The NBC Situation

Man I really want to vent about the bullshit that's going on at NBC. But how? If only there was a way I could write a post somewhere and people from miles and miles away from me could view it. I suppose if I had enough posterboard and a large enough marker I could maybe post something from my apartment.

Eh until I figure that out I guess I'll just use this blog.

Okay first thing is first. I am without a doubt Team Conan. I will be honest, I didn't watch the Tonight Show under Jay Leno and I don't think I was alive when Carson ran it (or if I was I was a little baby). But from Conan's first show with President Obama I was hooked. I used to only watched cartoons (School Rumble, Samurai Jack...Cow and Chicken and really any of the Cartoon Cartoons) and sports. That was it with me and TV. I didn't get into sitcoms or TV Dramas. I guess part of that could have been my raising. When I was little (seven or eight) me and my mom would watch Price is Right and Jeopardy together after which soap operas came on and my mom would make agonizing sounds and declare we were bad people if we watched Soaps.

So The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien was the first show to really break me out of that routine of cartoons and game shows. He was funny and dynamic and I jumped on the train quick. My dad said CoCo wasn't all that and Jay Leno was better. I scoffed.

I had no idea I would get to see them side by side. Leno had retired right? So why was he on at Conan's time slot? I had missed a week or so of the Tonight Show thanks to being buried with school matters and turned the TV on to watch Conan only to see Big Chin was on. I was confused and annoyed but I sat and watched anyway. Leno had a good open sketch.

That was it.

Sure headlines is good for a chuckle every now and again but he's too dry and at times inaudible for my tastes.

So what's the main reason I dislike Leno? The same reason I hate Brett Favre. No not that they're both playing the Cowboys this week. I hate when someone retires, let's an organization prepare its future and then tries to pull a mulligan throwing a cog in the whole works. Damnit if you retire, stay retired. Or at least don't screw the people who built you up and who you raised to take your place in the process.

I know it probably won't matter much in the long run but I am boycotting the SHIT out of NBC after Conan leaves. According to NFL.com the next time the Super Bowl shows on NBC will be 2012. I guess I don't have to watch NBC for almost two years.

As for Conan, I hope he stays somewhere with basic cable (FOX, CBS, ABC would be nice) so I can keep watching him on my little TV in my college apartment.

UNT, Until Next Time
Eric Merritt