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...Johnny Carson and Ted Koppel have gone to bed and so has the Ziploc talking finger. But late night is when TV's hucksters really get humming. Amazing baldness cures and miracle weight-loss plans. Kitchen tools and anticellulite treatments. Self-help courses and get-rich-quick schemes. Stick around: you'll learn all about Citrus Miracle, a spray cleaner made from "100% natural oranges," able to wipe out everything from oven grease to carpet stains. Or share a few teary minutes with Richard Simmons as he travels the country getting testimonials from converts to his Deal-a-Meal diet...
Late night comedy: On the day Jay Leno has been announced as host of NBC's The Tonight Show beginning next May, Johnny Carson confides to his audience, "I want to tell young Jay Leno I've changed my mind; I'm gonna stay." And then Carson, the program's star since Jack Kennedy was President, barks out his brittle laugh and purports to lose himself in merriment...
Late night melodrama: An hour or so later, David Letterman says, "Before we continue, I think we should congratulate our friend Jay Leno for being selected as the host of The Tonight Show. And the good news for us is, we get Stump the Band." This hoariest of Carson time fillers is no silver medal for Letterman, in his 10th year as star of his own NBC chatfest. The world had long known that the anvil-jawed Leno, Tonight's exclusive guest host since 1987, was bound to succeed Carson. But press tattle hinted that Letterman, who gave Leno...
...decision was nothing but common sense. The cash-register-drawer- j awed new host not only projects a likable, intimate video presence, but he will also bring in more money for Tonight: his audience tends to be younger than Carson's, thus more appealing to advertisers. He is also a plow horse of stand-up comedy. Currently he does concerts in three or four cities a week in addition to his subbing duties. For The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno, he will appear in 250 new episodes a year, more than twice the number Carson now does. And no slot...
...really own it, you just hold it and try not to drop the ball when you hand it to the next guy. I like the history of The Tonight Show, being able to look back over the years and think, gee! Steve Allen! Jack Paar! Johnny Carson! You get to hang your picture on the same wall...