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   XPost: alt.fan.letterman, rec.arts.tv   
   From: dadoctah@spamcop.net   
      
   TBerk filted:   
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   >   
   >We should perhaps revisit how Johnny Carson left the Tonight Show and   
   >Jay came aboard. What happened at the time to Davis Letterman during   
   >the run up to the transition decision and here we are again.   
   >   
   >Many who are around today weren't yet born back in the Johnny Carson   
   >era, (or at least weren't up late watching TV), yet they have opinions   
   >based on last season and the year before.   
   >   
   >A friend even had to remind _me_ that Jack Parr wasn't the original   
   >host of the Tonight Show, Steve Allen was.   
   >   
   >The way the principals are batting this whole thing around seems   
   >selfish and myopic.   
      
   NB: when Carson retired, Jimmy Fallon was seventeen years old....r   
      
      
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