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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:40 AM Original message |
If Leno, Letterman and the like are so talented... |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Did I miss something? |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. All I can say is the segment of "Presidential Moments" on Letterman |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. yes |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. Since there writers are going on strike, they probably will have to do jus that! n/t |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. the whole Dick Van Dyke show premise was about funny writers. nuttin new. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Leno and Letterman are the "new guys"? |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I go back to the mid-fifties when Jack Paar was on and |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Me, too. I watched Jack every night. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. Right. Why not have 1 person come up with 30-60 minute shows every day. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. they can be funny on their own |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. Those writing their own material are exceptional - going back a long ways |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. This is |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That's because he writes all his own message posts. n/t |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It was a rhetorical question, moran... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. But much of their show isn't just "having a converasation". Considerable portions |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No... |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Groucho Marx had writers, too: |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And I think Letterman can go one too. His interviews are not scripted - I rather |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Of course he can go on. He probably has enough material |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Part of the writing is research, that takes time and access. It's hard to |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Minus extra points for putting Letterman and Leno in the same sentence. n/t |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. Leno and Letterman's job is to deliver the lines.. |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe they support the writers. n/t |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. Leno - he has writers. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. Did someone call Leno talented? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
23. Because THEY belong to the writer's guild themselves, and |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The hosts won't do anything to undermine the efforts of their writers |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Yea, Jon Stewart said last night |
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Bohemianwriter (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
24. You are absolutely right! |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Could you please respond |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Put down the crack pipe |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. Did I mention that this |
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