Lame
If you haven't heard already, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien will be crossing the picket lines to restart their shows on January 2nd, joining Carson Daly as the only late-night hosts to screw over the Writer's Guild. How the hell is Leno going to pull this one off? The guy's got the natural talent of rotten vegetables; even with writers, he's insufferable. Without writers, I fear a black hole of anti-comedy will envelope all of L.A., sucking the city into a vortex of lame from which it may never recover.
Meanwhile, David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, is negotiating separately with the writers with plans to bring his show back on January 9th, with the writers, under an interim agreement, which does unfortunately mean that he won't be bringing back his Network Time Killers, made famous during the last writer's strike 20 years ago. God Bless Dave.
I think they are trying to save the jobs of the people who work for them, for whom I understand they have been paying salaries. It's all a bit confusing, really, but I think they have the best interests of their staffs at heart, even though they sympathize with the writer's strike. I agree with you re: Leno, but O'Brien has been a writer for years, and I know he's in support of the strike.
Yes. Leno BLOWS. Its highly suspect as to why he's considered watchable. Conan and Dave'll be okay though, the stuff in the clip is actually still hilarious.