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...whoever is running KNBC sure doesn't know his own company's history (does the name Jack Paar ring a bell, anyone?)...
Ultimajock said:
I think that's kind of a stretch. I assume you're referring to the early 60s incident in which Jack Paar walked off the Tonight Show because the NBC censors bleeped the term "water closet" (British slang for toilet). That incident was over 45 years ago and involves the typical network censor's tendency (in those days) to censor anything sexual or scatological, no matter how mild. And in my opinion, Paar (who was known for being emotional) was being overly dramatic for walking off the set for such a trivial reason. Johnny Carson would have just made a joke the following night about blue-nosed humorless censors. Remember that it was a few years after that incident that the NBC censors banned Barbara Eden's belly button. It was a very different time.
Though I'm generally against censorship, and I think KNBC was probably being too sensitive it this case, it's different. It was an attempt to protect sensitive public feelings that may have been hurt because Conan's skit could have inadvertently and accidentally been construed to be making light of a tragedy in which lives were lost.
Somebody needs to contact the cable company and take care of the following sensitivity issues:
TNT has been showing The Fugitive and that has a spectacular train crash. Also, TV Land lacks sensitivity since they show The Addams Family; Gomez seems to get a kick out of crashing trains. Plus check your local listings for the next showing of Silver Streak, that needs to be banned as well.
TNT has been showing The Fugitive and that has a spectacular train crash. Also, TV Land lacks sensitivity since they show The Addams Family; Gomez seems to get a kick out of crashing trains. Plus check your local listings for the next showing of Silver Streak, that needs to be banned as well.
Not to mention reruns of NBC's very own Supertrain.
After watching it only once I knew there was a bomb on aboard. ;D
Think of the children!
After watching it only once I knew there was a bomb on aboard. ;D
Think of the children!
...anybody wanna add Runaway Train to the list? ;-) ...
4UH8SIMBKAGN said:
Colleen Williams warning the audience that "right now in New York," O'Brien was about to make a joke about colliding trains, and that KNBC found it inappropriate. :-\
What does she mean "right now in New York"? Conan O'Brien is NOT a live show and was taped earlier in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time. Even if it was live it would have occured three hours earlier (or did KNBC show this at 9:35 PDT?).
This just shows what an uninformed ditz Colleen is. And how STUPID KNBC is to have one of their own spew such crap as "right now in New York" on the air. When she said that it was around 3:45AM EDT.
If I was still in Orange County I'd be buying a huge frickin aerial to get KNSD. ;D
ajc_trw said:4UH8SIMBKAGN said:
Colleen Williams warning the audience that "right now in New York," O'Brien was about to make a joke about colliding trains, and that KNBC found it inappropriate. :-\
What does she mean "right now in New York"? Conan O'Brien is NOT a live show and was taped earlier in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time. Even if it was live it would have occured three hours earlier (or did KNBC show this at 9:35 PDT?).
This just shows what an uninformed ditz Colleen is. And how STUPID KNBC is to have one of their own spew such crap as "right now in New York" on the air. When she said that it was around 3:45AM EDT.
If I was still in Orange County I'd be buying a huge frickin aerial to get KNSD. ;D
There's no need to insult someone just because they made one verbal mixup (although ad-libbing off the prompter could be a different matter). You can blame KNBC, but lets be fair to the anchor who was probably called into action last minute. Most of them probably don't stay up to watch the late night shows like much of us do.
Also, you should be aware that KNSD is owned by NBC and run mostly out of KNBC, except for their news production.
Wow, that was bizarre!
Los Angeles is the last place I would have expected to see something like that. Not to mention that "right now" in New York was around 3:35 am and no one was telling train jokes in their sleep. That was a very surprising clip. Well, at least KNBC actually has an on-air personality around at that hour. Got to give them credit for that!!
Los Angeles is the last place I would have expected to see something like that. Not to mention that "right now" in New York was around 3:35 am and no one was telling train jokes in their sleep. That was a very surprising clip. Well, at least KNBC actually has an on-air personality around at that hour. Got to give them credit for that!!
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