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I love it. I'm back to staying up until 2:00 a.m. with late night TV on in the background. I love nothing more than hearing Letterman, Conan, and Kimmel.
They came back, with only Dave having his writers. Hilary Clinton gave a funny intro saying "All good things must come to an end," before Dave came out.
Then, he had this huge beard. When Robin Williams came out, he asked if he was going to do a Civil War reenactment. He said, "Either that, or you should be on a box of cough drops."
The Top 10 list was done by striking writers, which was hysterical. They did their top 10 demands. One geeky writer said "I demand a date with a girl." One writer said, "If this list isn't funny, just keep in mind...we're still on strike."
On Conan O'Brien, he came out with a beard. It made more sense for him. His writers weren't back, and facial hair gave him material (at one point, they spent a minute just showing his beard from different camera angles). He joked about not having material, at one point taking a sip of water and saying "Ah, drinking water. That took up some time there."
And, as I suspected, his show went fine without the writers. He did a bit walking around his offices, talking about things on the wall. Playing his guitar, one time loudly while someone tried to book a guest.
Jay Leno, who I don't think is that funny, didn't have a beard. Maybe he should've. Might make his chin look less pronounced. And...in one of his usual unfunny bits, he took a lot of questions from the crowd.
When Jimmy Kimmel started, he did a rant about how pissed he was that the writers were striking outside of the various studios. He talked about the other shows, and how Leno and Letterman paid the writers salaries for a while, and he didn't think that was cool for them to still be striking.
After his rant, he got into a groove, and his show went very well.
He brought out Andy Dick, a comedian, and asked if he was in the Writers Guild. He looked confused and said, "I belong to a few writers groups. I have a membership with them, yeah. I also have a Costco membership."
I turned back to Conan in time to see him playing the Beastie Boys "Sabotage" on guitar, saying "I can do an impression of Edith Bunker singing the Beastie Boys."
The writers better be nervous. Conan ad libing is probably better than most of the stuff they can write.
I love it. I'm back to staying up until 2:00 a.m. with late night TV on in the background. I love nothing more than hearing Letterman, Conan, and Kimmel.
They came back, with only Dave having his writers. Hilary Clinton gave a funny intro saying "All good things must come to an end," before Dave came out.
Then, he had this huge beard. When Robin Williams came out, he asked if he was going to do a Civil War reenactment. He said, "Either that, or you should be on a box of cough drops."
The Top 10 list was done by striking writers, which was hysterical. They did their top 10 demands. One geeky writer said "I demand a date with a girl." One writer said, "If this list isn't funny, just keep in mind...we're still on strike."
On Conan O'Brien, he came out with a beard. It made more sense for him. His writers weren't back, and facial hair gave him material (at one point, they spent a minute just showing his beard from different camera angles). He joked about not having material, at one point taking a sip of water and saying "Ah, drinking water. That took up some time there."
And, as I suspected, his show went fine without the writers. He did a bit walking around his offices, talking about things on the wall. Playing his guitar, one time loudly while someone tried to book a guest.
Jay Leno, who I don't think is that funny, didn't have a beard. Maybe he should've. Might make his chin look less pronounced. And...in one of his usual unfunny bits, he took a lot of questions from the crowd.
When Jimmy Kimmel started, he did a rant about how pissed he was that the writers were striking outside of the various studios. He talked about the other shows, and how Leno and Letterman paid the writers salaries for a while, and he didn't think that was cool for them to still be striking.
After his rant, he got into a groove, and his show went very well.
He brought out Andy Dick, a comedian, and asked if he was in the Writers Guild. He looked confused and said, "I belong to a few writers groups. I have a membership with them, yeah. I also have a Costco membership."
I turned back to Conan in time to see him playing the Beastie Boys "Sabotage" on guitar, saying "I can do an impression of Edith Bunker singing the Beastie Boys."
The writers better be nervous. Conan ad libing is probably better than most of the stuff they can write.