PETA has tried for years to convince late night and daytime talk shows to no longer feature wild animals on their shows. Now, the org believes it has found an “in” to further that cause: The Covid-19 pandemic.
With talk shows still avoiding most in-person guests, even as they return to their regular studios, PETA is hoping to send a message that the shows have managed to go most of this year without on-set visits by wild animals — so why reinstate the practice once the pandemic has passed?
That would be quite a change for talk shows, which have been known for their animal segments since the days of the San Diego Zoo’s Joan Embery on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show,” and even long before that.
Lewis Crary, the assistant manager of PETA’s animals in film and television department, said he has seen “positive change” in the use...
With talk shows still avoiding most in-person guests, even as they return to their regular studios, PETA is hoping to send a message that the shows have managed to go most of this year without on-set visits by wild animals — so why reinstate the practice once the pandemic has passed?
That would be quite a change for talk shows, which have been known for their animal segments since the days of the San Diego Zoo’s Joan Embery on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show,” and even long before that.
Lewis Crary, the assistant manager of PETA’s animals in film and television department, said he has seen “positive change” in the use...
- 10/21/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Scott Aukerman faces his fair share of disasters on his bizarre quasi-talk-show Comedy Bang! Bang! On the semi-scripted late-night show — which returns from a mid-season hiatus tomorrow — Aukerman attempts to do normal celebrity chats, but regularly ends up facing knife-wielding guests or becoming trapped in the fire pits of hell. Since he seems fixated on talk shows' potential for supreme awkwardness, we sat him down with Vulture's Julie Klausner to watch and analyze some of the most infamous talk-show meltdowns in TV history. Keep the cameras rolling! Don't cut to commercial! Note for younger viewers: A portion of this video mentions Joan Embery, an animal wrangler and Tonight Show regular in the Johnny Carson years who often brought animals on set for hilarious antics.
- 10/17/2013
- by Abraham Riesman
- Vulture
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- 1/24/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
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