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   Jim Ellwanger  writes:   
      
   >In article   
   >,   
   > JG  wrote:   
      
   >> Announcer Joel is MIA.   
      
   >Yes, we've known that for a while.  Once Andy's presence on the new   
   >"Tonight Show" was revealed, it was announced that he'd be filling the   
   >announcer role rather than a sidekick role (but I'm hoping he gets to   
   >start sitting on the couch soon), and Joel wasn't going to move to L.A.   
      
   	I'm liking that Andy's starting to be given his own specialized   
   segments, and that he's popping in on sketches as well, but it does feel   
   odd he's not yet on the couch to pop in with quips during interviews.   
      
   	I think he's not quite announcing the opening with just the   
   right timbre; he sounds friendly, certainly, but not yet commanding.   
   Again this is something I bet he'll grow into, or that I'll get used   
   to.   
      
      
   >Supposedly, Don Pardo has retired from "SNL," so I'm hoping Joel will be   
   >the new announcer there.   
      
   	Just what I was thinking, in fact.  Joel's got a similar enough   
   announcing style to slip into Don Pardo's position and it probably would   
   not hurt that he comes with a stage persona already in case Saturday   
   Night Live should, against all precedent, start to do sketches showing   
   the 'backstage' of the show.   
      
      
   >>                       Did you notice the silvery WTC like "frames" in   
   >> the landscape view behind the desk area ?   
      
   >I noticed their existence, but I don't think they bear any particular   
   >resemblance to the World Trade Center, which wouldn't make any sense on   
   >a Los Angeles-themed set anyway.  Sometimes two thin silver rectangles   
   >near each other are just two thin silver rectangles near each other.   
      
   	Yeah, I don't see it as World Trade Center-ish.  It doesn't seem   
   like a really logical element even if there are supposed to be pieces of   
   Manhattan slipped into the Los Angeles skyline.  (I also don't think that   
   they're in proportion, given the length, and they're missing the tight   
   vertical rules that gave the twin towers what surface detail they had.)   
      
   	I think they're most likely just to improve the sense of depth   
   in the set, with something to fit between the person-on-camera and the   
   backdrop.  The last Late Night set used translucent curtains to provide   
   this effect.  These pillars seem to be spaced to make sure one's almost   
   always in frame while taking up even less space than the curtains did.   
      
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