Who better to put Jay Leno in his place than ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel? We loved watching him impersonate Leno on Kimmel’s Tuesday night show and had to watch as he guested on Leno’s 10 at 10 segment last night. As Leno asked Kimmel his 10 questions, he answered every one with a mention of the Leno/Conan debacle, and made it clear that he is very much on Team Conan. Things got pretty awkward toward the end, especially during the last question when Kimmel burned Leno by saying, “Listen Jay, Conan and I have children, all you have to take care of is cars.”
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1. How to insert yourself in the brouhaha: Wearing a wig and a prosthetic chin, and speaking with a slight lisp, Jimmy Kimmel did his entire show as Jay Leno last night. [via HuffPo]
2. Everybody and their mother told Conan O’Brien not to write that angry fuck-you letter. Also: how long will we have to wait to watch him on FOX? [via Vulture]
3. Netflix‘s instant streaming service (already being enjoyed by Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners) is coming to the Nintendo Wii this spring. [via USA Today]
4. Brad Ferro, the Queens gym teacher who punched Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi in the face on Jersey Shore, will be fired from his job after being found guilty of simple assault. He had previously been hanging out in a teacher reassignment center. [via TMZ]
5. Irony: News of Google‘s threat that it would stop cooperating with Chinese Internet censorship and possibly shut down operations in the country was heavily censored in China. [via NYT]
Bonus link: Live coverage from Haiti
1. Beating out both Jennifer Garner and Keri Russell, Gossip Girl Blake Lively has been cast as the female lead opposite Ryan Reynolds in The Green Lantern. [via THR]
2. Billy Name, resident photographer of Andy Warhol‘s Factory for seven years, is missing his archive of negatives. [via NYT]
3. How the Jay Leno disaster could ultimately cost NBC more than $200 million. (Also of note: As a result, they’ve just unveiled six new drama pilots.) [via LAT]
4. Sarah Jessica Parker‘s new Bravo reality show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist will feature New York gallery owner Bill Powers, New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz, and curator Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, as judges; China Chow and Simon de Pury will host. [via Variety]
5. Foster Kamer explores the short distance between the branding of mega pop stars and the branding of indie rock bands like Vampire Weekend. [via Gawker]
Bonus link: The New Age Cavemen and the City
Today at Flavorpill, we wondered if Jay Leno’s return to an 11:30 time slot means the end of the road for Conan O’Brien — or even worse, Jimmy? We visited a lost Amazon complex and looked at some “wrapped” glaciers in Switzerland. We decided that certain New Year’s resolutions should remain private. We loved Aziz Ansari’s really long but really awesome interview with Animal Collective. We decided not to hold our breath for Jack White’s solo album. We were transfixed by the superhuman dance moves of the Ross Sisters (if pressed for time, start a good minute in). We liked the Rumpus’ response to Katie Roiphe’s New York Times Book Review piece. We learned how to fashion a sled out of a wooden pallet. We laughed at this NSFW ad for the Google Nexus One. And finally, we added “butt bomb” to our always growing list of things we’re afraid might kill us.
1. Moby, Animal Collective, and The Roots have all scored films premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. [via TwentyFourBit]
2. Wowza: After only three months The Jay Leno Show has had enough product mentions to top Nielsen’s list for “product placement activity” in 2009. [via Vulture]
3. In related news, Fox says Glenn Beck is not a “paid spokesman” for gold-coin seller Goldline International. They just advertise on his programs. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, watch this Daily Show clip. [via The Daily Beast]
4. Here are the promo photos for the final season of Lost. [via Pop Candy]
5. Attention holiday shoppers: The reviews for the Nook, Barnes and Noble’s Kindle killer, have been rather mixed. [via eWeek]
Bonus link: Watch music evolve right before your eyes
Chris Rock has just convinced us to watch the next episode of The Jay Leno Show. As last night’s guest, Rock came on to promote his new documentary, Good Hair. Along the way, he gave his thoughts on the Roman Polanski scandal (“People are defending roman Polanski because he made . . . good movies 30 years ago. Even Johnny Cochran don’t have the nerve to go, ‘Well did you see OJ play against New England?’”), dogs (“dogs have never been good to black people”), and the potential for Leno-Rock wife swapping (“We switch up, c’mon!”). Check out the hilarious interview after the jump. Read More »
Today at Flavorpill, we decided that following @FASHIONTweek was better than fighting the crowds at Lincoln Center. We had our minds blown by The Snuggie Sutra. We were amazed at the accuracy of the hierarchy of digital distractions. We hoped that a Diablo Cody/Courtney Love talk show never becomes a reality. We laughed out loud at this pic of Leno on Letterman circa 1979. We found it interesting that Steve Jobs’ physical appearance was the biggest news to come out of today’s Apple conference. We decided that we’ll watch anything the BBC wants to show us about hipsters. We embraced the buzz about insect art. We craved lobster. And finally, we remembered Walter Cronkite and got a lecture about journalism from Obama all at once.
Today at Flavorpill, we searched the streets for this pimped out ice-cream truck. We reconsidered our decision to shave our armpits. We were mildly amused by the idea of pool impregnation. We were discouraged from covering “Hallelujah.” We got jiggy with it to an overtly intense “Seven Nation Army” dance routine. We barely stopped our leaky cauldrons from overflowing upon hearing more details about the Harry Potter-themed amusement park. We marveled at the similarities between Dude Where’s My Car and The Hangover. We released the inner-fashionista upon sight of the latest screenshots from Coco Before Chanel. And finally, we wondered if the Jay Leno rumor is true.
One of the most talked about television events in recent weeks has been Conan O’Brien’s takeover of the Tonight Show on NBC. The big question surrounding the move: Will Conan be able to retain and grow Jay Leno’s audience, or will he lose viewers to CBS’ The Late Show with David Letterman? Read on for a timeline tracing how they’ve both fared so far, and find out what the talking heads predict for the future… Read More »
Like many people who grew up with Johnny Carson, my parents never warmed up to Jay Leno. They always thought of him as Carson’s smarmy replacement, which makes it hard to believe that he’s now been at the helm of The Tonight Show for 17 years.
That’s longer than Miley Cyrus has been alive.
For a long time, my main association with Leno was the parody of him in a Tiny Toons straight-to-video movie called How I Spent My Summer Vacation, in which a cartoon Leno appears on screen wheeling his own chin with a pushcart. Read More »
