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20 hours later, now 6k subscribers! But why isn't Colbert's episode posted there yet?
Only result I get is @TheDeskDotNet
Highlights that made me π€£:
23:00 The helium balloon thyroid cancer interview
29:52 The Steve Buschemi pizza public service announcement
38:39 Double-ended dildo hot dog taste review
41:24 Flag comedy
42:43 Jeff Daniels interview
58:10 Fire Marshall Mathers cameo
Best thing I've seen in decades.
Fuck yeah public access TV. Bring back the public access network.
Wait, I think I just got a new idea for the plot of bee movie 4
I see now why they typically film in front of an audience. All his jokes are just followed by long silences.
That's probably more about him being used to that pacing than anything else π€·ββοΈ he's been doing it in front of an audience and has been required to pause like that for years
Yes, not just on the Late Show, but he was in front of an audience on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show too. That's almost 30 years delivering jokes to an audience for TV.
Gotta leave time for applause. Or for the slow ones to figure it out. Or drumroll. Or sound effect. Or on screen image. Or, sometimes; for the joke to marinate and sink in ~ if it's deep
I felt the complete opposite. The late night shows almost seem like a laugh track because they're told when to laugh. If they don't feel like laughing they clap. I like the quiet of this. I really hope they continue to do this, it's perfect. I immediately thought they should go around to different public access places and do similar things. It would be fun to watch.
I appreciate not being told when to laugh, but to laugh when I think something is funny. I'm 10 minutes into the show and I have only chuckled, but this is a genius ploy, well written and perfectly executed. All things considered, no notes.
As with all comedy, it exists within context. So far, this is solid.
Edit: now that they are huffing helium, I am genuinely laughing.
I think that was deliberate. He has been doing comedy since forever and knows his timing.
Come back and watch the whole thing. Give it a chance. There comes a moment when one of the camera guys keeps stifling his laughter and Stephen calls him out on it and says it's okay to laugh! And things start to loosen up after that. https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/26216986
Oh I did. It was great. Wasn't saying it was bad at all. It was just kinda strange when it felt like he was pausing for laughter that did not arrive.
Yes it was uncomfortable like that at first, and I chose to interpret it as a brilliantly intentional juxtaposition and contrast against his brilliant star-studded earth-shattering performance the night before. All a huge glorious HIGH ROAD middle finger to Trump & CBS, he even took the higher road than I did by not even mentioning those two evil entities. He took the high road and entertained us wholesomely, hilariously, going back & assimilating with the normal everyday people who are in the true grassroots running our country, and we love Colbert forever!
when they got warmed up he had the crew rolling.
I loved Last Week Tonight during the pandemic because the lack of an audience let the jokes have time to land.
It can be pretty funny when done intentionally by somebody who is good at it.
In addition to this, check out Norm MacDonald's last special "nothing special."
Oh my word that was bloody hilarious. Funnier than any of his βregularβ shows Iβve seen.
Honestly, yeah. A lot more room for improv, writing was on point, great chemistry with the community channel folk. It was closer to playing a host "character" than it was to him just being the host and he is the likely the GOAT at the former as we haven't seen anything like the Colbert report since.
I remember there being a lot of skepticism / some sense of loss towards him going from so effectively delivering satire deadpan to the Late Show and I honestly did not watch much of it since it inevitably had to be more generic and bland, being network television. I hope he gets more opportunities to do things like this since he's still got it.
The closest he got to getting to do this on the Late Show was the segment "Meanwhile" which is just not long enough for him to get into it.
I don't over analyze it. It was a good show.
This was amazing. Genevieve is a treasure. Also canβt believe they actually did that at the end.
That Steve Buscemi PSA felt like it was straight out of an episode of Interdimensional cable.
This is super cool
i legitimate thought given jeff daniels was there the fire marshall would be jim carrey
Cβmon, Jack White, youβre older than me and itβs time to embrace the grey.
Last I saw he was more Jack Blue than Jack White