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At a certain point dude, you have to delve deeper than "You push a button!"
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Hmm, yes I'm sure that's a totally real value that will definitely last. Agree, the tech bubble burst 2.0 can't happen soon enough. Every lovely app is not worth a billion ++
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I wish they had left the heckler in, supposedly Colbert handled it well and it would have made this interview at least slightly entertaining
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Parasol Prophet posted:At a certain point dude, you have to delve deeper than "You push a button!" Not if you go bankrupt first
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Crusty Nutsack posted:I wish they had left the heckler in, supposedly Colbert handled it well and it would have made this interview at least slightly entertaining I loved it, I was giggling at Colbert politely mocking him the whole time.
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Episode still A+ on the strength of that Biden interview.
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Brought to you by sweeping shots of the audience!
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I can only imagine finding an Uber cab, seeing what food options they have, and it's something really lame like a tuna melt or a half eaten BLT. And both sandwiches have been sitting in that car for hours.
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berserker posted:The giant furry hat was really reminiscent of Carnac the Magnificent. It felt like half Carnac, half "In the Year 2000". It was great.
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Is this Margaritaville?
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Oby Keith.
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Winkie01 posted:Uber is Valued at 50 billion That number is pure fantasy. Still a good episode if only for Uncle Joe. And lord, do I hate hate this country music.
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Toby keith innovating the radical new genre of jimmy buffet nashville.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:I loved it, I was giggling at Colbert politely mocking him the whole time. Were you there?
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Michael Scott posted:Were you there? No?
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Having the show band plus he guest band together at once puts a lot of people on stage. Weirdly making me want to see Pentatonix guest. (Following an interview with Anna Kendrick) E; Thanks for the recommendation boss, and I might have considered sticking around if ET didn't immediately follow you M_Gargantua fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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Oh, I thought you meant mocking the heckler. Nevermind!
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I've come to an uncomfortable conclusion: Colbert left improv behind a long time ago, and he comes across as very scripted as a result of all these years on Comedy Central. Jimmy Fallon, though no means the best SNL member during his time there, has worked quite a while in loosely formed improv shows where going off the script is okay. And Conan loving revels in having off-the-script moments with Andy and his guests. They need to get rid of this poo poo:  See those graphics on the side? They're a holdover of The Daily Show and the Report, which put them in because for a long time in the 80s and 90s news channels (especially local news and the old CNN Headline News format) used to put these sorts of graphics up adjacent to the host's head.   The problem with this in a comedy bit is that it informs the viewer that they're watching something scripted. Having a whole package of graphics going by at the edge of the screen means the production crew was prepared for what the comedian was going to say. And a late night variety show, as opposed to the "fake news" format Comedy Central made, has to at least feel unscripted even when it really is. For a long time, Letterman had a routine where his cue card guy was a recurring character like Biff Henderson, and if you looked at his cue cards you saw they had setups and talking points but that was about it. While he had scripted bits like Top 10 and Paul Newman stepping out of the crowd and asking where the hell the singing cats are, there was also a lot of stuff like his rapport with his audience, the stupid human tricks people, the kids doing science, that was just totally off the cuff. Improv'ing through his scripted bits is what made Conan so good for many years, and it's what made Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show work as his banter was often funnier than his scripted sequences. Even James Corden has shown a bit of an ability to be funny when freewheeling it. I get the feeling that Colbert is really uncomfortable at improv'ing off the approved script. Maybe that'll change in time. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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I don't agree with that at all. Nightly News programs still do the graphic over the shoulder bits, and I love the idea of having well-crafted comedy bits with intention and great jokes instead of boring poo poo like "Pros & Cons" when you can see the crap coming from a mile away. Improv and off-script moments are great, and I'm sure Colbert will have more in time. If anything, he's trying to do too much improv during interviews, which leads to the talking over guests sometimes. Also, the biggest trouble for me is that he was a walking bag of sarcasm for 9 years, so it's really hard to take him seriously when he's being earnest. He still always sounds sarcastic to me.
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Craptacular! posted:I've come to an uncomfortable conclusion: Colbert left improv behind a long time ago, and he comes across as very scripted as a result of all these years on Comedy Central. Jimmy Fallon, though no means the best SNL member during his time there, has worked quite a while in loosely formed improv shows where going off the script is okay. And Conan loving revels in having off-the-script moments with Andy and his guests. He's already admitted he's still playing a character - instead of being a Narcissist Conservative Pundit, he's now just a Narcissist
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Sep 11, 2015 06:12
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The idea that Colbert has lost his improv chops is completely insane.
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Steve Vader posted:Nightly News programs still do the graphic over the shoulder bits, and I love the idea of having well-crafted comedy bits with intention and great jokes instead of boring poo poo like "Pros & Cons" when you can see the crap coming from a mile away. Improv and off-script moments are great, and I'm sure Colbert will have more in time. Yeah, I was thinking about that. I'd say most news shows have either a big TV screen behind the host (think of the Maddow Show) or a bottom third chyron with a segment title (ESPN, CNBC, Fox News). TDS uses a mix of over the shoulder or bottom-thirds both depending on what the production crew is feeling that day. It's probable that this show is aiming a little younger than I am (old enough to remember Carson, even if he was on his last legs at that point and should have retired years prior like Dave), aiming for an audience who know were born about the of the first late night war, and matured during the Stewart era of TDS. Those people are likely happier to reject the old variety show formula for one that feels like the TDS hour on steroids. The good news is that his interviews are pretty good and he's showing some creative choices in guests. I just spend the first part of the show wishing I could see the alternate timeline where they gave Craig the nod instead of a bunch of money to leave. (He definitely brought it on himself by saying he wasn't interested in the job for several years, though.) Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 06:29 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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We're 3 episodes into Colbert's new show. There's clearly some Report/Daily Show DNA in there and who knows if that will stick, but the show is awkward in the way new shows will be awkward. Colbert had no problem running off script on the Report and I doubt things have changed for CBS. e: Just look at what colbert did to Jon in his Daily Show sendoff. He cornered the man and forced him to listen to an off-script thank you speech.
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Craig would have to have WANTED that nod in that alternate timeline.
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One of the best interviews I've seen on late night tv. Up there with Dan Rather after 9/11 and Warren Zevon.
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So far I'm not a big fan of Colbert's new show. Colbert is doing a great job, but late night shows were never a format I enjoyed. Not Letterman, not Leno, not Fergusson...I was really hoping that Stephen getting that job would change something in the way I view these types of show. Thought he would make it entertaining enough but nop... I'm still gonna watch it for a while to give him the benefit of the doubt, but in the end I think his switch from The Colbert Report to a Late night show format killed it for me. And that makes me sad.
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I don't fully understand why they want to have politicians as frequent guests when the show format basically requires him to be apolitical. I loved the Colbert Report for it's hilarious and sharp satire. This is just comedy for comedy's sake, and I'm not sure how long that can hold my interest. I want to see him tear apart scummy politics, but you can't do that AND be even-handed about it because we all know one side gets it way more wrong way more often.
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Bass Bottles posted:I don't fully understand why they want to have politicians as frequent guests when the show format basically requires him to be apolitical. Because politicians are in the news right now for that stuff that's going to start taking place in 5 months that will eventually lead to that bigger thing that happens in a little over a year. Also uh, he's very clearly not going at it apolitically. Sure, he's not acting like The Colbert Report Stephen Colbert, but uh, duh?
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So, I'm west coast, and after seeing tonight's episode I have to sort of take back some of what I said earlier tonight. That Biden interview was powerful stuff.Bass Bottles posted:I don't fully understand why they want to have politicians as frequent guests when the show format basically requires him to be apolitical. You don't have to be apolitical to succeed at the job.
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"What's the use of being Irish if you don't know life is going to break your heart" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opVaEC_WxWs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwmMPytjrK4 Nostalgia4Butts fucked around with this message at 09:08 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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also here's some of the upcoming guests for Colbert
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Mr Jaunts posted:God, the first words out of this guy's mouth and already I don't like him. He even looked like a smug, mouth-breathing douchebag immediately, the moment he stepped out on the stage. Very Hannityesque. EDIT: I also want to add to the chorus saying that Biden interview was incredible. How often has anything that serious, honest, and heartfelt happened on a late night talk show, since 9/11? The only examples I can think of are Jon Stewart's comments on the Charleston Church Shooting, and Conan's farewell speech on losing The Tonight Show. It may not be what people were expecting, but it definitely should prove to anyone who was uneasy about it that Colbert can indeed innovate the format after all. Deep Hurting fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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Youth Decay posted:Biden is the least politiciany-politician I've ever seen. So true and I love him for it. Most genuine display I've ever seen from any politician in anything ever. Seems like a truly great guy.
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Deep Hurting posted:He even looked like a smug, mouth-breathing douchebag immediately, the moment he stepped out on the stage. Very Hannityesque. Watch some moments of Craig's Late Late Show. He had things like eulogizing his mom, and his dad, talking about his alcoholism and why he won't make fun of Britney Spears, and his interview with Bishop Desmond Tutu, which got him a Peabody award. The Biden interview was fantastic, I think it was two guys who really connected with each other on a number of levels having a very honest conversation, but it's not the first time this has happened on a CBS late night show. Colbert and Craig have more honesty in them than Leno and Letterman, and even Carson or Conan did/do. Fallon and Meyers are very honest, but they're also really surface level, much more happy to trade cute silly stories rather than have discussions or dig in a little, which I chalk up to NBC not ever letting them get serious. Corden i dunno
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Craptacular! posted:I've come to an uncomfortable conclusion: Colbert left improv behind a long time ago, and he comes across as very scripted as a result of all these years on Comedy Central. Jimmy Fallon, though no means the best SNL member during his time there, has worked quite a while in loosely formed improv shows where going off the script is okay. And Conan loving revels in having off-the-script moments with Andy and his guests. How does it feel to be so wrong about everything? Fitting username
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Alright, time to watch the Colbert Show before work to pep me up for the da-Nostalgia4Butts posted:"What's the use of being Irish if you don't know life is going to break your heart"  I want to go crawl back into bed and never leave.
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How do they make Colbert's NYC title shots look like models and reality at the same time?
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PowerBuilder3 posted:How do they make Colbert's NYC title shots look like models and reality at the same time? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt%E2%80%93shift_photography
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Craptacular! posted:They need to get rid of this poo poo: I haven't watched since the first night. Did he do this format on the 2nd and 3rd shows? I assumed the post-monologue, pre-interview slot would be a rotating bit like every other show, and that this was just one of the bits they would come back to every so often.
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