The only part I didn't like was the Leno interview. He had all his regular guests on in the week leading up to the finale, and one of them should have been in Leno's spot. I'd have gone with Larry King but Betty White or Tom Lennon would have been great as well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I have watched every episode of this show for years and love it to pieces, but I must admit I was underwhelmed by the finale. I was really hoping they would lay on the sentimentality, which they didn't. And I can't stand Jay Leno.
I was on the fence about the Bang Your Drum opening sequence until it segued into the studio. From there it seemed really genuine, Craig being Craig, sentimental in a subtle way. When it faded to the commercial you can see him kind of surveying the room with a look of sentimental accomplishment, and I liked that. The monologue was what it should have been. He tried to be honest and sentimental without going over the top, and that worked ok.
They played my favorite Tweets and Email jingle (the Bowie-esque one with the triceratops) which I was pumped about, and it turned into a classic tweets and emails segment. Nothing new about it (except pipey mcpiperson which I thought was hilarious and just the type of thing he'd do), but solid segment straight through. He hit many of the classic standbys in the segment, and did them well. (Annnnd your emaillllls, email time again; michael's a racist; geoff's been to that person; WHO'S THAT AT THE DOOR!?!; celebrity phone call, the late night flies;). I just wish we got some dings, but we did learn that Assmode is a way of life.
Leno sucked, but whatever.
But the last bit was really good. Bob Newhart as Secretariat and the whole thing was a dream within the Drew Carey show's universe. Awesome.
