On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The fact that they are desperate for Leno to come up with something as good > as "Dancing Itos" just about sums everything up (that bit is what drove me > away from Leno's Tonight Show for good). The hell of it is, they are > probably right - Leno's ratings probably go up 20% if he starts doing > Tiger's Dancing Skank Hos.
The difference is that 15 years ago people waited for the late night comedy shows to get their humorous take on the news. Today there are so many other streams of information/entertainment which can provide humor before TV shows. The Judge Ito Dancers, the original name I preferred to the Dancing Itos, was an apt comment on the absurdity of the show the OJ trial was turning into. I don't think a topical show gets that kind of time interval to reflect and show the event through a distorted mirror. The jokes and alternate takes start to bubble up through Twitter and the blogs moments after the event hits the public. Tom -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
