NBC passed on Fallon's 'Lip Sync Battle'

[Bob Jersey]

Tho, to be fair, the original plan was to have regular folks, not celebs, lipping it up.

Aypee via TVNewsCheck (link)

B

[Tom Wolper]

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Bob Jersey <bob.in...@juno.com> wrote:

Tho, to be fair, the original plan was to have regular folks, not celebs, lipping it up.

Aypee via TVNewsCheck (link)

The surprising thing being that somebody ever thought this was a good idea.

[Michael]

And yet, it's been deemed a success and has been renewed for another run. "Good idea" is pretty relative when it comes to viewing numbers.

[Dave Sikula]

Just for the record, the concepts "good idea" and "Jimmy Fallon" have never intersected.

--Dave Sikula

On Monday, May 4, 2015 at 9:07:09 AM UTC-7, Tom Wolper wrote:

[David Bruggeman]

In support of this notion, the Wiki for Lip Sync Battle suggests John Krasinski and Stephen Merchant brought the idea to Fallon for use on his show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_Sync_Battle

David

 

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[M-D November]

That would actually explain why Fallon doesn't have an Executive Producer credit on LSB - only Merchant and Krasinski.  (I assume one of the 4-5 production companies identified by vanity cards at the end belongs to Fallon.)

[Doug Eastick]

That was my understanding too from the first time merchant was on the tonight show doing battle.    Pretty sure i heard Fallon say it was something that Steven and friends would do at parties.

[Kevin M.]

Am I the only one who remembers "Puttin' On The Hits," the only show created and produced by RAC Clark, aka Dick Clark Jr? If he patented the idea of televised lip-syncing, he could be earning some decent coin.

Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Bob Jersey]

Kevin M:

Am I the only one who remembers "Puttin' On The Hits," the only show created and produced by RAC Clark, aka Dick Clark Jr? If he patented the idea of televised lip-syncing, he could be earning some decent coin.

[to Doug Eastick:]

That was my understanding too from the first time merchant was on the tonight show doing battle.    Pretty sure i heard Fallon say it was something that Steven and friends would do at parties.

[to David Bruggeman:]

In support of this notion, the Wiki for Lip Sync Battle suggests John Krasinski and Stephen Merchant brought the idea to Fallon for use on his show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_Sync_Battle

David

Futon Critic (link to listings for the show, where Merchant himself will appear on this Thursday's [7] show), only lists two production companies: Matador (link to pee-arr about Spike pickup), and Eight Million Plus, which is American Jimmy.

They have Fallon listed among a group of EPs.

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[JW]

> Am I the only one who remembers "Puttin' On The Hits," the only show
> created and produced by RAC Clark, aka Dick Clark Jr? If he patented the
> idea of televised lip-syncing, he could be earning some decent coin.

No, you're not. It was just silly enough that I found it watchable. I can't say I've missed it, or even thought about it, since it left the air.

[Mark Jeffries]

And Matador Content is a doc/reality shingle based in New York.  "Lip Sync Battle" seems to be their first series of note.

Mark Jeffries
Saints Spotlight Editor
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