Late Night Talk Show Host of Choice

[leejacksonaudio]

If you watch Late Night network talk shows, who is your talk show host of choice? (Note: I don't know if I'm getting this poll thingy right, so forgive me if this looks weird.)

[Bauul]

Other: Graham Norton, any day of the week.  No-one else even comes close (or plies his guests with as much alcohol!)

[Nevander]

Quite honestly I don't like or watch any of them because more often than not it's always politics these days. Plus I never really found them to be that funny. Sorry if I'm pissing in anyone's corn flakes here but that's just how I feel.

[Dark Pulse]

Haven't watched any of them in forever, but I loved Colbert back when he was doing The Colbert Report.

 

I'd actually say that my current vote would still go to Conan O'Brien. May his upcoming retirement be enjoyed by him!

[Serum]

Conan O'Brien

 

David Letterman

 

Jon Stewart

[Lippeth]

I used to love Late Night With Conan O'brien as a teenager, it wasn't afraid to get weird and that really set it apart from the usual formula. I still occasionally watch clips from his TBS show on Youtube, but I haven't watched network television for over 15 years now. Letterman was also entertaining in my adolescence, and I always taped the musical guest with my vcr so I could compare how they sounded live vs recorded.

[Biodegradable]

I stopped watching broadcast TV back in 2009, so I've never watched any of them that have come and gone over the past decade. That being said, I used to watch Letterman a fair amount back in the day.

Edited June 5, 2021 by Biodegradable

[Doom_Dude]

I stopped watching a lot of TV ages ago. These day I mostly use TV for watching hockey, baseball and on occasion I'll flip around and watch an episode of Seinfeld or The Simpsons or Rick & Morty..

 

As for talk shows, sometimes I'll watch Graham Norton depending on who he has on.

[MFG38]

Conan O'Brien was always my favorite.

[ReX]

My preferences vary, depending on how I'm feeling at that moment. Still, I would say the king of late night talk shows for me is John Oliver. His monologue is always informative and incisive, while being witty and irreverential. Plus, him being on-air once a week means I don't get John Oliver overload.

 

I like Jimmy Kimmel, I like Jimmy Fallon, and I like Stephen Colbert. I also like (in no particular order):

 

Seth Myers

Samantha Bee

Conan O'Brien

Trevor Noah

James Corden

 

So, you basically point me at a buffet and I'll sample each of the offerings.

[Vic Vos]

Good god, neither.

[Rytrik]

Craig Ferguson.

[roadworx]

they're all awful

 

unless eric andre is considered a late night talk show host

Edited June 5, 2021 by roadworx

[Dubbag]

Jimmy Fallon. This is also a little tid bit for you. I don't know who has seen it, but in the show "Louie" starring Louis CK, there's a part where Letterman retired and he tried out for the job and it was between him and Seinfeld. CK actually did really good but he hated doing it and he found out they were just using him to light a fire under David's ass so he would re-sign. BTW my ultimate choice would be Norm Macdonald.

 

Edited June 5, 2021 by Dubbag

[continuum.mid]

Don't watch any of the people on the poll. Last Week Tonight (John Oliver) is the closest thing I watch, and that's not much of a late night talk show; I'd call it "satirical journalism."

Edited June 5, 2021 by northivanastan

[Skeletonpatch]

I don't watch talk shows much anymore. Of the three I'd say Stephen Colbert. I have fond memories of watching David Letterman with my dad back in the day, and I was always very fond of Craig Ferguson.

[Jello]

It's been quite awhile since I've watched late night talk shows. My favorite for years was Conan O'Brien, just because he was quirky, fun, dry witted, sarcastic, and just so different from Leno and Letterman. Then he kind of became the same; started playing it safe, relying on bits, and once Andy left the show I stopped watching.

 

Then I started watching the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson when I was in high-school, and he reminded me so much of Conan during his early years. A little over cocky, a little bit of a shyster, but funny, quirky, and good natured. I was really hoping he would take over the Late Show, but apparently he didn't actually want the job.

 

So yeah, early Conan O'Brien with Andy Richter, or Craig Ferguson. The rest I've never been able to stand... Well, Letterman had his moments. 

 

Kimmel, I just always see this tiny manchild sitting there taking Ben Stein's bullshit. Fallon, I see a man begging for attention and approval wherever he can get it. Neither of them seem to have an actual personality, they are just a vessel through which their networks force their words.

Edited June 6, 2021 by Jello

[Murdoch]

I am with @Bauul. Graham norton is great. That episode with Hugh jackman, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan is one of the funniest things i have ever seen.