Having seen the episode, allow me to reflect on something that, in the world of late night, was more interesting than the inclusion of the Reeve story... Carson's first guest on an episode that included (then) mega-stars Christopher Reeve and Dana Carvey was neither of those two men. It was an obscure juggler who did a 10 minute segment... and he freakin' killed. I mean seasoned professionals don't get that kind of crowd reaction. And this unknown had the stones to literally use Johnny Carson as a prop during the bit.
With all the memes and viral videos that late night TV now tries to generate, I imagined myself traveling back in time to 1987, the day after the episode aired. I'd stand at the water-cooler and say to those around me, "Did anybody see that juggler on Carson last night?" and it would've sparked 30 minutes of conversation because everybody would have seen it and been as entertained by it. On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Jay Lewis <lew...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > On 2016-01-08 5:32 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Diner <bwayst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I caught a little bit of Thursday night's Carson repeat. It was a >> mid-eighties episode where the lead guest was Christopher Reeve. After >> sitting down, Reeve immediately told a story about how he was filming a >> movie in Hungary, lost control of his horse, got thrown from the horse, and >> broke three ribs. Then Carson asked if he'd ever been injured before, and >> he launched into a story about a childhood skiing injury. >> >> Given Reeve's ultimate fate, who at Antenna TV and/or Carson Productions >> thought repeating this episode was a good idea? >> >> If I were programing it, I'd want that episode shown. It is a cautionary > tale, if nothing else. > > FWIW, Reeve has been dead for 11 years. Surely we're well beyond a "too > soon" situation, no? > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 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 --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
