Wait - Jay Leno is complaining that late night hosts run the same joke into the ground? Wow - is he also throwing shade at Colbert for pandering by giving high fives to the audience?
Unlike what Leno would probably doing, Colbert and Noah and Oliver have not just been telling 1000 variations on unfunny "Trump is orange and has bad hair" jokes, but are doing actual political satire - at times raising to the level of courageous and heroic. On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 4:33 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > Colbert lost the overall ratings to Fallon the week before he went on > break, but has come back strong the first three days after the break. In > fact, on Wednesday, when John Oliver appeared on the show, he not only beat > Fallon in the overall ratings, but he beat him in the demo, too. > The monologues have been good this week, focusing on Trump. Besides > Oliver, Wednesday’s show has Mike Birbiglia and the director of “The Big > Sick.” It’s a good episode. > Colbert started a hall of fame for people who have been attacked on > Twitter by Trump. Inaudural members are Oliver, Joe Scarborough and Mika > Brzezinski. Additionally, next week is Russia week, where he will have a > bunch of bits filmed in Russia. He said they went to the hotel suite where > Trump is alleged to have been recorded entertaining prostitutes and said he > and his crew took a black light to check for body fluids. Looks like it > will be another winning week of shows. > Jay Leno, meanwhile, said Trump jokes are getting old. > > http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/06/29/jay-leno-thinks-late-night-anti-trump-jokes-are-getting-old.html > Corden is also beating Meyers in overall ratings as well. > By the way, how can Corden earn an Emmy nomination? I only have watched > the show a few times, tuning in when a guest catches my eye. He’s a > terrible interviewer and his comedy bits are usually obvious. > > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 8:35 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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. >> > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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.
