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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Oct 7, 2022 14:03:00 GMT -5
The last one that I really felt a connection with was Conan pre-tonight show.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Oct 7, 2022 14:06:50 GMT -5
I might betray myself as an actual elitist here, but I don't think anyone has ever measured up to Dick Cavett. When you watch Cavett talk to a guest, you get the feeling he's seriously trying to engage with whatever they do and he's an actual human being with opinions. The rest are comedy, and it's a real shame no one ever filled his niche again.
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Post by SmashTV on Oct 7, 2022 14:44:28 GMT -5
Letterman, though I do enjoy Graham Norton depending on the guests.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Oct 7, 2022 14:49:39 GMT -5
I don't think he was going through the motions (far from it) because there was still plenty of great moments with guests but the last few years of his show I was more keen to see his remote bits.
Craig Ferguson is another one I was a fan of, guests seemed to enjoy being on it and was often a delight if someone like Betty White, Kristen Bell or Mila Kunis was on, and Geoff is among the best sidekicks ever. I hate Corden so was literally one of the worst replacements ever in the history of television for me.
Currently I don't dislike Meyers, a Closer Look is good for me to keep up with whats going on in America, and I like Amber Ruffin (I enjoy her show too). But I don't really watch a good chunk of his interviews.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Oct 7, 2022 16:41:40 GMT -5
I think Kimmel has really kind of grown into one.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 7, 2022 17:41:36 GMT -5
Letterman was the only one I ever cared for. His YouTube channel is fantastic as they’re making use of the talents The Donz.
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Oct 7, 2022 17:43:48 GMT -5
I give it to Craig Ferguson.
I don't dislike anybody out there now, but it doesn't have the same aura as it used to. Jimmy Fallon is okay but I'm not setting a DVR to watch him.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Oct 8, 2022 1:22:31 GMT -5
Space Ghost
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Oct 8, 2022 3:39:10 GMT -5
I really liked Trevor Noah. He just wasn't Jon Stewart. Those were almost impossible shoes to fill. Conan was great. John Oliver is less talk show host ( since he never has guests to interview) and more comedic news presenter. Colbert was great at first but has gotten pretty stagnant. Fallon is terrible and always has been. Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers are the best hosts on American TV still going today I think. He's interviewed Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill, and the Dalai Lama. So he's had "guests", just very rarely.
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Post by Hurbster on Oct 8, 2022 4:31:23 GMT -5
Wogan.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Oct 8, 2022 13:19:18 GMT -5
Serious answer, Letterman. He struck a balance between poking fun at pop culture and just being silly while also not overwhelming his interviews like Fallon will by reacting wildly. Fallon’s interview with Dakota Johnson is a thing of beauty. She wasn’t having any of his crap. I always wonder how someone like Marlon Brando would have responded to Fallon’s schtick. It only works if you play along with him. Even reluctantly and awkwardly. That’s not what he would have done.
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Post by schma on Oct 8, 2022 13:22:17 GMT -5
I enjoy Meyers and Colbert partly because I enjoy political humour. I also really appreciate that Seth Meyers regularly features his writers and gives them a chance to take the spotlight. Some of his best segments involve his writers on stage. I don't always watch his interviews but there are some where he's really in sync with someone and they just start riffing off each other. Also, the covid period I think helped a lot with Colbert and Meyers. They took the opportunity to experiment a bit and try things out they might not otherwise (moreso Meyers) and I do think the shows are better for it. Colbert's wife as the audience during covid was fantastic as you'd hear her laughing off camera.
Jon Oliver is magical and wonderful.
Trevor Noah had an impossible task trying to fill Jon Stewart's shoes. However, he's grown into the role and I will miss him.
Feerguson and Conan were great, though I hadn't followed Conan in quite some time.
The couple times I tried watching Letterman he came off as an entitled jerk. Granted by the time I saw him he was a big name so maybe it was fair that he was entitled. However, he actually made me feel sorry for Paris Hilton of all people. She missed an interview with him when she was arrested and the next time on the show he hounded her incessantly about it (even after she asked more than once to stop talking about it) to the point where it stopped being a joke and was clearly making everyone uncomfortable. Get over it dude, she was in jail.
My understanding is that Corden is a bit of a dumpster of a person and should probably eat a bag of dicks.
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Post by Mrs. Potato Dick on Oct 8, 2022 13:31:08 GMT -5
I mean...is it even a question?
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Oct 8, 2022 13:46:58 GMT -5
Ferguson, Hall and Conan would probably be in my second, third and fourth spot. All of Carson’s interviews I’ve watched are super classy and witty but he was a bit before my time. Leno I always found bland and inoffensive, just kinda “there”.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Oct 8, 2022 15:45:25 GMT -5
I’ll fight for Kimmel.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Oct 8, 2022 17:09:32 GMT -5
I still like Cobert and Kimmel
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Post by polarbearpete on Oct 10, 2022 9:30:26 GMT -5
Conan and Fallon are both very good at the genre.
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Post by fw91 on Oct 10, 2022 11:25:06 GMT -5
Letterman. Used to love Kimmel but he kinda lost his coolness to me. Letterman knew how to appeal to everyone without pushing any agendas.
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 10, 2022 11:47:02 GMT -5
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 10, 2022 12:33:58 GMT -5
*trips over a chair running into thread* *scrolls down* f***!
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