The first thing I thought was that there are a lot more crazy people in Florida.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |OT| Beginning September 8th - 11:30/10:30c
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The first thing I thought was that there are a lot more crazy people in Florida.
Me too.Corden is just god-awful in comparison.
Same, it's just not fair. Colbert followed by Furgeson would have been god-tier.
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thepotatoman
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I like that both Colbert and Fallon are skipping the first commercial break in favor of product placement. It's both more effective for advertisers and more entertaining for viewers, so win-win.
I don't know if Leno and Letterman were doing the same before they left.
Magnet_Man
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"We would handle it (gun control efforts blocked by NRA fuckery) on a state-by-state basis"
So...2148 then, we *might* put something up for a vote?
webkatt
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I'd advise you not to so as it isn't even made with olive oil.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Sorry, but the snakes demand it.
Michael F. Assbender
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Maybe that's why it's so good.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Wait until tomorrow (or later today, technically) for the episode to be put up for free on the website.
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morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Who was that on Jimmy's locker?
Good first show, the Trump bit was gold. The Jev interview was good for Stephen but not for Jeb, I doubt Fallon interviewing Trump will be that good.
Seeing the first couple of minutes of the new Late Late Show, wasn't funny except the background Bradley Cooper bit. Why did Craig leave again? Because he was under Dave's company?
Good first show, the Trump bit was gold. The Jev interview was good for Stephen but not for Jeb, I doubt Fallon interviewing Trump will be that good.
Seeing the first couple of minutes of the new Late Late Show, wasn't funny except the background Bradley Cooper bit. Why did Craig leave again? Because he was under Dave's company?
Because the newer generation of hosts are all buddies or at least friendly with each other.
Even Letterman noted it when he appeared on Kimmel, and said he thought it was great.
It's much different than Johnny Carson, who treated anyone that appeared on his show and then got a job elsewhere as a traitor and banned them from appearing. Leno upheld all his bans, which is why we didn't see Joan Rivers re-appear on the Tonight Show until Fallon took over.
Ninja Scooter
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Anybody who fires shots at Hydrox is fine with me.
DirtyManos
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West Coast feed here woot.
Oreo bit slayed me, it's funny how much I didn't realize I missed the Colbert report.
Ugh thank god your back Stephen.
Oreo bit slayed me, it's funny how much I didn't realize I missed the Colbert report.
Ugh thank god your back Stephen.
SmackCrackleNPop
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Hydrox is America's FIRST crime filled chocolate cookie though.
Rumor is CBS wanted him out for a while but couldn't do anything because Letterman owned the timeslot.
HP_Wuvcraft
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That wasn't the best pilot, but it was a good episode. Can't wait to see how it improves.
SmackCrackleNPop
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Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Hydrox is to Oreos, what Cheese Nips is to Cheez Its.
TheGreatLugia
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I really missed Colbert. It's great to have him back.
It's been a while so I can't recall all the exact details, but I remember Craig saying that he planned to leave for a while but CBS wanted more time to find a replacement so he stayed until last December.
Apparently he had already decided on leaving before Dave announced his retirement so Craig ended up waiting a few extra weeks to say anything about leaving The Late Late Show.
It's been a while so I can't recall all the exact details, but I remember Craig saying that he planned to leave for a while but CBS wanted more time to find a replacement so he stayed until last December.
Apparently he had already decided on leaving before Dave announced his retirement so Craig ended up waiting a few extra weeks to say anything about leaving The Late Late Show.
Ray Wonder
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So it was good huh? Gonna catch it tonight. Early work hours doesn't allow me to watch live.
FunkyDealer
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Is this a new late night show or is he replacing someone? I'm so confused, they're all called the same.
Yeah it's new (kinda), he took over Letterman late show.
FunkyDealer
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Alright, thanks.
Quick history of the main current late night shows.
The Tonight Show (NBC)
Steve Allen (1954 - 1957)
Jack Paar (1957 - 1962)
Johnny Carson (1962 - 1992)
Jay Leno (1992 - 2009)
Conan O'Brien (2009 - 2010)
Jay Leno (2010 - 2014)
Jimmy Fallon (2014 - Present)
The Late Show (CBS)
David Letterman (1993 - 2015)
Stephen Colbert (2015 - Present)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
^ (2003 - Present)
Conan (TBS)
^ (2010 - Present)
And in the second hour (12:30 to 1:30am) of late night talk shows:
Late Night (NBC)
David Letterman (1982 - 1993)
Conan O'Brien (1993 - 2009)
Jimmy Fallon (2009 - 2014)
Seth Meyers (2014 - Present)
The Late Late Show (CBS)
Tom Snyder (1995 - 1999)
Craig Kilborn (1999 - 2004)
Craig Ferguson (2004 - 2014)
James Corden (2015 - Present)
Colbert really holds Jeb's feet to the fire to make sure that question gets answered honestly (or as honest as Jeb can get without losing his entire voting constituency). Colbert's allegiance is to his fans, not to his guest, which might set him apart from the other late night hosts (in addition to being fiercely intellectual)
A few other notes:
- Seemed like the production crew was unsure of how to shoot some of the stuff in the Ed Sullivan theater. Obviously was the old Colbert Report crew and probably not many hands from Letterman's show came over. That will improve with time.
- Episode is only 46 minutes on CBS's site even though it went 10 min long. Hopefully it's close to a full 44 min tonight. That may explain some of the extra commercials.
- I can understand why some people wouldn't like the band from what they saw last night, but Batiste is legit. He's from one of the biggest jazz families in New Orleans, tons of charisma and I think will be pretty funny as Colbert's sidekick in bits. Whole core band is his buddies from the Julliard. That crazy energy is part of their performance but I can see where it would come off as faked when you only see a few seconds of it and don't have the context of the full performance during a break.
- Seemed like the production crew was unsure of how to shoot some of the stuff in the Ed Sullivan theater. Obviously was the old Colbert Report crew and probably not many hands from Letterman's show came over. That will improve with time.
- Episode is only 46 minutes on CBS's site even though it went 10 min long. Hopefully it's close to a full 44 min tonight. That may explain some of the extra commercials.
- I can understand why some people wouldn't like the band from what they saw last night, but Batiste is legit. He's from one of the biggest jazz families in New Orleans, tons of charisma and I think will be pretty funny as Colbert's sidekick in bits. Whole core band is his buddies from the Julliard. That crazy energy is part of their performance but I can see where it would come off as faked when you only see a few seconds of it and don't have the context of the full performance during a break.
I think he was surprised too, he seemed to do an 'oops' face and went "I don't even know what that means!" or something.
I was surprised he kept calling his cameraman Jimmy, I thought the joke on the Colbert Report was that the cameraman's name was not and never was Jimmy but Colbert didn't care.
JHoNNy1OoO
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Yeah you could definitely tell it was just habit. Just like the studio audience chanting "STEPHEN STEPHEN!" I'm sure people seeing a full episode of Colbert for the first time thought it was weird as fuck. I wonder if that will eventually go away. I'm digging the new show, can't wait till he gets into the rhythm of things.
I caught that too, and Jimmy was just a made up name. Hopefully it's a hold over and he doesn't phase it out.
Lucky Seven
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Really interesting guests but I can never catch up with tv shows anymore.
I miss Craig.
Interested to see how the ratings look in a month or two. Hasn't The Tonight Show consistently beat The Late Show over the years?
He had said earlier that he didn't want to use Nation since it would be too close to The Colbert Report, so he probably slipped after all the chanting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/arts/television/stephen-colbert-the-late-night-hope.html
If Stephen thinks he can shake the audience chanting his name, he's sorely mistaken.
For the most part, yes. It should be noted that The Tonight Show pulled a 2.4 yesterday, which is pretty impressive.
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