From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   	- Carson Daly's Fifth Anniversary Week.  What, *still*?  They've   
   had stuff about celebrities wishing him a happy fifth anniversary ever   
   since I got back from Singapore, although I admit it's hard to tell   
   because every episode feels like a rerun.  I'm not sniping about the   
   repetitiveness of content (Letterman's opening sketch bits are the   
   pinnacle of that); I'm just talking about things like the monologue   
   jokes seem to be a week or two behind the headlines, which when you're   
   making fun of silly things Britney Spears does makes an episode feel   
   like a rerun even when it's new.  And the opening bit has footage from   
   Alicia Keys on January 8, 2002.  I know you want to have special events   
   during sweeps, but they should be able to get a Fifth Anniversary on the   
   correct date to within two percent of the elapsed time.  Being six weeks   
   off is just silly.   
      
   	I know there's reasonably strong sentiment in these parts   
   against Carson Daly on the grounds that he's a complete tool.  Well,   
   I won't try to argue that, but despite his unfortunate occupation of   
   a useful portion of namespace it's not like he's a threat to Conan's   
   fortunes or anything, and I would hope we don't give in to the fanboy   
   treatment that not only must Our Guy win but Everybody Else has to   
   lose, visibly and painfully.  So, you know, he does a decent enough   
   show, and it's amazing he's been around for five years there.  And   
   certainly it's better having him there regularly than it is to have   
   Later With Whoever Gets The Jury Summons crushing the last happy   
   memories of Costas's old show.   
      
   	And, heck, some of the escalator interviews are amusing.  But   
   February 19 is *not* the anniversary of January 8 by any measure.   
      
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   								Joseph Nebus   
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