Languish.org

My impressions from watching lots of clips on youtube:
Colbert- the most consistently funny and most political oriented humor
Kimmel- lots of hilariously mean humor
Fallon- some great bits(like the lip sync contests), but overall show looks kinda dull
Conan- funnier than Fallon, but doesn't pull the big celebrities in for skits
Seth Meyers- :zzz
Craig Ferguson(not on anymore)- Big flirt

I can't stand Colbert. I'd rather watch flies fuck.

John Oliver hands down. He has more insight in his little finger than the rest of them combined, with the possible exception of Colbert. All of the others (than Oliver and Colbert) are entertainer sell-outs, really.

Quote from: Ed Anger on November 05, 2015, 10:48:13 PM
I can't stand Colbert. I'd rather watch flies fuck.

Well, he is annoying, yeah.

I think Fallon, Kimmel and Colbert are all great.

I'm glad I got to watch Letterman in his prime.

John Oliver was better in The Bugle. :hipster:

I like John Oliver because I can watch it on youtube. The others are on way too late.

Stephen Colbert

John Oliver isn't even in the running. He doesn't host a late night talk show.

None. I'm not teh olds.

I found out this morning that Craig Ferguson was in punk band The Dreamboys with Peter Capaldi.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbcamerica.com%2Fanglophenia%2Ffiles%2F2013%2F08%2FDreamboys-1.jpg&hash=b9c3a83f7077a0de34dbf2645be3053c7f70e3bc)

Love it!

Since Oliver was an option I voted for him.  If he was off the list I would have voted Colbert.

Quote from: lustindarkness on November 06, 2015, 07:43:36 AM
Stephen Colbert

Yep. The only one worth watching IMO. Not counting Oliver who is not a late night guy.

Oliver isn't late night.

I haven't been able to follow Colbert since he started hosting The Late Show. Is he still as good?

Quote from: celedhring on November 06, 2015, 01:37:01 PM
I haven't been able to follow Colbert since he started hosting The Late Show. Is he still as good?

I think he is actually better now.

We should also have a poll on who was the worst late night host ever:

Jay Leno
Jay Leno
Jay Leno

Null vote; Graham Norton.   :bowler:

Quote from: Caliga on November 06, 2015, 02:21:43 PM
We should also have a poll on who was the worst late night host ever:

Jay Leno
Jay Leno
Jay Leno

Oh come on, there have been plenty of terrible Late Night hosts.

Joan Rivers?  Pat Sajak?  Arsenio Hall?  Bill Maher?  Trevor Noah?

Quote from: Caliga on November 06, 2015, 02:21:43 PM
We should also have a poll on who was the worst late night host ever:

Jay Leno
Jay Leno
Jay Leno

:mad:  :mad:  :mad:

:hug:

Jimmy Fallon is probably my favorite, with Kimmel a close second. But my over all fav was Jay Leno.

Quote from: celedhring on November 06, 2015, 01:37:01 PM
I haven't been able to follow Colbert since he started hosting The Late Show. Is he still as good?

There's quite a lot of the show on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig

Leno and Fallon strike me as very vapid comedians.  They go for cheap forgettable laughs, never seeking or succeeding at making any kind of a point with their jokes.

Quote from: Barrister on November 06, 2015, 02:29:40 PM
Oh come on, there have been plenty of terrible Late Night hosts.

I know.  :sleep:

Quote
Joan Rivers?  Pat Sajak?  Arsenio Hall?  Bill Maher?  Trevor Noah?

I liked Joan Rivers. :(

Quote from: DGuller on November 06, 2015, 02:37:07 PM
Leno and Fallon strike me as very vapid comedians.  They go for cheap forgettable laughs, never seeking or succeeding at making any kind of a point with their jokes.

Fallon is bad at straight comedy, I agree, but his skits are great.

Quote from: DGuller on November 06, 2015, 02:37:07 PM
They go for cheap forgettable laughs, never seeking or succeeding at making any kind of a point with their jokes.

:angry: WTF is wrong with this?

Fallon is charming and funny, but very tame.

Quote from: Liep on November 06, 2015, 02:32:56 PM

Quote from: celedhring on November 06, 2015, 01:37:01 PM
I haven't been able to follow Colbert since he started hosting The Late Show. Is he still as good?

There's quite a lot of the show on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig

I know, it was more a matter "I don't really have much time nowadays" than lack of access.

[spoiler]And the little spare time I have I sink it into SWTOR  :blush:[/spoiler]

James Corden is the most talented man in late night, the best actor, singer, dancer.  He isn't that great an interviewer, but Reggie Watts makes it all worthwhile.

Quote from: Caliga on November 06, 2015, 02:37:10 PM

Quote from: Barrister on November 06, 2015, 02:29:40 PM
Oh come on, there have been plenty of terrible Late Night hosts.

I know.  :sleep:

Quote
Joan Rivers?  Pat Sajak?  Arsenio Hall?  Bill Maher?  Trevor Noah?

I liked Joan Rivers. :(

By the way the real worst late night host was Mike Bullard.

Quote from: Caliga on November 06, 2015, 02:37:10 PM

Quote from: Barrister on November 06, 2015, 02:29:40 PM
Joan Rivers?  Pat Sajak?  Arsenio Hall?  Bill Maher?  Trevor Noah?

I liked Joan Rivers. :(

Arsenio Hall was rather entertaining for a kid up past bedtime.  :sleep:

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 06, 2015, 04:32:03 PM

Quote from: Caliga on November 06, 2015, 02:37:10 PM

Quote from: Barrister on November 06, 2015, 02:29:40 PM
Joan Rivers?  Pat Sajak?  Arsenio Hall?  Bill Maher?  Trevor Noah?

I liked Joan Rivers. :(

Arsenio Hall was rather entertaining for a kid up past bedtime.  :sleep:

New rap sensation Chunky A! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Exv8_tbTY)

In any event Magic Johnson's "The Magic Hour" was undoubtedly the worst Late Night show.

Quote from: Savonarola on November 06, 2015, 04:47:57 PM
In any event Magic Johnson's "The Magic Hour" was undoubtedly the worst Late Night show.

Boy you got that right.

Is that Peter Dinklage at 2:06?  :hmm:

Quote from: The Brain on November 06, 2015, 02:48:14 PM

Quote from: DGuller on November 06, 2015, 02:37:07 PM
They go for cheap forgettable laughs, never seeking or succeeding at making any kind of a point with their jokes.

:angry: WTF is wrong with this?

Agree, there's nothing wrong with that approach.  The problem with Leno once he took over The Tonight Show was that he aimed low, and still missed. 

IMO, he was a lot better before he got the late night gig.  Kind of the opposite of Letterman, who didn't hit his stride until he moved to late night.

I can't even answer the poll. I guess I liked Colbert when I occasionally watched him on Comedy Central, but I just don't watch the late shows anymore. In the 80s and 90s, and really early 2000s (maybe up to 2003ish), I watched them but not since then. I thought Letterman was the best in the 80s, I liked him way better than Carson (who in that era was solidly grandpa territory TV), and liked Letterman through the mid-90s when I started liking Conan a lot. By the end of the era in which I watched the late shows I'd turn the TV on for Conan's show but would skip Letterman and Leno entirely. Leno was never very good, and I would typically only watch him on the rare occasion where Letterman had something boring on and Leno had a really high profile guest.

These days, some 12+ years later, I literally cannot even imagine sitting down and watching a nightly variety show. It's so alien to how I watch TV in general these days.

I didn't watch Letterman until the 90s, and he seemed a bit out of it.

I watched Ferguson fairly regularly.  Now?  No one really.  If there is a specific guest or musical act I want to see, I'll watch whichever show they happen to be on.  I miss Craig, Geoff, and Secretariat. :(

I wouldn't watch his show, but only one person brought me this remake of Ironic.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/christianzamora/alanis-morissette-updated-ironic-lyrics-with-modern-struggle#.sr6ov9q40

Oddly enough though I watched the video last night, it is now no longer available in my country. :D

Quote from: OttoVonBismarck on November 06, 2015, 08:01:13 PM

These days, some 12+ years later, I literally cannot even imagine sitting down and watching a nightly variety show. It's so alien to how I watch TV in general these days.

I also rarely watch the shows, usually I'm in bed before then, but I often check to see who their guests are and will record it if I want to see the guest.

Quote from: Martinus on November 06, 2015, 01:44:01 AM
John Oliver hands down. He has more insight in his little finger than the rest of them combined, with the possible exception of Colbert. All of the others (than Oliver and Colbert) are entertainer sell-outs, really.

?
They are late night talk show hosts.  They are supposed to be entertainers.  That is their job, period. "Insight" has nothing to do with the job.  Anything else is just on the side.

You can entertain by performing cute animal tricks, or you can entertain by cerebral humor.

I've always preferred celestial humor.

Preferably you would entertain by flattering Marty's biases.  That's usually very insightful.