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   In article <451C73EF.984BB90D@winternet.com>,   
    polar  wrote:   
      
   > 'The Audience Page of the Day' - Malinda.  Makes me   
   > wonder about the show having to get permission from   
   > Ellen, Frank, Malinda and Lucas to put them on the   
   > broadcast or if just being in the audience gives shows   
   > implicit permission to use their faces.   
   > And I wonder how much, if anything, they get paid for   
   > doing this.   
   >   
   > I don't like it when they have the middle of the show   
   > comedy bit right before the first guest.  It belongs   
   > in the middle of the show.  Comedy bits should be   
   > spaced out and not all grouped at the beginning of the   
   > show.   
      
   And especially in this case, where both were "audience-related" comedy   
   bits.  It was very obvious (to me) that as taped, this segment was in   
   the middle of the show, but they edited out part of Conan's intro and   
   outro and ran it as the second segment instead.   
      
   The only thing I can figure out is that they wanted to push Billy Bob   
   Thornton's "premature ejaculation" reference later into the show,   
   although I can't imagine it makes much difference whether something   
   happens at 1:03 or at 1:09.  Maybe they know that there's someone from   
   the FCC who goes to bed precisely at 1:05.   
      
   Anyway, there's a disclaimer printed on most TV show tickets (and if   
   it's not on the tickets, it's posted at the entrance to the studio) that   
   basically says you give the show the rights to use your image however   
   they want without compensation.   
      
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