Something that I've found interesting with Colbert's Late Show is that, as
loyal as he seems to be toward his staff, we know nothing about them.
I contrast this with Dave's version, while acknowledging that Letterman's
late-night shows were a 30-year novel about his psychological state. Depsite
that, we knew the staffers: writers, audio people, costumers, producers,
directors, even (especially?) Tony Mendez and Rupert Jee. Granted, the AFLers
knew many of them up close and personal (Tony in particular told us a lot of
stuff he shouldn't have), but even a less-than-casual viewer would have
recognized Pat Farmer, Kenny Sheehan, Biff Henderson, Alan Kalter, or even
George Clark, Barbara Gaines, and Sue Hum. (Hell, even Meg Parsont ...). I have
no idea what Fallon does (I'd imagine most of his staff would prefer not to be
recognized as having anything to do with TTS), but certainly Kimmel mentions
and shows his staffers, as does Meyers (especially his writers).
I don't know if they want to keep the focus on Colbert or if the staff prefers
to stay out of the spotlight, but it does seem like a one-man show at the Ed.
(Excepting the horrific warm-up guy. I hoped they've changed him since the last
time I went to a taping, because he was terrible.) Does he even have cue-card
people, or is he totally reliant on the prompter?
--Dave Sikula
On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 12:57:03 PM PDT, Tom Wolper
<[email protected]> wrote:
I also feel a sense of disappointment for Colbert’s Late Show. It’s a shame
because I think Colbert has always been a great interview subject but I don’t
enjoy the Late Show as much as those interviews.
Like Dave Sikula, I think Kimmel does a sharper monologue and Myers does better
political material. I don’t have a simple answer for where I think Colbert went
wrong. I think he comes from a place of comfort and he can’t channel the anger
a lot of his TV audience is feeling.
I think his biggest weakness is the cult who followed him from the Report into
the Ed Sullivan Theater and they’re keeping him from challenging himself and
his staff.
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