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Let me preface this with saying I've never watched Seth Meyer's Late Night.

What's Seth Meyer's Late Night"hook"? Letterman revolutionized the Late Night format with his weird pre-taped bits and hijinks in the studio, Conan sort of picked up on that, without the cynicism, Jimmy Fallon had all the musical little bits he does, Ferguson is just charmingly bonkers. Does Meyer really just do the Leno thing and sits at his desk interviewing people?

# ¿ Apr 29, 2014 07:38

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# ¿ Apr 16, 2024 23:37

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hcreight posted:

His hook is he's one of Lorne Michaels' people, so NBC gave him the job because that's what they tend to do.

I haven't really watched his Late Night either, but there wasn't that much to him coming in. He never developed an identity on SNL beyond "competent Weekend Update anchor." Either he'll figure that out in the coming months or his show will crash and burn. Or NBC will carry his show as dead weight for lack of finding an audience for anything on their network besides The Voice and Football. His ratings look like they've been solid so far, though.

Man, that's a shame. The Tonight Show might be the big prize for comedians, but Late Night used to be where they flexed their creative muscles. Too bad it's been turned into The Tonight Show Lite.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2014 15:08

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Irish Joe posted:

I'll give you Conan, but Ferguson was on The Drew Carey Show for years and Kimmel had The Man Show in addition to Win Ben Stein's Money. No clue who Pete Holmes is or why he's part of this discussion.

Conan had worked on both SNL and The Simpsons prior to getting Late Night. It's true he did not have much experience as a performer, but he had something more important: Lorne Michael's support.

(Pete Holmes is the guy who's coming on after Conan on TBS.)

# ¿ Apr 29, 2014 16:40

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ufarn posted:

Anyone know why CC decided to set up a region wall for Colbert and Stewart two weeks or so ago for those of us outside NA?

Kinda bummed I missed out on the Bundy and Sterling coverage.

I'm in Sweden, and I can access it just fine.

# ¿ May 1, 2014 13:17

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DivisionPost posted:

What the gently caress is this I'm hearing about Norm MacDonald getting The Late Late Show? Is this just a thing he started on Twitter, or is there some article that says he's in the running?

For what it's worth, his name is pretty much the only one I *haven't* seen mentioned yet. I did find one article from this January where he said that he wasn't actually approached about it, but Letterman originally wanted him to host the Late Late Show, but CBS went with Craig Kilbourn instead. Going by that, it seems pretty unlikely that he'd get it now that Letterman and his production company are leaving.

# ¿ May 2, 2014 13:23

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Fallon's interview of Bradley Cooper last night was at once atrocious and amazing. Just two guys giggling for six straight minutes.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2014 16:26

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Letterman's Cue Card Guy Fired After Assault

Sounds like a laugh and a half to be on the Letterman staff.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2014 10:41

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Mister Kingdom posted:

At least Dave wasn't loving him.

It's kind of weird what a cult of personality Letterman's got going on. He doesn't gently caress his male staff, but then he doesn't have to. They're still fighting over who's more important to him. I've never met the man, but there must be something magnetic about it. poo poo like this never happens to the other Late Night hosts.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2014 13:08

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Aphrodite posted:

The cue card guy thinking he was important is a little weird.

Well, Dave used to involve him in skits and such, and he'd been around for over 20 years, so it's not like he was some nameless lackey. Still, plenty weird. I hope Letterman's retirement will bring some tell-all books about life on the Late Show in its wake.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2014 14:04

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Mister Kingdom posted:

I want to hear what Stephanie wrote in her diaries. I just can't imagine her and Dave together.

I don't want to imagine them together, but I don't think it's that hard to guess how it came about. He: witty, powerful, charismatic, sort of handsome in his tailored suits; She: young and pretty and probably in awe of him.

Not much potential for anything more than an affair, but that? -sure.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2014 15:06

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Dr Tran posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXIQRh6f6kc

This is great.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2015 22:49

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God, it was so weird seeing Triumph the Comic Insult Dog on Fallon. I didn't even understand why it felt off until I realized that I wasn't watching Conan.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2015 17:39

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Mister Kingdom posted:

I have a feeling Triumph's new show will suck.

Yeop. I was really surprised that Jack McBrayer's attached to it. Surely he could do better than that?

# ¿ Feb 13, 2015 19:01

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SHUPS 4 DETH posted:

Clearly you didn't see the Conan remote where they went to The Weiner's Circle.

I did, but that was one remote. Making a whole drat show out of that would be stretching the concept mighty thin. You are Fix-It Felix, have some dignity, man!

# ¿ Feb 13, 2015 23:02

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pwn posted:

I've been trying to figure out, why Wednesday? Letterman's last show will be May 20th. Seems so odd to end on Wednesday. Leno's last-last Tonight Show was on a Thursday, but that was a two-pronged approach - the Olympics started the next night, and NBC put Fallon's last Late Night in the post-late news spot, making it a de facto Tonight Show.

The only idea I could come up with was that maybe May 20th was exactly the length of time Leno was active, plus one day. It would be the perfect last laugh for Letterman. But when I crunched the numbers- vacations, illnesses, and switching time slots notwithstanding, just strictly "active from this date to this date"- that doesn't add up either. Leno was active from May 25 1992 to February 6 2014, 7927 days, or 21 years, 8 months, 2 weeks. Letterman began his competition with Leno on August 30 1993 and will conclude his career on May 20 2015, 7933 days, or 21 years, 8 months, 3 weeks. Matching Leno + 6 days doesn't have the same bite to it.

I can't find any significance to the end date. Is there going to be some other programming starting the 21st, like sports?

Doesn't Letterman pre-tape his Thursday and Friday shows at the beginning of the week since a few years back? That would explain the Wednesday cut-off.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2015 09:45

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I grew up watching The Late Show, and even though I fell out of habit of watching it years ago, I'll miss Dave. He was the Late Night crank of my heart. :unsmith:

# ¿ May 19, 2015 08:47

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Mister Kingdom posted:

But you're right. I didn't make it past the second show.

I've never watched one of Corden's shows in full (mostly because, as a European, that would take more effort than to just turn on the TV), but it does appear that he was a good choice for CBS. He's certainly delivering them the perfect youtube friendly content they must have been after when they looked for Craig's replacement. It really makes me wonder what Colbert will bring to the table when he takes Dave's place this fall. Is he expected to be another viral hit-maker. or are they looking for something different with him?

# ¿ May 27, 2015 00:54

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Thank you so much for sharing! That's fascinating stuff.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2015 11:24

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My guess is that Seth only got that gig so that NBC (with Lorne Michael's blessing) could hold onto him until Lorne finally decides to retire, so that he'll be available to take over for him.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 13:42

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Jimmy Kimmel's currently antagonizing lets-play fans. :allears:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9oZplyzDKc

# ¿ Sep 2, 2015 17:51

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Jax-Guy1 posted:

Colbert as Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird talking about Tolkien, that was incredible.

He's at his best when he lets his geek flag fly.

# ¿ Dec 9, 2015 11:33

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Nostalgia4Butts posted:

he's really held back on it on CBS though, especially the LOTR stuff

He did tear into those scientists that named a spider after Smeagol. That was cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nweyH1uLcV8

# ¿ Dec 9, 2015 12:28

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Lutha Mahtin posted:

"guest shot"? in what moon land is that a phrase

also helen mirren just gave colbert a super big kiss, right on the kisser

As did Sally Field. :heysexy:

# ¿ Mar 10, 2016 17:27

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The Dave posted:

Holy poo poo, Letterman:

Whoa! Keep on keeping on, Dave!

# ¿ Mar 24, 2016 11:43

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# ¿ Apr 16, 2024 23:37

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Adam Driver always look like a deer in the headlights whenever he's forced to do publicity, and it's endearing as hell. :3:

# ¿ Mar 30, 2016 18:29

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