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Comedy, at least as it is currently practiced, thrives on building consensus. Comedians will tell you that one of the best ways to kill a performance is to move ahead of the audience's prejudices. Thus Jay Leno and David Letterman can get away with portraying Bill Clinton as a pig and a lech only because viewers have already come to the same conclusion. It is our comic shorthand for Clinton. Of course, all public figures exist in shorthand versions, comic or not--that's what being a public figure is all about. For someone like Princess Diana who suffers...
...Crocker Award, according to the 1997 media guide, "is given annually to that Harvard football letterman who...possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker...In recent years, it's had a 'Most Valuable Player' connotation." Crocker, a 150-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team, was killed while serving on a destroyer...
...Crocker Award, according to the 1997 media guide, "is given annually to that Harvard football letterman who...possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker...In recent years, it's had a 'Most Valuable Player' connotation." Crocker, a 150-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team, was killed while serving on a destroyer...
...Crocker Award, according to the 1997 media guide, " is given annually to that Harvard football letterman who...possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker...In recent years, it's had a 'Most Valuable Player' connotation. " Crocker, a 150-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team, was killed while serving on a destroyer...
Preliminary ratings last week for both shows were good--Wayans averaged a 3.6 over his first four nights, while Spencer measured 3.0. Leno, meanwhile, pulled a 5.9, Letterman a 3.8. Both newcomers may be able to survive, since despite going head to head in New York City and L.A., they are not seen at the same time in most markets and since advertisers yearn to reach young adults. Whether they both should survive is another question. There's a place for late-night programming that reaches out to bring fresh faces to TV. But who's going to watch...