O'Brien out, Leno back in?
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Several reasons, not the least of which is:
- I would never expect people who are at each other's throats so much, especially now that this whole Conan thing has gone down, to agree to do a commercial together. (Of course it is also likely that neither of them wanted to do it and that they were made to do so by their handlers.) I'd sooner expect George Takei to show up in a Shatner Priceline ad, Dirk Benedict and Katee Sackhoff to do a tour together, or Bill Lee to become the Yankees pitching coach.
- It just sort of LOOKED fake.
There's a difference between "At each others' throats" and "making jokes at each others' expense."
Every source says they filmed it together, even saying that Leno had to sneak into CBS in a disguise.
It looks fake because the background is a painting, either sitting behind them or a greenscreen.
It's not exactly Capricorn One.
Every source says they filmed it together, even saying that Leno had to sneak into CBS in a disguise.
It looks fake because the background is a painting, either sitting behind them or a greenscreen.
It's not exactly Capricorn One.
Letterman wrote the ad himself, so I'm sure he wanted to do it.
Just a little correction: it wasn't filmed at a CBS studio, rather here in New York at the Ed Sullivan theatre where Letterman shoots his show.
Don't let your personal opinions get in the way of the facts. All three of them shot it together in New York. The ad was written by Letterman, it benefits Leno (so his people would be in favor of it). As one person put it, in one of the articles linked in this thread, Letterman thought it was a funny idea and that was enough for him to really want to do it--personal issues aside.
Wow...There are many sources confirming all three filmed it together. Perhaps -- just perhaps-- there are daily happenings in this world that occur without your direct knowledge 
Nope still fake.
The last "Jay Leno Show" will air tonight according to Variety.
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So you're an expert on that, too?
Oh? What happened to this massive anti-Leno backlash that everyone was predicting? Have you forgotten how much you're supposed to hate him? 
Since the ratings for Leno's Tonight Show have not yet been released...since he hasn't done it yet...
Oh? What happened to this massive anti-Leno backlash that everyone was predicting? Have you forgotten how much you're supposed to hate him?
No one has forgotten how much they hate the Yankees, and that's what's important.
My dislike of Leno certainly isn't enough to blind me from debunking these pulled-out-of-your-ass conspiracy theories you're slinging around that are so lame even Oliver Stone wouldn't touch them with a 10-foot barge pole.Oh? What happened to this massive anti-Leno backlash that everyone was predicting? Have you forgotten how much you're supposed to hate him?
Oh, yeah, and: FUCK THE YANKEES.
Right. I'm still not going to watch his show unless he has a guest I'm especially interested in, but I think it was cool of him to do the ad.
It was cool of Leno to do the ad, but that's why he did it -- he desperately needed to do something to earn some "cool" back after losing so much public respect in the Conan debacle.
Though I agree that the ad would have been so much better if Conan had walked up and said to Leno, "You're sitting in my spot!"
Though I agree that the ad would have been so much better if Conan had walked up and said to Leno, "You're sitting in my spot!"
And that's also why NBC was willing to preempt his show on such short notice... the network needs to rebuild some goodwill as well.
It would have been amusing, but IIRC Conan's severance deal with NBC forbids him from any TV appearances for three months, and no new show until after 9/1/10.
My dislike of Leno certainly isn't enough to blind me from debunking these pulled-out-of-your-ass conspiracy theories you're slinging around that are so lame even Oliver Stone wouldn't touch them with a 10-foot barge pole.Oh? What happened to this massive anti-Leno backlash that everyone was predicting? Have you forgotten how much you're supposed to hate him?
Oh, yeah, and: FUCK THE YANKEES.
