I’ve never liked Leno. He’s always seemed to have a hateful, bitter undertone that he’s holding back. His “comedy” isn’t funny, most of the time. When he does manage a funny bit, it’s always derivative – usually a blatant rip-off of something Letterman did better when he was at NBC.

Conan is funny. He also should be given more support at the 11:35 spot – say, something at 10:00 that doesn’t suck and is a brand of “humor” that wouldn’t carry its fans over to watch Conan.

Writers on television on writing.

Via someone on Facebook (I closed the tab, it was killing my productivity buzz, so I don’t remember who) comes this link to a goodly number of Charlie Rose interviews with authors.  Not new stuff, really, but there are interviews with David Foster Wallace worth seeing.

I especially like the thumbnail picture for one of the Grisham interviews, certainly more entertaining than the interview itself could possibly be:

“Twin Peaks” reference sighting.

Flipping through my just-arrived copy of The Atlantic this morning, and Nigel “Bring It On” Holmes delivers the obscure Peaks reference as part of an “infographic” about Iceland.  Bless you, sir: you are keeping the dream alive.  (I should disclose that my wife schooled me: I attributed it to Ben Horne, when in fact it was Jerry.)

Change?!

The Andy Rooney Game: “Old Clothes.”

We laughed so much, it hurt.

There’s seven of them. Write to the guy and tell him to keep going.

Bill Moyers and the arrogant young FOX whippersnapper.

Seriously, you’ve got to love Bill Moyers.  He gets ambushed by a henchman of Bill O’Reilly and turns the tables.

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Free Twin Peaks.

Why?  I don’t know.  Everything except the pilot, which makes it generally useless except for the superfan, who already has it on DVD in one or three different forms.  Still, though, nice to have it everywhere you go.  I guess.  (Thought I’d be more excited.)  Anyway, here’s your free Twin Peaks.