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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 10:32 AM Original message |
Will someone please tell me what Jay Leno did that is so awful? |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is how I see it |
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oregonjen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not to mention all of Conan's people relocated to LA for this |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Weren't they going to give him his old time slot back? |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Leno didn't want the 10 pm timeslot |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. He wasn't pushed out |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Jay is an employee. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yeah, right |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You asked for a link proving it |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. It's what he's saying now |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. He seems to think he was fired, as per his comments last week. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. I didn't realize that |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. He was born. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. People are mad because he stole something from the NBA commissioner? |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
41. ha ha |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't get it, either. Not that I watch late night. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Well all the local news affiliates were complaining that Leno was tanking their ratings. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah, that makes sense. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. He graduated from Harvard with honors, not that it guarantees that you're smart |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Hey, you've done good. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Then my evil plan has worked. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. his father was a Harvard prof |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. He is older than Conan? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Maybe, but I think he's also younger than Letterman, who also has more online fans |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. I dont understand it either |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. I remember Leno promising to retire, and backing down from that pledge. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Thats because he didnt want to retire |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Then he should retire now instead of screwing over Conan O'Brien. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. He is a stooge for management and his fortune, backstabs to carry it all out |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. His show. It's awful. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Not sure it's totally Leno's fault |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Be not funny since 1986. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. +1, that and he sold Doritos |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. He's completely, utterly, unfunny |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. He was able to be funny, he's just turned it off and that's what's really messed up |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. He's agreeing to be complicit in a screw job for the second time. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have thought Leno got burned by this all too... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. He's getting his old show completely back. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yes - which is fucked up |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. **Thanks for all of the responses** |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-17-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. He's less funny than terminal cancer. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Leno tells jokes? |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. Hollywood is upset with NBC |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. This explanation is the most insightful I have read on this subject. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
38. Who? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
40. Ratings for NBC's 11pm news shows tanked as well |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. NBC is killing television, one show at a time |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Thank you for the laugh!! |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. He shot a man in Reno, just to see him die. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-18-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. He's a scab who crossed the picket line during the WGA strike. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-19-10 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
50. Driving a comedy show while unfunny |
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