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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Friday, January 08, 2010 - 6:18 pm
Carson was great and I agree with the above comments. I don't care for Letterman or O'Brien. If I can stay awake, I enjoy watching Ferguson. Ferguson's opening comments, antics and puppets are a hoot and I laugh out loud. His constant complaints about not having a band or even good lighting is funny the way he says it.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, January 08, 2010 - 7:29 pm
Here's a good report on why Conan might be going nowhere: Showbiz 411. The answer? Lorne Michaels. But here’s what everyone’s missing: Lorne Michaels is the guy behind Conan. Lorne, the executive producer of “Saturday Night Live,” has been a fixture at NBC longer than almost anyone — since 1975. He handpicked Conan to replace David Letterman years ago, and was executive producer of “Late Night With Conan O’Brien.” On top of that, Lorne is also the guy behind “30 Rock,” NBC’s biggest hit and award-winning comedy. How ironic: the hottest show on NBC is in the hands of a guy who lampoons the network on the show. And that same guy’s protege is in the middle of a network power struggle. If NBC screws Conan in this battle, Michaels will not be a happy man. This is no small thing. His own contract with “SNL” runs through 2012. No one else can run that show. And it’s unlikely that “30 Rock” can run without him. Plus, Lorne is the exec producer of Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Night,” a show that would be severely affected if it had to be moved back to 1:05 a.m. from its current 12:35 a.m. start time. So maybe Conan won't be going anywhere, after all. Of course the real person to blame in all of this is Jeff Zucker, who has astonishingly remained unscathed despite a terrible record as the network leader.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, January 08, 2010 - 10:15 pm
Count me in as a Carson girl, too. Did you know he really like Letterman and wanted him to take over the Tonight Show rather than Leno? Even after Johnny's retirement, he'd send jokes, ideas, etc. to Letterman, and I think Dave did one of the best Johnny tributes ever after he died.\ I love Craig Ferguson, too. Can't stand Leno or Conan or Kimmel.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, January 08, 2010 - 10:19 pm
From Roger Ebert, sorry in advance for the length: Nil by mouth Sun Times I mentioned that I can no longer eat or drink. A reader wrote: "That sounds so sad. Do you miss it?" Not so much really. Not anymore. Understand that I was never told that after surgery I might lose the ability to eat, drink and speak. Eating and drinking were not mentioned, and it was said that after surgery I might actually be able to go back to work on television. Success in such surgery is not unheard of. It didn't happen that way. The second surgery was also intended to restore my speaking ability. It seemed to hold together for awhile, but then, in surgeon-speak, also "fell apart." A third surgery was attempted, using a different approach. It seemed to work, and in a mirror I saw myself looking familiar again. But after a little more than a week, that surgery failed, too. Blood vessels intended to attach the transplanted tissue lost function, probably because they had been weakened by radiation. A fourth surgery has been proposed, but I flatly reject the idea. To paraphrase a line from "Adaptation's" orchid collector: "Done with surgery." During that whole period I was Nil by Mouth. Nobody said as much in so many words, but it gradually became clear that it wouldn't ever be right again. There wasn't some soul-dropping moment for that realization. It just...developed. I never felt hungry, I never felt thirsty, I wasn't angry because the doctors had done their best. But I went through a period of obsession about food and drink. I came up with the crazy idea of getting some Coke through my g-tube. My doctors said, sure, a little, why not? For once the sugar and a little sodium wouldn't hurt. I even got some tea, and a little coffee, before deciding that caffeine addiction was something I didn't need. [snipped for length] But the last thing I want to start here is a discussion of such age old-old practices of pouring Kool-Aid into a bottle of RC Cola to turn it into a weapon. Let me return to the original question: Isn't it sad to be unable eat or drink? Not as sad as you might imagine. I save an enormous amount of time. I have control of my weight. Everything agrees with me. And so on. What I miss is the society. Lunch and dinner are the two occasions when we most easily meet with friends and family. They're the first way we experience places far from home. Where we sit to regard the passing parade. How we learn indirectly of other cultures. When we feel good together. Meals are when we get a lot of our talking done -- probably most of our recreational talking. That's what I miss. Because I can't speak that's's another turn of the blade. I can sit at a table and vicariously enjoy the conversation, which is why I enjoy pals like my friend McHugh so much, because he rarely notices if anyone else isn't speaking. But to attend a "business dinner" is a species of torture. I'm no good at business anyway, but at least if I'm being bad at it at Joe's Stone Crab there are consolations. When we drive around town I never look at a trendy new restaurant and wish I could eat there. I peer into little storefront places, diners, ethnic places, and then I feel envy. After a movie we'll drive past a formica restaurant with only two tables occupied, and I'll wish I could be at one of them, having ordered something familiar and and reading a book. I never felt alone in a situation like that. I was a soloist. [more at link]

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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, January 08, 2010 - 11:02 pm
Tishala, hope you don't mind if I add the last paragraph from the above. I like how Ebert ended it: So that's what's sad about not eating. The loss of dining, not the loss of food. It may be personal, but for, unless I'm alone, it doesn't involve dinner if it doesn't involve talking. The food and drink I can do without easily. The jokes, gossip, laughs, arguments and shared memories I miss. Sentences beginning with the words, "Remember that time?" I ran in crowds where anyone was likely to break out in a poetry recitation at any time. Me too. But not me anymore. So yes, it's sad. Maybe that's why I enjoy this blog. You don't realize it, but we're at dinner right now. _______________ Just thinking...I was on the first Disney Ebert & Roeper and the Movies Film Festival at Sea in February 2001. (Movies shown and discussed were The Dish, The Claim, and In the Bedroom.) I remember while on Castaway Cay, Ebert was at the table behind me "dining", food included back then.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, January 08, 2010 - 11:20 pm
Wow Colordeagua! Did you attend the cruise for the Festival specifically? Sounds like a great event. I attended a few of Eberts Cinema Interruptus sessions he did on the Boulder Colorado campus. Just loved hearing him talk about film. Also attended a book signing. I sure miss seeing him and hearing him, but am so glad he's found his voice in the written word.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 12:09 am
Yes, I did. Went with an at-the-time co-worker who was even more into film than I was. Paid extra for the Film Festival part of it.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 9:25 am
I don't always agree with his reviews (many of them I agree with but not all of them) but there is no question that Ebert is indisputably my favourite movie reviewer. I'm selfishly happy that he has been able to continue to write his reviews and share his thoughts with us and I'm happy for him that he has been able to continue to enjoy that aspect of his life at least in the manner that he described above. As an aside, some of his stuff is really funny. I can't remember what he calls it but his list of things that happen all the time in movies that don't make a whole lot of sense is incredibly entertaining (e.g. the person being pursued by the good guy will eventually begin climbing some structure from which there is no other exit).
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 11:12 am
Here's the Video of Kate Gosselin's 20 hour hair makeover for those who give a dang (I'm also posting this in her show thread): http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/category/video/
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 11:57 am
Mb, I don't have 20 hours to devote to a video. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 8:57 pm
If it is the same one it is like 2-3 minutes long. Kate mentioned 18 hours but they don't show all the weaving..
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 12:30 pm
LOL Colour, it's a VERY speeded-up version and is only a 3 min 37 sec. 
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 7:50 pm
Apparently it's official: Leno out at 10 PM after the Olympics. NBC wants to keep Conan, too, and push his time slot back and allow him to keep The Tonight Show title. Huffington Post
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 7:24 am
Hmph. What's so special about Leno that he gets what he wants? Make him be after Conan.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 10:55 am
Kaili, I agree, time for Leno to leave his TV show and retire like he planned.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 11:20 am
Leno got much higher ratings than Conan has, in the 11.30-12 spot, so I guess NBC think their ratings will be better with Leno back there not Conan.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 11:32 am
From the link above "the network is waiting to hear if Leno and "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien accept its new late-night TV plans." So it isn't necessarily a done deal. (the rescheduling....Leno's 10 pm show is over though)
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 1:03 pm
If Jay was going to keep doing that type of show he never should have given up the Tonight Show. I'd be annoyed if I was Conan, just because!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 1:09 pm
Jay didn't really "give up" the Tonight Show. NBC wanted to keep Conan, so when they negotiated his contract about 5 years ago, they promised him that he would get the Tonight Show, which in effect made Leno a lame duck for about 4 years. When it was coming down to the wire, NBC decided that Leno was too valuable to the network to let go--they figured he'd move to ABC and get similar numbers there--so they offered him another deal that would, ridiculously, give him the 10 PM hour 5 nights a week. The thing is, I think the show could have been really successful if NBC had kept him and given him a really prominent show one or two nights a week (Sundays at 7, for example, as counter programming to 60 Minutes) with really great guests and really good material. But they got the most banal material and just serviceable guests--guests who work well at 11.30, but not in prime time.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 1:10 pm
Jay didn't "give it up" he was forced out to make room for Conan, which I think was a mistake. Conan doesn't have the same kind of everyman appeal as Leno and hasn't done well in his time slot. You can blame it on the lack of a prime time lead in, but I think it's more than that.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 1:30 pm
I never watch either show. Give me Carson reruns any day of the week.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 1:45 pm
SIMON COWELL ANNOUNCES HE'S LEAVING IDOL AFTER THIS SEASON... Entertainment Weekly
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 1:55 pm
Well, then my days of watching AI are over. I can't stand Randy, and Kara is still not on my radar. However, if Ellen Degeneres really makes a good show of it, I may change my mind.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 2:05 pm
News of the World is reporting that Dennis Hopper's prostate cancer has spread to his bones and he is just days from death. I don't know how reliable a source the News of the World is, though.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, January 11, 2010 - 2:25 pm
I love Dennis Hopper. Especially in his early career in Giant. Oh, and I love him in Speed. LOL
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