About a week after the controversial announcement was made that Carson Daly would cross his writers on the picket line and return to Last Call, the highest-rated late-late night talk show among graveyard-shift convenience store clerks looking for a break from watching closed circuit video feeds of their empty parking lots, the embattled host finally returned to the airwaves Monday.

In the broadcast's early moments, Daly somberly explained why he was he was the first of the nighttime talk-show fraternity to break ranks and go back to his job: an ultimatum from NBC that they'd lay off his staff and replace the show with an infomercial for an amazing rotisserie oven that produces perfectly juicy chickens—each and every time!—if he refused to produce new episodes. (A threat we suspect the network was at least half-hoping he would refuse, lusting after some easy Popeil money.) Above is a clip of Last Call's intital writerless effort, featuring what we assume was the best of the gags suggested on Daly's scab joke hotline.

Last Call with Carson Daly [NBC.com]
Previously: Picket-Line Crossing Pioneer Carson Daly Under Fire! [Defamer]

9:45 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Mark
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Sweet Panda Love at 10:16 AM on 12/04/07
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That animatronic puppet with big eyebrows sure gives a nice heartfelt speech.
StylusPictures at 10:21 AM on 12/04/07
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Please, lose Carson Daly and bring on the Magic Bullet informercial. I'd so much rather watch it because in just one...two...three seconds, I can have fresh pasta alfredo.
Dave J. at 10:26 AM on 12/04/07
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@StylusPictures: Seriously, what is the deal with that informercial, esp. that crazy old lady who's smoking a cigarette? Is that some sort of Australian thing I just don't get?
NoWireHangers at 10:28 AM on 12/04/07
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@StylusPictures: AHHH! I LOVE the Magic Bullet infomercial. Whenever I'm on a drunk 3AM fridge-binge it shows me the versatility and affordability that I could be enjoying if only I were drunk enough to pick up the phone and call! I love the fact that the premise of this ad is that a group of 8 actor/couples have spent the night at Mick's house, and now he and his wife have taken it upon themselves to show their friends all the shit they can make with their Magic Bullet/Blender/Juicer, not to mention the whipping blades.
NoWireHangers at 10:31 AM on 12/04/07
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@Dave J.: She's grouchy and doesn't like anything, but wait, maybe a fresh, hot cup of piping coffee made with the Magic Bullet can lift her spirits!
nick_r at 10:38 AM on 12/04/07
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Really? All those dozens of people are loyal to CARSON DALY? Being laid off might have been a blessing in disguise, since it would have given them time to visit a deprogrammer.
redmanlaw at 10:55 AM on 12/04/07
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When will this guy get the highly coveted Time Life infomercial gig like Peter Fonda's for "Flower Power: Music of the Love Generation"? [www.tvbloggin.com]
I have a Magic Bullet. My mother in law got it for us and now it sits in a back shelf equivalent of the Island of Forgotten Toys. I have never seen that particular infomercial myself, although I am quite sick of the paid program featuring rednecks dredging a stream for gold.
mesousa at 11:35 AM on 12/04/07
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Why is this even an issue? It's 2007; doesn't everyone in America who's awake at that hour either have cable or an internet connection by now?
Set it and forget it!
blackheartededitor at 11:57 AM on 12/04/07
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If a Carson Daly hosts and there's no one watching it, does it make a sound?
BabylonSister at 12:04 PM on 12/04/07
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@blackheartededitor: Thankfully, no.

Actually, this show does make perfect content for GE Microwave Programming, killing 2 birds with one stone for the fine uberlords of Sheinhardt Wigs.
LittleMissPartlyCloudy at 12:44 PM on 12/04/07
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Has there ever been a more blah "celebrity" than Mr. Daly? His ol' lover Tara has more cred than he.
GreatZardoz at 12:58 PM on 12/04/07
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Even if he promised self-immolation, I'm still not watching his crappy show.
crookedE at 01:35 PM on 12/04/07
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I wish it were possible for me to watch his show less frequently, but I already never watch it.
Her Royal Empress Dr.... at 02:58 PM on 12/04/07
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@blackheartededitor: Quantum physics posits that if Carson Daly does a show and no one is watching, the show doesn't even exist! I know, did I just totally blow your mind?
Miss d at 06:53 PM on 12/04/07
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@Bufflekins: Word!
clarknhilldale at 08:58 PM on 12/04/07
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@nick_r: I thought the only people to watch Carson Daly were Conan leftovers for whom the bong was closer than the remote. Who knew?
gwendolyn at 02:21 PM on 12/05/07
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So NBC was willing to go with the infomercial for the dry turkey rather than the juicy chickens...
From: FEEDS.FEEDBURNER.COM: TRACKBACK at 06:58 PM on 12/05/07
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Nine are dead in Omaha, Nebraska today after a man opened fire in a shopping mall, and then shot himself. Police do not have a motive so far. Did you have this conversation this morning? "Sorry, boss, I can't come in to work today...a terrible cough, I, uh, flu symptoms, definitely -- what waves?
From: FEEDS.FEEDBURNER.COM: TRACKBACK at 01:58 PM on 12/06/07
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