[quote name=\'PaulD\' date=\'Jan 25 2005, 10:33 PM\'][quote name=\'jdhernandez\' date=\'Jan 25 2005, 08:33 PM\']PS: ...and yea, we all know I'm the biggest "T-word" person/addict here, but this is the great comedic legend, who was one-of-a-kind, and I don't mind PYL being preempted. I just somehow wish the marathon would go on longer, because to me, a tribute to Johnny Carson requires at least one full day. :-)[/quote]
It may that GSN is already showing all it has.
A true marathon, of course, would be of some outlet was able to air non-stop reruns of 'The Tonight Show' itself for a day.[/quote]
Theoretically, there are quite a few more they could show if they wanted. He was on more than a dozen TTTT that they've shown in the past, and at least one or two more of WML? and IGAS than they're showing this time. Still, considering how B&W has been banished, six hours in the daylight seems pretty good.
As for your Tonight Show comment, I believe it was Carl Reiner during one of the endless tributes on the cable channels who said that somebody ought to run the old shows again, just as they were. He was actually quite practical about it, saying run them at one in the morning if you have to, but make them available for people to catch. With NBC in possession of a huge chunk of them, and a bunch of cable channels to program, why the hell not?