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There was an interesting online article in a financial paper yesterday, early (before the KW thang made the morning gag and puke fluffer 'news' shows in NYC) about the 'economics' for the new show, how the number of writers (still all guild members) had gone down significantly. And that the show was going to Jay's 'garage format', rather than the usual talk show desk format. All much much cheaper to produce and distribute. About how the demographics changing because of the time slot, the pricier ad rates for the 'younger' demographic made the target audience drive the descision to do the seemingly 'unusual' changes to his successful previous show format.

Later the article was 'apended' to discuss the possibility that the KW appearance was going to be 'pushed' if need be to make sure he actually showed, but played the 'he's only going to sing' line. Again to attract the younger demographic. The appendage even 'suggested' that the KW thang on MTV and it's sister networks was staged for ratings (something MTV is famous for).

Was a really interesting read. Now contrast that with the Jay Leno that all of us SoCal guys know. The 'regular guy' that shows up on Mulhulland with whatever he 'brought' that sunny Sunday morning. He walks into his garage and the farthest he has planned ahead is the size of the coffee cup, and whether he needs to run a comb thru his hair if he is going to drive something convertible.

Amazing.