Heartbreaking Photos Depict De-Conanzing of The Tonight Show
When is a TV studio not just a TV studio? If the network that owns it takes a sledgehammer to the short-lived legacy of its previous inhabitant -- as NBC appears to have done in photos from the ravaged set of Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show -- then that's probably your first sign that there's something a little personal going on.
Former Tonight Show blogger and contributor Aaron Bleyaert passed along some snapshots of carnage likely wrought by no less than the furious Jeff Zucker himself, who I assume took time from helping to rebuild Jay Leno's image to do some demolition work at Universal Studios. A wrecking ball is forthcoming, no doubt. If the set suspiciously resembled Super Mario Bros. before, then this must be the Halo look.
And just for maximum heart-rending effect, a glimpse back to when everything was new:
Ah, television.
· What's left of The Tonight Show Studio [BAM via Gawker]
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Good. Conan was a nightmare I don't want to remember. Jay should have never been forced to leave. NBC made a big booboo and now they are getting back on track...Welcome back Jay Leno! Now I'll be watching the Tonight Show again!
Well, I liked Jay Leno better anyway. Conan was a wierdo!
The previous posters are morons and do not know good comedy, even if it slapped them upside the head several times.
Letterman wins, as well he should. The guy is hysterical! 🙂
It hardly looks like carnage. More like cleanup after a Mary Kay party. Most of the bars on Bourbon Street look worse today than this. No one forced Jay to leave, no one forced him to come back. Any animosity over the whole situation is his responsibility.
jey leno sucks i hate him conan rocks nbc and jay leno can both suck it
Conan is way better.
Conan is way better! Jay leno sucks! Jay leno is way better! Conan sucks! Conan is way better! Jay leno sucks! Jay leno is way better! Conan sucks!
(Jack Nicholson slaps me....)
Conan is funny, Jay Leno is funny, but I dont think this was about either one of them this was NBC's fault and its sad that the same thing they did to letterman they are doing to conan. They always seem to use Jay Leno as a pawn.
That's sad to see. Conan wasn't given enough time to grow a following in that time slot. I never saw what's so funny about Jay Leno and his style, I find him rather boring and tired. Let's hope nothing bad happens to Craig Ferguson now.
I am truely upset and kinda hurt that conan is leaving the aire, he was one of the few things on television I truely enjoyed watching. his colorful character and lively charisma made for enteraining tv. I dont watch television much, but I did enjoy conan... SO PLEASE! DONT LET THIS BE THE LAST OF CONAN O'BRIEN!
Isn't all this so last January?
Jay, the disguise only works when you're taping promos for Letterman.
Please will the last one out of the NBC studio close the lights.
This whole debacle was a snooze fest that nobody with a life gave a crap about.
I've got better things to do with my time than watch either of those two.
I've got a wife who loves me and I love her back.
Who watches TV? 🙂
Jay Leno can go suck his chin.
Old person?
NBC should not have cancelled Conan like that. Leno needed time to grow his audience just the same when he started hosting the Tonight Show back when. He didn't start pulling in the big ratings and guests until he had been on for almost a few years.
Whatever, the suits at NBC are the ones with egg on their faces and I hope Conan finds something better elsewhere (that isn't Fox, hopefully).
Cocoass - dumbass moronic humor. Well rid of.
Are you mentally ill? I suppose the "Leno crew" are the ones who found Bob Saget hilarious on Funniest Videos. Cue card comedy...oh the skill and comedy timing.
I'll never watch Jay Leno....Where ever Conan goes I go...
Leno is for old people, smells like moth balls...old people jokes... he's not fresh!!!
You've got better things to do that watching them? I suppose that's how you can form an opinion about them? You've got better things to do like making baseless comments in a forum? What's so great about your wifes back anyway? You should love her for more than her physical features.
You should write for Leno...your skills with the English language are amazing!
People who like Jay Leno are the OLDer crowd. The younger generation dont really care for his comedy. I guess the old people win this round.
Definitely a senior citizen.
Octogenarian fo sho.
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