tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10329278.post5390596926460094391..comments2024-03-21T11:50:22.851-03:00Comments on Pink Slip: Talk is cheap, and silence for Conan O'Brien may be really goldenMaureen Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18010555449338575037noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10329278.post-19832820054540235962010-01-23T15:58:13.412-04:002010-01-23T15:58:13.412-04:00Mike - Thanks for pointing out Clare's spam. U...Mike - Thanks for pointing out Clare's spam. Usually I'm pretty good about taking it down, but I missed this.<br /><br />As for lack of Leno defenders, since I haven't been following the saga very closely, I wasn't aware that there was a disparity between in volume of defense between the two camps. Could it be that Conan's fans, since I'm guessing they are younger, are more a) apt to be riled up, and b) savvy about expressing their anger through social media?<br /><br />And you are absolutely right that it's amazing the things we get our shorts in a knot about. It seems as if, if everything isn't about, or packaged as, entertainment, it just doesn't get through. (Thinking about health care is so hard; critiquing Miley Cyrus is so easy.)Maureen Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010555449338575037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10329278.post-85651611294667540052010-01-23T15:29:58.876-04:002010-01-23T15:29:58.876-04:00First of all, let's get Clare's nonsense o...First of all, let's get Clare's nonsense out of here. (This is why we can't have nice things.)<br /><br />I'm a bit of a Leno defender; after all, six years ago he was told he HAD to leave the Tonight Show in 2009 to make room for Conan, though he was still drawing fine numbers. How come nobody came racing to HIS defense then OR now?<br /><br />BUT - it AMAZES me that we can all spend so much time worrying about the fates of big-ego, VERY wealthy talking heads who probably aren't very concerned about making their next mortgage payment(s), or how new health care programs will affect them.<br /><br />Unfortunately, one of the by-products of our relatively comfortable age is that we all have "discretionary" time - and too bad we choose to spend it on discussing such minutia instead of bettering our own lives in one way or another. Go to a play, people, or read a book, or, God forbid, even a NEWSPAPER if you can still find one. But do yourself a favor - don't go right to the entertainment section for more Leno/Conan tripe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10329278.post-36144173044177071652010-01-22T03:18:37.198-04:002010-01-22T03:18:37.198-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com