On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 7:52 AM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > Nick, the VP of CBS late night, is constantly on LLS. And as mentioned previously, he was once an NBC Page and I hired him when I was head of security on awards shows, so technically I’m entirely responsible for his career. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. > > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BrUvGuVkgC3sbG40vomymnP4%2BU3eseMbMN1YXoxRC8euw%40mail.gmail.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/CAKgmY4AhKcvX9-zaJ8A1_CNSWJxJ0rqOC9PC%2ByB5M8Hp5SxaHw%40mail.gmail.com.
