Re: Somebody tell Dave...


Terry wrote:
...He looks like a freakin' retard when he sits there and beats the
pencil on the fake microphone.

He got it from Carson...it's a tradition....

...There are a few hundred people in the audience and millions watching
on TV. It isn't efficient to reference something that happened in the
warm-up, because millions are excluded for the sake of hundreds.

It's called backstory...some of the funniest moments in comedy happen
offstage....

...Paul's ad libs are funnier than anything the writing staff is coming
up with.

Sometimes, yes...other times they're a little feeble, but in either
case it probably comes off better because he's not *required* to be
funny...as together as Paul is, I don't know if he'd be able to
maintain consistently high quality for an hour a night, five nights a
week....

...Television is a visual medium. Sitting at the desk and reading
sheets of fun facts is lazy comedy.

So put the Grinder Girl behind him while he reads them...if you want
straight visual watch Tom and Jerry cartoons....

Ever just *listen* to an episode of Jeopardy?...I don't even remember
when Alex shaved off the mustache because that's how I was getting the
show in those days, and it still worked....r

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