Letterman
David Letterman has beaten Conan O’Brien in the ratings again. Last week, The Late Show with David Letterman beat The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien by more than 800,000 viewers. This is Letterman’s best run since 2000 when he recovered from heart surgery. He’s had a great guest list, including Sacha Baron Cohen and, most recently, Paul McCartney. Also, his publicized feud with Gov. Sarah Palin boosted his ratings even more. Things have really been going well for Mr. Letterman.
Not that Conan’s doing poorly. He is well-received by the critics and seems to be keeping his fanbase intact. Indeed, Conan is cleaning up when it comes to the coveted 18-49 age demographic. That means that while my dad watches Letterman, I’m watching Conan. As we all know, advertisers are constantly aiming to attract young viewers so NBC is quite happy with Conan’s ratings. Of course, I’m sure they’d like to be number one.
A little late night competition never hurt anybody. For viewers, it’s a win-win either way. David Letterman is hilarious and an obvious influence on Conan O’Brien, who delivers great comedy night after night. As a late night viewer, I’m happy with both shows. We can all exist in harmony! Still, it’s fascinating to watch this little back and forth ratings battle.
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Paul McCartney
Former Beatles member Paul McCartney returned to the theater that change his life last night, performing atop the famous Ed Sullivan Theater. Paul was a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman where he talked about that iconic performance 45 years ago. You know, that little performance that altered popular music forever.
“Just the memory of being here was great…it was kind of scary the first time,” McCartney said. You better believe it was scary; 70 million people watched The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
Paul also talked about the late Michael Jackson. He even talked about the oft-discussed Jackson purchase of Paul’s music. He said the two were very close but “…it actually kind of fell apart a little bit later because he was talking to me and asking my business advice, and one of the things I said to him was, ‘Think about getting into music publishing.’ And he looked at me, and I thought he was joking, he said, ‘I’m going to get yours.’” Ouch.
McCartney then performed on top of the marquee of the theater. Crowds gathered below as Paul performed a couple songs on the show and then more after the cameras stopped rolling. Truly an awesome musical experience.
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Paul McCartney
There had been some rumors that Michael Jackson had left The Beatles’ song rights to Paul McCartney. To be fair, if anyone deserves the song rights, it’s him and Ringo Starr. Well, in a message on his website, Sir Paul has said he definitely does not have the rights to his songs, nor was he expecting them.
While Paul doesn’t have the rights yet, he doesn’t seem too angry at the late Michael. On his post, he says: “though Michael and I drifted apart over the years, we never really fell out, and I have fond memories of our time together.”
Oh well, maybe those song rights will make their way back to Paul and Ringo someday soon.
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Party animal
I guess my invite got lost in the mail. I mean, I assume that Tom Hanks invited me to his swanky, celeb-filled party yesterday. Brentwood, the city where Hanks lives, isn’t that far from me. I totally could have made it.
Some of the guests at the party were Paul McCartney, Jennifer Aniston and busy man Conan O’Brien, among others. I’m sure the Pope was probably there.
Not sure what the party was about. Celebrating Conan’s new gig? Celebrating The Beatles Rock Band? Watching the MTV Movie Awards? Who knows? Not me, I wasn’t invited.
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