Shatner Does Palin

Sarah Palin's final speech as Governor of Alaska baffled many. Conan O'Brien realized it was a poem and asked William Shatner to recite it verbatim.

R.I.P.: Ed McMahon

LOS ANGELES, California -- Ed McMahon, the longtime sidekick of Johnny Carson on the "Tonight Show," has died after long battle with cancer. He was 86.
McMahon was recently hospitalized at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital in Los Angeles for a bout of pneumonia.
McMahon began his televsion career as an announcer on television legend Dick Clark's "American Bandstand," in 1952, and worked on the show until 1958.
The entertainer started as Carson's sidekick in 1962, and worked alongside Carson for 30 years. On the "Tonight Show," McMahon became famous for creating the catchphrase "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!"
obit HERE
IMDB HERE

Dueling Hand Gestures

William Shatner left a bold statement Wednesday night on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
Evidently, the former Star Trek star couldn't do the "live long and prosper" gesture so O'Brien teased Shatner, who reasoned that Leonard Nimoy's Spock and not his character Captain James T. Kirk is famous for the signal. Still, O'Brien mocked Shatner's inability to the Vulcan hand gesture, driving Shatner to flip the bird at O'Brien.
video HERE

Jamie Was Just Kidding

Jamie Foxx has apologized to teen star Miley Cyrus for a radio routine in which he urged the 16-year-old to "make a sex tape and grow up."
When the incident was brought up on the "Tonight" show Tuesday, Foxx apologized and said: "I didn't mean it maliciously."
Foxx had started talking about Cyrus on Sirius satellite radio after someone brought up the singer's recent feud with Radiohead. Foxx said: "Who is Miley Cyrus? The one with all the gums? She needs to get a gum transplant!"
Promoter/Pimp/Parent Billy Ray Cyrus says Jamie Foxx's comments about his daughter, Miley, were "hurtful."
more HERE

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Late Night Sexual Tension

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Pleasant Surprise: President Apologizes

After a prolonged period of presidential arrogance and lack of accountability, Barack Obama's apology is refreshing...
President Barack Obama has apologized for a gaffe in which he described his bowling skills as akin to participants in the Special Olympics, a sports program for people with intellectual disabilities.
Obama made the mistake during an interview Thursday night on "The Tonight Show" with host Jay Leno, the first time a sitting U.S. president had been on a late-night U.S. TV talk show.
Talking about living in the White House, Obama said he had been practicing his bowling in the residence's bowling alley and had scored a 129 score out of a possible 300. "It's like -- it was like Special Olympics or something," Obama said.
Soon after the Jay Leno interview, Obama telephoned Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver to apologize.
more HERE

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Prince for Target...or NOT

...it almost looks real...
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Andy's Back

NBC says Andy Richter and Conan O'Brien will be back together again on late-night TV.
Richter, who worked with O'Brien for seven years on NBC's "Late Night," will become the "Tonight Show" announcer when O'Brien takes over from Jay Leno as host in June. NBC said Richter also will take part in comedy bits.
O'Brien called Richter a friend and one of the funniest people he knows, but couldn't resist a joke: O'Brien said he's looking forward to their reunion because Richter owes him $300.

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Jazz Legend Freddie Hubbard Dies

American bebop, hard bop and post bop jazz trumpeter, Freddie Hubbard, famous for his contribution to the early-sixties Blue Note sound, has died at the age of 70 after succumbing to complications from a heart attack he suffered last month.
Hubbard played on more than 300 recordings, and collaborated with jazz legends including Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane.
obit HERE

Johnny Carson 1925 - 2005

website HERE

Empathetic Dave

David Letterman, the CBS host who has competed with Jay Leno every weeknight for 15 years, now feels empathy for his late-night challenger.
In an interview with Rolling Stone on newsstands this week, Mr. Letterman, the longtime “Late Show” host, expresses bewilderment about NBC's decision to replace Mr. Leno next year.
“Unless I’m misunderstanding something, I don’t know why, after the job Jay has done for them, why they would relinquish that,” Mr. Letterman said in the interview. “I guess they thought it was a less messy way to handle what happened to me at NBC. I don’t know.”
Mr. Letterman famously moved from NBC to CBS in 1993 after Mr. Leno replaced Johnny Carson on NBC’s “Tonight” show, establishing one of the foremost rivalries on television which was documented in the book "The Late Shift"
New York Times article HERE

Happy Birthday Leon Redbone

official website HERE

THE PUNCHLINE

“My Social Security number is 8.”

--John McCain on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”

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