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ZOMG! Following his debut Tweet (@peeweeherman), Pee-wee was a guest on The Jay Leno Show. 

Actor Paul Reubens really did come dressed in the gray suit, white wingtips and red bowtie to promote his upcoming stage show in L.A. The Pee-wee Herman Show starts Nov. 8 at the Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood. Many of the original cast will be performing as well.

I really thought I was going to hate The Decemberists Hazards of Love, but it’s grown on me both for it’s audacity and it’s impecable craft.  Also?  Colin Maloy and company really tried to turn up the rocking to 11.  I don’t think they quite got there but still, got to hand it to them for trying.

It’s a bit unfortunate to hear the song out of context from the rest of the album.

Colin’s got his best Rod Blagojevich haircut going, which is so un-rock n’roll that it might be the most rock n’roll thing he’s ever done.

In case you were wondering, the female vocalist isn’t even in the band, she’s Shara Worden from My Brightest Diamond.  Another band worth getting into, if you haven’t already.

So, President Obama went on the Jay Leno show last night and it went well, except for the joke where he compared his bowling skills, or lack thereof, to the Special Olympics. 

And whatever, it’s a joke we all make a million times a day.  Except now, Kolan McConiughey, a bowler in the Special Olympics has demanded satisfaction from our president. 

“Bring it on, Obama!” he said. McConiughey is proud of the six Special Olympics bowling medals he’s won as well as the fact that he’s bowled five perfect games. “I challenge him! I’ll show him how to do it.”

I would give anything to see this happen.  Obviously, the President’s gonna eat a lot of crow on this because you can’t make fun of retards people with special needs, especially if you’re the President.  But he would earn a lot of goodwill if he invited Kolan out to the White House and made a special event out of it.  Had a few laughs, worked his charm, made a half-hearted pledge to help The Special Olympics out, etc.

When he sits down with Jay Leno this Thursday, March 19.  I’d rather have him sit down with Jon Stewart, since they could have a humorous but substantive discussion on policy or something.  Instead, he’s sitting down with the Chin.

Even though Conan O’Brien is down to his last two evenings as host of NBC’s Late Night franchise, he seems sad about his impending departure and a bit reticent on his new digs on the Tonight Show. 

Instead of trumpeting his June 1 start date, Conan is being forced to play nice on the NBC playground with Jay Leno, even when outside observers like former NBC entertainment chief Warren Littlefield go on record with statements like this:

“Sure, Conan is still getting the ‘Tonight Show,’ but who are we kidding? Call it what you will. But if NBC hasn’t done it yet, you know they are going to at some point be saying: ‘Late night begins at 10 o’clock.’”

Ouch.  You get the sense that Conan, who’s been patiently waiting to take over the sacred late night talk show for several years now, has to be feeling just a bit sandbagged by Jay Leno’s move to a 10 p.m. show. 

Still, Conan is an easily likeable talkshow host.  There’s an entire generation of people (35 and under) that have grown up with him as their prefered nightcap.  The same devoted audience that are excited to follow him to The Late Show, excited about Leno’s departure. 

“I’ve spent my fair share of time at 3 in the morning,” he tells the Times, “lying awake like Martin Sheen in the movie, staring at the ceiling fan, thinking about my trip up river — and we all know how that turned out.”

Which, if you read the entire article and extend the metaphor, Conan as Martin Sheen means that Jay Leno has to be crazy Marlon Brando

On July 23 fans of The Tonight Show were treated to someone far funnier than Jay Leno.� Great intro… too bad Homer couldn’t have hosted the entire show.

NBC… Never been crappier… ha ha ha

Makes you wonder why NBC would help out FOX to promote a movie.� Strange times we live in.