Source: https://press.oscars.org/news/conan-obrien-host-97th-oscarsr
So the Oscars are around the corner and former Late Night host Conan O’Brien is this year’s host. Good for him, I suppose. I hear the pay is good for that gig. It’s not going to get me interested in this garbage, but the question that comes up now is… how long before “Big Jaw” comes along and steals his gig?
For those unaware, once upon a time, there was this fella named Jay “Big Jaw” Leno who hosted the Tonight Show and one day, he said that he would step down for the next guy to take over. You might assume that “next guy” would be Jimmy Fallon and… yes, that was true. But I’m going further than that. Leno would step down from the Tonight Show and the hosting duties would go to Conan O’Brien.
So Conan would get the Tonight Show while Jay Leno stuck around in the NBC lobby until they gave him a 10 o’clock show that tanked ratings and then NBC decided that we’ll move Jay to 11:35 (the Tonight Show time), move Conan’s show to 12:05 and everyone would be happy… except Conan wasn’t happy, made a big stink out of it, and after all that, Conan would leave the Tonight Show to eventually host his own TBS 11:30 show while Jay “Big Jaw” Leno slithered his way back to the Tonight Show, where he’d stay for another few years before passing the reigns to Jimmy Fallon, who has stayed put ever since.
So Conan is now doing the Oscars and Big Jaw is nowhere to be found… or is he? Will he make a play at stealing Conan’s role mere weeks before the event is to take place? Will this goad former late night rival David Letterman back into the spotlight so he can make more silly jokes at Big Jaw’s expense? Will Jimmy Kimmel bring back his famous Leno impersonations? Is Johnny Carson still rolling in his grave?
Well, it doesn’t really matter, because I don’t foresee any of this happening in real life… but imagine if it did. It would surely make the Oscars more interested and I’d almost be inclined to watch…
Almost…
But not quite…
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