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  Jay Leno was much funnier and sincere and didn't make all those dirty sex jokes that are in such bad tast... : Fred Garvin
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    dirty sex what? : vrocket
    • See the Howie Mandell interview from last week. : getfrisky
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    Thankfully not much longer until Jay is back on the air. : pimpium
    • Yeah but some of us sub-70 year olds like late night tv too : bipolar
  • He is definitely more risque that Leno. Bruno was awful. But I've long ago stopped caring about Sas... : Freon
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    I had no idea you were 65. : ThomW
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      Pssst Thom, your sarcasm detector is out of whack. : Fred Garvin
      • It's late. :) : ThomW
  • "dirty sex jokes that are in such bad taste" says the man who posts at least 1 NWS a day.... ;) : BioSector
  • Whatever, old man. Go back to telling the punk kids to get off your lawn. : ovrlrd
  • Leno was extremely lewd and "inappropriate" with many of his female guests, and not in a really funny way... : action wombmate
  • What? : CRasterImage
  • get off my lawn garvin : thewindcriesmary
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    I can't believe the number of people here that are taking you seriouslyl. : edgewise
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      How are we supposed to know with him? If you treat him like he's being sarcastic, he'll insist that he's... : action wombmate
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        and didn't make all those dirty sex jokes that are in such bad taste I don't think anyone on this webs... : derelict515
        • Also, Fred has the most NWS posts of any shacker, if I remember right. So there's that, too. : evildanish
      • Really? You really thought I was offended by dirty jokes on Conan? If context is everything I think it wo... : Fred Garvin
    • Sarcasm doesn't work in written form. : CRasterImage
    • yeah i gave it a [lol] based on how many people he got : handofthrawn
  • Jay Leno is Kaiser Soze : PlanetPerfecto
  • More mainstream != funnier. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• He took a dip because the geriatrics evacuated from the show faster than their own infirm colons, but he'... : SpaecKow
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  It's a tough time slot. Conan's target audience is a lot younger, and they have a ton more shows to watch... : ovrlrd
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    Those shows all have the same audience but I think they know that and are quite happy to acknowledge it, ... : SpaecKow
    • Yeah I usually watch Conan when it airs because it's a longer show, then watch Daily Show + Colbert onlin... : ovrlrd
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  maybe if he made fun of hilarious headlines or gave piss poor interviews old people would like him more..... : mikecyb
  • Hahe mikecyb you bring the truth. : action wombmate
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  http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/02/conan-wins-week-four-in-every-key-ratings-demo/21981 : historyinthemaking
  • Well, that's good to hear. I still think he's in a tough time slot. : ovrlrd
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    I cannot believe that people are watching Fallon over Ferguson. Jesus Christ. : timmie
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      one's younger and "hipper," and also gets Conan's holdovers : RikiTiki2
      • But one's also "better", "funnier" and "Scottish" :( : timmie
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  It's good, but I honestly prefer The Colbert Report. It's probably the best comedy on TV today, all the m... : sgtsanity
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    I love TCR, but Conan doesn't have The Word, which is purely terrible. : Foxhawk
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      That, the TCR segment The World is truly terrible. : Foxhawk
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        Congrats on hating the best part of the show then I guess? :( : SpaecKow
        • I eventually (Hulu) watch pretty much every ep of TCR, but The Word is terrible. : Foxhawk
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    TheDailyShow is better. : CRasterImage
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      Ehh... it has its moments but Colbert is better. Shack back me up on this? : bolneze
      • Colbert is funnier but I like the style and pacing of The Daily Show better. : socksta
      • agreed, although The Daily Show is a nice combination of amusing and informative : derelict515
      • Daily Show is better, colbert is funny but his over the top charactor grates me for anything more then 5 ... : johnlocks
      • Nope. Colbert is funnier himself than Jon Stewart , but I think TDS is generally funnier overall by havin... : Vincent Grayson
      • Colbert is funnier but his shtick gets tiring in large doses : smax
      • Joining in this Colbert is funnier but Daily Show more a enjoyable overall experience subthread : pharom
      • Colbert Report gets a bit tiring, the Daily Show is more varied because it's not that locked into a singl... : d fluke
      • I certainly enjoy TDS more. : Clay
      • Colbert is funnier all the time but The Daily Show kicks his ass at Presidential election time. : mrwolf710
      • Colbert is better, Stewart shakes things up though. Seriously, his schtick grates on you guys? I think it... : MercFox1
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        prefer the dailyshow, colbert is funny (the word is hilarious) but beause of his shtick he usually can't ... : Hoax
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          the pre-done interviews Colbert does, like the ones in "get to know a district", are absolutely hysterica... : Clay
          • "She smells like state funded college education." : h0cake
      • They're both awesome in their own right. How are we even having this fucking retarded discussion? The ... : geedeck
      • I prefet TDS. Colbert seems to try to hard : indosauros
      • Bingo. Colbert is constantly funny while Stewart falls flat way too often to enjoy TDS. : gnomish
      • I much prefer Colbert to Stewart. He tells actual jokes, rather than just repeating whatever dumb thing s... : Sacred Sperm
      • I dislike Colbert's interviews, for some reason -- I love the rest of his show, though. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • yeah, I'm watching Colbert or the Daily Show everyday long before I devote time to any late night show. : derelict515
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  I'm disappointed with his interviews and guests. He's getting more high profile guests that are just not ... : pap26
  • Yeah and I feel like in general the humor is slightly dialed back so that he doesn't freak people out, an... : Mansmells
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  My parents used to watch leno all the time but hate conan and have changed to Letterman. NBC probably ha... : stgdz
  • Leno is going to be on at 10est. His new show isn't live is it? I would of thought it would be at 10PM in... : Patch-e
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  i watched the other day and he looked really uncomfortable. also a friend thought it looked like his face... : feek
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    Andy Richter needs to leave the show. It was much better without him at Conan's old slot. : melkore
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      BULLSHIT OF THE DAY RIGHT THERE : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        i agree with melkore. i wasnt all enthused when andy left but then conan really came out into his own for the better. he doesn't need that crutch anymore

        Jul 15, 2009 6:56am PDT
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        i agree with melkore. i wasnt all enthused when andy left but then conan really came out into his own fo... : dantastic
        • Andy wasn't a crutch, but Conan's forte is being spontaneous, he doesn't do well with scripted gags, see ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Usually every day during lunch I watch the previous night's Conan. It's obviously moved a bit towards th... : DinK
• It is doing better than it used to - and I believe it is doing better than letterman. But Conan appeals t... : d3tached