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That should be enough for the Leno and Letterman monologues. But by now Washington is more transfixed by the really dirty part -- the politics. In a week when Clinton won a close but smashing victory in Congress on assault weapons, the big question is what impact the lawsuit could have on his effectiveness as President. Even if the case is dismissed, it can't help the President to have the national imagination supplied with one more image of him as the Libido in Chief. And at a time when public curiosity about the tales of Clinton's womanizing might have...
...that the dust has settled, it all seems so obvious. Of course David Letterman was the logical person to take over the Tonight Show when Johnny Carson retired. Of course NBC made a mistake in betting on Jay Leno and letting Dave slip away to CBS. Of course Letterman's hip, edgy 12:30 a.m. sensibility could be adapted for a more mainstream audience...
...course, hindsight is easy. As Bill Carter reveals in The Late Shift (Hyperion; $24.95), his richly reported book on the network battle over Letterman, NBC's blunder was, if not excusable, at least understandable. When the network negotiated a new contract with Leno in 1991, in part to keep him from jumping (ironically) to CBS, it guaranteed him the Tonight slot after Carson left -- not an unreasonable promise to the man who had been capably filling in for Carson for four years. Letterman, who preferred private sulking to office politics, never let top NBC executives know how crucial the Tonight...
...wonder men feel uneasy. Such comments make women feel uneasy, too, Genital mutilation is unpalatable, whether it be female or male, Yet the whole Bobbitt saga has been turned into a media three-ring circus, ranging from Jay Leno's talk-show quips to radio stations hosting Lorena Bobbitt Weenie Tosses, It seems that it's easier to joke about Lorena Bobbitt than it is to deal with the alarming question it raises: was Lorena Bobbitt justified in her attempt to castrate her husband...
...people on campus, however dwindling their numbers, who know what they think and are willing to say it. Even if they risk strange accusations and false comparisons. As I end my year as Crimson Editorial Chair, I have just one piece of advice for this small few. As Jay Leno might put it, bark all you want; they'll think more...