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Like I said, I miss Johnny.
Some of the poison she poured in people's heads. Just my opinion that it's good for her show to be off the air. I can have that opinion, no?
Like I said, I miss Johnny.
That. He's my fav of all time. So many memorable moments he had.
tbh I think Conan's new show is still great, even if it isn't as inspired as his Late Night show was.
the big problem with Conan, and it's what really hurt him also on The Tonight Show, is that he has no chemistry whatsoever with the vast majority of his guests. You can feel his awkwardness giving interviews, plus all the "spontaneous" moments during his interviews are clearly scripted.
Another thing hurting him is how uncontroversial he is. He can't be the everyman Jay Leno is because his comedy isn't bland/one size fits all enough. But he still has no edge to him it appears. While Letterman and Jon Stewart can get headlines any time they want when they go on the warpath against Republicans, Conan can't. He occasionally makes jokes that show his political leanings, but even then it's usually some generic "Bush is dumb" joke that is pretty mild. He needs to be edgier and harsher in his criticism of people. It probably goes against his nature as a person, but his comedy needs to attack people, piss people off, and hurt some feelings every once in a while.
Plus Conan's fanbase is much more likely to not watch him on TV and just catch his bits online. I DVR him and only watch the first two segments before deleting it.
This is only among cable late night talk shows. It is Stewart, Colbert, Handler, Conan.
It went downhill after Johnny. Dave is/was ok, kinda dry. Jay is a ing ass clown. The rest are bags.
That sucks but at least he's getting paid.
Conan has always been pretty damn funny, but terribly overrated by white boys.
I stopped watching his show, but only because I don't watch much TV. If something goes down, I find it on my Conan app, so that's kind of how I watch him now, which of course, doesn't show in the ratings.
He had lots of funny bits on Late Night, but to me, his best stuff was during the writer's strike when he was just pretty much winging it show after show. Maybe he should go back to that formula of just doing that doesn't really make sense, but it doesn't have to if it's funny and well executed.
I absolutely love his skit on what they do around the office during the stike, or how he kept escalating the whole zipline through the crowd with rocket boots, ending up with him saving Lincoln from John Wilkes Booth.
I love the Daily Show and the Colbert Report (pronounced Re-pore), but I don't watch those shows either. The thing is, these days, DVRs are great for watchers, but horrible for shows.
Any show I do watch (like Falling Skies or Master Chef/ 's Kitchen) is on DVR or even Hulu if I forget to record the show.
Today I burned through 3 episodes of Master Chef on Hulu, 1 episode of Weeds online and last week's episode of Falling Skies on DVR. None of that will show in the ratings, but it doesn't mean people aren't watching.
That may also be what's hurting Conan, that you can DVR the show or even watch the interviews and skits on his app on your iPhone (maybe Android too).
As for Chelsea Handler, she's just like Tyler Perry in that I have no idea why she's even famous.
Nielsen makes boxes that account for DVR viewings. They even rank shows by how much they were watched via DVR.
Johnny will always be king.
The main thing that has always hurt Conan is that the mainstream audience just doesn't care for him. It's harsh but it's true. The people who watch American Idol, NCIS, and Jennifer Aniston crapfest romantic comedies are Dave Letterman's audience. Conan should have never left Late Night. He was a perfect fit for that show. He should have never accepted the Tonight Show gig but can you blame him? How was he suppose to know that Leno was gonna be a cry baby pussy about it?
I've seen a few of his shows and they're very awkward sometimes. I use to enjoy his show, but not as much recently.. it just seems different and I can't put my finger on what changed. I never followed him closely, though.
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