Quite a few folks have written me about the "Five-Timers" sketch on last Saturday night's Saturday Night Live. No one wrote who was actually present in the studio but a lot of people wrote who have been to SNL telecasts and they said that many sketches are performed in areas of the stage where few (if any) audience members can see directly and that most wind up watching on the monitors. I guess that's the explanation as to why the audience didn't react to the surprise guests before they were seen on camera.
Also, it turns out that it was indeed Justin Timberlake's fifth time hosting the show, not his sixth. Several folks wrote to me that it was his sixth and they all seem to have gotten this from Wikipedia…which was for the first time ever in the history of Wikipedia, incorrect about something.
In other late night news, there's been no announcement from NBC or Jay Leno responding to reports that the network would soon announce Leno's departure. The last few nights, Leno and Jimmy Fallon have both done jokes as if it's true but those are, after all, jokes. Leno has Craig Ferguson on his show this Friday night so that might be an occasion to mention the topic. I'm still skeptical…not that NBC might decide to replace Leno next year but that they'd decide that now. You'd think that after all that mess with Conan, the one thing they might say at that network is "Okay, from now on, we don't cancel Jay until he's really losing." But more obvious lessons have gone unlearned in network television.
I've also received a lot of info about Miss Miller, the lady who used to practically live in studio audiences for TV tapings and live telecasts. Before long, I'll compile them into a nice post here. It's kind of an interesting story…I think.