On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 2:21 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > As many have said all along, excellent work. > > > > I have a question for the group, highlighted by the snipped from PGage > > below. > > > > I have a sense that a fair amount of the bits were literally farmed out. > It > > seemed like certain comics had a regular, recurring bit (usually > involving a > > remote), and may not have been involved with the regular bits of the > show. > > Maybe this is just an artifact of how Leno introduced the bits, but it > > seemed a departure from standard practice. I don't know that it's a good > or > > a bad thing, but if accurate, it certain could exacerbate the quality > output > > problem. > > That began years ago on Leno's Tonight Show and continued onto the > 10pm gig, too. Leno introduced roving correspondents (SNIP) > > "Politically Incorrect" shared the practice when it was on ABC, with > Chris Rock producing his own convention coverage. Robert Smigel would > produce the Triumph segments more or less on his own on Late Night. > Presently, "The Daily Show" correspondents work independently as well > as together on bits. So, in a sense, it is standard, though (aside > from his film festivals on NBC), I think Dave's team produced all his > stuff in-house. > Well, I think TDS correspondents might work independently of Stewart to some degree, but of course they work closely with staff producers and writers. The JLS started out relying on outside comics who were to present material that they had largey come up with on their own, with their own writers, with production support from the Leno people. Much of this material was among the weakest part of the show in the early weeks, and my understanding is they put less emphasis on this as the show went on. If the JLS could have produced one or two minor break out stars who each could have done a highly anticipated segment once a week, the show would have been in much better shape. In retrospect, I wonder if they could have given a segment a week to two SNL performers and told them to go to town and see what they could come up with. -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
