No, it's not true. Paul Shaffer and band have been using the same song
for Rita Rudner (and possibly Rita Wilson, don't recall) walk ons for years.
And, anybody paying attention to Conan's last show, should have
heard him admit that the "exorbitant costs" jokes over the last week were
just
that: jokes. They were not spending that kind of money.
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From: "Diner" <bwayst...@gmail.com>
To: "TVorNotTV" <tvornottv@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:06 AM
Subject: [TV orNotTV] Questlove: "Lovely Rita" cost NBC $500K
Is he right about this?
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/23/2010-01-23_questlove_use_of_beatles_lovely_rita_on_conan_obriens_last_tonight_show_cost_nbc.html
Questlove: Use of Beatles' 'Lovely Rita' on Conan O'Brien's last
'Tonight Show' cost NBC $500k
BY Tracy Miller
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, January 23rd 2010, 5:22 PM
Conan O'Brien spared a few kind words for NBC during his last episode
of the "Tonight Show" - but he spared no expense when it came to
music.
One of his final guests, Tom Hanks, entered the studio to the tune of
The Beatles' "Lovely Rita," which may have cost the network half a
million dollars.
Questlove, drummer for the band The Roots, tuned in to the episode and
tweeted "yo i hate spoiling but i will have you know that walk on song
we just heard was half a milli. i know cause i got the list rate at
nbc."
The musician tweets on good authority, as The Roots are the house band
for NBC's "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
"anytime you use the beatles on tv that will cost you dearly," he
later added.
"Lovely Rita" was played in honor of Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson. It
wasn't O'Brien's only recent splurge: on Wednesday night, he rolled
out a $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron in mouse ears as The Rolling Stones'
"Satisfaction" - also a pricey song - played in the background.
"For the rest of the week, we're going to introduce new comedy bits
that aren't so much funny as they are crazy expensive," he said.
"There it is, the most expensive car in the world … dressed as a
mouse."
O'Brien, who is being dumped by the network in favor of his "Tonight
Show" predecessor Jay Leno, is scooping up some cash for himself and
his staff, too, with a severance package of $45 million.
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