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Not really. Last night Leno explained how Conan wrote a letter that was critical of NBC for only giving him 7 months to establish himself. Leno then says, "Seven months! How did he get that deal? We only got four." Conan's shot was a little harsher: "And I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life, unless Jay Leno wants to do it, too." Conan's ratings are up 40% the past couple nights. If he holds on to the Tonight Show, this might be his Hugh Grant moment. Conan may really need to think twice about giving up the Tonight Show, no matter what

fyi....Jay Leno has invited Kimmel to be on his "10 at 10" segment on Thursday...might be a little interesting. Has anybody thought that perhaps Leno will turn down NBC's offer, and let Conan have the Tonight Show at its original time? Leno's become the villain...although VERY unfair in my opinion. Wouldn't surprise me at all if he bails on NBC. Conan's letter....very well-written but also clearly created to rally sympathy and support for himself....leaves open the possibility that he'd stay at NBC if he keeps his 11:30-12:30 time. Yes, Leno retired.....from the Tonight Show. But it

Huh. I've always found much of his show funny....the monolouge, headlines, Ross the intern, Fred Willard's bits, various comedians who do remotes for Jay, Jaywalking, his quips with the audience and guests... Please tell me where the REAL funny is on late night.

I'm no making crap up when I say Leno is concerned for his staff. He may in fact retire from late night, but his staff thought they'd have a couple years. If Leno decides to pass on the half-hour show, he'll first make sure he gets a huge payout or lines up another show somewhere else.

You can laugh all you want, but it was a HUGE concern of Jay's to maintain a show for his employees. The part you all gloss over is that Leno agreed to the earlier show because he was guaranteed 2 years, assuming his ratings were at a certain level. And they were. NBC will be stuck paying Leno his money, 'cause the Leno show did what it said it'd do. I predict the job eventually goes to Conan. Either Leno will concede it, or NBC will pay a butt-load to Leno. Leno probably despises NBC right now for its boneheaded-ness, so will do all he can to make sure they have to give him money.

Stop dumping on Leno. Crap on NBC. Unleash yuor fury on Jeff Zucker. All this mess isn't Leno's fault. Leno was running the #1 show when, to not lose Conan, NBC had the brainstorm of keeping both. Leno was guaranteed 2 years of his new show. His new ratings lived up to expectations. So what? Now Leno is supposed to can all his employees that he's been loyal to and probably only agreed to the earlier show so that all his wokers could have a job a few more years. If NBC wants to pay Leno and his staff 2 years worth of pay, then I'd be totally cool with Conan getting what he wants. So

I remember it that 5+ years ago rumors were swirling that Conan may be interested in other networks or other networks were flirting with bringing him on. NBC didn't want to lose Conan, so they got with Jay and worked together to come up with an agreement that Leno would do the show 5 more years. It was my impression that Jay dot like the ultimatum, but did it to not ruffle feathers, and Jay knew that if his show was still on top after 5 years, he could go elsewhere. Fast-forward 5 years.....Jay's show IS still on top. Rumors start swirling that perhaps Jay will host a show on a rival netwo

There's no way to know if Conan's ratings would have been better or not had NBC gone with normal prime time shows. You're making a HUGE assumption that NBC...who is in last place...would have made prime time shows to help bring in an audience for Conan. More likely, NBC would have gone cheap and put on crappy reality shows that nobody would want to watch. NBC dug themselves a Grand Canyon-sized hole, and now must figure out the safest and cheapest way out of it. If Leno leaves or if NBC dumps Leno, their gonna have to pay Jay a HUGE sum of money. Jay was guaranteed 2 years of his hefty salar

I feel a little bad for Conan. It doesn't SEEM fair. But remember, it was Leno who ultimately gave Conan the Tonight Show. Jay didn't like NBC's decision to get moved to prime time. Jay couldn't understand how NBC could take him out of a spot that he hosted THE HIGHEST RATED LATE NIGHT SHOW FOR OVER 10 YEARS?! It's not Jay's fault that audiences haven't yet warmed to Conan....evidenced by Letterman beating him in every category. If NBC can keep Conan (I think Conan would be foolish to go to Fox...he can build his audience the next handful of years, then when Jay finally bows out, he can ge

Again, another SNL comic who gets mixed reactions. I agreee....Farley was great and made me laugh. Any skit with him and Spade and/or Sandler was worth watching if for nothing else to see how long the skit could before one would start cracking up. The skit where Spade, Farley and Sandler played snobby teen-age girls working at The Gap is one of my favorite Farley memories.

Different strokes for different folks. Wiig reminds me a lot of Carol Burnett in the way she does her characters. They're usually very relatable, but in a very funny and exaggerated way.

CHANGE We Can Believe In

I agree. Though Wiig's characters are SO good. I'm not bothered by repeating her characters. I didn't see the potato chip skit, but sounds funny. A few weeks back Hader played Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde. It's shot in b/w and he's giving a lecture. He explains that when he takes a certain potion, he transforms into someone who likes making out with other guys and asks for more funding to do more "research". It's very clear to the viewer that Jeckylly is gay and is using his Dr. Hyde transformation as a reason to like ohter men. Later in the sketch Armisen walks in asking if Hader's ready to go ou

The past few shows have been pretty good overall. Hader and Forte are very talented and funny. And Keenan Thompson, who I'm not usually a fan of, has done some really funny stuff lately....I love his talk-show host who keeps breaking into song, while shunning whatever guest is on. And anyone see Kristin Wiig (she's so great) this past weekend? She played her character that isn't good at keeping secrets....hysterical! http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/surprise/1184650/ NOTE: Saturday Night Live will have a 2-hour Christmas special Thursday night, with Kristin Wiig's

But this is suggesting that W(TA) will be thought of as a greater Wilco record in the future. It MAY sound a little better in the future, but the thing that I think it lacks....cohesiveness...won't ever improve. Sky Blue Sky sounds better to me because most of it sounds really beautiful and fits well together (I still think Shake it Off, ruins the record..."One True Vine" should have been on this record...it's so beautiful). I struggle liking W(TA), I think, because I can't get a feel for what the album is. It sounds like a Wilco greatest hits album, yet most of the "hits" are lesser versio

My take: After a period of pleasantness with the record, followed by a period of disillusionment, I've settled into just kinda liking the album. Is it Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or Summerteeth? No. And it's not better than SBS.

Texas deserve it as much as any other undefeated team I guess. But I'm not very impressed with Texas' offense and would rather see someone like TCU play Alabama. I saw Kansas rack up 400+ yards against Nebraska and KU made Suh a non-factor. Texas couldn't do squat against the Cornhuskers. The Longhorns were very fortunate to win the game. I'm not super high on Alabama either. But their dominate win against a back-to-the-wall, highly-ranked, senior Tim-Tebow-led Florida team makes me VERY ok with the Crimson Tide going to the championship. Nebraska basically has a non-existant offense, and

KU's willing to pay in the $2.5 million range. That's tempting for anybody. Plus, his wife is from the KC area and the Big 12 North is quite attractive, as no team in that division is elite. Win the Big 12 North, then get a one-game shot at beating Texas or Oklahoma to go to a BCS game. It almost worked out for a Nebraska team that couldn't even beat Iowa State on its home field.

McCoy admitted that he didn't know the rule was changed to the clock wouldn't stop until the ball hit something out of bounds. McCoy thought it stopped once the ball passed the 1st down marker. STILL... That was INEXCUASABLE. First, Brown should have called a timeout once it was apparent that McCoy was letting TOO much time tick away. When McCoy snapped it, I assumed he'd spike it instantly. When he nonchalantly rolled out and was scanning the field, I seriously thought the game was gonna end. McCoy was VERY fortunate to get that second back. If he arcs that ball slightly higher or throws

I, too, listened to W(TA) the past few days...after not listening to it for a few weeks. After my first listen, I thought "y'know...maybe this record isn't as mediocre as I originally thought". But then listening to it a 2nd and 3rd time confirmed my original belief. Overall, it's bland. In my opinion, Bull Black Nova and Solitaire are AMAZING. I'd rank those 2 songs with many of the Wilco greats. One Wing is nearly to that level. You and I, though kinda cheesy, IS a very beautiful and worthy song and has grown on me a LOT. My Country Disappeared is close to being great.....not sure why

THIS. The Alternative Album category has nominated many worthy records over the years, but even that category is basically just nominating the most popular "indie" records. In in its 19 year history, all these artists have had multiple nominations: PJ Harvey, Coldplay, Tori Amos, Beck, Nirvana/Foo Fighters, R.E.M., Radiohead/Thom Yorke, Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, White Stripes, Fatboy Slim, Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie and The Cure. Other artists who got a nomination over the years: The Replacements (All Shook Down), Richard Thompson (Rumor and Sigh), B-52's (Good Stuff), Morrissey

You might be right. I think it's natural for people to pray when things aren't going well. But I think many devout Christians pray every day, even when things are going well. Prayers like, "help me stay positive today", or "please help keep my children safe walking to school" or "watch over my Grandma today and help her find happiness living alone" variety rather than the "make the Steelers win the Super Bowl" or "take away the cancer in my Uncle" variety. As there are more than a billion Catholics worldwide, there are certain prayers said in rosary and/or mass that must be recited million

Only if they're Conservative. Touche.

60 Minutes had a piece yesterday talking to doctors about end of life decisions. One doctor said he thinks it'd be best if, at a certain age, people weren't allowed pace-makers 'cause in the long run he didn't think it was worth the price. That opinion might bother a lot of people. Does Obama's bill have such possibilities? I don't know. But if it does, that's probably the sort of "death panels" Palin refers to. Palin's not the ONLY one saying we're going down a socialist path.

I'd have to take a lot of time to think of my ultimate list. But I also saw the Up live show and it was GREAT. Because of that, I'd throw in "Lotus".