Jay Leno retired. And honestly I hate to see him go. He was the
last bit of class on late night. I kinda like Jimmy Fallon; one is for his
band. There is a tuba player in it so I like them. Also, they do play some good
music. But the politics. Fallon, like so many others will give the current
administration, in my opinion, a pass. They have no problem bashing Republicans,
but I want it to be equal. But of course it won’t be.
But I digress.
I remember the
night Johnny Carson retired. I was working late at my store in Columbia. I knew there was no way I was going to make it home to see it, as it usually took me an hour to get the farm. This was
before TiVo, so, I got a motel room,
just to make sure I caught Johnny’s last show.
Johnny was the last bit of
class-the last true performer. He would do whatever it takes to get a laugh and
have a good show. I miss Johnny, Ed and Doc.
No one remembers Doc. I know this
as a few years ago I was in a bar with a friend who I hadn’t seen in literally
30 years. So we are having a drink and looking around at this bar. It was in
Columbia-so of course it was full of young women-students from the 3 colleges.
Anyway, I made the comment that what do two old farts like us have in common
with these young girls. I said that I bet none of them even knew who Doc
Severnson was. He disagreed. So we took a poll of the bar. Of the 15 customers,
12 didn’t know. 2 had heard of him but only 1 actually knew he was on The
Tonight Show.
So I am glad that Jay went out on
top, but he will be missed. Letterman, that gapped tooth, brain dead comedian,
is not one that I am a fan of. I know, he has a TV show and I don’t. I don’t
care. Paul Shaffer is another, who, in my opinion, should just stick to making
music and not try comedy. They are no
Johnny and Ed.
Thank you Jay. You did good.
