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   Steve Worek to Doctor Zhivago   
   Re: Hey, NBC...Rerun JOHNNY CARSON   
   14 Dec 07 05:49:27   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.letterman, alt.fan.jay-leno, alt.tv.snl   
   From: wa3dhb1@verizon.net   
      
   I never got that impression... it just strikes me how utterly horrid Leno   
   was in the early days - his monologue was just mimicking people's voices   
   sarcastically and screaming.   
      
      
      
   "Doctor Zhivago"  wrote in message   
   news:eis2m3h9rg2347kia7hdq6hb9tqf0fbsc7@4ax.com...   
   > The thing that pisses me off about Leno is that he always has to make   
   > himself look better than the guest by putting them down.  Carson was   
   > the King because he always worked hard to make his guests shine.  The   
   > way Leno repeats back everything his guests say, mocking them and   
   > talking over them, I'm surprised Ed McMahon doesn't sue him for   
   > stealing his part of the Karnac routine.   
   >   
   > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:29:30 GMT, "Steve Worek"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>I'd watch it...   
   >>   
   >>Those old Leno's make him look like a dick.  He was just loud and   
   >>obnoxious   
   >>in the early days.   
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   >>"Doctor Zhivago"  wrote in message   
   >>news:jqn0m3l8m2ej4tjmrl2t2cror7i0ktf6dj@4ax.com...   
   >>> Your ratings would jump.  It's a shame the Tonight Show hasn't had a   
   >>> host since Carson was stabbed in the back.   
   >>>   
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