Posted on 06/28/2008 10:08:40 AM PDT by WilliamReading
What hasn’t been mentioned here yet is that Johnny Carson was great when it came to doing physical comedy .. whether it was pratfalls, sppearing in his jockey shorts, wearing some kind of crazy costume or outfit, etc.
Carson was in the same class as Lucille Ball in that regard.
Leno, Letterman, John Stewart, Conan O’Brien (I hate how he always messes with his hair, that’s his big schtick?) are just stand up comedians, and not very good ones at that.
It’d be a step in the right direction. Paley would’ve fired Letterman’s ass if he didn’t knock it off with the continual President bashing. I never saw any late night yakker in the ‘90s bash Clinton a fraction as much, and if they had, they definitely would’ve been fired.
Both Leno and Letterman love to bash McCain on his age, but are scared to joke at Obama’s expense on anything.
It is very one-sided.
Age-ist jokes are okay.
Sexist jokes are okay.
Any joke about Obama, is not okay?
That’s a reasonable observation. But I will say Carson had more class.
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