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LENO IS BACK...AND...WHAT?
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Letterman, funny? Okay, I get it, you don't like Leno, but Letterman hasn't been funny in about 20 years! He's obviously still bitter about losing the Tonight Show gig. He'll have to start sleeping with interns again if he wants ratings!Skynet74 said:
It's ironic that someone who is considered by many to be a comedy legend is criticized on a blog by a poster who claims he "hasn't been funny in about 20 years" and then follows it up with a real hum-dinger of a zinger about sleeping with interns to get ratings. That's the equivilent of a Little League player saying that Derek Jeter is a bad baseball player...and then the Little Leaguer gets in the game and makes four errors and goes 0 for 4.firepoint525 said:Letterman, funny? Okay, I get it, you don't like Leno, but Letterman hasn't been funny in about 20 years! He's obviously still bitter about losing the Tonight Show gig. He'll have to start sleeping with interns again if he wants ratings!Skynet74 said:
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Somewhere between never and when pigs fly.
Okay, I get it. You like Letterman, too. But he's still past his prime. His best stuff was on NBC. And he's still bitter about losing the Tonight Show. And it's a fact that his ratings went up when the intern scandal broke. Tough to argue with the truth, isn't it?Biffstunt said:It's ironic that someone who is considered by many to be a comedy legend is criticized on a blog by a poster who claims he "hasn't been funny in about 20 years" and then follows it up with a real hum-dinger of a zinger about sleeping with interns to get ratings. That's the equivilent of a Little League player saying that Derek Jeter is a bad baseball player...and then the Little Leaguer gets in the game and makes four errors and goes 0 for 4.firepoint525 said:Letterman, funny? Okay, I get it, you don't like Leno, but Letterman hasn't been funny in about 20 years! He's obviously still bitter about losing the Tonight Show gig. He'll have to start sleeping with interns again if he wants ratings!Skynet74 said:
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BlueWanderer said:
Well, the Palin Conan appearance was just a cameo, but point well taken. It's as if the Conan Tonight Show never really happened if you ask NBC.
firepoint525 said:Okay, I get it. You like Letterman, too. But he's still past his prime. His best stuff was on NBC. And he's still bitter about losing the Tonight Show. And it's a fact that his ratings went up when the intern scandal broke. Tough to argue with the truth, isn't it?Biffstunt said:It's ironic that someone who is considered by many to be a comedy legend is criticized on a blog by a poster who claims he "hasn't been funny in about 20 years" and then follows it up with a real hum-dinger of a zinger about sleeping with interns to get ratings. That's the equivilent of a Little League player saying that Derek Jeter is a bad baseball player...and then the Little Leaguer gets in the game and makes four errors and goes 0 for 4.firepoint525 said:Letterman, funny? Okay, I get it, you don't like Leno, but Letterman hasn't been funny in about 20 years! He's obviously still bitter about losing the Tonight Show gig. He'll have to start sleeping with interns again if he wants ratings!Skynet74 said:
I find people who say he was funnier on NBC haven't seen Dave lately. The writing and bits have gone more off the wall over the last 2 years...more bizarre humor than before. I think Dave's Late Show is much better than his old NBC show myself...I laugh out loud every night. But I find myself switching over to Jimmy Kimmel a lot lately...with all the late night talk, he's really underrated.
benwolf said:
I stop watching Letterman regularly a few years ago, mostly because I got sick of his type of humor. But every once in a while I tune in when the guests are on. To me, the Letterman's guest interviews tend to be more interesting and have less fluff when compare to Leno's.
In my opinion, the Late Show set looks so much better than Leno's reconstructed Tonight Show set. I like how Letterman's desk, unlike Leno's desk and his Tonight set, actually matches the rest of the Late Show set. I remember when he had a plain looking desk and painted it a bright green. It looked ugly by itself, but the segments involving the green-screen desk were funny.
Letterman now. Not nearly as funny as the 80's. Larry Bud Melman, Chris Elliott, Brother Theodore, Emo Philipps, dropping stuff off a 6 story tower, Guy Under the seats, The Fugitive Guy, Mr. Curious, The Monkey Cam, Viewer mail. It's a no brainer. NBC Dave was THE BEST!
CBS Dave. Still funnier than Leno. But doesn't even come close to NBC Dave.
Conan. No way he should be out of a job, but Carson Daly is still employed. There is nothing that seems right about that!
CBS Dave. Still funnier than Leno. But doesn't even come close to NBC Dave.
Conan. No way he should be out of a job, but Carson Daly is still employed. There is nothing that seems right about that!
Skynet74 said:
I don't think Carson Daly counts. I mean he wasn't mention at all when NBC first decided to move everyone back thirty minutes to get Leno out of prime time.
But you're right about your comments. With NBC in the shape it's in now, I think Conan is better off not be associate with that network or have to follow Leno anymore. I would feel sorry for the current Late Night host, but Fallon just annoys me way too much to care.
I just watched the monologue and of course the "Wizard of Oz" parody. That was great. The monologue was enjoyable, I guess.Lkeller said:
I can't stay up like that every night.
Or hope Oprah comes on [which he probably does anyway].firepoint525 said:Letterman, funny? Okay, I get it, you don't like Leno, but Letterman hasn't been funny in about 20 years! He's obviously still bitter about losing the Tonight Show gig. He'll have to start sleeping with interns again if he wants ratings!Skynet74 said:
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