prefer Jay Leno. Conan is just stupid, and completely NOT funny.

I think in a lot of ways it probably is a generational thing, but obviously there are some exceptions.. myself included.

I like both of them. I think they're both entertaining in their own, very different, ways. DVR always allowed me to catch 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' and 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien.' Unfortunately, I wish that's where they stayed. I think that Jay has more "sophisticated" humor (I think that's the word I'm looking for), and should be on at an earlier time. Conan should probably have his own show a little later at night, as he did before.

Yet everything is as it is now, and the 'The Tonight Show' shouldn't be pushed back, no matter who the host is.

agzg · #6 01-13-2010, 01:22 PM

I think Jay is annoying. I like Conan. Jimmy Fallon makes me want to gouge my eyes out and I for one would NOT be upset if he fell off the face of the Earth.

epchick · #7 01-13-2010, 01:26 PM

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Jimmy Fallon makes me want to gouge my eyes out and I for one would NOT be upset if he fell off the face of the Earth.

I know right? He should have never been given that talk show. I think the only thin that was funny was him mimicking the Real Housewives.

The gouging out my eyes, for me, also goes for "Lopez Tonight." I loove George Lopez' comedy, but damn it, he CAN NOT do a talk show. Just one lame joke after another....not funny George, not funny.

dreamseeker · #8 01-13-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by epchick

The gouging out my eyes, for me, also goes for "Lopez Tonight." I loove George Lopez' comedy, but damn it, he CAN NOT do a talk show. Just one lame joke after another....not funny George, not funny.

i watched it once and was sorely disappointed. smh

cheerfulgreek · #9 01-13-2010, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by agzg

I think Jay is annoying. I like Conan. Jimmy Fallon makes me want to gouge my eyes out and I for one would NOT be upset if he fell off the face of the Earth.

lol lol
I couldn't agree more.

David Letterman is the best.

Kappamd · #10 01-13-2010, 02:24 PM

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lol lol
I couldn't agree more.

David Letterman is the best.

David Letterman is a complete asshole, and not funny in the least.

Team CONAN all the way.

Jay chose to leave and take his chance at 10 and he screwed it up. He now needs to show some respect and step aside. Either that, or let Conan keep the Tonight show at 11:35 and let Jay have the 12:35 slot, push Fallon back, and get rid of god-awful Carson Daly.

ThetaPrincess24 · #11 01-13-2010, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kappamd

David Letterman is a complete asshole, and not funny in the least.

Team CONAN all the way.

Jay chose to leave and take his chance at 10 and he screwed it up. He now needs to show some respect and step aside. Either that, or let Conan keep the Tonight show at 11:35 and let Jay have the 12:35 slot, push Fallon back, and get rid of god-awful Carson Daly.

I like Conan. I agree Letterman is a jerk! I dont know much about Carson Daly, but Fallon should take a hike.

tld221 · #12 01-13-2010, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I think in a lot of ways it probably is a generational thing, but obviously there are some exceptions.. myself included.

I like both of them. I think they're both entertaining in their own, very different, ways. DVR always allowed me to catch 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' and 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien.' Unfortunately, I wish that's where they stayed. I think that Jay has more "sophisticated" humor (I think that's the word I'm looking for), and should be on at an earlier time. Conan should probably have his own show a little later at night, as he did before.

Yet everything is as it is now, and the 'The Tonight Show' shouldn't be pushed back, no matter who the host is.

This.

I think Leno has awesome delivery, and Conan's "dont take yourself too seriously" approach is hilarious to me. I'm always 49%/51% for Jay/Conan back and forth - I really like them both.

While i dont think Leno's show blows total donkey egg, you can tell, aside from the first 5-7 minutes of dialoguing, that show is nothing but gimmick, half-assed interviews and advertising. What a copout on NBCs part, though they've taken a hit over the past 10 years, with many of their must-see TV hits having ended.

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Originally Posted by agzg

I think Jay is annoying. I like Conan. Jimmy Fallon makes me want to gouge my eyes out and I for one would NOT be upset if he fell off the face of the Earth.

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Originally Posted by epchick

I know right? He should have never been given that talk show. I think the only thin that was funny was him mimicking the Real Housewives.

The gouging out my eyes, for me, also goes for "Lopez Tonight." I loove George Lopez' comedy, but damn it, he CAN NOT do a talk show. Just one lame joke after another....not funny George, not funny.

See i was with you until you tried to knock Lopez - while i don't think he's here for the long haul, I think he delivers in "bringing the party to late night." I like how he seems to personally know many of the guests, (ie working with them in the past) so it seems very familiar.

But since we're inciting a Late Night War 2KX, I agree we get rid of Jimmy (he does rock out in the Real Housewives parody, but otherwise... STAB STAB STAB), get rid of Carson (i like him as a person but he really doesnt need a show, esp on NBC. give him another network), hell, let's get rid of Jimmy Kimmel while we're at it.

but yes, im rocking out with #teamconan. If Fallon gets the boot, maybe Conan can hook the Roots up? They make up for more than half of my tolerance for Fallon being on-air.

AGDee · #13 01-13-2010, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kappamd

David Letterman is a complete asshole, and not funny in the least.

Team CONAN all the way.

Jay chose to leave and take his chance at 10 and he screwed it up. He now needs to show some respect and step aside. Either that, or let Conan keep the Tonight show at 11:35 and let Jay have the 12:35 slot, push Fallon back, and get rid of god-awful Carson Daly.

I got the impression that NBC pushed this on Leno. At the time, I thought it was a cheap, money saving move. It's much cheaper to put Leno on at 10 pm every day than have to come up with real programming.

That said, Conan is so bizarre looking that I have a hard time watching him at all. I won't watch anything after the 11 o'clock news, so it doesn't really matter to me who is on after that. I didn't mind having Leno on when nothing else was on TV at that time that I wanted to watch. It was kind of a nice fall back. Rumors are that they're making YET ANOTHER Law & Order to help fill the gap.. JUST what we need. Originality people, come up with something original!

SydneyK · #14 01-13-2010, 03:02 PM

I'm not a Conan fan. He tries to make every interview all about him, which kinda defeats the purpose of the interview. I'd rather watch Jay than Conan, but both pale in comparison to Dave.

I must admit that I thought Conan's letter was nice and extremely well-put.

Still, it's a non-issue for me since, when I watch late night TV, I watch Letterman.

cheerfulgreek · #15 01-13-2010, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kappamd

David Letterman is a complete asshole, and not funny in the least.

Team CONAN all the way.

Jay chose to leave and take his chance at 10 and he screwed it up. He now needs to show some respect and step aside. Either that, or let Conan keep the Tonight show at 11:35 and let Jay have the 12:35 slot, push Fallon back, and get rid of god-awful Carson Daly.

Yes, he is an asshole, but he admits to it. I think he's hilarious, especially when he has the kids with their experiments on his show. As far as I know, he's the only one who does that.

The only thing funny about Conan is his hair.