On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 12:34:23 PM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 9:30 PM PGage <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I have been a critic of Baptiste, and a lot of what I don’t like is still >> there (his mumbled comments on the monologue are often incoherent). But >> there have been significant improvements: they have less annoying monkey >> business between him and Colbert at the open, less interaction between them >> at all, and what is there is less forced. It’s always better when the A >> guest interacts with Baptiste and gushes over him. Also, my impression is >> that over the last year they have given increased focus to the drummer, >> which is a good idea. IMO Baptiste is still not adding much “wins above >> replacement”, but he is no longer a drag on the show. >> >> I noticed Last night he played “Maniac” for Emma Stone, which is one of >> the few times I was able to detect a connection. This of course was a great >> joy with Paul. I get the feeling there often is an intended reference by >> Baptiste, perhaps over my head musically (or, it could be that Baptiste’s >> versions of even recognizable songs are idiosyncratic). Is anyone keeping >> track of the Baptiste play on music? >> > > I listened to a lot of be-bop era and 50s jazz many years ago and I > recognize some of the standards Jon plays when a guest comes out but the > names of the pieces don't come to me any more. > > One that I recognize is that when Colbert mentions the pee tape, Batiste > plays a phrase from Thelonious Monk's "Trinkle, Tinkle." >
And during last night's monologue, after they played a tape of Lindsey Graham saying something particularly ridiculous, Batiste played a few bars of Monk's "Well, You Needn't." -- 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.
