NBC + Leno - Conan = FAIL

So since my wife has started her job, we have different sleep schedules. Her and I do not see eye-to-eye on the sense of humor side of things (what a stick in the mud!!...j/k) But with me primarily working evening shift and her working morning shift, she goes to bed at 11pm and I'm wired. This has opened me up to NBC's late night shows -- Conan O'Brian and Jimmy Fallon.

I was tipped by one of my wife's former co-workers that she actually liked Jimmy Fallon more than Conan O'Brian. I thought this was kind of odd since I recalled Conan being freaking hilarious, but it also made me very curious to check out this late night lineup. Now that I had a great opportunity to do so, I'm addicted.

Then Jay Leno decided he wasn't finished with his talk show career -- NBC decided to stick him right before the 11pm news. I had nothing against Jay Leno, just never got into his Tonight Show. When he was on the Tonight Show, if I was going to watch a late night talk show it was going to be Letterman.

The first month the Jay Leno show was on at the 10pm slot, I was severly disappointed. I started to realize why I never really got into Leno's Tonight Show -- it seems like he tries way too hard on his sense of humor. It was more of a "Ah, I see what you did there..." type of humor, rather than a genuine funny and humorous item. And skits? The only skit that is memorable from Leno is "Headlines" -- which I give him credit on this, there have been some pretty good segments of "Headlines". But that's it!

Now with all the drama that has been happening -- Leno's show at 10pm being cut, NBC wanting to put him back at the 11:35pm slot for 30 minutes, pushing Conan back to 12:05am, etc...Does NBC seriously think that there isn't going to be any backlash on this? I really don't think it's a good idea to move the time slot for the Tonight Show to 12:05am -- it has never been at that time slot (unless there was some rather serious programming that went beyond the alloted time slot, but who cares?).

In a game of "Who's got more class and integrity?", some say it's not quite a simple as "Jay Leno should just move on and let Conan have his time! Brahhh grabble grubble whargarbl!!" Some may argue that Jay Leno shouldn't have been moved out of the way in the first place, but Leno didn't make any real fight against NBC executives to retain his spot on the Tonight Show.

What, you didn't fight for the show Leno? And now you're acting like a fucking stubborn pissed-off teenager wanting your show back? I'm quite sure you realize that you're looking an egotistical prick with a chin that can open a can of corn, right?

Conan, on the other hand, realizes the shoes he stepped in when he took the reins of the Tonight Show and the legacy that he was supporting. He also realizes that he wasn't going to be in a position where the late night lineup, which had been around for a LONG FUCKING TIME!, was going to shift with him in the passenger seat. No, he's got class and integrity to the shoes he filled, and he's got oodles more class than Leno.

Poor ol' Fallon said he loves both Leno and Conan, and that "it's like I just married a woman, and just got to know my new in-laws -- who are CRAZY". If Fallon gets pushed out of the lineup completely, I will never watch NBC again -- until Zucker the Fucker goes away.

To conclude, I certainly hope Leno gets off his high horse and just moves on. If he doesn't, Conan will, and I will follow. And if Fallon goes away, NBC will cease to exist for me.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming, if it hasn't been rescheduled yet...