On May 7, 12:56 pm, Tom W <blee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> nikbre wrote:
> > Was that a job interview?
>
> > I mean, within a year after Leno has quit, Dave will probaby retire.
> > And maybe, maybe John Stewart shouldn't be too sure that he will take
> > over after Dave. I got a feeling that Dave really likes Jimmy and if
> > Worldwide Pants will continue to produce the Late Show, Dave will have
> > some influence regarding who will succeed him.
>
> I don't think it was a job interview as much as a courtesy by Dave. If
anything,
> it shows his hostility is personal toward Leno and not toward all of his
> competitors.
>
> As for predictions about everybody's future behavior, what you propose
is as
> valid as what anybody proposes but there's no way to know. Remember that
NBC
> tried to engineer a smooth Tonight Show transition by moving 5 years
before the
> act and look at what that's turning into. My only question with your
scenario is
> what does CBS get out of letting Worldwide Pants hold the 11:35 time
slot?
I think Letterman has an honest respect for Kimmel, as he does for a
number of other hosts. When Sarah Silverman was last on Late Show as a
guest, Letterman spent a lot of the interview time asking about Jimmy
and saying favorable things about him. I'm sure he's on a fairly short
list of people Dave would be satisfied to see take the job.
Although I think Jon Stewart has the inside track on following in
Letterman's desk chair, if there was somewhere to put real money down
on a bet, I'd pick Ellen DeGeneres. When she has been a guest on
Dave's show in recent years, and they've talked about what it's like
hosting a talk show, I've not heard such a tone of peer-to-peer
respect from Letterman with anyone, including Regis.
--James
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