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Don't forget that Josh Robert Thompson will on tonight with Drew on the LLS.
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Mar 5, 2015 01:10
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Just a reminder: Conan's Cuba episode is on tonight! 
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Mar 5, 2015 02:54
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That was easily one of the best things he's ever done and completely worth the weeks of hype. All the Cuban dogs that absolutely hated him was killing me.
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Mar 5, 2015 08:21
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Yeah, Conan knocked it out of the park. If there was any problem with the episode, it's that he really made me want to visit a country I still can't legally travel to.
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Mar 5, 2015 08:53
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Just a reminder: Conan's Cuba episode is on tonight! Is there anywhere to see it online yet, or do I have to wait for tomorrow night?
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Ra Ra Rasputin posted:Is there anywhere to see it online yet, or do I have to wait for tomorrow night? You can wait till around 11 am CST? Then again, I realize normal people might have work.
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Mar 5, 2015 10:02
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The first four minutes is up on Youtube, I cannot wait to see the whole thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjfogiltO80
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Mar 5, 2015 15:23
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Just a reminder: Conan's Cuba episode is on tonight! Gretel from the rum museum  looks like the future daughter of Mila Kunis and Matt Damon.
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Mar 5, 2015 20:52
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Mister Kingdom posted:Don't forget that Josh Robert Thompson will on tonight with Drew on the LLS. Here it is in case anyone missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt-vF7JjoV0
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Conan with the language students  Edit: and Gretel is gorgeous Iowa Snow King fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Mar 14, 2015 |
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Mar 14, 2015 18:07
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Article on one of Corden's test shows: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2995137/James-Corden-s-dress-rehearsal-Late-Late-fails-impress.html A couple images from Corden's test shows from that article:  
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To the complete shock of no-one, especially those who actually knew who Corden was already.
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Mar 15, 2015 22:50
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I'd really love to eventually find out what the thought process behind picking him in the first place was.
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Mar 15, 2015 22:52
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Chand0X posted:Article on one of Corden's test shows: That was awkward.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:04
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Chand0X posted:Article on one of Corden's test shows: Horrible set. I'm trying to recall another show where the guests sit to the right besides Graham Norton.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:14
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It's amazing that late-night shows deliberately appear to employ the same exact look, not just in hosts, but in sets as well. It's so weird to compare with British shows like Norton, Ross, Parkinson, and (Alan) Carr whose sets are completely distinct.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:38
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Chand0X posted:Article on one of Corden's test shows: I understand Corden isn't exactly one of the good guys, but this article reads like a straight-up hatchet job; a Nelson Muntz laugh disguised as a gossip article. Conan's first couple of years were rough. Jimmy Fallon's first run might as well have been "Late Night With Jimmy's Flopsweat." I've got no doubt that Corden's going to suck out of the gate, but that in no way precludes a great show down the line. This is just mean and needlessly hurtful.
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DivisionPost posted:I understand Corden isn't exactly one of the good guys, but this article reads like a straight-up hatchet job; a Nelson Muntz laugh disguised as a gossip article. Conan's first couple of years were rough. Jimmy Fallon's first run might as well have been "Late Night With Jimmy's Flopsweat." I've got no doubt that Corden's going to suck out of the gate, but that in no way precludes a great show down the line. This is just mean and needlessly hurtful. And there are worse things than bombing anyway - the tradition of coasting on name recognition by the likes of Letterman, Leno, and Conan is so much worse. I guess George Lopez managed to combine both, though.
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Mar 15, 2015 23:44
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Mister Kingdom posted:Horrible set. I'm trying to recall another show where the guests sit to the right besides Graham Norton. Comedy Bang Bang is the only one coming to mind, and that one doesn't even count, really.
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Chand0X posted:Article on one of Corden's test shows: quote:U.S TV bosses are so worried American audiences will be baffled by his accent and jokes that they've staged practice runs ...don't they do practice runs for like every show that has an audience before it premieres? I mean, I'm sure he'll be terrible, but that's nothing out of the ordinary? Also, lol at "The Late, Late Show – one of America’s top talk shows" ufarn posted:It's amazing that late-night shows deliberately appear to employ the same exact look, not just in hosts, but in sets as well. Those shows are also weekly, not nightly.
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raditts posted:...don't they do practice runs for like every show that has an audience before it premieres? I mean, I'm sure he'll be terrible, but that's nothing out of the ordinary? Its like panning a Broadway show that's still in previews. The whole loving point of previews/test shows is to iron out the kinks before the premiere.
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I just watched the Conan in Cuba special and I couldn't help but be disappointed by the lack of Andy. Was it ever explained on the show after or anything? I know Conan usually does remote stuff by himself but it would've been cool for Andy to be there too. Anyway, I kind of stopped watching Conan last year some time so if the reason was given I missed it.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:49
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They had no idea if they were even going to get in and they almost didn't. I think Conan only took a couple of people there with him in order to make it easier.
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Mar 16, 2015 19:57
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DivisionPost posted:Conan's first couple of years were rough. Jimmy Fallon's first run might as well have been "Late Night With Jimmy's Flopsweat." I've got no doubt that Corden's going to suck out of the gate, but that in no way precludes a great show down the line. This is just mean and needlessly hurtful. I think that's actually part of the process though. You're put through the wringer. Conan was constantly about to be fired. Fallon was a punchline. The whole process of trial by fire was hilariously played up in "Louie". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwUmXT3RJCM
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Mar 16, 2015 20:20
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Why they picked Corden I have no idea. This is the only time I've seen him attempt to interview major stars, and it's a total car crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EUs58ixKmo
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Answers Me posted:Why they picked Corden I have no idea. This is the only time I've seen him attempt to interview major stars, and it's a total car crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EUs58ixKmo They both have a look on their faces like "who the gently caress is this guy and why is he sitting with us"
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DivisionPost posted:I understand Corden isn't exactly one of the good guys, but this article reads like a straight-up hatchet job; a Nelson Muntz laugh disguised as a gossip article. It's kind of hard to explain the grotesque loathing and contempt that's built into the way the UK press reports on celebrities, and the Mail is one of the worst. Imagine that the Wall Street Journal had a section on celebrities with content entirely provided by TMZ and the National Enquirer.
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InfiniteZero posted:Fallon was a punchline. Was?
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Hopkins FBI posted:Was? It's hard to look at what he has become over time without thinking that he really grew into his role. He was a loving mess when he started and now he's great at what he does. He made the tonight show his, and has done a great job of it. I don't watch it, it's not my thing, but he's hardly a punch line. It's impossible for me to look at Fallon hosting the tonight show now and not see how great he is at it.
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Yeah even if Fallon's not your cup of tea he's made the show relevant which is something it hasn't been in over 20 years except for the short time period when they took it away from Conan and his last few weeks were glorious. Fallon is pretty loving great at being a late night host and is making a good, fun, successful show. And by all accounts loving every second of it and not just running through the motions like Leno did for years. But I can understand that some people won't find him all that great because he's not their ideal host or they don't like his brand of comedy. It's the same reason I get why Conan was a failure of a host even though I loved his short run. It's why I get that people loved Craig Ferguson even if I never did care for him.
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Deadpool posted:Yeah even if Fallon's not your cup of tea he's made the show relevant which is something it hasn't been in over 20 years except for the short time period when they took it away from Conan and his last few weeks were glorious. Fallon is pretty loving great at being a late night host and is making a good, fun, successful show. And by all accounts loving every second of it and not just running through the motions like Leno did for years. But I can understand that some people won't find him all that great because he's not their ideal host or they don't like his brand of comedy. It's the same reason I get why Conan was a failure of a host even though I loved his short run. It's why I get that people loved Craig Ferguson even if I never did care for him. I think I kinda missed the Conan scandal when it was happening. Are there any youtube recaps of these shows? I kinda wanna see the contemporary take on the whole ordeal from one of the principals.
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Frostwerks posted:I think I kinda missed the Conan scandal when it was happening. Are there any youtube recaps of these shows? I kinda wanna see the contemporary take on the whole ordeal from one of the principals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrb3HLB28Po And here's his farewell speech from that last episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcF1OoWqXBc
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Frostwerks posted:I think I kinda missed the Conan scandal when it was happening. Are there any youtube recaps of these shows? I kinda wanna see the contemporary take on the whole ordeal from one of the principals. "Coco" was Tom Hanks's pet name for Conan, and Team Coco eventually became the unofficial-official show/brand name.
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As I recall, when Conan was at the top of his game, several years before getting the Tonight Show, he wanted the Tonight Show or he was gonna look at other networks. He was amazing at the time, so NBC did the whole 'Leno retires in 5 years' thing. By the time Conan finally got the tonight show, he wasn't nearly as funny IMO. He's had his moments since, but I don't think he's even been as consistently amazing as he was back when the deal was struck. That doesn't justify the whole Tonight Show drama nonsense though, he deserved more time to settle into the role than 7 months, but at least we got some of the best late night TV ever out of it.
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Conan weirdly fell into a routine very early on, as if he'd done the show for 10 years - like Leno or Letterman. Anyone remembering his opening can recall him doing the jump, as the intro music ends, maybe the string dance, and then he'd go on to make fun of Max, and he'd serve up some jokes no one cared about - which, to be fair, no audience ever does in a monologue, unless it's Craig Ferguson. It felt like he was afraid to experiment, even as he seemed to have some of the best late-night writers at the time. Now Kimmel seems to have the best ones - and Fallon makes it up with sketches.
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Kristen Schaal was killing it on Conan tonight. Er, Tuesday.
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ufarn posted:"Team Coco" was literally the name of the "protest" against NBC firing Conan - which was a total outrage, because they promised him the Tonight Show, if he renewed his contract for a few years. I can't remember whether hashtags were that popular back then, but you can try searching for it - maybe http://teamcoco.tumblr.com/archive.  Hanks just co-opted it for his own nefarious ends.
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