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O'Brien out, Leno back in?

Axiom said:
I'm 29, and I listened to Green Day in middle school. For those uninformed, that's more than 14 years ago. :lol:
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That's what I'm saying! They definitely used to be popular with the teenage crowd, but I really don't think their new stuff is targeting that audience anymore. Their fans have grown up with them.

Hell, "American Idiot" is on Broadway now!
 
RoJoHen said:
Axiom said:
I'm 29, and I listened to Green Day in middle school. For those uninformed, that's more than 14 years ago. :lol:
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That's what I'm saying! They definitely used to be popular with the teenage crowd, but I really don't think their new stuff is targeting that audience anymore. Their fans have grown up with them.

Hell, "American Idiot" is on Broadway now!
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Yep. Listened to them while reading my copy of Nintendo Power and watching Bots Master on TV. :D
 
Stone_Cold_Sisko said:
Sci said:
Peak said:
I don't get the Leno hate, really. He hasn't really done anything wrong so far.
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Six years ago, he said he would hand over The Tonight Show to Conan, no fuss no muss. Come six years later, instead of retiring and giving Conan his time in the spotlight, he's poised to steal the show back from him (even though his own ratings at 10 PM haven't been great).

No matter how you cut it, it's pretty douchey behavior to say you're gonna let someone take a job and then steal it away from them again.
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Add to that, Jay had to sign a new contract to get back the Tonight Show, it wasn't part of the existing one. in other words, NBC essentially said "hey you want to take over Conan's show?" and he said "YES!!!" - you notice that new contract was actually signed days ago. There was no time wasted.

Seriously he pretended like he was Conan's buddy, and then jumped at the chance to throw him out. That's pure asshole behavior. We've gotten to this point where it's sooo ok to act like a douchebag if it benefits your career. Because that's all there is to life. Yes, in his heart Jay didn't really want to leave the tonight show. We know that. Going out of your way to screw someone over like that to get what you want says a lot about you.
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For those just joining the thread, I humbly present Jay's 2004 announcement:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6d1caacad1/jay-s-2004-announcement

Conan NEEDS to show this during his last week as a big F-U to NBC.

And a bonus warning from Howard Stern to Conan back in late 2006. I think Stern's a big, unfunny douchebag but he was dead on here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxcAAb60lik
 
I'm 24 and I have no clue what Green Day or my age has to do with this. :lol:

Leno is an ass, end of story. Anyone know how long Leno's contract lasts?
 
AdmiralGarak said:
bigdaddy said:
Anyone know how long Leno's contract lasts?
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Until he quits because NBC gave the 11:35 timeslot to Poker After Dark.
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You got that backwards. After Leno drops dead they will have no one to fill in so they will need Poker.

I wish Hollywood would have more guts. It would be awesome if there were tons of stars that wouldn't do Leno after this, but we all know how people in Hollywood are.
 
That video of Leno announcing he'll give the show to Conan makes my skin crawl. He actually says the following:

"This show is like a dynasty. You hold it, and then you hand it off to the next person. And I don't want to see all the fighting... Conan, it's yours."

Any credibility this man used to have has got to be out of play by now. Seriously, how could you possibly defend this? Ratings? Leno didn't say... "Conan it's yours pending approval of your ratings for the first six months." Complete bullshit. I just don't understand how this man is going to take the stage again in that same studio. Conan fans are going to send a lot of pizzas to his house.
 
billcosby said:
That video of Leno announcing he'll give the show to Conan makes my skin crawl. He actually says the following:

"This show is like a dynasty. You hold it, and then you hand it off to the next person. And I don't want to see all the fighting... Conan, it's yours."

Any credibility this man used to have has got to be out of play by now. Seriously, how could you possibly defend this? Ratings? Leno didn't say... "Conan it's yours pending approval of your ratings for the first six months." Complete bullshit. I just don't understand how this man is going to take the stage again in that same studio. Conan fans are going to send a lot of pizzas to his house.
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Well, to be fair to Leno, in that clip he said he'd give the show to Conan in '09. Leno said nothing about 2010 :)

Then again, this is the type of logic that got NBC into this mess in the first place. Team CoCo all the way.
 
Wow. What an extreme douchebag. And I agree, Conan NEEDS to show that during the last week. There's no getting away from it!
 
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