Anyone miss Jay Leno?

[NewtonMP2100]

. . .also miss....placed....

[freescotland]

Another Carson fan here, but the closest thing to Steve Allen and Ernie Kovacs is Craig Ferguson. Indulgent, silly, yes. But at his manic best nobody on late is close to being as funny. He is intelligent, did you see the hour long Desmond Tutu interview?, and poking fun at the business in ways with a serious and funny edge nobody else attempts.

Conan has his moments early on, but wore thin years ago. And Jimmy Fallon remains the most unwatchable hour on late night in my memory. NBC gave him a blank check, but money does not make him any funnier. Just compare the current Saturday Night Live to the early day, even the next generation which took such a hit. And don't get me started on how edgy funny SCTV was.

Another AARP opinion.

[lafinfil]

No love here for Spike Feresten and Talk Show ?

[Seacrest]

I miss Sammy Maudlin.


And, of course, Bobby Bittman.

"HOw aRe yA!"

[chopper]

He'll be driving up to Laguna and Monterey this weekend, or if it's really nice he'll ride. You can ask him yourself.

[colonel panic]

Never watched Leno, he always played it safe, never took chances and consequently had a mundane show. I've always been a Letterman fan myself and will certainly miss him when he goes off the air.

[freescotland]

That made me laugh and get out my SCTV dvd collection.

Thanks, Seacrest.

Seacrest wrote:
I miss Sammy Maudlin.


And, of course, Bobby Bittman.

"HOw aRe yA!"

[rocketiz]

Leno in my opinion was better at it than Conan. I find Conan to be too juvenile- maybe more appropriate for local cableTV. Although Leno got too predictable, I think he could identify with the average slob better than Conan. So to answer your question, for me, I do miss Leno who frankly is much superior to Conan. I also like Greg Ferguson- he's silly but intelligent and has a way of endearing himself to the audience. I find Letterman an aquired taste, but sometimes I get too big of a dose and find him tiresome. I did like Carson- he was like an institution like Paar or even Walter Cronkite.

I'm old enough that I watched Steve Allen and, although he could be very very silly (sometime he could not stop laughing), he was much more intelligent and inovative than Conan (and Leno). Also he had his own talents (such as music- he was an accomplished piano player. I miss him.

My 2 cents.

[Dennis S]

Yoyodyne ArtWorks wrote:

Re Cavett: He had interesting guests, but was/is a pathological egomaniac and laughably pretentious.

My Dad could not stand Cavett because of that. He was always dropping the names of Groucho, Woody and the Lunts. And, he had that story about going to Yale he always told.

[Speedy]

Arsenio Hall.