Late Night Feud Story Revived By 60 Minutes Interview and White House Correspondents Dinner Dan Koelsch, May 3, 2010May 3, 2010 It seems this story never goes away. The NBC Late Night Feud that erupted in January made a big comeback this weekend. This year’s annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner had on Jay Leno as a guest speaker, and the President himself cracked some jokes about the situation. Also, 60 Minutes had Conan O’Brien’s first interview since the scandal. Check out both videos after the break. Watch CBS News Videos Online Both videos are getting a lot of views, and are quickly popping up on a lot of blogs as well as mainstream news sites. As a side note, in true Fox News Channel fashion, I saw a clip from one of their morning shows in which they claim Conan calls Leno “morally bankrupt.” As you can tell from the video above and the transcript at Deadline, he may imply it, but never says anything like that. Viral Marketing 60 MinutesConan O'BrienCorrespondents DinnerJay LenoNBCObamaViral videoWhite House
Super Bowl Ads To Have a Right-Wing Skew February 2, 2010February 2, 2010Super Bowl XLIV isn’t until Sunday, but there’s already been a lot of talk about the Super Bowl commercials. Companies spend millions of dollars just to get their ads on the highest-rated telecast every year, and the commercials usually end up being more memorable than the game itself. In fact,… Read More
“The Force Awakens” In ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ November 6, 2014November 6, 2014Briefly: When Star Wars Episode VII was announced, fans of the legendary saga wondered what the film’s subtitle would be. Being the secretive filmmaker that he is, J.J. Abrams went through 8 months of principal photography without revealing anything about the movie, not even a title. Sure Abrams did the… Read More
Facebook Apps for “Pitch Perfect” and CBS’s “Vegas” September 13, 2012Two new Facebook Apps debuted recently for very different projects. Universal’s musical comedy Pitch Perfect comes out next month, and their Facebook app involves internet memes. The new CBS television drama Vegas might be more serious, but their Facebook app is just as glitzy. Get the details on both after… Read More
When it came to Leno calling Conan and Conan saying no that Leno hadn’t called him since he went off air, yeah, I lost all respect for Leno. What little I had left anyways.