I know he’s not everyone’s favorite, but I actually like Jimmy Fallon. I miss him on Saturday Night Live, and when I see the odd clip of his last night show, he usually makes me chuckle. I think he’s a better interviewer than people give him credit for, and he’s successfully taken his ego out of his career, and has come across as very humble and genuine in many of the interviews I’ve seen with him lately. Anyway, Jimmy decided to chime in about the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno drama at NBC, and with all of the sniping, stupidity, and ballsy moves, it’s weird that Jimmy comes across as one of the few adults in the situation (video below). I actually feel for the kid:

Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC’s ‘Late Night,’ has stayed relatively quiet about the storm brewing at the network over ‘The Jay Leno Show’ and ‘The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien.’ But now he is speaking out.

Fallon, whose 12:35 time slot is in limbo, took the high road and praised both Leno and O’Brien without bashing the network.

“Here’s what I know, Jay Leno is going to go back to 11:30. Conan O’Brien was offered 12:05, and he said he didn’t want to do that. He said it wasn’t fair to him and he said it wasn’t fair to me, which was very nice of him to say,” Fallon began.

“I’m happy to have a job. I really am. I have a lot fun doing this show. We all do. But it’s kind of weird because these are two of my heroes and two of my friends,” he added.

“Leno, I was on his show so many times before I was even at this job and when I got this job he gave me so much advice, as did Conan,” Fallon continued. “Conan O’Brien if he didn’t kick ass here for 17 years, I wouldn’t be here, I wouldn’t have a job.”

“I feel like I’ve met a great woman, I got married and now I’m finally getting to know my in laws and they are crazy,” he joked.

[From PopEater]

I guess no matter what happens, Jimmy is kind of screwed. Either they’re going to put Leno back on the Tonight Show, or maybe Conan will leave, or maybe Leno will leave, or maybe all of the above or whatever. No matter what happens, I guess Jimmy is still going to have his late-late show. Throughout it all, Jimmy has been keeping his head down which might earn him points with NBC. Maybe not, though. NBC is being run by morons. Here’s the video from last night:

Hot damn! Late Tuesday afternoon, Conan O’Brien released one of the most hardcore open letters in recent memory. After months of speculation, the peacock has come home to roost at NBC. The Jay Leno, on every 10 p.m. weeknight, is a disaster, and NBC just decided to pull the plug over the weekend. Instead of just firing Jay Leno and letting Conan continue on as host of the Tonight Show, with a full hour-long show, per usual, NBC is trying to push Leno on at 11:35 p.m., with Conan and the Tonight Show on at 12:00 or 12:05. The thing is that Conan has a contract, and he will not go quietly:

People of Earth:

In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show.

Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.

Yours, Conan

[Conan O’Brien’s open letter, via Huffington Post]

I think one of the best points Conan insinuates is that he hasn’t really been given the opportunity to succeed, and NBC hasn’t really been backing the Tonight Show. Not only have they not been promoting it as much, Leno’s show sucked all of the air out of the room. Also, Jeff Gaspin, president of NBC/Universal’s Entertainment, told reporters that “Conan’s motivation will become more clear as time goes on.” Meaning, “It’s Conan’s fault that the Tonight Show’s ratings have flatlined.” In any case, I’m glad Conan is putting up a fight – and I really hope some of the chuckleheads who created this horrible situation are fired.

The rumors have been brewing for months, ever since Jay Leno took over the 10 p.m. timeslot on NBC every single f-cking weeknight, and was met with nothing but crickets chirping. Leno is out, finally and thank God. Except he’s not really out, he’s just out of the 10 o’clock slot as of February 12. The chairman of NBC Entertainment announced that there are hopes that Leno goes back to 11:30, Conan O’Brien goes to 12:05, and Jimmy Fallon goes on late-late night. To which I say “meh” for many reasons. First of all, good luck breaking all of those contracts, douchebags. Secondly, last year, NBC handed Leno a pile of money and walked away from promoting their few remaining hour-long original dramas, so screw them no matter what – if a network doesn’t want to pay for originality and storytelling, why should I feel for them? They got what they deserved, and how.

Jay’s walking off prime time.

Confirming days of rumors, Jeff Gaspin, the chairman of NBC Universal Entertainment, on Sunday announced that starting Feb. 12, The Jay Leno Show will no longer air at 10 p.m. but that the network hoped to keep Leno for an 11:35 p.m. show, Conan O’Brien for 12:05 p.m. and then Jimmy Fallon after that.

But, Gaspin adds, “It’s not a done deal yet.”

Gaspin admits that The Jay Leno Show “did not meet affiliate needs” but that through it all, Leno and O’Brien have been “incredibly gracious and professional.”

“Beyond that is a private conversation and when it all settles, you can talk to them about that,” Gaspin says. “We’re back in conversation tomorrow.”

When asked why O’Brien would choose to remain at NBC with other networks interested in him, Gaspin says, “Conan’s motivation will become more clear as time goes on. We gave something important to him, which was The Tonight Show, made it clear that it was moving with him. Conan wanted the franchise of The Tonight Show; Jay wanted to tell jokes at 11:30. Still things [need] to be worked out.”

[From People]

The only person I actually have any sympathy for is Conan O’Brien. No, that’s not true, I feel for Jimmy Fallon too. The two of them are getting royally screwed when all they did was honor their contracts and try their best. And I do think Gaspin is blaming Conan to a certain extent, especially when he says “Conan’s motivation will become more clear as time goes on.” As in “The Tonight Show is failing because Conan is unfunny, and not because Jay Leno’s hour-long show sucks all of the air out of the room every single f-cking night.” I feel like Conan and Jimmy are going to be falling on their swords big-time, when really this ridiculous scheme was the kind of out-of-touch corporate stupidity that any f-cking idiot knew was going to fail. Oh, and it’s Leno’s fault too. And I hope he gets his.

If you thought the “Jay Leno vs. David Letterman” battle of the 90′s was epic, this new clusterf#ck over at NBC makes that look like a picnic. It’s no secret that the Jay Leno 10 p.m. nightly show is a total disaster – even NBC, which was all gung-ho about the idea a few months ago, is agreeing that the ratings and format have been an absolute nightmare. But the question now is, how do they fix it – and where does this leave Jay Leno, as well as his Late Show replacement, Conan O’Brien?

NBC appears to be pedaling away from it’s ill-fated decision to run The Jay Leno Show five nights a week at 10 p.m.

As reports swept through Hollywood and the Internet that the network would dial back or eliminate the program in that time period, NBC issued the following statement:

“Jay Leno is one of the most compelling entertainers in the world today. As we have said all along, Jay’s show has performed exactly as we anticipated on the network. It has, however, presented some issues for our affiliates. Both Jay and the show are committed to working closely with them to find ways to improve the performance.”

While NBC is not tipping its hand just yet, the network appears to be planning a change just days before it announces new mid-season programming Sunday at a gathering of television critics in Pasadena and just days before a meeting with its affiliates board.

As the network continues to insist that Leno has met its modest expectations, the show has been yet another serious problem for the already-troubled network. Not only has Leno failed to draw ratings at 10 p.m., but NBC’s affiliates have seen the viewership plummet for their critically important 11 p.m. local newscasts because of the weak lead-in provided by Leno. Conan O’Brien has also been fighting a losing battle at 11:35 p.m., eroding NBC’s previously dominant position in that time slot.

While cable giant Comcast is many months away from completing its purchase of NBC Universal, there has been abundant speculation that the owners-to-be would want to reclaim the 10 p.m. slot with scripted programming which, if successful, can still prove lucrative.

The decision raises intriguing questions about Leno’s next move. While NBC devised the 10 p.m. show as a way of keeping him at the network (having committed to giving O’Brien the Tonight Show slot), there has been speculation that Leno might leave after all if his 10 p.m. show were pulled. Chances are that both Fox and ABC would both be delighted to give Leno a late-night show should he make himself available. Some in Hollywood wonder, however, whether the unsuccessful foray into primetime will prove to have damaged the Leno brand.

The rumor was first reported on the FTV Live website.

[From Daily Beast]

Meanwhile, TMZ is reporting that Jay Leno will return to his Late Show time slot of 11:30, and poor Conan will be out. No!

Jay Leno is going back to his 11:30 PM time slot, and it’s looking like Conan O’Brien is the odd man out … sources tell TMZ.

We’ve learned Jay’s 10:00 PM show will go on hiatus February 1. After the Olympics, Jay will take back his 11:30 PM time slot. What has not been decided — whether Jay’s show will be a half hour, followed by Conan, or whether Jay’s show will be an hour and NBC says sayonara to Mr. O’Brien.

We’re told Jay and Conan have both been told of the changes. As for Jay, interestingly, he’ll get what he always wanted — his 11:30 PM time slot.

[From TMZ]

I think this is rather unfair to Conan O’Brien. If Jay Leno’s crappy 10 o’clock show is causing a ratings downfall for the 11 o’clock news, it stands to reason that Conan’s show is taking a hit for the same reason. I think Conan is way funnier than Jay and appeals to a younger audience, which was the whole reason the network took Jay out of the Late Show spot. It doesn’t make sense to put him back there if he wasn’t getting the job done. Why is NBC so loyal to Jay and not to Conan?

As NBC takes a huge dive-bomb in their ratings, it’s come to the time where everyone begins assigning blame. Who shall take the blame for the boneheaded idea of cancelling out all 10 p.m. scheduling in favor of Jay Leno’s inane show? Who will take the blame for putting Conan O’Brien’s “not mainstream enough, yet not quirky enough” humor on The Tonight Show? Who will get the blame for millions of advertising dollars fleeing NBC like rats from a sinking ship? Who will get the blame for NBC not having any of the top twenty shows, week after week after week?

Well, it looks like the f-cking geniuses at NBC programming have decided to blame the talent. And I’m using that word “talent” loosely, of course. PopEater’s gossip guy is reporting that there are some rumors and theories being tossed around that Conan O’Brien is going to get the ax. Not just dumped… but replaced with NBC’s dream candidate, Jerry Seinfeld. Jesus… NBC is run and operated by the biggest idiots in the world:

With Conan O’Brien ratings slipping faster than Tiger Woods’ endorsement appeal, TV executives are telling me that informal discussions have started to occur within 30 Rock as to who would be the home-run replacement for the hysterical but sagging redhead. The name on everyone’s wish list? Jerry Seinfeld.

“NBC just can’t carry on like this. ‘The Tonight Show’ has lost 52 percent of its viewership in just one year. The November ratings will be the show’s lowest in 15 years. They would be idiots to not be having the replacement conversation,” a source tells me.

However, getting Seinfeld — who had a long, successful relationship with NBC in the ’90s and who, ironically, agreed to be the first guest when NBC moved Leno to 10 p.m. — is a long shot and Conan’s people are denying it entirely. NBC spokesperson Drew Shane responded: “Completely false. There are no conversations happening. Conan is the host of the ‘Tonight Show.’”

Way to stand by your man! We love Conan and want him to succeed no matter what timeslot he’s on.

[From PopEater]

I think there might be something to the theory that some higher-ups at NBC want Conan gone, or shuffled back to late-late night. But I honestly think that if they made that douchey move (and it a douchey move, even if Conan does suck on the Tonight Show), they would offer the Tonight Show back to Jay Leno first. And Leno has already said he would take it back, if offered. I sincerely hope everyone at NBC realizes what a magnificent clusterf-ck they’ve gotten themselves into. They deserve my scorn. I will never get used to watching Law & Order at 8 p.m. on a Friday!

On Wednesday, The Tonight Show had a segment featuring William Shatner dramatically reading what were supposedly tweets from Levi Johnston. Conan assured us that the tweets were “real” and that “we didn’t make them up.” The result was hilarious. (The Washington Post has a web series called Twits, which involves dramatic readings of celebrity tweets that you might want to check out if you think this is funny.) The only problem is that Shatner was reading from a non-verified Twitter account that Levi has nothing to do with. The tweets were so damn funny because someone was mocking Levi with a fake account.

Levi isn’t too pleased with this, and says through his lawyer that the Twitter account is definitely not his. It doesn’t sound like they’re going to take action against the Tonight Show, though, and they say their first step is trying to get Twitter to shut down the account, LeviJohnston05.

Rex Butler — Levi’s lawyer — tells TMZ the Alaskan is demanding a retraction from NBC. What really pisses Butler off … before Shatner’s dramatic reading of Levi’s putative Twitter page, Conan said: “All real … we did not make these up.”

Butler says the Twitter page is NOT Levi’s and that, “We are in the process of dealing with Twitter first. I think they have an obligation once something like this happens to make some kind of corrective measure.”

Among the Tweets that were read poetry-style by Shatner … “Anybody know where I can get some good weed” and “Whats the deal with the taxi drivers not speaking English, is there a law against it?”

So far, not a tweet from NBC.

[From TMZ]

At least they’re not suing the Tonight Show or anything and they don’t sound all bent out of shape about it. Levi’s lawyer also made a statement to E! Online in which he said “I’ve sent an email to Twitter because they need to step up and take care of business. Then we’ll deal with The Tonight Show. First thing’s first.” They’re probably just looking for a correction and apology.

Meanwhile Johnston will be honored at a awards ceremony next week put on by the website Fleshbot (NSFW!). He’s going to be given the award for “Crossover Star.” Fleshbot editor Lux Alptraum told E! “it’s quite a transition to go from being the future son-in-law of the Republican vice presidential nominee to someone who is modeling in a nudie magazine that’s marketed toward gay men.” We definitely could not have said it better ourselves.

Johnston is shown on 6/10/09 below. Credit: GARRY SUN/bauergriffinonline.com

Last week, I heard the unfortunate and funny news that The Jay Leno Show, which is NBC’s new 10 p.m. show every damn week night, is eating it big time. The show’s ratings are so bad, Leno doesn’t even beat out a CSI rerun. The ratings are so bad, local NBC affiliates are starting to complain. Loudly. Their 11 o’clock local news shows are being decimated too. While I do think it’s sad that Leno’s show isn’t working out quite the way people expected, I also feel quite happy, in that schadenfreude way. NBC made a stupid gamble cancelling out all of their 10 p.m. hour-long dramas (or maybe I can‘t get used to watching Law & Order at 8 p.m.) and the network deserves to have their asses handed to them. It sounds like Leno knows how big a mistake was made too – he gave an interview to Broadcast & Cable Magazine, and Leno basically said that he probably wants his old job back. Whoops! Sorry, Conan!

Jay Leno’s new 10 pm talk show is losing viewers, as are the local news programs that follow it in several major markets. This is not good for the network that made the decision to move Leno from his perch atop the late night talk show rankings.

One of the silver linings proferred by NBC types during the show’s ratings slide is that, while they knew Leno would have tough going in the fall when the new dramas it was up agaisnt were in full swing, he would kill the much more expensive dramas he is up against once said pricey programs were in reruns.

Last week, that theory got put to the test when Leno went up against a “CSI:Miami” rerun.

He lost.

That is the backdrop for Leno’s illuminating QA with Broadcast & Cable magazine today, in which he was asked flat out if he regretted his move to primetime.

“Would I have preferred to stay at 11:30?” Leno mused. “Yeah, sure.”

Leno went further, comparing hosting the “Tonight Show” for 17 years to winning the prestigious America’s Cup yacht race, adding the rejoinder: “Do I enjoy the battle [of making the new show work]? Yes, I get a certain amount of satisfaction from pounding my head against the wall.”

Then later, when asked if he would take back the “Tonight Show” if offered, Leno seemed unaware that the job had been filled: “If it were offered to me, would I take it? If that’s what they wanted to do, sure. That would be fine if they wanted to.”

This does not sounds like a happy man.

And with Conan O’Brien’s “Tonight Show” ratings way below Leno’s when Leno left, one can only wonder if the 18-foot tall red-headed gabber is hearing Leno’s iron-jawed noggin pounding against the wall… in his nightmares.

[From Fox News 411]

I rarely watched The Tonight Show when Leno was host, and I never watch Conan, so I have no basis to experience as a viewer to compare and contrast. That being said, and even though I hate the idea of The Jay Leno Show, I have watched it more than a handful of times, and it’s not horrible. It’s not great, either, but I actually like some of the interviews Leno has done. I think Leno wanted to make a forum for a more in-depth kind of interview, in the vein of the old Dick Cavett Show from the 1970s (TCM shows reruns, and they’re awesome!). I kind of hope that Conan gets to stay on The Tonight Show, and that NBC ends up canceling or scaling back The Jay Leno Show. Perhaps Leno should only be on two nights a week, or something like that? It would give him the opportunity to do good interviews without all of the extra crap that isn’t funny.

Here’s Leno’s great interview with Ewan McGregor from one week ago – I really enjoyed how relaxed both Ewan and Jay were:

Jay Leno is shown out driving on 10/25/09. Credit: Mike/Fame Pictures

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier… Sacha Baron Cohen shows up. So far, in his Cohen’s epic world tour to promote Bruno, Cohen has showed up in character all over Europe – and now he’s brought his act to America. We’ve already seen Sacha as a well-endowed bull and some kind of not-so-well-endowed pink-clad furry, so you know Bruno had to bring it big time for the Los Angeles premiere at Grauman’s Chinese theater. So what did he do? He came riding down Hollywood Boulevard on some king of large, mirrored tank. That tank must have cost a fortune to … rent? Buy? Lease? How in the world do get a mirrored tank? Bruno left the furry costumes at home, instead opting to wear some kind of sketchy faux-military uniform which looks like a low-cut vest and Daisy Dukes. Oh, Bruno. I was kind of hoping for another furry costume.

But that’s not all! Bruno also showed up last night at the new Tonight Show, all to be interviewed by Conan O’Brien. And when I say “interviewed” I mean “give Conan some kind of crazy strip tease on his desk”. At the beginning of the interview, Conan tried to compliment Bruno by saying he has a “sexy whisper” but honestly, Bruno is starting to sound a little bit like Austin Powers. After some more talking, Conan asks Bruno to dance for him. Lady Gaga comes over the speakers, and Bruno then dry-humps the desk (that poor desk). Dancing on the desk, then Bruno straddles Conan and … dry humps him. That poor Conan. While I admire Sacha’s commitment to character – and really, I do, he’s a performance artist at this point – the whole thing is a little over-the-top. But that’s how you do performance art, Joaquin Phoenix.

Photo credit: Fame Pictures

As the years go by, I find it very difficult to watch late-night programming. The only people I really enjoy are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and too often I catch the reruns of those shows the next day. I don’t even remember the last time I stayed up to watch David Letterman or Jay Leno, much less Conan O’Brien. Out of all of those guys, Letterman is the only one who really makes me chuckle. Jay and Conan, not so much. It’s not that I’m a snob – I get why Jay is popular, with his middle-of-the-road, G-rated comedy. And Conan with his collegial, prank-and-pratfall sense of humor – it’s just not my humor. I get more enjoyment out of humor that’s bitter, sardonic, crass and dirty. It’s not for everyone, and if I were trying to make a hit late-night show, I might go for Jay Leno or Conan O’Brien.

So it’s surprising to me that critics didn’t seem to enjoy Conan’s debut on The Tonight Show last night. Didn’t they know what they were getting? They signed up for humor that would offend no one, and what they got was humor that didn’t amuse anyone. US Weekly has a rundown on what the nation’s television critics are saying about Conan’s debut:

Conan O’Brien made his Tonight Show debut Monday — but critics weren’t exactly roaring with laughter.

“After one show, let’s say he’s a work in progress,” wrote Randee Dawn of The Hollywood Reporter.

“O’Brien commanded the stage, but seemed more comfortable laughing it up with erstwhile sidekick-turned-announcer Andy Richter than in interacting with his 380 audience members.”

O’Brien’s opening monologue mostly consisted of “sketch upon sketch” — notes The New York Post’s TV critic Linda Stasi — most of which were “at times, painfully unfunny.”

In one scene, O’Brien — who spent the last 17 years as host of NBC’s Late Night — was shown jogging across the country from New York to Los Angeles. “I think I’ve timed this move perfectly,” he quipped. “I’m on a last-place network, I moved to a state that’s bankrupt and The Tonight Show is sponsored by General Motors.”

Other clips showed him giving a tram tour of Universal Studios, sitting in the last row of a Lakers game (to show how well he’s acclimated to L.A.) and paying homage to his beat-up 1992 Ford Taurus.

“Again,” said Stasi, “not a million big laughs.”

David Hinckley of New York’s The New York Daily News said the bits “lasted too long.” Said Hinckley, “He’s from the world of sketch comedy, not monologues, and he sticks with an idea as long as he feels something funny could happen.”

Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly got a chuckle out of the sketches.

“All in all, a large-scale, impressive debut,” he wrote. “But we all know that success in late-night depends on the long haul — Conan knows this as well as anyone. So now I want to see how he follows up his glitzy debut.”

Added USA Today’s Robert Bianco: “Overall, the show wasn’t O’Brien at his funniest, but it was funny enough to get by.”

David Letterman definitely took notice of his new competition.

“I’m still here,” Mr. Letterman told his audience on his show Monday night. “I knocked off another competitor.”

He said that his mother had called him to say, “Well, David, I see you didn’t get the Tonight Show again.’” When he said he told his mom that he had Bill Cosby as his guest, his mother replied: “‘OK, maybe I’ll switch from Conan.’”

[From US Weekly]

Yeah, Conan will get better, I guess. Or not, and people will still watch. The other day, I heard that ABC’s 11:30 p.m. Nightline still has great ratings, and that the show’s often beat Letterman and gone market-share to market-share with Leno. Personally, when I do stay up, it’s usually to watch Charlie Rose – my crazy local PBS programmers started putting Charlie on at 11:30 about a year ago, and I hate it. It used to come on in the early evening, and I could geek out on whoever Charlie was interviewing the night before.

Here’s Conan and his wife Elizabeth and kids Neve and Beckett spend a little family time at the park on Sunday in L.A. Images thanks to Pacific Coast News.

Steven Colbert did a parody of the Christian Bale rant on his Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report” last night. Colbert went off on Steve Martin, telling him he was distracting him from his talking. It was a loose interpretation of Bale’s tirade, with Colbert repeating the famous line “We are done professionally.”

James Lipton from The Actor’s Studio played both Bale and the subject of his ire in a brilliant word for word reenactment on Conan last night. You can tell what a great actor Lipton is just from this brief performance.

There’s buzz that Bale’s leaked outburst may cost him an Oscar next year. He’s slated to star in Public Enemies with Johnny Depp, which comes out this summer. It’s not likely people are going to forget Bale’s rant, whatever the circumstances that prompted it.

Thanks to popcrunch for featuring these videos.