(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.
I didn't realize there were people who didn't like Conan. He's great! He wrote for The Simpsons! What more could people want??
Also...he is a dreamboat.
Also, what has Jimmy Fallon ever done, besides be on SNL? I don't get it.
I read a comment online from someone who said that Conan was just a hack TV writer. I wanted to punch him in the face.
Jimmy Fallon is like that hilarious friend that everyone likes to hang around with in high school because he tells good stories and never backs down from a dare. But I don't think those friends would typically make good late night talk show hosts. Is he even a writer? No one knew who the hell Conan was when he started with Late Night, but I don't think the networks have the guts to take a chance like that anymore.
Pfff. Whatever. They just wish they had Conan's wit and height and miraculous hair.
Are you making fun of us old folks??
Oh, we're all old folks in the eyes of someone younger. It's such a relative world we live in!
Yeah, it's all relative. Tim qualifies as an "old folk" when compared to me... ;)