Damn.
To see some dude who seems like a good guy lose his dream job and be publicly humiliated by his employers of 17 years? It’s just a bummer to witness. That’s all there is to it. It’s just such a bummer.
I spent a good half hour last night trying to sum up my feelings on this whole thing but got so frustrated that in the end I just closed the browser and watched all the youtube clips of him in Finland instead. I said some stuff about how NBC saying young people don’t watch television when it’s actually on television anymore (and then scheduling programming around the tastes of older folks) is basically just instigating a self-fulfilling prophecy. I said some stuff about how I hope Conan takes a prompt from this criticism and makes the leap to some new, progressive, internet platform where he’ll get the backing and the acclaim and the (international) audience he deserves. Then I said some stuff about how that’s just not the point, at all. I believe I also said “fuck you, NBC” and cast some shame upon Leno. And then I made a Mean Girls joke about how I don’t even go here so it doesn’t really have anything to do with me. But in summation, iawtc. The whole big sorry mess is just such a bummer.
