From: fgn@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (frank.g.neves)
Subject: Re: Leno on 7/24/92
Summary: Howard...
Keywords: Howard Stern, idiot
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 10:49:56 GMT

In article <5n3INN31a@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>, unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu) writes:
> In article <1992Jul25.225012.20652@ultb.isc.rit.edu> pjb4288@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Pete - Toonatic - Boulay) writes:
> }Did anyone see Leno last night (Friday Night)???
> }Does anyone agree that Howard Stern got out of hand by mauling Lyle Lovett
> }for about half of the show???
> }I saw absolutely no humor in it except for what the other guest was saying
> }(woman from "In the Heat of the Night")
> 
> 	I disagree. I thought this was an absolutely hilarious Tonight Show.
> Lyle could have/should have just told Howard to cut it out.
> 
> 	Howard is pretty much a jerk when he's on Letterman, but this time
> on the Tonight Show, his "jerkiness" ended up being funny.  It's really funny
> when the show is just about out of control but not quite.
> 
> 	I *did* miss all of what the woman guest said (I didn't think she'd
> be all that interesting), could someone please tell what she said/did that
> made Jay later say "I guess all of the guests are saying something 
> controversial tonight" (or a similar type of sentence).
> 
> 	I totally wish I had taped this show. Very very funny.  It's just
> great about how Howard went on about the Jay Leno/Arsenio feud.. nobody else
> is going to bring it up.  And although Jay did the "sensible" thing by saying
> Arsenio's an OK standup comic [bleeck], Howard totally got on Jay's case..
> 
> 	Absolutely disagree.  Howard Stern's usually one of the "halfway
> interesting" guests on Late Night.. but he was great on the Tonight Show. I 
> hope Jay keeps having him on.. it'll definitely get at least a *little* bit
> away from Johnny's boring, 0 beats/minute show.
> 
> 	He was probably better here than on Letterman because Letterman at 
> least is sarcastic back at his guests... So two similar personalities don't 
> work well on the show.. you have to have opposites like Stern and Leno.
> -- 

Another opinion here...I can't help feeling that Leno's going to get some of
his highest ratings to date because of Stern's appearance.  I almost fell out
of my chair when Howard referred to Ed McMahon/Doc Severinson as "Two of the
biggest loads on two feet"!  I think it was at that point that Jay crawled
under his desk.

Jay made a couple of great comments; especially after Lyle Lovett referred
to feeling up a woman in the airport.  He said something like, "I guess this
must be first amendment night!"  Funny stuff.

My first impression when Howard starting talking about his movie was, "Oh
no, not Fartman!"  But then I realized that that he did say that the working
title of the movie was "The Adventures of Fartman", and working titles rarely
have anything to do with the actual film (right?).

Anyway, overall I'd say that Howard's appearance was stellar.  It was pure
Howard from beginning to end.  Those who found it otherwise are probably
dyed-in-the-wool Imus fans.

Frank
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