I don't care where Prince plays, I'll watch it just for Prince (Last time I saw Ellen is when Prince played it for Musicology promotion)

2elijah said:

dave was a comedic tension breaker to make new art seem palatable to the mainstream, and that was a good thing. i remember when grace jones was on there plugging her movie "vamp" and they played a clip of her avant garde dance scene where she's dressed in the keith haring make-up...right in the middle of the clip, you hear dave say "okay, that's about enough of that nonsense" and he stopped the clip, and grace jones just laughed and laughed. stuff like that makes people feel okay about stuff that's beyond the vanilla, because it shows that it's okay to laugh at weird stuff yet appreciate it too. and he wasn't afraid to be seen as the square, if it helped his guest promote their work and at the same time get people to talk about that night's episode of late night. there was a really smart formula going on with that show, it's a shame it all collapsed into pap.

ernestsewell said:

Yeah, he went with Leno who didn't comment on the absurdity of promoting an album with a release date of "never" (at that time, at least) or asking if he was alright after mock "committing suicide" after his performance of Dolphin.

Still, out of the two, Dave calls people out on their celebutardness (Joaquin Phoenix, anyone?). Leno rips 'em apart in his "monologue" and then kisses their ass to get 'em on the show and lob softball questions at 'em. Dave doesn't do do that - though he has softened slightly, as he demonstrated when he had Bill Hicks' mother on the show to apologize for a past incident.

Makes sense that Prince likes Leno.

Rogue588 said:

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Makes sense that you want to be treated with respect. In addition, loads of people dislike Lettermen. His days are just about over.

laurarichardson said:

Ya think Laura? If Letterman was to be replaced I would have preferred if Conan took over that show instead of Jay's time slot in L.A. Conan is hilarious and when I manage to stay up until close to 1:00 am, I try to catch his show. I kind of wish we had Conan do a 9pm show out here in NYC instead of a show close to 1 am in the morning when he had that show. At least we have SNL out here, even though it comes on Saturday nights, and is more of a comedy show, but thank goodness they bring musicians/artists to that show and we get to see them do two performances.

We shall see how it turns out for Conan and how well received he will be by the L.A. folk. I never used to like Dave back in the 90s, but he's changed somewhat and over the years has had some interesting guests on his show. He lost a lot of his "snubbery" he carried around for a number of years. Then again, David Letterman show is not the "end all be all" for musicians/artists to make an appearance.

2elijah said:

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I like Conan and I hope he does well in his time slot.

Makes sense that you want to be treated with respect. In addition, loads of people dislike Lettermen. His days are just about over.

Prince and Jay Leno are very good friends.
So just like when we have a very good friend that we love and care for deeply, that has a talk show.....you stay loyal to your friends.

Letterman can go stick his head in a bucket of wet cememt!!

ernestsewell said:

Yeah, he went with Leno who didn't comment on the absurdity of promoting an album with a release date of "never" (at that time, at least) or asking if he was alright after mock "committing suicide" after his performance of Dolphin.

Still, out of the two, Dave calls people out on their celebutardness (Joaquin Phoenix, anyone?). Leno rips 'em apart in his "monologue" and then kisses their ass to get 'em on the show and lob softball questions at 'em. Dave doesn't do do that - though he has softened slightly, as he demonstrated when he had Bill Hicks' mother on the show to apologize for a past incident.

Makes sense that Prince likes Leno.

Yeah, he went with Leno who didn't comment on the absurdity of promoting an album with a release date of "never" (at that time, at least) or asking if he was alright after mock "committing suicide" after his performance of Dolphin.

Still, out of the two, Dave calls people out on their celebutardness (Joaquin Phoenix, anyone?). Leno rips 'em apart in his "monologue" and then kisses their ass to get 'em on the show and lob softball questions at 'em. Dave doesn't do do that - though he has softened slightly, as he demonstrated when he had Bill Hicks' mother on the show to apologize for a past incident.

Makes sense that Prince likes Leno.

tmz.com

The Tonight Showdown -- Prince Zings Letterman

After playing a three night gig for Jay Leno and performing on his penultimate show, it's pretty obvious where Prince's late night loyalty lies -- but in case you're still not sure, this hand-written sign should drive the point home.

"Jay is the best. Even Paul Shafer [sic] knows."

guarinigirl2000 said:

He's been Dave Letterman's band leader since the beginning.

In addition, loads of people dislike Lettermen. His days are just about over.

prince can't hang w/ someone like Letterman. There's no asskissing coming from Dave. prince's world is full of yes men and he probably won't have it any other way.

kpowers said:

So you missed the subsequent Ellen shows he was on too, huh?