January 15th, 2010
Original Article from CelebrityRoyale
Jay Leno’s show will be canceled, and he has signed a contract to come back and host ’The Tonight Show.’ Which means what? Conan O’Brien is out of a job!
Late night talk show hosts have been having a field day with all of this. Conan O’Brien has been handing out zingers every night, David Letterman is as giddy as a school girl, and Jimmy Kimmel even dressed up as Leno and poked fun at the situation. Unfortunately, the laughter is just covering up the unfairness Conan is going through. O’Brien was promised ’The Tonight Show.’ Within 7 months of hosting, NBC has gone into panic mode because he hasn’t gotten the ratings that Leno used to get. Although during the past week, O’Brien’s ratings have surged while Leno’s have actually gone down!
Last night on ’The Jay Leno Show’, Jimmy Kimmel had a guest appearance on the “10 At 10.” If you aren’t familiar with that, I will explain. (I assume an explanation is needed since nobody really watches Leno’s show). Leno asks 10 questions that are fairly benign, the celebrity who is appearing via satellite answers them. It’s like having the celebrity there, but ummm not! Anyway, last night, Kimmel was the celebrity on “10 At 10.” He basically took his answer time to roast Leno mercilessly. It was unbelievably uncomfortable and embarrassing for Leno. Although he tried to answer SOME of the questions honestly, most of them pertained to the Jay and Conan fued.
When Leno asked, “If you got to interview anyone in the world, who would it be? Kimmel replied, “You and Conan together.” Then, it went downhill from there. Leno asked Kimmel, “What’s the best prank you’ve ever pulled?” Kimmel answered with painting his aunts house orange and green and then added, “I told a guy that five years from now, I’m gonna give you my show. And then when the five years came. I gave it to him, and then I took it back almost instantly.”
When Leno asked Kimmel how many strip dances he has ever received, Kimmel responded with, “Strippers, I don’t like in general. Because you have this phony relationship with them for money, similar to when you and Conan were on The Tonight Show together, passing the torch.” Leno asked Kimmel, “What would you like to host that you haven’t yet?” Kimmel said, ” Oh this is a trick, right? Where you get me to host the Tonight Show and then take it back from me? Listen Lucy I’m not Charlie Brown I don’t fall for that trick.”
Plus, at the very end, Kimmel tells Leno, “Listen Jay, Conan and I have children. All you have to take care of are cars. I mean we have lives to lead here. You’ve got 800 million dollars. Leave our shows alone!!”
Conan is winning in the fan department. What NBC and Leno are doing to him are awful. I hope Leno fails. Conan O’Brien is brilliantly funny, and I think FOX should take this opportunity to pick him up! Unfortunately, Kimmel’s jokes are a sad reality. He speaks the truth. Leno sucks!
Team COCO!
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