In reply to stuart in mn :
Yes Jack Paar certainly was, but he was before my time. I thought Carson pretty much gave it to both sides, the way I like it.
In reply to stuart in mn :
Yes Jack Paar certainly was, but he was before my time. I thought Carson pretty much gave it to both sides, the way I like it.
spitfirebill said:In reply to stuart in mn :
Yes Jack Paar certainly was, but he was before my time. I thought Carson pretty much gave it to both sides, the way I like it.
Carson gave it to whoever was in office at the time, just like Leno or any of the late night hosts.
stuart in mn said:spitfirebill said:In reply to stuart in mn :
Yes Jack Paar certainly was, but he was before my time. I thought Carson pretty much gave it to both sides, the way I like it.
Carson gave it to whoever was in office at the time, just like Leno or any of the late night hosts.
Carson and Leno used generic-ish humor. The Late Night guys now use ugly vitriol. Big difference.
ebonyandivory said:stuart in mn said:spitfirebill said:In reply to stuart in mn :
Yes Jack Paar certainly was, but he was before my time. I thought Carson pretty much gave it to both sides, the way I like it.
Carson gave it to whoever was in office at the time, just like Leno or any of the late night hosts.
Carson and Leno used generic-ish humor. The Late Night guys now use ugly vitriol. Big difference.
The point I was making in the quote above is they all go after whoever happens to be in office at the time. I covered the level of how hard Jay went after them in an earlier post:
stuart in mn said: Tonight Show hosts have been making political jokes in their monologues since Jack Paar, and they're about whoever happens to be in office at the time - democrat or republican. It's part of the job description. Jay was one of the milder ones, especially when compared to the late show hosts today.
edit: Sorry, I didn't mean to drag the discussion this far off topic.
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