Monday, September 27, 2004

THE SHOW THAT GAVE THE WORLD TOM POSTON AND TIM CONWAY: Fifty years ago tonight, Steve Allen hosted the first 'Tonight Show' on NBC.

As Adam has written here before, there would be no David Letterman without Allen, and many of the mainstays of today's talkshow scene were invented by him, from the desk-and-couch arrangement for guests to 'Stump the Band' and unrehearsed man on the street interviews to Allen's wearing a suit comprised of tea bags and plunging into a vat of hot water. Those of us who enjoy late-night television remain in his debt, even if he did get involved in some real dumb stuff late in life.

In other news, apparently you can view today's reality tv programs through a prism of racial analysis. Oh, really?

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