June 2009 Archives

So, the plan is to migrate my site to another domain name that I've owned for a while and is considerably less personal identity-related. Same site, just under a different address. I will put up a nice helpful link when it's ready.

Maybe I'll turn TimDowling.com into something more useful to the greater good. I'm sure I can apply my superpowers in a way that is at least moderately meaningful. Well, we'll see.

(You might have to turn the volume up to really hear this)

Jay Leno's fans aren't going to like the new Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. No, probably not very much. David Letterman's fans couldn't stand Conan when he took over the Late Night spot back in '93, and I'd argue that Letterman's humor is closer to Conan's than Jay Leno's is. There are going to be some angry baby boomers expressing their disgust at the water cooler/Internet in the coming weeks, I can assure you. (For the record, I like Conan. A lot. If I were a stranger person, I'd probably have a poster of him hanging on my wall. Also, I almost made a mess when I heard Andy Richter exclaim "I'm Andy Richter!" on last night's show.)

But that's the way the cookie crumbles. The normal curve of Conan's fan-base, which has historically gathered around the "young hipster" region of the spectrum, is creeping further and further into the "middle aged hipster" region, while Leno's loyalists are probably finding themselves more and more concerned about the dangers of damn kids trampling their lawns. The two groups do have some common ground, though -- because darn it, they just can't stay up as late as they used to. It's hard enough making it to 10:30/11:30 at night, and it's just tough to find the justification anymore to maintain consciousness all the way through 11:30/12:30.

And who's this Jimmy Fallon punk who took over for Conan? No talent hack, I say! They just don't make comedians like they used to. He'll be booed off the air within six months, you just wait and see. Dagnabbit.