So long, TechTV
The show really started to go downhill over a year ago, when Megan Morrone and Morgan Webb left.
The last TSS show I watched was was in San Francisco at the studio, two days before the finale taping. Being a Bay Area native, I had gone to see TSS live at the studios at least a dozen times over the past several years.
Pat and Leo held the show up, no doubt about it. They had charisma and talent, and were knowledgable people. Kevin knows what he's talking about, but overdoes it quite often....
IMO, the first thing they did that made it go severely downhill was the switch of sets. The 'new' set that they moved out of in SF sucked compared to the basement set they had back in the good old days. That basement theme had so much more appeal.
I think that comcrap are a bunch of hogs. They really made a mistake by buying out TechTV. Even though TechTV wasn't very profitable before it was bought up, comcast has lost a sea of viewers who got fed up with the whole deal.
I'm glad that Leo is doing something for the network. Other than his guest appearances on bigger TV networks and his weekend radio show, I think he's destined to be something larger. Just look at him. He's always struck me as the celebrity type. You know when he got to be that way when, despite my frequent visits to the show and lengthy conversations with him, didn't usually recognize me the next time I went. Kevin, however, along with patrick and yoshi, did a little bit better.
As for the people aspect of it all, I take satisfaction in knowing that some of the best names from former TechTV aren't going to make the move to a dirty and polluted LA.
~Andrew
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