Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-28-2008, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by http://www.mygayestlook.com/
On Thursday, March 20, 2008, Jay Leno welcomed as his guest on The Tonight Show the actor Ryan Phillippe, who, early in his career, played a gay character on the daily soap One Life to Live. During the interview, Leno hounded Phillippe, telling him to look into the camera, pretend it was his "gay lover…Billy Bob," who "has just ridden in shirtless from Wyoming" (still milking the Brokeback jokes), and give it his "gayest look."

So I think I'll be sticking to Letterman and/or Stewart & Colbert for a while.

Sub la Goon · 03-28-2008, 03:41 PM

Even if I stayed up that late (old age sux), Leno is way too much of a right wing tool for me take seriously. Or un-seriously...

I will take Letterman or Colbert over the Chinned One any day.
And I would marry Jon Stewart if he let me.
And I was a woman.

innerSpaceman · 03-28-2008, 03:46 PM

On the other hand, I think it bespeaks ill of people when they can't take a joke at their own expense.

Not that I want gays to laugh at racial humor as well as gay jokes. But it doesn't seem so thin-skinned if we just let the gay jokes roll off our collective backs.

BarTopDancer · 03-28-2008, 03:56 PM

Ryan Phillipe showed up for Leno?

He totally snubbed Kevin and Bean on KROQ.

Gemini Cricket · 03-28-2008, 04:03 PM

To Phillipe's credit (yes, I give him credit despite the fact that I loathe him) he does not do the gay look to the camera. Wow, I had no idea that Leno was such a fvckstick.

innerSpaceman · 03-28-2008, 04:25 PM

Wow, I was wondering what GC was gonna say about this. His most hated celebrity (Ryan P.) standing up against his most hated showbiz tactic (gay dissing).

To G.C.'s credit, he gave Phillippe credit.

That's ma boy!!

Ghoulish Delight · 03-28-2008, 04:37 PM

Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while:

He's not funny.

Not Afraid · 03-28-2008, 04:42 PM

Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while:

Is that on TV?

Gemini Cricket · 03-28-2008, 04:43 PM

I also find it weird when late night hosts take pleasure in making their guests feel awkward. I mean, Phillipe (if he was smarter) should have been prepared for all sorts of shenanigans. But the interview did make Leno look bad. I mean, yeah, he was nude in a commercial. So what? That's called work. Phillipe should take a lesson from George Clooney and embrace his early work and laugh it off.

Following SM's link I found myself in all sorts of places. Jeff Whitty's website, youtube, all over. Jeff Whitty sounds like a cool guy. Good for him.

Gemini Cricket · 03-28-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while:

He's not funny.

And, yes, there is that. I never found Leno to be funny. Letterman is often funny. John Stewart is funny. Stephen Colbert is funny. Leno? Not so much.

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	On the other hand, I think it bespeaks ill of people when they can't take a joke at their own expense. Not that I want gays to laugh at racial humor as well as gay jokes. But it doesn't seem so thin-skinned if we just let the gay jokes roll off our collective backs.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	To Phillipe's credit (yes, I give him credit despite the fact that I loathe him) he does not do the gay look to the camera. Wow, I had no idea that Leno was such a fvckstick.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Wow, I was wondering what GC was gonna say about this. His most hated celebrity (Ryan P.) standing up against his most hated showbiz tactic (gay dissing). To G.C.'s credit, he gave Phillippe credit. That's ma boy!!
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while: He's not funny. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while: Is that on TV?
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03-28-2008, 04:43 PM	#9
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I also find it weird when late night hosts take pleasure in making their guests feel awkward. I mean, Phillipe (if he was smarter) should have been prepared for all sorts of shenanigans. But the interview did make Leno look bad. I mean, yeah, he was nude in a commercial. So what? That's called work. Phillipe should take a lesson from George Clooney and embrace his early work and laugh it off. Following SM's link I found myself in all sorts of places. Jeff Whitty's website, youtube, all over. Jeff Whitty sounds like a cool guy. Good for him.
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