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|    jimpitt to Al Bell    |
|    Re: conan turns entire show over to U2    |
|    20 Oct 05 19:41:09    |
   
   From: jimpitt@mac.com   
      
   On 2005-10-10 02:44:50 -0500, Al Bell said:   
      
   > "Relaxasaurus" writes:   
   >   
   >> agreed. An hour just seems way too much. I hope these guys are   
   >> entertaining when music is not involved.   
   >   
   > This is the first show I've seen in a long time that turned out not to   
   > be a rerun.   
   >   
   > I thought that U2 was fine and Conan was fine, but it just feels too   
   > much as if U2 bought the hour on Conan's show by running a jillion   
   > commercials on WNBC (or NBC, if those commercials I'm seeing are   
   > national commercials). It might be interesting one day to find out what   
   > percentage of the guests on Late Night are there because NBC told Conan   
   > he had to have them on for business reasons.   
      
   Um...that would be zero.   
      
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