From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Jim Ellwanger  writes:   
      
   >In article   
   ><4a3bba9a$0$32370$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,   
   > fatsteve  wrote:   
      
   >> stands there, staring, saying nothing?  Talk about a let down.  They   
   >> could have done so much more.   
      
   >I'm not sure I buy the idea that he doesn't have health insurance   
   >(surely the "Tonight Show" staff members are all eligible for NBC   
   >Universal's group plans).  Maybe they were afraid he'd speak up and ruin   
   >the premise of the bit.   
      
   	I was surprised at the assertion Jordan Schlansky didn't have   
   health insurance either.  But then if we take the assertion at face   
   value the bit becomes really quite mean.  But since it would be not so   
   funny without the meanness, I suppose the reasonable conclusion is they   
   figured it would sound somewhat credible as ``alternate uses for extra   
   money'' and that Jordan Schlansky's silent, unblinking stare had the   
   right comic effect.   
      
   	It'd be more credible if, say, Interns Number 2038 and 2038-B   
   were un-covered by health insurance, but that'd also make Conan look   
   unbearably cruel in the bit.  Schlansky has a position high enough and   
   has an established comic persona, putting him more nearly level with   
   Conan.  And he has that silent stare going for him too.   
      
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