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OT: Movies/TV Shows

GOAT is obviously Carson.

Conan was always my guy.

Letterman was good but I think his best stuff was before my time.

Conan, Stewart, Colbert.
 
worm said:
GOAT is obviously Carson.

Conan was always my guy.

Letterman was good but I think his best stuff was before my time.

Conan, Stewart, Colbert.
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Yeah, Carson was the true top dog and Letterman would be the first to concur.

They’re playing old episodes of Carson here which I watch from time to time if the guests are interesting.
 
I don't think it's fair to include John Oliver since he does one show per week... Otherwise I'd have him right at the top.
 
worm said:
GOAT is obviously Carson.

Conan was always my guy.

Letterman was good but I think his best stuff was before my time.

Conan, Stewart, Colbert.
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Meh, Carson was good... But there's just something about him that felt a bit phony I think. Letterman was edgier and didn't pander.
 
Without Carson there would be no Letterman, or Conan, or Leno, or Colbert or anyone.

But what Letterman did was different from all the others, partly because he started doing it while Carson was still doing the Tonight Show. I'm so old I can even remember when Letterman had a show in the daytime and even then you could tell he was going to be something new and different and unique. All the other late night hosts are essentially derivative. They all copy Carson. Letterman does too but only in terms of format. Otherwise he is a complete original and if anything, some of the current group try to emulate him, not Carson.
 
Letterman was the funniest host. But Conan was the funniest, most original and weirdest show. Fit right in with Kids and the Hall, South Park, Simpsons, Sander, Myers era.

None of them today are worth watching. All just shitty rip offs with mediocre hosts. Kimmel and Colbert used to be funny though.
 
leafman101 said:
Letterman was the funniest host. But Conan was the funniest, most original and weirdest show. Fit right in with Kids and the Hall, South Park, Simpsons, Sander, Myers era.

None of them today are worth watching. All just shitty rip offs with mediocre hosts. Kimmel and Colbert used to be funny though.
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Andy Richter was Conan's secret weapon.
 
What I love most about Letterman is that he both loved TV and mocked it relentlessly.

He didn’t kiss celebrity ass; instead he proved funny could be found anywhere if you bothered to look: Bud Melman, the Deli Guy, Stupid Pet Tricks, the list is endless
 
Ferguson was very good and underrated, but a bit much if you were watching nightly. But I like him a lot, very quick and very engaging.

Leno was whatever, pure vanilla.

Carson was great, especially for his time. A sort of classy silly, which no one has really done since then. Classic for sure.

Conan was the best all around though. An obviously nice guy (I can attest in real life too, since I once met him and chatted for 5 minutes), also super self-deprecating, which is funny itself, but also just good at everything - allowing the guest to speak, perfect reactions, funny interruptions, very intelligent, extremely silly, and would basically be one with the audience (just look at when he starts laughing for real at guys like Norm, Martin Short, Sandler, and others - he's laughing just as hard or harder than us and it's genuine).

Dave was smart and entertaining or amusing, I'd say. But he was weird and offputting, a very awkward guy pretending to be normal, and wasn't really "funny" per se. And the non-interview stuff was just awful. I never once laughed at anything on those idiotic top 10 lists. He also isn't all that great a guy, and that comes through too.
 
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