Joe On The George Lopez Show - Tuesday March 16 (Page 5 of 6)

Say it loud, it's blues and I'm proud.
It's Hollywood, stars in the crowd.

Say it loud, MuchJOE! and I'm proud.
It's TV time, no grumping allowed.

MuchGlitter
BJJ FDOL

The show itself, to me, has been hit and miss. Some nights Lopez seems funnier than others. Some nights the guests are great and its a lot of fun.

I suspect that one reason it seems that way to me is because of the "hip" factor or all the "in" SoCal things that Rocket was describing. I'm not really in touch with any of that stuff 

I'm not running down anyone's opinion of the deal.... like I said I fell victim to my own expectations by expecting the hard core fans here in the forum would feel emotions other than disappointed and/or embarassed. My bad.

Sometimes I think we (collectively) forget that Joe has been killing himself at this for 20+ years; his staff and supporters have untold amounts of money invested and have also worked themselves to death to make this success happen. If I was them I think I'd like to hear "that was cool" sometimes instead of "that was cool, but......."

Over the past years there have been phone call, letter writing, attempted string pulling, and personal networking used to try and get Joe on one of the late night programs. As far as we know not even a sniff before now. If those efforts would have ever resulted in the appearance that Joe was granted last night we would have felt it was a big win.

In the bigger picture of things I often get frustrated with the culture of negativity that we are immersed in today. Everyone is a critic but nobody has any solutions. If you don't think so -- just turn on CNN, Fox or CSPAN for 5 minutes. It's just much easier to say "this sucks, you suck, I hate that, your idea is no good, that'll never work, or whatever" than it is to be positive and constructive. Someone once said "They make statues of stars, but nobody ever requested a statue of a critic."

You guys are correct -- everyone is entitled to their opinion and their own feelings on this and any other topic. Even if those opinions are described as pompous or selfish.

Rocket did have a great idea -- we ALL need to visit the Lopez Tonight web site and register for the CD. It's not the CD that matters its the amount of traffic and clicks on the registration that will let them know Joe is great on their show.

Well, unfortunately I missed it last night as I nodded off before the show started and I don't have a DVR. Heck, I hardly have enough time to watch current TV much less recorded shows. However, any exposure for Joe on a national scale is great exposure for him. Unless of course, he pulls a "Tiger Woods", that would be bad. But Joe is far too smart and too wise to do something like that. From what everyone has said, it's too bad he wasn't on longer, but if he left the kind of impression during the commercial breaks with the studio audience as he does with us, they all walked out of there with someone new to talk about and a piece (Black Rock) of history. 

Roy

P.S. I just registered for a "free" piece of history myself.  Thanks for the link Jane.

From this side of The Atlantic, just hearing Joe was on any TV show has gotta be a plus in any sentence 
JB seemed to have enjoyed by all accounts and that all that counts, that sneak peek will leave the viewers wanting to hear more i'm sure, as Jdawg said, surely Anton will/has drop a hint to Paul Schaeffer/ David Letterman as he was there in Santorini (Black Rock) and we'll get to see a full song or 2, patience peeps

.................... Michael

From one Roy to another, thanks for posting that up Roy!   I see now what everyone was talking about. Even though it was short, Joe sure sounded and looked good. I would think the people who were tuned in on TV and present in the studio, will definitely remember his name and that is what is important. After all, that's how we all discovered Joe. 

Roy

Great Job on the clip. The only thing missing is the Black Rock cd at the end of the show.

Just got a call from my Mom (80 years young) and Joe she said to tell you:

"Hi Joe,  I stayed up to watch you on Lopez Tonight.  I thought you looked very handsome and played very well.  I wish they would have showed more of you, I was looking forward to hearing you again."
                                                                   ( Patty's Mom)

                                                         pattyluvsjoe 

"I'm not nice to any guitar!"     
                 Joe Bonamassa 05-03-12

JBLP CHILD #184

I've often thought, over the years, that the key to not getting too wierd was to have reasonable expectations.
Obviously to us, Joe is our very own superstar.  We claim him... as we promote him.

Look at this world as a whole.  Obviously some don't have their priorities straight.  That Hollywood TV crowd is so incestuous, there's a good chance I could get on a show out there just being grumpy. 

Joe who?  BTW Phil, you're pompous. 

MuchJOE!
FDOL