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Steve B[_10_]

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On May 11, 11:44 am, "Steve B" wrote:
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According to Leno,

Guy in handcuffs, escaped from cops, ran into Home Depot, and asked
for bolt cutters.

Amazing, Leno said, actually found someone to help him.

Except none of the help at HD would know where the bold cutters are.

Cheri

The Leno writers missed out on that awesome punchline.

The Leno writers miss out on a lot, like writing anything that's
halfway
funny for starters.

Cheri

I agree. We were diehard Tonight Show fans for decades, including Leno
but we stopped enjoying him a couple of years ago. I don't get
Letterman,
so it's now Jimmy Kemmel for us, off the DVR the next day. Maybe once
every 3 weeks he might even have a group performing that we have
actually
heard of. Yea, we're in our 50s.

You know you're old when you'd rather go to sleep than watch late night.
All of them have become political mouth puppets for the liberals, and are
b-o-r-i-n-g.

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I go back to Jack Parr days. He did a lot of his own writing (not
righting) and was very unpredictable. He also had a group of regulars
that made the show familiar but not too rigid.

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Jack and his ilk were just funny men with a great sense of timing. Sid
Ceasar, Imogene Coca, Ernie Kovacs, you name 'em. They kept up with current
events, saw the humor and irony in them, but had a Joe Everyman delivery.
They were probably paid very well for that time, but nothing like the
millions and millions today. People could relate to them. I guess I'm
getting old, and I don't mind that a bit. A lot of this new "stuff", what
they think is comedy, and the music has me asking questions my own Daddy
asked me.

WHADDYA LISTENING TO THAT **** FOR?

Growing old isn't for pussies.

The good old days weren't as convenient and easy as they are today in many
facets, but I firmly believe the quality of life was a lot more. We had
lawn darts and spud guns and could put our Confederate flag out, and a
drive-by was when your old man was too cheap to stop at the DRIVE-IN! Kids
went behind the gym or bleachers after school to settle things, and they
were settled. If someone pulled a weapon, guys from their own crew would
beat the crap out of them. It was a fair fight, win or lose, or at least
for the respect of the other person.

We had punks and gangs and fights, but I never in my wildest dreams would
have ever imagined that we would decay this far this fast.

Same with comedy. Lots of good stuff still out there, but I just don't get
some of it.

BTW, have you heard of the poetry reading coming up at the White House?
Would that have flown in the sixties? Defiling a sacred place is what it
is.

Steve