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re: I'm watching Seinfeld for the first time...
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:17 pm to abellsujr
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:17 pm to abellsujr
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In fairness, The Tonight Show was already a hot commodity. I love Conan, but I think that audience needs a more conventional, safe host. Again, I love Conan, but I don't think Jerry was wrong.
That may or may not be true, but it's really a moot point because Conan wasn't given a reasonable opportunity to prove himself. If he had been given a year and the decent lead-ins that Leno and Fallon were consistently given, I think more meaningful conclusions could have been drawn based on whatever performance he might have garnered under those circumstances. True, Fallon is tearing it up and his "safeness" is no doubt a reason, but it doesn't feel right to judge Conan as a failure considering his unique, bizarre, and very short-lived situation. I mean, there's a reason they wrote a book about it.
Either way, Seinfeld was full of shite because he was applying a double standard, and it was nakedly because of his relationship with Leno.
This post was edited on 2/14/16 at 6:19 pm
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Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:42 pm to Udvarnoky
It's really NBC's fault for pushing Jay out the door and not giving Conan a smooth transition. I think he would have been more successful had Jay gone out on his own terms at that time and I think he was set up to fail. It was a situation that he couldn't win, IMO. I don't think he would have ever brought in the numbers that Jimmy does. Admittedly I don't know all of the details about what Jerry said or the situation, but I do know that Conan was not hitting the mark. Unfortunately you don't get as much time to bring in the numbers before getting the ax, especially on network TV. These are different times than the days of Cheers and Seinfeld. Ultimately it was a good move for NBC, even though I do prefer Conan over Jimmy. And yea, Jerry probably was pissed about the whole situation. He probably should have kept his mouth shut, but that doesn't mean he was wrong.
This post was edited on 2/14/16 at 6:43 pm
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