On Dec 7, 5:34 pm, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know Dave Sikula does not much like Letterman's act anymore, but I > think there is a real difference between what Conan does with these > celeb interviews and what Letterman, Leno, Kimmel, Stewart and others > do. It's not that the others are all that good (though for my money > when Dave is even slightly engaged he is pretty good) it is that Conan > is just really much, much worse.
Small clarification. I still think Dave is the current gold standard -- when he's interested and motivated, but too often the monologue is on autopilot, the desk pieces are stale, and when he gets a guest whom he has no idea what to do with (usually a starlet, the star of a sitcom, or some teen idol), he's pretty dismal. When he gets on a great desk rant or is able to just have a conversation with the guest, though, he's still untouchable. The Robin Williams show a couple of weeks ago (and I can't believe I'm mentioning Williams twice in two posts ...) was wonderful, because it wasn't Dave setting Williams up to do schitck, it was two veterans reminiscing about the old days. --Dave Sikula -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
