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This week is Tribute Band Week on Letterman. Here are the acts booked:

Monday, November 17
Purple Reign (Prince Tribute Band)

Tuesday, November 18
The Cold Hard Cash (Johnny Cash Tribute Band)

Wednesday, November 19
Mr. Brownstone (Guns N' Roses Tribute Band)

Thursday, November 20
Super Diamond (Neil Diamond Tribute Band)

Friday, November 21
The Allstarz (James Brown Tribute Band)

Anyone heard of/seen any of these? Worth watching? (or I should say, recording - I'm not usually up that late )

Triple S wrote:This week is Tribute Band Week on Letterman. Here are the acts booked:

Monday, November 17
Purple Reign (Prince Tribute Band)

Tuesday, November 18
The Cold Hard Cash (Johnny Cash Tribute Band)

Wednesday, November 19
Mr. Brownstone (Guns N' Roses Tribute Band)

Thursday, November 20
Super Diamond (Neil Diamond Tribute Band)

Friday, November 21
The Allstarz (James Brown Tribute Band)

Anyone heard of/seen any of these? Worth watching? (or I should say, recording - I'm not usually up that late )

no this is not worth watching... LENO rocks way better than Letterman anyway.

sweeps month and this is best he can come up with and Not RAIN the beattles tribute band.

lights1961 wrote:no this is not worth watching... LENO rocks way better than Letterman anyway.

This is simply a matter of preference. Leno is a good Boston dude who I grew up around the corner from, but he's not half as funny as Letterman! Letterman is late night royalty the way Johnny Carson was. One of the funniest dudes on TV. Leno's monologues are usually awful and I very rarely laugh watching them.


John from Boston

The only funny part of Letterman's show is Alan Kalter, the announcer. He makes the show!

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:no this is not worth watching... LENO rocks way better than Letterman anyway.

This is simply a matter of preference. Leno is a good Boston dude who I grew up around the corner from, but he's not half as funny as Letterman! Letterman is late night royalty the way Johnny Carson was. One of the funniest dudes on TV. Leno's monologues are usually awful and I very rarely laugh watching them.


John from Boston

I agree with John. Letterman is the man.

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:no this is not worth watching... LENO rocks way better than Letterman anyway.

This is simply a matter of preference. Leno is a good Boston dude who I grew up around the corner from, but he's not half as funny as Letterman! Letterman is late night royalty the way Johnny Carson was. One of the funniest dudes on TV. Leno's monologues are usually awful and I very rarely laugh watching them.


John from Boston

but tribute bands???

Leno always looks like he's going through the motions. The jokes are weak, more like "groan" humor as Arianndu calls it.

I won't watch Leno unless there's a certain guest.

Letterman's monologue isn't always great but his delivery's better. His camera on the street segments are funny. Paul Schaffer's always good for a laugh.

The best monologues on late night are Craig Ferguson on the Late Late show. Conan's ok too. Don't see him bringin' the weird humor to the tonight show but we'll see. Can't be worse than Leno though.

Cold Hard Cash sounds pretty good so I'll catch that one. It'd be cool if Joaquin Phoenix dropped in that night for a song with them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7tykmAhsdg

Here's Mr. Brownstone / meh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JFf71w-O0I

Perhaps Journey could get on the show this week....

lights1961 wrote:but tribute bands???

We're all on a tribute band message board...what's the problem? Incidentally, what the hell does tribute bands have to do with whether or not Letterman is funny? I'm quite sure that neither Letterman, nor Leno book their guests!


John from Boston

StocktontoMalone wrote:Perhaps Journey could get on the show this week....

LOL, I thought that too. But seriously, the band should be on there if these tributes can get on.

Jeremy should be on the horn to Letterman ASAP.

Wouldn't mind seeing Hugo and Evolution in there.

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:but tribute bands???

We're all on a tribute band message board...what's the problem? Incidentally, what the hell does tribute bands have to do with whether or not Letterman is funny? I'm quite sure that neither Letterman, nor Leno book their guests!


John from Boston

'cause were free to express our displeasure about the shows as well

Dave should have Journey on there to do a tribute to Steve Perry.

StocktontoMalone wrote:Perhaps Journey could get on the show this week....

Gee - how did I know someone was going to say that?

Here's Purple Reign
http://www.purplereign.net/8.html?sm=28363

Would've loved to see Evolution on there, but I'm sure they had thousands to choose from.

StoneCold wrote:Leno always looks like he's going through the motions. The jokes are weak, more like "groan" humor as Arianndu calls it.

I won't watch Leno unless there's a certain guest.

Letterman's monologue isn't always great but his delivery's better. His camera on the street segments are funny. Paul Schaffer's always good for a laugh.

The best monologues on late night are Craig Ferguson on the Late Late show. Conan's ok too. Don't see him bringin' the weird humor to the tonight show but we'll see. Can't be worse than Leno though.

I agree. I love Craig Ferguson.

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:but tribute bands???

We're all on a tribute band message board...what's the problem? Incidentally, what the hell does tribute bands have to do with whether or not Letterman is funny? I'm quite sure that neither Letterman, nor Leno book their guests!


John from Boston

um it matters because what type of guests he is getting... and leno still kicks lettermans ass... headlines and jay walking are priceless... now if Leno had Pauls band... WOW.


The Question becomes now as the tv year goes on, where is Leno going??? is it ABC??
and the bigger question is why Connan replacing Leno...God that will be terrible..

lights1961 wrote:um it matters because what type of guests he is getting...

For what it's worth, I'm fairly confident that the staff of Letterman's show could book ANY guest who they felt like booking. I don't believe for one second that somehow Leno gets better guests.

lights1961 wrote: headlines and jay walking are priceless...

I agree that the headlines segment is funny. Jay Walking is his best segment. Every now and again he does "Working with the public" and plays some 911 calls. Probably the funniest segments I've ever heard on TV, but that has nothing to do with Leno or his humor!

lights1961 wrote:The Question becomes now as the tv year goes on, where is Leno going??? is it ABC??

I'm fairly confident that Leno is probably just headed to his garage to play with all of his cars. I suspect that if he wanted to stay on TV that he would have just signed a new contract with NBC. I never heard any stories that the guy was forced out, so it appears to me that he's leaving on his own volition and simply wants to retire from TV. I suspect that he will probably sign a contract for a long-term stand up gig in Vegas, as he's always continued to perform as a comic.

lights1961 wrote: the bigger question is why Connan replacing Leno...God that will be terrible..

My understanding is that Leno hand picked Conan, as his successor. I never quite understood why NBC (or any network) would allow that, if it's true. I don't get Conan, AT ALL. Another Boston guy who has done well in his life, but I've never found the guy remotely funny. Then again, I've never found Bill Cosby remotely funny either. Even though I don't find Leno to be hilarious, he at least has his moments. I've never laughed at a single thing that Conan has ever said. I think Conan comes across as way too zany for mainstream late night talk, and I can't imagine NBC asking him to change who he is.

John from Boston

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:um it matters because what type of guests he is getting...

For what it's worth, I'm fairly confident that the staff of Letterman's show could book ANY guest who they felt like booking. I don't believe for one second that somehow Leno gets better guests.

lights1961 wrote: headlines and jay walking are priceless...

I agree that the headlines segment is funny. Jay Walking is his best segment. Every now and again he does "Working with the public" and plays some 911 calls. Probably the funniest segments I've ever heard on TV, but that has nothing to do with Leno or his humor!

lights1961 wrote:The Question becomes now as the tv year goes on, where is Leno going??? is it ABC??

I'm fairly confident that Leno is probably just headed to his garage to play with all of his cars. I suspect that if he wanted to stay on TV that he would have just signed a new contract with NBC. I never heard any stories that the guy was forced out, so it appears to me that he's leaving on his own volition and simply wants to retire from TV. I suspect that he will probably sign a contract for a long-term stand up gig in Vegas, as he's always continued to perform as a comic.

lights1961 wrote: the bigger question is why Connan replacing Leno...God that will be terrible..

My understanding is that Leno hand picked Conan, as his successor. I never quite understood why NBC (or any network) would allow that, if it's true. I don't get Conan, AT ALL. Another Boston guy who has done well in his life, but I've never found the guy remotely funny. Then again, I've never found Bill Cosby remotely funny either. Even though I don't find Leno to be hilarious, he at least has his moments. I've never laughed at a single thing that Conan has ever said. I think Conan comes across as way too zany for mainstream late night talk, and I can't imagine NBC asking him to change who he is.

John from Boston

I think he was kind of forced out. Nobody could understand it with his ratings. But he's older, and they didn't want to lose Conan O'Brien, who was younger, to another channel was their reason for setting a time for Jay to leave. I don't believe he's happy now that it's getting closer, and I read somewhere they're getting worried about what he will do as far as maybe with another channel. Leno works all the time. When he's not on his show, he's doing comedy gigs.

Enigma869 wrote:

lights1961 wrote:no this is not worth watching... LENO rocks way better than Letterman anyway.

This is simply a matter of preference. Leno is a good Boston dude who I grew up around the corner from, but he's not half as funny as Letterman! Letterman is late night royalty the way Johnny Carson was. One of the funniest dudes on TV. Leno's monologues are usually awful and I very rarely laugh watching them.


John from Boston

I was a huge Letterman fan until he took a partisan approach that ceased being funny when it took a turn to pure hatred/nastiness. Not sure why these folks want to risk alienating half they fans that way. I switched to Leno when that happened, although I rarely catch the monologue.

OK - my question was about the tribute bands, not who the better late night host is - but I'll play!

Could never stand to watch Conan (but his show did spawn Triumph the Insult Comic Dog ), Letterman's OK, used to watch Leno regularly but more for the Jay Walking segments than anything. These days the only late night I watch is Jimmy Kimmel.

Triple S wrote:OK - my question was about the tribute bands, not who the better late night host is - but I'll play!

Could never stand to watch Conan (but his show did spawn Triumph the Insult Comic Dog ), Letterman's OK, used to watch Leno regularly but more for the Jay Walking segments than anything. These days the only late night I watch is Jimmy Kimmel.

Sorry Triple S. I do find it interesting that tribute bands are being recognized on a national level. Is this a first?

hoagiepete wrote:

Triple S wrote:OK - my question was about the tribute bands, not who the better late night host is - but I'll play!

Could never stand to watch Conan (but his show did spawn Triumph the Insult Comic Dog ), Letterman's OK, used to watch Leno regularly but more for the Jay Walking segments than anything. These days the only late night I watch is Jimmy Kimmel.

Sorry Triple S. I do find it interesting that tribute bands are being recognized on a national level. Is this a first?

Not a clue - I don't recall anything like this on network TV. I thought it was a pretty good idea - why not? Nothing wrong with enjoying the music of tribute bands, I'm sure there's a lot of really good ones out there - I know I've discovered some just from reading this board.

Jana wrote:I think he was kind of forced out. Nobody could understand it with his ratings. But he's older, and they didn't want to lose Conan O'Brien, who was younger, to another channel was their reason for setting a time for Jay to leave. I don't believe he's happy now that it's getting closer, and I read somewhere they're getting worried about what he will do as far as maybe with another channel. Leno works all the time. When he's not on his show, he's doing comedy gigs.

I think it's silly if NBC's reasoning for forcing Leno out is because he is "older". The guy is 58 years old, which isn't exactly over the hill. Letterman is in his sixties, and Carson was pushing 70 when he finally retired! Although I'm not a huge Leno fan, Conan is a jackass. I honestly can't believe that NBC can't wait to replace Leno with this guy.


John from Boston

Enigma869 wrote:

Jana wrote:I think he was kind of forced out. Nobody could understand it with his ratings. But he's older, and they didn't want to lose Conan O'Brien, who was younger, to another channel was their reason for setting a time for Jay to leave. I don't believe he's happy now that it's getting closer, and I read somewhere they're getting worried about what he will do as far as maybe with another channel. Leno works all the time. When he's not on his show, he's doing comedy gigs.

I think it's silly if NBC's reasoning for forcing Leno out is because he is "older". The guy is 58 years old, which isn't exactly over the hill. Letterman is in his sixties, and Carson was pushing 70 when he finally retired! Although I'm not a huge Leno fan, Conan is a jackass. I honestly can't believe that NBC can't wait to replace Leno with this guy.


John from Boston

I agree. I can not stand Conan. Was never a big Leno fan either. I always thought Letterman should have gotten that show.

Enigma869 wrote:

Jana wrote:I think he was kind of forced out. Nobody could understand it with his ratings. But he's older, and they didn't want to lose Conan O'Brien, who was younger, to another channel was their reason for setting a time for Jay to leave. I don't believe he's happy now that it's getting closer, and I read somewhere they're getting worried about what he will do as far as maybe with another channel. Leno works all the time. When he's not on his show, he's doing comedy gigs.

I think it's silly if NBC's reasoning for forcing Leno out is because he is "older". The guy is 58 years old, which isn't exactly over the hill. Letterman is in his sixties, and Carson was pushing 70 when he finally retired! Although I'm not a huge Leno fan, Conan is a jackass. I honestly can't believe that NBC can't wait to replace Leno with this guy.


John from Boston

I think the problem was that Conan wanted to have the top spot, heard that he threatened to leave.

Rick wrote:I agree. I can not stand Conan. Was never a big Leno fan either. I always thought Letterman should have gotten that show.

Well it's no secret that Letterman and Carson had a very close relationship. I'm old enough to remember that at the time Carson announced he was leaving, he (Carson) wanted Letterman to be his replacement. For years everyone thought Joan Rivers would get the gig until she and Carson had a huge falling out. Apparently NBC wasn't the democracy back then that it appears to be today with the retiring host hand picking (at least that's what I've read) his successor.


John from Boston

Triple S wrote:This week is Tribute Band Week on Letterman. Here are the acts booked:

Monday, November 17
Purple Reign (Prince Tribute Band)

Tuesday, November 18
The Cold Hard Cash (Johnny Cash Tribute Band)

Wednesday, November 19
Mr. Brownstone (Guns N' Roses Tribute Band)

Thursday, November 20
Super Diamond (Neil Diamond Tribute Band)

Friday, November 21
The Allstarz (James Brown Tribute Band)

Anyone heard of/seen any of these? Worth watching? (or I should say, recording - I'm not usually up that late )

Saw Purple Reign in Vegas a few years ago.They were AWESOME!!

I grew up watching Carson. That said, relative to JC, Letterman, Leno and O'brien suck. I think they're all bumbling dumbfucks that have to try to be funny. Carson just was.

Triple S wrote:This week is Tribute Band Week on Letterman. Here are the acts booked:

Monday, November 17
Purple Reign (Prince Tribute Band)

Tuesday, November 18
The Cold Hard Cash (Johnny Cash Tribute Band)

Wednesday, November 19
Mr. Brownstone (Guns N' Roses Tribute Band)

Thursday, November 20
Super Diamond (Neil Diamond Tribute Band)

Friday, November 21
The Allstarz (James Brown Tribute Band)

Anyone heard of/seen any of these? Worth watching? (or I should say, recording - I'm not usually up that late )

I saw Super Diamond in San Diego in August. They were pretty damn good, even though I'm not a big Neil Diamond fan. They broke into "Lights" (part of guitar player intro and solo) and another Journey tune (can't remember what now). They nailed it. Mentioned influence from Journey and that they were from San Francisco. Wish they'd have stuck to that instead of going back to the Diamond stuff.

leno...ugh... just plain hard to look at. And that nasily tone.... wow... Lettermen (and Conan) are much easier to tolerate.