He announced last night that it will be the 20th anniversary of his start at The Daily Show. I think he said they were scheduled to be dark, and will just do this show new that week (maybe anticipating a possible writer's strike?) mostly as a bunch of old friends sitting around and talking.
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:54 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Semi related, most of the big Daily Show players are booked on next > Tuesday's Colbert. Stewart, Bee, Oliver, and Corddry > > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:05 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Jon Batiste is a poor fit as Colbert's musical sidekick, but I think the >> problem is that he doesn't have a sophisticated sense of humor. He's not >> quick enough. He is not willfully diminishing his comedic skills for some >> cultural or establishment need. He isn't playing a role. This is >> unfortunately who he is. An extremely talented musician who often can only >> respond with a grunt or enthusiastic Yes in response to Colbert. And it is >> probably Colbert's fault. Johnny made Tommy Newsome the butt of his jokes >> or lobbed easy ones Tommy could hit out of the park. I'm guessing writers >> had a hand in it before the show. You never saw Johnny banter with Tommy >> the way he did with Doc. >> >> https://youtu.be/_VrFV5r8cs0 >> >> Not sent from an iPhone. >> On May 3, 2017, at 6:28 AM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> For what it's worth, one of the core members of Stay Human (sax player >>> Eddie Barbash) left the show band at the beginning of the year. I have no >>> idea his reasons, and have seen no discussion as to why. >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> Sent on my Virgin Mobile Samsung Galaxy S® 5 >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: PGage <[email protected]> >>> Date: 5/3/17 08:36 (GMT-05:00) >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Guest hosts on Kimmel this week >>> >>> >>> As a literal description of Batiste himself it is cruel and unfair; but >>> as a short hand poetic summary of how his recent persona on the show comes >>> across, I think, sadly, it is spot on. >>> >>> WTF is he doing? It does seem like somebody told him to be more like >>> Paul, but Batiste is by all accounts a fantastic musician - he's got to >>> have a better ear than that. And whoever is mixing the sound for the show >>> is not doing him any favors - half the time it feels like he got on the >>> phone on the upstairs extension and thinks he is having a conversation with >>> someone else during our call. >>> >>> I have felt from day 1 that Colbert made a mistake with his choice of >>> bandleader, and while I am glad to see the show finding its legs, nothing >>> that has happened has changed my initial impression. Batiste is a likeable >>> guy and I'm sure an amazing musician, but so much of what he plays, while >>> technically high quality, sounds to me like an opera star covering Janis >>> Joplin. And he is almost always out of his depth with the kind of comedy >>> Colbert does. I don't know what cool band is out there that could take his >>> place, but I hope that as soon as it is graceful enough to do so they >>> replace him. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 1:07 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> While I agree that Jon Batiste often treats the monologue as a chance >>>> to beat to death a bad Paul Shaffer impression, I think calling it Uncle >>>> Tomming is unfair. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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