Hard to argue. Now that he's gone, its not exactly relevant, but the way he could engage guests ranging from Mila Kunis or Alice Eve to Stephen Fry or Desmond Tutu and actually converse intelligently was pretty impressive.
Fallon would have had Desmond Tutu lipsyncing or something. (Though that would be pretty entertaining)
He was also madly impressive at getting female guests to be playful or flirt.
Just youtube for "Craig Ferguson Pickup MasterClass"
I can't stand Fallon, and think the video is bang on, but Jon Stewart was exactly the same - you could make an identical compilation of him doing the chair spin hunched over in laughter bit.
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Can't really rank Noah yet but I am bearish on him due to his stand up specials. Kind of feel weird putting Oliver that high since he doesn't even do interviews on his show
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Can't really rank Noah yet but I am bearish on him due to his stand up specials. Kind of feel weird putting Oliver that high since he doesn't even do interviews on his show
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I figured out last night what will be the strength for Seth Meyers. Commentary on the Presidential Campaigns. I enjoyed this bit last night that recalls his time on SNL as a head writer and Weekend Update anchor:
Strong writing, great lines:
"inner mean girl"
"the faces Joe Pesci makes when he forgets a line"
"compliment in the same way it is for a bear to tell you, you look delicious"
"Scott Walker's sweaty face"
"whitest low five ever . . . Carson's first high five ever"
"where the nerd and the bully are friends at the end"
I agree about Seth's commentary. I generally don't like his monologues, but I thought that bit was great. I also really like his "Ya burned" segments. They seem to have the strongest writing. I'm still not sold on his show, but it seems to be moving in the right direction.
Has any late night host moving to a major network had an easier transition than Colbert? After his 2nd week he already seems to be in a great groove, I really like how the first half of his show is basically the Colbert Report but with better interviews, as that was always the weakest part of his old show IMO. And as someone who hates the late night monologues, I love that his are so short and he gets right into the bits
Really glad my fears of him turning into a generic late night host were unfounded
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