On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:36 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Andy Richter was on the Pollack Chatshow (can you get that behind the iron > curtain Kevin?)
I've actually lapsed in my KPCS viewing because to do so live would eat away my monthly allotted bandwidth (I pay more for internet in Kazakhstan than in California, but am limited to 20GB a month. But I will download the Richter installment. > They don't work weekends and the day off on filming and > recording extra bits for example. I think he said something like "this show > is more about us just hanging out and having a good time" ... Dave of course > made a > similar change some years ago now, with a lot less extra work on bits and > more just him riffing from the desk in the second segment (which I think is > always the highlight of the show, but I know some here think that is Dave > being lazy and phoning it in). I obviously didn't live through the original run, but there is a theory that Ed Sullivan wasn't particularly special, but he only had to produce one episode a week and was thus able to present only the choice material. Tom Snyder used to refer to Dennis Miller's HBO series as the best gig on television for the same reason. Every on air personality wants his or her own series, but once they get it, they don't want to work hard at it. The present exception is Craig Ferguson, who keeps experimenting and cycling through ideas (no more cheeky monkeys or sound effects, and even Secretariat is fading away). As there are those on the list who don't like Letterman anymore (me included), you can dislike Ferguson, but you cannot accuse him of phoning it in. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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
