Whatever side you're falling on in the recent NBC late-night "deck chairs on the Titanic " shuffle, you have to admit it's been good comedy for all parties involved. While Letterman and Craig Ferguson have been sharp (especially Letterman, who has been gleeful in his "I told you so" vitriol), the best bits have come from Leno and O'Brien. Evidence: It's hard to follow all the angles here, but two things are clear: NBC violated Leno's contract (guaranteeing the 10pm slot), and NBC didn't violate O'Brien's contract (which made no time slot guarantees). So it's not hard to see who the loser here will be. O'Brien won't get the show he wants, Leno will step into a hollow echo of his past success, and tens of millions of dollars will be up in the air. Only Jimmy Fallon will continue to gestate his talent relatively unmolested, and his security is merely a function of the low expectations of his time slot. Meanwhile, CBS (a
OK, I gotta admit. I didn't know any of this, and I find it very disheartening. As a Sallie Mae ...."Victim" isn't the right word, maybe "one of the deceived" would fit better... Right, as one of the deceived of Sallie Mae myself, I look forward to the day that I have kicked old Sallie out of the house and never see her again. She is my last debt to pay, good riddance ya old nag.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot a point sir, and that is that government employment (the GS system) greatly inflates the importance of college degrees in it's hiring practices. A typical requirement would be something along the lines of "Must have a degree or 15 years practical experience".
ReplyDeleteGood point. I've long thought that we as a K-16 educational system have given up on vocational training that could put someone in a job more quickly and directly than the current system of meandering directionless "liberal arts" curricula. And thanks for calling me "sir."
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