LENO FAILS UP AGAIN
01.22.10
Sigh. I can barely even overcome my apathy to write about Jay Leno, but here goes. From the Washington Post (via Videogum):
White House Correspondents Association has picked this week’s most unpopular stand-up comic Jay Leno be the keynote speaker at this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner. An NBC rep confirmed the invitation…
In fairness, the association asked Leno weeks ago — when he was just the host of a primetime show that was failing five nights a week.
But by the time he appears at the annual Washington bash… Leno will be the guy who pushed Conan O’Brien out to become the newly returned host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.” And the butt of pretty much every other talk show host’s jokes for the past couple weeks.
I really can’t believe that I’m wasting my time acknowledging this story, but I spent too much time in the photo editing process to throw it away. Sorry, I’m just not going to be motivated to write about Leno until it’s time for his obituary.
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Cobert was perfection…that is, he spoke the naked truth and was off-the-charts funny. Truth is NOT Leno’s game…(see the Oprah interview)
Leno will be the perfect little piece of milktoast..just what the politicians want at their din-din.
Keep sticking it to Leno, Warming Glow, he’s by far the most overrated “entertainer” in the business. Conan rocks!!
I just wish that, for one night in 1996 that pro wrestling became real, and Jay Leno was killed in the ring.
Yes, he wrestled in a match for WCW (I think so; I didn’t actually watch it). Unfortunately Leno continues to live without a broken spine and/or a crippling addiction to pain meds and steroids.
hey matt… i got this one bud…
hey david… DO YOU LIKE APPLES?
why is this a fail, exactly? And who did the failing?
Read the fucking words. “Failing up” is a term that means moving up despite poor performance. Put that together with the fact that he was invited while the Leno show was tanking = LENO FAILING UP.
Careful, warmingglow, you’re starting to sound bitchy
Thank you for your concern about the voice I use on a blog. I appreciate you looking out for me. But I suggest you be careful, David. You’re starting to sound like a pretentious asshole with SHIT for reading comprehension skills.
why is this a fail, exactly? And who did the failing? Careful, warmingglow, you’re starting to sound bitchy, like a scorned child.
I will vote for Glenn Beck in 2012 if Leno does the correspondents dinner.
You do realize the president doesn’t get to pick who does the WHCD, right? Especially since the article points out that the correspondents’ association sent out the invite?
Maybe this is all a dream and he’s like those two idiots who came to a White House dinner uninvited?
They asked Conan, but he was too busy hosting “The Tonight Show”.
Am I the only one who wishes they replace him with Conan in a few days?
I gave money to Obama. I canvassed for Obama. I waited outside for an hour in freezing weather to listen to him speak. I shed a tear the night he was elected.
This does it though. I will vote for Glenn Beck in 2012 if Leno does the correspondents dinner.
Great. They’re having the biggest failure in the White House. And they’re inviting Jay Leno too.
Haha, good one Jay.
Wait…
I’m a huge fan, but you have got to be the worst photo shopper on the fucking planet. Quit you’re crying about all your hard work. Just write the stories and get a fucking chimp to shoppe for you. Cry baby
After Stephen Colbert tore them a collective new one a few years ago, is it really the least bit surprising that they’d seek out the blandest, most timidly inoffensive comedian in the entire industry?
Obama should get the CIA to shove that trophy up Leno’s ass.
I’ve never voted Republican in my life but that photoshop is making my question everything that I have ever stood for.