After a throng of young people gathered on Carson Beach in South Boston and, in some cases, fought, State Police, Boston police, transit police, and UMass police will work together to increase patrols of the beach. There have been at least two bear sightings in Weston this week. Police issued a reverse 911 warning. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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The FBI is in the process of releasing their files on Ted Kennedy, and the first batch is about 3,000 pages. [Boston Globe]
A shipwrecked British ship from Revolutionary War era has been partially uncovered near Provincetown. [Cape Cod Times]
Sarah Palin is partying with teabaggers in Boston this week, but Scott Brown is flaking on his most enthusiastic supporters. [Boston Herald]
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January was the MBTA's worst month in three years for on-time trains. North End residents are considering making Hanover Street a one-way street. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding drama troupe surprisingly, to us, named Jay Leno as its Man of the Year. Leno will get his pudding pot on February 4 and will be properly roasted by the Hasty Pudding crew.
Jay Leno was out riding in California in one of his many antique cars recently and he had a problem. Leno's 1907 White Steam Car started spewing smoke, causing him to stop for repairs. Leno corrected the problem with help from random people who got him some much needed water. Given the state of the ratings on "The Tonight Show," the irony of Andover's own riding around in an outdated vehicle isn't lost on us. We wondered if Conan O'Brien have pee'd on Leno's car to fend off the smoke?
A crime happened at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Someone allegedly stole clothes intended for the new band to be led by Rickey Minor, formerly the frontman for American Idol's band. The gear went missing from a facility in Hollywood. There are no suspects, and the LAPD is on the case. Bostonist wants to know if anything was stolen from the Tonight Show when Conan O'Brien was the host. That's right. We said it.
NBC reportedly told TMZ.com that Conan O'Brien lied to "60 Minutes" during his interview Sunday. NBC claimed Conan fibbed about not knowing his "Tonight Show" was losing money, and was wrong about Jay Leno having a bigger buyout. Bostonist's scale of believability goes like this: Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, unnamed NBC "network sources". The NBC suits are a really distant third. [TMZ]
The paths of Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno crossed again this weekend as the two comedians/hosts each made prominent public appearences. The "coincidence" begs the question: What is the difference between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien? One is Jay Leno and the other is funny.
Conan O'Brien's anticipated "60 Minutes" interview happened on Sunday. We assume you watched it, or read about it. Conan appeared quite at ease with himself and his peculiar looking beard. You've seen his hair so you shouldn't be surprised he rocks a crazy facial 'do.
We're totally on Team Conan in the O'Brien–Leno feud of late, maybe because we're insufferably white. 60 Minutes has a big interview with Conan coming up on Sunday, and released an excerpt in which O'Brien calls out the way Leno laid down for NBC and did whatever the network wanted. Conan says, if given the options Jay was presented, he woudl have "Done something else, go someplace else. I mean, that's just me." Conan will perform in Boston in june. [LiveFeed]
In an age when a virtual unknown like Scott Brown can win a Senate seat in Massachusetts, career politicians like Congressman Barney Frank should be prepared to be held accountable anywhere, at anytime, and by anybody. Even by two drunken eye doctors on a plane. However, the challengers should be ready to be served by the masterfully clever debater, or even just ignored.
Now that Jay Leno has returned to late-night television, Conan O'Brien is relegated to planning some kind of tour while entertaining us via Twitter. Twitter is ever so helpful as means for Conan to joke about the iPad and Peeps. Leno seems securely ensconced behind his new Tonight Show desk. He's reportedly beating David Letterman in the ratings, and also told Joy Behar "Conan got screwed and I got screwed...The reason [this] business pays a lot of money is, when you get screwed you have something left over." For what it's worth, CelebJihad.com said Leno said that comment was intended as an April Fool's Day joke.
- Gov. Deval Patrick rescinded the $5 service fee imposed by the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) Monday. Does Patrick get to count this as a tax cut? [WCVB]
- Don Kent, WBZ's legendary weatherman, died Tuesday at 92 years old. [WBZ]
- Senator 41 Scott Brown got three committee assignments today: Armed Services, Homeland Security and Veterans’ Affairs Committees. [Boston Herald]
Whatever the insane-o 11 pm mishmash that NBC has invented for Jay Leno might be, Kevin Eubanks is having no part of it, or at least not for long. The longtime leader of the Tonight Show Orchestra and Berklee alum accompanied Jay Leno to 10 pm (the shift came with the opportunity to be called the Primetime Band!) but he won't be making the shift back to late night with Leno for long. Eubanks will serve as an interim bandleader until a replacement is found. Whether this means Eubanks is on Team (Robo) Coco or just tired of laughing at corny jokes, we applaud Eubanks for moving on. And because we love Max Weinberg, we hope he isn't forced to play the fool alongside Leno. [NYTimes]
Donald Trump and Jay Leno aren't inspiring much good will lately. Leno became the villain in his talkalyptic struggle with Conan O'Brien over the "Tonight Show". And Trump is, well, Trump. TMZ crashed the final taping of the "Jay Leno Show" and witnessed Trump dropping his legendary "You're Fired!" via satellite to close out Leno's prime-time run. [TMZ.com]
If you've been missing Conan O'Brien, whose now-defunct Tonight Show is airing in reruns until Jay Leno brings old man smell to late night again, have no fear: Robo Coco is here. A very special Etsy crafter brings us robotic Conan O'Brien, a tiny wind-up toy body with a polymer clay Conan head. No longer must you watch O'Brien's awkward movements only on screen: now, experience them live and in person with this robotic toy, which recreates O'Brien's insane jittering in uncannily accurate form. Sadly, the robot is already sold out (really, how many of these could you make?), but perhaps the creator will manufacture a second run if pressed. Barring that, buy something else from this impressively odd artist (John Larriva).
Conan O'Brien and NBC are reportedly close to agreeing on a deal that would allow him to leave the network about six months after taking over "The Tonight Show" in 2009. Jay Leno would then return to hosting the show. The agreement reportedly must address how much the network owes O'Brien and any possible restrictions NBC wants on his future employment. [AP via Boston.com]
Conan O'Brien has apparently resorted to selling his talk show on Craigslist. It's "guaranteed to last for up to seven months" and has the following fun features:
In a somewhat innovative move, NBC has confirmed that Jay Leno will shift to an 11:35 time slot but be followed by Conan O'Brien at 12:05, then Jimmy Fallon at 1:05, shaking up the traditional 11:35 / 12:35 / 1:35 late-night lineup. It's not clear whether any show will continue to be marketed as the Tonight Show. NBC hosts the Olympics in February, which would have disrupted late-night programming anyway, leaving open an opportunity to change the lineup. Regardless, it sounds like both of our local comedians are secure at NBC... for now.
Well, that was short-lived. Barely six months after Conan O'Brien took over the Tonight Show, rumors have surfaced on TMZ that he's being pulled from the timeslot to allow Jay Leno's return. Leno's 10pm show will go, moving the big-chinned Emerson grad to 11:30. Is Conan out all the way or will he be on (once again) after Jay? Update: Entertainment Weekly says NBC says Conan's still with the network, though no word on time slot.
Reaction to Jay Leno at 10pm has been mixed at best. The show's numbers are down from the Tonight Show slot (now handled by Conan), but steady or up from lead-ins. Broadcasting and Cable magazine interviewed Leno about the difficulty of dealing with his new position in the TV lineup. Jay comes across as level-headed and realistic almost to the point of being boring, emphasizing repeatedly that going on at 10 is his "job" these days. Though he'd be willing to go back to the 11:35 time slot, he likes "the challenge of 10 o'clock," and emphasizes that he's not bitter about Conan's new position:
Jay Leno got his inner Hubness on last night on his self-named show with Jennifer Garner and Barney Frank. Garner was on plugging her new film with Ricky Gervais, The Invention of Lying. Frank was on being, well, himself.
Displaying little loyalty toward Brookline-born Conan O'Brien (as opposed to New York–born Jay Leno), Globe commenters wish failure on O'Brien as he prepares to take over The Tonight Show from Leno tomorrow evening. Comments quickly escalate from assigning O'Brien "little talent" to awarding him "no talent" to calling him a "total tiurnoff [sic]" and predicting "conan will tank." Some even accuse NBC of promoting an Obama agenda through O'Brien's assignment (which was made long before the election, right down to the date of the transition).
Jay Leno presented viewers of the Tonight Show with a clear definition of class as he hosted for the final time on Friday. Leno repeatedly tried to defer the focus from himself throughout the show even when he could have made it all about him. Conan O'Brien was the guest as Leno went out of his way to pass the torch and showcase the next guy. Leno praised James Taylor's logistical gymnastics that enabled Taylor to appear with Leno. Leno closed the show by assembling the children born to Tonight Show staffers during his tenure. It was surprising and satisfying.
Jay Leno was hospitalized yesterday for unidentified reasons, canceling episodes of the Tonight show for the rest of the week. The host is expected to be back on the air Monday. He's scheduled to leave the Tonight show May 29 (Conan! Conan!), and launch his new show (which will be aired on WHDH after all) in the fall.
Jay Leno, Andover High and Emerson College grad, recently put on several successful free shows in economically troubled Detroit, calling it Jay's Comedy Stimulus Plan. We feel for the automakers (the actual automakers, not the execs who got them into this spot), but where's the love for your native state, Jay? Massachusetts is at about 8% unemployment, perhaps paltry compared to Michigan's 12%, but it's still not all roses in the Bay State. Is Jay mad at WHDH for their decision not to air his new show, or is it just not bad enough in Boston for him to care about us? It's time for other Emerson funnymen to step up to the plate. Denis Leary can fulfill his mission of alienating everyone by planning a recession show and then charging for it. Or maybe Detroit can save the auto industry by implementing some of Steven Wright's genius automotive ideas: "I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I'm the only one moving," or "I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone."
Channel 7 WHDH, Boston's NBC affiliate, is saying no way to airing Jay Leno's new show at 10pm this fall, asserting it will air the station's local news program instead. It's a slap in the face to a local boy made good, and also "a flagrant violation of the terms of their contract with NBC," according to John Eck, president of NBC TV Network. NBC is threatening WHDH with cancellation of its affiliate status if the channel persists in dissing Jay. But Ed Ansin, who owns both WHDH and WLVI, says the Leno show "will be detrimental to our 11 o'clock" news program and feels that more news viewers will be around at 10. Will WHDH be un-NBC'ed? Stay tuned this fall to find out.
--A truck making an illegal left turn near the BU East Green Line Stop hit a Green Line train yesterday morning. One Green Line passenger went to the hospital, and the truck driver has a date with the courts. [Boston Globe]
Manny Ramirez sure loves his cars. When he went on Leno, he seemed to want to talk about cars even more than the World Series. Putting car enthusiasts Manny Ramirez and Jay Leno together was risky because they might not have talked about the World Series at all. Fans got lucky, and the talk turned to baseball, but it might be safe to assume that Ramirez holds hot rods and baseball in similarly high...