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“Canned, Where She Belongs” (May 20, 1987) By Eddie Germano

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Title:	“Canned, Where She Belongs” (May 20, 1987) By Eddie Germano
Artist:	Eddie Germano (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	287
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Added to Site:	9/2/2019
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“Canned, Where She Belongs” (May 20, 1987)
By Eddie Germano (1924 - )
11 x 15, ink and wash on board

A native Bostonian, Germano became a full-time cartoonist in 1948, at age 24, after serving in WWII. Among other positions, he worked as the editorial and sports cartoonist for the Brockton Enterprise from 1963-1990.

For more than 20 years, comedienne Joan Rivers was one of the most popular guests on one of television’s most popular shows, The Tonight Show.

Rivers made nearly 100 Tonight Show appearances, and she regularly credited him for the remarkable boost he’d given her career. Rivers also began serving as a substitute host when Carson was on vacation.

Rivers received several offers to host her own program but remained at Tonight out of loyalty to Carson. By the mid-1980s, however, her relationship with NBC executives began to sour. She was resentful that they had not signed her to a long-term deal to keep her with the show and the network, and when NBC, concerned that Carson might soon retire, prepared a list of possible permanent replacements (which was leaked to the press), Rivers didn’t make the cut.

In early 1986, Rivers was approached by the soon-to-launch Fox Television Networks, eager to make a big splash to attract audiences and advertisers to a fledgling start-up, and making her the first female late night host.

Negotiations over the new show were shrouded in secrecy, and Rivers was determined not to tell Carson about it until plans were formalized, a decision she came to regret. The weekend before Rivers’ show was announced, news leaked out. Rivers claimed she repeatedly tried to reach Carson, and when she finally did, he hung up on her before she could explain. The two never spoke again before Carson’s 2005 death.

The Late Show premiered on October 9, 1986, and almost immediately ran into trouble. A number of local affiliates refused to air the show, some out of fear of Rivers’ brand of comedy, some out of loyalty to Carson. The Tonight Show team made it known that anyone appearing on Rivers’ show would be banned from Carson’s, making booking celebrity guests nearly impossible.

Ratings quickly declined, and she was released the following May, less than nine months after the show premiered. She went on to daytime success.

Out of loyalty to Carson, Leno kept the ban on her appearances on The Tonight Show. Rivers made her first appearance on the show in nearly three decades when she briefly showed up in a skit on Jimmy Fallon’s first episode as host, in February 2014. Rivers died seven months later at age 81 following complications from surgery.

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