In this episode: For Valentine’s Day, the TANboys tell the tales of how they met their wives as well as some wacky dating stories.
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So I had a fight with my wife recently. Believe it or not, the fight was about Jenny McCarthy.
Yes, that Jenny McCarthy.
Someone on television (perhaps Daniel Tosh) had poked gentle fun at her, implying, as I recall, that she only looks sane by virtue of standing next to Jim Carrey all the time.
Perhaps I have that backwards. It’s not important.
The argument boils down to this: I saw Jenny McCarthy on TV and, almost reflexively, expressed my opinion of her as follows (this is verbatim): “Fuck Jenny McCarthy!”
It occurs to me that listeners of this podcast know I’m a stand-up only because I occasionally tell them it is so. So here’s a little proof…
In this episode: Andy and Noah discuss the iPad ad nauseum, Tim and Noah review Book of Eli, Andy gets pranked at the office, Tim gives up on “24,” and the boys never get around to this week’s “High 5” …oops!
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In this episode: The boys circle back to the classic Superman debate, make fun of racists, review the new season of 24 thus far, discuss Conan’s exit from the Tonight Show, and make a polite request on behalf of Mysterious Andy.
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There will be a plaintive earful in the TANcast we recorded yesterday, but I wanted to toss this up in writing since it’s been on my mind recently.
Please don’t out me.
In this episode: The TANboys discuss the Conan/Leno/NBC train wreck, Tim’s Pictionary Misadventures, and why Minnesota is too cold for anyone and close things out with a run down of their “High 5” Places to Eat Out.
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Contrary to rumors, NBC did not cancel TANcast and give our bandwidth to Jay Leno.
There were technical problems during the recording process, there was the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and now I have screwed up several times in the editing process. Episode 83 will be uploaded as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
In the meantime, please sTANd by…
According to a headline on thewrap.com: “It’s Over! NBC to Pay Conan $30M”
I feel bad for everyone in this situation…except NBC. They really screwed the pooch. They should have let Conan walk 5 years ago or they should let Jay go now, but don’t screw with the Tonight Show like this and then try and act like it’s either Conan or Jay’s fault that their ratings suffered. You made the choice to split the audiences and now you’re enjoying the lack of ratings because of it.
If I were Jay, I’d bow out gracefully. You went out number 1 on the Tonight Show. Don’t come back to it just to milk it. Let Conan succeed or fail on his own. I mean I know it sucks you were pushed out and ten set up to fail and now they’re making you out to be the bad guy…but you have a chance to prove you’re the good guy you’re rumored to be if you bow out now.
I hope Conan is able to go back to the airwaves soon…and it sucks for his staff that he uprooted from New York to come out to LA. I mean Conan will be fine but I’m sure most of the folks on the staff aren’t getting 30 million out of this. It might be hard for them.
NBC, lick my nuts!
A long time ago, in an NBC office far far away…
First of all, does it strike anyone else that this happens so soon after Comcast buys NBC/Universal? They weren’t content with fucking up our TV viewing experience in the delivery…they wanted to fuck it up at the source!
So, from where I sit (which is, admittedly, a position that makes me just as uninformed as the next asshole) this just sucks for everyone. But what I mainly see is a lot of blow back hostility directed at Jay Leno. Now I know not a lot of the “cool kids” are down with Jay Leno but I feel he is to late night what Larry the Cable Guy is to stand up…he’s not on the edge doing the things that no one’s done before, he’s serving a large niche and serving it extremely well.
Leno was number 1 when he was forced to retire 5 years ago and he was #1 the day he went off the air. You can’t blame him for wanting to stick around, he did the job he was supposed to do and got pushed out for it.
Please don’t take this to mean I’m on “Team Leno” (as if being on any “team” makes a difference). Conan earned his shot and he deserves the chance to make it work. I’m on “Team Fuck NBC.” They are trying to have their cake and eat it too and it just doesn’t work. You can’t have both Jay AND Conan. There can be only one rooster in this hen house (or peacock, I guess). Choose one and let the other go.