Corden on LLS shows a lot of his staff on the show as well. I know most people can't tolerate Corden himself, but I do like a lot of his staff appearances.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 9:25 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- > 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/1902280522.875348.1662686743981%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1902280522.875348.1662686743981%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/CAK5Q1BrUvGuVkgC3sbG40vomymnP4%2BU3eseMbMN1YXoxRC8euw%40mail.gmail.com.
