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bateman · September 08, 2015, 10:13:06 PM

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on September 08, 2015, 10:09:21 PM
I remember him pre-Colbert Report being on Colin Quinn's "Tough Crowd" a few times and he was timid and mismatched. Another comic who clearly lives and dies by the material written for him by others.

Ahh, Tough Crowd. Now you're making me pine for The Late Show with Patrice O'Neal. RIP.

Eddie Coyle · September 08, 2015, 10:19:34 PM

Quote from: bateman on September 08, 2015, 10:13:06 PM
Ahh, Tough Crowd. Now you're making me pine for The Late Show with Patrice O'Neal. RIP.

I stopped watching Comedy Central after they canceled Tough Crowd abruptly...to give Wanda Sykes a show(that sunk without a trace). Fuck that. The whiny baby on at 11, who just left Comedy Central last month, had his fingerprints all over Tough Crowd's axing.

bateman · September 08, 2015, 10:29:06 PM

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on September 08, 2015, 10:19:34 PM
I stopped watching Comedy Central after they canceled Tough Crowd abruptly...to give Wanda Sykes a show(that sunk without a trace). Fuck that. The whiny baby on at 11, who just left Comedy Central last month, had his fingerprints all over Tough Crowd's axing.

Did he really? I know there were battles behind the scenes over "content issues", but never heard anything about Stewart specifically.

bateman · September 08, 2015, 10:30:08 PM

"Oh AWESOME, Stephen Colbert has Jeb Bush tonight!" said absolutely no one. What the fuck was CBS thinking with this?

Eddie Coyle · September 08, 2015, 11:07:48 PM

Quote from: bateman on September 08, 2015, 10:29:06 PM
Did he really? I know there were battles behind the scenes over "content issues", but never heard anything about Stewart specifically.

Quinn and Norton hinted at it in that first year after cancellation with O&A, that people with more power than them were uncomfortable with the show, i.e. overtly racial comedy/insults from say, Nick Dipaolo and Patrice. I think a caller asked directly if Stewart was who they were talking about and Norton neither confirmed or denied. Which usually serves to confirm. That a Daily Show contributor eventually got the time slot was no shock.

The content issues were the killer above all. It's what killed the NBC version of the show as well.

bateman · September 08, 2015, 11:42:36 PM

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on September 08, 2015, 11:07:48 PM
Quinn and Norton hinted at it in that first year after cancellation with O&A, that people with more power than them were uncomfortable with the show, i.e. overtly racial comedy/insults from say, Nick Dipaolo and Patrice. I think a caller asked directly if Stewart was who they were talking about and Norton neither confirmed or denied. Which usually serves to confirm. That a Daily Show contributor eventually got the time slot was no shock.

The content issues were the killer above all. It's what killed the NBC version of the show as well.

Ironic that Stewart was getting all sassy about content when he's been reported to have temper tantrums whenever anyone takes issue with a joke of his.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/07/jon-stewart-told-wyatt-cenac-to-fck-off.html

Eddie Coyle · September 09, 2015, 12:39:34 AM

Quote from: bateman on September 08, 2015, 11:42:36 PM

Ironic that Stewart was getting all sassy about content when he's been reported to have temper tantrums whenever anyone takes issue with a joke of his.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/07/jon-stewart-told-wyatt-cenac-to-fck-off.html

I saw that article during the summer, and it stood out amongst all the hosannas being written about him. Quite interesting.

It makes me long for October 1993, when Stern kept Stewart waiting for hours while wackpackers auditioned for the New Year's Rotten Eve special, and then Stern brought him in for roughly 5 minutes and belittled his new MTV show and sent him packing. "Let's do the news, Robin"

PB the Deplorable · September 09, 2015, 02:06:51 AM

In my lifetime Johnny Carson was the only late night host worth watching. He sort of ruined it for the others, I can't even watch them - any of them

onan · September 09, 2015, 05:59:06 AM

Quote from: Paper*Boy on September 09, 2015, 02:06:51 AM
In my lifetime Johnny Carson was the only late night host worth watching. He sort of ruined it for the others, I can't even watch them - any of them

Pretty much this. I think Carson was part of an era. Even though Carson was the star, he didn't make the show about himself. I think that equation changed with Leno and nothing has been as good since.

CornyCrow · September 09, 2015, 10:17:44 AM

Quote from: Paper*Boy on September 07, 2015, 11:08:25 PM
Could it have been a portal? Or flown by angels?

It was so dark black that it looked like a moving ink blot. I don't know if portals move. There are no military bases in the area. Since it was just as dawn was breaking, I assume that it flew at night, when it would be hard to detect. The word 'angel' has a lot of religious baggage. I prefer to think of inter-dimensional or other-worldly as descriptives, but I can't get over how the 'spin' was at right angles to the direction. Maybe it was a craft that was having technical difficulties.

PB the Deplorable · September 09, 2015, 11:05:56 AM

Quote from: CornyCrow on September 09, 2015, 10:17:44 AM
It was so dark black that it looked like a moving ink blot. I don't know if portals move. There are no military bases in the area. Since it was just as dawn was breaking, I assume that it flew at night, when it would be hard to detect. The word 'angel' has a lot of religious baggage. I prefer to think of inter-dimensional or other-worldly as descriptives, but I can't get over how the 'spin' was at right angles to the direction. Maybe it was a craft that was having technical difficulties.

That's an interesting sighting, it's freaky to see something so unusual.

Heh, I was joking around about portals and angels, those are two of the dumb questions George Noory is notorious for asking guests and callers when they report seeing something like that.

Hautex · September 09, 2015, 01:06:53 PM

Is Gaddafi's last name GaDuck?

Juan · September 09, 2015, 03:11:47 PM

That sounds like my sighting 10-years ago. We had very low clouds, down to the top floor of a 15-story condo. Rising behind the clouds was a full moon that lit up the clouds like a movie screen. I could see a triangular-shaped craft moving slowly along. It was completely black and had no lights. Without the unusual weather conditions, it would have been invisible.

popple · September 09, 2015, 03:46:52 PM

All this talk of triangles has me hungry for samosas.

CornyCrow · September 09, 2015, 03:52:15 PM

Quote from: Paper*Boy on September 09, 2015, 11:05:56 AM
That's an interesting sighting, it's freaky to see something so unusual.

Heh, I was joking around about portals and angels, those are two of the dumb questions George Noory is notorious for asking guests and callers when they report seeing something like that.

I see. Yeah, I don't listen to Jorge much anymore. If I do, I listen to KKSF which runs it from 1 to 8 in my time zone, right after Art's show. They run through the entire show starting at 1 and then just rerun as much as they can until 8. This is all Eastern time. The station is based in San Fran.

popple · September 09, 2015, 06:13:33 PM

https://youtu.be/sA1M-cS4YFU

Eddie Coyle · September 09, 2015, 08:23:31 PM

This is a standing headline. "Rock act upset/threatens lawsuit against conservative politician for use of song"

So, Survivor is threatening legal action for Huckabee and Kim Davis using"Eye of the Tiger". Firstly, this happens to Huckabee quite a bit it seems. You would think he'd use some dumb "I love my land and God" song from a country act who are far less likely to object to that squirrel eating, shitty bass playing parody of Bob Roberts using their tune.

Apparently, "Bad to the Bone" lost the coin flip in the "let's use a way too overfamiliar hit from '82 that only meatheads like" approach to getting a crowd fired up.

CornyCrow · September 10, 2015, 05:31:09 AM

Quote from: popple on September 09, 2015, 06:13:33 PM

https://youtu.be/sA1M-cS4YFU

Thank you. That was lovely.

popple · September 10, 2015, 08:08:27 PM

You're welcome

popple · September 10, 2015, 08:39:03 PM

A beauty mask you can wear on halloween

http://www.imomoko.com/pure-smile-art-facial-mask17610-c.html

bateman · September 10, 2015, 10:06:46 PM

Tonight on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Joe Biden talks about his dead family. Good job, Stephen, really knocking it out of the park with this comedy thing.

Eddie Coyle · September 10, 2015, 10:11:46 PM

Quote from: bateman on September 10, 2015, 10:06:46 PM
Tonight on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Joe Biden talks about his dead family. Good job, Stephen, really knocking it out of the park with this comedy thing.

Colbert mention his own dead family from that plane crash in the 70's? Compare and contrast sudden deaths via accidents.

Pat Sajak, Chevy Chase, Magic Johnson, Joan Rivers, Dick Cavett, Dick Cavett, Dick Cavett and Dick Cavett have company.

albrecht · September 10, 2015, 10:17:25 PM

Quote from: bateman on September 10, 2015, 10:06:46 PM
Tonight on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Joe Biden talks about his dead family. Good job, Stephen, really knocking it out of the park with this comedy thing.

Do people actually watch tv these days? Especially this late night programs? Especially when we have good radio again or books or streaming? Jeez, I thought that watching that stuff went out with Cavett, Carson, and- early- Letterman? Or watching their re-runs on youtubes etc?

bateman · September 10, 2015, 10:20:16 PM

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on September 10, 2015, 10:11:46 PM
Colbert mention his own dead family from that plane crash in the 70's? Compare and contrast sudden deaths via accidents.

Pat Sajak, Chevy Chase, Magic Johnson, Joan Rivers, Dick Cavett, Dick Cavett, Dick Cavett and Dick Cavett have company.

Yes, Biden brought up that happy memory after describing his son's horrible injuries.

Next guest: the CEO of Uber. Just a laugh a minute on The Late Show. God this is horrendous.

bateman · September 10, 2015, 10:22:23 PM

Quote from: albrecht on September 10, 2015, 10:17:25 PM
Do people actually watch tv these days? Especially this late night programs? Especially when we have good radio again or books or streaming? Jeez, I thought that watching that stuff went out with Cavett, Carson, and- early- Letterman? Or watching their re-runs on youtubes etc?

I had to turn this on just to see how it went - I'd been seeing the ads EVERYWHERE. And I didn't expect the show to be my cup of tea, as I've never found Colbert particularly amusing, but I didn't expect it to be this trainwreckingly awful.

bateman · September 10, 2015, 10:27:28 PM

To be clear: I have absolutely no problem with Biden, he comes across as a genuine guy, and he's suffered immensely. But whoever booked him on A COMEDY SHOW did not use their fucking head. I know, I know, you hoped he would announce his candidacy on your show. Didn't happen. Instead you got dead family talk. The booker needs to be smacked upside the head.

albrecht · September 10, 2015, 10:27:59 PM

Quote from: bateman on September 10, 2015, 10:22:23 PM
I had to turn this on just to see how it went - I'd been seeing the ads EVERYWHERE. And I didn't expect the show to be my cup of tea, as I've never found Colbert particularly amusing, but I didn't expect it to be this trainwreckingly awful.

I imagine in NYC that you get a bunch of ads, billboards, etc. Sorry, man. Stop watching that crap and get us some new shows out! (And release the potentially legally questionable one.)

Eddie Coyle · September 10, 2015, 10:31:48 PM

Quote from: bateman on September 10, 2015, 10:20:16 PM
Yes, Biden brought up that happy memory after describing his son's horrible injuries.

Next guest: the CEO of Uber. Just a laugh a minute on The Late Show. God this is horrendous.

With these guests, he thinks Charlie Rose is the competition not the Jimmys on NBC/ABC.

Pearl Jam next week!!! He must have stolen the upcoming guests list from Ellen.

bateman · September 10, 2015, 10:35:19 PM

Quote from: albrecht on September 10, 2015, 10:27:59 PM
I imagine in NYC that you get a bunch of ads, billboards, etc. Sorry, man. Stop watching that crap and get us some new shows out! (And release the potentially legally questionable one.)

Oh they're inescapable. Subways are plastered with them.

And I have 2 pieces of good news on that front.

Eddie Coyle · September 10, 2015, 10:35:29 PM

Quote from: bateman on September 10, 2015, 10:27:28 PM
To be clear: I have absolutely no problem with Biden, he comes across as a genuine guy, and he's suffered immensely. But whoever booked him on A COMEDY SHOW did not use their fucking head. I know, I know, you hoped he would announce his candidacy on your show. Didn't happen. Instead you got dead family talk. The booker needs to be smacked upside the head.

Biden is actually an engaging guest who has been on talk shows before and his past tragedies didn't have become a subject. Let him tell some corny, likely apocryphal, stories and be done with it. Death talk on talk shows is DEATH.