The Johnny Carson estate posted another full episode tonight, which first
aired on this day 25 years ago. Yes the monologue is good, yes I laughed
loudly at the desk bit, yes Jimmy Stewart blew the roof off the place when
he revealed his New Year's resolution ("talk slower"), yes Bob Saget was
quick-witted and odd, but the musical act is what has me preoccupied this
evening. His name was Preston Smith, and he had a song I hesitate to call a
hit on the soundtrack for the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail." And I've been
cracking myself up all night at the thought of what he chose to do on what
was apparently his national TV debut. Specifically, he performed his own
cowbell during the song. That is to say he held a guitar, but by the time
the chorus hit, he let it hang off his shoulder so he could bang the
cowbell to his immediate right. And he did so with such fervor that he just
screamed "dig me and my awesome cowbell skills!" to the world. Maybe it
doesn't seem amusing to you, and maybe I'm just in a goofy mood, or maybe I
just want to take any attention away from Jimmy Fallon, but Mr. Smith
decided what would win over the American people was if he played cowbell
during his song. The cowbell, as we all know, is a complex musical
instrument requiring seconds to master. This predates the "more cowbell"
SNL sketch by at least a decade, and the reality of this guy thinking the
cowbell made him look -- I don't know -- sexy maybe? is just amazingly
funny to me. Anyway, this episode is a must-watch for anyone who likes
laughter.http://youtu.be/CvKYN4kTNWg On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Melissa Pollak <[email protected]>wrote: > New commercial for The Tonight Show > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jjTKhRamYHc > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
