re: David Letterman vs. Jay Leno

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but Jay for some reason I can't comprehend has always been more popular.

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Has always got better guest...no matter how bad the interview is...the mass is attracted to that

Conan had the later time slot. People said the same thing about Dave when he was at the later slot.

10:30 turns the show into crap. They want to appeal to a broader crowd so they tone everything done.

Lets see if we ever see the masturbating bear at 10:30.

I loved how Conan would open the show with a comment on how the audience applauded him Examples- Now it's starting to sound violent...It's sounding like someone just got murdered in the crowd....Now the random yelling begins....its beginning to sound like a horrible bus accident in here... its sounding like an elevator crash in here...I love how he did that. It's was always funny and interesting to see what he said each night. I think he did it 99.9% of the time. I hope he continues it on his new show.

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No reason ths should be funny...but I laugh every frickign time I watch this..Conans show was great about making shite awesome

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However, Letterman's show on NBC in the '80s was the funniest and most inventive late night show I've ever seen. It was like The Man Show every night (several writers worked on both programs).

If you only know Letterman from his CBS show you've never really seen him, and certainly never seen him at his best.

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This is the correct answer. Letterman was awesome before he got screwed over by NBC. When he made the move to CBS vs Leno, the show lost it's appeal. But, he's done well considering that almost everyone said you can't do a show against the Tonight Show. Many have tried. Arsenio, Magic and Chevy ring a bell, just to name a few?

Put me down for Letterman...been watching him since 1984 or so. The early years were classic.

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I can remember him mocking New Orleans back in the day because WDSU played Thicke of the Night instead of Letterman.

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Don't laugh. Baton Rouge had Arsenio instead of Letterman.

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I can remember him mocking New Orleans back in the day because WDSU played Thicke of the Night instead of Letterman.

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Thicke of the Night = worst late night show of all time. If you never saw it you can't even imagine how bad it was.

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Don't laugh. Baton Rouge had Arsenio instead of Letterman.

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I'm sure no one will remember this, but when Letterman had been on NBC about a year, BR's NBC station ch. 33 took him off the air in order to show All In The Family reruns. A group of LSU students raised a stink and managed to get Letterman back on after a couple of weeks. Not only did Letterman thank the students on the air, but the students made a 5 minute video about it which ch. 33 good-naturedly broadcast after that Letterman episode.

I used to have to pick up a BR station in New Orleans using the stinking rabbit ears to watch it when Thicke was on.