On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 5:56 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> My impression of Ferguson's show was that it was a jigsaw puzzle at best, > with pieces being created and assembled with no order beyond "Who's > available today?," with Act 1 taped Monday, Act 2 Thursday, Act 3 the > following Tuesday, and Act 4 the previous Wednesday. > Having attended tapings of several Ferguson shows, what you describe mostly stopped when he moved into the bigger studio. The smaller studio had to be reconfigured for musical guests and comics. The only thing often shot out of sequence in the later episodes was the cold open before the credits. > > As well, I think his LLS made the same mistake Colbert does, loading the > first half with sub-par comedy. The difference is that Ferguson did great > panels, throwing away the blue cards and having real conversations. Colbert > -- at least when in the Ed -- has shown no ability to do that. After all > this time, he's still as terrible an interviewer as Fallon (though I have > to assume that latter is still the case, since I've never been able to > stomach more than five minutes of his show). > I was predisposed to like Ferguson’s improv comedy style in the top half of the show; true, the humor didn’t always land, but it landed with greater frequency than Leno or Kimmel (I can’t watch the others, so can’t compare). > > --Dave Sikula > > On Friday, September 10, 2021, 03:46:20 PM PDT, 'David Bruggeman' via > TVorNotTV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Can confirm the same thing was done for a taping of Ferguson's Late Late > Show. Cake had been recorded months ago, and we got the bad news just > before that segment would have been taped if they were in studio. > > Of course, they were taping two that day, and it was certainly easier on > their schedule not to show it. > > David > > On Friday, September 10, 2021, 03:22:36 PM PDT, Jim Ellwanger < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I went to a taping of "Conan" some years back where the musical guest had > been recorded in advance, and they did not show the recorded performance to > the audience. > > This is material from that taping that didn't appear in the show as > broadcast, beginning with Conan explaining the situation to the audience > during the commercial break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ozIfSxda0Q > (Timothy Olyphant's "underwear" reference relates to him complaining > during his interview that Ellen DeGeneres gives away underwear to her > audiences.) > > > On Sep 10, 2021, at 3:04 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I think they do... we'd likely have heard otherwise. B > > Dave Sikula, to Mark Jeffries, in part, Sept 9th: > > I wonder, do they make the audience sit through the recorded band > appearances? Considering how awful they are, it'd be a blessing. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/cRimYqvwKm0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1960927647.2707920.1631313975388%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1960927647.2707920.1631313975388%40mail.yahoo.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/381840428.3922062.1631321799061%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/381840428.3922062.1631321799061%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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/CAKgmY4AQCDcWqOy1WU_bEGf9ukha%2BoWhjmOSvRQ2g3JaHqLFBg%40mail.gmail.com.
