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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    10/19/09

    In reply to The Peacock's First Rumblings of Discontent with the Jay Leno Experiment
    Great post, Richard.
    If a local TV station had the balls to turn The Jay Leno Show into a live Mystery Theater 3000, with silhouettes of snarky commentators ripping the show, it would get a 50 share.
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    Edited by MrInBetween at 10/19/09 5:52 PM MrInBetween was starred MrInBetween was unstarred
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    10/19/09

    @MrInBetween: Or perhaps channel a Gawker livechat chyron'd right to the screen! Save even more money! #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    10/19/09

    @lobstr: Yes! This needs to happen tonight. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Caius Caius
    10/19/09

    @MrInBetween: This is the only reason that I would watch his show. I'm in too! #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/19/09

    @MrInBetween: Can I be Tom Servo? I love Tom Servo. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    10/19/09

    In reply to The Peacock's First Rumblings of Discontent with the Jay Leno Experiment
    So far the station's news performance is flat compared with a year ago

    Sat-Sun

    although there are "still days in which you squirm a little"

    M-F #thejaylenoshow
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    10/19/09

    In reply to The Peacock's First Rumblings of Discontent with the Jay Leno Experiment
    A boy named Brooke? #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    10/19/09

    In reply to The Peacock's First Rumblings of Discontent with the Jay Leno Experiment
    I remember how my local newscasters sounded very blas'e whenever they tried to read a promo for the Leno show. So far I have only been able to sit through about 5 minutes of it myself. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    10/19/09

    In reply to The Peacock's First Rumblings of Discontent with the Jay Leno Experiment
    What exactly are their options? Can they refuse to show Jay Leno? What would they show instead that would garner better results? Old reruns? Aren't they kind of stuck with what NBC hands them? #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    10/19/09

    @Island of Misfit Toys: The problem is, what's the incentive for a station to be affiliate of NBC at this point? Sure, showing syndicated repeats in the slot where Jay is wouldn't bring anymore viewers, but at least they'd be making money running ads during those repeats, rather than the cash NBC gets from Leno. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    10/19/09

    @MyNameIsChris: I didn't realize that they could remove themselves from NBC. So they could become a CBS channel or ABC...or FOX I guess? Now I see the possibilities. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    10/19/09

    @Island of Misfit Toys: Yes, stations can choose alternate programming. In Boston WHDH planned to do 10 PM local newscasts (competing with a highly sucessful Fox affiliate that already does it) but NBC strong armed them out of it. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    10/19/09

    @Island of Misfit Toys: NBC has threatened to yank the full affiliation of any station that does not air Jay's show. So a station might be thinking it could come up with its own show in the 10pm spot, but NBC is saying that would be it--they'd get no Office, 30 Rock, Law & Order, etc. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/19/09

    @Dave J.: What shows, exactly, do you mean by etc.? #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    10/19/09

    @Island of Misfit Toys: They could remove themselves from NBC (or, as others have noted, let NBC yank their affiliation)... but that doesn't mean they can become a CBS or Fox channel. Part of the affiliation deal you get is that nobody else will become an affiliate in your market -- and I strongly doubt that the markets in question have an available network affiliation. So the station's choice would be sticking with NBC vs. generating all of their programming through syndication buys; i.e. basically turning into the equivalent of an indy UHF station.

    And a major-market VHF station -- like, say, WHDH -- isn't going to do that. Period. I think the owners would sell the station before voluntarily surrendering a major network affiliation in the absence of a pre-arranged deal to pick up another network affiliation. #thejaylenoshow
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    10/19/09

    @Conchie Birdie: The etc. would be football. The NFL is a big hammer to wield. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    10/20/09

    @Island of Misfit Toys: Thanks for all of the info, guys...I understand the situation much better. It sounds like they are stuck with Leno. #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    10/20/09

    @Dave J.: I'm kind of curious about whether they would do that indiscriminately. I'm in Houston and I wonder if NBC would remove the full affiliation from such a large city/viewership base. Doesn't that hurt them too? But I guess NBC could then jump to one of our local stations that would be grateful to have them... #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    10/19/09

    In reply to The Peacock's First Rumblings of Discontent with the Jay Leno Experiment
    There are simple solutions for the affiliates "squirmy days." Just turn their late news broadcasts into scripted shows. For instance imagine a disclaimer appearing at the beginning of the news that reads, "By the end of this broadcast either Chuck or Sue will be dead and it will be up to Janice Huff to catch the killer." Goldmine! #thejaylenoshow
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    08/25/09

    In reply to Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt
    Why are people putting coins on top of MM's name plate?
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    Edited by Island of Misfit Toys at 08/25/09 4:36 PM Island of Misfit Toys was starred Island of Misfit Toys was unstarred
    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    08/25/09

    In reply to Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt
    That's hilarious. Take advantage of ridiculous people where you can.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    08/25/09

    In reply to Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt
    Menage a crypt?
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    08/25/09

    @The Lone Scout: eighty-six----ty nine.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    08/25/09

    In reply to Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt
    Mausoleum a trois?
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    08/25/09

    In reply to Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt
    This post is hereby dedicated
    to those whose bodies are dessicated
    and their tombs, desecrated
    while death in honor's denigrated.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    08/25/09

    @Aaron Altman:

    What say you on your dying day,
    Before your body does decay,
    And for eternity you will lay?
    "I got it on Ebay!"
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    Image of The Real JR The Real JR
    08/25/09

    In reply to Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt
    Won't her dead body ever get any respect and peace?

    This is why I'm totally Team Cremation. This is tacky.
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    Image of taco-flavored-kisses taco-flavored-kisses
    08/25/09

    @The Real JR: Well to be fair, she's moving her husband's body, not Marilyn's.

    I'm totally Team Cremation, but under the circumstances, I'd be ok with my living spouse to get 4 Mil to move my dead bones a few feet...
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/25/09

    In reply to Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt
    "He said, 'If I croak, if you don't put me upside down over Marilyn, I'll haunt you the rest of my life.' "

    Of course, her response should have been to look at a watch and say "you've got about fifteen more minutes, then".
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    08/25/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Yah, a great countershot would be "You haunt me, I'll piss on your grave and tell everyone you died from some infected mouth herpes you got while blowing a cab driver."

    Even as a ghostly figure, there's only so much you can do while dead vis a vis channel people via a Parker Brothers product, but alive? Wheeee!
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    08/25/09

    In reply to Widow Resurrects Marilyn Monroe for Sales of the Crypt

    Necrophilia: Don't knock it till you've tried it.
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    08/20/09

    In reply to The Horror of Pre-Photoshop Editing
    Looks like Jack Cafferty is finally taking matters into his own hands.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/20/09

    @SidAndFinancy: I thought I hearted you before. Anyway, done now.
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