tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31232156.post1821735574164606585..comments2023-10-26T05:08:18.170-07:00Comments on Echoes of Grace: Goodnight, Jay...Amazing Graciehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788890988002911896noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31232156.post-36308673909995150182009-06-01T08:36:50.003-07:002009-06-01T08:36:50.003-07:00I remember the test patterns when television stati...I remember the test patterns when television stations would sign off the air for the night. That was always a true bummer if I was doing a late babysitting job! <br /><br />I've never really been a late night talk show watcher though every once in awhile I'd have it on if I happened to be up late and had the TV on for noise. <br /><br />I remember seeing Jay Leno years and years ago opening for Crystal Gayle at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe - he was great but that was long before he took over for Johnny Carson. <br /><br />Wow - I am old!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698969349369789642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31232156.post-8748285597590293222009-05-30T07:30:48.827-07:002009-05-30T07:30:48.827-07:00what a wonderful post gracie!! i never embraced j...what a wonderful post gracie!! i never embraced jay like i did johnny but still watched once in a while but do remember high flight and the test patterns. i lived in baltimore back then and we only had three channels. got our first tv in 1953, a seven inch screen! everyone sat in front of it after dinner...<br /><br />smiles, bee<br />xoxoxoxoxoxoxoEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31232156.post-64603021936714694192009-05-30T05:23:23.643-07:002009-05-30T05:23:23.643-07:00Johnny was king, I will never forget the tears whe...Johnny was king, I will never forget the tears when Bette Midler sang that closing song, johnny cried, I also likeed Jay he had a great show, and I agree with you about Letterman, I cannot watch his show now. You gave me an idea for a post, check it out laterSarge Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533766216808955625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31232156.post-10895043899889018772009-05-30T01:48:34.710-07:002009-05-30T01:48:34.710-07:00I sure do miss Johnny!
Back in the day when I st...I sure do miss Johnny! <br /><br />Back in the day when I stayed up late, I never missed Johnny! I go to bed around 8:00pm now, so I only caught Leno if I couldn't sleep.<br /><br />Jay was wise not to try to replace Johnny - who could?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31232156.post-19286048453023949662009-05-29T23:48:45.960-07:002009-05-29T23:48:45.960-07:00Boy, we have a lot of similarities on this topic, ...Boy, we have a lot of similarities on this topic, Gracie! Like you, I've always been a night owl. Where I live now,lived here as a kid too, we only got one -yes, one! channel when I was a kid and it was a CBS station so I could never watch the Tonight show then. But in the summers when I would go stay with my aunt and uncle for several weeks, one of the things I looked forward to was seeing Jack Paar on the Tonight Show. I loved his humor! Then Johnny Carson came along and I followed him faithfully during the 8 years I worked in D.C. My older daughter used to fight with my Mom and I, wanting to stay up and watch his show. She would cry and say "Wanna watch Johnny Car-see!" When I moved back home then in 1972, by that time they had cable here, only four channels but at least one of them was NBC so I could continue watching Carson. His last show, my older daughter and I taped it and cried like babies throughout the whole program. Leno is, as you said, like the cousin you're really close to and can talk with about just about anything and everything. I like Conan sometimes but sometimes not too so I'm not sure where my viewing will go from here on out. Probably do a lot of channel surfing for a while anyway.<br />Here's hoping too that Jay's new show on Prime time in the fall is as good as his run for the past 17 years on the Tonight Show has been.Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.com