I tend to agree that it was more because the piece wasn't funny (and I say that as someone who did buy and like her breakthrough routine around her cancer). If the laughs had been much bigger it would have felt like someone was holding the audience at gunpoint to laugh. Sadly the piece just didn't really work.
I do think Alice Eve was awkward though, hence her getting Tig involved right at the start. Anyway, what I've learnt from this is that despite the video saying it's US only, Conan streams quite happily in the UK, and video ad system serves me no ads - I suspect, because I'm in the UK. In any case there's no other legal means to watch Conan since no UK broadcaster takes his show, and as far as I'm aware it's not sold on iTunes. Adam On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 4:11 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:24 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hell, *I* was uncomfortable about the neckline on Alice Eve's dress, >> though at the time I didn't (consciously?) pick up on how uncomfortable she >> may have been. I guess Hollywood fashion laws made it impossible for her >> to re-wear the black dress she wore when speaking with Jimmy Kimmel. >> >> That was the only part of that episode I saw live. I will catch the full >> show over the holiday weekend, and may have thoughts on the audience >> reaction to Notaro's segments later. I am reminded of another notable bit >> on Conan, where she managed to milk laughs out of scooting a stool across >> the stage to ridiculous lengths. >> > > I was not uncomfortable about her cleavage, but I did have trouble paying > attention to anything she was saying. > > Honestly, I thought the audience reaction was muted mostly because Notaro > just was not that funny, not because they were uncomfortable. The taped bit > was forced and awkward. The set-up for the piece (that C-List celebs have > face shots on the walls of retail shops in Southern California, so she > might as well get one too) was pretty much undermined by the copy center > clerk, was happily volunteered that he only puts up celebs he does not > recognize before she could make fun of him for doing that very thing. She > twice goes out of her way to induce a proprietor to say "rack" in reference > to the pictures, just so she can point out that she does not have any > breasts. The first time (involving a self-induced comparison between > herself and Loni Anderson) she got a pretty good laugh from the studio > audience. > > If she really wanted to be funny and uncomfortable, she should have > commented on Eve's boobs falling out of her dress herself. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
