Every time I accidentally catch a bit of Fallon's show it seems like ?uestlove thinks he's fucking annoying too.
I suggest you not read ?uestlove's Twitter, which is a series of posts about how he thinks everything on the show is HILARIOUS!!!
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Even though I take that at face value, who on Earth would badmouth their highly-visible job on a highly-visible medium like Twitter?
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
?uestlove does always look annoyed
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Thinking back on ?uest's previous tv appearances over the years, I think that's pretty much his all-the-time face.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish they would put Andy on the couch :(
ditto: a lot of what's funny about Andy isn't that he says anything amusing, it's that every facial reaction he has, to almost anything in the universe, is lovable and hilarious -- the best possible late-night use of this guy is just to have him sitting behind the celebrity being interviewed and grinning goofily
― nabisco, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw the second episode last night and was trying to figure out where the heck Andy actually was. Does he really have a little podium-like thing down on the floor?
― mh, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, he's at the edge of the audience risers.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep, he has a podium on the side, next to the audience. Agreed with Nabisco. Put the guy on the fucking couch. Giving him an occasional 1.5 seconds worth of camera time and forcing him to butt his way into the show to make a side comment is not playing to his strengths.
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, which sort of bothers me, because isn't the whole recent tradition of having a sidekick there sort of built around people on talk shows joking with their stage managers or producers -- i.e., people whose job is supposed to involve standing there all night? Having a person just be there in a sidekick role seems a bit dumb, but I guess lots of people do it now.
― nabisco, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Um, Ed McMahon.
― mh, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
just a theory, but maybe andy is there in the stuttering john position to smooth the transition for people used to the leno version.(isn't max weinberg positionally where kevin eubanks used to be also?)
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Kind of ridiculous, but maybe the decision to keep Richter on the side was some sort of concession to the balding Leno demographic? Like they thought the old folks couldn't handle having a second youngish smartass on camera all the time with Conan?
I don't know, that's stupid, but I can't think of why Richter wouldn't be back on the couch, considering that to me that seems like the golden era of Conan back in the 90s, and I most people I've ever discussed the issue with (all 3 of them) have thought the same.
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost obvs
didn't leno have an announcer standing there? perhaps there was occasional banter? i don't know, i hadn't watched it in years and years.
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Leno's exchanges were 97% with Kevin Eubanks. Stuttering John gave the intro and then spent most of his time huddled in his little announcer pit with a cup of coffee or something, getting very little camera time or interaction. A fair treatment, as that guy is pretty useless. Not so for Andy Richter, though.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Kevin Eubanks, on the other hand, was a comedy GOLDMINE.
God Leno sucks
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously, he is the worst
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
okay come on ppl, we've had to endure The Chevy Chase Show
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
the worst still on the air
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, the Eubanks-led Tonight Show band was the worst ever in late night tv. And the dude himself is a stiff. Imagine how hard Jay had to look to find someone less entertaining than himself (Branford Marsalis had enough of the shit early on).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
That's pretty much a Leno vs Kimmel vs Daly cage match for me.
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
eubanks was just a guffawing machine
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know, I'd still take Kevin Eubanks over Paul Shaffer and the most dangerous band in the entire galaxy or whatever.
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Shaffer couldn't even come up with a good comeback to a near-comatose Joaquin Phoenix.
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
oh see i haven't seen Kimmel or Daly (or Jimmy Fallon)
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Fallon doesn't count because tactical nukes will be obliterating his show by the end of July (if we're lucky) (sorry The Roots, RIP)
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
fallon's sidekick is the actual worst though
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
kimmel's show>>>>>fallon's show
like, by miles
Daly doesn't even have a typical late night set-up anymore. He's out and about with a camera man shooting segments on location. For regular interviews, he has a stage, but there's no desk anymore and, more importantly, no lame Joe Firstman-led studio band.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
lol you watch Carson Daly
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
it's a weird show - it's not even mildly entertaining but i don't think anyone who is working for the show even knows what the point of the program is
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
lol Adult Swim isn't always a reliable alternative at that hour, and I've usually already watched Olbermann from the night before.
But Carson's really not that bad, honestly. He's not trying to be a "late night host" anymore with a monologue and shit. He's going out talking to musicians and street artists and authors and it's decent tv for that hour.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
the week that fallon premiered, daly was profiling a different musician each day and like showing live footage, and then the next week he was interviewing joey fatone in studio and now he's just like filming random shit around california
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
lol Adult Swim isn't always a reliable alternative at that hour
lol you try to watch Adult Swim after 12:30
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I kind of love that NBC gives him $20 a week to do whatever he wants.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah carson dalys show is secretly kind of awesome sort of because no one has ever watched it
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
if im too lazy to get off the couch when daly comes on i turn on springer
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ hardcore
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i know, let's talk about how bad jay leno, jimmy fallon and carson daly are
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
wasn't there a word for that sort of thing?
keep up, dude
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
i think that word is posting
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
it begins with a c btw
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
ill discuss anything as long as it keeps gabbneb from posting in a thread
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
"chatting"
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i know, let's ignore gabbknob
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
"conversating"
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:31 PM (13 seconds ago) Bookmark
i much prefer "gabbfuckface"
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
well yeah, you're like 2 years old
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
gabbfacial
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link