For what it's worth, long time Conan writer Brian Stack returned to NYC earlier
this year to join Colbert's staff.
Since Colbert will be on CBS, I'll be happy with different, and hope he can get
to daring.
David
From: Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:54 AM
Subject: [TV orNotTV] Conan Writer Rips on Late Night, Gets Bitch Slapped by
Boss
Seven-year vet of O'Brien's shows Andrés du Bouchet made a series of profane
tweets taking obvious aim at Fallon, Kimmel, Corden and Hardwick--Conan's
Twitter response was that "I wish one of my writers would focus on making my
show funnier instead of tweeting stupid things about the state of late night
comedy:"
http://www.thewrap.com/conan-obrien-rips-staff-writer-over-expletive-filled-twitter-tirade-on-state-of-late-night-tv/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp
Du Bouchet does have something here, especially considering that all of the
rebels or former rebels--Ferguson, Dave, Stewart--are leaving or have left late
night. But if he ever leaves Conan, it'll be a little hard to get work with
someone else after making these statements. I also found it interesting that
seemingly supporting him was standup and former Chelsea Handler panel member
Guy Branum, who was on "@midnight" just last week (and Hardwick has said that
the show is designed for standups to get more exposure besides the six minutes
at 12:25 on the other shows--without having to burn their clean material on
television). All of which probably means that Colbert will probably be
expected to be daring in taking over Dave's slot--and that he will become
another Leno in the comedy community's eyes if CBS won't let him.--
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