Two Kinds of People

1. Acknowledges and loves the craft that Letterman consistently shows week after week on his Late Show. Those who love Dave and all his personality foibles, his somewhat gruffly demeanor.

2. Those who whine about Dave and watch the clear no-talent Leno who can write a joke with the best of them, but is not anywhere near the talent scale as Letterman. Leno makes you laugh through easy jokes, and is most definitely more like the frat-boy, cool guy who everyone loves and gets all the babes.

I am one of those who not only loves Dave for what he is able to do, how hard he can make one think about the jokes that he delivers, not to mention the caliber of his show, but who appreciates the care with which he performs his craft. Dave is one of those geniuses who can deliver the goods in impeccable fashion, but constantly struggles with himself to do better and that is what makes his show so much better than Leno.

Clearly, there were some years there where Dave was almost unwatchable as he let his anger over getting screwed by NBC spew over into the product a bit, but he has finally gotten over that enough to deliver a fantastic show.

I for one, and glad Leno is on his way out, and Conan is finally going to get his big shot at 11:35. I hope he makes the transition to LA easily, and I also hope he doesn't and forces the show back to NYC. I adore, love Carson from what I remember of him, but that show should be done in NYC. Conan is a NYC kind of guy, that's where the show should be. Conan is clever, and he's hysterical. But, he is no Dave, who is a dying breed. A former broadcaster who knows how to run a show and not just a comedian, but I think Conan is far closer to that than Leno ever has been. Conan has defied the odds, he will do well.