Life is too short to bother with shows that are only sometimes worthwhile. On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:49 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> This latest episode might be the best yet. The guests are Maria Bamford, > Joel McHale and Erik Griffen. > > > http://www.cc.com/shows/lights-out-with-david-spade > > He takes people with no stand-up comedy experience and puts them on the > stage at Comedy Store and he and another comedian feed them jokes. Last > night's was the SEAL team member who killed bin Laden. It was funny. > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 9:02 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I feel honor bound, after my snarky comment about Spade (and, I guess, >> Steve) to confess that I have now watched 3 or 4 of these shows and did not >> hate all of them. As Steve said, a lot depends on the comics on the show, >> and what you think of Spade. With 3 comics per night I’m not sure they can >> keep doing as well as they have (maybe they will do repeats), but I have >> been pretty impressed so far (even penalizing him heavily for the pity >> booking of his old friend Dennis Miller last night). >> >> My problem with the show is my fundamental problem with Spade; his snarky >> persona can only really be funny if, underneath all of it, he is knowingly >> making fun of himself. But he isn’t. Yes, he sometimes does put himself >> down, but only by employing the same superficial yardstick to judge himself >> and admitting he falls short. But he doesn’t bring the bit around to the >> point of exploding the superficial metric itself, and the culture based on >> it. It’s like watching the Old Colbert character and periodically realizing >> the actor really does endorse nativistic, anti-intellectual values. The >> jokes, even when funny, would start to make you sick. But in the current >> age a show that does not engage in political humor is something of a >> relief. >> >> On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 12:21 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think we knew you were in the minority when you confessed to being a >>> Spade fan... >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 8:06 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> David Spade’s “Lights Out” talk show finished its first week. It >>>> follows “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. I’m a Spade fan so I enjoyed >>>> the show. I liked it better than Jordan Klepper’s show in that spot, >>>> although not as much as Larry Wilmore’s show. The conceit of the show is >>>> that it stays away from political humor. >>>> >>>> Turns out I’m in the minority. The how has averaged 270,000 same-day >>>> viewers its first week and is losing more than half of the “The Daily Show” >>>> audience. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lights-david-spade-premiere-week-ratings-1228374 >>>> >>>> I think the best description of the show was by Thursday night guest Al >>>> Madrigal, who said it was like Chelsea Handler’s talk show but with less >>>> testosterone. The show seemed to rise or fall on the quality of guests, >>>> mostly comedians, Spade has on the show. The first night included Neal >>>> Brennan and Whitney Cummings and both did a great job, especially breaking >>>> Spade’s balls. The second night the comedians were Theo Von (every time I >>>> hear that name I think of an Elmore Leonard villain), Jen Kirkman and >>>> Candice Thompson. Von’s jabs were less successful. Kirkman did a call back >>>> on the same joke until she ran it into the ground. The audience was silent. >>>> The third night was Jim Jefferies, Kaley Cuoco and Steve Byrne. It picked >>>> up again. Cuoco was game. They did a long segment where Spade pretended to >>>> give directions to “Bachelorette” contestants that had laughs and also fell >>>> flat. The last episode of the week included Madrigal, Sarah Tiana and Dana >>>> Carvey. Carvey was trying hard to get his humor untracked and the jokes >>>> fell flat. Madrigal and Tiana were dismissed for the final segment as Spade >>>> and Carvey talked one-on-one, but it was not insightful and not funny. >>>> >>>> Spade seems to be working out the kinks. This is a weak time of year >>>> for viewers, so maybe by fall he will have the show running more smoothly. >>>> As I said before, I’m a fan of Spade, but I also know a little bit of David >>>> Spade goes a long way for a lot of people. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywpoNnf0Mtdbnmyh-AkPqbQOQN4FvZ%3DpNR0hpjmnTmAYw%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywpoNnf0Mtdbnmyh-AkPqbQOQN4FvZ%3DpNR0hpjmnTmAYw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BiiKP5dXPsxhKhd7aTTrhZoj3p3_kP4OHkbiv5NDA8ig%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BiiKP5dXPsxhKhd7aTTrhZoj3p3_kP4OHkbiv5NDA8ig%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywpgV1bVm9xEAUo5taFhdN1fFrf051hEJNNN3pD0Q8w1Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8ywpgV1bVm9xEAUo5taFhdN1fFrf051hEJNNN3pD0Q8w1Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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