i'll prob get some hate for this, but posting it anyway. i've been an avid watcher of conan o'brien since he premiered back in 93. i was 10 at the time and just found him hilarious. just so smart and witty. when i found out back in 04 he was getting the tonight show, i was ecstatic. what transpired over the last week or so was just despicable on the part of nbc and jay leno.
i understand it was 90% the nbc brass and the head moron jeff zucker. but leno played his part. he could have gracefully backed out and given conan a real chance to gain his audience. 7 months was just too short to do anything. let us not forget leno got his ass handed to him for 3 years by letterman, before he turned it around.
yes, this has absolutely nothing to do with pooning, but it just really bugged me. conan worked his butt off for 16 years, and his entire crew uprooted from new york and left everything behind for a new amazing opportunity. and this is how it turned out. b/c some dude can't let go of the spotlight. it's just sad. leno is hated by many comics now. and people don't realize how big that is. once you lose the respect of your peers, you're heading into deep water.
there's prob tons of leno fans still out there. and that's fine. everyone's free to their opinion. but i am not one of them. no matter how good/bad he does back at his old post, he'll forever be known as the selfish jackass who screwed over a genuinely good guy, and crushed his dreams.
anyway, i look forward to seeing conan on fox in the near future where he won't have executives up his ass to get him to be a tool as leno is, and he can finally spread his wings. that's all i wanted to say... let the flaming begin.
chuck... proud member of team conan.
http://www.facebook.com/imwithcoco
i understand it was 90% the nbc brass and the head moron jeff zucker. but leno played his part. he could have gracefully backed out and given conan a real chance to gain his audience. 7 months was just too short to do anything. let us not forget leno got his ass handed to him for 3 years by letterman, before he turned it around.
yes, this has absolutely nothing to do with pooning, but it just really bugged me. conan worked his butt off for 16 years, and his entire crew uprooted from new york and left everything behind for a new amazing opportunity. and this is how it turned out. b/c some dude can't let go of the spotlight. it's just sad. leno is hated by many comics now. and people don't realize how big that is. once you lose the respect of your peers, you're heading into deep water.
there's prob tons of leno fans still out there. and that's fine. everyone's free to their opinion. but i am not one of them. no matter how good/bad he does back at his old post, he'll forever be known as the selfish jackass who screwed over a genuinely good guy, and crushed his dreams.
anyway, i look forward to seeing conan on fox in the near future where he won't have executives up his ass to get him to be a tool as leno is, and he can finally spread his wings. that's all i wanted to say... let the flaming begin.
chuck... proud member of team conan.
http://www.facebook.com/imwithcoco
