R.I.P Johnny Carson
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R.I.P Johnny Carson
Wow. It's just such a shock...
Little details are being released about the cause of death, but he passed away Sunday morning. Entertainment has lost an icon.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... -headlines
Little details are being released about the cause of death, but he passed away Sunday morning. Entertainment has lost an icon.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... -headlines
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"I did not know that..."
No peer. Not Leno. Nor Letterman.
I did not know he was ill. A chunk of genuine Americana...a really, really big chunk, has just come to a fork in the road, and, sadly, taken the Schlossen Cut-off.
RIP, oh Carnack the Magnificent. May your detractors choke to death on a Yak Hairball...
No peer. Not Leno. Nor Letterman.
I did not know he was ill. A chunk of genuine Americana...a really, really big chunk, has just come to a fork in the road, and, sadly, taken the Schlossen Cut-off.
RIP, oh Carnack the Magnificent. May your detractors choke to death on a Yak Hairball...
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I saw this story http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/1 ... index.html a few days ago which mentioned emphysema.
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Was he smoking to the end, or had he quit. Emphysema is a horrible death. I lecture on disease to young, impressionable kids who of age to pick up the habit. I pass out to each student a snorkle mouthpiece and a noseclip (forces mouthbreathing only). They ventilate with these devices for a 60 seconds (timed), then I replace the snorkel mouthpiece with a standard drinking straw, and have them breath through it exclusively for 60 seconds. Then I remove the drinking straw and have them breath through a coffee stirrer with a very small orifice...a fraction of the drinking straw. Most cannot make it 60 seconds, as the work of breathing and the sensation of dyspnea is too great.
It scares 'em. Then they get the take home. Imagine struggling for each breath...every breath, like your were doing at the end of the experiment. They can't imagine it, and yet, it is the best way to demonstrate the end stages of emphysema. Every breath you take is a mini-marathon, and the consequences of failing to ventilate is a very painful suffocating death.
If you smoke, head to the respiratory care unit of your local hospital and visit a few end-stagers. Blue Bloaters, they are referred to by the RT's.
If you still smoke after that, then at the very least, you can accept the power of addiction that tobacco has over you.
It scares 'em. Then they get the take home. Imagine struggling for each breath...every breath, like your were doing at the end of the experiment. They can't imagine it, and yet, it is the best way to demonstrate the end stages of emphysema. Every breath you take is a mini-marathon, and the consequences of failing to ventilate is a very painful suffocating death.
If you smoke, head to the respiratory care unit of your local hospital and visit a few end-stagers. Blue Bloaters, they are referred to by the RT's.
If you still smoke after that, then at the very least, you can accept the power of addiction that tobacco has over you.
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I think the question my generation, including myself, will be asking is:
Well, was he funnier than Conan?
I find a 'yes' hard to believe.
*EDIT: no disrespect to his death, it is truly a big loss... I heard he once accounted for over 17% of NBC's total profits (I think it was profits, 17% of somethiiiiinggg), and he is the staple from which all modern late night hosts try to perform.
Well, was he funnier than Conan?
I find a 'yes' hard to believe.
*EDIT: no disrespect to his death, it is truly a big loss... I heard he once accounted for over 17% of NBC's total profits (I think it was profits, 17% of somethiiiiinggg), and he is the staple from which all modern late night hosts try to perform.
Yes. He was funnier. And a hell of a lot more groundbreaking.
If it weren't for him, Conan would probably have sought out a similar career as his fellow Harvard graduates.
And that's not to say I don't like Conan, cause I do. Conan is my favourite current late night talk show host.
But this is a thread where we pay respect a legendary figure who has passed away. He was a genuinely nice guy who essentially made a career for thousands of people we revere today.
Shame on you for turning this into a penis-length comparison contest.
If it weren't for him, Conan would probably have sought out a similar career as his fellow Harvard graduates.
And that's not to say I don't like Conan, cause I do. Conan is my favourite current late night talk show host.
But this is a thread where we pay respect a legendary figure who has passed away. He was a genuinely nice guy who essentially made a career for thousands of people we revere today.
Shame on you for turning this into a penis-length comparison contest.
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Carson's funnier than Conan. Steve Allen's funnier than Conan. Heck, I'm funnier than Conan (on a good day).
Carson never hit the airwaves on this side of the Atlantic, but to see him back-to-back with Letterman when on holidays to the US as a teen was a real treat. Only just this weekend my brother was in town and we were watching the Carson stuff on the new Seinfeld DVD's, and he was such a smooth, confident and funny guy.
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Carson never hit the airwaves on this side of the Atlantic, but to see him back-to-back with Letterman when on holidays to the US as a teen was a real treat. Only just this weekend my brother was in town and we were watching the Carson stuff on the new Seinfeld DVD's, and he was such a smooth, confident and funny guy.
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Are you trying to imply that O&A are not pioneers of talk radio with those parenthesis?cosmos wrote:WHAR, someday down the line when you've outgrown those "pioneers of talk radio" Opie and Anthony, maybe you'll understand.
They are big Johnny Carson fans- and they are not related to this at all.
Name any other talk radio host that has gone number 1 in 25 major markets, dominated satellite radio, then SIMULTANEOUSLY broadcasted on commercial and satellite radio.
I know, you haven't heard them- but ignorance is never a helpful assistant.
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Both Conan and David have an aggrevating tendancy, atleast to me, of mugging for the camera. Johnny seemed to play to the studio audience and not the TV audience.
All I can say is that heaven (if you believe in that sort of thing) is a funnier place tonight.
All I can say is that heaven (if you believe in that sort of thing) is a funnier place tonight.
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