jjenny:
The problem, for me, isn't that I think Jay should look out for Conan before himself. The problem, for me, is that Jay was perfectly willing to ruin the lineup that has been a huge success for NBC for over half a century by changing it. Conan couldn't bear to see the franchise he grew up admiring ruined and the franchise he handed down to Jimmy ruined by allowing a time change so he bowed out, like Jay SHOULD HAVE. Jay claims to love The Tonight Show franchise, yet apparently, sees nothing wrong with uprooting it from it's original time slot and risking it's demise. THAT is my problem with Jay in all of this. I never really had an opinion of Jay before now except that I've always kind of thought he was kind of a doofus. Now I just think he's a straight up tool! He even looks like one in the link below.
It's funny watching Jay try to talk his way out of looking like a total d-bag. It ain't workin'! I will NEVER watch his show and I don't stand alone. I can't wait for it to fail and for Jay to be out of a job, for real. That's when I will think he is funny. His backstabbing will catch up with him one day and hopefully soon. After all, it's not like this is the first time we've been down this road with Jay in the driver seat...
Jay Leno: I Have No Animosity Toward Conan O'Brien
"Four months go by, we dont make it," he said. "Meanwhile, Conans show during the summer were not on was not doing well. The great hope was that we would help him. Well, we didnt help him any, okay."
That's when O'Brien was offered the midnight version of The Tonight Show, Leno said.
"Next thing I see Conan has a story in the paper saying he doesnt want to do that," said Leno. "They come back to me and they say if he decides to walk and doesnt want to do it, do you want the show back? I go, Yeah, Ill take the show back. If thats what he wants to do. This way, we keep our people working, fine. So thats pretty much where we are."
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20337721,00.html
Every day that goes by, I like him less and, incidentally, my mother, who only 3 weeks ago was 'screeching' about how she 'can't stand Conan' and 'prefers Jay' has jumped ship and says she refuses to ever watch Jay again. I guess she doesn't care for Jay's whining, either. I don't blame her.