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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 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.