Hair vs. Chin

**My apologies for being MIA this past month- work and babies can be a life-consuming combination....***

NBC announced on Tuesday, January 12 that after only 7 months of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien", the network will be giving the spot back to Jay Leno. The 60 year old chin was given a 10:30 slot on NBC as an olive branch for being replaced by the much younger- and much funnier- hair. This battle of hair vs. chin will only continue, since it was also announced that Conan was robbed completely of any slot on NBC late night, and the schedule will go strsight from Jay to Jimmy! And as NBC has so clearly pointed out to us, double Js can't be beat.
To add insult to injury, Conan is stuck in a multi-year contract with NBC, preventing him from working for another network until, well, the NBC gods allow it. So I can't help but ask the question- Why won't Jay Leno just go away? What kind of 60 year old millionaire would publicly and pompously demand back his job after being rightfully replaced? I liked Jay Leno up until I turned 12, strayed from my over-the-hill-parents, and developed a sense of humor. To put it plainly, Conan O'Brien is a funnier comedian than Jay Leno, and coupled with Andy Richter, they make a view worthy team. He appeals to a much younger, hipper audience, something that Leno is lacking entirely. No one between the ages of 12 and 55 can honestly say they're not ready for Leno to be booted.
Regardless, NBC's desperate attempt to leave fourth place standing managed to piss off Conan to the point that he began addressing the "People of Earth" to say he'd rather work with classier people-like those in hard core porn (paraphrase of course).
Just give Conan a high profile lawyer to get him an hour-long show on a premium cable network (Showtime, HBO, wink wink) and give him the budget to conduct any obscenity he wishes. The chin can stick to played out Headlines for senior citizens.