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Yes. And he has a small role in the upcoming Hot Tub Time Machine. I think people would tune in for the "they gave him a 2nd chance" factor and maybe would bring in an older demo + a younger one too (from Nat'l Lampoon & Community). I'm not sure where I fit into that demo that I senselessly created. You know what I mean, people who have seen repeats of his classics on the television.

Yes, this always has been in the back of my head since it was announced. NBC kept boasting about the low cost of a single episode of the Jay Leno Show as opposed to a scripted hour long drama's episode. "Each airing of Leno costs about $350,000 to $400,000 versus up to $3 million for an hour-long drama, saving NBC $13 million each week without the network needing the show to beat its competitors." Let's get Chevy Chase back on late night. Give Chevy another chance!

To paint a picture of what happened, since honestly a lot of this has been so mangled in my brain. I'm still sketchy on wording/mechanics of Leno's "retirement". I seemed to remember as stated below it was announced that he was leaving and giving the show to Conan AND NBC wanted to keep him on in some way. I seemed to be forgetting if NBC made the move 1st or if Jay did or if they both cooked it up all along. Wiki: NBC announced in 2004 that Leno would leave Tonight in 2009, with Conan O'Brien as his replacement. Leno—who wanted to avoid an acrimonious transition like what he experienc

Yes! Finally! Good sleuthing skills.

This still isn't up on youtube or anywhere.

So then you can argue that the Tonight Show viewers jumped ship to Letterman. I think the demographic that isn't sticking is the older viewers who I've heard say "Conan isn't that funny. I can't stand him." Much like they used to say about Dave and now they are watching Dave?! AND they're not there to watch Jay's show either.

Well, I also discussed this with friends of mine. Would you like to see Jon Stewart take over the Late Show for Letterman? Isn't he kind of perfect on the Daily Show? Why fuck it up? Same goes with Stephen Colbert. On paper it sounds good, but when you think about it not so much. How would his audience react to the switch? I'm really trying to find Jimmy Fallon ratings and demo info, but I can't find it. I'm thinking that he's creating his own set of viewers as Conan did in the 90s. I really think it all comes down to the fans of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Late

Carson Daly's show isn't that bad now, since he changed the format. No more painful monolog. He has on a lot of cool guests that you wouldn't see on the earlier late night shows. And he visits them at a neutral venue or at their house etc. Plus, the majority of his live acts are filmed performances from Los Angeles venues.

Unfortunately, when Lost creeps back into my weekly viewing routines I check out the "spoiler" site which I won't give you so you can go in fresh. A lot of what you said I think will answer itself, If I am allowed to be cryptic. The numbers and what it signifies is pretty mindblowing. The smoke monster is pretty easy to ponder about, if you think about what you've seen (mostly last season). But yeah some of the stuff that I "fell upon" (Bullshit my hands typed me there) is AMAZING!!! Quotes from different actors, Lindelof/Cuse etc on Season Premiere alone "You need to watch it 3 times or

I don't know something's missing to me. And I still feel like his guests are somewhat lackluster with the earlier timeslot. If we didn't know Conan since 1993, would we like/love him as the host of The Tonight Show? Would we think that "man, this guy would be great if he had free rein to do crazy things"? Or would some people say "Eh, he's ok..you know i like his bits...but he's good enough" ? Like take Jimmy Fallon: his show at 1st seemed like "oh God, how long until they put him out of his misery?" Then he found his footing. It was quite brilliant in retrospect that his 1st guest was R

I'm thinking out loud here, but I'm going to say some of what my friend and I talked about last night. Is the idea of Conan having the Tonight Show better than the actuality of what we've seen since June 1st? Meaning maybe in his head he thinks that he's both right and wrong for the job. It's the concept of it that he loves, yet he can't pull off the execution. I personally think that he has too much of a personality to be doing the Tonight Show. Really. Think about if Dave took over in 1993, I think we'd have the same problem that we're having now. Dave & Conan's sensibilities don't see

Another Dave bit from Tuesday... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msC3uu4KZbg&feature=player_embedded

Oh man! He's still in character. Put it on ABC for a good laugh. The hair and chin and random head shakes are amazing along with the voice! He's currently doing Headlines with one of his band members laughing like Kevin Eubanks. Edit: Yes, Chevy Chase is dressed up as Conan in character.

LOL! Jimmy Kimmel is completely dressed up as Jay Lamo doing his monolog (as my friend who loves Conan calls him).

In no particular order Lost Curb Your Enthusiasm Seinfeld Mr. Show Arrested Development The Office (USA/own but have not watched UK version yet? ) 30 Rock Fringe It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Firefly) Also, I own but haven't gotten around to all of 24, Weeds, True Blood, Mad Men, Entourage, Da' Ali G Show, Kids In The Hall, Extras, Damages, & Twin Peaks(lol wow, I guess I should stay in more during the winter and watch these) My friend 'ed me all of Alias. Current shows in progress that may have snuck in but just started:Community, Parks & Recreation, Castle,V & Fl

Taken from Wikipedia....someone asked about Jay's ratings so ... "Ratings Leno did not expect his show to beat competing first-run episodes, but to do better than reruns, in part because topical jokes benefit from the "immediacy" of the time slot versus 11:30 pm. A television analyst predicted that Leno would finish in "a safe third place" every night. NBC research before the show's debut indicated that fans of Leno would watch Leno two to three times a week. NBC sees a 1.5 rating for the show in the 18–49 demographic as "viable" and a 1.8 as a "home run". NBC told Leno that at a 1.5 ratin

True. But I feel like Lowell wasn't a proper Bostonian show (before it rained), even though it was nice and I had to drive 10 minutes to get there. 1 Single Orpheum show seems like too little, especially if they don't hit Boston this summer and do Tanglewood or Pines Theater. Not that any Wilco fan from Boston minds a drive out to Western MA. They could throw everyone for a loop and not come back again until the fall and limit their venues to indoor only.

I highly doubt it. It would seem to "nip it in the bud" for a Wilco summer venue show in Jun-early Sept in Boston. At least that's the impression that I get from these smaller venues. Meaning 2 shows in Boston in April would offset a sellout at say the Bank Of America Pavillion in say late August.

Speaking of Mark McGwire, did anyone see David Ortiz on Jimmy Fallon last night? He looked pretty trimmed down and fit then I've ever seen him (though he was wearing the always flattering black) I know that I read that he was "very serious" about a workout regimen & diet, but I'm not sure if that's the problem with his recent at-bats.

I think after Sunday night all of the #1 seeds will be doing the buh-bye dance out of their respective towns. So BAL over IND NYJ over SD ARI over NO DAL over MIN If I am wrong, I will submit my pinky toe to the board. Edit: BAL has a lot of confidence going into IND, but they need to realize that they beat the 2010 version of the Patriots. If there's one that I think can go either way, it's this one.

As promised, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN6Q2YFFteQ

I received this artwork from John Titor through hotmail in the distant past. I will now submit it to the world. The compact disc didn't make it through the wormhole. It is not known if this came from one of the multiverses created directly from the pressing of this particular record. Past. Future. Fuck it. Like the present it is a gift.