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Seriously JIMGA - who do you like comedically? I'm genuinely curious.
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I'd say Conan's shtick is self-deprecation. The opposite of hip.
He's actually the only late-night host that doesn't come of like a smug jackass (though I haven't seen Ferguson). Last edited by molson : 01-17-2010 at 06:41 PM. |
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It's a legit question, I'm just hesitant because it's really impossible to come up with even a remotely comprehensive list. I'll throw out a few names but with the explicit understanding that I'm just going off the top of my head here, most likely heavily influenced by people I've seen/heard lately. And in no particular order ... Chris Rock, Ron White, Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Tim Wilson ... those come to mind pretty easily. But then again, I've seen Sarah Silverman be funny at times so there aren't too many people who couldn't make the list in some fashion The other thing that's kind of tough here is the line between who is funny with their own material vs who is only funny with a staff vs who is consistently funny with a script (i.e. comedic actors/actresses) vs those who are funny given the right role vs those who are capable of consistent one-liners/off the cuff opportunities. For the purposes of this question, I tried to stick to those who can stand & deliver pretty much by themselves and with remarkable consistency.
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And I'd put it in the realm of a contrived attempt to portray yourself as anti-hip in order to become hip. Basically trying to pull off (to borrow from pro wrestling) the sort of anti-charisma charisma of Dean Malenko.
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could also be that you're reading too much into it though...
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{shrug} I've got the same reaction to him now that I've had for the majority of his TV career, I've never seen anything from him that didn't come across that way.
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Might want to pick another example, his demos aren't really that bad, especially on radio. He also does better with women than most talking heads. edit to add: Also might want to think about the steadily aging viewers of Colbert & similar as well. Also, as of last season at least, Leno's Tonight audience median age (54) the same as CBS's network median. Sure has hurt CBS, especially that 60 Minutes show (median viewer: age 60) ... The biggest surprise to me off hand was what the oldest skewing scripted primetime show on network TV in 2008 was: Monk, at 58.
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Like you somewhat pointed out, you chose a bunch of standup people writing their own material. What late night hosts do you find funny? As its another thing entirely when you have to go every night and make jokes on current events, and have a staff to write the jokes with you.
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I like Conan a lot, but I think the unscripted stuff he did during the writers strike was also the best stuff I've ever seen him do.
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I think that could be somewhat skewed as the younger demo probably already caught it on USA.
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Yeah, that kind of gets into one of the distinctions about "who is funny" as opposed to "who can be funny if X,Y, and/or Z". Quote:
I'm not sure I'd call any of them consistently funny frankly. I find Leno to be funny more often than the others (not a ringing endorsement to be sure), with Letterman & Conan pretty rarely funny, about the same for Kimmel & Fallon. Craig Ferguson would probably be the next behind Leno for me but I won't claim to have seen that much of him either. I'd probably call Stewart funnier than the rest of the pack, with Colbert pretty much trailing the field.
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Oh I'm sure it was, I was just surprised by it regardless.
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I'm going to assume this is some sort of meta-postmodern performance art.
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{shrug again} That's not so much a joke as it was shorthand.
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Mostly the first two, since Live+7 has become common currency (i.e. what stuff often gets bought based on) although it's obviously not included in the discussion when we talk here about things like overnights.
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I think this is the official slogan of Leno's monologues.
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Interesting take on all this from the current funniest man on the face on the earth:
Breaking News - Louis C.K. Gives His Perspective on Conan, Leno | TheFutonCritic.com Quote:
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Dave rules. The funny thing is that Ebersol is a complete failure as well. He has really done one good thing, Sunday Night Football. Outside of that they are losing like hundreds of millions of dollars on the Olympics because they massively overpaid. They lost all their other major sports over the years and their college football is essentially a perpetually unranked Notre Dame team. The missed on the AFL and XFL. They created some Olympic Channel that no one gives a shit about. Their online sports site is so far behind the other major networks it's laughable.
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LOL! Seeing Dave saying he's telling jokes about Jay for only one reason: Because I'm simply enjoying it. And it's Fun... priceless.
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What's interesting is that Ebersol was one of the most outspoken execs pulling for Dave to get the Tonight Show.
But yeah, he's pretty bad. He almost destroyed SNL and he was behind the awful Deborah Norville experiment.
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fucking greatest video ever! hahahahahha
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Norm McDonald on Conan tonight
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I wish Norm had been on longer but that was great.
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Oh snap. Some of the greatest moments in TV history (imo) have come from this combination.
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Conan needs Izabel Goulart on his show before he's done.
Supermodel Izabel Goulart on the Conan O’Brien show
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I hope he gets Jim Gaffigan on this week, as well.
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Hah, Masturbating Bear makes an appearance.
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So I haven't been following this much, but is he going to another network?
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Haha 1.5 million dollar comedy bit. Awesome.
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I hope Robin Williams' appearance is on Friday night. I'll be working late tomorrow.
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Unknown, so far. He has reportedly gotten a $30-40-million settlement to terminate his contract (and has also gotten compensation for his crew, most of whom moved from NYC to LA for the show), but details of if or how long of a non-compete clause he had to agree upon. |
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One thing I've learned from following this whole deal - I need to watch more Craig Ferguson.
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Does anyone think Jay's recent crack goes below the belt? I mean trashing each other seems like one thing but pulling his wife into it seems a little low. Maybe it's fair game though, who knows.
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That if you want to get Dave to ignore you, just marry him.
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Has there been any scoop on when Leno would begin doing the Tonight Show again? With Conan closing shop after this week, if Leno is MIA for a few months, in order to get the Tonight Show back up to speed (and NBC will also be carrying and milking the Olympics for the next few weeks), I could see Letterman pulling way ahead and holding it for a long time.
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