Jay Leno
THE MORNING BANTER: Blaming the NY Times, "Frozen" Future, The Video Game Guide To Life, and the "Breaking Bad" Remake
It's Friday and you're probably ready to get out the door as quickly as possible and start your weekend, but here are a few headlines and internet tidbits to kill time until you can make your escape. 1. Black and White and Red All Over While Dylan Farrow is crying during her ...read more
The Comedy Team of Hannity and Cruz Proves Conservatives Aren't Funny
I know I wrote as recently as yesterday that humor is in the eye of the beholder and it's futile to try to convince a person that something is or isn't funny, but I think there's at least one universal truth in comedy: people who strongly self-identify as conservative aren't ...read more
Leno Out, Fallon In (or "Here We Go Again")
It looks like Jimmy Fallon will be the next challenger to step up and try to knock Jay Leno off his throne on The Tonight Show. If you believe Bill Carter over at The New York Times, and there's no reason not to given Carter's unparalleledexpertise on the subject, NBC is ...read more
President Slams Mourdock's Rape Comments on The Tonight Show
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From Reuters: BURBANK, California (Reuters) - President Barack Obama suspended the levity during an interview with late-night TV talk show host Jay Leno on Wednesday to address a Republican Senate candidate's assertion that pregnancies resulting ...read more
Welcome Back Zucker
By Chez Pazienza: Here's a little something just about everyone in the television business knows: Once you become a high-powered executive, it's almost impossible to fuck yourself and your reputation so badly that you'll never work again. Let's say you're some poor mid-level ...read more
Conan O'Brien Gets Screwed By Jay Leno
He's not the first in late night tv to have that happen to him (see Letterman, David) but at the end of the day I feel Conan's Tonight Show will outlive Jay's talk show in primetime in how much it actually impacts culture. I watched a couple minutes of Leno the other day and ...read more