CC vs. Denzel on Leno
Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Jan 08, 2010 
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Although it sounds like Jay Leno’s 10 p.m. show has been such a disaster that he’s already going back to 11:30, there was (apparently) a pretty entertaining segment on Thursday night. Leno had Denzel Washington on as a guest and – since Denzel is a Yankees fan – set up a game-show style trivia contest with Washington facing off against CC Sabathia.
Give Washington credit: He knows his Yankees, correctly answering that Yogi Berra endorsed Yoo-Hoo and that Alfonso Soriano holds the record for most strikeouts in a season by a Yankee (CC guessed that it was Reggie Jackson). Check out the clip here.
(For the record, CC says his favorite Denzel movie is “Out of Time.” Mine is probably “Training Day,” though I have a soft spot for “Remember the Titans,” which – random fact alert – had several scenes filmed at a high school right next to my freshman dorm at Emory.)
mine is Man On Fire
I have this in my DVR-I can’t wait to watch it when I get home tonight.
Best Denzel movie: I’m torn between Philadelphia and The Pelican Brief
love “Remember the Titans” we have it on permenant DVR
Training Day was too dark for me.
i have to go with Manchurian Candidate. A worthy remake
Denzel has been a Yankee fan for his entire life. CC has only recently become acquainted with Yankee-ology, so the outcome of the contest was predictable.
“Man On Fire”
Terrific movie, and he has made many. “American Gangster” is excellent.
Mine was the more obscure but still excellent John Q.
1. Training Day
2. Crimson Tide
3. gulp…..Virtouisity…
John Q was excellent. Very ‘real’ character
I also liked “Inside Man,” and he was very good in the remake of “The Taking of Pelham 123.”
The only Denzel movie I’ve ever seen is Carbon Copy. He as very young – I think it was made in the late 1970′s, early 1980′s.
off topic: Vlad had better take that 5 mill offer from Texas and run
Love a ton of Denzel’s movies. My absolute favorite is a toss-up between Man on Fire and Remember the Titans.
Gotta go with Fallen. Love that one.
Ricochet with John Lithegow!
Glory
“Inside Man” wins but thats more because of Clive Owen then Denzel
“Remember the Titans” is 2nd
vinny-b,
Err, you mean walk? His legs are shot.
Texas should make him and Damon race. Or have a HR derby.
I only saw “Remember the Titans” a few months ago. I was surprised at how good Hayden Panettiere was.
What’s with this filter?
1. man on fire
2 training day
3. courtside @ staples
1. Crimson Tide
2. Glory
3. Training Day
“Give Washington credit: He knows his Yankees, correctly answering that Yogi Berra endorsed Yoo-Hoo and that Alfonso Soriano holds the record for most strikeouts in a season by a Yankee (CC guessed that it was Reggie Jackson). Check out the clip here.”
Denzel grew up in the New York Metro area like a lot of us Yankee fans during the 1960s so he should have remembered those Yogi Yoo-hoo commercials.
I never liked Yoo-Hoo, but since it was associated with Yogi, I always told my mom that I did so she would buy more.
What if CC won. No plug for Denzel?
“3. courtside @ staples”
HAHAHAHAHA. Love it.
Man On Fire also gets my vote. I was pretty amazed at how good this movie was overall; Denzel rose above some unnecessary, over the top moments, importing honesty and complexity to what could have been a stereo-typed, burned-out action hero character in the hands of a lesser actor. Revenge turned into redemption is not easy, but Denzel’s character pulled it off.
Hey, dude went to Fordham. What can I say? Go Rams!
“I never liked Yoo-Hoo, but since it was associated with Yogi, I always told my mom that I did so she would buy more.”
I drank more of that crap than I should have that’s for sure.
Denzel grew up in the New York Metro area like a lot of us Yankee fans during the 1960s so he should have remembered those Yogi Yoo-hoo commercials.
Mount Vernon, no? Like Kenny Singleton.
Is he a Clippers fan?
Best part about Jay Leno to 11:30 is scumbag Red Sox fan Conan O’Brien will be the odd man out according to reports.
Speaking of movies, Finding Forrester is a great movie. Mentions the Yankees repeatedly.
The main character black kid in this movie speaks to Sean Connery, and Sean says he and his brother used to go to YS to watch the games, and were always there for falls.
And the kid says “that’s a lot of falls.” Yaaa!
There was a lot of talk at the time this movie was released about possibly winning Oscars, other awards, but it never materialized….
Now I know why!
By the way, there’s been talk of a sequel to Inside Man.
CR9
January 8th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Best part about Jay Leno to 11:30 is scumbag Red Sox fan Conan O’Brien will be the odd man out according to reports.
Speaking of movies, Finding Forrester is a great movie. Mentions the Yankees repeatedly.
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Finding Forrester is a very good movie. Very underrated.
I wonder if NIcholson could have got those questions right?
Inside Man & Man on Fire.
Nick,
No. You’re mixing him up with Penny Marshall.
“Mount Vernon, no? Like Kenny Singleton.”
Right, which means he grew up very close to Yankee Stadium.
Mississippi Masala. Saw that one in the movie theater…
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com.....40303/1023
“Right, which means he grew up very close to Yankee Stadium.”
Yup. Bronx/Yonkers border.
I would trust a sequal to Inside Man more if they had Penny Marshall direct it. She has that winning light touch!
I’ve read of there being a sequel to Taken.
i’ll put in my vote for “American Gangster”, though i haven’t seen all too many Denzel movies…
Conan’s an old friend of mine and not much of a sports fan at all. I’ve worked for Leno and he was nice enough to do my show. NBC seems to have made some big mistakes here.
Ken Singleton used to tell stories how he and his buddies would come down to the old ballyard in the Bronx and watch Mick and the guys.
and Yoo-Hoo rocked!
Taken…. good grief, a movie that made even less sense than Inside Man!
Favorite Denzel movie: Fallen.
Also, I don’t really care for Leno — Letterman and Conan for me — but that clip is pretty good. Denzel knows his stuff, and Sabathia always comes across as super cool. Even on a stage with Denzel.
and Conan is light years better than Leno…
Taken from the last thread,
“Modern baseball is more about stats and matchups than ever. It’s the way the game is now. Look at all the new stats that people spew in here. OPS, OPS+, defensive ratings, WAR… Is it right? Who can say? But most managers use ‘the book’ in some form or fashion.”
You missed my point. “The Book” I’m referring to is the Tony LaRussa style of managing. I like Girardi’s use of statistics to determine matchups, lineups, etc. However he mostly uses the classic style of managing when it comes to bullpen management, etc.
Nobody else has mentioned it (and it’s not my favorite from him), but Philadelphia was a good flick.
Fallen is a good one and I love the ending but a bit depressing.
CountryClub
January 8th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Nobody else has mentioned it (and it’s not my favorite from him), but Philadelphia was a good flick.
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Look at my 3:02 post
Surprised nobody mentioned Antwone Fisher, or He Got Game. Two of my personal favorites of Denzel’s.
Singleton “singy” Rules ! YES needs to use him more next season, and Less of Michael Kay (who is a nice guy).
Phil
Conan may not be much of a sports fan, but he has said he is a fan of the Sox.
Couple that with his attacks of the Yankees, good riddance to bad rubbish!
Nick in SF-
If you are out there, your LOST premiere is safe
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/01.....the-again/
IMDB lists Inside Man 2 as being in production….
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893499/
All the more reason to like Denzel. He is one talented man. I wish Leno would go back to his old time slot. The show worked better. I also wish Conan would not only go back to his old slot, but move back to NY too. Besides Max Weinberg, Conan’s band has a couple of guys who were active in the NY music scene. Bass player Mike Merrit and guitarist Jimmy Vivino played in a lot of backup bands, especially for the great Al Kooper. The music scene misses them.
Dei ja vu was a very under rated movie. I thought it was one of his best. Remember the Titans my favorite.
Gangster in the top 5
Leno is awful.
Conan is getting hosed, he deserves so much better
Fallen was another good one a bit creepy.
next we’ll be playing trivial pursuit… snort….I’m waiting for some news here, people… like’”Damon Signs With Yanks!”
Man on Fire
Fallen
American Gangster
Liked Deja Vu too…..
A man can be an artist in whatever he does, cooking…anything. It all depends on how good he is at it.
Creacy’s art is death, and he’s about to paint his masterpiece.
Man on Fire
(best line since Jack Bauer’s “I’m gonna need a hacksaw.”
S.o.S -
I’m also a fan of Deja Vu. Probably in my top of his movies.
“Conan may not be much of a sports fan, but he has said he is a fan of the Sox.
Couple that with his attacks of the Yankees, good riddance to bad rubbish!”
So everybody that grew up a Red Sox from Boston is rubbish?
Thank you, Erica, that’s good to know. I’m probably going to fly to the east coast so I can watch the premiere in the earlier time zone.
I wonder if it’ll be on even earlier on Prince Edward Island…
“Fallen was another good one a bit creepy.”
Like they sang in the film, “Time is on my side”.;)
Not even one second of previews for L O S T
So how’s it gonna end, Nick?
Also anxiously awaiting the (probable) last season of 24
“There’s no such thing as tough. There’s trained and untrained.” Another great quote from Man on Fire.
Best part about Jay Leno to 11:30 is scumbag Red Sox fan Conan O’Brien will be the odd man out according to reports.
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Jay is also from Boston FYI.
Fallen for me too, really underrated flick.
So Nick do we think bIowing up the hatch worked? Did the pIane never crash Iand on The IsIand?
If NBC is going to put Leno back on the Tonight Show, they are going to have to pay Conan a lot of money in a settlement.
NBC is not putting Leno back at Tonight, but they royally screwed up here.
They gave up a coveted 10 p.m. time slot to a guy that, other than the “Headlines” segment, really isn’t that funny.
And now they’re going to “punish” Conan by pushing him back to midnight?
Wouldn’t be surprised if one of them bolts for ABC or Fox
tex’s friend
January 8th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
If NBC is going to put Leno back on the Tonight Show, they are going to have to pay Conan a lot of money in a settlement.
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From what I’ve read, they’re going to push The Jay Leno Show back to 11:35 (and also cut him down to a half hour) and just move Conan to 12:05 and Jimmy to 1:05
Denzel was in many good movies, but American Gangster and Ricochet are my two favorites, with Philadelphia being another good movie.
American Gangster may be one of my favorite movies of the decade and it was based on a true story.
My top 5
Remember the Titans
Man on Fire (sad ending)
DeJa Vu
American Gangster
Fallen
Does Denzel make your top 5 best all time actors?
My top 5
Decaprio
Depp(under rated as an actor)
Dinero
Hanks
Washington
Honerable mention
Pitt
Pacinno
Damon
Jay is from NY.
crawdaddy, is that a rhetorical question? j/k
I said “coupled with his attacks of the Yankees”
S.O.S. Deja Vu is a very underrated movie.
Of course, Matt Damon gets introduced near the end of Finding Forrester. UGH.
Sorry.
Gotta kick out Fallen and replace it with Training Day. He makes a great bad guy in T.D. and A.G..
From what I’ve read, they’re going to push The Jay Leno Show back to 11:35 (and also cut him down to a half hour) and just move Conan to 12:05 and Jimmy to 1:05
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its an option but i think it will end with jay back on the tonight show and conan SOL…
How will it end? I truly have no clue, but I’m sure they have some sort of epic conclusion planned, nothing like the Sopranos.
I do NOT think the event that ended season 5 will make everything that happened previously go away… that would be a huge mess. But… well, I don’t know.
I do think there will be a gazillion little unanswered questions and inconsistancies when it’s all over. Thank goodness we have baseball for tidy conclusions!
ok jay was born in ny but grew up in mass.
I thought I read they would have to pay Conan an obscene amount (something like $45 million) if they yanked Tonight from him within the first 5 years?
Don’t think NBC (or Comcast) would swallow that.
“Jay is from NY.”
Born, but raised in the Boston area.
“I said “coupled with his attacks of the Yankees”
You think everybody attacks the Yankees.
Nick in SF
January 8th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Thank you, Erica, that’s good to know. I’m probably going to fly to the east coast so I can watch the premiere in the earlier time zone.
I wonder if it’ll be on even earlier on Prince Edward Island…
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If you view in New York, I’ll buy you a beer
Nick,
Maybe it will end in one of those FUTURE FLASHES that ends with a bright screen. God i hope not.
SOS, you left out Stallone and Van Damme
NBC has created one big giant mess for themselves-
However, I anxiously await the return of Chuck this weekend
nbc should get rid of that bum Fallon and put everything back where it was last year.
41 more days until pitchers and catchers take the field for their ist workouts of 2010.
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/tampa/legends.htm
glad Chuck is back too…
To each his own, crawdaddy.
Who cares if Leno is from MA? He does not come across as an arrogant pompous *** like Conan!
The Hurricane
Philadelphia
Remember the Titans
Man on Fire
SOS, you left out Stallone and Van Damme
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lol. Damn is it that bad of a list? Didnt have room for those two but i almost put Keannu Reeves #1.
I wasnt born in the 50′s, didnt see much black and white,so i was limited from 70′s to the current time.
Thank you, Erica, that’s a very kind offer, especially on top of the other monies you will be sending me!
Unfortunately, if I go through with this little trip it will be to North Carolina. I’m not really crazy enough to buy a plane ticket just to watch Lost 3 hours early; I had a free voucher on USAir (blech) that was about to expire, so I just plugged in those dates to fly nonstop to Charlotte and visit my family there again.
But I’ll take a raincheck.
while were at it, Kimmel is better than Leno and Letterman
can both the old dudes, imo
tex’s friend
January 8th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
nbc should get rid of that bum Fallon and put everything back where it was last year.”
LOL Fallon was at Yankees playoff games this year.
He has claimed to be a Red Sox and Yankees fan, and IIRC, a Mets fan also.
If he is not a weasel, I’m not sure who is.
SOS, I like your list. Costner holds a place in my heart for Bull Durham, field of dreams, and for love of the game. Field of dreams remains the only movie that’s ever made me cry… I also like Christian Bale movies.
They need to bring back Johnny Carson. He’s less dead than O’Brien, Fallon and Leno, combined.
CR9
January 8th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
To each his own, crawdaddy.
Who cares if Leno is from MA? He does not come across as an arrogant pompous *** like Conan!
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You’re kidding, right? There’s a picture of Jay Leno next to “arrogant pompous ***” in Webster’s. Leno is the worst.
Nick in SF
January 8th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Thank you, Erica, that’s a very kind offer, especially on top of the other monies you will be sending me!
Unfortunately, if I go through with this little trip it will be to North Carolina. I’m not really crazy enough to buy a plane ticket just to watch Lost 3 hours early; I had a free voucher on USAir (blech) that was about to expire, so I just plugged in those dates to fly nonstop to Charlotte and visit my family there again.
But I’ll take a raincheck.
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I will pay you nothing!!!!!!!!! MPB Johnny Damon will be in pinstripes in 2010 and CMW will not. Sorry, but its true
And I do try to balance out the nice Erica with the one that hisses at you regularly
tex’s friend
January 8th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
nbc should get rid of that bum Fallon and put everything back where it was last year.
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Conan going back to 12:35 would be like Girardi agreeing to be the bench coach again. Not going to happen.
Ok Cash cut the crap & get somebody to play LF..
Erica, did you see this:
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=20169
were i to be watching tv at the time these people are on tv latenights, it would not even occur to me to turn them on, i really havent watched a tv talk show since donahue went off the air.
i watched the leno segment with denzell and cc from the link and i have to say that there was no humor in it at all. and the questions were moron-level. give denzel credit for choosing soriano when only 3 choices were given and cc had already chosen a wrong one? im no math major but the odds are pretty good there, no?
My top 5
Decaprio
Depp(under rated as an actor)
Dinero
Hanks
Washington
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DiCaprio has Bar Refaeli, so he gets some points for that.
Malcom X may have been his best performance.
Game 3 of the 2009 ALDS on MLB tv right now. I forgot the Sox had such a commanding lead in that game.
The Sox pen is about to implode if you’re interested.
is it me,it seems like Elvis never left the building
Erin
Erica, did you see this:
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=20169
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Erin, that site may be less accurate than the tabloids at the supermarket checkout.
that whole group in Departed were very good
Rich in NJ
January 8th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Erin
Erica, did you see this:
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=20169
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Erin, that site may be less accurate than the tabloids at the supermarket checkout.
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I still believe!!!!!!!!!!
And supermarket tabloids seem to have an odd way of being right sometimes. (eg- Did you hear Tiger Woods had an affair?)
Rich in NJ
January 8th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Erin
Erica, did you see this:
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=20169
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Erin, that site may be less accurate than the tabloids at the supermarket checkout.
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Oh, thanks for letting me know! Somebody had actually e-mailed it to me this morning, but I just got a chance to look at it now.
Erica – always OPPC – Bring Back Johnny!!!!
January 8th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Rich in NJ
January 8th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Erin
Erica, did you see this:
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=20169
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Erin, that site may be less accurate than the tabloids at the supermarket checkout.
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I still believe!!!!!!!!!!
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That’s good. I had no idea that site was less than trustworthy
Erin
That said, if Damon called Cash and said he really wanted to comeback, just fit me in the budget, I think he could be re-signed, but that has not been Damon’s way of doing things in his career. But maybe he will.
“Malcom X may have been his best performance.”
I agree. This is my fave Denzel movie.
As for the mess that NBC has made, they have no one to blame but themselves. They should have just let Leno ride off into the sunset. The guy is horrible; always has been. It’s strange though – his non Tonight Show stand-up stuff is actually pretty good.
Thank God the LOST premiere has been saved. I was about to go ballistic if it got pre-empted.
Conan going back to 12:35 would be like Girardi agreeing to be the bench coach again. Not going to happen.
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former managers go back to bench coaches or lower all the time. the yankees have had many of them. Bowa, Pena, Girardi just in the recent few years.
Looks like Vlad is going to Texas for around 5 million plus incentives.
it’s getting awful late for these free agents…
when is the last time damon even got an offer?
“when is the last time damon even got an offer?”
2/14 by the Yankees is the only one I’ve heard of.
tex’s friend
January 8th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
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former managers go back to bench coaches or lower all the time. the yankees have had many of them. Bowa, Pena, Girardi just in the recent few years.
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Let me clarify. Conan going back to 12:35 would be like the Yankees rehiring Torre and asking Girardi to be his bench coach.
Damon’s offer was predicated on him being a DH, a window that closed rapidly when Johnson accepted the Yankee offer.
However I do hope they can bring him back for another year. He hits lefties better than the rest of the righty FA options out there, except maybe Reed Johnson.
Damon, however will need to be the one to approach the Yankees about still willing to come back.
Alfonso is hands down the best player in the major leagues.
John R. Carlisle
even though i think the world of damon, i just dont think its a good situation to have a guy come back after begging and taking about 1/4 or less of what he was seeking.
i think its time to say goodbye and move on.
Denzel Washington. One of the few actors/actresses whose movies I will watch just because they’re in them.
I don’t watch Leno or Conan and only sporadically do I watch Letterman. Not a fan of late night tv. I depend on YouTube clips to see things like the Yankees on Letterman.
I spent the last 6 hours taking down Christmas. And I still have one more tree to take down. I’m so tired.
Favorite Denzel movies are Remember the Titans and Training Day.
Late to the party again:
fallen
Deja Vu
training day
Got a shock yesterday morning when the DJ on my radio station said that Alfonso Soriano turned 34 years old.
Where does the time go??????????????
Dont know if this already been posted (Sorry if has):
“As the Aroldis Chapman sweepstakes continue, at least one outlet is reporting that the Blue Jays have made the left-hander a considerable offer. Jorge Ebro of El Nuevo Herald reports that the Jays offered Chapman a $23MM deal (click here for the Miami-based paper’s original Spanish story and here for some Drunk Jays Fans analysis).”
From MLBTR
http://twitter.com/SI_JonHeyman
Quote:
Blue Jays have decent shot at Arolidis Chapman after bidding $20 mil. Nationals, Marlins, A’s, Red Sox, Angels also may be players.
I can’t believe he’s going to go to the Jays, but they have money and I guess they’ll probably promise him a spot in the rotation within the next year or so. I really don’t see how any well-run organization can make that promise, but so be it. Anthopolous wasn’t kidding when he said that they were going after any and every IFA. The Jays are flush with $$$?
New post
The of mention of Crimson Tide is criminal. I can only speculate that not that many people have seen it.
Its a GREAT movie.
Turman?
Man on Fire
Training day
Fallen
…and watching that video really puts onto perspective how big C.C. really is!!!!