He's going over an hour! Helen Kushnick flipping out!
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Thu Sep-02-04 10:04 PM
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He's going over an hour! Helen Kushnick flipping out! |
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Edited on Thu Sep-02-04 10:05 PM by Paragon
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How dare they delay Jay Leno! Pull the audience, send 'em home! :silly:
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Thu Sep-02-04 10:05 PM
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Thu Sep-02-04 10:11 PM
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2. Helen's no longer with us I'm afraid... |
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Edited on Thu Sep-02-04 10:12 PM by edbermac
Helen Kushnick was Jay Leno's producer when Carson retired. She actually cancelled a Tonight show during the Republican convention because it would cut into Leno's time because it ran too long. She was eventually fired and died of cancer some years later. Read the book The Late Shift by Bill Carter for more info...
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Thu Sep-02-04 10:14 PM
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3. Didn't mean to insult her memory. |
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Was just reminded of the occurance you just mentioned.
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Thu Sep-02-04 10:18 PM
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4. Insult her memory? She acted like Karl Rove in drag on the Tonight Show! |
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Did you read Carter's book The Late Shift? About how she blackballed guests if they went on Dave or Arsenio's show before Jay?
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