I didn't miss the comedy bits last night, but I did actually miss having an audience. Not so much the manic, whooping crowds that Craig's seemed to have recently, but he seemed to be a little lost without the feedback. It may just be the people I've watched do the "one host, one guest, zero audience" genre of talk show (Tom Snyder, Larry King, Charlie Rose, Kevin Pollak,) but I've found that they really need a host and a guest who are genuinely interested in the topic of conversation while avoiding the esoteric in order to keep my interest, and I think that some kind of live audience might help a host realize when he/she is getting off track.
I wonder if some kind of middle ground would work - a small audience and a few jokes before getting to the guest(s), not entirely in the Carson/Letterman/etc comedy-variety style and not entirely in the Snyder/Rose/etc conversation style. Intimate but not in a vacuum. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 14:54, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 24, 2:17 am, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > Watched while sipping my colortini. Terrific ep. Mayhaps Craigy can do > > one of these a week as a regular change of pace. (Fridays?) He and Fry > > were completely engaging from the get-go. When the host is smart, > > eloquent, and curious, and the guest is at least interesting or > > controversial, the one-on-one can be exciting. And Ferguson is far > > more entertaining a conversationalist than Larry King, O'Reilly, or > > even, dare I say, Charlie Rose. > > I am in total agreeance. I stopped watching LLS because I couldn't > stand all the puppets and skits. I've long felt that the panels are > Ferguson's real strength, and it was a pleasure to hear these guys > just have a conversation for an hour. I mean, when was the last time > Wordsworth was even mentioned, let alone quoted, in late night? > > A great hour that I hope is the first of many. > > --Dave Sikula > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
