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penpusherForget the search... we already have someone who replaced Craig Ferguson as the host of "The Late Late Show." His name is:
DREW CAREY
On twitter, he's @DrewFromTV
And it's absolutely true. Carey has already taken over the LLS. On April Fool's Day of this year, The current host of "The Late Late Show," the very outgoing (and, of course, outgoing) Craig Ferguson (and his on camera staff), swapped jobs with the current host of "The Price Is Right," Drew Carey (and HIS on camera staff) for a very entertaining couple of hours of teevee.
Here's Drew doing what he do...
Drew's interview with2000 92 year old Opera Singer Television Legend, Carl Reiner was a hoot!
What can we learn from this? Drew completely killed as host!
The interesting thing about Drew is that he joined the CBS family under some very difficult circumstances. As the next host of "TPIR," he had to follow Bob Barker, who had been hosting the program continuously since the early 1970s! That is one very tough and very long act to follow. On top of that, they renamed the studio after Mr. Barker and they had Carey close the show with Bob's famed "Have your pets spayed or neutered" tag line every day. Hard to establish a sense of self coming from that kind of situation!
But, in a huge way, all of that works to benefit Drew in transitioning to hosting "The Late Late Show." If he could carve out a way to emcee that game show that was different from the previous host (and "TPIR" now has little, if any, sense of Barker left about it anymore), any other similar opportunities would be a lot easier to handle. And though Ferguson is a beloved figure now, Drew really wouldn't have a problem following him, if he wanted to do it.
It's not clear if Carey has any real aspirations to host Late Late (certainly his jokes in that April Fool's ep suggest he doesn't!) but he absolutely must be considered, based on his vast comedic ability, his easy and comfortable style, his ability to conduct interviews and his nonchalance about the whole thing. If you make hosting into the joke, you'll probably get all of the viewers to laugh right along with you!
Carey has been the star of a long-running, self-titled sitcom, (where he met Craig Ferguson), hosted "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" for a number of seasons on ABC in prime time and has been doing a number of other comedy related projects over the past several years, "Dancing With the Stars" not withstanding.
Certainly Drew Carey has proven he deserves more than a glance when it comes to being the next Late Late Show host, and CBS could do much worse (*coughnormmacdonaldcough**coughjoelmchalecough*) when it comes to candidates.
On twitter, he's @DrewFromTV
And it's absolutely true. Carey has already taken over the LLS. On April Fool's Day of this year, The current host of "The Late Late Show," the very outgoing (and, of course, outgoing) Craig Ferguson (and his on camera staff), swapped jobs with the current host of "The Price Is Right," Drew Carey (and HIS on camera staff) for a very entertaining couple of hours of teevee.
Here's Drew doing what he do...
Drew's interview with
What can we learn from this? Drew completely killed as host!
The interesting thing about Drew is that he joined the CBS family under some very difficult circumstances. As the next host of "TPIR," he had to follow Bob Barker, who had been hosting the program continuously since the early 1970s! That is one very tough and very long act to follow. On top of that, they renamed the studio after Mr. Barker and they had Carey close the show with Bob's famed "Have your pets spayed or neutered" tag line every day. Hard to establish a sense of self coming from that kind of situation!
But, in a huge way, all of that works to benefit Drew in transitioning to hosting "The Late Late Show." If he could carve out a way to emcee that game show that was different from the previous host (and "TPIR" now has little, if any, sense of Barker left about it anymore), any other similar opportunities would be a lot easier to handle. And though Ferguson is a beloved figure now, Drew really wouldn't have a problem following him, if he wanted to do it.
It's not clear if Carey has any real aspirations to host Late Late (certainly his jokes in that April Fool's ep suggest he doesn't!) but he absolutely must be considered, based on his vast comedic ability, his easy and comfortable style, his ability to conduct interviews and his nonchalance about the whole thing. If you make hosting into the joke, you'll probably get all of the viewers to laugh right along with you!
Carey has been the star of a long-running, self-titled sitcom, (where he met Craig Ferguson), hosted "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" for a number of seasons on ABC in prime time and has been doing a number of other comedy related projects over the past several years, "Dancing With the Stars" not withstanding.
Certainly Drew Carey has proven he deserves more than a glance when it comes to being the next Late Late Show host, and CBS could do much worse (*coughnormmacdonaldcough**coughjoelmchalecough*) when it comes to candidates.
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Date: 2014-05-09 10:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-09 10:58 am (UTC)The short answer to the question is that we have talk shows late at night here in the USA. One host is leaving his job at the end of the year, and I am proposing replacements for him. The people pictured are the people I think could take the job, and why I think they would be good.
Do you have late night talk shows in Russia? What television shows are available there? Have you seen any programs that come from the USA?
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Date: 2014-05-09 11:24 am (UTC)There are plenty of talk shows on our radio and TV, and my parents watch and listen to them all the time (we live together), but the subjects of discussion and the way people react to them regularly repulse me, so I do not follow any of those.
Just a few examples of this from the radio "call the hosts and give your opinion" programs (I do not know if those are also called talk "shows").
-While discussing the then just premiered King's Speech there was something about "there was a war brewing, and he had nothing better to than battle his speech impediment? / the movie makers have nothing better to film about WWII?"
-Then another program where they made fun of people suffering from phenilketonuria.
-And yet another a couple of days ago where some doctor was supposed to speak on the dangers of getting tattooes, but the host got him off topic with the old stupid anecdote where the bride confesses to her groom on the way to the wedding she has two of her former lovers tattooed on her breasts and he answers, I imagine how long their faces are going to be in twenty years, and off they went in this condescending tone implying everyone getting a tattoo was stupid, and did not think of the consequences, and how would a bedraggled butterfly look on a 70-year-old, and so on and so forth. (None of their business much?)
Every time I try to watch any of those, I either feel disgusted or like my brain is rotting (from the fashion shows and family drama like "come to us and we will help you check if you partner is faithful. Including tempting him with a hired someone").
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Date: 2014-05-09 11:27 am (UTC)So, yes, I do not trust radio and TV, and what little I watch I don't do live, because of all the pubs stuffed in the too-frequent commercial breaks.
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Date: 2014-05-09 01:01 pm (UTC)I think game shows often go to many other countries. The concept of a game show is easy, and often very little changes are needed to go from one location to another.
Unfortunately, television always is about advertising products first and anything else like information and entertainment second... unless there is some major event, like a man landing on the moon, or a war or a natural disaster or terrorist attack.
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Date: 2014-05-09 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-09 11:57 am (UTC)Radio talk shows are quite popular; that's a very different version of talk show, but is IS a talk show!
Interesting comments about "The King's Speech." Personally, I feel that WWII is the war most covered by film in history, from "Stalag 17" to "Casablanca," from "Saving Private Ryan" to "Memphis Belle" I mean I could go on forever with the number of films made about that war... I think people are sometimes a little relieved that there are occasionally films about that era that aren't directly connected to the military.
It's always terrible to make fun of someone with a condition they did not create and cannot control.
But the talk shows you are describing are more like "daytime" talk shows here in the USA. These programs are intended to be "shocking" and "provocative." Usually they are just as disgusting as the ones you are describing.
I agree with you about those shows! I rarely even turn my television on during the daytime.
Late Night talk shows aren't like that. There usually is a band that plays music. The host tells jokes about the day's events. They do comedy bits and a couple of celebrities come out to chat. At the end either a musical guest performs a song or a comedian appears to do a part of their act.
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Date: 2014-05-09 06:56 pm (UTC)Ah, I see your point now.
There are indeed late shows like the ones you describe, those that are more interesting and well-balanced. There is one about science, for example, where the host invites scientists working in different areas, and prepares well and asks intelligent questions.
I think there are a couple more that are moderately tolerable about the same time (11 p.m. and later). I can not be sure about improv elements and invited celebrities though.