Having been in one of those early audiences (show #7, to be precise), I rather enjoyed the slight tweak to the typical late night format. The audience reaction to Stephen's entrance was more genuine because we didn't know it was coming - Jon & Stay Human played a couple of songs, then would launch without warning into Colbert's walk-on music, so it's not like the warm-up comic had a chance to get everyone hyped up before the music kicked in. That being said, it always struck me as awkward when Colbert would introduce the band, mention that they're about to play the opening theme (after already watching 5-7 minutes of monologue) and then deliver his One More Thing joke; it just never made sense to do the opening title after the monologue (and after Stephen had already mentioned who'd be on the show, in many cases).
On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 11:48:42 PM UTC-4, stannc wrote: > > I went back and watched an early LSSC episode that wa still on the DVR. It > was about five minutes of cold open/monologue, the opening titles, and then > a Weekend Update type segment like what TDS or Late Night do. > > I guess they wanted to differentiate themselves. > > -Stan > > -- -- 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.
