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Conan O’Brien is better than Jay Leno. WELCOME TO DUH TOWN, POPULATION: DUH. We already know this simple fact. The world has not changed, I cannot feel it in the water. But with the imminent transition of power at the Tonight Show, along with Jay Leno’s proposed move this fall to a new show weeknights at 10PM, the difference between the two is being made very, very clear. Mainly, what’s happening is that both men have to appeal to their audiences to try and carry them over to the new shows, while also attempting to win over new audiences by proving why they deserve the spot. And the difference between the two approaches is like funny apples and miserable oranges.
For example! The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien premieres June 1st, and the new website launched today, along with this special announcement from Conan:
Funny. Knowing. Teased the nerds. Casual off-hand Kutcher zing. Good. Compare it with Jay Leno’s teaser video.
I had a one-credit class in college once (that’s right, COLLEGE) about communism and socialism in which the professor suggested that in order for those systems of government to truly work, everyone who had ever lived in a capitalist society would have to die, because we are all too attached to our deeply rooted belief/enjoyment in personal/material possession. I’m not saying that Jay Leno is a failed form of government, but I am saying that I wish that everyone who thought that this shit was funny or cool would die so that we could make the world a more perfect place.
Going further back, we have the series of celebrity-filled on-air promos for Conan’s upcoming takeover at the Tonight Show.
Again, pretty decent. At the very least, the cameos are smartly chosen, and the conceit may be a little overly cute for its own good, but it does not feature a bumper sticker on a rare sports car traveling down Highway 1 to a dentist’s office disco soundtrack.
Compare that, once more, to this new Jay Leno ad:
Ugh. “FACT: 65 percent of you asked for more comedy.” I don’t think this is what they meant, NBC. And if that is what they meant, please have them sign up for my summer remedial course in Communism’s Failure and the Modern Response to Jay Leno 101.
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Here’s the deal: no one watches network television anymore. At that time most people (in our demo) are watching The Daily Show. Or catching up on NBC shows on Hulu. Who watches TV? Old people. Middle-aged, middle-America people. Jay Leno is like a morphine drip for them. So the fact that anyone actually PROTESTED the changing of the guard shows how out of touch the audience is (I’m going to write a letter!).
This actually works out perfectly since the longer these ennui junkies get their fix, the more NBC will leave Conan to his own devices and not try to intervene.
Sorry for the length, guys, but Leno gets me worked up. He’s the Worstest.
So what you’re saying is Leno is the new MATLOCK*?
*Spoken the only way acceptable…as Grandpa Simpson.
Bingo.
It must have been hard to follow Conan on those stairs. He can traverse like six of them at a time
jay leno is da best
I watch tv, what are you talking about?
I laughed out loud on Thursday, when a promo for Jay Leno aired during 30 Rock. The conflict of comedy interest was NUTS, Y’ALL.
My computer froze when I tried to watch the Leno video, whereas it had no problem with Conan.
Just saying…
The last Leno ad feels like NBC selling Leno to themselves.
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For the price of a few pizzas, 1/2 of the focus group said they wanted to see Leno in prime time. What about the other half? Just there for free pizza?
That last Leno spot feels like it is geared toward potential advertisers and not the general public. Also, did they just demean their own network’s late night programming?
I like to think the reason so many people cannot make it through Leno with out passing out is because HE puts them to sleep with his terrible brand of “topical” “humor.”
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I couldn’t agree with you more… that was the longest, most boring comment ever.
Zing! Also, did Leno’s plate say FAIL? Maybe Jay is actually self-aware, and he’s doing some sort of Norm Macdonaldian satire of lame comedy. Its possible you guys.
I?m pretty sure those internal NBC polls used visiting tourists as their sample group. Not exactly an unbiased estimate.
“And because he’s topical, he’s also TiVo proof!”
???????
Fallon blows
i actually liked the cameo add better than the first one with just conan. “if your conan lasts more than 3 hours, call your doctor.”
leno sucks but he just gives all those 50-70 year old baby boomers (who are the 76% of people who are asleep at 11:30/10:30) something to watch after… (dry heaving)… two and a half men… (actual puking).
sorry i just can’t even type the title of that show without a severe reaction.
Ahhh, why has no one mentioned the FACE Leno gives while driving down the road to the club song from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia?
The worst thing about it is the way he uses that smug turn-to-the-camera three seperate times. In 20 seconds!
Leno’s idea of comedy is wiggling his eyebrows. Also, how can he talk about how shitty the economy is in one shot and be riding a pimped-out sports car in another? Gonna go look for my Leno voodoo doll…
Riding ONE off his 100+ cars.
“only original comedy on television”
the cameo by bob dole says it all.
You went to a terrible college.
Poor socialism.
The Leno ad made me very very sad. Like it ate chunks of my soul.
I am scared now.
I can’t wait for Conan…
Also, Paul Rudd!
Conan really needs to bring back the beard.
pretty ballsy with the retro logo Consey…i’ll expect nothing less than Carlin,Pryor Tomlin caliber Electric Company. i’ll be on my boat until you need me…
Is that ALAN DALE punching Rudd in the face?
..OMG, is it?? It looks like him!
Are you the worst for using a still from The Last Dance or am I the worst for recognizing it?
“… and these [Asians] agreed!”