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osu45804

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/conan-obrien-says-he-wont-do-tonight-show-following-leno/

This sucks, Conan is ten times the comedian, writer and host than Leno is!! Leno is old and his comedy is stale and only funny to the older generation!

OneBuckeye

^ I concur

j_crazy

conan is going to fox to do an 11 o'clock version of his show.

Strapping Young Lad

Conan's the shit. Whatever happened to Oldie Olson, he was my favorite???? Wait, I think I know the answer to that......

OneBuckeye

^ Even better, although I do like the seinfeld reruns on fox, but Conan will be awesome at 11.

osu45804

As long as Conan can be Conan and not some watered down version of his show then that will be awesome

september63

Conan cant hold Leno's comedic jockstrap!!

OneBuckeye

september63 wrote: Conan cant hold Leno's comedic jockstrap!!

september63

Start a poll then. We'll see.

OneBuckeye

killdeer

september63 wrote: Conan cant hold Leno's comedic jockstrap!!

september63 wrote: Start a poll then. We'll see.

okay, I'll enter this poll.

Conan>>>Leno.
Leno didn't fail at 10pm for no reason.
Conan late night on Fox automatically makes them a major player in the late night race. Would be a good move for him. Just go back to the edgier/off-kilter stuff; I'm sure he will have that leeway at Fox.

Laley23

NBC is saying it was a mistake to move Conan to the early slot, and then again to move Leno to 10. But that wasnt it. The problem was making Conan be so damn PG-13...ridiculous for them to think Conan would be as funny when he cant be what made him....

And Leno at 10, well that was just never gonna work, no matter what. Especially as a variety show.

atomica600

If Conan leaves NBC,I say good for him. As long as he keeps the same type of comedy, I will gladly watch him on Fox, or any other station for that matter. I hope the whole thing continues to blow up in NBC's face and that they fail miserably. I hope Leno on at 11:30 is terrible too.

OneBuckeye

OneBuckeye

Leno hasn't done anything as funny as those two clips... and that isn't even Conan's funniest stuff you could go on to the insult comic dog or how he single handedly start walker texas ranger jokes from his walker texas ranger clips.

osu45804

I added a poll

The Giss

Conan has a contract. It says he hosts the Tonight Show, but does not say when it will air. He can say whatever he wants, just like Josh Cribbs.
If he goes to Fox, he will sit, probably for a year or more, unless a cash-strapped NBC accepts a buyout. If he does, would he get the half-hour head start with an 11PM start-- most Fox outlets air 10PM News.
Shortisghted move by NBC in the first place, but they still saved milliosn by doing it.
Craig Ferguson is still funnier than either of them.

Laley23

The Giss wrote: Conan has a contract. It says he hosts the Tonight Show, but does not say when it will air. He can say whatever he wants, just like Josh Cribbs.
If he goes to Fox, he will sit, probably for a year or more, unless a cash-strapped NBC accepts a buyout. If he does, would he get the half-hour head start with an 11PM start-- most Fox outlets air 10PM News.
Shortisghted move by NBC in the first place, but they still saved milliosn by doing it.
Craig Ferguson is still funnier than either of them.

Reported last night that if Conan wanted to, he could go after NBC about the contract for close to 20 Million $$$$$.

hangonsloopy

september63 wrote: Conan cant hold Leno's comedic jockstrap!!

haha, how's that poll working out?

Conan > Jay

hangonsloopy

OneBuckeye wrote: Leno hasn't done anything as funny as those two clips... and that isn't even Conan's funniest stuff you could go on to the insult comic dog or how he single handedly start walker texas ranger jokes from his walker texas ranger clips.

I don't think I've ever laughed harder than when he first started doing the walker texas ranger handle.

pmoney25

The Arnold clips are comedy gold. I will follow Conan to fox in a heartbeat.

Leno- comedic abortion.

2kool4skool

"It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both."

check and mate.

Conan really couldn't have handled this any better. He's exposing Leno's lack of talent, and overall shady tactics, which people in the comedy circle have been familiar with for decades, to the masses. He's also calling out NBC for having arguably the worst management in the history of major broadcasting. I absolutely love it.

Ideal scenario for me would be an O'Brien-Kimmel lineup on ABC. Then we'd actually have the two funniest guys(now that Letterman is past his prime) on one station.

sherm03

Fuck Jay Leno. He's terrible, and his writers are not funny at all.

I'm on board with whatever Conan wants to do...but I don't necessarily like the idea of him doing an 11pm show on Fox. He'd be going up against John Stewart and Stephen Colbert. While I think Conan is funnier than both of them, I still think it would split up his ratings too much.

Interested to see what happens though with this whole thing.

Strapping Young Lad

Haha, September fails again!!!!!! This dude never fails to show how out of touch and ignorant he really is....hilarious.

KR1245

Jay Leno sucks. I was upset when it was announced that Conan was going to take over for him because I knew he wouldnt be able to get away with the stuff he did at 1230. Masturbating bear? Money shot Abe Lincoln? Those are just a couple clips that he would NEVER be able to do at 11 30. I hope that Conan finds his way back to late night.

"mooooneeeeeeyyy shoooot"

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