Adam Carolla just called Conan O’Brien a douchebag, so…
I never liked Conan O’Brien. I actually have no idea why. Obviously he was a genius writer for The Simpsons. But his “Coco” fandom, while not his fault, didn’t help either. He’s the skinny version of Kevin Smith, i.e., the loser semi-hipster hero who mirrors back their own frustrated ambitions and mediocrity. His fans think he should have a TV show because they think THEY should have a TV show…
I always preferred Leno over Letterman too and I knew that if I just held that position long enough, the world would eventually turn in my direction. We’re about half way there. In 2020, everyone will be hailing me as a far-thinking, insightful genius.
Show biz — it’s 80% grudges, revenge and dumb personal “politics” and programming “pseudoscience” (2:30 in the video below) :
Of course, it is impossible to tease out how much of the “I’ve been banned from X’s show” stuff is reliable. I never bought Jackie Mason’s contention that his “career was ruined” for making “obscene hand gestures” on the air. Jeez, he made a career out of talking about how much it ruined his career. And was the whole “Bill Hicks/David Letterman” thing just a big misunderstanding, like a Three’s Company episode but with bigger egos, worse jokes and more swearing? (I don’t like either guy so I’m not inclined to do much digging.)
Note that Carolla says he was banned from Conan for calling an audience member a lesbian. Good thing they don’t tape that show in Canada…
That reminds me: Arnie, last night you said, “Wow, find me that fake ad” so now I had to do it. I’M JUST DOING WHAT YOU TOLD ME! Sheesh. Just let me hit “update”…
(Actually, mine would have been “Dr. Drew’s You Know This Means You’re Probably Gonna Die A Year From Now, Right?” Being on his rehabs is getting to be like watching the tape in The Ring or something…)
We tried to watch Dr Drew’s new Headline News show last night but it the star of Entourage on it, or as I like to think of him, the Xyclon B of show guests.
UPDATE: Arnie’s commenter suggests Rehab for People who Hoard Midget Choclatiers, which is fine as far as it goes, but as Arnie notes, you gotta squeeze “weddings” in there, so lets make the midgets would-be human wedding cake toppers, competing for the privilege (and $10,000). Hell, that could be an actual thing.
