I've listened to Conan since he started. It's just that his schtick has never evolved. His bits with Andy can be quite irritating and boring. Like his "in the year 3000" bit where he and Andy used to point flashlights in their faces, never once did I laugh. They've been doing that bit for years but wearing different costumes or with a slightly different premise.
Have you seen his current 30-minute format? It really feels sterile, no band, the way he dresses, the set design is unappealing. The desk is gone, even Andy has dressed down and has lost his podium. I'm going to stop watching after all these years. I've hit a wall.
I never laughed at that either, but I also never laughed at Dave's top 10 list.
I rarely ever laughed at a joke coming from Andy.
I just saw a part of their new set..I didn't know it was a 30 min format and I really don't know why they changed so much of their set. Change for the sake of it isn't great. He's had a desk for years, it worked for him, stick to it.
It just feels weird now like he's turning into Ellen.
For the record, I love Ellen, but that's her style. Conan should stick to his.
I had stopped watching late night a while before I moved anyways. I just catch clips online, mostly when I'm wasting time...or want to put something in the background while I cook and don't care about missing tidbits.
Personally, I love Conan without Borders, his videos around the office speaking with staff I also found quite funny. I think that's his go-to, writing funny bits they film. If he's gonna change things, he should focus on building a show around that.
The talk show...I never found him particularly funny when speaking with guests and TV has evolved.
the Carson, Letterman and Leno...they never had to compete with Netflix, Prime, Hulu, and the likes, there wasn't a million other shows you could watch around 11-12pm. That's what people watched, or Sports news.
Even if you wanted to watch a movie back then, unless you went down to your local Blockbuster or Superclub Videotron, you had to be lucky to land on a channel showing an interesting movie.
I haven't checked the numbers, but I assume those talk shows are less popular than before. However, it's also obvious those guys made a more political switch given the climate since 2016. They all did so much more political satire than the previous hosts.
I agree that Conan had stopped growing at some point. Always the same similar jokes, a lot of wasting time, meh. When he was screwed over by NBC, he came back with some fresh stuff and made himself more interesting again. But I have never watched a full episode of Conan either...so, only going by some clips.
Jimmy Fallon I care little for. Myers....outside his ''closer look'' I really can't stand. Even Noah is a big meg for me. I like Colbert's wit, but that's generally just during his monologue.
Not a big fan of those talk shows in general.
