Category: Late Night
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Conan’s First NBC Promos
Here’s an interesting collection of curios from the always brilliant Don Giller channel on YouTube. It’s some promos that NBC aired on the run up to Conan taking over Late Night. Sorry about the Amish one at the start. I find it fascinating that they embraced his lack of experience. Was that to manage expectations?…
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Ruddy Hell, It’s Conan And Paul
As Conan slowly bows out of the late night talk show space, it also brings an end to one of the longest running returning jokes on television. I totally forgot that Paul Rudd was in Friends. And this is the origin of the joke. Here’s a bit of a supercut of many of the times…
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Grodin On Carson
This is how Charles Grodin approached most of his interviews on late night talk shows. But I think this is one of the best. He really brings out the genius of Johnny here too. Here’s another visit he had with Letterman. With thanks to Jonathan Sloman.
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Behind The Desk
If, like me, you’re a little obsessed with the late night shows in the US, then set aside a couple of days because CNN has a multi-part documentary called The Story Of Late Night. And if that isn’t enough for you, there’s an accompanying podcast called Behind The Desk, which is hosted by Bill Carter.…
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Craig’s Last Late Late Show
On the 28th April 2014, Craig Ferguson announced on air that he was leaving The Late Late Show, and that his last show would be in December of that year. The night before he left, he introduced his audience to the voice and operator of Geoff Peterson. And here’s how the final show began. Here’s…
