Conan O'Brien: I Would Never Do What Jay Leno Did to Me

I use to be a regular of Larry Kings, but when he does news show, I never watch. When he interviews celebrities etc. I try to watch. I would suggest selecting a special night for celeb interviews like thursday. I would like to see interviewed David McCallum, Michael Caine, Sean Conerlly, Tom Seaver, Yogi berra, Jerry West, many of the old timers before they die off.

Jay Leno will forever be tainted and smarmy to me now. I can't bare to watch him anymore. If his ratings are good it is because people are falling asleep with the tv on.

He has an aura of sleeze about him now. That said I think Conan should go back to late late night. He isn't suitable for that time slot and all the old fogies that watch at that time.

@Robert Titcher,
I agree; it would be nice to focus on some a little more lighthearted occasionally as LKL did at one time. LKL cannot compete with Fox and MSNBC but could remain king if the past programs were revisited.

@MzNomerNAZona,
I wonder why you don't give Jay Leno credit for so graciously turning his show over to O'Brien even though he was not ready to leave it and had the highest ratings. Leno is a class act. It's interesting that you would find him tainted because of this when there has never been anything sleezey in his past, neither professionally nor personally. And to date, unlike O'Brien, he has said nothing negative about O'Brien.

If people fall asleep with the TV on as you say, well apparently it's turned on Leno as there are numerous other choices as you know.

I think you address the problem yourself when you say Conan is not the best choice for the Tonight Show time slot. I think you could have said that without insulting those who do watch the Tonight Show in that time slot. Apparently you are a very young something or another; who knows quite what, but you may be surprised at how young some of Jay's fans are. I wish them both the best and perhaps NBC has learned a lesson. Don't kick someone out when they are not ready to go and are rated number one, as they did to Jay Leno.

@charles Do you always 'argue' other people opinions? Are you some kind of oppressive person or do you ever allow anyone to have their own opinions? just sayin

MzNomer,
Funny that you say that; you suggest I am here all of the time when in reality, probably 10-15 blogs in my life. I don't argue; I simply voice my opinion. But what I don't do that people like you do, is always find something ugly to say about someone which is one of the reasons I don't often participate. In this example, why not just express your support for Conan without trashing Jay? What does that really accomplish? Just sayin

Mr King! WHAT DO YOU MAKE/ is there another expretion you can use when u intreviewing ?

I feel Conan treated George Lopez unfairly by pushing his show back an hour.George Lopez is more classy and,let Conan take his spot.

I feel very sorry for both Conan and Jay.

The reality is that they were both pawns in a filthy dirty little game brought upon by the Network they both worked for.

If anybody deserves critisizm it's the GOOFS at the network.

ADD ON

I would'nt watch NBC if Jesus Christ himself was appearing there.

Yo coco I think it was Jay's show before it was yours and didn't Jay get a rotten deal when the execs decided several years ago to kick you up to the show? You are the one who blew it while Jay kept quiet and waited to get it back. Neither one of you are funny and the format is designed more for commercials than anything else. Time to grow up and shut up and move on.

@Gerald Jolly,
I agree with you. We may each have our favorite comedians but they both got a bad deal. As best I can tell, they are both respectable people. The good news is we don't have to worry about them; I think they will be quite fine compared to many.

He should write a book and go on Ophra..

And that is why Conan has more class than Leno do and this is why I will no longer watch Leno.

@Mary in Michigan,
There's far more important things to worry about than two millionaires who will be quite fine. This in no way would be a "deal breaker" for me when it comes to watching or not watching either one of them. They are both good guys.

Conan is funny, but apparently ,Jay is funnier. NBC played both of them against each other, Conan is bitter, rightfully but he should vent his anger on NBC not Jay. If Jay's show had succeeded we wont be talking about all these.
Is it fair to say that NBC acted in its own best interest? None of us here seem to pay serious attention to the business aspect of this confusion. Lets just enjoy comedy my friends. Stop hating.

@charles
It is my opinion that jay leno seems tainted and smarmy to me now. He was terrible in the earlier slot....just terrible.....and he should have graciously let conan fail on his own and just waited before starting up his tired old show again. snooze.

I think they are both boring as hell and Conan makes himself look petty by saying those things. Conan isn't anywhere near as talented or funny as Jimmy Falon. NBC should get rid of both those has beens and get him on earlier.
Jay Leno made himself look bad by not displaying a more principled reaction to the antics by NBC. After all it isn't as if he needs the money. I just don't get Leno...he really damaged himself and his image I think.

Conan, you may not noticed, but we have a capitalistic system, where the money decides who stays and who goes!
Not Leno, but the executives of NBC decided that you are not as good as Leno is and gave you a chance to move to another time. Your own ego stopped you to do that, so do not blame anyone, but yourself.
The only thing funny about you is how you look!!

Please, please Conan, give up the blue background on your set and give us some colors like yellow, whites, touches of red, green and maybe teal blue.
The colors on your set and your blue shirts are not appealing...they are too dull for your personality.
Lighten up the colors on your set please!!!
oh, and get rid of that old retro intro , Bonnie Hunt should do the same...it is just not appealing!!

@Ted

Very well stated.. To be honest, Conan seemed to be just a bone-head with dry humor who had little interaction with the audience, live or broadcast. If he were the only show on, I probably would be singing to my cat. chirping with the crickets, or choking the chicken...

In my opinion Conan is a no-talent and Jay Leno is the king of comedy.He is naturally funny whereas Conan always TRIES so very HARD. I've never laughed at him once, while Jay Leno effortlessly cracks me up every time. That's the difference between the two.

@ cajazz

Thank you, it seems we run parallel on our way to the happy hunting grounds!

Conan is an idiot. Idiot! He not only tried to oust Jay from his own show; when it didn't go as well as he'd planned, he went and did the same thing to George Lopez!!! Both George AND Jay should be commended for having taken being screwed by Conan so well.

Is Conan kidding? It was his "in 5 years" power play that forced Leno out in the first place. Wow, I guess he has spent his summer off rewriting history.