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HwoodHills
02/25/09

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G4 is a video game channel.

(add your own "Pac Man Dying" sound effect here)
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jasonelias
02/25/09

@HwoodHills: How about an old-school "Waa waa waah..."
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Lucky777
02/25/09

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Now I'm looking forward to this, and looking forward to him interviewing guests in his wild and wacky style. He should take some digs at how un-funny SNL is now!
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jasonelias
02/25/09

@Lucky777: He can't, he's going to need the guests from the present cast and former cast members so they can reminiscence like they were on Carol Burnett and Friends.
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HwoodHills
02/25/09

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Four words:

"The Chevy Chase Show."
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Cheap Shot
02/25/09

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Train wreck waiting to happen.
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MrInBetween
02/25/09

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He will suck so profoundly that it will be fun to watch. For a night or two.
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Bellyboop
02/25/09

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Awww...I'm rooting for the guy. I mean, he's not someone I would have picked to fill Conan's shoes (I was on team Joel McHale), but he's got the job, the guy is sweet and quirky and really wants to make it. I hope he can pull a Conan on this.
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ChickyOnly
02/25/09

@Bellyboop: same regarding both Fallon and McHale. I have to admit that when I watched Fallon on Martha Stewart, I didn't hate it. Some of his jokes fell flat, but some were sort of quirky little observations. Not sure how that will translate to a late night broadcast five nights a week, but I won't be rooting for his failure.
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TedSez
02/25/09

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The best thing for them to do would have been to bring in a smart comedian in his 20s and a bunch of really young writers to completely reinvigorate the late-night talk show format. That's sort of what originally happened with Letterman (although in some ways, he was always an old-timey broadcaster at heart) and Conan (although he had typical sketch-comedy rhythms down as a "Simpsons"/"SNL" writer).

NBC will never do something like that -- they take their cash-cow late-night lineup far too seriously -- but it would be great if a network like Fox would try experimenting for a change. Even if it was a disaster, it would be worth watching.
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cockfightbarmitzvah
02/25/09

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So this vid is an example of how "he's particularly good at interacting with other people"? Reciting the same exact question to a bunch of uncomfortable teenagers and adding absolutely nothing remotely resembling humor? Yes, it is just you.
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Richard Lawson
02/25/09

@cockfightbarmitzvah: Yeah, you're right. It's shit.
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ithacabaron
02/25/09

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So Richard, just how much is NBC paying you?
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Richard Lawson
02/25/09

@ithacabaron: Lots and lots of money, because I'm so influential!!
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pufflehuff
02/25/09

@Richard: Shall we go for a McFlurry?
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TheHonJudgeSmails
02/25/09

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Oh, Richard. Richard, Richard, Richard.
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AvenueOfTheStrongest
02/25/09

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I went to a Carson Daly taping a few years ago. I'd gone to get Conan tickets but they were sold out, and the woman at the counter eagerly fobbed off Carson tickets.

Nobody was laughing. Not one person in the audience. Carson seemed painfully aware of how bad his jokes were, grinning uncomfortably after each punchline. There was occasional scattered sympathy laughter. A few of the jokes were about him being really unfunny, and the show sucking. Don't know if they were ab libbed or not.

Anyway, my point is Jimmy Fallon will be much better. Or maybe I don't have a point and I just want sympathy for going to a Carson taping.
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bananaballs
02/25/09

@AvenueOfTheStrongest: I got conned into going to a Carson Daly Show taping for some girl's birthday. He had Lennox Lewis on as a guest and I remember Carson asking him about his chess hobby. He managed to make it somehow insulting, as in how do you, as a boxer, get into something like chess? You could tell, midsentence, that he realized how fucking stupid he sounded asking a question like that. I guess my point is, just because you realize you suck at something doesn't make the situation any better ESPECIALLY IF IT'S YOUR FUCKING JOB.

Not saying that was your point, but GOD he pisses me off. Of all the personable, talented people looking to cut a break, him and Chet get them. There is no justice, I tell you.
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pufflehuff
02/25/09

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Oh Richard, it isn't just you. I liked this video quite a lot, even though it made me somewhat uncomfortable.

*cackles*

*leaves room*
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DennyCrane
02/25/09

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He doesn't have to be better than Conan; he has to be better than Craig Ferguson. And he's not.
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youmakemefeellikedanson
02/25/09

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Just you.
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Sulky Girl
02/25/09

@youmakemefeellikedanson: I couldn't stand more than a minute so I vote "Just You" as well.
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Juancho
02/25/09

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Richard, he used those same hound-dog eyes to nab Nancy Juvonen, so be very careful here.
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