I found the band to be distracting, not because they were bad, but because they reminded me of the zydeco band that used to do the music on The Late Mr Pete Show.
I didn't watch the Jeb Bush interview because I can't listen to any politician named Bush anymore. I know having politicians on late night TV is the new normal, but I have no interest in seeing the two-faced creeps; if I did, I'd watch FoxNews. I found the Biff Henderson reference funny, but upon reflection I doubt the former Late Show staff would laugh at that joke. As I learned earlier this week, out of 150 staffers from the Dave era Late Show, the Colbert era Late Show retained literally a handful, two from the music dept only because the old Colbert Report didn't really have a music department to speak of. That's a lot of people looking for work, and I suspect Biff might be one of them. I like the set, but when they cut to audience reaction shots it felt strange because it still looked like Dave's audience. Colbert is currently the only late night host I have any interest in watching, but I suspect I won't watch him regularly. It'll be interesting to see his series evolve in the coming months. On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:10 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> More than with most first shows, I think this one is atypical in terms of >> the many timing issues you identify. They are not going to usually tape 2 >> hours, and I doubt (hope) they do not routinely edit the interviews so much >> (or at all). Dave was kind of obsessed with not editing or re-doing things >> as much as possible; Colbert is much more used to editing, but I agree that >> approach is not sustainable, and also Dave is right - it takes away from >> the immediacy of the finished product. Part of this is also they are >> packing in too many A-list guests on some of these early shows. That too >> should calm down. If Dave had someone like Jeb on, he would probably have >> been the only paneled guest - and indeed the Clooney segment was probably >> the weakest, and would have been better as a shorter comedy bit than an >> interview about nothing. That would have given them more time for Jeb. I >> thought Colbert did some good stuff with Jeb, but I would have liked to see >> him with more time (I have not looked at the extended interview online). >> >> Will they keep up with the self-announcing? I liked it, but if they do >> they can not keep making a joke about it. >> >> I thought the studio looked fantastic, the music was fantastic (I kind of >> liked that it looked messy). And I just loved Colbert - I like the persona >> he used, still nerdy, still self-depreciatingly narcissistic, still way >> smart in a non-threatening way. Unless I just fall much more in love with >> the new TDS than I suspect I will, this will be my #1 priority talk show >> every night. >> >> Was Jon Stewart listed as a producer of the show? Is he a producer of TDS >> (I know he is of The Nightly Show) - would that make Stewart as a producer >> of two competing shows on (at least on the East Coast) at the same time? >> > > One correction: at the half dozen or so tapings of the Letterman show I > went to they always started at 4:30. Dave timed his segments according to > the clock and the target for ending the show was 1 hour and 2 minutes. But > they ended the show late a couple of times. One time the taping ended 15 > minutes late. John Cusack was the first guest and he told 3 stories. The > first two were rambling and the third was okay. When I watched the > broadcast show the first story was trimmed and the second story was > dropped. In other words Dave and the producers kept the segment with Cusack > going until they had enough footage. > > As for the Colbert debut I was underwhelmed. I think he wanted the show to > be as big as possible and the parts did not come together. Things should > calm down and hopefully that will improve it. > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... 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